Late at night.
At the summit of Weizhi Peak, outside the Thatched Cottage.
Several hours passed without Chen Mu realizing it. He woke from meditation.
His eyes stared blankly into empty space, faint fluorescence seeming to flicker within them. Only after a long while did they refocus.
Out of habit, he summoned the Grey Stone Gate and looked at one of its entries.
Lingbao Shuji Pian: 1476/10000/Tier 9;
"Just one attempt increased it by over two hundred experience points?"
"Isn't that... a little too fast?" Chen Mu could not help raising an eyebrow.
"Are Thousand Lantern City and the Lingbao Shuji Method really this compatible?"
"Hmm... Could it be that the Lingbao Shuji Pian was originally a Secret Art prepared for this type of Cave Heaven?" Chen Mu's heart stirred, and he suddenly formed a guess.
The Lingbao Shuji Pian came from the Statue Grotto-Heaven in Luandu County's City God Temple. That Cave Heaven was inside the statue, the dwelling place of Yinling Living Gods.
Perhaps the Lingbao Shuji Pian had existed precisely to help Living Gods control the Statue Grotto-Heaven.
And Thousand Lantern City was also a Cave Heaven!
"I found out too late!" Chen Mu slapped his thigh and sighed regretfully.
One session of cultivation had added over two hundred experience points to the Tier 9 Lingbao Shuji Pian. At its earlier stages, the speed would only have been faster.
If he had done this sooner, perhaps he would already have cultivated the Lingbao Shuji Pian to its limit.
And with a perfected Lingbao Shuji Method assisting it, the Yellow Springs Gourd would surely have made even greater progress.
After sighing for quite some time, Chen Mu finally composed himself.
"There's no use dwelling on it. I should grind experience first."
The Yellow Springs Gourd was