"Inhale~~~ exhale~~~"
He drew in a deep breath, then slowly let it out.
Qian calmed himself down, then focused his mind and carefully sensed the spatial nodes around him.
Time ticked by, second by second.
Before long, Qian felt something.
Just as he had said earlier, there was indeed a node here connected to another pocket dimension.
And the nearby Natural Energy was indeed being drawn into that pocket dimension—wait.
All at once, Qian's spirit jolted.
In his perception, the pocket dimension he had just sensed suddenly vanished.
At that moment, Qian became fully alert. The Natural Energy inside his Abdominal Pocket Dimension had already been drawn out by him, flowing through the meridians in his body together with his chakra.
Now, with just a thought, he could fuse enough Sage Art Chakra to enter Sage Mode and bring out one hundred percent of his combat power.
However, after waiting several seconds, no enemy appeared.
"Looks like it wasn't because of me."
Qian muttered under his breath, then relaxed slightly.
Although with his current strength, he was not afraid of going to war with the Three Great Sage Locations, he had no intention of blundering into a fight with them for no clear reason either.
After all, doing so would have no meaning besides delaying his cultivation.
Fortunately, things did not develop in the worst possible direction.
He waited a while longer. About a minute later, Qian suddenly sensed that this place had once again connected to a pocket dimension.
This caused the Natural Energy that had just stopped flowing to surge toward the node in front of him once more, finally flowing into that pocket dimension again.
"Hmm?"
Qian froze slightly.
Immediately afterward, his brows furrowed.
There was no other reason. The pocket dimension he was sensing now was