The Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators sharing a mountain peak with Li Qing had suffered bitterly these past few days.
The spiritual vein where Nanyang Spirit Peak stood had never been a high-grade one to begin with, and it ran through several mountain peaks, each of which contained quite a few cave abodes belonging to Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.
In the past, the spiritual energy in the world had been sufficient, at least enough to sustain their daily cultivation needs.
But now that Li Qing had successfully formed his core, his demand for World Spiritual Energy had suddenly risen to an outrageous degree.
Especially after he had just helped Gui Fan break the seal on the Demon Origin Gold, the spiritual power within Li Qing had been depleted considerably. When he recovered it, he practically devoured the surrounding World Spiritual Energy like a whale swallowing the sea.
As a result, the mountain peak where Li Qing resided was often left in a state of thin spiritual energy, far inferior to the other peaks.
"What has Senior Wuji been doing these past few days? He has actually absorbed so much World Spiritual Energy."
"Alas, bear with it a little longer. Once the Ghost Sword Sect's order arrives, we can move to another mountain peak."
"The Ghost Sword Sect's efficiency is too low. They have delayed several days of my cultivation for no reason at all."
"It should happen within the next few days. Just endure it."
"..."
Just as these Foundation Establishment Realm rogue cultivators were muttering their complaints, the Ghost Sword Sect order they had awaited for so long finally arrived.
An elder of the Ghost Sword Sect dressed in black robes arrived on a flying sword. His aura was quite imposing, and he faintly seemed on the verge of touching