A few breaths later, Xu Yan arrived at the summit of Sitting Forgetfulness Peak.
Since this peak was the farthest from the Main Peak, its spiritual energy was the thinnest of the four secondary peaks. As a result, very few Foundation Establishment cultivators established cave abodes here.
After circling the summit, Xu Yan found only one cultivator's cave abode.
It had long since fallen into ruin. Clearly, its owner had died an unknown number of years ago.
He slowly extended his divine sense to survey the area, then chose a suitable spot.
The spot he selected lay beside a cliff, roughly a hundred zhang from the dilapidated cave abode. It was dozens of li from the Crimson Sun Sect's Main Peak, well beyond the probing range of a Golden Core cultivator's divine sense.
Once he settled on the location, carving out a cave abode was simplicity itself. Guiding his Broadsword, Xu Yan hollowed out a cave ten zhang across in the cliff face in just a few breaths.
After setting up the second-tier Defensive Formation he had received at the entrance, his cave abode was complete.
Inside, Xu Yan sat cross-legged on the second-tier Spirit Meditation Cushion.
As he slowly circulated his cultivation method, the cushion beneath him released strands of spiritual light, slightly increasing the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy.
The change was so minute that he would never have noticed it had he not focused his entire attention on it.
"These cultivation aids aren't to be underestimated either." A flicker of surprise crossed Xu Yan's eyes. Apart from the Green Pearl, he had never experienced any other treasures that aided cultivation.
Although this second-tier Spirit Meditation Cushion provided only a slight increase in the speed at which a cultivator absorbed Heaven and Earth spiritual qi, over