Lu Xiaotian had never paid much attention to cultivation techniques in this area. His skill at controlling fire had improved to a degree, and was even more refined than that of many fire-element cultivators, but he was still a long way from what he hoped to achieve.
"For now, I should ask Dong Feng to look into other spirit fires connected to the Buddhist Sect. Fire-element cultivators in the Wildfire Plains are as numerous as carp crossing a river; perhaps I can find another path. I'll leave the inquiries to Dong Feng, who knows the area."
During his most recent exchange of pills and spirit items with Dong Feng, Lu Xiaotian told him what he was looking for. Dong Feng agreed to help, though naturally, he made no promises about the results.
Lu Xiaotian also asked about the progress on the Buddha-Dust Bone-Washing Pill. Dong Feng only said that things were still being arranged. The spirit items needed for the pill were extraordinarily rare, and even the Pill Kings connected to the Abyss Hall had no idea when they would be able to gather them all. So the matter had been put on hold. As for body cultivation, Dong Feng was also doing his utmost to build connections. After all, Lu Xiaotian had never formally worked with the Abyss Hall before, and with something as important as the Buddha-Dust Bone-Washing Pill, Dong Feng had little say.
And so things continued to drag on. Aside from the occasional meeting with Dong Feng to exchange goods, Lu Xiaotian spent all his time cultivating inside Fierce Wind Gorge. In the blink of an eye, several decades passed.
Lu Xiaotian noticed that Baili Fei seemed to be going out more often than before. He didn't ask about it. Baili Fei only took orders from