He sorted through the remaining spoils and put them away by category.
After a careful count, Song Yan now possessed more than six hundred and fifty spirit stones.
Besides those, he also had five middle-grade spirit stones.
For a cultivator in the middle Qi Refining stage, this was undoubtedly a fortune.
He did not intend to keep all these spirit stones on hand.
After a little planning, he decided to retain only three middle-grade spirit stones and one hundred low-grade spirit stones for unforeseen needs.
Every other spirit stone would be exchanged for cultivation resources.
Only when all these things had been put to use on himself could he feel at ease.
"The most important thing right now is, of course, to cultivate spiritual power diligently, break through to the Qi Refining seventh layer as soon as possible, and enter the Inner Sect."
"The other thing is to comprehend Sword Intent..."
To be honest, either goal seemed a long way off.
An ordinary cultivator needed five to seven years to break through to the Qi Refining seventh layer.
Now, he had comprehended an embryonic Dao Heart and obtained a trace of formless spiritual intent from the Unmoored Boat.
With the wind-thunder supreme spirit he had fused and refined as well, the Dao Seed beneath the Sword Mansion of the Dao-Subduing had become extremely full.
Though he had no comparison, by his rough estimate, his speed of absorbing Spiritual Qi might already be close to that of the Inner Sect's dual-Spiritual-Root "geniuses."
"By that reckoning, perhaps I can break through to the Qi Refining seventh layer in three or four years?"
"As for Sword Intent..."
He planned to set aside more time each day to practice the Sword-Controlling Technique recorded in Essentials of Swordsmanship.
He would do all he could and