You Haven't Practiced Enough!

Three hours passed.

The Temporary Tokens of the first batch of Outer Disciples had reached their time limit.

Everyone who returned to the Training Hall looked rosy-cheeked and full of vigor.

"This Illusion Realm cultivation truly lived up to its reputation!"

"Not only were the cultivation results excellent, the process was incredibly fun too!"

"I'm so jealous of the Inner Disciples. They actually get to enjoy such benefits every day!"

"Sadly, we only have five days to cultivate here."

"Yeah! And each day's token only lasts for three hours..."

"I was just a little short of enough Spirit Stones to buy a Golden Core Stage Mount! Damn it!"

"Sigh, if only I had a small Illusion Tower."

"That thing costs one hundred Spirit Stones each. Way too expensive!"

The Outer Disciples whispered among themselves, their eyes filled with reluctance as they looked at the large Illusion Tower in the center.

The large Illusion Tower in the Training Hall could allow ten thousand people to enter an Illusion Realm at once, making unified cultivation and instruction convenient.

The sect also sold smaller Illusion Towers.

However, at one hundred Spirit Stones apiece, the price was astronomical for ordinary Outer Disciples.

Lu Ze, standing atop the high platform, heard them and cleared his throat.

"Fellow disciples, I happen to have a batch of Temporary Tokens with unlimited time for five days. However, they can only enter 'Demonic Path Escape,' and they cost only one Spirit Stone."

Lu Ze leisurely raised one finger.

The Outer Disciples below nearly had their eyes pop out.

If they had not been short on funds, then even if someone had begun selling one-hundred-Spirit-Stone small Illusion Towers on the spot, they would have fought to buy them.

They were already riding high on excitement. Now Lu Ze told them they could play freely for five days for one Spirit Stone. What was there to consider?

"I'll buy one!"

"Me too!"

"Who has an extra Spirit Stone? Lend me one first—I'll pay you back when I return!"

"Senior Brother Lu, I'll go back and get my Spirit Stones... Could you save a token for me?"

Everyone stared eagerly. At that moment, Lu Ze looked like a great benefactor in their eyes.

"No problem, no problem. There are plenty of Temporary Tokens. Just go back, get your Spirit Stones, and come again."

Lu Ze waved his hand.

He had anticipated this long ago.

The Outer Disciples' tokens only had a three-hour limit each day.

That would not do. The mission required them to neglect proper business for five whole days—how could they leave after just three hours?

Over the past three days, aside from making games, Lu Ze had worked day and night crafting Temporary Tokens for precisely this moment.

For the next five days, not a single one of them was allowed to leave!

Seeing the worshipful expressions of everyone in the Training Hall, Lu Ze knew he had succeeded.

"Pah! What kind of trash cultivation is this? It's completely different from what the Inner Disciples use. Are you looking down on us Outer Disciples and deliberately giving us the inferior stuff?"

In the crowd, Wang Ba, who had kept a dark expression all along, suddenly erupted.

Among all the jubilant Outer Disciples, he was the only one who looked miserable.

The reason was simple: he ranked second to last in "Demonic Path Escape."

A poor result would have been one thing, but the Illusion Realm had a public Leaderboard, allowing everyone to laugh at him.

Several days earlier, through his elder brother's connections, Wang Ba had already experienced an Illusion Realm for cultivating basic movement techniques.

It was completely different from the current "Demonic Path Escape"!

He was deeply dissatisfied with his current score.

He believed that if he were using the cultivation Illusion Realm meant for Inner Disciples, he would surely take first place!

Wang Ba's words immediately drew dissatisfaction from the disciples around him.

"What's wrong with 'Demonic Path Escape'?"

"Fine, maybe I'm ignorant, but today's cultivation gave me tremendous gains!"

"I once heard an Inner Disciple say that Illusion Realm Trials were nowhere near as exhilarating as today's experience!"

"Could it be that Brother Wang only says such things because his cultivation score was poor?"

Everyone spoke at once, rebuking Wang Ba until his face turned red.

"A mountain pig cannot stomach fine grain. I won't lower myself to the level of frogs at the bottom of a well like you."

Wang Ba gritted his teeth.

Lu Ze narrowed his eyes as he watched Wang Ba argue loudly.

Not everyone had talent for games.

