Zhao Linlin blushed. Who would have thought that a greenhorn who had just entered the academy could refine a spiritual treasure!

Song Chen is a young man who appeared out of nowhere. He is already invincible among his peers in alchemy and weapon crafting, and he is even not at a disadvantage against Nascent Soul stage cultivators. Who could have imagined that?

At that moment, Zhao Ziyi exclaimed, "Song Chen is back!"

Zhao Linlin followed her gaze and saw Song Chen, dressed in a red school uniform, gracefully descending from the flying sword.

From a distance, Song Chen appeared tall and imposing, with an extraordinary air about him.

Upon closer inspection, Song Chen's face was as beautiful as jade, like an immortal descended to earth.

Zhao Linlin choked on her words. She had originally thought that with the decline of the Song family, Song Chen would be haggard and unable to shoulder the heavy responsibility.

But unexpectedly, he had a face that was hard to find even in the cultivation world.

Looking at it this way, it's clear that Song Chen being paired with her disciple was a stroke of incredible luck for the disciple.

Zhao Linlin began to feel fortunate that the best thing she did back then was seeing the beautifully sculpted doll Song Chen when she passed through Rongcheng.

This doll is a perfect match for her apprentice!

She immediately followed Song Chen to the Song family.

With her Nascent Soul stage cultivation, the Song family happily arranged a marriage between their children!

Looking at him now, Song Chen is indeed a handsome and talented man!

Song Chen had just seen a woman in pink outside the cave from a distance.

Now that he had disembarked from the flying sword, he saw that the woman looked to be only in her early twenties, but her cultivation was unfathomable.

He immediately realized that this was Zhao Ziyi's master, Zhao Linlin.

Song Chen smiled and bowed to Zhao Linlin, "Student Song Chen greets Elder Zhao."

Zhao Linlin nodded. "I know you. I just got back to the academy and heard the rumors about you and Xiaoyi. Fortunately, the misunderstanding has been cleared up. Xiaoyi just told me..."

Zhao Linlin's talkative nature kicked in, and she chattered on and on for an hour, giving Song Chen a lecture.

The three of them stood at the entrance of the cave, listening to her tell stories of Zhao Ziyi's childhood.

Song Chen listened with great interest, occasionally bursting into laughter.

Zhao Ziyi knew that his master's talkative nature was kicking in, and there was no way to interrupt her; he could only wait for her to finish.

One hour later.

Zhao Linlin finally stopped talking; her lips were starting to chapped.

"Since you and Xiaoyi are already married, I won't say anything more. Take good care of Xiaoyi and don't make him sad."

Song Chen nodded in agreement and took out a white jade box and ten jars of fine wine from his storage bag.

"This is my first time meeting Master. I hope you will accept this gift."

Zhao Linlin knew that Song Chen was rich, so she didn't refuse the gift and accepted it directly.

She put the gift into her storage bag, then used her teleportation ability to travel hundreds of miles in a single step, and soon returned from the nameless peak to the sword peak.

Song Chen watched Zhao Linlin disappear, his heart filled with envy.

Having a high level of cultivation is good.

He and Zhao Ziyi wanted to go to Sword Peak and Weapon Refining Peak, which required them to fly on their swords for an hour.

Song Chen asked curiously:

"Master Zhao, what level of cultivation have you reached now?"

"Master just said that she broke through in the secret realm and is now at the third level of the Nascent Soul stage."

After advancing from the Foundation Establishment stage, one enters the Golden Core stage, where the spiritual energy within the body forms a Golden Core, granting a lifespan of five hundred years.

After the Golden Core stage comes the Nascent Soul stage, where cultivators break through the Golden Core to form the Nascent Soul, and their lifespan can reach a thousand years.

Song Chen felt a pang of envy.

He took Zhao Ziyi's hand and said, "Come on, let's go back to our cave to cultivate. There's only one year left until the academy competition. Let's work hard and try to get a good ranking."

"Hmm. Did you find the book you wanted when you went to the library today?"

Song Chen shook his head with a wry smile, "No, this body-refining technique shouldn't be on the first floor of the library. I'll go look for it on the second floor after the academy competition."

