"Why hasn't it improved yet?"
Chen Changan had already ravaged the Primordial Stone veins of Nanlin Sacred Academy and Yunxiao Sacred Academy.
He had thought that with three mineral veins, the Jade Bottle should have improved no matter what. Yet although it had absorbed a massive amount of energy from the veins, there was still no change whatsoever.
The energy required for the Jade Bottle to improve was simply too terrifying. Chen Changan felt it was an even more bottomless pit than he was.
Go back? Wait until there was another opportunity?
Chen Changan frowned slightly as he pondered the matter.
"Forget it. A little more time won't make a difference. I'll settle the Jade Bottle matter first."
"At present, this is more important than cultivation."
"If three aren't enough, then I'll find a few more."
After making up his mind, Chen Changan began gathering information on the locations of other Holy Academies, while also searching for the locations of their mineral veins.
In the blink of an eye, two years passed. Chen Changan had yet to return, and the Dean could not help but worry.
Mu Yunyao and Da Huang had also emerged from seclusion. After learning from the Dean that Chen Changan had gone out, they had been waiting ever since.
But as more and more time passed, even the two of them sensed that something was not quite right.
"Dean, didn't you say he would be back in a few months at most?"
"It's already been two years. What exactly is going on?" Da Huang asked unhappily.
"I... how would I know? If he doesn't come back on his own, what can I do?"
"I'm worried too," the Dean said helplessly.
"Dean, huh? You two are here too?"
At that moment, the Vice Dean walked over. Seeing