It was often said that cultivators spent more than half their lifespans in bitter cultivation and secluded retreats.
Those words were absolutely true. Especially after one's realm had risen, the years spent in seclusion grew even longer. Retreats lasting ten years or more were an exceedingly common occurrence.
Ever since Li Qing had refined the Spear of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain, more than two years had passed in the blink of an eye.
Boom!
After so long, the World Spiritual Energy around the cave abode once again stirred restlessly.
Yet this time, the spiritual energy disturbance had not been caused by Li Qing refining a tool, but by Rice Bucket making a breakthrough!
Li Qing sat cross-legged with his eyes tightly shut, like a stone statue. He had entered deep cultivation, to the point where he had nearly lost all sense of time's passage.
In an instant, he opened his eyes, and two sharp rays of light shot from them.
Rice Bucket's breakthrough had startled him awake from deep cultivation. After completing the final circulation of the Crimson Blazing Heaven Art, Li Qing slowly rose to his feet.
Quite a few cobwebs had formed in the corners of the cave abode. Several stone stools and tables that had never been used were also coated in a layer of dust.
How could this resemble the cave abode of a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator? Calling it an abandoned cave that had stood empty for years would not have been an exaggeration.
Noticing this, Li Qing gave a bitter smile. Then, with a casual pinch of his fingers, he cast several wide-ranging spells and used the Water Purification Technique to clean the cave abode until it was spotless.
It was not that he was careless about such things. Rather, he had been