"Failed?" Ying Hui’s eyes suddenly snapped open, glaring at the youth before him and said, "Meng Hao, you’ve been at the peak of Level 0 for three months now, and you still haven’t made a breakthrough in three months? What are you doing?"
As the 19th ranked special class, Meng Hao was at Level 0, and he was also the highest-ranked Level 0 cultivator.
That was before Zhou Bai and the others joined, apart from the twentieth-ranked Jiang Ran, another Level 0 cultivator.
Meng Hao hung his head in shame and said, "I couldn’t withstand the Dao Treasury 10, it’s too difficult."
"Ah, forget it," Ying Hui, sensing the shame, disgrace, and guilt emanating from the other’s body, shook his head, "Keep trying."
Suddenly, Meng Hao asked, "Teacher, I heard that three new students have joined our class? How is their cultivation progressing?"
This 𝓬ontent is taken from freeweɓnovel.cѳm.
"You still have time to worry about others?" Ying Hui scolded, "Hurry up and cultivate. If you don’t break through in the next assessment, I’ll kick you out."
...
On the other side, Zhou Bai walked out of Ying Hui’s office, still pondering what Ying Hui had said.
"My reason for cultivating?"
His mind couldn’t help but flash through his experiences over the past four months.
From coming inexplicably to the underground base, to the Heavenly Demon slaughtering the children there.
Then being rescued, brought to a stronghold, traveling with a convoy to Donghua City, joining the Dao School of Donghua, and then it was cultivating, fighting, cultivating.
The underground base’s Alice, Ban Du, Dr. Zhuang, and father and son Zhang Aidao, Jian Xing, Xing Jun...
Each person’s figure flashed through his mind.
Christina couldn’t help saying, "What are you thinking about? Your Sea of Consciousness is all in chaos."
"I’m thinking about my reason for cultivating," Zhou Bai thought silently, "to protect myself, defend humanity, protect my comrades, and to prevent those tragedies from happening again..."
"The real reason isn’t these though, what I truly want..."
"Is to do whatever I want once I have the greatest power!" Zhou Bai clenched his fists and laughed wildly in his heart, "To annihilate the Heavenly Demons if I want, to uncover the truth of Earth if I spend some time, to keep alive whomever I wish, without anyone being able to kill them.
I also want to eat delicious food every day, whatever I want."
Thinking this, Zhou Bai felt his motivation gradually replenishing, "I can’t waste any more time, no matter what, I must become stronger, eliminate the Heavenly Demons, and make life more comfortable."
"I have to hurry."
Thinking this, Zhou Bai once again handed over control of his body to Christina, "Tina, I need to hurry up and sleep, you continue today’s cultivation."
Christina: "Tch."
"What are you tching for? You think I want to sleep? I, Zhou Bai, wish I could use all 24 hours to strive, to cultivate. But isn’t sleeping more efficient than cultivating?"
"Show-off."
However, as Christina headed toward today’s martial arts practice room, she heard the continuous swishing sounds coming from another practice room and immediately widened her eyes, curiously peering in.
It was Qian Wangsun, Lu Wanzhen, and others engaging in combat practice.
One after another, the air arrows continuously bombarded Qian Wangsun’s head, eventually knocking him to the ground with a loud bang, his head covered in blood.
Lu Wanzhen snorted coldly, "Take a ten-minute break."
Qian Wangsun lay on the ground gasping heavily.
Lu Wanzhen asked, "Qian Wangsun, if we choose the Gong Tu path in our school, the first level has three divine diagrams, have you thought about which one you want to cultivate?"
Gasping for air, Qian Wangsun chuckled and replied, "Lu Wanzhen, you cultivated the Heavenly Heart at the first level? Then I’ll practice that too."
Lu Wanzhen: "Hmph."
Qian Wangsun thought silently: ’The Gong Tu path focuses on perception, intuition. Although the three diagrams of the first level—Heavenly Eye, Heavenly Ear, Heavenly Heart—all enhance the senses, they each emphasize different aspects. Among them, Heavenly Heart enhances intuition the most, leading to the fastest improvement in real combat.
Unlike Zhou Bai, who might have awakened a divine bloodline, or Zuo Dao who has a family secret like the Hundred Ghost Refinements, all I can rely on is diligence. After choosing Heavenly Heart Diagram at the first level, I’ll dedicate myself to combat training to cultivate intuition.’
’And since I’ve decided on the Heavenly Heart Diagram for the first level, I can start preparing now, taking the initiative to train my intuition more actively.’
Just then, Christina burst in, crouching beside Qian Wangsun and exclaimed, "Your training is too harsh."
Qian Wangsun waved his hand, indicating it didn’t matter.
