On the very night Lin An entered into cultivation.
It was just past midnight, and November 1st had arrived.
The Realm Ranking has been recalculated.
As the only player on the entire server, Lin An naturally remained at the top of the leaderboard.
As before, Lin An chose attribute points as the reward.
However, since his cultivation level had reached the Gold Realm, the reward of attribute points was quite substantial, amounting to three thousand points.
This increased his attribute points from 4855 to 7855.
Lin An calculated that he had transmigrated in June of this year, which means he has been here for five months.
"It's already November, and the players will arrive next September. That means there are only ten months left."
Ten months may seem like a long time, but for Lin An, time is still very tight.
After all, the arrival of the players also means that there is only one year left before the Sin Abyss World connects with Blue Star.
In less than two years.
As his cultivation level increases, unless he encounters various great opportunities, his cultivation speed will inevitably be slower than it is now.
If he cultivates step by step, he will at most reach the Platinum Ninth Grade in two years. If he is lucky, he may break through Platinum and reach the stronger Diamond Tier.
However, even a mere Diamond Tier expert is nothing more than an ant in the face of the connection between the two realms.
"Once we've used up the spiritual liquid we have, it'll be time to leave Shenglin City and head to Upper City," Lin An said.
He had never been to Upper City, but he knew very well that Upper City had far more resources than Shenglin City.
If he hadn't obtained the spiritual liquid from the Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree in the Black Mountain, he would have been planning to head to the Upper City in the past few days.
As he pondered this, Lin An closed his eyes again and began to cultivate.
With a tenfold increase in cultivation speed, plus the thirty-sixfold increase from the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique, the speed at which he refined the spiritual liquid was extremely fast, and his aura was also increasing at a visible rate.
In just eight hours, his cultivation level broke through again, reaching the Gold Sixth Grade.
Seeing his cultivation speed so fast, Lin An was naturally pleased and even more unwilling to waste time, so he began to cultivate frantically.
The results were also very gratifying.
After using both 10x cultivation acceleration cards, his cultivation level broke through to the Gold Eighth Grade.
In just two days, he broke through to the third rank, which allowed him to experience the feeling of cultivating when he was in the Black Iron Realm again.
"It's a pity there are only two cultivation acceleration cards; from now on, I'll have to rely on my own cultivation."
Lin An shook his head. Fortunately, the refining speed of the spiritual liquid was extremely fast, far surpassing that of elixirs.
After that Lin An continued to focus on cultivation, and after another half month, he successfully reached the Gold Ninth Grade.
He had originally planned to rush straight to the Platinum Realm, but Lin Xiao suddenly found him at that moment.
"Father, what happened?" Lin An asked curiously.
Now that the threat from Black Mountain is gone, Shenglin City shouldn't have any problems.
Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lin An was only at the Gold Ninth Grade Realm: "I originally planned to talk to you next month, but I suddenly remembered your monstrous talent, so I came to find you. Fortunately, you haven't broken through to the Platinum Realm yet."
Lin An was puzzled, but did not ask, waiting for the other party to continue.
" An'er, are you aware of the Upper City Competition Ceremony?" Lin Xiao asked.
"I don't know, Father. Please enlighten me."
Lin An pondered. He seemed to have seen the Upper City Competition Ceremony on the forum in his previous life, but there was no detailed information.
" An'er, as you know, my Shenglin City is only the lower city; there is Upper City above it."
"And my Shenglin City belongs to Guangwu City within the Upper City."
"Don't be fooled by the fact that those at the Gold Realm are considered top experts in Shenglin City; in Guangwu City, they're just some family elders."
" Guangwu City is led by the Wu Clan of the City Lord's Residence, and it is said that its City Lord is Epic Tier powerhouse surpassing even the Diamond Tier."
"Each Upper City governs hundreds of lower cities, and my Shenglin City is just one of them."
"Every three years, the Upper City holds a Competition Ceremony, at which time all the geniuses from the Lower City can travel to the Upper City to participate."
"If you can get a top ten ranking, you can go directly to the royal city. Even if you don't get a ranking, you may still be noticed by the City Lord's Residence or even major families and receive training."
"It's November now, and the next Competition Ceremony is in January next year, which is more than a month away. I've been considering having you participate in this Competition Ceremony for some time now."
Hearing Lin Xiao's words, Lin An suddenly understood what the Competition Ceremony was all about.
"Then why did my father tell me not to break through to the platinum realm? Could it be that I am too high to participate?" Lin An asked doubtfully.
"That's not true. Anyone under thirty years old can participate in the ceremony."
"The reason you're not allowed to break through to the Platinum Realm is because this Competition Ceremony is being held in a Gold Tier Spirit Realm, and only Spirit Realm not exceeding the Platinum Realm can enter."
"In addition, there is an Ancient Spirit Tower in Guangwu City, which can only be entered by those below the Platinum Realm."
" Ancient Spirit Tower has eighteen floors, and you receive resource rewards for each floor you clear. It is said that on the 18th floor, there is even a visualization scroll."
Lin Xiao said, "Of course, if you are not interested in the Spirit Realm and the Ancient Spirit Tower, you can also break through to the Platinum Realm. At that time, you will directly gain the opportunity to go to the Royal City, and you will not take up a spot in the Competition Ceremony."
Lin An's eyes lit up.
Putting aside the visualization diagrams within the Ancient Spirit Tower, the mere existence of a Spirit Realm was enough to excite him.
The rare and precious materials in the Spirit Realm were secondary; the most important thing was that he could now farm attribute points again.
He currently only has a little over 7,000 attribute points. If he doesn't take this opportunity to grind them up, he doesn't know when the next chance will come.
Although it will waste a month, it's still worth it for the attribute points.
"Thank you for the reminder, Father. When shall we depart for Guangwu City?" Lin An asked.
"You're in a hurry, kid. But the Competition Ceremony doesn't start until January, so we can set off next month," Lin Xiao said with a smile.
"Next month? Our Shenglin City isn't exactly close to Guangwu City, is it?"
"It is indeed not close. Even for a Platinum Realm expert, it would take at least several months to reach Guangwu City by flying."
Lin Xiao said, "However, Shenglin City has Teleportation Formation that leads to Guangwu City, so we can get there quickly. The Teleportation Formation is inside the manor."
"There's Teleportation Formation?"
"That's right, but activating the Teleportation Formation consumes a lot of resources each time, so it's rarely used except occasionally when buying resources in Guangwu City. It might only be used once or twice a year."
Lin Xiao said, "You should adjust your condition first. I will take you to Guangwu City next month. I also need to make some arrangements for things after we leave."
"Good."
Lin An nodded and watched Lin Xiao leave.