My Profession Can Be Infinitely Upgraded

They were still far from where the sect master resided when a suffocating pressure swept over them like a tide. It was the instinctive trembling that rose from the depths of one's soul when a low-level Cultivator faced a high-level one.

The moment Jiang Xuan truly stood before the sect master, the Heavenheart Perception within him abruptly activated.

In an instant, the scene before his eyes changed—a Sala Giant Tree, thirteen hundred meters tall, towered like an ancient mountain, silently looking down upon him.

The instant he saw that towering tree, Jiang Xuan understood: the sect master had fully completed one Four Seasons Cycle. The Spirit Seed in his body had successfully transformed into a high-grade Spirit Tree, and accordingly, his cultivation had entered the Golden Core realm.

Overwhelmed by the majestic aura of that giant tree, Jiang Xuan's Divine Soul went blank for a moment.

Fortunately, that pressure, along with the Heaven-Piercing Divine Wood, quickly vanished without a trace. Before him stood an ordinary-looking middle-aged scholar once more.

"Though I did not deliberately conceal it, you were actually able to peer directly into my true nature. Jiang Xuan, you are quite impressive... but do not do this again in the future. You will get hurt." Upon seeing Jiang Xuan, Xia Beichen first praised him. Then, with a soft sigh and an apologetic tone, he said, "I heard about what happened a few days ago. Sorry. Four Seasons Valley is weak, and you were wronged because of it."

"You overpraise me, Sect Master. Whatever strength this disciple possesses today was all cultivated by Four Seasons Valley..." Faced with a Golden Core True Person, Jiang Xuan naturally did not neglect the proper courtesies.

After a pleasant round of small talk, Sect Master Xia Beichen revealed why he had summoned him.

"After