In the world of cultivation, there are bound to be evil cultivators and demonic cultivators. Although Li Xingkong has not encountered them yet, it does not mean that previous cultivation civilizations did not have them. Although Li Xingkong did not specifically study some evil methods, there are related descriptions of these methods in the common knowledge of Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation, so Li Xingkong knows quite a bit about them.
But knowing is one thing; because Li Xingkong has the system behind him and knows too much, he won't even touch these techniques. The cost is too high—at best, it could injure others; at worst, it could harm himself, or even completely Severance his path forward, making it impossible to start over.
Those who embark on the path of heretical cultivation are basically blinded by the immediate effects, and those who spread it will deliberately conceal the consequences to attract wave after wave of people to cultivate.
For Li Xingkong, abandoning the right path and choosing crooked ways is truly irrational.
Without interruption, Li Xingkong continued his Divine Sense Divine Sense round after round without stopping. The second round lasted 2 weeks, the third 4 weeks, the fourth 8 weeks, and so on, until the 64th week of the sixth round, when Li Xingkong finally stopped.
There was no other reason than that after this sixth round, Li Xingkong's Divine Sense coverage had reached a thousand miles. It could be said that, by the standards of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, he was now a Mid Foundation Establishment cultivator. Having reached this level, Li Xingkong naturally stopped.
Another, more practical reason is that the next round of training requires 128 weeks, which adds up to two and a half years, a time that is too long.
Qi Refining three years cultivating Qi, another three years constructing the Hexagram, and more than two years cultivating his Divine Sense. In total, he has been in seclusion for more than eight years.
The biggest problem with this cultivation is that each time you go into seclusion, you are potentially challenging the limit of how long you can stay in seclusion. The last seclusion, although it lasted a long time, was only three years. This time, however, it's incredible; eight years have passed in the blink of an eye.
The problem is that for Li Xingkong, time seems to have flown by incredibly fast. It hasn't been eight years at all; it just feels like he took a few breaks in between, and so many years have passed just like that.
It's time to come out of seclusion. Eight years have passed since I last left. Who knows what Divine Land will be like now?
Most importantly, although Li Xingkong doesn't like interacting with people and is somewhat socially awkward, even after cultivating, his nature hasn't changed much. But socially awkward people still have social needs, no doubt about it. Everyone has social needs, it's just a matter of how much.
Some people are social butterflies; their need for social interaction is second only to eating and drinking. Any activity must have a social element; without it, it's completely meaningless to them. We generally call this type of person a social butterfly.
For the average person, about half an hour to an hour of social time each day, whether with friends, roommates, or family, is enough to satisfy their social needs as long as they can exchange a few words.
But for those with social anxiety, their social needs might be suppressed until they become bored, have nothing to play, nothing to watch, and nothing to entertain. After a day or two of this, they might feel like, "Maybe I should find someone to chat with to satisfy my social needs." But once they become interested in other things, this social need is forgotten again.
Li Xingkong into this third category; he would never think of socializing unless absolutely necessary.
Another point is that Li Xingkong went into seclusion early, and he didn't pay attention to the space elevator or the subsequent nationwide cultivation campaign during his seclusion. It's been almost ten years now, and it's time to see the results.
Li Xingkong. With the distribution of Spiritual Qi, the dissemination of cultivation techniques, and the absence of any barriers to cultivation, everyone's cultivation results should be better than he had imagined.
Moreover, having advanced a small level in cultivation requires a considerable amount of digestion. If one continues to advance at this pace, their foundation may become unstable. Slowing down the pace of cultivation is beneficial, lest they become a sitting duck with high cultivation but low combat power, which would be rather ridiculous.
Although there are few rivals, combat strength is something ingrained in the bones of the Divine Land People, and it should be improved when it's time to improve; this cannot be delayed.
Who knows when an unexpected incident might occur? Having combat capabilities means having the means to deal with whatever happens.
With all these factors combined, once Li Xingkong had the idea of leaving seclusion, he could no longer stop himself. His mind was already restless, and it would be difficult to guard his mind even if he continued to stay in seclusion. So it would be better for him to leave seclusion now.
With this in mind, Li Xingkong no longer hesitated and immediately made a decision.
Passing through customs!
This seclusion is taking place at a lunar base, not in some remote mountain valley. Naturally, there can't be any major disturbances. If the base is accidentally disturbed and its closed system is breached, that would be disastrous.
Li Xingkong first removed all the formations in the secluded cultivation room. As the formations closed, the sounds from the outside world came in, and Li Xingkong began to receive signals from the moon. He planned to go online first to see what had happened in recent years.
However, as the formation closed, a rapid alarm sounded at the entrance, followed by the sound of footsteps as many people approached.
A moment later, a soft knock came from Li Xingkong's door.
"Mr. Li, you've emerged from quarantine?"
Previously, Li Xingkong had to circulate his Qi Refining Method and control gravity to open the door, but now it's not so troublesome. With Divine Sense, the door opens by itself.
"That's right, I've emerged from quarantine."
As soon as the door opened, Li Xingkong was already standing by the door.
Standing outside the door were four or five young people who looked unfamiliar; they were probably new recruits who had joined the lunar base in recent years.
"Mr. Li, please come with me to the lounge to rest for a while. Mr. Tang will be here shortly."
"That's what the young man in the lead said."
"No rush, I haven't stretched my legs in ages. Show me how the lunar base has developed lately."
He'd been in one room for so long; asking him to stay in the lounge afterward was too much for him.
"Okay, then I'll show you around."
After hearing Li Xingkong's words, they immediately changed their plans. Although they were newcomers to the lunar base, it didn't mean they didn't know who Li Xingkong was.
The title of Sword Immortal is not just for show; even now, no other Sword Immortal has emerged.
Having been in seclusion for so long, his strength has only increased, and as for how much stronger he has become, that's beyond their ability to estimate.
Moreover, although Li Xingkong is detached from worldly affairs, he is still nominally the highest leader on the moon, a true and undisputed position known to everyone in the Earthly Capital.