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Lu Qing rarely had a hint of happiness on his face.

Making progress on the path of cultivation was naturally something to be happy about.

However, he wasn't arrogant or complacent either. After all, his luck was already considered extremely good with a Golden Finger by his side, so there was no need to worry too much about the rest.

Ample time was enough for him to steady his mind and climb step by step.

"After finishing this cultivation, my mind was split between cultivation and the newly acquired spell."

He planned out his subsequent cultivation.

Aside from that very first day when he entered the Outer Court, everything Lu Qing had seen and heard so far made him feel that the Dao Academy was truly free when it came to nurturing disciple.

Moreover, the Outer Court truly had a massive number of disciple, close to one million disciple. When Lu Qing first saw this number, after a brief moment of surprise, he no longer found it strange.

That city he saw at first glance was more than enough to accommodate one million people.

Yet among so many people, a High-Grade Aptitude could still make the Elder who was recruiting at the time show happiness.

It could be seen that sometimes a large quantity might not necessarily produce good quality, though it wasn't to say that High-Grade Aptitude was extremely scarce. Looking back, the remote state domain Lu Qing came from hadn't produced any good seedlings in over a decade.

At that time, Elder Mo was probably happy because he had come to recruit, yet managed to recruit a disciple above the passing line.

Lu Qing did not continue to ponder over these matters.

He began to cultivation here once more.

After the next fourteen days passed, that Spiritual Plant Garden disciple would return.

His temporary task would also be considered complete.

Because he had become comfortable with it after getting familiar, Lu Qing timed his cultivation precisely and also replenished the water source in a timely manner.

Unknowingly, beneath the valley, a wave of spiritual power fluctuation appeared, and Lu Qing successfully made a breakthrough into the sixth layer of Qi Nourishment.

He opened his eyes, extremely satisfied with this cultivation.

Perhaps because the previous fourteen days had worn away the last trace of anxiety in his state of mind, during this fourteen-day cultivation, Lu Qing met no obstacles in his cultivation.

Within his Dantian, the spiritual power was like a rising tide, filling every corner of the Dantian. After the breakthrough, an even more obvious sense of fulfillment filled his entire mind and spirit.

"With this cultivation speed, no wonder among so many Aptitude, High-Grade Aptitude is also in the ranks of good Genius."

After his breakthrough, the spiritual power fluctuation on his body showed that his Profound Heaven Origin Scripture had already been Cultivated to the Perfection of the second layer, but its effect on concealing his aura was becoming less and less obvious.

It probably wouldn't have an effect until he stepped into the third layer.

"However, compared to the Realm, my means of dealing with enemies are currently few. Furthermore, Profound Heaven Origin Scripture truly lives up to being a superior cultivation technique; I temporarily have no clue about the mysteries of the third layer."

"Moreover, to comprehend the third layer, it doesn't rely on Aptitude, but rather on Comprehension."

Lu Qing pondered carefully, "Fourteen days have passed, and after turning in this task, I should return to Dao Peak."

"Staying here for almost a month, after immersing my mind, I actually don't feel like time passed quickly."

He pinched his fingers to calculate slightly, and knew that time had already passed, reaching the time to end the task today.

This task submission was also very smooth.

After Lu Qing and that disciple completed the task handover and checked the Spirit Stone inside his Jade Token, he left the Spiritual Plant Garden and returned to the nameless Dao Peak.

The nameless Dao Peak had no changes whatsoever compared to before.

Lu Qing waved his palm and silently recited a hand incantation; the clouds and mist scattered once again, revealing a path up the mountain.

However, this time Lu Qing didn't need to walk up. Instead, with a movement of his spiritual power, he rode the wind upwards, his figure becoming somewhat ethereal.

He returned to his own pavilion courtyard.

The Formation activated once again.

"Fortunately, the Formation here is a benefit of the Dao Academy and doesn't charge Spirit Stone."

Lu Qing glanced at the courtyard, which was kept perfectly clean and tidy, and felt extremely comfortable in his heart. Not a single trace had changed here.

"Now I have thirty Contribution Points, and with the Spirit Stone plus the previous rewards, I have around eleven hundred. For a short time, I don't need to worry about the Spirit Stone problem. Contribution Points and Spirit Stone are indispensable within the Dao Academy."

"cultivation technique, Magical Artifact, or other things—if you want to buy them, you cannot do without Spirit Stone."

"What a pity, the Jade Token space doesn't seem to be omnipotent either; Sect task trading is the primary focus. Therefore, if you want to trade some things privately, you still have to go offline to the marketplace in the city."

After Lu Qing's Realm breakthrough, he stayed in the Jade Token space a bit longer and quickly figured out some of its secret functions.

"However, this is also normal. If the Jade Token is destroyed, the losses for both parties would be quite huge. As for offline, within the Dao Academy, one doesn't have to worry about brazen killings, but under-the-table methods still need to be guarded against."

Lu Qing initially thought that this Jade Token was equivalent to a medium, concentrating many functions on this single Jade Token, but he quickly discovered that you could say it was, or you could say it wasn't.

"The important thing is that you can still exchange for cultivation technique directly here without wasting effort, right?"

Lu Qing did not dwell on these noisy matters, instead starting to comprehend that spell of the Riding Cloud Water Arrow.

"Let me try to gain insight into this spell."

Learning the sword originally should have been very good, but right now Lu Qing didn't have a handy Magical Artifact in his hands.

Turning spiritual power into a sword—Lu Qing felt this was equivalent to the power of a spiritual power explosion attack, at most used as a trump card.

Now, naturally, he needed to look for some conventional methods. Moreover, this spell was likewise a superior spell.

This was only available as a reward; if it were up to the disciple themselves, they would probably have to rely on Contribution Points or Spirit Stone to exchange for it.

"Riding the clouds and driving the mist, the movement technique is fast. cultivation this can also make up for my shortcomings in movement techniques."

Lu Qing did not cultivation inside the cultivation room.

Instead, he ran out to the special cultivation plaza outside the courtyard and began testing this spell.

He immersed his mind in this spell, and leisurely another seven days passed.

"The cultivation has reached Minor Achievement."

Lu Qing slowly recited silently, and then with a movement of his mind, countless arrow-like currents of water mist around his body broke through the clouds and mist, abruptly striking a clear blue sky path through layers of clouds in the distance.

He saw the clouds and mist gathering on both sides, revealing a sliver of blue sky in the middle.

"Good." Lu Qing was delighted. The Riding Cloud Water Arrow came and went invisibly, and was swift and sharp; close combat and ranged attacks were both effortless.

After Cultivating this spell, it truly brought Lu Qing a surprise. It was fast in execution and extremely concealed, making it most suitable for ambushing and stabbing people in the back.

"There are still some flaws, which happen to be myself. If the aura on my body could be restrained a bit more..."

"Practicing another spell specifically for concealing aura, paired with these ubiquitous attacks, can it become even more concealed?"

Lu Qing's mind turned. A Neutral Divination was not a propitious hexagram reading after all. Before he began to cultivation, Lu Qing had encountered perilous yet safe situations several times.

However, back then Lu Qing was indeed a mortal, but with a body full of martial arts to rely on, he still had the power to resist.

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