Jade Island.
Inside the Jade-Green Grotto Abode.
"The Calendar-Intercalation Method? So that was how Li Rulong slipped it in back then—"
After watching Xu Hei's live feed, Fang Qing finally had an answer to a question that had long troubled him.
Then he watched Xu Hei escape with the old fox's help, picking up someone's storage pouch along the way. Fang Qing was speechless. "Xu Hei really does have some damn luck—"
He had taken this subordinate on a whim, never expecting him to prove so useful.
More importantly, Xu Hei had run into danger time and again at markets and trade fairs, yet had always barely escaped with his life. He had the makings of a master at lying low, a legendary king of surviving the unsurvivable—
This time, after fleeing Pu Family Mountain City with Qingling, he had learned quite a few secrets, too.
"Lord Pu's rebellion will give Cloud-Touching Cliff a world of trouble—huh? Why do I suddenly feel disaster looming?"
Fang Qing had been gloating when his brows drew together. A sudden premonition stirred in him.
The discussion of the Esoteric Monks' Eastern Crossing had taken place after Xu Hei was left behind, so Fang Qing had not heard it—
He hurriedly cast a divination, but could make nothing of it. He pulled his head in. "Forget it—I'll go to Ancient Shu less often and focus on the ruins here first. I still need to switch cultivation methods—"
With that, he took out the Profound-Heeding Grotto Spring Scripture and began studying it.
"This is a [Winnowing Basket Water] Purple Mansion cultivation method. To cultivate the Wind-Approaching Foundation Dao Foundation, one must ingest Grotto Spring Essence. That requires finding an underground Spirit Spring and refining it with a pure breeze—Seventh-Order Low Grade."
"Qi Ingestion—more Qi Ingestion."
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