Cycle! Everything Returned to the Starting Point! The search for the young man and young woman continued, with notices posted in every city.
Countless people had been sent out to look for them.
Unfortunately, once these people went out, they vanished like stones sinking into the sea, finding nothing at all.
Time slowly slipped by.
Within the Duke of Wei's Residence.
Gu Yuan stretched lazily. With his fiancée gone, no one in the entire ducal residence dared provoke this young master.
Even his nominal father and nominal grandfather scarcely disturbed him.
That gave Gu Yuan quite a lot of time to rest.
Only, his reputation had taken a bit of a hit.
She really had run away, and there was no shortage of gossip among the common folk.
But that had nothing to do with Gu Yuan. She was not his wife.
Whistling, he picked up the teacup beside him and took a gentle sip, looking utterly at ease.
But counting the days...
It seemed about time.
Gu Yuan lightly tapped his fingers against the chair, lost in thought.
Only, this cycle had brought many more variables.
According to the information currently available, quite a few commoners had begun cultivating the Qi Refining Formula.
Only the court officials and those within the imperial palace had not cultivated it.
What came next would be interesting.
That day passed swiftly.
When night fell.
It felt as though the entire world had changed.
Space seemed to freeze, time seemed to flow backward, and everything began to transform.
Gu Yuan sat quietly, a sharp gleam flashing through his eyes as he used his true body to search for traces of aura.
He searched for the source of that power.
Tilting his head, he transformed into a wisp of consciousness, his aura rising without pause