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During cultivation, the spirit rice showed its effects.

Su Bai cultivated using the Radiant Qi Refining Technique, continuously absorbing and refining the Spiritual Energy within his body.

Combined with the impact of the Spiritual Energy absorbed from outside,

one of his meridians was rapidly opened.

After one meridian had been opened, Su Bai felt his entire body grow much lighter.

Overjoyed, Su Bai opened his eyes to find Bright Moonlight already spilling in through the window.

After a round of cultivation, it was already midnight.

When immersed in cultivation, one simply could not feel time passing. For the first time, Su Bai personally experienced the feeling that Cultivation Without Years.

Although Su Bai had begun cultivating, he was still at the stage of opening the hundred meridians Within Body and had yet to Condense Spiritual Power.

His energy was no different from that of an ordinary person.

Therefore, he still needed sleep.

Lying on the bed, memories from his previous life and this body's former life kept flashing through his mind.

Su Bai murmured, "I've officially set foot on the Immortal Path. In this life, I'll truly ascend and have a look!"

He did not know whether it was the effect of the spirit rice or the benefits brought by cultivation.

This sleep was more comfortable than any Su Bai had ever had.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Amid the Bell Sound of the Rising Sun, Su Bai suddenly woke with a start.

Su Bai got up, put on his Green Daoist Robe, and came to the courtyard outside.

The sky had only just begun to brighten, yet Zhou Chang and the other two were already seated cross-legged in the courtyard.

Zhou Chang waved Su Bai over.

Su Bai strode over in a few quick steps and sat cross-legged. At the same time, he recalled the method for cultivating with dawnlight: face east, sit cross-legged, form hand seals with both hands, Concentrate Mind...

Zhou Chang knew this was Su Bai's first time refining Qi with dawnlight.

He spoke to guide him. "When the dawnlight descends, use Mental Guidance to lead the Spiritual Energy within it in through the Baihui Acupoint at the Crown of Head, then slowly guide it into your body."

"At first, you may only sense a faint trace of Spiritual Energy, but do not be impatient. Proceed Step by Step."

"When you feel a burning sensation, end your cultivation. By then, the dawnlight will have turned into sunlight. The light of the Scorching Sun is not something low-level cultivators like us can use for cultivation."

Su Bai nodded. "I understand. Thank you, Senior Brother."

As soon as he finished speaking, a wash of dawnlight appeared on the horizon.

Golden-Red Dawnlight pierced through the Cloud Layer, like a Sword Edge cleaving open primordial chaos.

Zhou Chang and the other two had already Close Eyes in meditation, circulating their techniques as they cultivated.

Su Bai took a deep breath and began cultivating with his eyes closed as well.

Su Bai Silently Recite the incantation for the "Radiant Qi Refining Technique." At first, it was indeed as Zhou Chang had said. Though he could sense the dawnlight Between Heaven and Earth, he could only guide a tiny portion of it.

After all, he had lived two lives and possessed abundant experience. He was not impatient, but calmed his mind and proceeded Step by Step.

In this way, the dawnlight he could guide gathered in ever greater amounts.

Suddenly, the spot Between Eyebrows of Su Bai's forehead turned cool.

An extremely fine wisp of Crimson Gold Aura Spiritual Energy drilled in through the Baihui Acupoint. It was like a gossamer thread hanging at the Crown of Head, liable to snap with the slightest carelessness.

Su Bai's heart stirred. He had successfully drawn in A Wisp of Aura Spiritual Energy.

He gritted his teeth and used Mental Guidance to pull that thread of Spiritual Energy downward.

The process of guiding it left his Divine Soul utterly exhausted.

After all, this was Su Bai's first time cultivating with dawnlight.

After what seemed like an eternity, this wisp of Aura Spiritual Energy was finally guided into his body.

It sounded as though Glazed Shards were breaking Within Body. In the instant sharp pain exploded,

his entire Taiyuan Meridian suddenly opened! Spiritual Energy flowed into it like a brook entering a channel, Stir Up ripples of Pale Gold.

Amazing. Is this the Radiant Qi Refining Technique? By cultivating with dawnlight, one wisp of Spiritual Energy opened a meridian!

Su Bai tried to guide another wisp of Aura Spiritual Energy into his body.

But the moment he entered meditation, he sensed a fierce burning pain.

Knowing the time had already passed, he withdrew from meditation and opened his eyes.

