Everything remained as before!
This led to many Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators within the White Cloud Sect gathering in groups of three or five, discussing this very topic!
"Fellow Daoist Yu, when do you think Ancestor will emerge from seclusion?"
A slender middle-aged cultivator with a gentle bearing wore a troubled expression as he looked toward the vigorous old man beside him and asked.
Upon hearing this, the spirited old man stroked his beard and said calmly, "How would this old man know when Ancestor will emerge from seclusion?
Rather than wasting time on that, you should cultivate properly!"
"You make it sound easy, Fellow Daoist Yu!" The middle-aged cultivator sighed. "With the density of Spirit Energy in my Cave Mansion, do you think it can support my cultivation?"
"Haha!"
The old man chuckled.
"That is true!"
"If you, lad, had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm several decades earlier, you could have been like this old man and opened up a Cave Mansion atop a Spirit Vein node!"
"What a pity!"
Then the old man changed the subject, a teasing look appearing on his face.
"Still, if you want a Cave Mansion that can meet your daily cultivation needs, you will likely have to cultivate at the medium-sized Spirit Vein station the sect has just seized."
"Otherwise, you'll have to keep cooping yourself up here to cultivate."
"I know that too!"
"But that Spirit Vein has no Ancestor standing guard, nor is it protected by a Forbidden Restriction Array. Even if it could support my cultivation, I wouldn't dare go!
Besides, the cultivators eyeing that medium-sized Spirit Vein now are all great powers on the same level as Ancestor."
"That is indeed true!" The old man nodded. "But in this old man's view, Ancestor must have contingencies in