In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.
Outside the gates of Baiyun Manor, under Yu Xian'er's reluctant gaze, Shen Lang led the four sisters, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, onto Qingyun Mountain.
Under He Yongze's strong supervision, the entire Qingyun Mountain project has reached its final stage.
On the mountaintop, a super luxury estate covering nearly a thousand acres has been completed.
The seclusion location, which Shen Lang had personally designated, was first consulted by Shen Lang by phone when the order was delivered to He Yongze. After learning that it was for seclusion and cultivation, he immediately led a team to rush to build it.
The entrance to the seclusion chamber is inside the manor on the mountaintop, while the chamber itself is located within the main body of the mountain. To enter the seclusion chamber, one must pass through layers of guards to reach the manor on the mountaintop.
Once entered, all the secluded chambers can only be opened from the inside, and only Shen Lang has the authority to open them.
After a brief tour of the seclusion room, Shen Lang led the four sisters, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, into the seclusion room that He Yongze had specially designed for him, which was also the largest of the twenty seclusion rooms.
After the heavy stone door slowly closed, Shen Lang instructed the four sisters, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter: "From now on, the four of you will protect me. At the same time, you can also cultivate. Your cultivation paths are interconnected and mutually supportive, so cultivating together will be faster."
"Yes, young master." The four replied in unison, and then sat cross-legged around Shen Lang.
"Little elf".
"Master, I am here."
Shen Lang looked at the little elf who was already half a person's height, patted her head, and said, "From now on, you will stay with Gu Qingqing. While helping her to make transactions quickly, you must also keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't go astray."
"If... I get trapped in a time-space turbulence and can't get out, you'll stay with Gu Qingqing from now on, and you'll also have to take good care of our family."
Upon hearing Shen Lang mention "our home," the usually composed little elf couldn't help but shed two crystal-clear tears.
“Master, why don’t we stop trying to comprehend the laws of space and time for now? It’s not too late to start when you reach the Mahayana stage.”
Shen Lang smiled and shook his head: "Don't change things that have already been decided. When I'm not around, you're the boss of the exchange, so you must take good care of this business."
The little elf lowered its head and said sadly, "The little elf understands."
After acquiring the All Things Trading System, Shen Lang has been deliberately suppressing his trading desires, and at the same time, he has to neglect his little sprite assistant.
He felt a little guilty towards the little elf.
"Master, should I keep an eye on Miss Michelle?" the little elf asked.
Shen Lang nodded: "You can decide this. I trust you."
After making the final arrangements, Shen Lang sat cross-legged in the center of the four sisters, with the spacetime source jade contributed by Luo Fei floating in mid-air.
As Shen Lang's spiritual sense came into contact with it, the Spacetime Source Jade began to emit a dazzling array of colors. Shen Lang quickly became immersed in it and officially began to comprehend the laws of spacetime.
After taking one last look at Shen Lang, the little elf disappeared from the secluded cultivation room.
At Qingyu Coffee Shop, after seeing off a trader, Gu Qingqing rubbed her aching forehead.
This is the twenty-seventh trader Gu Qingqing has made since Shen Lang left.
Even though she has now embarked on the path of cultivation, she still feels exhausted.
Suddenly, a long-lost voice echoed in her mind.
"Miss Qingqing, my master sent me to help you."
It's the voice of a little elf.
"You are... the Elf Lord?" Gu Qingqing was slightly surprised.
Gu Qingqing met the little elf once on the first day she was recruited by Shen Lang.
"Miss Qingqing, you can just call me Little Elf," Little Elf said.
"Where is Shen Lang? Has he already gone into seclusion?"
The appearance of the little elf led Gu Qingqing to guess that Shen Lang had already begun his seclusion.
"Yes, that's right."
Compared to its usual slightly talkative nature, the little elf's tone sounded somewhat cold at this moment.
"My Lady Elf, will Shen Lang be alright?" Gu Qingqing asked tentatively.
"I don't know either. Master may succeed or fail. I can't predict it," the little elf said truthfully. "What we can do now is to make transactions as quickly as possible and earn a lot of trading coins for Master. The more trading coins Master has, the less risk Master will face."
Upon hearing the elf's words, a resolute look appeared in Gu Qingqing's eyes.
Inside the secluded cultivation room, Shen Lang exhausted all his spiritual power after comprehending the laws of spacetime for less than half an hour.
With the withdrawal of spiritual consciousness, the Time-Space Source Jade returned to silence once again.
"Just a simple contact has already exhausted all my spiritual power. It seems the little elf was right, the Nascent Soul stage is indeed not a realm for contacting the laws."
"In that case, let's first increase our cultivation level."
Without further hesitation, Shen Lang exchanged all his remaining trading coins for the newly available auxiliary cultivation pills in the shop: 'Superior Spiritual Qi Pill'.
Looking at the three pills radiating emerald light in his hand, Shen Lang silently prayed, "I hope this will allow me to break through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm in one fell swoop."
Superior-grade spiritual energy pills are elixirs used to aid cultivation. They are made by using ten-thousand-year-old spiritual liquid as a catalyst, combined with various rare spiritual herbs, and are exclusively for use by high-level cultivators.
The spiritual power contained in just one pill is enough to equal the spiritual power of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator who has cultivated diligently for a hundred years.
After refining three high-grade spiritual energy pills, Shen Lang's cultivation level broke through from the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm to the middle stage.
Within Shen Lang's dantian, the nascent soul, originally the size of an infant, gradually grew larger as his cultivation level increased.
Feeling the abundant spiritual energy within his body, Shen Lang once again turned his gaze to the Time-Space Source Jade.
"Continue to ponder!"
He then devoted himself once again to comprehending the laws of space and time.
While Shen Lang was fully focused on comprehending the laws of space and time, a huge upheaval was brewing in the Yanhuang Palace, thousands of miles away.
Inside the Yanhuang Palace, the current Human Emperor looked at the young man before him and asked curiously, "Young man, is what you say true?"
The young man nodded vigorously and said, "If the Emperor does not believe it, he can send people to the coast of Fukushima to collect biological samples, and researchers will be able to make discoveries by studying them carefully."
The young man standing before the Human Emperor at this moment was none other than Luo Fei, who was ordered by Shen Lang to reveal the sea monster transformation seven years later.
Using the agility he had honed in battle in his previous life, he skillfully evaded the layers of guards within the Yanhuang Palace and placed a letter detailing the changes in the sea beasts on the Yanhuang Emperor's desk.
Upon seeing the letter, the Emperor immediately sent someone to invite Luo Fei to the Yanhuang Palace.
"You mean the creatures in Fukushima have started to mutate?" The Human Emperor's gaze was fixed on Luo Fei.
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