Beneath the sky screen.
Everyone fell silent, staring blankly at the images above as they listened to Nie Li explain the Heavenly Dao Divine Art.
Seven? Seven demon spirits?
An art that could integrate techniques of every attribute and forge its own Great Dao?
As for his final remark about progressing too slowly, they brushed it aside.
An art that accommodated seven demon spirits was already outrageously heaven-defying!
But it also brought a realization to quite a few quick-witted people.
If even the weakest soul sea could be matched with such an incredible cultivation art, wouldn't anyone else soar into the heavens if they asked Nie Li to find one for them?!
At the Huyan Family.
Huyan Lanruo brushed her fingers across her vivid red lips.
This little brother grew more captivating the more she watched him.
At the City Lord's Mansion.
They had known, more or less, that the cultivation art Nie Li could practice would be comparable to theirs. They had never imagined it would be terrifying to this degree!
The corner of Ye Zong's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help asking, "Kid, are there any other cultivation arts besides the Heavenly Dao Divine Art that let you merge with more than two demon spirits?"
"No. There are indeed plenty of powerful cultivation arts, but if you want to merge with more than two demon spirits in your soul sea, there isn't a second option besides the Heavenly Dao Divine Art."
Nie Li reviewed all the cultivation arts he had obtained from the Book of Time and Space Spirit before giving a definitive answer.
"Once you reach Bronze rank and need to absorb a demon spirit, have you decided on your first one?"
Ye Zong had already noticed that everyone else had broken through to Bronze rank within a week. Nie Li was merely a little slower than them, but he wouldn't lag far behind.
That made his choice of demon spirit very important.
"Yes, I have a few ideas."
At the Sacred Family.
Shen Yue was wild with rage.
What right did Nie Li have to know such a powerful cultivation art?!
Shen Xiu felt the same. The slowest progress? So what if his progress was the slowest? With cultivation arts that terrifying, how could Nie Li possibly fail to reach Bronze rank within two months?
Although Nie Li had already entered the City Lord's Mansion and no one cared about their two-month wager anymore.
Shen Xiu herself still couldn't get over it.
At the Heavenly Marks Family.
Nie Ming, who had already become an elder, watched his son practice such an impressive cultivation art. His son had truly made something of himself.
Gongliang Shu, who was stationed there, watched Nie Li on the sky screen and couldn't help sighing with admiration. The future really did belong to these youngsters!
On the sky screen.
Nie Li had already begun cultivating.
Lu Piao had still been planning to go out and have some fun with everyone, but when he saw Du Ze and the others sit cross-legged and start cultivating, he groaned and sat down to sleep instead.
That was how the Chaos Sacred Spirit Art worked. It didn't require much cultivation; he only needed to accumulate chaos energy. Sleeping worked too.
By evening, Ye Ziyun was still reading the Thunderfire Sacred Book on the library's first floor.
A new day dawned.
Xiao Ning'er looked at Nie Li's empty seat in the classroom, still a little worried.
Holding a scroll, Shen Xiu told them that cultivation depended on talent. They shouldn't think they could turn their fortunes around with nothing but unorthodox tricks.
Shen Yue stood there with his arms folded, sneering that certain people were still hoping to break through to Bronze rank in two months.
The noble-family students laughed, while the commoner students burned with anger.
After class.
Some noble-family students made no attempt to hide their mockery of Nie Li. After all, although his Heavenly Marks Family had declined, shamelessly mingling with those commoner students made him nothing short of a disgrace to noble-family students.
Their laughter made a commoner student behind them clench his fists, but another student hurriedly stopped him.
Every one of those commoner students hoped Nie Li would win his wager with Shen Xiu in two months and give her a resounding slap in the face.
Yet deep down, they also felt he couldn't do it. Given his circumstances, even Ye Ziyun, who had the greatest talent, couldn't have managed it.
But regardless of what they thought, they still hoped Nie Li would win.
Beneath the sky screen.
Quite a few commoner students immediately began scoffing.
Cultivation depended on talent?
Give them a break. Nie Li had already said up there that his soul sea was universally acknowledged to be the worst and weakest, yet even he had an excellent cultivation art suited to him.
If even the worst could achieve that much, wouldn't someone just a tiny bit better also soar into the heavens with a good cultivation art?
Shen Xiu gritted her teeth in fury. She had never expected Nie Li to truly rise!
Moreover, the Alchemist Association had recently introduced five different pills.
Every one of them was exceptionally useful.
The Sacred Family had wanted to buy some, only to find that the quantities available were far too small.
They seemed to have uncovered something fishy.
Shen Hong stroked his beard as he watched the sky screen, a faint Killing Intent toward Nie Li stirring within him.
On the sky screen.
They had already cultivated for a day.
Du Ze checked his soul crystal. In just one day, his soul force had risen from 52 to 87. At that rate, he would definitely break through to Bronze rank within seven days.
Wei Nan and the other two had also improved considerably.
Lu Piao stretched. "All I do is eat, drink, shit, piss, sleep, and cultivate. If my grandfather knew his grandson was this hardworking, he'd be so moved he'd climb right out of his grave!"
"Hey, quit clowning around and tell us already."
"I'm a one-in-ten-thousand genius, after all. Naturally, my progress is lightning-fast!"
The points of light in his soul crystal naturally showed that Lu Piao hadn't merely been sleeping.
Nie Li intended to get some more spirit medicines so that they could cultivate even faster.
Zhu Xiangjun pointed out that spirit medicines capable of improving cultivation cost ten thousand Demon Spirit Coins apiece.
They still had ten thousand left. Du Ze hoped they could buy one spirit medicine for Nie Li to use. After all, the outcome of the wager in two months still rested on Nie Li.
The other four had no objections either. It was only right for Nie Li to use it.
Nie Li patted Du Ze on the shoulder and told him not to worry about money. He would go out that evening.
Lu Piao wanted to go with him, but Nie Li would certainly refuse. He couldn't bring anyone along for what he had to do that night.
"Tch, being all mysterious. You're not going on a date, are you?"
He had actually guessed correctly.
Beneath the sky screen.
A gain of twenty-five points of soul force in one day, and Bronze rank guaranteed within seven days. At that speed...
Becoming a Legendary Demon Spirit Master was practically assured.
Quite a few people wore expressions of envy, jealousy, and resentment. By following Nie Li, they had gotten in on the ground floor.
With cultivation arts that good, there was no doubt they were going to take flight.
On the sky screen.
As Nie Li passed the library, he spotted a figure leaning by the window.
"Zi Yun..."
Ye Ziyun was reading the Thunderfire Sacred Book.
Stay calm, Nie Li thought. Think about how to approach Zi Yun without startling her.
Lu Piao and the others had noticed too. They crouched behind a bookshelf and poked their heads out to watch the fun.
Ye Ziyun frowned. As she reached the later sections of the Thunderfire Sacred Book, she could no longer understand it at all. She hadn't expected Nie Li to remember even the inscriptions inside.
Nie Li walked over, feigning surprise. "Oh? Are you interested in the Thunderfire Sacred Book too, Ye Ziyun?"
Only then did Ye Ziyun notice that Nie Li had come over.
"Yes, but this book is too profound. There are many parts I can't understand."
Behind them.
Lu Piao and the others raised their thumbs, praising his smooth move.
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