Now, Song Chen and Zhao Ziyi are together every day.

Both of them were hot-tempered young men.

Inevitably, some sparks will fly in the sweltering autumn.

Sometimes, the two of them would be having a nice chat, and before long they would be rolling around together.

They all have fire elemental roots, making them prone to restlessness.

But whenever Song Chen and Zhao Ziyi get intimate, it will inevitably attract divine retribution.

Moreover, the intensity of the heavenly lightning was comparable to the full-force attack of a top-tier Golden Core cultivator.

Last time, if it weren't for Zhao Ziyi's magical flying sword blocking the lightning tribulation...

The two were probably struck by lightning and their souls were scattered.

Therefore, Song Chen now visits the academy's library from time to time to seek out body-refining techniques.

Body-refining techniques can strengthen the physical body, and after advancing in level, it may be able to withstand lightning tribulations.

But he never found it on the first floor of the library.

The Xianheyuan Library has two floors and houses over 100,000 books.

All cultivators can borrow the books on the first floor by paying contribution points.

The books on the second floor can only be borrowed by cultivators who have made significant contributions to the Immortal River Garden, as well as cultivators with high cultivation levels.

Song Chen felt that with their combined strength, they might have a chance to enter the second floor of the library after the academy competition.

Although he didn't have any body-refining techniques, Song Chen still maintained his exercise habit.

He would take time every month to spend a whole day at the quarry drilling.

It's also a way to release energy.

**

Time flows on.

The one-year period has come to an end.

In a cave on an unnamed mountain peak.

Song Chen and Zhao Ziyi opened their eyes at the same time.

A sound transmission talisman floated above their heads.

[The Academy Grand Competition is now open for registration. Registration is open for only three days. Competition venues will be divided according to academy and cultivation level. Interested students can register at the competition venue.]

The college competition has finally begun.

Song Chen looked at Zhao Ziyi, his tone full of confidence, "Let's go, let's go register now."

Within a year, both of them made tremendous progress in their skills.

Stone bees collect Ling Shi honey twice a year, and Yue Lu grass is harvested three times a year.

If they sold everything, they should have a fortune of 300,000 gold.

However, they did not sell these cultivation resources; instead, they chose to consume them themselves.

The cultivation resources of 300,000 gold coins directly enabled Song Chen, a useless person with eight spiritual roots, to break through one after another.

Zhao Ziyi's cultivation level has now reached the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Song Chen's cultivation level also rose to the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

The fact that these two are so young yet possess such strength is all thanks to the Spirit Stone Honey and the Yuelu Grass.

"Let's go sign up."

Zhao Ziyi took out his flying sword and leaped onto it.

Song Chen also stood up and stuck behind Zhao Ziyi.

The next second, with a whoosh, the flying sword instantly disappeared into the distance.

Zhao Ziyi recklessly channeled the spiritual energy within his body, increasing the speed of his flying sword threefold.

Song Chen frowned and said worriedly:

"Is the spiritual energy surging again?"

Zhao Ziyi gritted his teeth, "It's alright, no need to worry."

In fact, Zhao Ziyi's strength is not just at the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage.

At the beginning, Zhao Ziyi and Song Chen cultivated together, and they enjoyed the same resources.

Song Chen is a useless person with eight spiritual roots. The spiritual energy he needs to upgrade is enormous and seems to be inexhaustible.

However, Zhao Ziyi has dual spiritual roots, and with the same resources, he advanced to the tenth level of the Foundation Establishment stage in the second month.

It was at that time that Zhao Ziyi discovered something was wrong with his body.

He found that he couldn't feel the barriers to breakthrough.

The fact that he hasn't broken through any barriers means that he still has a long way to go before reaching the Golden Core stage.

Zhao Ziyi immediately thought of the book "Peerless Prodigy of Immortal Cultivation".

In the storyline, he broke through to the Golden Core stage during the Immortal Realm Grand Competition and won first place in the Foundation Establishment stage competition.

Does that mean his cultivation level will be the same as in the book?

Zhao Ziyi was a little scared, so he told Song Chen about it.