Inside the underwater cave, Su Mo sat with his eyes closed tight, quietly cultivating.
Before long, the communication talisman on his body hummed with vibration. Qing Ya had replied to his message.
Su Mo took out the communication talisman and probed it with his spiritual power, and Qing Ya's voice traveled straight into his mind.
"Palace Master, where are you?" Qing Ya's voice sounded quite excited, and Su Mo's ability to come to Sanyuan Star made her very happy.
"I'm at the bottom of Vast Lake, right beneath Sky City!" Su Mo replied to her.
"Should I come find you? Tell me your exact location!" Qing Ya said.
Hearing this, Su Mo pondered briefly before replying, "Forget it, you'd better not come. I'm very safe here and am preparing to enter closed-door cultivation, and will only emerge after a month or so once my cultivation breaks through to the Martial Venerable Realm, Fifth Layer!"
Su Mo did not have Qing Ya come over since there was nothing going on anyway, so why bother making the trip twice!
"Oh, alright then! Palace Master, let me know when you finish your closed-door cultivation!" Qing Ya replied.
"Alright!"
After a brief exchange with Qing Ya, Su Mo entered closed-door cultivation once again.
The Great Chaos Five Elements Divine Art circulated, the Xuan energy within his body rolling and flowing through the meridians of his entire body, running through one major circulation cycle after another in an endless, repeating loop.
Time flowed continually, and a month's time passed peacefully.
A month later, Su Mo opened his eyes because his cultivation had become sufficiently refined, and he could attempt to charge toward the Martial Venerable Realm, Fifth Layer.
Subsequently, Su Mo entered the jade bracelet space, took out a massive quantity of spirit crystals, and