"Master, you've come out of seclusion!"
A little girl of around ten rode slowly through the air on the back of a four-legged spirit beast.
It was Yu Siyue. She had cultivated for barely a year, yet she was already more than halfway to the second level of Qi Condensation.
As for the spirit beast beneath her, it was naturally the transformed Azure Water Golden-Eyed Beast.
Then a blur descended from the sky and threw itself into Zhou Xun's arms.
"Master, you haven't come out for half a year! Why did you stay in seclusion for so long? I'm almost at the third level of Qi Condensation already!"
Yu Siyue could not help acting spoiled.
Zhou Xun fondly rubbed Yu Siyue's head and said with a smile,
"I gained something from this seclusion, so it naturally took longer. Your cultivation speed is not slow either. Your master is very pleased."
After examining her, Zhou Xun was extremely satisfied.
Then, Zhou Xun personally began explaining cultivation matters to Yu Siyue.
Meanwhile, in the Myriad Poison Grotto, more than a hundred thousand miles from Clear River Market,
Somewhere unimaginably deep within,
A frigid aura quietly spread, as though something was awakening in the depths beneath the earth.
The Myriad Poison Grotto was one of the most perilous forbidden lands on the Luo Yang Continent. It was shrouded in poisonous mist year-round; even Late-Stage Nascent Soul cultivators did not dare enter lightly.
Yet from the depths of the grotto, waves of low hissing roars could faintly be heard, as if countless poisonous insects and beasts were growing restless.
Boom—
A muffled explosion suddenly sounded from deep within the grotto, causing the entire cavern to tremble.
Immediately afterward, dense poisonous mist erupted from underground and swiftly spread outward.
Once the explanation was