Recognizing Talent

More than ten days passed in a row.

During the day, Lu Zhen practiced swordsmanship and stance-walking at the Academy Training Ground, meticulous in every movement.

At night, he shut himself away to consume Spirit Medicine and circulate the Bright God Martial Canon, tempering his qi and blood.

Day after day, without fail.

Not far away.

Liu Jingshu watched his sweat-soaked back, a strange glint flickering in her eyes.

"He's more hardworking than I imagined," Liu Jingshu thought.

She had assumed that this native from the lower realm would be like the spoiled young masters in the market, diligent for three days and lazy for two. Yet after more than ten days of hard work, even she could not find a single fault with him.

But—

Liu Jingshu shook her head slightly.

It had been more than ten days.

Lu Zhen's Taiyi Light-Splitting Sword could still only produce a single sword shadow, while his Wandering Dragon Sky-Treading Step could only barely step in time with the flow of qi.

His progress was far too ordinary.

In the Great Wilderness, without sufficient talent, no amount of hard work would carry one far. The slight change in opinion she had developed was completely washed away by his mediocre progress.

Inside the cultivation room.

"Too slow." Lu Zhen frowned slightly.

Daily Settlement had been changed to a monthly settlement called "Late Blooming." After more than ten days of bitter cultivation and Spirit Medicine, the daily improvement in his various martial skills was extremely limited.

He was still far from the 300 million needed to level up.

"The critical hit from the month-end settlement depends on the foundation accumulated over these thirty days."

Lu Zhen calculated silently. *The greater the base, the more terrifying the experience gained from the burst. Hard training and ordinary