There was nothing worth any spirit stones in his cave abode. Everything of value was stored in the Immortal Mansion or his Storage Bag, so after tidying up a little, Liu Yu left and flew toward Clear Spring Peak in a streak of escape light.
Somewhere he failed to notice, a lovely figure in blue stood at the entrance to her own cave abode, watching his escape light recede into the distance and silently bidding him farewell.
He left the Wu Earth Bluestone Formation in his cave abode. He had no desire to return and find the place plundered.
Besides, if he could not defeat an enemy cultivator in battle, a defensive formation would be nothing more than a tortoise shell, leaving him rooted to the spot to await death.
The flight speed of the Foundation Establishment Realm was far beyond that of the Qi Refining Period. Liu Yu reached Clear Spring Peak in just half an hour.
Yan Qun'er, Cui Liang, and two others hovered on magical artifacts above the General Affairs Hall. Seeing them, Liu Yu steered his escape light over.
Their powerful Foundation Establishment spirit pressure was impossible for the Qi Refining disciples below to ignore. The gazes lifted toward them were filled with awe and envy.
Over a hundred disciples had already gathered in the plaza before the General Affairs Hall, chatting in twos and threes. With several Foundation Establishment stewards present, they kept their voices low and dared not act out of line. Every so often, a few more disciples in white or gray robes arrived from the foot of the mountain.
Riding the Mother-and-Son Soul-Chasing Blades, Liu Yu stopped twenty or thirty feet from his fellow Foundation Establishment cultivators and cupped his hands toward them.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting, senior brothers and senior