A human life between heaven and earth was like a white colt flashing past a crack in the wall-gone in an instant.
Cultivators lived longer than mortals, but that merely meant the white colt passed a few more cracks.
Three years swiftly passed.
He was still in Azure Spirit Ward.
Lin Changheng sat cross-legged on a bed, his mind focused and his breathing calm, holding two mid-grade spirit stones. The Spirit Gathering Array around him rumbled as it worked, and spiritual energy drifted like smoke and mist, turning the place into a heavenly palace.
But from farther away, it would have been clear that Lin Changheng was not inside the Xu Family Alchemy Shop.
Instead, he was on a spirit land within a valley.
Two enormous estates stood at the rear of the ward and the valley entrance, together occupying a third of the area. They belonged to the Xu and Liu families.
These two estates could secure Azure Spirit Ward to the front and guard Dustless Valley to the rear.
Lin Changheng was in a secluded chamber in a separate courtyard at the back of the Xu estate.
He was borrowing the spirit land's spiritual energy to break through!
Had he not successfully performed spirit seizure with the Redcloud Crane essence blood supplied by the Sun Clan, upgrading to a middle-grade spiritual root early on, this period of accumulation would probably have taken even longer.
During that time, the Sun Clan's supply of Redcloud Crane essence blood had fluctuated-the quantities had not decreased, but deliveries had become less frequent.
Still, after three years, he had gathered a thousand portions.
``` [Redcloud Crane treasure seed · Fifth level]
[Spirit seizure: 100/100]
[Refined: Redcloud Demon Flame · Fifth level]
[Effect: Possesses the exotic flame of a second-tier demonic bird; dantian modified