Divine Flame

In the Medicine Garden, before the stone cottage.

"It's been seven or eight days already. Why hasn't this guy come out of seclusion yet? The family's coming-of-age ceremony is in a few days. If he doesn't leave soon, he'll miss it," Xiao Yu said, her brows tightly knit as she paced anxiously before the door.

Two or three days later, Xiao Meng still had not emerged from seclusion. Xiao Yu stopped waiting and left atop a flying magical beast.

At this moment, Xiao Meng was immersed in the transformation of his Origin Force. In the sea of Origin Force within him, sixty percent had already been converted into True Essence, and it was still continuing to transform.

He had underestimated the potency of the Great Origin Pill. He had thought that three or four pills would at most convert twenty percent of his Origin Force into True Essence, yet the result was more than thirty percent.

Another six or seven days passed. Seventy percent of the Origin Force in Xiao Meng's body had been converted into True Essence, and his cultivation finally came to an end.

"Creak..."

"How long did I cultivate for?" After pushing open the stone door, Xiao Meng instinctively raised a hand to block the dazzling sunlight. He had a feeling this cultivation session had taken quite some time.

"Big Brother Xiao, you've finally come out of seclusion?" Mu Zichen, who had been sitting cross-legged beneath a tree some distance away, immediately opened his eyes upon hearing the sound and looked toward Xiao Meng.

Xiao Meng stepped over the threshold and casually asked, "Zichen, how long was I in seclusion?"

Once Mu Zichen told him the duration, Xiao Meng froze on the spot. His expression then changed slightly. It was already too late for him to return