Because of the medium spirit stone vein discovered in Cold Mist Forest, the entire cultivation world of the Chu Kingdom had been engulfed in war. More than twenty years had passed since it began.
Countless sect cultivators, lineage cultivators, and rogue cultivators had died as a result. Many small sects and lineages had fallen into decline, and even many medium-sized lineages and sects had gone from prosperity to ruin.
Liu Yu, too, had gone from a minor Qi Refining cultivator who had to seek out connections to avoid the war to someone who now confronted enemy cultivators head-on and reaped all manner of benefits.
Because of it, he had also been stationed near Moonwatch City for almost twenty years.
Was it finally going to end now?
At this thought, joy stirred in Liu Yu's heart.
Whether his sect and its camp held the upper hand or secured the benefits they wanted would actually have very little effect on him.
His cultivation resources came from using the Immortal Mansion to accelerate the growth of spirit herbs and then refining pills, not from the sect's meager stipend or from carrying out sect missions.
If circumstances allowed, Liu Yu would have liked nothing better than to enter seclusion until he broke through to the Foundation Establishment late stage, then emerge to prepare what he needed to attempt forming his Golden Core.
Unfortunately, that was impossible. If he used the sect as a platform, he had to submit to its commands.
Enjoying the benefits of the rules without fulfilling the obligations they imposed-
That was something he was not yet capable of.
Besides, the spirit stones needed to accelerate the growth of spirit herbs, the pills needed to break through bottlenecks, and the magical artifacts and spirit artifacts that needed replacing as his cultivation