During the time he went to Mingfeng Mountain, the spirit medicine in the grotto mansion's medicinal garden probably accumulated a year less in age.
Also, only when he stayed at Red Flame Peak could the Stone Turtle fully absorb the effects of the Spiritual Mechanism.
As half an hour passed, the blood-red spirit light around him slowly receded.
...
The sun was setting in the west, and the living room began to darken as the shadows of the Celestial Essence Pear trees by the Cold Pool grew long.
Liu Yu and Ge Luoying stood up to say goodbye, each having their own matters to attend to.
Wei Songnian sighed, speaking with a heavy heart:
"I don't know how long the Demon Calamity will last, it's such a hard time for me to endure."
He relied entirely on buying low and selling high to sustain his cultivation, but with the calamity ongoing, the sect had started centrally managing all strategic materials, so he couldn't participate in such businesses.