But with a score like Wang Ba's, it was likely not merely a lack of gaming talent—his own Cultivation Method foundation was probably unstable as well.

Several Outer Disciples who also ranked near the bottom were happily discussing how they felt while playing with the people around them. None of them acted like Wang Ba.

Judging by his gait and breathing rhythm, Wang Ba's cultivation was probably piled up with Heavenly Treasures. It was hollow as could be.

"Instead of questioning 'Demonic Path Escape,' why not spend more time practicing the Cloud Shattering Art?"

Lu Ze looked at Wang Ba with a faint smile.

The latter grew even angrier, veins bulging across his forehead. "You're only at the third level of Qi Refinement! Don't think that getting made an Outer Disciple through sheer luck means you can lord it over me! Once I enter the inner sect, I'll make you pay!"

Lu Ze's gaze remained calm. "Talk after you enter the inner sect first."

"You..."

Wang Ba was furious.

If a genuine Inner Disciple had said that, he would not have dared say much.

But Lu Ze was merely an Outer Disciple, one in name only.

Moreover, his cultivation was only at the third level of Qi Refinement.

Where did he get the nerve to speak to him like that?

He immediately pointed at Lu Ze's nose and roared, "You? What right do you have to say I haven't practiced the Cloud Shattering Art enough? This trash Illusion Realm has nothing to do with the Cloud Shattering Art!"

Lu Ze narrowed his eyes slightly.

The next moment, he activated the Cloud Shattering Art, and his figure instantly appeared behind Wang Ba.

"Because if you're bad, practice more."

Lu Ze said coldly.

His speed was so fast that hardly any of the Outer Disciples present could see it clearly.

"Damn, has he mastered the Cloud Shattering Art?"

"As expected, no one who can enter the inner sect is simple!"

"Strange... I had some dealings with Brother Lu before, but I never heard that he excelled at movement techniques."

"We're both at Qi Refinement, yet the gap is so huge!"

Humiliated so thoroughly, Wang Ba's face alternated between green and red.

He hurriedly turned and left. "Hmph! Just you wait!"

Watching Wang Ba's departing back, Lu Ze found it rather amusing.

With such aptitude, coupled with such an impatient, profit-hungry temperament, it would be a miracle if he could enter the inner sect.

Lu Ze made up his mind.

If that bastard came for another Trial, he would definitely design a special set of stages for him and make sure he sat firmly upon the throne of last place.

At Spirit Cloud Sect's sect square, people came and went.

The Outer Disciples who had just emerged from the Training Hall at the Artifact Forging Hall hurried along with anxious expressions.

Unlike Inner Disciples, most Outer Disciples did not possess Storage Rings.

But when they came to study at the peak, how many of them carried Spirit Stones on them?

Thus, they could only return to the outer sect to fetch Spirit Stones, then come back to buy Lu Ze's Temporary Tokens.

Along the way, these Outer Disciples continued enthusiastically discussing their insights on "Demonic Path Escape," trying to satisfy their cravings.

"This Trial is really difficult. I wonder when I'll be able to break through five hundred steps!"

"I heard Senior Brother Zhang Ming say that after two thousand steps, there are many formation traps, and the difficulty becomes even higher!"

"Two thousand steps... I never expected Senior Brother Zhang Ming to be so talented!"

"As long as we work hard enough, we can definitely break one thousand steps too!"

"I think so too! As long as I pick up more Spirit Stones and buy a top-grade spirit beast, I'll definitely be able to run much farther!"

"I think Artifacts are more useful. Having one more life is always a good thing."

"...I meant working hard to practice the Cloud Shattering Art!"

"Sigh, I truly envy the Inner Disciples. They can enjoy Illusion Realm Trials like this every day!"

There were quite a few Inner Disciples in the square.

Xiao Hongzhi was among them.

He was drinking tea and discussing the Dao with fellow disciples when a group of Outer Disciples, moving as though the wind swirled beneath their feet, suddenly passed nearby.

Proper Inner Disciples were all at no low cultivation realm, and their senses naturally far surpassed those of Outer Disciples.

The idle chatter of those Outer Disciples drifted clearly into their ears.

A junior brother beside him looked utterly puzzled.

"Illusion Realm Trial? Demonic Path Escape? Senior Brother Xiao, have you ever heard of this Trial?"