Over a month later, Duan Rong and the others entered the Dharma Academy.
Since they were maintaining and repairing Dharma artifacts, Duan Rong openly devoured a large number of artifact spirits within the Dharma Academy.
More than two months later, they returned from the Dharma Academy to Craftsmen's Tower. By then, Duan Rong had nearly acquired all the profound secret arts of the Dharma Appearance Sect.
Some of those secret arts were so marvelous that, despite having reached the Cave Illumination Realm, he still needed to study them repeatedly before he could fully comprehend them.
In the blink of an eye, another half year passed after their return from the Dharma Academy. Counting it up, Duan Rong had spent nearly a year in the Dharma Appearance Sect.
And when the year-end arrived, the craftsmen would be given leave.
Duan Rong had already decided to use this year-end break to leave the Dharma Appearance Sect.
Tang Xiong had told Duan Rong the result of sounding Yu Dai out before they entered the Dharma Academy.
Yu Dai had grown up in the Dharma Appearance Sect, so his words were quite credible.
Duan Rong felt it was highly likely that his deduction had been correct. After tens of thousands of years, the cultivation methods beyond Level 25 of the Great Vajra Realm Mandala might already have been lost within the Dharma Appearance Sect.
If that was truly the case, there was no benefit in wasting more time here.
Still, even if the later cultivation methods had been lost, this trip had not been in vain. He had not only obtained the methods for four levels, but also countless secret arts of the Dharma Appearance Sect.
Even in Duan Rong's eyes, with his Cave Illumination Realm cultivation, some of those secret arts were exceptionally