Over half a year had passed, yet Lin Chen’s cultivation had not advanced an inch, causing the Peak Masters of the various peaks to once again stir up a competition, each wanting to snatch Lin Chen for their own peak.
When asked about Yang Yuemin’s method of teaching Lin Chen, her answer nearly drove everyone to rage.
"Free-range, what are you saying!? You allowed him to cultivate freely, tossing him cultivation techniques to choose from and providing him with cultivation resources to practice as he wishes? You are harming him, what if he loses his way? He needs someone to guide him, a teacher to resolve his doubts."
"Sect Leader Senior Brother, I request that this child be transferred to my White Dragon Peak."
In the grand hall of debate at Jade Cauldron Sect’s Main Peak, the Peak Masters gathered together, once again arguing over Lin Chen’s future.
Facing the scramble for Lin Chen, Yang Yuemin was neither proud nor anxious, completely different from her usual temperament as a witch.
"If my fellow Senior Brothers say my teaching method is wrong, then why are the disciples recruited by you consistently surpassed by Lin Chen in the monthly assessments?"
With a single statement from Yang Yuemin, all the Peak Masters fell silent.
Because indeed, the performance of the disciples they recruited this time was indeed not as good as Lin Chen’s every month.
Besides his cultivation not having progressed, Lin Chen crushed the other disciples in every other aspect of knowledge.
"Have you all ever considered, as we teach Lin Chen, what realm this genius could ultimately reach? Can he surpass us?"
"The reason I let this child grow unrestrained is that he has a clear path for his Martial Path, and as teachers, our duty is to guide him, not to make him walk the path we have defined. He has his own way, why should we force him to follow another?"
"His path will surpass us all."
Yang Yuemin spoke calmly, her serious demeanor rendering the various Peak Masters even more silent.
Her demeanor genuinely made them take another look at her.
They had no choice but to believe that everything Yang Yuemin said was true.
"If that’s the case, let’s not bring up the matter of transferring Lin Chen again. I’ve observed that this child is quite different from ordinary people. He truly immerses himself in studying various subjects, not just for the sake of earning study points."
"The disciples whom we force to study, on the other hand, are led by the nose by the study points. Perhaps this child really can find a different path."
Xu Ma’an changed his usual attitude, surprisingly standing on Yang Yuemin’s side this time.
It must be known that he had entrusted his granddaughter to Yang Yuemin, only to have her taught to become a little witch.
At this moment, atop Jade Bird Peak.
Lin Chen had been in seclusion for half a month already. In this past half-year, he had taken countless Spirit Gathering Pills, so many that he had lost count.
So many elixirs, if it were an ordinary person, would likely lead to several breakthroughs in cultivation.
Yet Lin Chen remained stuck at the First Layer of the Spirit Gathering Realm, those Spirit Gathering Pills sinking without a trace, leaving no signs of breakthrough.
However, at this moment, the spiritual power within Lin Chen’s dantian was stirring, finally showing signs of a breakthrough.
Lin Chen’s body trembled slightly, his excitement palpable as he circulated the spiritual power within his body even faster.
A crisp sound rang out, as his dantian finally expanded, and two streams of spiritual power began to swirl within it.
Lin Chen had finally broken through to the Second Layer of the Spirit Gathering Realm.
"Damn it, I finally made a breakthrough—this Primordial Transformation Art really requires a massive amount of cultivation resources," he said.
"My Divine Body has finally become thoroughly stable as well."
Lin Chen opened his eyes and released his spiritual power, discovering that his strength had increased by an unknown multitude compared to before.
In the past half year, apart from studying academic knowledge, he had been diligently consolidating and attempting to break through the Spirit Gathering Realm. During this process, his physique evolved from the Mysterious Body to the Ancient Divine Body.
The Primordial Transformation Art stated that to travel far on the path of cultivation, one needs to develop the Primordial Divine Body during the Body Tempering Realm and the Primordial Spirit Sea during the Spirit Gathering Realm.
Where others had but a Pill Spring in their dantian, Lin Chen’s dantian contained a vast ocean.
His dantian housed spiritual power that was more than ten times stronger than that of others, so one could only imagine how many times more powerful Lin Chen was compared to martial artists of the same realm.
At that moment, Yang Yuemin returned from a meeting at the Jade Cauldron Sect’s Main Peak and just happened to sense Lin Chen’s cultivation breakthrough.
With a flash, she appeared at the location of Lin Chen’s breakthrough.
Lin Chen, thoughtful or perhaps confident, had chosen a Cold Pool on Jade Bird Peak for this promotion.
Right now, the chilly water in the Cold Pool was boiling, and even the sky showed faint signs of a heavenly phenomenon emerging.
Seeing this, Yang Yuemin raised her hand to cast a spell, thus resolving the phenomenon that was about to rise in the sky.
Looking at Lin Chen, Yang Yuemin was secretly astonished, thinking to herself that this boy truly was a prodigy—to think that his breakthrough in a minor realm could even cause a heavenly phenomenon.
But this breakthrough was only to the Second Layer of the Spirit Gathering Realm. Why did she sense an aura from him that seemed stronger than even the Fifth Layer of the Spirit Gathering Realm?
"Master... Are you peeking at me taking a bath?"
When Lin Chen woke from his cultivation, he saw the beautiful lady at the edge of the Cold Pool looking at him with an expression of admiration and immediately asked.
"As your master, I’m observing your cultivation breakthrough, and I came to check on you. Take this."
Yang Yuemin said indifferently to Lin Chen, then casually tossed him a brocade pouch—a brocade pouch infused with a Spiritual Formation, which could be used as a Spatial Bag. It was much easier to make than a Storage Ring.
Lin Chen caught it and infused it with his Divine Sense to inspect it, discovering there were actually one thousand Spirit Gathering Pills inside.
Lin Chen expressed his gratitude. To a common martial artist, one thousand Spirit Gathering Pills would represent an enormous amount of cultivation resources. Thıs text ıs hosted at novel✦fire.net
But for Lin Chen, who possessed the Primordial Transformation Art, it was somewhat insignificant—hardly enough to fill the gaps between his teeth, let alone for him to break through to the Third Layer of the Spirit Gathering Realm. Even another thousand pills wouldn’t be enough.
Lin Chen had previously approached Xu Lianyu for information because of the issue with meal tickets and discovered that the reason why the Jade Cauldron Sect did not set up a cafeteria was firstly because it had too few disciples to warrant one.
Secondly, it was because Jade Bird Peak was simply too poor.
For Yang Yuemin to be able to take out one thousand Spirit Gathering Pills for Lin Chen, she had already invested heavily in him, a disciple with exceptional talent.
Therefore, it wouldn’t be proper for Lin Chen to say that these cultivation resources were insufficient. He didn’t want to reveal the uniqueness of his body, which practiced the Primordial Transformation Art, just yet.
Hence, Lin Chen started thinking about how to acquire cultivation resources on his own.
Elder Xiao had mentioned during a lecture in the Outer Sect that one could obtain rewards and Contribution Points by undertaking Sect tasks. Contribution Points could be exchanged for various resources within the Sect.
Over the past half-year, Lin Chen had focused exclusively on consolidating his Primordial Divine Body and hadn’t participated in any tasks.
He did see many other disciples earn a good number of Contribution Points by undertaking tasks and exchanging them for resources. Considering this, Lin Chen decided to start undertaking tasks as well.