Every morning, Liu Yu gathered freshly condensed dew and brewed a pot of Clear Lotus Tea to drink.
He could distinctly feel his divine sense growing little by little. Although the effects were extremely slow in the short term, the long-term prospects were highly promising.
A morning pot of Clear Lotus Tea had become part of his daily routine, gradually settling into a habit that not even thunder could shake.
Time knew no bounds in cultivation. Amid his secluded days of practice, a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Throughout that month, Liu Yu took Jade Spirit Pills every day to cultivate. Compared with absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth without pills, his cultivation speed was on an entirely different level. He had already taken a small but steady step forward within the seventh layer of Qi Refining.
But the good times did not last. After a month, he had no choice but to stop this extravagant cultivation. A practical problem lay before him, demanding a solution.
He was out of spirit stones!
Of the hundred and twenty spirit stones he had drawn from the sect as a year's stipend, he had spent a hundred. Activating the Red Flame Formation to refine pills had consumed another five, while five more had lost a little of their spiritual energy. In the end, he had only ten left-not enough to sustain his extravagant cultivation!
He had to find a way to replenish his spirit stones if he wanted to keep advancing rapidly. Having grown accustomed to the swift improvement pills provided, he found it difficult to accept returning to diligent meditation and Qi Refining, with his progress crawling along like a tortoise.
Sitting cross-legged on his cushion, Liu Yu took out all his remaining spirit stones and held