Just as Li Qing was about to leap up in excitement, Xu Changxing's steady voice rang out again.
"Steady your mind. Don't let stray thoughts distract you."
Li Qing's mind jolted, and he forced his attention onto the flow of true essence within his body.
When he was little, he had heard his grandfather tell stories of fortuitous encounters more than once.
In those stories, most people who stumbled upon such opportunities grew so excited that they started doing reckless things, only to let their good fortune slip past them.
Steady, steady. I absolutely can't be one of those idiots...
After silently repeating this to himself dozens of times, Li Qing finally focused once more on the true essence still flowing ceaselessly within him.
Seeing him steady his mind so quickly, Xu Changxing could not help giving a slight nod.
Though this young man's talent was ordinary, his temperament was good. He could be a candidate for reviving the Setting Sun Sect.
A little while later, under Xu Changxing's guidance, Li Qing finally stabilized his cultivation.
Cloud patterns began condensing one after another within his dantian.
Another half a day passed, and nine cloud patterns filled Li Qing's dantian.
Just as Li Qing thought his fortuitous encounter was about to end there, those nine cloud patterns transformed into nine cloud dragons, circling endlessly within his dantian.
In the end, the nine cloud patterns even linked head to tail, condensing into a single enormous cloud pattern large enough to fill his dantian.
Only then did the spiritual qi pouring endlessly into his dantian gradually dissipate.
After Li Qing stopped cultivating, he had no time to sense the changes in his dantian. Instead, he immediately dropped to his knees where he stood and declared loudly:
"Li Qing, the Setting Sun Sect's one