Warm Moon Lake rippled in the sunlight. A breeze brushed against the face, and the daylight was pleasant.
Qin Heng sat alone inside the stone house, listening to the various sounds drifting in from outside.
The rush of water washing over rock walls, the rustle of wind through leaves, the cries of gulls and herons...
It was all white noise. Far from being disturbing, it soothed the mind.
When he opened his eyes, the golden three-legged round cauldron beside him gleamed with golden light. One Inner Core had already been refined and was ready to be absorbed at any time.
As Qin Heng cultivated with that energy, he placed a new Inner Core inside and continued driving the Four Spirits Cauldron.
He had only a little over twenty Inner Cores. After setting aside the two highest-quality ones for Idle Cloud Immortal Lord, there were not many left.
However, many of those Inner Cores were at the Star Lord Ninth Order. They had mainly come from the later stages of the battle against Hidden Sword Main God, when Feng Qianxue had left and he had hunted down the remaining Flying Snake Race experts.
Those around Hidden Sword Main God at the time had all been high-ranking members of the Flying Snake Race. They were powerful, so the quality of their Inner Cores was naturally high.
The energy contained within a single elder's Inner Core was enough for Qin Heng to cultivate for dozens of days. Its effect rivaled cultivating with Universe Energy Crystals for an entire year.
One had to know that the total energy contained in ten Inner Cores was equivalent to one living person.
At Qin Heng's current realm, very little energy was wasted during absorption. He only needed to extract the essence, which could then be fully converted