In the end, Li Qing still paid a Fire Yuan Date as a reward for receiving the information. However, he did not cancel the task and instead left it posted, waiting to see whether any other intelligence related to Earth Core Jade Milk might arrive.
Of course, it would be even better if someone could directly bring Earth Core Jade Milk to trade with him.
Still, he did not place too much hope in that. He had now seen just how rare and precious a wonder like Earth Core Jade Milk truly was. Waiting for someone to bring it to his doorstep for a trade was almost impossible.
With that, he returned to his Wuji Hall and began this round of secluded cultivation.
He did not rush to break through. Instead, he recuperated and adjusted himself, striving to bring his condition to its peak and empty his mind, ideally entering a state of ethereal clarity.
Thus, a year slipped away in silence.
Li Qiyin, who had spent a year in Star River City, returned to Heaven Refining Pavilion. Upon learning that her master was preparing to charge into the Body Integration Realm, she too devoted herself to diligent cultivation.
Unfortunately, that diligent mindset did not last long. Before even a few months had passed, she could no longer endure the boredom and emerged from seclusion.
In response, Li Qing simply had her run errands for him. Every so often, she would visit the Affairs Hall of Heaven Refining Pavilion to see whether anyone had come to fulfill the two tasks he had posted.
Sure enough, another year and a half later, a Body Integration Realm cultivator from a major border city in the western regions of the human race exchanged a bottle of Seventh Order Thunder Crystal Beast essence blood