Chapter 84 One Year

After Qing'er and Li Lianhua left, everyone gathered around the cultivation technique stele.

Do you think there really is a cultivation technique inside?

"What are you saying? How could this be false? Would the sect leader and the future sect leader's wife lie to us?" The man glared at the person who said the words.

"That's right, that's right," everyone agreed.

"How could I not believe the sect leader? I just find it hard to believe." The man quickly waved his hand, afraid of incurring the wrath of the crowd.

"By the way, does any of you know what the sect leader's wife's identity is?" someone asked curiously.

"I don't know, but do the brothers who were saved by the sect leader's wife know?" Someone suddenly thought of the first group of people who had met the sect leader's wife and asked.

"We don't know either, all we know is that the sect leader's wife descended from the sky."

"Wow! Could the sect leader's wife be a fairy from heaven?" someone exclaimed.

"You know what, it's really possible. How can a normal person suddenly fall from the sky and save so many people with a wave of their hand?"

"Will the sect leader's wife return to heaven? If she does, what will happen to our sect leader?" someone asked worriedly.

Everyone looked at each other, unsure of what to say. Suddenly, Lin Yi rolled his eyes, a slight, disdainful smile playing on his lips.

He looked at everyone and said casually, "What's the big deal? Once the sect leader cultivates to become an immortal, these problems will naturally be solved."

His words, though brief, revealed a blind confidence in the sect leader. It was as if, in his eyes, the sect leader's path of cultivation was so smooth, and becoming an immortal was only a matter of time.

Everyone's eyes lit up. That's right! With a sect leader as powerful as him, becoming an immortal is only a matter of time.

"Alright, everyone, calm down and take a look at the cultivation technique," Feng Qing interrupted.

The crowd stopped discussing it and found a place to sit down to study the techniques.

Meanwhile, Li Lianhua and Qing'er had already returned to their courtyard. As soon as they got there, Qing'er took out two reclining chairs and put a lot of snacks in the middle. The two of them were already lying there.

Li Lianhua said with amusement, "Qing'er, let's just find another place to lie down."

Qing'er took out two sketchbooks, gave one to Li Lianhua, and then slowly said, "Isn't this life wonderful? Don't you like it?"

"I like it," Li Lianhua exclaimed. He never dared to imagine that his life could be like this.

"That settles it."

They then quietly looked at the sketchbooks in their hands.

If you look closely, you'll see that the spiritual energy in the air is seeping into the two of them. If any cultivators saw this, they'd probably be green with envy.

A year passed quickly. During this year, aside from the New Year when Li Lianhua and Qing'er returned to Yunyin Mountain for half a month, they spent the rest of their time at Sigu Sect. Occasionally, Li Lianhua would guide the sect members in their cultivation, but most of the time he spent with Qing'er. When Qing'er looked at her sketchbook, he would read with her. Occasionally, he would take out the jade slips Qing'er had given him from his spatial storage to learn minor spells. These included jade slips on formations and weapon crafting. After learning how to set up formations, he created spirit-gathering formations and trapping formations for Sigu Sect. Therefore, the people of Sigu Sect made rapid progress this year. Everyone had entered the initial stage of cultivation, with the lowest reaching the third level of Qi Refining. The highest was already at the eighth level—these were the most talented individuals.

Li Lianhua truly lived up to his reputation as a genius among geniuses. In just one year, without any sign of seclusion, he had already reached the Nascent Soul stage.

On this day, all the members of Sigumen gathered in the open space of the training ground to watch Li Lianhua in front of them.

“A year has passed, and you have all worked very hard. Now it’s time to fulfill what we said a year ago.” Li Lianhua paused for a moment and continued, “Feng Qing, you will arrange four teams of 50 people each to go to the four cardinal directions to establish cultivation academies. The rest of you will stay behind to continue your cultivation, and then rotate every year to teach.”

"Yes," Feng Qing replied respectfully.

"I will give you some formations to set up in the academy, as well as for enrollment. At that time, regardless of age or gender, anyone who can pass the Mind Training Formation can enroll." Passing it means they have decent character. He's given them the opportunity; how well they cultivate is up to them.

"Yes!" everyone responded in unison. Actually, everyone was quite excited. After a year of hard work, they could finally go out and pretend to be... cough, get to work.