Su Hao stayed in Moon-Gazing Valley for a month. During that month, Fairy Feng Ling did not teach them anything. She merely tossed a pile of books to Su Hao and Huang Guilai, telling them to read them first and cultivate a basic ability to read immortal texts.
These immortal texts came in all varieties. Most recorded the glorious deeds of Moon-Gazing Valley's successive Sect Leaders and Elders, with plenty of a Cultivator's values and worldview interspersed throughout—commonly known as chicken soup.
There was not a single useful thing about cultivation in them. The moment Su Hao read them, he immediately understood: before teaching the real stuff, they were first doing ideological work.
It was the same principle as employee orientation training in a company. Professional skills could wait; at the very least, one's state of mind had to be adjusted first.
In just one day, Su Hao had finished all those books filled with nothing but watery soup. With nothing else to do, he entered Marble Space again and studied the Gene samples of the ten youths.
He had casually recorded them while beating them up earlier.
That day, Fairy Feng Ling summoned Su Hao and Feng Cheng before her. She first tested their understanding of the chicken-soup writings. Once both passed, she turned and walked outside. "Follow me. Today, I'll formally teach you your first lesson in cultivation."
Su Hao was overjoyed and immediately followed her, with Feng Cheng close behind.
Fairy Feng Ling stepped out of the cave entrance, gave a light leap, and drifted to the peak. Her voice floated down from above. "You two, come up!"
Su Hao looked around and, seeing no stairs or anything similar, leaped straight up. After borrowing force from the stone wall several times, he reached the summit.
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