"Eh, Wangshu, you..."
Lin Qingzhu saw Ning Wangshu return from outside and couldn't help staring at him in surprise.
Earlier, Ning Wangshu had flown straight out from the second-floor balcony with his Wizard Clan Avatar, so Lin Qingzhu hadn't known what he was doing. Now, however, he had come in through the front door on the first floor, which naturally left her puzzled.
Ning Wangshu smiled slightly. "My Body Outside of Body finished forming and emerged just now. But the best place for him to refine that drop of Essence Blood from an Ancient Wizard Clan expert is deep beneath the earth's ley lines..."
Ning Wangshu briefly explained the situation.
After listening, Lin Qingzhu looked enlightened. "So that's what happened. I was wondering why you'd suddenly come back from outside. Anyway, does that mean your Body Outside of Body is finally complete? If I remember right, you'd been nurturing it for over a year, hadn't you?"
"Mm, more than a year."
Ning Wangshu nodded, then suddenly asked, "By the way, Qingzhu, has anything happened while I was in seclusion these past few months?"
"Of course. A few more secret-realm sects have appeared in the past few months. One of them was that Tianxin Sect you mentioned before."
"Also, as more and more secret-realm sects have emerged, most of them have been searching across the country for people with promising aptitude and taking them in as disciples."
"Many sects from the Cultivation World have also been unable to sit still. They've begun appearing openly before the public, and quite a few have started accepting disciples too. As a result, cultivation has become the focus of ordinary people's attention."
"Especially now that the Spiritual Qi in the world is noticeably denser than it was a few months ago, making cultivation easier."
"And