Three Months, Repairs Completed

Suddenly hearing those infuriating words,

Zhang Hanpeng froze.

How could such a beautiful fairy say something so vicious!

Zhang Hanpeng immediately wilted.

He no longer had the heart to keep sneaking glances at Wang Qianxue.

Li Yunjing smiled. "His Root Bone is poor, but he works efficiently. What more can the Luozhen Sect ask for as it is now?"

Wang Qianxue laughed too.

"You're not wrong."

When they arrived in front of Luozhen Hall,

Wang Qianxue immediately noticed something was different.

"You renovated Luozhen Hall."

Wang Qianxue looked at Luozhen Hall before her as she spoke.

"I had nothing better to do," Li Yunjing said.

Wang Qianxue immediately looked at Li Yunjing.

"Why waste your efforts on this?" Wang Qianxue said.

"Wouldn't joining the Immortal Alliance be much better than staying here?"

Li Yunjing could only smile helplessly, without answering.

The Immortal Alliance had once extended an olive branch to Li Yunjing as well.

It too had taken a fancy to Li Yunjing's abilities.

But Li Yunjing had declined.

After all, how could joining the Immortal Alliance be as comfortable as being a sect master himself?

Seeing that Li Yunjing said nothing, Wang Qianxue lost interest.

"These are the resources the Immortal Alliance has issued to the Luozhen Sect this time."

Wang Qianxue took out a Storage Bag and handed it to Li Yunjing.

Taking the Storage Bag, Li Yunjing sent his Divine Sense inside.

There were fifty low-grade Spirit Stones, a bottle of pills to improve cultivation, another bottle of healing pills, and a stack of ten first-grade Spirit Talismans.

"Thank you, Deacon Wang."

Li Yunjing first thanked Wang Qianxue.

Then he took the resources out of the Storage Bag and put them into his own.

Wang Qianxue took back the Storage Bag and looked at Li Yunjing.

"Are you ready for the assessment in three months?"

Li Yunjing said, "I'm still working on it."

"Make haste. Although you've reached Qi Refining Completion, Foundation Establishment..."

Wang Qianxue shook her head.

Li Yunjing's breakthrough to Qi Refining Completion had come as a pleasant surprise to Wang Qianxue.

But Wang Qianxue didn't believe Li Yunjing could reach Foundation Establishment within three months.

Many cultivators were stuck at this step.

Once stuck, they remained there for life.

Wang Qianxue knew Li Yunjing had an eighth-grade Root Bone.

That was considerable talent.

It was only a little inferior to a ninth-grade Root Bone.

If he were in the Immortal Alliance,

Li Yunjing would have reached Foundation Establishment long ago.

He might even have reached Golden Core by now and be making a bid for Nascent Soul.

Why else would he still be struggling at Qi Refining Completion?

But although Li Yunjing was talented,

without Cultivation Resources, even the cleverest wife couldn't cook a meal without rice.

Cultivating the Dao, cultivating the Dao-

wealth, companions, methods, and land were all indispensable.

Given Li Yunjing's current circumstances,

he lacked every one of those four elements.

To reach Foundation Establishment, none of those four elements could be missing.

Without those four elements, no matter how talented Li Yunjing was,

he couldn't possibly reach Foundation Establishment within three months.

"I still need to go to the Flowing Cloud Sect, so I won't waste any more words."

Wang Qianxue prepared to leave.

Li Yunjing hurriedly said, "Won't you stay for a while, Deacon Wang? I prepared Spirit Tea especially."

Wang Qianxue raised a hand. "I'm busy with important matters. I'll pass."

With that, Wang Qianxue left at once.

She didn't even give Li Yunjing a chance to see her off.

Li Yunjing stood where he was, watching Wang Qianxue leave.

Only when Wang Qianxue had disappeared completely did he look away.

"Three months-not long, but not short either," Li Yunjing murmured to himself.

Beside him, Zhang Hanpeng edged closer.

"Sect Master, that fairy..."

Halfway through his sentence, Zhang Hanpeng stopped.

Li Yunjing looked at Zhang Hanpeng. "What about her?"

Zhang Hanpeng shook his head, indicating it was nothing.

Li Yunjing smiled and entered Luozhen Hall.

He took out the resources Wang Qianxue had brought.

The fifty low-grade Spirit Stones were welcome, easing the shortage of Spirit Stones Li Yunjing currently faced somewhat.

As for the two bottles of pills,

one contained Essence Stabilizing Pills.

They were first-grade spirit pills, much better than Essence Consolidation Powder.

