"Knock, knock."
A series of knocks roused Li Xian, who had just opened a book.
"Who is it?"
"Li Xian? It's me."
Xiang Yangsheng's voice came from outside.
Li Xian frowned, but opened the door anyway.
Seeing that Li Xian was unharmed, Xiang Yangsheng could not help letting out a long breath.
"Thank goodness."
"Do you need something? If not, I need to cultivate."
Li Xian went straight to the point.
"You... you haven't left your room in three months. Don't you need a break?"
"Three months?"
Li Xian paused slightly.
As far as he remembered, it had only been half a month or so at most...
Well, thinking it over carefully, from when he had taken out the sixty-four-thousand loan until now...
It really had been three months.
"That was fast."
He could not help remarking.
Then he glanced at the volume of the Origin-Devouring Technique in his hand again. "The Great Luo Immortal Sect truly produces geniuses in abundance. Every one of its prodigies lets their imagination gallop like a heavenly steed across the skies. They broaden your horizons and leave you marveling in awe. It's simply fascinating."
"You're..."
Looking at Li Xian, who still seemed hungry for more and appeared to have no intention whatsoever of going out for a walk, Xiang Yangsheng could not help feeling stunned.
Was he so engrossed in cultivation that he could not pull himself out?
"All right, if there's nothing else, I'll get back to studying this secret technique."
Li Xian spoke.
"Wait, did you know your ranking has dropped from its peak of one hundred and eighteenth to below three hundred?"
Xiang Yangsheng hurriedly said.
"It doesn't matter. I'm at a critical stage of cultivation. Going to accept challenges would waste time and interrupt my train of thought."
As Li