A month passed.
Every day, Bai Qing desperately circulated his cultivation method to refine the vital energy within him, terrified that if he slowed down even a little, the endlessly surging energy would burst his entire body apart.
Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that a mere piece of roast meat could contain such abundant spiritual energy.
When he finally finished refining all the vital energy within him, he could not help letting out a sigh and opening his eyes.
In the end, he had refined only a small portion of the tremendous spiritual energy contained in that piece of roast meat. The rest had either dissipated or remained deposited throughout his meridians.
Yet even that small portion had allowed Bai Qing to break straight through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
A piece of meat the handsome youth had casually tossed him had spared him nearly a century of arduous cultivation.
"Thank you for your gift, Senior!" Overwhelmed with delight, Bai Qing stood up and respectfully expressed his gratitude.
The handsome youth waved impatiently. "Now that you've eaten the meat, hurry up and leave."
Hearing that he was allowed to leave, Bai Qing was flooded with immense joy. He had never expected things to turn out this way.
He had gotten a meal out of this and could still leave safely.
"This junior takes his leave!"
Not daring to linger, he immediately leaped up without hesitation and transformed into a streak of azure escape light, flying toward the place where he had arrived.
A figure stumbled into view within the dimly lit canyon. It was Bai Qing.
As he recognized the familiar scenery around him, wild joy filled his eyes.
But at the same time, he noticed something.
The secret realm's entrance had vanished.
He could