Chapter 172: First Display of Might

'This breakthrough expanded my Qi Sea's radius by another fifteen meters. To go from the third to the fourth level, even if my cultivation speed doesn't slow, will take more than five years.'

'My Nine Flames Reincarnation Technique is holding me back now. Without devouring a Spirit Fire, it'll take at least six years to break through.'

'There's no news about a Spirit Fire from Cao Guangshan. Do I really have to go try my luck at the Artifact Refining Hall?'

Jiang Zuo mused.

He had kept in contact with Cao Guangshan over the past few years. Every so often, Cao Guangshan would inform him of major events and gossip within the sect, ensuring that Jiang Zuo wasn't completely ignorant of the outside world while in secluded cultivation.

However, there had been no news about Spirit Fires.

The Outer Sect held a minor competition every three years. After two of these, there was a four-year gap before the sect's grand decennial competition.