While in seclusion, Li Qingyuan gave it some thought, then planted the twelve Formation Flags of the Second-grade Low-rank Binding Formation around his cave abode. They merged into the void, completing the formation.
"With this Second-grade Low-rank Binding Formation, even if stepping into the Qi Condensation Tenth Layer causes a disturbance in spiritual power, the formation can seal it away and keep the outside world from learning of it."
Within fifty li of the Purple Cloud Mountain Range were the Li Clan, more than ten thousand mortals who had followed them in migration, and several hundred thousand original mortal residents.
Among them, it would be perfectly normal for ten or eight Qin Family spies to be hiding.
Even if Li Family disciples or cultivators had been bought off by the Qin Family with lavish sums, Li Qingyuan would find that entirely normal as well.
In short, better safe than sorry.
His cultivation had to be kept secret.
The First-grade High-rank Spirit Vein extended five hundred zhang in every direction. Within the cave abode at the vein's core, Li Qingyuan Sat Cross-legged. The Great Spring Technique circulated as he absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and Turned it into his own use.
This time, he no longer drew talismans or cultivated spells. Instead, he meditated and refined qi with no distractions, devoting all his strength to breaking through to the Qi Condensation Tenth Layer.
He did nothing but refine qi through breathing exercises.
Li Qingyuan no longer ate Spirit Rice or demon beast spirit meat to fill his stomach. Instead, he chose Bigu Pills suitable for the Qi Refining Stage and entered round-the-clock seclusion cultivation.
Bigu Pills differed from other elixirs. They were food-type pills, usable only to stave off hunger, and carried no pill toxins.
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