After offering profuse thanks, Liu Yunxiang returned to the Suyun Sect with the top-grade Spirit Stones in joyous spirits, eager to begin elevating her sect's spirit vein.
Yet advancing a Tier 5 High-grade spirit vein into a sixth-tier spirit vein was not something that could be accomplished overnight. Even with top-grade Spirit Stones as the catalyst, it would take quite some time, and failure was still possible.
Zhou Yang could only wish Liu Yunxiang instant success and the fulfillment of her long-cherished desire.
Over the next several years, Zhou Yang settled all matters of social dealings. After spending several years enjoying domestic happiness with his wife and child, he officially entered seclusion.
During the early stage of his seclusion, he did not rush to consume spirit pills to raise his cultivation. Instead, he took out a portion of the large quantity of Cold Jade True Marrow he had obtained from the Cultivation World of the Northern Court Continent and used it to temper his physical body and mana.
He had acquired quite a lot of this spiritual treasure back then. Apart from the portion his disciple Lu Xuewei had received, his Dao companion Xiao Ying and his son Zhou Guangcheng had also each obtained some.
He had also deliberately set aside more than ten drops in the Zhou Family treasury, so that if the Zhou Family produced another outstanding cultivator with an Ice Spirit Root in the future, they could use this item to assist in Core Formation, just as Lu Xuewei had done.
While Zhou Yang entered seclusion, Xiao Ying and Zhou Guangcheng, mother and son, also entered seclusion at almost the same time.
Xiao Ying entered seclusion to cultivate a secret heart-refining technique. Zhou Yang had obtained this technique from the demoness Huan Qianqian, and it would help