Hundred Herbs, Lineage in Trouble?

Mu Xingqi continued looking at the simulation panel.

[You watch as the Dragon Abyss Sword Master leaves with Li Ruilin, and a trace of inevitable reluctance stirs in the depths of your heart.]

[Before long, however, as you are all over Mu Xinger, this feeling is cast to the back of your mind.]

[The next day, you still accompany Mu Xinger in alchemy. You watch the earnest expression on Mu Xinger's face as she tends the cauldron, and you desperately want to pinch her cheek, yet you still forcefully hold yourself back.]

[Time flies, and the time you spend with Mu Xinger feels as though it has been accelerated, always passing in the blink of an eye.]

[The following day, you once again bid farewell to your family and Xinger, returning to the Swordless Sect.]

[In July of the third year, you are still cultivating within the Swordless Sect.]

[Over these past few months, although your cultivation base still shows no obvious growth and remains halted at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, you are condensing the ninth spirit platform.]

[Your swordsmanship, however, has made noticeable progress; you successfully cultivate the Sharp Gold Sword Art to Major Accomplishment and the Green Vine Sword Art to Minor Accomplishment.]

[When you inform your master of this matter, not only does your master fail to praise you, but he instead gives you a severe scolding.]

[It is the same old tired rhetoric, rambling on about how you are currently in prime cultivation time, that swordsmanship will have time for practice later on, and that you ought to prioritize elevating your cultivation base right now.]

[You do not know why your master cares so much about your cultivation base, feeling that an improvement in swordsmanship is also a form of advancement, and furthermore you have