Two months later.
Cloud Mist Mountain Range.
Within the dim, damp mountain forest, amid the deathly silence all around, a figure slowly emerged.
It was Lin Chang'an, having dispelled his Invisibility Technique.
"No one should have expected that I, having just broken through to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, would venture deep into the Cloud Mist Mountain Range alone."
Lin Chang'an nodded to himself. There were too many cultivators in Celestial Mystery City preparing for Foundation Establishment; someone might well be watching him in secret, waiting to rob him while the fire was hot.
If he waited until Qi Refining Ninth Layer Grand Perfection, there might be even more eyes fixed on him. That was why he had feinted, using secluded cultivation as an excuse while secretly slipping out.
This was also his best opportunity.
No one would have imagined that he would come out to take risks so soon after breaking through.
What gave Lin Chang'an confidence, in the end, was that he lacked neither arrays nor magical artifacts, and he had no shortage of Spirit Stones either.
Cloud Mist Mountain Range was home to countless Demon Beasts. In particular, the spiritual energy radiated by Celestial Mystery City's Spirit Vein constantly drew Demon Beasts in.
"There are tricks to finding Second-tier Monster Beasts. Good thing my years in the Monster Hunting Squad weren't wasted."
With a leap, Lin Chang'an landed on the trunk of an ancient tree and calmly watched the distance.
When he had first entered the depths of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, he had still encountered traces of human cultivators, mostly Monster Hunting Squads traveling in groups of three or five. But after continuing deeper, he had gone ten straight days without seeing another human cultivator.
"Powerful Demon Beasts all have their own territories and strong