Xu Qing was still suspicious about Master Seventh’s response, and felt that there was something very odd about it. However, he had no idea what the truth of the matter was. That said, he got the feeling that he should keep his distance from Arch-Immortal Plumdark from the Dark Serenity Sect. In fact, he had already decided not to go anywhere near that sect in the future.

With such thoughts on his mind, he closed his eyes and started meditating. Unfortunately, he couldn’t maintain concentration. Eventually, he opened his eyes and took out the medicinal codex Grandmaster Bai had given him. After reading through it for about an hour, he felt a lot calmer.

It was in similar fashion that day after day passed, until half a month had gone by.

During that half-month, Xu Qing worked on cultivation. Also, he got some of the water of the Everlasting Immortal Profundity River and used it to wash the fragment of the taboo treasure that he’d acquired from Sima Ling. Unfortunately, the taboo treasure fragment exuded a lot of mutagen, so the effects of the water were minimal.

After some thought, Xu Qing decided that he still had too many reservations about his shadow. Therefore, he just kept using the river water. Even though the results weren’t very spectacular, they were better than...