Over four hours later, Liu Yu returned to Colorful Lotus Mountain.
He put away his magical artifact, opened the formation, and walked inside, where he saw Ji Ruyan arranging some flowers she had picked.
"Young master."
Ji Ruyan rose and bowed respectfully, then said nothing more.
She knew she was only a maidservant now. All she needed to do was attend to her duties and refrain from asking questions she should not ask.
Liu Yu nodded slightly in acknowledgment. Sensing her aura, he found that she was already close to the ninth layer of Qi Refining.
There was no bottleneck between the eighth and ninth layers of Qi Refining. At her current pace, she would reach it in about a year.
Everything was proceeding as he had envisioned. Once she reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining, he would grant her a Dragonblood Fruit to strengthen her body.
One year to reach the ninth layer of Qi Refining, two years to reach the peak, and another year to hone her magical power. In four years at most, she would be ready to attempt Foundation Establishment.
Her natural talent was somewhat better than his. With pills to help her, her cultivation progressed even faster than his had back then.
With these thoughts in mind, Liu Yu entered the Cultivation Room and sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion.
Now that he had confirmed there was nothing wrong with the Canglang Spirit Water, it was best to remove his pill toxins sooner rather than later.
Although the pill toxins currently had only a minor effect on his cultivation speed, and their greatest impact would come when he attempted to break through a bottleneck, any improvement in cultivation speed was welcome given his aptitude.
That was also why he valued Ji Ruyan so highly.