5: Chapter 5: Three Thousand Times Critical Strike, Complete Ancient Technique

In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

Inside the Immortal Cave.

Bai Yunzhou was still sitting cross-legged, immersed in cultivation.

However, the three bottles of spirit gathering pills that originally sat before him were now completely empty.

Correspondingly, his cultivation level had already reached the Peak of the eighth layer of Qi Refining, just one step away from the ninth layer.

"Boom!"

Just then, a surge of majestic Spiritual Qi suddenly erupted from within Bai Yunzhou's body, like a sleeping volcano abruptly bursting forth.

Thanks to his efforts over the past few days,

his cultivation level had finally recovered to the ninth layer of Qi Refining!

"Phew!"

Bai Yunzhou let out a long breath and slowly opened his eyes.

"I've finally recovered to the ninth layer of Qi Refining."

Feeling his restored cultivation level, a hint of joy flashed across his face.

Since he was merely recovering his former strength, he didn't need to spend time consolidating his Realm.

"I wonder how far my current strength has reached."

As this thought arose, he stood up and walked outside the Immortal Cave, looking toward the massive black boulder nearby.

It was the black gold stone he used earlier to test his strength, exceedingly hard in texture.

He lightly patted his Storage Pouch, and a Flying Sword hovered before him.

"Swish!"

The sword light pierced through the air, carrying a fierce wind, and slashed toward the black gold stone like a falling meteor!

"Clang!"

A crisp, loud metallic sound echoed as sparks flew in all directions.

And on the black gold stone, another deep sword mark clearly appeared.

Bai Yunzhou walked over to take a closer look.

He discovered that the sword mark he just carved out was several times deeper than the previous two beside it, reaching a full two feet deep!

"Not bad."

Bai Yunzhou showed a look of joy.

"With my current strength, if I participate in the Outer Sect Test, entering the top three shouldn't be a problem."

As long as he made it into the top three, he could become an Inner Sect Disciple, and Du Yufan's side wouldn't dare send people to attack him directly anymore.

Unless they wanted to be punished by Sect rules.

However, to be safer, Bai Yunzhou still needed to make a few more preparations.

He thought of Du Yufan's Opportunity.

Calculating the time, today was the seventh day since he last saw Du Yufan, and today was the day Du Yufan would go to the Scripture Pavilion to obtain that ancient body-refining technique.

"It seems I need to make a trip to the Scripture Pavilion immediately."

His conflict with Du Yufan was not small, so he naturally wouldn't idly watch the other party gain an Opportunity.

At this thought, Bai Yunzhou moved his fingertips slightly, summoning the Flying Sword before him, preparing to fly on it.

Having reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining, he could already fly on a sword.

But just as he was about to jump onto the Flying Sword, his eyes suddenly narrowed.

On the body of the sword, fine cracks were actually densely spread.

Clearly!

The majestic spiritual force of that strike just now had already exceeded the load limit of this Low Grade Flying Sword.

"This Flying Sword won't last much longer. It seems I must find a way to replace it with a better Flying Sword."

With the Outer Sect Test approaching, he didn't want to fail to reach the top three because of his Flying Sword.

If that happened, it would be a huge trouble.

In fact, he originally had a Medium Grade Flying Sword as well.

But several months ago, when Liu Qingmo broke through to the Middle Stage of Qi Refining and lacked a handy Magical Artifact, she asked him for it.

At that time, their relationship was still decent, so he didn't refuse.

However, after she broke through to the Late Stage of Qi Refining and switched to a new Flying Sword, she didn't return it.

Instead, she took it to the market to sell, exchanging it for cultivation resources.

Pulling his thoughts back, Bai Yunzhou jumped onto the Flying Sword and flew toward the Sect's Scripture Pavilion.

When he first stepped onto it, the Flying Sword wobbled left and right, appearing a bit unstable;

after all, this was his first time flying on a sword, so he needed to get used to it.

However, with his cultivation level, he quickly grew familiar with the sword-control technique; the Flying Sword grew faster and faster, and the wobbling lessened.

After half an hour of flight, Bai Yunzhou finally arrived steadily on his sword at the square outside the Scripture Pavilion.

Qingxuan Sect's Scripture Pavilion was built against the mountain, its five stories towering majestically with Spiritual Qi lingering around—it was a core location for Sect Disciples to seek Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills.

Outer Sect Disciples could only enter the first three floors, and at this moment, people were coming and going at the entrance, making it quite lively.

After arriving at the Scripture Pavilion, Bai Yunzhou did not go straight inside.

