Chapter 577 - 316: The Meaning of Growing Up

Chapter 577: Chapter 316: The Meaning of Growing Up

Qi Xi glanced toward the Golden Core district again and noticed that they were also cultivating.

She wondered why that was the case. After a moment’s hesitation, she walked over to Wang Yan and asked.

Wang Yan hesitated briefly before answering. "They probably saw the others cultivating and felt the urge to do the same. Aside from that, it’s mostly his influence."

She pointed in Jiang Man’s direction as she spoke. Even though Jiang Man was currently chatting with Ji Meng, an aura constantly circulated around his body. He was secretly circulating his power to habituate himself to controlling it.

"He’s striving to improve even while chatting with his marriage prospect. It makes the rest of us incredibly uncomfortable to watch," Wang Yan said helplessly.

Even she felt compelled to hurry up and cultivate.

Fate was truly unfathomable. Back then, Jiang Man had gone through her selection process, and she hadn’t chosen him. While she had acknowledged his potential, she never expected him to be *this* capable. Let alone Fang Yong; even Wei Ran paled in comparison.

Who could have imagined that the poor boy from back then would grow into a prominent figure that the entire Luoyun City had to bow to?

His Primordial Spirit cultivation might place him at the bottom among the Inner Sect’s prodigies, but he was still a prodigy nonetheless. In Luoyun City, that made him an indisputable heavyweight. Even the noble families had, at most, a single Primordial Spirit Great Power holding down the fort. Furthermore, their Primordial Spirit cultivators were not prodigies. There was no comparison whatsoever.

A prodigy in his twenties—how could they possibly compete against that?

As for the other families, they only had Golden Core cultivators. Fang Yong alone was already on equal footing with those families, and it wouldn’t be long before they, too, had to bow their heads.

To think that single small courtyard could produce two such extraordinary figures. None of those local families had managed to seize the opportunity, but they had managed to secure one of them. It was a massive windfall.

Fang Yong’s future accomplishments were also limitless. Or so Wei Ran had said.

Qi Xi looked at Jiang Man, genuinely feeling a bit uncomfortable. Everyone was supposed to be resting, yet here he was, showing off by cultivating.

"He doesn’t just cultivate; he preaches too. He said that if he cultivates today and you don’t, he’ll catch up to you tomorrow, and by the day after tomorrow, he’ll surpass you. Even if he doesn’t surpass you, someone else at your level will.

"Not moving forward is moving backward. Have you fallen behind?" Wang Yan mimicked Jiang Man’s tone.

Instantly, Qi Xi’s face darkened, a wave of discomfort washing over her. This was especially true when she noticed that the people ranked similarly to her were all cultivating. How was she supposed to sit idly by?

She wasn’t a lazy person, but at this moment, she felt sluggish to the extreme. She was watching helplessly as everyone else improved while she remained stuck in place.

A short while later, Ji Hao walked in, followed closely by Tantai Xue. The two simply exchanged a brief greeting.

At that moment, a voice echoed in Tantai Xue’s mind.

"It’s really on him! The aura of the Immortal Dao Coordinate. It’s incredibly faint; if we hadn’t gotten this close, we wouldn’t have sensed it at all. That Messenger was actually telling the truth!" Tantai Xiaotian said in great surprise.

Although he had harbored some hope, he hadn’t expected the chances to be this high. He had initially assumed this would be a wild goose chase.

"Is that a good thing?" Tantai Xue replied inwardly.

"It’s a bad thing. A terrible thing," Tantai Xiaotian sighed. "Think about what kind of person that Messenger is. He’s desperate to sell information to collect Spiritual Sources. The only reason we’re the only ones who know about this right now is that no Evil God has approached them yet.

"Otherwise, he would have sold it to everyone.

"The moment outsiders learn that the Ling Hua Immortal Spirit has awakened, they’ll likely track him down.

"And then he’ll just keep selling the information."

Hearing this, Tantai Xue was taken aback. "Senior, he didn’t subdue the Ling Hua Immortal Spirit just so he could sell information about it, did he?"

Based on her past experiences, she normally wouldn’t have entertained such a thought. She felt the world shouldn’t operate so crudely; there had to be some grander scheme at play. But after all the torment she had been put through lately, she couldn’t be blamed for thinking that way.

Meanwhile, Jiang Man and the others looked up at Ji Hao at the front of the room. No one had any idea what Tantai Xue was thinking.

"I have already customized your cultivation plans. You need to familiarize yourselves with them and improve as quickly as possible," Ji Hao said with a smile. "I heard that you’ll be competing for Returning Void quotas the year after next, and the top three from the courtyard will earn a spot.

"That means you need to be even more diligent.

"The slightest misstep will leave you falling behind.

"After all, the gap between you all isn’t that large."

With a wave of his hand, over twenty books flew out, landing precisely in front of each person.

"There are far too many flaws in how you circulate your power. Therefore, I will first use a unified practice Skill to eliminate these common defects. Of course, some of these issues stem from the Cultivation Skills you practice, so even after they are eliminated, you must continue to train diligently to prevent them from resurfacing. For now, take a look at your cultivation plans," Ji Hao explained.

Everyone immediately opened their books.

The three members of the Bai family felt certain they would be targeted or given superficial advice. Even if it wasn’t a brush-off, they didn’t believe the manual would be of much importance.

That was, until they flipped it open and began reading.

The pages clearly documented the very bottlenecks they had encountered in their cultivation—problems that even numerous seniors hadn’t been able to solve for them. The issues weren’t monumental, but they had always left their cultivation feeling somewhat incomplete.

Now, everything was laid out in plain sight. Not only that, but it also detailed methods for correction and pathways for improvement.

The trio was shocked. They looked up at Ji Hao in utter disbelief. They weren’t the only ones; Ji An, Miao Yulin, and the others were equally astounded. On the contrary, the Golden Core cultivators were completely unfazed because they had already received his guidance before.

Even Qing Dai felt a sense of astonishment as he watched. This new generation of prodigies was even more dazzling than he had anticipated. No wonder there was a saying that a prodigy abroad could often afford to ignore their family’s orders.

Jiang Man reviewed his cultivation plan, realizing it was entirely tailored toward his Spiritual Qi. It covered not only control but also subtle channeling, connecting the energy to every part of his body. Finally, it guided it all to converge in his Dantian, forming a localized pressure of sheer power.