The next day.
The sky grew faintly light.
Jiang Man had not slept. He had cultivated until now.
Watching the fish-belly white appear in the sky, he understood that he had missed his chance at the Middle-Grade Qi and Blood Method.
But even a prodigy had choices. What he sought had long since surpassed a middle-grade cultivation method.
Late June was not his time to accumulate strength, but his time to display it.
"What are you thinking about?" Old Yellow Ox asked.
"Some bold declarations. If I weren't short on Spirit Sources, I'd shout them out," Jiang Man said.
"People have still been secretly watching you lately. They leave as soon as day breaks," Old Yellow Ox said.
"That's normal. They want to see whether I'm putting on a show or really never sleeping." Jiang Man did not mind.
These days, not a single person in the Azure Cloud Pavilion left earlier than he did.
If he, Azure Cloud First, did not leave, who would dare casually walk out through Azure Cloud's gates?
Even those who slept probably could not sleep soundly these days.
Because everyone was cultivating, sleeping meant falling behind, and falling behind meant unflattering evaluations.
Finding a good job would become harder than climbing to heaven.
Afterward, he wanted to buy some pills.
Then he would begin his push for the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.
If he could not advance, there would be absolutely no chance of becoming Cloudfront Office First.
However.
When Jiang Man went to buy Spirit-Gathering Pills, he discovered that their price had risen.
It had jumped straight from three hundred to four hundred.
Why had this happened?
Was someone targeting him?
"Student Cultivator, if you're buying, you should do it soon. The price might rise again," the seller kindly reminded him.
Jiang Man