During this time, the academy returned to its usual routine. Other than so-and-so leveling up again, or someone else getting a step closer to level 20 or 30, nothing much changed.
Perhaps the only thing worth mentioning was that the more than forty people who had obtained the new cultivation technique showed a noticeable increase in their cultivation speed.
That was reassuring, but Chen An also found it a little boring. He had slacked off quite a bit lately, and now he intermittently felt like pushing himself again as he looked out the window.
"Mm, Zhuqing's movement technique is coming along nicely. It's just that the short dagger in her hand seems due for retirement."
What Zhu Zhuqing was practicing now was another branch of Shadow Flow. It was simply adapted to her preferences, using daggers rather than cross scythes.
"Little Stone's weapon needs replacing too, doesn't it? He's already gone through quite a few wooden sticks."
Luo Xiaoshi usually used wooden sticks as consumables, and their breakage rate was exceptionally high.
But the biggest spender was still Meng Yiran. During training, it was fine since hidden weapons could be retrieved. But in actual combat, such as arena matches, she just kept burning through them.
The only ones with relatively low consumption were Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, the two who practiced palm techniques.
"Tsk."
Thinking of this, Chen An shifted slightly and made himself lie more comfortably.
"I really need to get the forging side up and running."
The academy had a forging building, but it only contained a furnace he used personally. Normally, he was the only one who went there to forge things for fun.
With all the other matters on his plate, he had never dealt with this side of things. But where was he supposed