Chapter 21: News of the Spiritual Stone Mine
“This guy, his strength has grown significantly.” On Immortal Desolate Peak, Li Su once again encountered a cultivator surnamed Bai.
The cultivator surnamed Bai had attended the wandering cultivator’s gathering many times. He had been coming in recent years. Every time they met, this guy’s cultivation had noticeably increased.
This time, the cultivator surnamed Bai deliberately concealed his cultivation level, but he still noticed the changes due to Li Su’s higher level. This guy had probably reached the seventh stage of Foundation Establishment.
The seventh stage of Foundation Establishment represented the later stage of foundation building. It was quite impressive.
The first time Li Su saw the cultivator surnamed Bai was twenty years ago when he was at the second stage of Foundation Establishment.
Ten years ago, when they met again, the cultivator surnamed Bai was at the fourth or fifth stage of Foundation Establishment.
After ten years, cultivator Bai reached the seventh stage of Foundation Establishment.
Was he still considered a wandering cultivator? Some of the core disciples in the Flying Immortal Sect don’t progress at such a speed.
Although Li Su had made much greater progress in the past twenty years, he had the advantage of his special abilities. This guy couldn’t possibly have the same abilities as Li Su. How did he achieve such progress in his cultivation?
“There’s something fishy.”
Li Su was even more certain that there was something off about the cultivator surnamed Bai. Although, he suspected something was amiss with the cultivator surnamed Bai, Li Su remained calm on the face.
The cultivator surnamed Bai deliberately concealed his aura this time, probably because he heard the news that Li Su had reached the later stage of Foundation Establishment.
“I didn’t expect Brother Li to make such remarkable progress. In just over twenty years, you have reached the later stage of Foundation Establishment. I admire you,” Bai said.
The cultivator, surnamed Bai took the initiative to greet Li Su. This guy really knew Li Su. That was normal. It had been ten years, and news of Li Su reaching the later stage of the Foundation Establishment had already spread.
As for reaching the peak of Foundation Establishment… that hadn’t been disclosed yet. Apart from the Foreign Affairs Hall elders, no one in the Flying Immortal Sect knew about Li Su’s new achievement.
“Brother Bai, you have also made great progress, haven’t you?” Li Su replied casually.
The cultivator surnamed Bai didn’t catch the hidden meaning in Li Su’s words and said, “Not at all. I can only take some risks. I can’t compare to you disciples of immortal sects who risk their lives for decades to barely reach the fifth stage of Foundation Establishment.”
This guy thought that Li Su hadn’t noticed. Li Su didn’t say anything further. He noticed that one of the wandering cultivators who accompanied this guy ten years ago hadn’t shown up this year. There was something fishy about this guy.
Li Su had observed that more and more wandering cultivators were leaving for Mangkang Mountain. Some of them were tempted by the news of a spiritual stone mine, a rare opportunity to obtain spiritual stones outside the three major immortal sects’ territories.
Li Su asked the female cultivators around him if they were planning to go.
“Senior, I’m not going. I’ll stay with you,” one of the disciples said.
The other female cultivators nodded in agreement.
Mangkang Mountain was incredibly dangerous, with countless demonic beasts. The Blackwood Forest was located in the northern part of the mountain, but it was far less dangerous than the core area of Mangkang Mountain.
Li Su suggested, “I think we should return and focus on cultivation. It’s best to break through to the Golden Core stage as soon as possible.”
He didn’t want to get caught up in the commotion. It was best to go back and cultivate peacefully, aiming to break through to the Golden Core stage as soon as possible.