Seeing this, True Person Budong waved a hand and said, "None of that. Do not act like a weeping maiden. A man should have lofty ambitions, and my disciples all the more so.
"Make your breakthrough here on my Mingwang Peak. Twenty years ago, I opened up an excellent cave abode just for you. Its spiritual energy density reaches peak third tier, enough for your needs.
"This time, you may summon disciples of the sect whom you trust to guard you. I will personally stand guard for you as well. Even if the sky falls, it will strike my shoulders first!"
Emotion surged in Qing Chen's heart. He knelt and kowtowed again. "I will not fail your kindness, Master."
On the eastern slopes of Mingwang Peak, amid veiling clouds and swirling mist, stood a cave abode-Qingyun Cave.
The cave lay precisely where the spiritual currents converged.
Above its entrance, the four characters for "Indestructible Vajra" were bold and vigorous, their strokes seeming to pierce the stone wall. True Person Budong had inscribed them himself.
This was both an expression of True Person Budong's hopes for Qing Chen and a blessing.
He wished for Qing Chen to win victory with his first unfurling of the banner, first breaking through to become a Golden Core True Person, then conquering the realm of the vajra body in one stroke and obtaining the Indestructible Vajra Divine Ability.
Qing Chen stepped into the cave abode, and the third-grade spirit vein within stirred like a living creature.
At the same time, the runes of the mid-grade third-tier Big Dipper Spirit-Gathering Formation flickered on the stone walls, greedily gathering and locking nearly half of Mingwang Peak's spiritual energy within this chamber.
He looked into the cave. A Cold Jade Bed stood securely in its center, with a