Just as Ling Wuyuan had told Su Qingyue.
The reason he had set the date for the New Year was simply so the old year could have a proper beginning and end.
In common terms, his obsessive-compulsive disorder had kicked in.
A propitious day and such did not matter at all.
As long as one was strong enough, every day was a propitious day.
And with Ling Wuyuan's current strength, the most important thing in life was definitely being happy!!
Whichever day looked more pleasing to him was the day he would choose.
As for the other question Su Qingyue and the others cared about—
When exactly would he advance to the Immortal Realm?
Ling Wuyuan gave an exact answer as well. "About five more months."
"I can vaguely sense that my day of advancement will be around that time."
What he did not say, however, was that his basis for judgment was the Undying Nature within his body.
At present.
Although the Undying Nature within him was still transforming at tremendous speed, making him harder and harder to kill with every passing moment, as though it had no limits whatsoever.
As time passed.
He could still keenly sense that this transformation would undergo some enormous leap in about five months.
Combining that premonition with his current actual condition, Ling Wuyuan easily determined the point at which he would advance.
"Around five months?"
Upon hearing that Ling Wuyuan was indeed only a stone's throw from the Immortal Realm—and that even casually entering seclusion would take longer than that—Su Qingyue immediately felt extremely satisfied.
It felt as though it would happen the very next second.
"That works out rather well."
"There are still three or four months between then and the New Year, just enough time for you to slightly acclimate