While Qin Shujian quietly cultivated and his strength steadily improved.
A piece of news arrived.
It drew him out of his cultivation.
In the courtyard.
Nourished by spiritual energy, the osmanthus tree he had planted grew much faster than it would elsewhere.
Before he knew it.
Flowers had bloomed on its branches, their refreshing fragrance filling the courtyard. Qin Shujian sat on a stone stool beneath its cooling shade, holding a letter.
An Origin Sect disciple had sent the letter back.
The person who wrote it, however, did not belong to the Origin Sect.
Instead, it was.
Lin Wanyou, the Chengyun Trading Company's chief manager in the Xuanxu True Domain.
"Oh well, I've stayed here so long I'm about to grow mold. A walk outside wouldn't hurt. Even if I gain nothing, I can at least clear my head!" Qin Shujian burned the letter to ashes with his true essence and rose, letting the ashes scatter on the wind.
Level ten Yang Fire.
The energy infused into his true essence could already melt refined steel with ease.
Incinerating a little sheet of paper was even easier.
Perhaps influenced by the television shows and films of his previous life, Qin Shujian now burned every letter he received after reading it. He had no habit of keeping them.
Although none contained particularly important information.
He certainly did not want someone holding up a letter one day and claiming to have uncovered the secret of his dealings with someone else.
After leaving the courtyard.
Qin Shujian gathered the few elders still at the Origin Sect, explained where he was going, and left some instructions before departing Liangshan.
But just as he left Liangshan Stronghold.
He checked his life source, then, with a thought, instantly raised the Great Dream Spirit-Binding Art to the sixth