Preparations for Departure
Seeing this, the other members of the sect couldn't help but intensify their cultivation.
Every night when he got home, Lin Xiao would hurriedly finish his meal, not even take a shower, use a Dust Removal Technique to solve everything, and then go back to his room to lock himself in and start researching and creating Law Technique.
He wanted to create more Law Technique to ensure his ability to protect himself once he entered the secret realm.
That way, they won't be caught without any means of dealing with potential danger.
Lin Xiao considered many scenarios, and then based on these scenarios, he thought about what kind of Law Technique would be needed to resolve them, thus creating targeted Law Technique.
So in the past few days, he created many Law Technique.
Some are useful, but others are not so useful for the time being.
The reason some spells are temporarily useless is that many Law Technique are actually very powerful and useful, but Lin Xiao's cultivation level is insufficient to use them.
Eight days passed in the blink of an eye.
During this period, thanks to Lin Xiao's dedication to cultivation, everyone in the sect has made significant progress in their cultivation.
The three newest members, Yang Jinshu, Liu Shengsheng, and Lin Ying, have all reached the Qi Refining First Layer.
However, apart from Lin Xiao himself and Sun Yigao, no one else is above the Fourth Layer of Qi Refinement.
Moreover, Lin Xiao discovered that higher aptitude does not necessarily mean faster cultivation.
For example, Jiang Youfu, who recently revised the "Original Essence Heart Sutra," has seen his cultivation level increase very rapidly.
Although he was the first to start, he actually didn't start even a few days earlier.
Despite his aptitude being merely 'not the best, but not the worst either,' his cultivation level has now advanced to the Third Layer of Qi Refining.
Most of the other members of the sect were still hovering around the first or second level of Qi Refining.
After trying to cultivate the "Original Essence Heart Sutra", most of them felt that they were not very capable of cultivating this mental technique, so they went back to using the original "Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction".
Currently, within the entire Lingxian Sect, besides Lin Xiao and Sun Yigao, only Jiang Youfu, Lin Yun, and Liu Yunan have converted to the "Original Essence Heart Sutra".
When Jiang Youfu first came into contact with the "Original Essence Heart Sutra," he felt that he seemed to be quite adept at cultivating this mental technique.
Therefore, he immediately decided to modify the cultivation method that his Brother Xiao had personally created.
Lin Yun and Liu Yunan, however, felt that this cultivation method was not much different from their previous cultivation of the "Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction," so they naturally switched to the more advanced "Original Essence Heart Sutra."
Lin Xiao had also thought about this phenomenon.
Even if everyone has different strengths and weaknesses in their aptitude, under the influence of a perfectly matched mental cultivation method, this difference in aptitude should be greatly reduced, and it may even lead to surpassing each other.
This shows that qualifications are not the deciding factor.
Lin Xiao could already foresee that the future of their sect would be one where talent would not be the sole criterion for success.
It won't make people feel like they've 'lost at the starting line'.
Lin Xiao fully approves of this trend and its prospects.
But he also felt that the burden on his shoulders had suddenly become even heavier.
He needs to quickly create more cultivation methods that are more suitable for everyone...
Sigh, as the head of a sect, there are just too many things to worry about.
Lin Xiao now wishes he could split himself in two and use him.
He used half of his time for self-cultivation and improvement, and the other half for managing and overseeing all matters, big and small, concerning the development of the sect.
After eight days of intensive training, Lin Xiao and Sun Yigao even stopped going home at night and slept on the floor in the training room.
Through this day and night cultivation, Sun Yigao's cultivation level rapidly advanced, reaching the Qi Refinement Seventh Layer.
This also allowed Lin Xiao's cultivation to successfully advance to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, and he is about to break through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement.
It has to be said that as one's cultivation level increases, the speed of breakthroughs becomes slower and slower.
In the same amount of time, Lin Xiao, with both AFK cultivation and his own cultivation, only reached the eighth or almost ninth level, while Sun Yigao made four consecutive leaps, directly jumping from the Third Layer of Qi Refining to the Qi Refinement Seventh Layer.
During this time, Lin Xiao kept thinking about the strange feeling he had experienced at the Grave Mountain.
He then went there twice more to investigate, but still found nothing.
So, on the evening of the eighth day, after finishing his cultivation for the day, Lin Xiao summoned everyone in the sect and said to them:
"Recently, our sect obtained the entrance to a secret realm. Only those at the Qi Refining Stage can enter this realm, but we still don't know what it's like inside. So I've decided that Yigao and I will go and explore it first."
Upon hearing this, everyone was completely confused, because they did not understand what this secret realm meant.
Sun Yigao, who had been preordained, was completely unaware of the arrangements.
So everyone asked Lin Xiao.
Faced with everyone's doubts, Lin Xiao explained:
"I don't really know exactly what this secret realm is like, but you can think of it as an independent little world. Many things inside may be different from our outside world, and it may be full of all kinds of unknown dangers and opportunities. It may be full of dangers and fire, or it may be full of treasures, or both."
Our purpose in going there is twofold: first, to explore the secret realm and prepare everyone for future visits; and second, to see if we can bring back any supplies needed by our sect.
Because this secret realm can't be opened at any time; it only opens between the time of the Awakening of Insects and the Beginning of Summer each year, allowing us to enter and exit. And Yigao and I definitely won't be able to wait until next year, so we'll go in and lead the way this year."
Hearing this, Lin Yun, who was usually quite quiet, was the first to speak up and ask:
"But you've never been inside before, so you don't know what's inside this secret realm. What if there's danger and you're all alone without any help?"
Knowing that he was concerned about him, Lin Xiao gave him a reassuring smile:
"Don't worry, brother. Since we have the key to enter this secret realm, we can leave at any time. After we enter, the Key to the Secret Realm will give each of us a one-time exit connection key. If we really encounter danger, we can open the exit and come back at any time."
Only then did Lin Yun nod, somewhat relieved.
Lin Xiao then looked at everyone and said:
"Actually, the main reason I gathered everyone here wasn't to introduce this secret realm, but rather to tell you something else important."
Lin Xiao paused, and seeing that everyone was listening attentively, he continued:
"Two days later, we'll enter the secret realm. There are still twenty days until it closes. I don't know how many days we'll stay inside. It might be small, and we'll be out after a few days of exploration, or we might explore until the very last day—"
What I want to say is that during our time in the secret realm, I hope everyone will be extra vigilant and pay close attention to the situation in our village.