The night passed without incident. At daybreak, Yu Luo began her daily practice precisely on schedule. It was not until the sun was high in the sky that she slowly opened her eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air. Reaching the Foundation Establishment stage still seemed a remote and distant prospect. She even harbored doubts whether, with her current spiritual root aptitude, she could successfully build her foundation before dying of old age. Yet, with her deep vengeance still unavenged, she had to press on.
Of course, her immediate task was to go mine some ore.
Yu Luo packed up her tent and walked toward the first-level mine shaft marked on her map. Along the way, she spotted numerous fully ripened fruits, picking and eating them as she walked. Though the taste was quite ordinary, their abundance more than made up for it, easily keeping her full.
Chapter 39