The reason Wang Ping had not considered this was that, subconsciously, he had only treated attempting advancement as a way to obtain spiritual substance. Spiritual substance merely increased his chance of advancement; he had never truly considered making a real attempt.
Moreover, perhaps Wang Ping had truly been under too much pressure lately, just as Yulian had said. Whenever he thought things through, there were always bound to be omissions.
The cultivation of humanity truly never ends!
As Wang Ping sighed inwardly, he took out the Cave Heaven Mirror and called off the advancement attempt at Jiang Cun's dojo. He then sent those Puppets into the depths of the pool in Sanhe Prefecture, intending to try Yulian's method.
The fate array at the bottom of Sanhe Prefecture's pool was nearly complete. However, since he intended to use it to attempt advancement, he needed to construct an array for refining spiritual substance at the array's core.
Wang Ping sent a portion of his consciousness to the site through the Cave Heaven Mirror and spent two days and two nights devising a plan.
Then, all he had to do was wait.
Before he knew it, another Spring Festival had arrived. The Mountain Top Dojo enjoyed a brief burst of liveliness. Ruan Chunzi and Yuan Zheng came together to drink and chat with Wang Ping, while Hu Qianqian and Xia Weny both brought their respective Disciples to pay their respects.
Hu Qianqian's New Disciple was a member of her clan, an underage little white fox named Bailin. He was also a male fox. He seemed to dislike maintaining human form; after paying his respects to Wang Ping, he changed back into a fox and lay beside Hu Qianqian. Soon, he was drawn to the Sanhua cat that came rushing over, and before long,