Heavenfrost Sect.
Zhong Lingxiu sat cross-legged, the mana within him already having reached the peak of Core Formation Middle Stage.
After meditating for a while, he prepared to rise and draw talismans, cultivating the Hundred Arts of Immortality.
Before Core Formation, he had been the Zhong Family's chosen prodigy. Whether in spiritual root aptitude or cultivation speed, he had been among the finest in the Lesser Vast Sea.
Yet after entering the Heavenfrost Sect, he discovered that although his own aptitude was not utterly unremarkable, neither was it particularly dazzling.
After Core Formation, he further discovered that cultivators of his generation either possessed exceptional aptitude, astonishing backgrounds, or extraordinarily high comprehension... some even possessed all three. He was truly lost among the masses.
"Core Formation Late Stage is probably the limit of this life..."
"I should indeed devote myself more to studying the Hundred Arts of Immortality..."
Zhong Lingxiu ground the cinnabar ink and began drawing a mid-grade talisman.
He focused his mind, calmed his breath, and raised his brush...
Just as the final stroke was about to fall, clang, clang, clang!
A startling bell toll suddenly thundered out!
The tip of Zhong Lingxiu's brush paused, and the unfinished mid-grade talisman instantly burst into flames...
Hiss, hiss!
His brows furrowed slightly as he casually swept a sleeve.
A layer of extreme frost swept past. The talisman and flames instantly turned into countless icy fragments, without even several wisps of smoke rising.
Ignoring that, Zhong Lingxiu left his cave abode and arrived at the sect's main hall.
Seated at the head of the hall was an elderly man in white robes. He had a fierce appearance, his beard flying in the air, and terrifying mana fluctuations emanating from him. He was none other than Heaven Frost Fiend of Nascent Soul Middle