After the alchemy contest, Qingmu was removed from his position as Deputy Hall Master; moreover, the disciple who had prepared Ling Xiao’s materials was directly expelled from the Moonlight Sect. This punishment was nothing important.
Ling Xiao was too lazy to care about these matters. He just wanted a quieter cultivation environment. Since the Medicine Hall had handled this matter fairly, he wouldn’t pursue it.
However, Qingmu had vicious thoughts because of this.
He was helpless against Yang Danlin.
He was also helpless against Lan Yu’er.
He was similarly helpless against Ling Xiao.
However, dealing with Dai Yuling wasn’t a problem.
It was unknown where he had learned that Ling Xiao and Dai Yuling were originally ‘Senior Sister and Junior Brother,’ but he didn’t hesitate to entice third-ranked outer disciple Jin Ming, fifth-ranked outer disciple Tuoba Shan, and sixth-ranked outer disciple Gongyang Nu who agreed to secretly trip Dai Yuling.
It was not easy for him to make a move in person, because after this incident, his every action would be watched very closely.
However, Jin Ming, Tuoba Shan, and Gongyang Nu had a lot of time. In order to get a chance to break through to the Transcendent Realm, these three Half Great Masters wouldn’t care whether the method was appropriate.
In any case, it was just sorting out a little girl. It was not a big deal.
Ling Xiao didn’t know of Qingmu’s scheme. After the alchemy contest, he also got to keep the twenty Top Grade True Essence Pills he had refined.
Although he had refined them, all the expensive materials had been provided by the sect. At least, it would have been hard for him to get them at present.
Therefore, this could be counted as a generous gift.
In order to celebrate his victory, Yang Danlin gave Ling Xiao a three-day holiday. Naturally, even though Yang Danlin said it was a holiday, he also gave Ling Xiao books on basic medicine principles and alchemy while asking him to read them in his free time.
Ling Xiao returned to his cave dwelling and put those books aside for the time being.
Now that he had twenty Top Grade True Essence Pills, which were equivalent to standard grade Best True Essence Pills, it shouldn’t be a problem for him to breakthrough again.
He directly ate ten Top Grade True Essence Pills.
This time, his cultivation session was a bit longer and lasted seven days.
His cultivation base directly advanced to Peak Rank Nine Martial Vein. Now, the next step was to accumulate energy and prepare for the Transcendent Realm.
However, it was not easy to cross the gap between Peak Rank Nine Martial Vein and the Transcendent Realm.
In fact, he had not even reached Half Great Master.
If Peak Rank Nine Martial Vein was further divided into ten stages, then Half Great Master was equivalent to accumulating more than 90% of the necessary energy.
At present, Ling Xiao’s accumulation was less than 10%.
Although Yang Danlin had only given him three days’ leave, secluded cultivation shouldn’t be interrupted in the middle. He believed that Hall Master Old Yang would understand it.
While he was in seclusion, other disciples also had their own fortunes.
After all, with the addition of these seven days, it had almost been a month since they had entered the Moonlight Sect.
In such a long time, many things could change.
At that time, Zhao Zhi had been the one with the highest cultivation base. Now, he had already reached Half Great Master Realm.
Xu Ying was a bit inferior. Her cultivation base was above Peak Rank Nine Martial Vein with an energy accumulation of 60% to 70%.
These two were the most talented people, so their improvements were the greatest.
Zhao Ci was somewhat inferior. At present, her cultivation base was just Mid Rank Nine Martial Vein.
However, because of Dai Yuling’s special circumstances, her cultivation method was special. Although her talent was inferior to Zhao Ci’s, her cultivation base had already reached Mid Rank Nine Martial Vein.
Such a terrifying cultivation speed would definitely be unimaginable in the secular world.
However, in the sect, it was nothing. After all, Rank Nine Martial Vein was just the beginning.
In addition, Xu Ying had already worshipped Demonic Flame Celestial Worthy as her master. Allegedly, Ming Tian had pulled her in with their common goal: Ling Xiao was a thorn in their eyes.
Zhao Zhi and Zhao Ci had also worshipped an Elder of Northern Han Country’s imperial family. Merely, they were still regarded as outer disciples, similar to Ling Xiao’s situation.
Their cultivation speed was not slow, but Ling Xiao’s cultivation speed was even more terrifying. However, until now, he had used a realm template of Peak Rank Eight Martial Vein.
He did so to avoid the attention of Demonic Flame Celestial Worthy. In any case, this level of cultivation base was enough in the outer sect. Unless he had to fight against the top three outer disciples, there was no need to use his full strength at Rank Nine Martial Vein.
During this period, he intentionally didn’t cultivate <Heavenly Dragon Golden Body>. In any case, he was still absorbing the efficacy of the Transcendent Body Mold Pill he had taken before, so even if he didn’t cultivate it, his physique had been developing.
After reaching a certain level, he would naturally then attempt to make a breakthrough.
Everything was within his calculations. After all, his time was very precious.
As for what happened to Leng Mei and Wu Xiang, he didn’t know.
When he thought about those two friends, he would feel sad, but he could only hope that they were safe and sound.
Even if the last ranked outer disciple like Wu Xiang were placed in the secular world, he would definitely be an overlord.
Here, he was just inferior.
Moreover, this was just the outer sect’s situation.
He could guess that in the inner sect, there were more geniuses and powerhouses.
This point was proven by Lan Yu’er. She was just two years older than him, but she was already a Rank Nine Transcendent, which was simply unimaginable in the secular world.
Now, Ming Tian, Xu Ying, and Leng Hao could already be regarded as having entered the inner sect. They could cultivate martial arts exclusive to the inner disciples and also receive guidance from even stronger experts.
This was definitely a huge advantage.
He, Zhao Zhi, Zhao Ci, and Dai Yuling were also relatively lucky. Although they were still in the outer sect, they had gained some benefits.
However, this was not enough. Even if an outer disciple worshipped an Elder as a master, as long as the Elder didn’t allow him to enter the inner sect, he would still be an outer disciple. He wouldn’t be able to cultivate the inner sect’s cultivation techniques.
It was not without reason that Ling Xiao persisted on improving his cultivation base and made it his top priority.
If one were even one step late, the distance would only get bigger.
Therefore, not only should one lay a good foundation, but one must also try to keep up or even surpass one’s opponents in cultivation. Otherwise, one basically couldn’t survive, let one become stronger.
Other people might find this very contradictory.
However, Ling Xiao was in a special situation. His cultivation broke through quickly, but his foundation was also exceptionally solid.
In terms of true essence, physical strength, and soul strength, he was already comparable to Transcendent Realm martial artists.
Therefore, he didn’t need to care about the negative effects of breaking through quickly.
After leaving seclusion, Ling Xiao went to look for Yang Danlin.
“You kid, I gave you three days off, but you stayed in seclusion for seven days; moreover, you didn’t make any breakthrough. I wonder what you were doing.”
Hall Master Old Yang wryly smiled as he patted Ling Xiao’s head.