Li Yunjing had no use for them at present, but he could give them to Zhang Hanpeng.

The healing pills were Flesh Regeneration Pills, middle-rank first-grade healing pills.

He had no use for them at present either, so they would replenish the Luozhen Sect's stock.

Last were the ten Spirit Talismans.

Five Breeze Talismans, two Cold Arrow Talismans, two Fireball Axes, and one Spirit Gathering Talisman.

They were all middle-rank first-grade Spirit Talismans.

If these things were given to a Rogue Cultivator,

they would be enough to keep him too excited to sleep for three days and three nights.

To Li Yunjing, however, they were rather ordinary.

"It's a pity the Luozhen Sect has the lowest rating. Otherwise, the benefits would be far more than this," Li Yunjing sighed.

The Immortal Alliance had assigned ratings to all the sects and individuals under its command.

There were three main categories: upper, middle, and lower.

Each main category was further divided into upper, middle, and lower ranks.

The Luozhen Sect currently had the worst rating: lower-lower.

Naturally, the resources it could receive were poor.

If its rating rose to lower-middle, things would be different.

But improving its rating would have to wait until later.

After putting away all the resources,

Li Yunjing walked out of Luozhen Hall.

Zhang Hanpeng had already gone to cultivate beside the Spirit Field.

Ever since taking Li Yunjing's advice,

Zhang Hanpeng had found that he cultivated much faster beside the Spirit Field than anywhere else.

That left Zhang Hanpeng speechless.

He was probably destined to spend his whole life tied to a field!

Li Yunjing headed to the Scripture Repository.

He intended to repair it so it could serve as a new building to upgrade.

Upon entering the Scripture Repository,

Li Yunjing first used the Cleaning Technique.

He swept away all the dust inside.

Then he righted the fallen bookshelves.

He picked up the books scattered across the floor one by one and placed them back on the shelves...

Time passed bit by bit.

After about a quarter of an hour,

Li Yunjing had more or less finished tidying the Scripture Repository.

Compared to before, it looked completely new.

But the prompt still informed Li Yunjing that the Scripture Repository was too badly damaged to serve as a building to upgrade.

Li Yunjing remembered that the Scripture Repository's door had fallen off.

It needed repairing.

He picked up the door.

After examining it, Li Yunjing found that the door's pivot had broken.

That was simple enough.

Li Yunjing had repaired door pivots before.

He fetched his tools and set to work efficiently.

Before long, he had repaired the pivot.

He put the door back in place.

He pushed it back and forth a few times.

No problem. The pivot was fixed.

But the prompt remained unchanged.

Li Yunjing frowned.

He had fixed the door too, so why wasn't it working?

Li Yunjing was certain there was nothing wrong with the Scripture Repository's exterior.

He had now cleaned up the inside as well.

By rights, that should have been about enough.

Suddenly, Li Yunjing thought of something.

There was an array plate inside the Scripture Repository.

Li Yunjing walked to the innermost part of the Scripture Repository.

He came to the wooden table holding the Jade Slips.

Li Yunjing crouched down and pried an array plate from beneath the table.

The array plate was the size of a palm, densely engraved with intricate, arcane array patterns.

In the very center, a Spirit Stone that had lost its luster appeared to be embedded in the plate.

This array plate was the guardian of the Scripture Repository.

Once activated, it would release several basic arrays.

They were mainly used to protect against fire, insects, dampness, and the like.

Only with the array plate activated would the Scripture Repository be complete.

And activating the array required a Spirit Stone.

Li Yunjing pried out the lusterless Spirit Stone in the center.

Then he took out a low-grade Spirit Stone and put it in its place.

Soon, nourished by spiritual power,

the array plate turned several times and suddenly released a dazzling light.

The array patterns came away from it and merged into the Scripture Repository.

With the arrays reinforcing it, the entire Scripture Repository took on a more ethereal quality.

At that moment, a prompt suddenly appeared before Li Yunjing.

[Scripture Repository (lv0)]

[lv1 spiritual effect: speed of comprehending Cultivation Methods within the Scripture Repository +5%.]

[Upgrade requirements: spirit sandalwood ×10 pieces, low-grade Spirit Stones ×5.]

The lv1 Scripture Repository's effect was straightforward.

It had only one effect: increasing the speed at which one comprehended cultivation methods.

Though it had only one effect, it delighted Li Yunjing.

The effect did not specify the grade of the cultivation method.

Didn't that mean this effect would apply to comprehending any cultivation method?

It applied to first-grade cultivation methods, so it would apply to immortal-grade cultivation methods too!