She sensed a disturbance in the spiritual qi within the cave abode.
Meng Wanjun woke from her cultivation and looked toward Li Ping's training room in surprise.
What is the young master doing? she wondered silently.
Behind her, Sparrow, Mouse, and Snake all let out urgent, low cries. The aura emanating from the training room seemed to unsettle the three spirit beasts.
Meng Wanjun hurried to soothe them, and under her reassurance, the three spirit beasts soon calmed down.
Only then did she have time to continue observing the activity around the training room. The disturbance in spiritual qi is stronger than an attempt to reach Foundation Establishment, but far weaker than an attempt at Core Formation. Perhaps the young master is refining a treasure.
A breakthrough in body refinement primarily strengthened the physical body and had little connection to magic power, so its demand for spiritual qi was nowhere near as immense as breaking through a bottleneck in qi refining.
Overall, it was somewhat similar to a realm breakthrough for demon beasts and Otherfolk.
Of course, even if it required little spiritual qi, a breakthrough in body refinement still needed the support of a high-grade spirit vein.
It was not a shortage of spiritual qi, but rather seemed to be a shackle the laws of heaven and earth had imposed upon humanity.
Among the Otherfolk, demon beasts... and the myriad races, every individual could cultivate. Among humans, however, only those possessing a spirit root could embark on the path of cultivation.
Meng Wanjun observed for more than ten days. Finding that the disturbance in spiritual qi remained steady, she stopped paying attention and went about her own business.
Only several months later did she suddenly realize that the fluctuations in spiritual qi within the cave abode had already