"Three to five years?" Wang Qiuyue shook her head slightly. "The cultivation technique he practiced was an evil-path art. The difficulty of opening soul apertures far exceeded that faced by righteous-path cultivators. One first had to thoroughly defile the acupoints, seeking to reach the mysterious through the utmost filth, before the acupoints could transform into soul apertures. Even if he had taken the Pure Origin Heavenly Dew, I fear three to five short years would still not be enough..."
At this point, Wang Qiuyue's eyes suddenly lit up.
"He has begun absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. It seems this will not be so boring after all."
Bai Wei looked up at the vaulted ceiling of the cavern hall. A spiritual energy vortex had appeared there, and it was still expanding.
Unlike before, when Song Wen absorbed spiritual energy only for it to leak back out, once this spiritual energy was swallowed into Song Wen's body, it did not disperse again. Instead, it was forcibly bound within him, helping him scour his acupoints.
As the spiritual energy vortex grew larger and spun faster, it affected not only the spiritual energy within the cavern hall. The spiritual energy throughout Lanyuan Mountain, and even beyond the mountain, began converging in this direction.
"People have come from outside. They should be from the Jia Family. I'll deal with them," Wang Qiuyue said.
"Remember, do not kill anyone. If too many Jia Family members die, it will surely alert the Jia Family higher-ups. They may even spare no expense to hire powerful cultivators to investigate. If that happens, news of the heavenly phenomena appearing here will spread even farther, and the situation may slip beyond our control," Bai Wei warned.
Wang Qiuyue nodded, then flashed out through the barrier.
Several dozen breaths