Half a year later.
Inside his room, Chen Lin opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air.
The bizarre energy here was truly overbearing. Even when he cultivated using only spirit crystals and pills, he could not shut it out completely and still had to divert some of his attention to resisting it.
As a result, his cultivation progressed considerably more slowly.
Moreover, his reserves of pills and spirit crystals were not unlimited. Sooner or later, they would run out. Sitting idle and eating through his stores was no solution.
Chen Lin pondered his options.
If nothing else worked, he would have to inquire about the Ancient Cultivator Cave Abodes and see whether he could venture out to explore them and obtain resources.
From what he knew, almost every Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode contained a Minor Spirit Realm. These independent spaces seemed to have been standard features for ancient cultivators back then.
Furthermore, Minor Spirit Realms operated under their own rules, keeping the bizarre energy here from seeping inside. Not only were they suitable for growing crops, they were actually even better suited for cultivation. However, the cultivators here all practiced the Heaven Concealing Technique and needed to refine the bizarre energy, making Minor Spirit Realms the least suitable places for them instead.
But he needed one. Having a Minor Spirit Realm all to himself would be ideal.
Besides.
The Ancient Cultivator Cave Abodes had all been built over ten thousand years ago. Those that remained unexplored would surely contain ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, and might even hold high-grade Spirit Treasures and elder heritage.
But exploring Ancient Cultivator Cave Abodes was dangerous, too. The chief problem was that he could not use mana outside, making even searching for them a major difficulty. Moreover, opening an Ancient Cultivator Cave Abode