Shi Feiyang did not want to linger in Qingtian County's town. His own cultivation required peace and quiet, for anything from several days to several months, while refining treasures produced all manner of colored lights and wondrous sounds that would draw the townspeople to watch, speculate, and gossip.
Yuan Hua also needed to refine Mao Gong's flying swords and magic treasures. These, too, would blaze with light, attracting the covetous attention of Monsters and demons, so he needed someone to guard him.
Taking Yuan Hua and Lin Han, he left Qingtian and returned to Dinghu Peak in Xiandu. Lin Han could not go underwater, and Yuan Hua could not tolerate living beneath the water either. Shi Feiyang also wanted to fill Yu's Cauldron with some clean water, so he drew all the water inside the peak into the cauldron. Then he went down to the Crouching Dragon Stone at its foot and looked upward, feeling rather like someone gazing at the sky from the bottom of a well.
He therefore went over to nearby Mount Buxu, found an auspicious spot with excellent feng shui, carved out another cave, and moved in.
Shi Feiyang bestowed the White Light Sword upon Lin Han and taught him to practice breathing exercises and refine the sword every day. Lin Han was overjoyed and practiced diligently each day without the slightest slackening. Even at night, he slept with the sword in his arms.
Yuan Hua cultivated the Inner Scenery Origin Treatise in the outer cave while also refining the Hooked Sword Jade Slip, occasionally helping Lin Han with his swordsmanship.
Shi Feiyang settled his mind and cross-referenced everything he had learned in the past with the Inner Scenery Origin Treatise, integrating it all into a coherent whole. He also deciphered a good deal more of