(Second update)
High Person Qianshan and Heavenly Venerable Daoling spent the entire morning talking inside, apparently discussing something important. Li Xiaoya, Dong Santong, and the others dared not chatter too freely in High Person Qianshan's cave abode, so they sat down to cultivate instead. Sure enough, cultivating in a cave abode so rich in spiritual qi gave them an astonishing rate of absorption and conversion, almost rivaling the effects of taking elixirs. Had High Person Qianshan and Heavenly Venerable Daoling not been liable to emerge at any moment, Li Xiaoya would have been tempted to take some elixirs himself.
Just as everyone thought High Person Qianshan and Heavenly Venerable Daoling would not be coming out anytime soon-
A flash of white light suddenly appeared, and the portal opened several yards away from them. With two whooshes, High Person Qianshan and Heavenly Venerable Daoling appeared before the group.
Everyone hastily stopped cultivating, stood up, and greeted the two of them.
"Hahahaha! Lads, my cave abode feels pretty good, doesn't it?" High Person Qianshan laughed, seemingly in excellent spirits.
"Hehe! There's really nothing to complain about. This is the most spiritually abundant cave abode I've ever stayed in!" Dong Santong chuckled beside him. "Cultivating here would be much faster than anywhere else!"
"That's right!" Li Xiaoya hurriedly agreed.
"Haha! As long as you're satisfied!" High Person Qianshan nodded, then paused before suddenly adding, "Since I have some free time today, I might as well give you a lecture on the Dao!"
"Ah! Really?" everyone cried in delighted surprise. Even Heavenly Venerable Daoling looked pleased. Listening to a high-level cultivator lecture on the Dao, especially a Spirit Communion Stage cultivator like High Person Qianshan, would be an enormous help to cultivators at their levels and greatly benefit their future advancement.
"All right! Sit