He returned to the sect without stopping along the way.
There, within the courtyard, outside his cave abode, a Sound Transmission Spirit Talisman hovered beyond the restriction.
He reached out to take it and probed it with his Divine Sense.
It turned out to contain precautions for traveling beyond the mountain, sent by a disciple in charge.
After his successful breakthrough, Song Yan had informed the sect that he would soon leave the mountain to travel.
As was customary, the sect would notify its disciples of matters requiring their attention.
Once disciples had sufficient strength, barring any special circumstances, there was no specific time limit on their travels.
However, disciples like Song Yan, who also had to attend the Dragon Pool Mountain summit, naturally needed to return to the sect to assemble before the appointed time, or make their own way to Dragon Pool Mountain to attend.
In addition, the sect would assign special patrol missions for disciples with higher cultivation to complete during their travels.
He carefully read through the information in the Sound Transmission Talisman, putting it away and returning to his cave abode only after confirming that he had missed nothing.
He did not rush to sit down to cultivate or refine pills.
Song Yan began looking around the interior of his cave abode, seemingly searching for a few suitable spots.
With a sweep of his sword fingers, three Flying Swords flew out together.
Joined Branches hovered above the water-jade hot spring pool, the Sacrificial Qilin Lord hovered before the entrance to the pill- and artifact-refining chamber, and the Unmoored Boat hovered at the entrance to the cave abode.
Sword light flashed at his fingertips, and all three Flying Swords descended together, sinking about an inch into the ground.
Then six White Sword Shadows flew out of