At Jia Nan Academy, atop the rear mountain where a sea of trees rippled in the breeze.
A half-grown horse about the size of a wild donkey lay on the slope, lazily basking in the sun. Every so often, it took a bite of the woodberries set before it, quenching its thirst while taking another step on the ten-thousand-mile march toward advancement.
A few meters away, Chen Cang sat cross-legged on a slab of bluestone, eyes shut and hands forming a seal, clearly meditating and cultivating.
The silence lasted for more than ten minutes before his closed eyes slowly opened. Sensing that his strength had improved again, Chen Cang flipped his hand over, took out a Qi-Nurturing Pill that helped consolidate his cultivation, and tossed it into his mouth.
Pills I refined myself are always reassuring to take.
"A Four-Star Dou Ling should rank pretty well even in the Inner Academy. I wonder what the standard there is these days?"
Muttering to himself, Chen Cang felt rather eager.
As of today, he had been at Jia Nan Academy for a full month.
When he first joined the Law Enforcement Team, Chen Cang had hoped to hone himself further through deadly combat.
Unfortunately, even the hardest missions posted by the Law Enforcement Team only required the strength of a five-star Da Dou Shi or so. For Chen Cang, they offered no opportunity to hone himself whatsoever.
Only after carefully examining Elder Wu Tianlang's memories did he learn that those missions had all been screened by the elders.
After all, reaching Da Dou Shi already placed a student among the best in the Outer Academy.
Even the instructors were only at that level.
Thus, if he wanted suitable missions, he could only obtain them through the elders.
At Chen Cang's request, Elder