Lu Wanzhen frowned and looked at Zhou Bai, "New guy, who let you in? We’re training here, if you have nothing to do, leave quickly."
Qian Wangsun frowned, worried that Zhou Bai wouldn’t listen and would start a conflict with Lu Wanzhen.
Lu Wanzhen, although somewhat targeting himself, was ultimately ranked 5th in the special class and had stepped into the second realm. If a fight broke out, Zhou Bai would only be at a disadvantage.
"Not to mention with such long legs, what does it matter if I get beaten a few times—I’d gladly die between them."
But unexpectedly, as Lu Wanzhen shouted, Zhou Bai, who was crouching on the ground, bolted away like a frightened cat.
Lu Wanzhen was stunned, "This guy is just as weird as the rumors said…" She turned to look at Qian Wangsun, "Your friend?"
"We’re not really close." Qian Wangsun suddenly sat up, flipping his blood-matted blond hair, and smiling at Lu Wanzhen, "I’ve heard some rumors lately, saying that Qian Wangsun likes you and wants to pursue you."
"Hmm?" Lu Wanzhen raised an eyebrow, her eyes shining coldly at Qian Wangsun.
Qian Wangsun continued with a smile, "I want to clarify now, these are not just rumors."
"You’re courting death." Lu Wanzhen scoffed and with a flick of her finger, thousands of air arrows followed, shooting towards Qian Wangsun.
"Yes, I am courting death, because I am madly in love with you."
"Haha, Qian Wangsun, I’m going to break your legs today."
...
Christina hurried to the classroom where they practiced Swordsmanship.
Though she had perfected the zeroth level Sword Qi, that level only represented one aspect of the path in the journey of cultivation.
The content of the zeroth level was merely the basics of Sword Qi, and to advance further along this path, she could not be satisfied with just the minor practices depicted in the divine charts.
Lately, she had been practicing a set of Swordsmanship called Pi Li Sword, passed down to her by Elder Snake.
As she opened her mouth, a pink Sword Qi burst forth, accompanied by sounds like thunder, breaking through the air currents in the practice room and moving with lightning speed.
"I’m drawing a circle on my left, drawing a circle on my right…"
Christina was highly talented, picking up almost anything very quickly, but perhaps because she had turned into a cat, she seemed somewhat impatient.
Especially with the monotonous practice of Swordsmanship, she often lost patience after a while.
After practicing for a while, Christina looked around the empty room and thought to herself, "Aren’t Elder Snake and Liu Bingxin coming today either? It’s been a while since they’ve been here."
Christina recalled that two weeks ago, Elder Snake mentioned that Liu Bingxin’s cultivation had reached a critical moment, needing to craft a Sword Device.
Then Elder Snake was going to focus on coaching her, and Zhou Bai was supposed to practice on his own until Liu Bingxin had overcome this hurdle, after which Elder Snake would resume his guidance.
’After the Sword Qi disperses, I should start crafting a Sword Device?’
Christina knew that after reaching the first realm in the Sword Chart path, the first step was Sword Qi dispersal, then crafting one’s own Sword Device depending on the chosen Divine Chart.
This sword, once forged, would be closely linked to the cultivator’s future path, forming the foundation of their future Flying Sword.
For her first realm, Liu Bingxin had chosen the Pure Jun Chart, which meant crafting a Pure Jun Sword.
Thinking about this made Christina feel frustrated, "This old man is too biased, putting ninety-nine percent of his attention on that vixen Liu Bingxin. The materials he’s using to help her craft her Sword Device must be of top quality. Studying Swordsmanship under him really doesn’t seem promising."
"Once Zhou Bai climbs the ranks and earns more credits, I’ll make sure he exchanges them for the best materials so I can craft a Sword Device even better than Liu Bingxin’s."
...
"It worked."
In the secret chamber, a young man feeling the surging power of his Primordial Spirit in his mind laughed excitedly.
"10% Dao integration, I’ve broken through."
"My Primordial Spirit value has reached 1000 points."
"Now I am already in the first realm."
The corners of the young man’s mouth curled into a smile as he took out his notebook, looked at the contents, and showed a look of anticipation, "Next, I’ll practice the Heavenly Demon Concealing Technique to hide my cultivation level."
"I can’t ask Dao School for the Divine Chart for now, I’ll just have to increase my Primordial Spirit strength first."
"There’s less than two weeks left until the special class internal assessment, I wonder to what extent that kid Zhou Bai will have improved."
"But anyway, he can’t possibly break through to the first realm. Plus, with the Heavenly Dragon Collapse technique, one move could destroy his cultivation, and its power is extraordinarily fearsome, probably too much for most in the first realm to handle directly."
"Now, there’s a complete difference between him and me, the only problem is worrying that this kid might not challenge me anymore."
-------
Third update, seeking recommendation.