In the following days, Fang Chen and the others remained in their cabin to cultivate and meditate. Even though none of them had yet to reach a level where they would not need to eat food anymore, going without food for a few days was not a problem. 3

During that period, Fang Chen did not craft any talismans but cultivated according to the Introduction to the Three Thousand Daos, slowly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.2

Ancestor Xia Yu and the others observed him intently. To their dismay, they found that Fang Chen's cultivation speed seemed slow, so slow that even Xia Yu, who had only a two-chime talent, appeared faster. They exchanged puzzled glances. They couldn’t help but suspect that Fang Chen might be afraid of exposing his cultivation method and was simply creating a false...1