Half a Year
"Hehe! Lin Ming, you're so great. Come on, let's go quickly." Zi Yan said happily when she heard Lin Ming say he would help her refine the Medicinal Pill. She urged Lin Ming to hurry up and leave.
Lin Ming, who had just finished listening to Elder Huo's explanation of the method of refining multiple medicinal herbs at the same time, was eager to try it out. Therefore, Lin Ming agreed with Zi Yan's urging and quickened his pace.
Back in the courtyard, Lin Ming took out the Medicinal Cauldron and retrieved Zi Yan's medicinal herbs. He began refining the two herbs first.
When helping Zi Yan refine Medicinal Pill, the medicinal herbs don't require much refining; they're basically just roasted and seasoned with some candy or other sweeteners. It's precisely this simple process that makes it suitable for Lin Ming, who's just trying his hand at refining multiple herbs simultaneously.
Several hours later, Lin Ming put the About a Hundred Jade Bottle filled with Medicinal Pill he had refined into his Storage Ring and gave them to Zi Yan was waiting outside.
After receiving the Medicinal Pill, Zi Yan immediately took one out and ate it.
After observing the refining of Tier 5 Medicinal Pill at Elder Huo for nearly two days, and then helping Zi Yan refine Medicinal Pill for several hours, Lin Ming was quite tired. So, after Zi Yan received the Medicinal Pill, Lin Ming let Zi Yan leave Lin Ming returned to his room to rest.
A few days later, Lin Ming sensed something unusual while cultivating. This feeling was familiar to Lin Ming; Lin Ming would have this feeling before each advancement.
So, upon sensing the opportunity to advance, Lin Ming quickly seized it, circulated his Dou Qi, and began advancing according to the operational route of the <Chaos Spirit Five Elements Technique>.
More than an hour later.
"The feeling of advancing is wonderful!" Lin Ming exclaimed. At this moment, Lin Ming reached the cultivation level of Seven-Star Dou Master.
As his cultivation level advanced, Lin Ming got up and stretched. He had just completed the advancement, so it wasn't advisable to continue cultivating now. Going for a walk would be more suitable.
Thinking that it's been almost half a month since school started, and apart from going to class for the first two days, Lin Ming hasn't been back since. So now he's planning to go and check on his class.
Upon arriving at the classroom, Lin Ming found it was the first day of the week, and all the other students were already there except for him. When Instructor Zhang Man saw Lin Ming arrive, she asked Lin Ming to find a seat and continued explaining today's lesson.
As for Lin Ming, Instructor Zhang Man wouldn't require him to attend classes. What she explained was only for the Dou Practitioner Stage, Lin Ming had been Dou Master since entering the school, so there was no need for him to listen to this Dou Zhe knowledge.
In addition to teaching the knowledge of the Dou Practitioner Stage, Instructor Zhang Man also explains some knowledge and techniques of Dou Technique. However, most of this Dou Technique and techniques are Yellow Tier Dou Technique. Even when she explains the knowledge and techniques of Profound Tier Dou Technique, they are Black Tier Low-grade, and at most they will not exceed the knowledge of Profound Tier Mid-grade Dou Technique.
However, during the Academy Competition at the end of last year, Lin Ming used Profound Tier High-grade fist Dou Technique, and with his Dou Master cultivation, he beat Zuo Rulong, who had already advanced to the Da Dou Shi cultivation, half to death. As a result, Zuo Rulong spent the entire month of his vacation in bed, and even now, he has not fully recovered.
Even Instructor Zhang Man herself didn't possess Profound Tier High-grade Dou Technique, so she didn't know how to ask Lin Ming for one, even if she wanted to. Therefore, Instructor Zhang Man was actually somewhat relieved that Lin Ming wasn't coming to class.
Otherwise, given Lin Ming's current level of knowledge, if he were to explain something inappropriately and Lin Ming were to point it out in front of everyone, he would lose a lot of prestige among these students.
Lin Ming found a seat and began to listen attentively to Instructor Zhang Man's explanation. Although Instructor Zhang Man's explanations were not very useful to Lin Ming still listened carefully.
Lin Ming didn't need these knowledge points. Instructor Zhang Man was explaining now was something that someone in his family had already explained to Lin Ming when Lin Ming still Dou Zhe. Therefore, Instructor Zhang Man's knowledge wouldn't be of much use to Lin Ming.
What Lin Ming needs now is this kind of learning environment. It's like those people in his previous life who have graduated and gone out to work, and they often miss their school days. Even those classmates who didn't do well academically still cherish their student days.
Many people still dream of returning to school, to their old classrooms, and to attending another class taught by their teachers.
Although the textbook knowledge explained by the teacher at this time may not be helpful to these working people, I think if such an opportunity really existed, the vast majority of people would listen to the whole class attentively.
Hearing the class monitor call for Class Leader to stand up during class; hearing the teacher call your name to answer questions; hearing the teacher say "Class dismissed" after class—all of these things, though they may not be of any practical use to you in terms of knowledge, can bring you peace and satisfaction.
