By the time he returned to Yellow Sheep Inn, the sky was already faintly bright.
Over the following days, Chen Jing quietly remained at Yellow Sheep Inn, cultivating while waiting for news.
Since he had to run errands and work at the inn during the day,
Chen Jing simply rearranged his cultivation schedule.
He used to divide his attention in two at night, practicing both internal arts and Spirit Refining.
Now, after closing up, he decided to first spend one shichen digesting a Spirit-Nourishing Pill.
Once the night was deep and still, he would quietly leave the inn and head up Black Mountain to practice qinggong.
At the same time, he could divide his attention in two to practice his fist techniques and push their progress along.
There was not even a ghost's shadow on Black Mountain at night, so Chen Jing could cut loose to his heart's content without worrying about disturbing anyone.
The proficiency of external martial arts grew far more easily than foundational methods such as internal arts and visualization techniques.
After one shichen, both Chen Jing's qinggong and fist technique proficiency could rise by 90 points.
Every day, he left at midnight and returned at dawn.
That was from eleven at night until seven in the morning—eight full hours, four shichen of training.
Moreover, since Chen Jing had already reached Xiantian, with his inner and outer aspects linked, the speed at which he recovered qi through the pores of his entire body and through breathing had increased severalfold over the Acquired Realm.
Simply maintaining qinggong and practicing fist techniques, his true qi consumption and recovery could basically balance each other out.
This was what martial artists commonly called the Xiantian Realm: life renewing itself without end.
Thus, Chen Jing did not need to rest at all.