Chapter 717: Green Lotus
Lin Daoji's acceptance of Chen Qing as a nominal disciple stirred up no small commotion. The news first exploded within the Supreme Void Court itself, then rippled outward through the Jingyang Blessed Land's other fifteen Dao traditions in entirely different ways.
Chen Qing remained completely unaware of the storm brewing outside.
Upon the Xuanzhao Terrace, clouds and mist churned like a tide. Since returning from Lin Daoji's cultivation ground that day, he had sat cross-legged on his meditation mat and never once risen. The dense heaven and earth elemental qi, drawn in by the spirit formation, converged around him, forming a pale golden cocoon of mist.
Chen Qing's pace of cultivation was neither rushed nor idle. By day he tempered his Supreme Void True Origin, solidifying his foundation inch by inch. By night he circulated the Limitless Chaotic Origin Golden Body.
He also took, in sequence, three cultivation pills bearing six golden patterns. The pills dissolved the instant they entered him, their vast medicinal power transforming into a warm, flooding current that surged along his meridians into his limbs. The True Origin within his elixir field grew ever more condensed, ever more vast, through this daily cycle of intake and refinement.
At dusk on the third day, Chen Qing opened his eyes, slowly let out a breath of turbid air, and rose to his feet.
The mist surrounding the Xuanzhao Terrace parted to either side as though pushed aside by an invisible hand, revealing a path leading toward the edge of the cloud platform.
"Time to go take a look at the Jingyang Palace."
He murmured quietly to himself, a note of anticipation in his voice. Having entered the Primordial Spirit Rankings, the Jingyang Palace would surely have a corresponding reward waiting for him. The special monthly stipend was only one part of it, Chief Seat Xua Ming had already hinted before that there were richer rewards waiting within the Palace for him to claim. Besides, having been within the Jingyang Blessed Land for this long, he had still never set foot within that legendary center of the blessed land.