In the lakeside pavilion.
Although Lin Changheng was eager, he did not rush over to ask about buying anything or inquire after the situation. That would have been poor form.
He would wait until they had rested for a while and dealt with their belongings and affairs before paying them a visit.
His chances of success would be higher then.
It was also the more prudent approach, one Lin Changheng had arrived at by putting himself in their shoes.
After admiring the scenery with Yan Mingyi for another four hours and exchanging a few intimate words as their affection deepened, Lin Changheng and Yan Mingyi went their separate ways to enter seclusion.
At that moment.
Lin Changheng sat cross-legged in his secluded chamber.
The Spirit Gathering Array rumbled as it operated, spiritual energy rising like clouds and mist, making the chamber resemble an immortal realm in the sky.
One circulation followed another without pause, refining the spiritual energy drawn into his body into fresh liquid magical power, which flowed into the "lake of magical power" in his Dantian.
Had anyone been able to look inside him then, they would have found that Lin Changheng's lake of magical power had grown noticeably larger. Its waters had also become deeper and denser, marking considerable progress.
He had accumulated more than half the magical power needed for the fifth level of Foundation Establishment. The next realm was already within sight.
"Whew!"
The Jade Void Radiant Scripture continued to surge, operating with great efficiency.
Every aspect of it, including its absorption efficiency, refining speed, and smoothness, had changed enormously compared with before. It now flowed exactly as he wished, having reached [perfection].
"Hum..."
Suddenly, as the scripture circulated, a strand of [crimson true essence], thirty percent stronger than before, quietly appeared in his Dantian.