Five days later, after several cautious detours, concealments of their auras, and short-distance spatial transfers, Lin Ming and Qing Lin finally returned safely, under the highest vigilance, to the Five Elements Sect's base in the northern part of the Central Region of Middle Continent.
When the familiar outline of the sect and the glow of its protective grand formation entered their sight, the nerves the two of them had kept taut for nearly ten days finally truly relaxed.
After returning to the sect, Lin Ming roughly explained the matter to Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Elder Yao, and the others, then plunged straight into the Quiet Room where he conducted seclusion, beginning the deepest level of secluded healing.
This seclusion lasted a full month.
During this month, energy misted within the Quiet Room. At times, golden light faintly appeared; at times, arcs of lightning flickered. More often, however, there was a deep, restrained fluctuation, as though it were soothing some deeper kind of wound.
The death battle against the Three Heaven Demon Phoenixes, especially the burden brought by using "Yellow Springs Heaven Rage" at the end, far surpassed ordinary injuries.
It was not merely the depletion of Dou Qi and the damage to his physical body, but also the hidden injuries dealt to his meridians and dantian from forcibly activating a powerful Dou Technique beyond the burden his current realm could bear.
At that moment, within the Quiet Room, Lin Ming, as an Alchemist, naturally did not lack medicinal pills for healing. Moreover, within his Inner World, he still had an existence as brimming with life force as the Bodhi Ancient Tree. Thus, under this two-pronged effort, his injuries rapidly improved.
During this recovery process, Lin Ming did not merely heal his wounds. He also sorted through and digested the