Alex put as little concentration as he could afford into the cultivation itself while keeping everything else on the outside.
He kept track of the beasts that walked into his spiritual sense's range, and those that walked out of it.
At the same time, he started thinking of what he needed to do next. He hadn't even got to think about anything previously before the bat attacked him.
Now, he finally had some time.
'First of all, I need to go find my cauldron. If everything is fine, It will still have its lid on it. Otherwise, the items may have been scattered. At that point, I can forget about finding anything,' he thought.
'Still, I need to find the cauldron if nothing else,' he thought. He was glad that he had his sword in his hand at the time, or he would have to survive in this forest without a sword. That would have been terrifying.
