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While Ling Qing rode the White Crane through the air, he suddenly felt as though heaven and earth had placed some expectation upon him—and bestowed something upon him as well.

At the same time, it seemed he had forgotten something.

He circulated his cultivation method, sending the Primordial One Qi racing through his body once.

Yet he found nothing amiss. Instead, in an instant, he condensed three more acupoints.

Four years had passed since Canglingzi took him away from the Lü residence's rear garden.

By the normal pace of Qi Path Foundation Establishment cultivation, he should have succeeded in reaching Foundation Establishment by now.

Yet even now, he had only refined a little over fifty acupoints in the Ren and Du Meridians.

To suddenly condense three in a row left him inexplicably unsettled.

He cast a spell to inspect his surroundings. Once he saw that no one was following him, he put away the White Crane and descended into a small town.

Then he concealed his aura and withdrew his techniques, blending into the common folk like light merging with dust.

After making a circuit and finding no strange phenomena in the sky, he went to hide in an abandoned courtyard.

He circulated his cultivation method, converting the killing aura within his body into Primordial One Qi and back again, running each through a full cycle.

Only after confirming that there truly was nothing abnormal did he let the matter rest.

Ling Qing ended his cultivation, unfastened the Immortal-Slaying Sword and stored it in his brocade pouch, then took out the Azure Dragon Sea-Churning Sword and strapped it across his back.

Only then did he emerge from hiding. He found a merchant caravan bound for Chang'an, displayed a couple of martial skills, and earned himself a position guarding the caravan.