Earth Character Twenty-One cave abode.
Little had changed in the courtyard, save for some fallen leaves on the ground. Returning to this sight after two years away stirred a particular feeling.
He stepped into the cave abode. The furnishings were familiar, everything as usual.
Although it was not dirty or disordered, he still stirred a little Spiritual Qi to brush away the dust.
In the years since leaving the sect for Red Maple Plain, he had not had a proper rest.
He had not felt much of it before, but once he returned to this cave abode, weariness suddenly came over him.
Song Yan first bathed thoroughly in the spiritual spring's hot spring pool, then lay down on the bed, loosened his robes, and slept.
After Foundation Establishment, sleep was actually unnecessary unless one deliberately chose it.
Yet, perhaps because his return to the sect had brought many matters to a close, Song Yan slept for more than twelve hours.
Only during the hour of the tiger did he slowly awaken, feeling thoroughly refreshed.
Only then did he enter the cave abode's quiet chamber and begin sorting through the gains from this journey.
There was nothing particularly worthy of Song Yan's attention in the Heaven and Earth Bags taken from the cultivators he had killed within the Immortal Dynasty ruins.
He transferred the Spirit Stones into his own Heaven and Earth Bag, then sorted through the Law Artifacts, pills, Talismans, and other miscellaneous items one by one, placing them in separate bags by category.
He kept a few good-quality Flying Swords and several Jade Slips with recorded contents. Everything else would be sold for Spirit Stones when the time came.
Finally, he took out the Ring-Pommel Long Sword he had obtained from the courtyard of Duyou Pavilion.
The sword was