He bade Lin Qing farewell and returned to Greenleaf Peak.
Since there was already news, there was no need to be anxious anymore.
For the next half month and more, he followed his routine, cultivating each day to increase his spiritual power while honing and nurturing his Sword Qi.
His cultivation at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer advanced steadily, gradually approaching the bottleneck of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
He had originally worried that the surge in his cultivation back at Beiya Mountain might have left it unstable and affected his foundations.
Over these days, he discovered that the cultivation converted from the Sword Qi the senior had left behind was even purer than his own.
That finally set his mind at ease.
Aside from the indispensable cultivation of spiritual power, he also devoted some of his spare time to practicing the Five-Star Pulse Seizing Art.
Song Yan understood the benefits of powerful Divine Sense better than anyone.
Although his progress was relatively slow now, even becoming a little stronger was worthwhile.
An ordinary cultivator at the Middle Qi Refining Stage had a Divine Sense range of roughly eight to twelve zhang.
This figure varied depending on the strength of the individual's soul and their innate talent.
But Song Yan, currently at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, already had a Divine Sense range of roughly twenty zhang.
Previously, after severing his Spiritual Root and Opening the Mansion, Planting the Sword, he had obtained the complete Five-Star Pulse Seizing Art from the Two-Pole Bead.
Unfortunately, he needed to reach Foundation Establishment before he could formally cultivate it.
Song Yan was equally diligent in practicing his sword techniques.
He had already honed Sword in the Clouds to perfection. He planned to choose another sword technique to practice once he advanced to the