Inside the cave abode, Xu Yan sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion.
His expression was rather grave. He finally understood why there had been so few spirit stones in those two men's storage bags.
The spiritual energy on the outskirts of the Netherworld Domain was so thin that it was almost nonexistent. No matter how he circulated the Taiyi Five Elements Art, he could scarcely draw in enough heaven and earth spiritual qi.
The cultivation method he practiced was extraordinarily powerful. Once he reached Foundation Establishment, ordinary methods could not even compare to it. If even he could not draw enough spiritual energy from the world, other cultivators would likely find it even harder to refine heaven and earth spiritual qi for their own use here.
Left with no choice, Xu Yan took spirit stones from his storage bag and absorbed them. Merely restoring his magic power to its peak consumed nearly a thousand low-grade spirit stones.
This discovery startled him. If he cultivated here for a long time, the number of spirit stones he consumed would be staggering.
For ordinary cultivators, having enough spirit stones to keep their cultivation from declining would probably be a blessing. Breaking through to the next stage would be harder than ascending to heaven. The thought rose unbidden in his mind.
I wonder what the Inner Region of the Netherworld Domain is like. If it's anything like these outskirts, the chaos and bloodshed here must be unimaginable!
Something stirred in Xu Yan's mind, and he solemnly glanced at the spirit stones in his storage ring. He could already imagine how, in a place like the Netherworld Domain, spirit stones that could restore a cultivator's magic power would hold far greater appeal than they did outside.
Fortunately, he had destroyed the Crimson Sun Sect at