Time flowed away like water, never to return. In the blink of an eye, it was once again the season of drifting willow catkins.
Half a month had passed since Lin Feng refined the medicine that day. Xiao Yi Xian came as usual to the secret chamber where he was in secluded cultivation, her palm resting against the stone wall as though she could feel Lin Feng's presence.
"Brother Lin Feng, haven't you awakened yet? Xian Er misses you." Leaning against the stone wall, Xiao Yi Xian appeared somewhat frail. Perhaps that was simply her nature.
"The Jia Nan Academy recruitment you mentioned to Xian Er begins in three days. If you don't come out soon, it'll be too late."
After standing outside the stone chamber for a while and seeing no movement, Xiao Yi Xian prepared to leave.
"Boom..."
Just as she turned and took a few steps, a terrifying aura suddenly rose from within the stone chamber. Energy ripples began spreading rapidly outward from the chamber.
Yet what was astonishing was that the ripples seemed to possess intelligence. Just before touching Xiao Yi Xian, they deftly veered around her.
Sensing the disturbance, Xiao Yi Xian turned around in delight and looked toward the still-sealed stone chamber.
"Brother Lin Feng!"
As though sensing Xiao Yi Xian's call, Lin Feng abruptly opened his eyes, which had remained shut for half a month. A spirited divine gleam shot forth from them and lingered for a long time.
"Buzz..."
A mysterious fluctuation sounded within Lin Feng's body. Looking inward, his perception flowed along his increasingly resilient, crystalline meridians. His meridians, already robust due to his constant emphasis on physical training, had grown thicker with his breakthrough into a major realm, allowing them to hold more Dou Qi at once.
His perception gradually