After avoiding several waves of foreign cultivators along the way, Lu Xiaotian returned to the hiding place in the Mist Forbidden Land, only to find traces that the stone blocking the entrance had been moved. His heart sank. He inspected the surroundings but found no signs that other cultivators had been active there.
Cautiously, he moved aside the ice stone above and entered. After examining the several stone chambers, he found no sign of Dongfang Yi, nor any traces of a battle.
Lu Xiaotian felt slightly relieved. This hiding place was extremely well concealed. Unless Dongfang Yi had come out from inside herself, it would have been exceedingly difficult for anyone outside to discover it.
He stayed there for several days, meditating and regulating his breathing in the stone chamber. Seeing that Dongfang Yi had not returned and no outsiders had come, he smiled faintly. He had adjusted his state of mind to its most tranquil condition over these days, so naturally, he had not done so merely to wait for Dongfang Yi to appear.
In fact, there was another reason he had left the Yin Wind Valley. More than ten years had passed since his Primordial Spirit had last been injured. He had taken Soul-Nourishing Pills all these years, and over the past year or so, he had also been deducing formations. His secondary Primordial Spirit had already grown extremely powerful, falling only slightly short of his main Primordial Spirit.
Staying in the Yin Wind Valley, given that environment, was naturally unsuitable for cultivating the Secret Art of Spirit-Splitting. Cultivating the Secret Art of Spirit-Splitting did not require too much time, but he absolutely could not be disturbed by outsiders in the middle of it. Since Di Kun happened to be recovering his strength in the Yin Wind Valley,