Chapter 95 - 61: Cultivation Aspiration, Do Not Bully a Young Girl for Being Poor!

Chapter 95: Chapter 61: Cultivation Aspiration, Do Not Bully a Young Girl for Being Poor!

Halfway up the bamboo-forested mountain peak.

Mu Xiaoyu, Wu Mingke, and Lu Kuan watched as the young man from Huang Bamboo Temple butchered the stag.

Li Yinsheng leaned against a tree, dismissing the golden characters floating before his eyes as he fell into deep thought.

Based on the information he had gathered so far, it seemed unlikely he could find a shortcut for this Cultivation Tribulation. If he personally hunted down powerful monsters and served them up for his junior sister to strike the finishing blow, her contribution would be too small, resulting in meager rewards. Moreover, powerful monsters were hard to come by. It wasn’t like playing an RPG where he could endlessly grind mobs for experience.

If he let his junior sister deal with the monsters she encountered on her own, the reward per kill would be higher, but the efficiency would drop. Battles consumed her magical power and stamina; she wouldn’t be able to fight many times a day.

Of course, he could combine both methods: letting her hunt monsters normally while occasionally capturing powerful ones for her to finish off. After all, landing the killing blow didn’t cost much magical power or stamina. At most, some demon beasts were simply too strong—even when beaten to the brink of death, it would still be difficult for her to break their defenses.

But ultimately, neither method would yield much time for practicing magic.

Today, they had only harvested seventy days of magic practice time—just a little over two months. Strictly speaking, it had only taken half a day, and the demon beasts they encountered would become more numerous and powerful as they progressed. However, the efficiency was still far too low. Even if he managed to harvest four to six months of practice time every day from now on, by the end of the fifteen days, it would only amount to seven years.

It wasn’t a short amount of time, but it wasn’t particularly long either. It would just be enough for him to cultivate the Yin Yang Light-Splitting Sword to Great Success.

He had to keep in mind that the later stages of the Profound Evil Sword required persistent practice, making it far more complex and difficult than the Yin Yang Light-Splitting Sword. After all, this was a superior slaughter sword technique that could serve as a killing move in the hands of a Sword Cultivator Daoist like his martial uncle. It was absolutely impossible to achieve Great Success in just a few short years.

How could he obtain more magic practice time?

Logically, he needed to improve his junior sister’s "performance," but that was severely limited by her current strength...

The more Li Yinsheng thought about it, the worse his headache grew.

In truth, even though his junior sister had only been cultivating for four months, her strength was already quite impressive compared to other disciples her age. In terms of cultivation, her Qingxuan Scripture was approaching the fourth layer, meaning she already possessed the equivalent of seven or eight years of cultivation.

Many disciples with average talent would enter the temple at seven or eight to study the scriptures, begin cultivating at ten, and if they slacked off, they would only have about seven or eight years of cultivation by their late teens. Of course, if they hadn’t slacked off, they would have ten years of cultivation, which was equivalent to just entering the fourth layer of the Qingxuan Scripture.

However, these ordinary disciples practiced run-of-the-mill cultivation techniques that couldn’t compare to his junior sister’s Qingxuan Scripture. Even if they genuinely possessed ten years of cultivation, their magical power would still be inferior to hers. Not only did the Qingxuan Scripture produce higher-quality magical power, but its third layer also broadened the dantian and meridians, profoundly deepening one’s magical power—a benefit that could not be understated.

In terms of techniques, his junior sister’s Yin Yang Light-Splitting Sword was also an exceptional sword technique, far beyond what ordinary disciples could learn. With the help of the White Rainbow Sword, her seventeen streaks of sword light were already at a level most of her peers could only dream of. Not to mention she also had the Profound Evil Sword, a superior slaughter sword technique.

As for external aids, the Cold Leaf Sword was a lower-grade magical artifact. Normally, very few ordinary cultivators her age would even possess an inferior magical artifact.

All things considered, while his junior sister might not be on par with absolute geniuses, her strength far surpassed the average cultivator among her peers. At the very least, Wu Mingke and Lu Kuan—both of whom were two or three years older and quite diligent in their cultivation—were no match for her in actual combat.

Unfortunately, the requirements for the Cultivation Aspiration and Cultivation Tribulation issued by the Grotto Heaven were increasingly absurd. Whether it was the Lesser Yang Dao Examination a year from now or the current Cultivation Tribulation, his junior sister’s present strength was simply insufficient.

Li Yinsheng furrowed his brows and thought, "What other methods can I use? If I manage to get some high-level talismans for my junior sister and have her use them to kill enemies, will that count toward her evaluation?"

He currently had some talismans obtained from the Yellow Crane Temple, and his junior sister also had the ones given by Qi Jiushan. Unfortunately, none of them were high-level; they were just ordinary goods. The ones Qi Jiushan had personally drawn and given to her were especially pathetic, worse than even ordinary goods. Li Yinsheng seriously doubted whether those talismans would even work.

The people from Shouyi Temple probably sold more powerful talismans, but they definitely wouldn’t be cheap...

Just as Li Yinsheng thought of Shouyi Temple, his heart stirred. High in the distant sky, a flying ship entirely covered in red gold and cinnabar talismanic text entered the range of his divine sense, heading straight for the mountain peak. The ship was inscribed with profound restrictions, some of which seemed capable of slightly resisting and alerting the crew against a Daoist’s divine sense. Because of this, Li Yinsheng didn’t probe too deeply. However, just by looking at the Daoist robes worn by the people on the deck, he knew it was a Shouyi Temple flying ship.

Li Yinsheng shook his head as he thought, "It seems the vice temple master of Shouyi Temple that Fellow Daoist Qi mentioned has arrived with those free-loading disciples."

Shouyi Temple had a poor reputation among the Daoist temples for a reason. It was one thing for them to act so arrogantly on a daily basis, but to be this flashy while coming to scrounge for freebies was something no one could tolerate.

The flying ship moved extremely fast. In just a moment, it became visible to the naked eye. Even the young man from Huang Bamboo Temple, who was currently butchering the stag, noticed it. As he looked up at the flying ship approaching from afar and heading straight for the summit, the indignation on his face was hard to conceal.