Inner Sect Lecture

After seeing how the Outer Disciples had performed, Li Yunjing once again began to take physical cultivation seriously.

Before one had powerful spells, Martial Dao Cultivation seemed particularly well suited for combat.

Li Yunjing had exceptional comprehension. When he used his magic power to drive his martial arts, every punch and kick carried tremendous force.

In addition, every day he used his own magic power to nourish two magical artifacts: the Cold Star Sword and the Servant Robe.

Even artifacts of the same grade could unleash different levels of power, depending on how much their owners had nourished them.

It was like any magical artifact: its power had an upper and lower limit.

If it had been nourished well and felt like an extension of the user's own arm, then naturally it was easy to unleash its full power.

But if someone had never bothered to nourish their artifact, using it for the first time would naturally feel clumsy. Being able to unleash even half its power would be considered pretty good.

That was why sometimes a cultivator, despite obtaining a powerful new treasure, would still use the magical artifact they already had.

The more powerful the treasure, the harder it was to refine and the harder it was to unleash its full power.

But once the new treasure's lower limit exceeded the old one's upper limit, naturally, it was time to switch.

By nourishing his two magical artifacts, Li Yunjing had come to understand the knowledge described in the Divine Firmament Jade Records.

Three days flew by. Cultivating, feeding the horses—the days remained just as dull.

Fortunately, he still had something to look forward to, still had hope. Time flew, and at last the day he could ask for leave arrived.

Someone temporarily took over Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan's work.

The two of them left the stable with excitement written all over their faces and headed up the mountain.

The whole of Qiongze Peak seemed especially lively that morning.

As they climbed, they kept seeing fellow disciples.

It seemed that classes for the Inner Disciples were a very important event.

Many people had come to listen, sharing the same idea as Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan.

After asking around, they learned that the Inner Disciple would be teaching at a small plaza on the mountain.

After thanking the person, they headed for the plaza.

Before long, they reached it.

Over a hundred meditation cushions had been laid across the white marble floor. Most were occupied by Servant Disciples sitting cross-legged and waiting for the lesson to begin.

Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan found an empty corner and sat down 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 woman who looked to be in her early twenties.

The woman was as beautiful as a flower, with a graceful figure. Wearing the blue Dao Robe of an Inner Disciple, she looked all the more elegant and free-spirited.

The blue Dao Robe was the standard attire of an Inner Disciple.

"Silence!"

After receiving the young woman's nod, Hou Boyan turned and surveyed the Servant Disciples present, then shouted.

Once everyone had quieted down, Hou Boyan said, "This is Senior Sister Tang Yuhan, an Inner Disciple. She's a master of the seventh layer of the Qi Refining Realm, and she'll be teaching everyone shortly. You must all listen carefully! This is an opportunity that comes once in a blue moon..."

Hou Boyan heaped praise on Tang Yuhan like a toady, until the young woman's pretty face turned faintly red.

Clearly, this Inner Disciple wasn't used to this sort of thing.

After all, she ranked somewhere in the middle to lower end among the Inner Disciples and wasn't particularly outstanding. Ordinarily, no one laid on the flattery like this.

Hou Boyan's words had made Tang Yuhan feel rather awkward.

At last, Hou Boyan finished his blathering.

Tang Yuhan let out a long breath inside.

"Tang Yuhan!"

Down below, Li Yunjing was slightly taken aback. The young woman wasn't very old, yet she was at the same level as the Yu Family's Eldest Young Lady?

Were all the Inner Disciples prodigies like this?

Tang Yuhan paid no mind to what the people below were thinking. She had simply come to teach a lesson and earn some contribution points.

Tang Yuhan took her seat at the center of the plaza and began explaining the contents of the Divine Firmament Jade Records.

Not everyone had Li Yunjing's exceptional comprehension and could learn something at a glance.

Many people had all sorts of questions that needed to be explained to them in detail.

Tang Yuhan's explanations were thorough and clear. Even Hou Boyan sat quietly to one side and listened.

The same principle could be understood differently by different people.

With her cultivation at the seventh layer of the Qi Refining Realm, Tang Yuhan explained the basic cultivation formulas in the Divine Firmament Jade Records, and many Servant Disciples felt as though she had poured enlightenment straight into their minds.

They suddenly understood.

Li Yunjing sat below, listening attentively as well. Before long, his brows furrowed slightly. What Tang Yuhan was saying seemed to differ from his own understanding; there was a discrepancy...

"Is Tang Yuhan's understanding wrong?"

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

"She's wrong!"

Li Yunjing was certain of it.

So the Inner Disciples were only at this level after all...

This undoubtedly gave Li Yunjing a tremendous boost in confidence.

Half an hour later, Tang Yuhan finished her lesson.

The material covered this time was all knowledge for those below the sixth layer of the Qi Refining Realm.

Everyone present, whether Outer Disciples like Hou Boyan or Servant Disciples like Li Yunjing and Ma Xingyuan, had gained a great deal of insight.

"All right! If you have any questions, you may ask them now. I'll answer six questions for everyone."

After ending the lesson, Tang Yuhan said this.

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

"I have one too..."

"May I ask..."

The Servant Disciples brightened and eagerly raised their hands.

His companion Ma Xingyuan also raised his hand to ask a question, his face alight with excitement. Only Li Yunjing sat quietly to one side, listening to his fellow disciples' questions.

Most of the six questions were about cultivation. Only two concerned matters such as artifact crafting and alchemy.

This surprised Li Yunjing. He hadn't expected anyone among the Servant Disciples to study these subjects.

It wasn't that they couldn't study them; it was that a Servant Disciple's time was precious.

Everyone was competing to reach the fourth layer of the Qi Refining Realm and become an Outer Disciple.

Who had the spare time to waste their limited hours on "extraneous pursuits"?

Even a genius like Li Yunjing spent half his free time meditating and refining his qi. He used the rest to practice his fists and kicks and nourish his magical artifacts.

As for artifact crafting, alchemy, talisman-making, or even formations, Li Yunjing had never even considered them.

Those skills truly consumed an enormous amount of energy and wasted precious time.

You might even pay the enormous price in time and effort, only to accomplish nothing!

In the cultivation world, there was no such saying as "hard work makes up for a lack of talent" or "where there's a will, there's a way"!

If you weren't cut out for it, you never had been from the start!

Unless fate dropped an opportunity into your lap and outside help came to your aid.

Otherwise, if you lacked talent, you simply lacked it.

That was why the Divine Firmament Dao Sect tested spiritual roots when recruiting disciples.

For now, Li Yunjing didn't dare dabble in other fields of knowledge. He couldn't afford to waste his precious time.