8: Chapter 8: The Bull's Strength Reaches its Peak, and Strength Soars

The Market Restaurant.

With the assistance of the medicinal broth, Bai Yunzhou could clearly feel that the speed of his Cultivation of Savage Bull Strength had improved dramatically.

After just a single day, he had already Cultivated it close to Minor Achievement.

As he continued to Cultivate, the light red broth in the tub gradually turned clear.

"Phew!"

It wasn't until noon, near mealtime, that Bai Yunzhou ended his Cultivation.

And just at this moment, his Savage Bull Strength reached Minor Achievement.

Sensing his Breakthrough, Bai Yunzhou couldn't help but marvel.

"I didn't expect that with the assistance of this superior broth, I could Cultivate it to Minor Achievement within a single day!"

He felt fortunate that he had listened to the old man selling Spirit Medicine and bought those superior Spirit Medicines to brew the broth.

Although the price was more than double that of ordinary ones, the effect of the broth brewed from them was remarkable.

However, with the Breakthrough in Savage Bull Strength, Bai Yunzhou quickly discovered a fatal problem.

That was, although Savage Bull Strength could boost his Physical Body strength with remarkable results...

...the speed of this increase was simply too fast, leaving him somewhat unable to control it as he pleased.

"It seems gaining power too quickly isn't entirely a good thing!"

Bai Yunzhou pondered.

Currently, his Savage Bull Strength was only at Minor Achievement, doubling his strength, yet it already caused such a situation.

If he were to Cultivate it to Major Achievement and his Physical Body strength soared by three times, this situation would likely become even more severe.

And how could a Cultivator who couldn't even control his own power unleash its full potential?

Therefore, after some thought, Bai Yunzhou prepared to return to the Scripture Pavilion to find a powerful sword technique to Cultivate.

Only in this way could he master this suddenly surged power in a short time.

Thinking of this, Bai Yunzhou immediately climbed out of the bath, changed into clean clothes, and headed out.

Since flying on a Flying Sword was forbidden inside the market, he walked out of the market on foot, casually observing the passing crowd.

He wanted to see if he could find any suitable Opportunity among them.

Unfortunately, he found nothing all the way.

After leaving the market, Bai Yunzhou retrieved his Flying Sword and flew toward the Sect's Scripture Pavilion.

After landing on the square in front of the Scripture Pavilion, he paused for a while, observing the Disciples coming and going.

Regrettably, he still didn't see any Opportunity prompts.

"It seems that in this world, Opportunities are only obtained by a select few."

Pulling back his thoughts, he entered the Scripture Pavilion and went straight up to the third floor.

However, upon arriving at the third floor, he ran into an acquaintance: Sun Yu.

At this moment, the other party was standing before a bookshelf choosing a Cultivation Technique.

Upon seeing him, Bai Yunzhou subconsciously glanced at his panel.

[Name]: Sun Yu

[Realm]: Ninth Level Qi Refining Peak

[Destiny Fate]: Nascent Soul Extinction (Blue)

[Fate Attribute]: Shallow Fortune (White), Arrogant and Domineering (Cyan), Resonating Sword Bone (Blue)

[Affection]: Hostile

[Recent Opportunity]: In three breaths, he will pick up a Jade Slip in the corner of the bookshelf before him and discover that it records an Incomplete Manual of an ancient sword technique named 'Long River Sword Art'.

An ancient sword technique!

Seeing the Opportunity prompt on the other party's panel, Bai Yunzhou's eyes lit up.

Right now, Sun Yu's gaze happened to fall upon a dusty Jade Slip in the corner of the bookshelf in front of him.

The moment he saw the Jade Slip, Sun Yu had a strong premonition.

This Jade Slip was extremely important to him.

However, just as he reached out to pick it up, someone took it a step ahead of him.

Looking up, a face he despised came into view.

Realizing what happened, he immediately shouted in anger,

"Bai Yunzhou, I saw this first!"

"Just because you saw it first means it's yours?"

Bai Yunzhou snorted coldly, picked up the Jade Slip, and walked away without looking back, refusing to waste time arguing.

