To break through to a Purification Realm, a cultivator needed to have a certain amount of Purity already, which would then further increase from the breakthrough. Unfortunately, it appeared that in spite of how I'd raised it, I was still a little short. Gao Rong hadn't been idle in cultivating either, even though he'd had a movement technique to learn—he had reached the 9th Stage of the Third Realm, making him a full Realm behind me. As for my advancement prospects, the only thing to do was to get a Purity appraisal and evaluation.
The service wasn't free, though at least I didn't need to dip into the hundred Contribution Points I'd gotten as a signing bonus. It was still a bit annoying to spend all the points I'd gained from my first mission in one place.
