Time slipped swiftly by in Luo Hongyi's cycle of hiding, cultivating, and occasionally selling goods.
Only when her immortal crystals were nearly gone would she occasionally visit different Markets to sell a jade slip or a bottle of pills.
All the rest of her time went into cultivating.
She changed locations many times.
From the south of the city to the west, then around from the west to the north.
She stayed only three to five days each time, never more than seven.
She was like a wary feral cat, always moving, never leaving a trace.
And her cultivation advanced so quickly that even she found it absurd.
She took only twenty days to go from early Spirit Transformation to the mid stage.
From the mid Spirit Transformation stage to the late Spirit Transformation stage, thirty days.
Usually, she dared not stray too far from the city, but today she had to leave.
Because she was about to break through to Void Refining.
Her luck was good, and before long she found a truly excellent spot.
A naturally formed cave halfway up a mountain, its entrance completely screened by vines, dry and well ventilated inside, with a faint view of the distant Market's lights.
"This is the place."
She sat cross-legged, took the last two steamed buns from her Storage Ring, and swallowed them whole, choking so badly her eyes rolled.
"Pah... who the hell invented these things...?"
She cursed as she pounded her chest.
After finishing the buns, she began the most solemn ritual before her breakthrough... taking things out.
First, she took out seven or eight protective Magic Treasures-little bells, little shields, jade pendants-and piled them all before her.
Then she dug out a dozen or so pill bottles, some for healing, some for restoring energy, some for