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After leaving the bald old man's residence, Lu Xiaotian returned to the small courtyard he had rented. For convenience, he had placed a spiritual artifact in the courtyard specifically for receiving transmission talismans. To his surprise, it now contained several dozen of them. It seemed Wang Defeng had been searching for him rather anxiously.
Lu Xiaotian opened the transmission talismans one by one, and his eyes immediately lit up. There really was news regarding a Golden Condensation Fruit—a commission to refine a water-element Golden Condensation Pill. Bracing both hands against the armrests of his chair, Lu Xiaotian wanted to go find Wang Defeng. But then he remembered that a year and a half had passed since those transmission talismans were sent. Who knew whether the person with the water-element Golden Condensation Fruit had already found someone else to refine it? There was no need to rush to Wang Defeng yet. He would send him a reply first.
After thinking it over, Lu Xiaotian sent Wang Defeng a transmission talisman. Then he returned to his room and, out of habit, took out the gray stone he had failed to decipher for more than two years. After turning it over in his hand for a while, he put it away again. He could break through at any time during this period, so it was best not to divide his attention for now.
As usual, he took Scarlet Bamboo Pills and Cold Maple Pills, then sat in meditation to regulate his breathing. Before long, he entered that state where self and world gazed at one another and both faded away.
The Primordial Unity path encompassed all things. Once he entered the state of self-regulation, his divine sense guided his spiritual power through his meridians. The