The wine was drained.
Colonel Lu closed his eyes slightly and sighed, "These past days… muddled and aimless, I even neglected my own cultivation."
Two and a half years ago, he had already undergone six cycles of Refining Essence and Transforming Qi, possessing Six Paths of Primordial True Qi within him.
Logically, with his cultivation technique and the elixirs provided by the Demon Suppression Department as salary, his True Qi should have progressed.
Hundreds, even thousands of days and nights passed. Even if he refrained from absorbing strange energy, by relying solely on himself, he could have cultivated another stream of Primordial True Qi with ease!
He exhaled and said, "Since arriving here, I've never once circulated my cultivation technique, nor practiced even for half a day. Unbelievably, I've grown accustomed to it, feeling not the slightest unease."