The Sword Appreciation Assembly Zhao Yuandian was hosting would be held in three months, but Su Xin had been in seclusion during that time, leaving him just over two months.
Even riding at full speed without stopping, it would take nearly two months to get from Jiangnan Circuit to Xiaoyang City in Eastern Jin. Su Xin, however, chose to travel on foot.
It wasn't because Su Xin had any peculiar habits. He was using the journey to temper his inner energy.
Su Xin had already reached the peak of the Divine Palace Realm, Half-Step Primordial Spirit. Further cultivation of his inner energy no longer seemed to bring much improvement. All he needed now was a sudden epiphany, and he could immediately advance to the Primordial Spirit Realm.
So Su Xin didn't choose to cultivate his inner energy. Instead, he planned to use it continuously as he traveled, exhausting it completely before letting it recover. This wouldn't increase his inner energy, but it would make it purer.
Thus, with this ascetic style of cultivation, Su Xin still took two months to reach Xiaoyang City, even on foot.
Two months of cultivation had left Su Xin looking rather disheveled. He found an inn, washed up, changed clothes, and then prepared to go out and explore.
Tie Zhan hadn't given him the contact information for the Six Fan Sect's informants in Xiaoyang City. But Tie Zhan had said that as soon as Su Xin arrived, the local informants would be sure to find him. So Su Xin felt safe wandering around the city.
Xiaoyang City lay on the border between Eastern Jin and Great Zhou and served as a trading hub for both sides. As a result, it was extremely prosperous, no less so than major prefectures like Jiangnan Prefecture.
Great Zhou and