Zhuo Ming had obeyed Chen Mobai's order and come to this Eastern Wasteland Plateau for a full forty years.
Over these forty years, she had first opened up great rivers in Rock County, then reclaimed thirty million mu of spirit fields on the lands watered by the White River and Mo River, allowing every cultivator of the Five Elements Sect to eat Spirit Rice at every meal.
After that, she had gone to Hong County to plant trees and control the sand, turning wasteland into fertile fields.
By now, even rogue cultivators could eat Spirit Rice every day.
And not long ago, the green plants Zhuo Ming had planted over the years had finally covered the whole of Hong County, and under her and many other cultivators' careful tending, they had grown strong and thriving.
In other words, Zhuo Ming had completed the small goal Chen Mobai had set for her.
She had turned Hong County's desert-covered surface back into green mountains and clear waters.
Starting this year, Zhuo Ming felt that as long as she set foot upon the earth, streams of pure Qi would surge toward her from deep within the crust.
This Earth Qi did not even need her guidance. It actively bored into her body and was refined by her on its own.
Zhuo Ming's cultivation also grew deeper and deeper along with it, and very soon she reached the threshold of Core Formation.
But when she came to this step, she instead became somewhat flustered.
Although Chen Mobai had spoken to her about Core Formation by Enlightenment, she had never experienced it, and she was also afraid that after taking that step, she would fail, or else perish beneath the Heavenly Tribulation.
So Zhuo Ming took the initiative to seal off her own cultivation. However,