Confucian Cultivator Minor Trial

Ning Zhuo set down the jade slip of academy notes, his brow furrowing as he murmured, "This won't do..."

"My aptitude for formations is inferior to Boss's, and I'm probably inferior to Shen Xi as well."

"I'm worse than Qing Chi at talisman crafting. There must certainly be a great many geniuses my age leaving me far behind."

"Come to think of it, it's rather shameful. The Ning family excels at talisman crafting, yet I can't even glean anything from these two Demonic Talismans."

"If I don't seek out some methods, I'll fall behind no matter how I cultivate."

"And my three cultivation arts are all closely tied to Mechanism Art. Mother also instructed me to focus on Mechanism Art. Mechanism Art is itself a collection of the hundred arts of cultivation, so I need to learn them all!"

"My aptitude is lacking. At this rate, how could I possibly learn all the hundred arts of cultivation? Wouldn't that take until the year of the monkey and month of the horse?"

No sooner had this thought arisen than a Flying Letter followed Ning Zhuo's aura to the outside of the Bluestone Cave Dwelling.

Sensing the Flying Letter, Ning Zhuo immediately controlled his token, opening the dwelling's doors by a crack to let it in.

The Flying Letter passed through the cave dwelling and finally landed in Ning Zhuo's hand.

Ning Zhuo inspected it first and found no hidden tricks before probing it with his divine sense.

"As expected, it's a letter from Wen Ruanyu." The mana aura on the Flying Letter had already revealed the sender's identity.

In her second letter, Wen Ruanyu mentioned that her debriefing had taken far longer than she had expected. Judging by the current trend, she would have to remain under house arrest for some