The Center Sect.
Bihu Peak.
"The lesson is over. You can leave on your own after finishing the breathing exercise."
The middle-aged cultivator, Shen Zhong, who had just finished the lesson given to the Outer Disciples of the Center Sect, said this while standing in the pavilion.
He finished his words.
The dozens of Outer Disciples were all sitting steadily on the mats in front of the pavilion; none of them had left. Some of the disciples had already finished one round of breathing exercises but they were ready to do another round.
Shen Zhong looked at the scene in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.
This batch of newly recruited Outer Disciples was righteous at heart. To eliminate the heretics as soon as possible, they were all determined to break through to the Foundation Establishment and enter the Inner Sect within a year.
Therefore, they could be said to be extremely diligent in their cultivation.
Unfortunately, Shen Zhong knew that most of these disciples had mediocre talent. It was already considered good enough that they could break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm within three years.
He hoped that this group of Outer Disciples could produce a prodigy. Then the sect would bestow him with the precious realm-breaking pill.
If he could use the realm-breaking pill to break through to the next realm in the end, wouldn't he be able to return to the Inner Sect and kill the heretic cult together with his fellow disciples?
That would be a supreme honor!
Unfortunately...
Currently, Shen Zhong's thoughts were surging with emotions.
At this time, a white-clothed youth sitting at the back of the pavilion suddenly stopped his breathing exercise and quickly got up to leave.
This scene instantly pulled Shen Zhong back to reality.
He saw the youth frown and subconsciously wanted to open his mouth to lecture him with a few words.
However, he remembered that it was already past the lesson time and the youth had not come to the pavilion to find him to resolve his doubts before. Perhaps he was not a material that could be molded.
Moreover, seeing that he was leaving and walking towards the Forging Body Field, he might have been just an ordinary disciple who knew that his chances of advancing were slim and wanted to focus on Body Refining.
Forget it, forget it, let him be.
Shen Zhong watched as the youth turned around to leave. Just as he was about to withdraw his gaze, he noticed that the youth was suddenly trembling violently and almost lost his footing.
However, the youth did not stop because of this. He even supported himself against the wall and was persistent in leaving this place.
When Shen Zhong saw this scene, his gaze instantly turned solemn.
He was just about to open his mouth and ask the youth about the situation. He wanted to make sure that it was not because of the wrong breathing method that caused something to happen to his body.
However, Shen Zhong considered that there were still many disciples who were doing the breathing exercise in front of him. He was afraid of disturbing them, so he hesitated for a moment and did not open his mouth.
However, he also knew that if something happened to this youth, the latter would take the initiative to look for him. It was not because he wanted to leave this place immediately.
Thus, Shen Zhong decided to forget about it and let nature take its course.
But right at this moment!
Within Shen Zhong's line of sight, the youth suddenly stopped in his tracks. After his body trembled violently, he emitted a spiritual energy fluctuation that only appeared after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Seeing this scene, Shen Zhong was stunned at first.
Then, his eyes instantly widened to become incomparably round!
Broke... broke through to the Foundation Establishment?!
He broke through while standing and walking?!
What kind of exaggerated cultivation talent was this!
Shen Zhong was stunned by this outrageous scene.
After a few seconds, he reacted and immediately stood up to chase after him.
At the same time, he shouted excitedly,
"Stop... Stop in your tracks! Stop in your tracks!"
...
Lu Ming was very helpless now.
That's right.
He was the genius who "performed" the act of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment while walking in front of Shen Zhong just now.
In fact...
He had indeed broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage...
He was truly a disciple worthy of the title of prodigy.
However, the reason he got up and left was not to perform the so-called breaking through while walking.
Instead, he wanted to leave Shen Zhong's sight.
It wasn't that he hated Shen Zhong very much. The two of them hadn't even spoken to each other before.
Lu Ming simply wanted to find a place with no one around to see if he could continue to suppress his realm.
As for the reason why he was suppressing his realm, it was very simple.
That was because...
He did not want to advance to the Inner Sect!
Lu Ming had transmigrated to this cultivation world half a year ago.
After transmigrating to the Mortal Dynasty, because he had not awakened the Golden Finger that was widely rumored to be necessary for transmigration, he decided to lie low until the Golden Finger came out before deciding on his path.
He didn't expect to find that there was a heretic force in this cultivation world.
The heretic force often sent the cultivation practitioners who had fallen into the Devil Path to wreak havoc in the Mortal Dynasty and slaughter the common people, and this kind of situation happened frequently.
If it weren't for the fact that the major cultivation sects would ask their disciples to protect them, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Therefore...
Lu Ming, who was staying in the Mortal Dynasty until the Golden Finger awakened, immediately left the place and came to the Center Sect which was known for killing many heretics and had the highest reputation among the cultivation sects.
Lu Ming thought that he had to try his luck to see if he could pass the entrance qualification test.
In the end, he passed the test.
However, he regretted it the moment he entered the Center Sect!
It was because he found out the reason why the Center Sect was able to kill so many heretics and was famous for it.
It was because the cultivation practitioners of this sect didn't want to live forever; they only wanted to kill the heretics!
The cultivation practitioners of the Center Sect and even the entire cultivation world were fanatical fighters.
The cultivation practitioners only wanted to become stronger!
After becoming stronger, they had to kill the enemies!
They even thought that the best ending for the cultivation practitioners was to die in battle.
This made Lu Ming numb.
Especially when he learned that even the Inner Disciples of the Center Sect in the Foundation Establishment Stage had to inspect the sects of the Mortal Dynasty once every two months.
He regretted it.
He regretted it thoroughly.
As a researcher of Physics and Chemistry in his previous life, he disliked reckless fighting and meaningless killing.
Therefore, Lu Ming decided to stay in the Outer Sect of the Center Sect for as long as he could.
The longer the better.
In any case, his cultivation talent was moderate.
However...
When Lu Ming started his cultivation, he was surprised to find that although his talent was moderate during the test, his cultivation speed was remarkable and his realm was much higher than that of his peers!
Hence, he began to guess that perhaps his fast cultivation speed was his Golden Finger?
Wasn't this a big joke?
Lu Ming still remembered that there was once when Shen Zhong praised a prodigy who only used nine months to successfully attain Foundation Establishment in front of them. Then, one of the disciples asked him what realm the prodigy had reached now.
Shen Zhong said that after this prodigy was heavily nurtured by the sect, he was sent out by the sect to patrol the Mortal Dynasty after only a month.
In the end, he was killed by the heretics during the patrol because he was on the list of prodigies in the cultivation world.
This made Lu Ming give up on the idea of becoming stronger by cultivating on his own.
After all, no matter how talented he was and how much resources the Center Sect spend to nurture him, it would take Lu Ming at least thirty years to reach the Crossing Tribulation Stage.
In these thirty years, according to the style of the Center Sect, he would have been sent to patrol at least hundreds of times?
If his realm was high, wouldn't he have to face the heretics?
If he was ranked on the list of prodigies, wouldn't those heretics in the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Stage frantically chase after him to kill him?
Therefore, Lu Ming had always kept a low profile to conceal his cultivation talent and never talked to his peers. When he was at the pavilion and listening to Shen Zhong's teaching, he always hid in a corner.
Lu Ming had a strong determination to live as long as possible.
In the end, he did not expect it.
He had never practised breathing in private and only went through the breathing exercise in front of Shen Zhong.
His realm had advanced by leaps and bounds...
This...
Wasn't this pushing him into the fire pit?
Thus, Lu Ming began to crazily suppress his realm.
He did not expect that in the end, he still could not suppress it.
He eventually exposed his cultivation talent!