After enjoying Man Huzi's warm hospitality, Lin Yun could hardly wait to bid him farewell and leave.
He had gained a great deal from this trip. He thought little of the fifty thousand Spirit Stones, and the Thunder Whale Spine was merely a decent material for crafting artifacts, but seventy percent of the Origin Qi in that Eighth-Level Demon Core would give him a substantial boost.
Besides that, the Thunder Essence extracted from the Demon Core would become another of his trump cards.
After leaving the small island where Man Huzi's Temporary Cave Dwelling stood, Lin Yun sped over a thousand miles away using sword escape, then swept his divine sense over his surroundings. Man Huzi had not followed him.
Only then did he begin to use the escape technique Thousand-Mile Courtyard, Shrinking Shadow in a Pouch.
A day later, Tianxing City came into view in the distance.
The Forty-First Cave Mansion on the Sacred Mountain.
The lotuses of various colors in the courtyard pond looked increasingly elegant and refined. A breeze brushed over them, carrying their faint fragrance throughout the cave dwelling, clearing the mind and calming the spirit of anyone who breathed it in.
When Lin Yun stepped into the cave dwelling, he saw Nangong Wan and Xin Ruoyin standing beside the Lotus Pond, admiring its flowers together, while Xiao Mei squatted by the water, idly stirring it in utter boredom.
Taking a closer look, Lin Yun discovered that although the two women appeared to be admiring the lotuses, their attention was focused on entirely different things.
Nangong Wan was trying to distinguish the changes in the various kinds of heavenly and earthly Primordial Qi within the Lotus Pond, while Xin Ruoyin was carefully studying its formations and restrictions.
Lin Yun's entrance naturally alerted the two women admiring