Inner Sect Lecture (Seeking Follow-up Reads, Seeking Free Tickets)

Having witnessed the performance of the outer sect disciples earlier, Li Yunjing placed a renewed importance on physical cultivation.

Before one possesses high-powered spells, martial arts cultivation seems exceptionally well-suited for combat.

Li Yunjing possessed extraordinary comprehension; by channeling his mana into his martial arts, every punch and kick he threw carried immense power.

Furthermore, Li Yunjing spent time every day nourishing his two magical artifacts, the Cold Star Sword and his servant robes, with his own mana.

For identical magical artifacts, the explosive power they can unleash varies depending on the degree to which the user has nourished them.

It is much like a magical artifact having a lower and upper limit to its power.

When the level of nourishment is high, using the artifact feels as natural as moving one's own arm, making it easy to unleash its maximum potential.

Conversely, if one ignores their artifacts in daily life, using them for the first time naturally leads to a sense of clumsiness, and being able to unleash even half of their power is considered a decent result.

This is why, at times, a cultivator will continue to use their old magical treasure even after obtaining a more powerful new one.

The more formidable a magical treasure is, the harder it is to refine and the more difficult it is to unleash its full power.

However, once the lower limit of a new treasure exceeds the upper limit of an old one, it is naturally time to make the switch.

Through the process of nourishing his two artifacts, Li Yunjing gained a clear understanding of the knowledge introduced in the Divine Firmament Jade Records.

Three days passed in a flash; practicing, feeding the horses—the days remained as monotonous as ever.

Fortunately, there was still something to look forward to, still hope; time flew by, and the day he had requested leave for finally arrived.

Someone had temporarily taken over the duties of Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan.

The two of them left the stables, faces filled with excitement, and began to head up the mountain.

Early this morning, Qiongze Peak seemed unusually bustling.

As they ascended the mountain, they constantly caught sight of fellow disciples.

It seemed that the lectures for inner sect disciples were a matter of great importance.

Many people shared the same idea as Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan and had come to attend the lecture.

After inquiring, they learned that the inner sect disciples held their lectures at a small plaza on the mountain.

The two offered their thanks and headed toward the plaza.

Before long, the two arrived at the square.

On the white marble ground, over a hundred prayer mats were laid out, most of which were already occupied by servant disciples sitting quietly, waiting for the lecture to begin.

Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan found a vacant corner and sat down just like everyone else.

A quarter of an hour later, Hou Boyan arrived.

His fierce face was wreathed in smiles as he fawned over a young girl of about twenty.

The girl was as beautiful as a flower with a graceful figure, and wearing the cyan robes of an inner sect disciple only served to highlight her elegant and carefree air.

Those cyan robes were the standard attire for inner sect disciples.

"Silence!"

Receiving a nod from the girl, Hou Boyan turned to scan the gathered servant disciples and shouted.

Once everyone had quieted down, Hou Boyan said, "This is Senior Sister Tang Yuhan of the inner sect. Senior Sister is an expert at the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage. She will be giving a lecture for everyone shortly, so you must all listen carefully! This is a rare opportunity that one can only hope for..."

Hou Boyan acted like a total sycophant, heaping praise upon Tang Yuhan until the girl's face flushed slightly.

Clearly, this inner sect disciple had never experienced such a thing before.

After all, among the inner sect disciples, she was ranked in the lower-middle tier and was not particularly prominent; usually, no one would flatter her to this extent.

Hou Boyan's words truly made Tang Yuhan feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Finally, Hou Boyan's nonsense came to an end.

Deep down, Tang Yuhan let out a sigh of relief.

Tang Yuhan!

Li Yunjing, sitting below, was slightly shocked. This girl was not very old, yet she possessed the same level of strength as the Yu Family's Eldest Young Lady?

Were all inner sect disciples such prodigies?

Tang Yuhan paid no mind to the thoughts of those below; she had simply come to give a lecture to earn some contribution points.

Tang Yuhan sat down on the main seat in the center of the plaza and began to explain the contents of the Divine Firmament Jade Records.

Not everyone possessed the exceptionally high comprehension of Li Yunjing, who could learn something the moment he was taught.

Many people had various questions that required detailed explanations from others.

Tang Yuhan's explanation was extremely thorough and clear, to the point that even Hou Boyan sat to the side and listened quietly.

Even with the same principles, everyone's level of understanding differed.

With her seventh-level Qi Refining cultivation, Tang Yuhan's explanation of the basic techniques in the Divine Firmament Jade Records gave many servant disciples a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

It left them with a sense of profound realization.

Li Yunjing sat below, listening intently. Before long, his brows furrowed slightly; it seemed that what Tang Yuhan was explaining differed from his own understanding, creating a discrepancy.

Is Tang Yuhan's understanding incorrect?

Li Yunjing fell into deep thought. After a long while, a look of determination appeared on his face.

She is wrong!

Li Yunjing affirmed this in his heart.

So, this was the level of an inner sect disciple...

This undoubtedly gave Li Yunjing a great boost in confidence.

Half an hour later, Tang Yuhan finished her lecture.

The content covered in this session was all knowledge pertaining to the Qi Refining stage below the sixth level.

Everyone present, whether it was outer sect disciples like Hou Boyan or chore disciples like Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan, gained significant inspiration.

"Alright! If you have any questions now, you may ask. I will answer six questions for everyone."

After stopping her lecture, Tang Yuhan said as much.

"Senior Sister! I have a question..."

"I have a question too..."

"May I ask..."

The group of chore disciples rejoiced, raising their hands one after another to ask questions.

His companion, Ma Xingyuan, also raised his hand with an excited expression. Only Li Yunjing sat quietly to the side, listening to the doubts of his fellow disciples.

Of the six questions, most were about cultivation; only two touched upon artifact refining, alchemy, and the like.

This surprised Li Yunjing slightly; he had not expected that among the chore disciples, there were those who studied such things.

It was not that one could not study them, but a chore disciple's time was extremely precious.

Everyone was scrambling to reach the fourth level of the Qi Refining stage to be promoted to outer sect disciples.

Who had the spare time to waste on "external matters"?

Even a genius like Li Yunjing spent half of his private time meditating to refine Qi, and only used the remainder to practice martial arts and nourish his magic tools.

As for things like artifact refining, alchemy, talisman making, or even formations, Li Yunjing had never even considered them.

Those skills truly required a massive expenditure of energy and wasted precious time.

It was even possible that after paying the huge price of energy and time, one might not necessarily achieve anything!

In the cultivation world, there was no such thing as "diligence can make up for a lack of talent" or "where there is a will, there is a way"!

If you weren't capable, you weren't capable from the very beginning!

Unless a stroke of luck descended from the heavens and one had the aid of external forces.

Otherwise, those without talent simply wouldn't make it.

This was the reason why the Divine Firmament Dao Sect checked spiritual roots when recruiting disciples.

In any case, Li Yunjing dared not dabble in other areas of knowledge for the time being; he could not afford to waste his precious time.