Instead, he first examined the Disciples coming and going, wanting to see if he could discover any obtain-able Opportunities on them.

Unfortunately, though,

he didn't see any obtain-able Opportunities on any of these people.

Instead, a wave of rising and falling chatter entered his ears, and the topic was actually closely related to him, causing his steps to pause slightly.

"Have you heard? Those three guys—Wei Bai, Wentai, and Lin Ran—actually had their Dantians destroyed by someone!"

"What?! Is that real or fake?"

"Although Wei Bai usually acts like a tyrant in the outer Sect, he's Wei Changfeng's biological younger brother after all. Who in the outer Sect would dare lay a hand on him?"

"This matter is absolutely true! This morning, I even saw Wei Bai going to find his older brother to help seek justice, but his older brother seems to be in secluded cultivation, likely preparing for the upcoming Outer Sect Test, so he didn't meet him."

"Those three guys truly got what they deserved! Last month, they even robbed me of a spirit gathering pill!"

"I wonder which Senior Brother helped vent our frustrations. If I find out who it is, I'll definitely thank him properly."

"..."

Withdrawing his gaze, Bai Yunzhou continued walking toward the Scripture Pavilion.

However, he began to ponder in his heart.

Since this matter had already spread through the outer Sect, Du Yufan must definitely know about it by now.

It probably wouldn't be long before he sent people to find him again.

He might even come in person.

In that case, if he returned to his Immortal Cave again, it would no longer be safe.

Fortunately, he had already thought of a countermeasure, preparing to go to an inn at the Sect market to find a place to stay after obtaining the Opportunity shortly.

The inns in the Sect market were basically Sect property, so few people dared cause trouble there.

As long as he went there, his personal safety would be guaranteed.

"Although staying at an inn costs at least one Spirit Stone a day, which is expensive, compared to my safety, it's not unacceptable."

Amidst his thoughts, he had already reached the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion.

Just as he was about to continue up to the third floor, someone suddenly blocked his way.

"Bai Yunzhou?"

"Is the second floor somewhere someone like you can come to now?"

A mocking voice came from ahead.

Bai Yunzhou raised his head to look at the person blocking his way and subconsciously looked at his status panel first.

[Name]: Sun Yu

[Realm]: Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak

[Destiny]: Nascent Soul Extinction (Blue)

[Fate]: Shallow Fortune (White), Arrogant and Domineering (Green), Faint Resonance of Sword Bone (Blue)

[Favorability]: Hostile

[Recent Opportunity]: Seven days later, at an outside stall near the "Baibao Pavilion" in the Sect market, bought a damaged Low Grade Flying Sword for ten Spirit Stones, unaware until making it recognize him as master that it was actually a High Grade Flying Sword.

He actually has an Opportunity.

And it happens to be an Opportunity related to a Flying Sword!

Bai Yunzhou was overjoyed in his heart and secretly noted it down.

Only then did he focus his attention on the man.

Sun Yu was once the number one in the outer Sect.

Later, Bai Yunzhou snatched the top spot from him, and he was suppressed ever since, harbouring deep resentment in his heart.

Thus, after Bai Yunzhou's Realm plummeted, every time Sun Yu ran into him, he would come to cause trouble.

"As an Outer Sect Disciple, why can't I come?"

Bai Yunzhou's tone was calm, the Spiritual Qi of the ninth layer of Qi Refining quietly circulating within his body.

Sun Yu was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage.

"A down-and-out waste dares to talk back? Seems I didn't teach you enough of a lesson last time!"

Before his voice faded, he reached out to grab Bai Yunzhou, a ferocious look in his eyes.

Bai Yunzhou leaned sideways to dodge slightly, flicking his finger at the same time; a condensed bullet of Spiritual Qi struck Sun Yu's wrist dead center.

With a soft "bang", Sun Yu felt his wrist go numb, his grabbing momentum instantly broken as he staggered back two steps.

He looked at Bai Yunzhou in shock and horror.

"You... your cultivation level?"

In an instant, the fear of being crushed by Bai Yunzhou in the past surged into his heart.

Looking at him, he didn't dare move an inch further.

Seeing this, Bai Yunzhou ignored him and went straight up to the third floor.

After a bit of searching, he finally found that ancient body-refining technique.

And right as he held the Cultivation Technique in his hand, a notification floated before his eyes.

[You have obtained the Low Grade body-refining technique 'Savage Bull Strength (Incomplete)'. Successfully plundered Du Yufan's Opportunity, triggering a 3,000x critical hit, obtaining the complete Low Grade body-refining technique 'Savage Bull Strength'!]