Half a month later.
Lin Changheng "broke through" to the middle stage of Qi Refining as planned and moved into a new small courtyard at the Cloud-Viewing Dojo.
The Xu Family had specially built and assigned it to him, their new guest elder.
Quite a few courtyards had been built along the main branch of the mid-grade spirit vein, where locations were scarce. Lin Changheng simply chose a relatively secluded one. It was outside the cluster of buildings, but it was quiet.
After looking it over, he found that both the courtyard and the rooms within were of far higher standard than before, with more refined furnishings as well.
Antique and elegant, with extraordinary taste, everything was made from precious golden-thread nanmu wood, the kind used only by royalty in the mortal world.
Lin Changheng did not covet luxury, but neither did he mind living in a better environment.
He closed the courtyard gate and took a step. In an instant, he vanished without a trace.
Only ripples of earth remained, gently stirring across the ground.
Then yellow light flashed inside the room, and a figure in a green robe had already appeared. Having just sat down, he poured himself a cup of mid-grade Cloud Spirit Tea.
This tea was allotted only to the Xu Family's mid-grade alchemists. It could ease the fatigue of alchemy and clear one's eyes and ears.
It was especially best consumed during the early and middle stages of alchemy.
But Lin Changheng had no such need and merely drank it in daily life.
"This second-layer treasure seed's [Earth Escape Strange Technique · Agility] is clearly much stronger. Whether burrowing into the ground or escaping through it, its speed and duration are beyond comparison with before."
"It can reach a depth of one and a half