Sun Yu trembled with rage, yet he didn't dare to stop him.

He could only mutter harsh threats under his breath to comfort himself.

"Bai Yunzhou, you just wait! Once I Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, I'll definitely reclaim today's humiliation!"

Compared to his anger and resentment, Bai Yunzhou was in an extraordinarily good mood.

[You have obtained the Low Grade sword technique 'Long River Sword Art (Incomplete)'. Successfully stolen Sun Yu's Opportunity, triggering a 2,500x critical multiplier! Obtained the complete Low Grade sword technique 'Long River Sword Art'!]

Another complete ancient Cultivation Technique!

And it was a sword technique he was already skilled in!

"Now that I have this complete ancient sword technique, once I Cultivate it, I should be able to master my surged power!"

Storing the Jade Slip into his storage ring, Bai Yunzhou left the Scripture Pavilion directly and returned to the market restaurant.

After a simple meal, he prepared to begin Cultivating the sword technique.

However, Cultivating a sword technique required space; continuing to practice inside the restaurant room was certainly out of the question.

So he found the waiter and asked if there was a training ground for sword techniques.

"Of course we have one, but it requires an extra payment of Spirit Stones for venue fees."

Now that Bai Yunzhou wasn't short on Spirit Stones, he naturally didn't refuse.

Thus, after paying fourteen Spirit Stones, he obtained 7 days of usage rights for a training ground.

It was located right behind the restaurant.

Inside the area were several massive black gold stones, bearing various marks left by weapons.

Clearly, they were used for target practice.

Standing in the middle of the training ground, Bai Yunzhou retrieved his Flying Sword—which already had multiple cracks—and began Cultivating according to the Long River Sword Art recorded on the Jade Slip.

Perhaps because he was inherently talented with sword techniques, he Cultivated the Long River Sword Art at an extremely fast pace.

In just a single afternoon, he Cultivated it to the Entry Level.

With the sword technique reaching Entry Level, he could perfectly harness the strength that had surged after Cultivating Savage Bull Strength.

This led to a massive increase in his power.

Looking at a massive black gold stone about a meter tall in the distance, he casually slashed out with his sword.

"Clang!"

Sparks flew in all directions.

Under this single strike, the black gold stone was split clean in two.

Seeing the power displayed by his strike, a delighted expression involuntarily appeared on Bai Yunzhou's face.

He remembered that a few days ago, a slash on the black gold stone at the mouth of his Immortal Cave had only left a sword mark about two feet deep.

But now!

With just a casual strike, he had cleaved a meter-tall black gold stone in two.

"I didn't expect that after perfectly mastering my current Physical Body strength, combining it with the Long River Sword Art would make a single slash so powerful!"

Bai Yunzhou couldn't help thinking.

"If I Cultivate Savage Bull Strength to Major Achievement and pair it with this Long River Sword Art, how powerful will it be then?"

"It should be comparable to a newly initiated Foundation Establishment Cultivator!"

This way, judging by past Outer Sect Test results, he would easily secure first place.

Sensing the changes brought by Cultivating the sword technique, he quickly adjusted his upcoming Cultivation schedule.

Mornings would be spent Cultivating the Long River Sword Art to adapt to his surging power.

The rest of the time would be devoted to Cultivating Savage Bull Strength.

With his Cultivation routine planned out, Bai Yunzhou completely immersed himself in his daily Cultivation.

Just like that, a few days passed in the blink of an eye.

"Clang!"

The damaged Flying Sword struck down.

A three-meter-tall black gold stone was cleanly cleaved in two, while the Flying Sword itself snapped in half, rendered completely unusable.

Even so, a look of joy involuntarily washed over Bai Yunzhou's face.

"I didn't expect Major Achievement Savage Bull Strength combined with Minor Achievement Long River Sword Art to match a strike from a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!"

"Now a spot in the Inner Sect is completely secured."

Then, his gaze fell upon the Flying Sword broken into two pieces.

Counting the time, it was now time to head to the outer stall of the 'Baibao Pavilion' and claim Sun Yu's other Opportunity.