After leaving the Sect Law Hall, Qi Nansheng went into seclusion at Taihua Mountain. It is said that the old master might be able to break through to the cultivation of a Tier Seven Grand Pharmacist.
However, such rumors might not be very reliable, as the breakthrough in cultivation is not a continuous process but a critical state; certain barriers cannot be crossed, and once crossed, the result remains unknown.
For example, Jiang Daozhen did indeed take that step back then, seemingly on the verge of breaking through at any moment, yet he waited for twenty-three years. Only in that critical state can one say he has the potential to break through to Tier Seven.
Mei Guyu might be in a similar state, but Qi Nansheng probably may not... This is not the main point, just idle chatter by the old man Jiang during the recounting of events.
Seclusion doesn't mean hiding in a cave unseen; rather, it means staying in a villa with a serene mountain environment.