At lunchtime, Lin Ming had lunch with his Instructor Zhang Man and classmates. During lunch, Han Yue kept chattering, asking Lin Ming what it was like to carry out a mission during the holiday, whether the Black Corner Region was really as chaotic as rumored, and how they discovered Steward Song's abnormality.
After so many days, Lin Ming and his classmates discovered that the academy had made public the unusual situation involving Steward Song. Of course, the announcement was selective, with details involving students' privacy being glossed over. Therefore, Lin Ming's classmates knew that Lin Ming was involved in this matter, but they did not know the specifics of what happened.
The matter Steward Song. Having become a cripple, Steward Song suicide in his Detention Place. Considering his contributions to the academy, the academy decided to bury him. This brought Steward Song's story to a close.
After Han Yue asked these questions, the other students also looked at Lin Ming, presumably wanting to know some answers as well.
Seeing his classmates staring at him, Lin Ming thought for a moment and briefly explained what had happened. Of course, Lin Ming didn't mention his Flying Fighting Skill and the Blazing Sun Saber Technique; he only said that the academy's patrol team had just arrived, and he and his group had worked together to take down Cui Jian, the second of the Cui Brothers.
Even though Lin Ming had explained it simply, the students were still full of praise. Some of them wanted to join the Enforcement Team. However, the Enforcement Team had requirements for cultivation level, which required at least Dou Master) level.
Among the freshmen, now that the second semester has begun, Lin Ming is still the only one with the cultivation level of a Dou Master. The rest of them are still in the Dou Practitioner Stage. Even people with strong talents like Lin Xiuyai and Liu Qing have only just reached the Nine Star Dou Practitioner.
Whether they can break through to the Dou Master before the end of this semester and the Inner Academy Selection Tournament is uncertain. This is only for the most talented freshmen, excluding Lin Ming. For others, it will take much longer to break through to the Dou Master.
Therefore, even if they have the intention to join the Enforcement Team, other Enforcement Team will not accept them now.
Enforcement Team going on missions, especially those outside the academy, would be suicide missions if they didn't have the cultivation of Dou Master. Everyone who survived in the Black Corner Region was Dou Master. Therefore, it would be inappropriate for the academy to send Dou Zhe Masters on missions.
If someone with the cultivation level of Dou Zhe Master) could actually survive in the Black Corner Region, then you should definitely stay far away from them. They either possess special methods capable of killing Dou Master, or they have someone protecting them. Otherwise, even if they are from a Great Family, someone would definitely try to take them down for money.
After briefly sharing his holiday experiences with his classmates, Lin Ming chatted with them about other things. Since Lin Ming was there to relax and unwind, he decided to blend in with the class and become one of them.
That night, Lin Ming returned to the small courtyard of the Alchemy Department. He had relaxed all day; tomorrow he would begin alchemy.
Last time, when I was helping Zi Yan refine Medicinal Pill, I tried refining several kinds of medicinal materials at the same time. However, Zi Yan's Medicinal Pill refining was too simple and could not compare with Lin Ming's Pill Refining and medicinal material extraction.
Although I tried Pill Refining two medicinal herbs simultaneously a few times later, the failure rate was still too high. I often ruined one of the herbs. So I need to practice more in this area.
Then Tier 4 Medicinal Pill. Since refining the Fire Cleansing Pill, I haven't refined Tier 4 Medicinal Pill again. That won't do. I need to find time to refine different Tier 4 Medicinal Pill in the future.
He still has the recipe for Tier 4 Peak Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill and three sets of medicinal herbs in his Storage Ring. Therefore, he needs to improve his alchemy skills so that he can take the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill to improve his cultivation after advancing to the Da Dou Shi.
Upon entering the Inner Academy, with the blessing of the Fallen Heart Flame for cultivation and the enhancement of cultivation by the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, one can strive to advance from the Da Dou Shi to the Dou Ling cultivation level within a little over a year.
These were Lin Ming's thoughts after returning to the courtyard. Thinking about his cultivation level, Lin Ming realized that he also needed to improve it as quickly as possible.
There are only five months left until the Inner Academy Selection Tournament. Lin Ming is hoping to advance to the Da Dou Shi level before the Inner Academy Selection Tournament. Otherwise, without even reaching the Da Dou Shi level, he would be at the very bottom of the rankings if he entered the Inner Academy.
Thinking this way, Lin Ming felt that there wasn't enough time! As a result, "busy" became the word to describe Lin Ming for the past five months.
During these five months, Lin Ming would start Pill Refining in the afternoons and return to his residence when it was completely dark. After washing up, he would begin cultivating. He would go to sleep late at night, cultivate again in the morning, and then go back to refining pills after lunch.
Aside from occasionally helping Zi Yan refine Medicinal Pill and participating in a class competition for her grade, she spent almost all her time repeating this cycle.
Just now, Lin Ming's cultivation finally broke through to the level of Nine Star Dou Shi.
Nearly half a year has passed since the start of this semester.