Alex and the old woman returned to the sect. As soon as they returned, the old woman left him and walked away.
She was likely planning to discuss what she had seen with the other elders.
Alex returned back to his aunt, and after letting her know he was back, he went to his room.
He then cultivated, while constantly experimenting with his skills and abilities to see how much they had improved.
From what he could see, they were around the same level as his Metal and Yang skills, maybe a little worse, but far better than anything else.
Alex was happy to see it improve and couldn't help but look forward to finding better Fire treasures so he could improve it more.
Now that he had done it, Alex needed to think of what else he wanted to do exactly. There were a few places he wanted to visit such as the Intercontinental Teleportation formation. He wanted to go there and see for himself if it really was out of commission for the moment.