Red Cloud did not travel slowly, but the journey had not been smooth sailing either. Compared to your full speed when traveling alone, it was greatly inferior. Still, it allowed you to fully conceal yourself without affecting your refinement of Time Soul Pearls and high-quality Qi in the slightest.
By now, your speed in refining Red Qi had grown faster and faster. You had refined a total of four strands, and your strength had visibly improved in the process.
Meanwhile, in the former Xing Qi Great Mountain Region, with the aid of the ancient treasure known as the Greenish-gray Bronze Mirror, Ye Chen had also stabilized the situation rather smoothly. Or rather, the situation was even better than you had imagined. The azure sky and Yellow Sky seemed to be deliberately avoiding you in order to conceal the fact that their elder brother had left. Thus, even though you had already departed and had not appeared for a long time, the two skies had still not noticed you.
Qian was naturally more perceptive, and he had long harbored some suspicions. Yet because you had willingly yielded the ancient treasure, his favor toward you had increased greatly, and he had no intention of doing anything unnecessary.
During this time, sparse strands of Red Qi still appeared, but before your Clone Projection even needed to show itself, the ancient treasure, the Greenish-gray Bronze Mirror, was enough to deal with them. You did not need to worry at all, and not a single important item fell into another's hands...
In the 1,638,271st year, the 122nd year since you entered the Time Ancestral Land. Three years had passed as promised since the Giant Tide Qi Surge, yet the azure sky and Yellow Sky made no further major moves. They already seemed inclined to spend