Around him, Zhou Chang and the other two had already finished cultivating.

Su Bai looked at the sundial in the courtyard. More than two hours had already passed.

"Did your cultivation go smoothly?" Zhou Chang asked.

Su Bai nodded. "Thanks to Senior Brother's guidance, I successfully absorbed a wisp of Aura Spiritual Energy into my body and opened one meridian."

Zhou Chang nodded approvingly. "Your comprehension is very high. Yanshen needed three days of trying before he successfully borrowed a wisp of Aura Spiritual Energy."

"Daniu took four days, and still had not succeeded in guiding it."

Zhang Yanshen and Li Daniu, standing to the side, also nodded. Their gazes toward Su Bai revealed admiration.

Su Bai said modestly, "It was all because Senior Brother Zhou taught me well."

Zhou Chang laughed. "Haha!"

At that moment, the Bell Sound rang. The courtyard formation rippled faintly as a Labor Disciple pushed in a cart to deliver breakfast.

Breakfast was fragrant Spirit Rice Porridge. After one bowl, warmth spread through his entire body, and the comfort urged Su Bai to return to his room and cultivate.

The others did not waste time either, each returning to his room to cultivate.

For lunch, Su Bai, like Zhou Chang and Zhang Yanshen, only asked for a Spirit Rice Meal.

He had discovered that while ordinary food tasted good, it required Su Bai to spend additional energy digesting it.

In that case, it was better not to eat it at all, lest it affect cultivation.

That evening, Courtyard 32 gained another Junior Brother who had passed the Spirit Root Test.

His name was Qian Er. He had a Three Spirit Root aptitude and moved into Room Number Five, becoming the fifth member of Courtyard 32.

In the Cultivation World, seniority was not determined by age, but by cultivation realm and Ranking.

With Zhou Chang, the good-natured Housekeeping Disciple, around, Qian Er quickly integrated into Courtyard 32 as well.

Su Bai gradually grew accustomed to the daily life of an Outer Disciple.

Every day, apart from cultivation, was cultivation.

Two more days passed, and another Disciple moved into Room Number Six of Courtyard 32.

This Disciple was named Jiang Han, and he was surprisingly a Four Spirit Root Disciple.

With a Four Spirit Root aptitude, he should originally have been able to become only a Labor Disciple in the Jade Mist Sect.

He must have pulled some strings and gone through the back door to enter the outer sect directly.

Zhou Chang was good-natured and did not look at him differently.

He even secretly reminded the other four, including Su Bai, in private.

However, Jiang Han himself had a rather strange personality and was always silent.

After Zhou Chang explained the cultivation methods to him, he stayed hidden in his room every day, cultivating on his own.

Even his three daily meals were handled alone in his room. He seemed rather unwilling to fit in.

During the first few days, Zhou Chang tried to speak with him proactively and help him better integrate into Courtyard 32.

But Jiang Han simply ignored him.

So Zhou Chang gave up trying to communicate with him.

After Jiang Han, no new Outer Disciples moved into Courtyard 32.

The Jade Mist Sect's Recruitment Ceremony soon ended smoothly as well.

If nothing unexpected happened, only the six of them would live in Courtyard 32 over the next ten years.

Courtyard 32 settled into peace.

Su Bai immersed himself in cultivation every day.

The meridians Within Body were continuously broken open by Spiritual Energy.

The day when All Hundred Meridians Open was not far away.

With the Bell Sound from the Outer Disciple Courtyard as his guide, Su Bai's daily cultivation schedule was Perfectly Arranged.

In the blink of an eye, twenty days had passed.

"I entered the Jade Mist Sect on March First. Today is already March Twentieth."

At dawn, Su Bai woke before the Bell Sound. He tore off the page for the nineteenth from the calendar, quickly changed into his Green Daoist Robe, and came to the courtyard.

After cultivating for this period of time,

Su Bai finally understood why the Jade Mist Sect's Qi refining method was called the Radiant Qi Refining Technique.

It was because dawnlight's Amplifying Effect on this Qi Refining Technique was truly enormous.

The courtyard was still empty. Today, Su Bai was the earliest one there.

Having lived two lives, Su Bai naturally could not truly still be a playful sixteen-year-old boy.

His daily cultivation schedule had not a single gap. Even Zhou Chang, the oldest among them, greatly admired Su Bai's cultivation arrangements.