One year later.
Li Ping finally finished refining the Essence-Devouring Sword and could unleash roughly seventy percent of its power.
At this point, he did not continue his secluded cultivation.
Ji Nianyuan sat cross-legged outside the sealed chamber, keeping watch. His gaze swept over it from time to time, excitement flickering in his eyes.
Because of his special relationship with Li Ping, Shi Yutong had sent him here to await Li Ping's emergence and convey the Snowflight Sect's goodwill at the earliest opportunity.
Compared with how they had treated Xiao Yunzhi before, the Snowflight Sect clearly attached greater importance to Li Ping now.
After all, Li Ping was not merely a Core Formation Cultivator. He was also a master of alchemy capable of refining third-tier pills.
A Core Formation Cultivator and a third-tier master of alchemy.
Such a status would command ample respect even in Great Zhou, let alone the Far North.
After Ji Nianyuan had kept his patient vigil for several years, the doors to the sealed chamber finally opened.
A graceful figure slowly emerged, a thoughtful expression on his face. It was none other than Li Ping.
At this moment, the Essence-Devouring Sword rested within his abdomen, ready to be summoned to battle an enemy at any time.
He had also gained a thorough understanding of the rules governing the second little gray island.
As he had suspected, the island's thousandfold time acceleration worked only on a single spirit herb. Once he planted several more, those spirit herbs would share the acceleration effect.
Furthermore, the gray island's limited area meant that even if he did not mind dividing the time acceleration effect, he could plant no more than ten spirit herbs at once.
After understanding these rules, Li Ping could not help sighing softly.
Thousandfold time acceleration was