Mao Xiaodong told Chen Ping'an that the undercurrents surging through the capital of the Great Sui Nation were no longer able to affect Mountain Cliff Academy. The happiest person was naturally Li Baoping, and she immediately dragged Chen Ping'an with her to wander around the capital. She treated her junior uncle to some dishes at the two small restaurants that she frequented, and they also visited several famous sites scattered around the city. 0

After wandering around the city for more than half a month, Li Baoping still claimed that they had only visited a little more than half of the interesting locations. However, through her casual chats with Cui Dongshan, she learned that her junior uncle had only just reached the second tier of Qi refinement, meaning that it was a critical time for him to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth at every available opportunity. Because of this, Li Baoping planned to follow the rules of her hometown, "saving" the remaining guided tours for later.0

Chen Ping'an started to properly cultivate.2

He used the pure yang energy of a certain period in the day to nurture his organs and bones and to resist sinister external auras and impure Qi from detrimentally affecting his acupoints.0

He used the clear yin energy of a certain period at night to nurture the two acupoints that he had already unlocked and placed bonded items into.0

Because the refinement of the golden scholarly core was deeply related to the cultivation of Confucian scholars, Mao Xiaodong personally retrieved a collection of poems to provide guidance to Chen Ping'an, reciting one hundred or so of the most renowned poems in history.0

During this process, Mao Xiaodong also learned that Chen Ping'an hadn't visited a single ancient battlefield even though he had traveled so extensively through two continents. Instead, Chen Ping'an had only seen a group of monks reciting Buddhist scriptures on an ancient battlefield in the tiny Lotus Flower Blessed Land. Thus, Mao Xiaodong was forced to lecture Chen Ping'an again.4

Mao Xiaodong had already deactivated Chen Ping'an's Day and Night Wandering Deity True Body Talisman. Otherwise, it would be a bad outcome for Chen Ping'an regardless...0