Zhong Yue silently praised in his heart. Clans on the level of the Zhu Shi Celestial Race controlled a large amount of top graded resources for themselves and often cultivated much faster and efficiently than humans. Though after he still lost to Zhong Yue after his advancement, he knew little of what Zhong Yue had gone through.
Zhong Yue has brushed shoulders with death more times than he could count to be able to stand where he was right now.
As for the Weapon Ancestor's cultivation, he was supplied with countless divine herbs and was supported by over hundreds of gods to forge his body and Yuan Shen.
With that, the Weapon Ancestor had saved himself plenty of effort to strengthen his base. Only powerful races like the Zhu Shi Celestial Race were able to afford something like that.