The next morning.
Mo Xiaobai kneeled on his bed, and held two crystal remnants in his hands.
He used his refined force technique, and sucked the force within the force crystal remnants. It slowly flowed into his force point.
The force vibrated, and the force point slowly expanded.
At this moment, Mo Xiaobai realized that the force was still vibrating, but his force point had stopped enlarging. It seemed to have reached its limit.
He was slightly shocked. His heartbeat accelerated.
He had already reached the limit of first-grade?
So fast?
He was delighted.
Time to start his breakthrough!
He calmed down slowly, and continued sucking the spiritual energy. The magnitude of the vibration increased continuously, and he started to feel pain in his body.
However, because of the power of the Giants, his physique was much better than that of other Force Warriors at the same level as him. Hence, the pain felt negligible to him.
Poof!
After some time, Mo Xiaobai felt his body turning light. He seemed to have broken a barrier.
Mo Xiaobai opened his eyes abruptly. His gaze was filled with happiness.
One force point, second-rank!
… It was so easy.
For a moment, he was in disbelief.
He just used slightly more than a day to break through first-rank.
The speed of cultivation exceeded his expectation.
He looked at the rising golden sun outside his window. He squinted his eyes and muttered to himself, "Is this the effect of a flawless grade refined force technique…? This is really scary."
Wait, that wasn't right!
Mo Xiaobai thought of something.
He used a force technique stone crystal.
Thus, he immediately reached the perfected stage of enlightenment for the refined force technique.
If he started learning the refined force technique from the beginner stage, his cultivation speed wouldn't be so fast, right?
If someone else wanted to reach his speed of cultivation, they needed to reach the perfected stage of enlightenment for the flawless grade refined force technique too.
After sorting out his thoughts, he stopped thinking about this issue. He closed his eyes and started cultivating.
***
One hour of cultivation passed quickly. Mo Xiaobai opened his eyes and breathed out lightly.
He lifted the corners of his lips and smiled.
He managed to reach second-rank on the second day. Everything was going smoothly.
He glanced at this pile of crystal remnants. It got smaller again. He estimated that it would last him four days.
He hoped that he would be able to break through to third-rank.
He got off his bed and stretched his back. Then, he changed his clothes and walked out of his room.
In the living room, Mo You was sitting on the sofa and reading a newspaper.
Mo Xiaobai glanced at him. He noticed that Mo You was frowning furiously, and his expression was bad. Mo Xiaobai curiously asked, "What happened?"
Mo You regained his senses. He raised his head and looked at Mo Xiaobai. "Someone was found dead again. It's a young person this time too. The corpse was discovered in an empty alley. The corpse is incomplete."
Mo Xiaobai's pupils constricted. His heart trembled for a moment.
"Is it the same killer?"
Mo You was solemn. "There are no reports about it, but I'm afraid that there is a high chance it is."
Mo Xiaobai became quiet.
After several seconds of silence, Mo You smiled, and said, "Alright, don't think too much. As long as you don't run around late at night, everything will be fine. The killer won't dare to act in the day."
Mo Xiaobai nodded.
"Old Mo, help me to carry the plates!"
Mu Yuzhu's voice came from the kitchen.
"Coming!"
Mo You put down the newspaper hurriedly and walked to the kitchen.
***
After eating breakfast, Mo Xiaobai left.
At the entrance of the district, the leader of the security team, Ning Feng, greeted Mo Xiaobai when he saw him. "Good morning, Xiaobai."
"Good morning, Uncle Ning."
Mo Xiaobai noticed that Ning Feng's face was black, so he asked, "What happened, Uncle Ning?"
Ning Feng regained his composure, and smiled as he replied, "This is all because of the murder case. Everyone is jittery because of it, so I'm starting to worry for my little brat too."
"Uncle Ning, don't worry. Little Ran is quite sensible. He won't run around at night," Mo Xiaobai consoled him.
Ning Feng smiled and nodded. "You're right. Hurry up and go to school."
He helped Mo Xiaobai to open the door so that Mo Xiaobai could go out.
"Goodbye, Uncle Ning."
Mo Xiaobai waved at Uncle Ning, and walked out of the district.
***
When Mo Xiaobai reached his classroom, he realized that most of his classmates had already arrived.
They were all gathered in small groups, and were discussing the murder cases in low voices. Their expressions seemed serious.
The moment Mo Xiaobai sat down on his seat, Zheng Dong leaned over.
"Xiaobai, you're back. Did you hear about the murder case today?"
Mo Xiaobai opened his drawer. There were seven love letters inside. He raised his eyebrows slightly.
He hadn't come to school for a few days, so he accumulated quite a few letters.
He took out the love letters and placed them in the other compartment. Then, he nodded and replied, "I've heard about it. Why?"
"It's someone from the first year at our school. He was fine yesterday, but today he died."
Zheng Dong's expression was complicated. "That killer is really cruel. When the corpse was found, the skull was shattered, and his organs were all gone…"
Zheng Dong's face turned paler as he spoke.
Mo Xiaobai's eyes widened when he heard this. "From our school?"
"Yes." Zheng Dong nodded. "Based on what his classmates who went back with him said, his house was a little far, so when they parted, he took a shortcut and went into the small alley…"
He swallowed a mouth of saliva and sighed. "I hope that they will find the culprit soon."
Mo Xiaobai looked at Zheng Dong, and then looked at his other classmates. He noticed that there was fear on their faces.
Even he felt a little frightened.
He decided that he would go home earlier from now on!
He wouldn't hang around outside.
"Alright, let's not talk about this." Zheng Dong got frightened by his own words. He hurriedly changed the topic. "Oh right, Xiaobai, did you take a leave yesterday because you're already starting to use refined force techniques and starting to sense your force points? How does it feel?"
He looked at Mo Xiaobai curiously.
After all, Mo Xiaobai was the first student in their batch to start sensing his force points!
Mo Xiaobai smiled, and replied, "I've already achieved my breakthrough."
"???" Zheng Dong.
The atmosphere became quiet. Zheng Dong was stunned. He seemed to be trying to understand Mo Xiaobai's words.
After some time, he finally understood what Mo Xiaobai said.
His eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "What?! You've already achieved your breakthrough?"
Zheng Dong's voice was very loud, so the entire class heard what he said.
In an instant, everyone stopped discussing and turned to look at them.
"Breakthrough? What breakthrough?"
"Mo Xiaobai achieved his breakthrough?"
"How is that possible! Old Li said that it will take some time, right?"
"…"
Everyone looked at Mo Xiaobai with wide eyes.
Mo Xiaobai was speechless. He wished that he hadn't told this trumpet.
Did he have to exclaim so loudly?
At this moment, a refined and pretty night spirit lady looked at Mo Xiaobai with her big red eyes shyly. She asked in a soft tone, "Mo Xiaobai… have you really achieved your breakthrough?"
Mo Xiaobai smiled and nodded. "Yes."
Woah!
In a split second, all kinds of noises were heard in the classroom. It was deafening. It felt as though the roof was going to collapse.
Mo Xiaobai felt that he got surrounded by a bunch of bees instantly. His head was filled with their buzzing.
They were so noisy his head started hurting.
"What's happening? Why are you so noisy?"
A stern voice was heard. The people that were surrounding Mo Xiaobai went back to their seats immediately.
Mo Xiaobai heaved a sigh of relief. He looked at the fierce Li Qishui gratefully.
He was saved.