That day, after he hung a "Do Not Disturb: In Seclusion" sign outside the mountain gate, the daily stream of visitors to Cangyou Peak finally came to a halt.
During this period of seclusion, Xu Yi wanted to take stock of his current cultivation.
First, there was his realm. With the resources he had on hand, reaching the Mortal Transformation Fourth Realm would have been no difficulty at all.
He had estimated that he would need to consume no more than roughly two thousand more wish pearls to reach the Mortal Transformation Fourth Realm. He could certainly manage that.
Xu Yi had never taken that step, but it was not because he feared that rapid progress would arouse suspicion.
After all, this place was entirely unfamiliar to him. He had no need to worry about that.
There were two reasons he had refused to advance:
First, advancing consumed a great many wish pearls. Though he still had four thousand left, he could not forget that making the vortex temporarily disappear required wish pearls. In other words, his current appearance as a cultivator was being sustained by a large number of wish pearls.
During this period, whenever he went out, he had to refine quite a few wish pearls to maintain his cultivation. Otherwise, he would not even be able to fly through the air.
So he simply did not dare waste any wish pearls.
Second, based on what Xu Yi currently knew about cultivation, entering the Fourth Realm might not be a blessing.
After reaching the Fourth Realm, the next step was to survive the First Tribulation of Lightning and attain the Divine Embryo.
But how terrifying was the First Tribulation of Lightning? From what he had heard, the odds of surviving it were extremely low.
Worse still, after entering