After consuming one middle-grade and one high-grade Realm-Breaking Pill, Xu Qingtong successfully reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
After his breakthrough, Xu Qingtong did not immediately emerge from seclusion. Instead, he continued meditating, consolidating his cultivation and comprehending the changes brought by his advancement.
Half a month later, Xu Qingtong rose to his feet, glanced at his incarnation, and walked out of his cave abode.
This cultivation session had taken Xu Qingtong more than half a year. He knew nothing of any changes on the peak or major events that had occurred during that time.
Arriving at Du Siwen's residence, Xu Qingtong called out softly. When no one answered, he was about to turn and leave when a girl of thirteen or fourteen emerged from the neighboring house.
The girl wore her hair in two buns and had delicate, pretty features. She was very cute. Xu Qingtong still remembered her. She should have been the disciple with a single water spirit root from the last recruitment, whom Third Senior Sister had later taken as her apprentice.
"Disciple Mei Xianghan pays her respects to the Peak Lord." The girl approached Xu Qingtong and bowed.
"Mm, dispense with the formalities! Where is your master? Is she in her cave abode?" Xu Qingtong asked.
"Reporting to the Peak Lord, my honored master is in seclusion! She instructed me not to disturb her unless something important happened!" Mei Xianghan said.
Hearing that Du Siwen had entered seclusion, Xu Qingtong said, "Mm, then there's nothing else. You may go back!"
After leaving Du Siwen's cave abode, Xu Qingtong visited Ding Jiayue and asked about the peak's affairs over the past half year. Finding that nothing major had happened, he chatted with her for a while, then went to visit his maternal uncle and, as usual,