The Path of Survivor begins with obtaining titles

After all, those who have perfected their Qi Refinement are busy preparing resources to break through to Foundation Establishment. It’s impossible for them to still spend time learning how to create talisman templates now.

Suddenly, a Foundation Building cultivator flew over on his sword. Every disciple present couldn’t help but stand and salute him, “Disciple pays respects to Foundation Building Uncle.”

This Foundation Building cultivator, adorned with a lustrous mage robe, descended gently and sat on the lecture platform. He spoke indifferently, “You may all be at ease. I am Qing Song, here today to teach you the first lesson on the creation of Storage Symbols.”

Many of the disciples present sat up straight; their expressions turned serious. They didn’t show any emotional reaction due to Qing Songs indifferent attitude.

After all, he is a Foundation Building cultivator, a true cultivator, one of the most steadfast forces within the sect. A bit of indifference is normal. It’s not as if he could express the same enthusiasm as his previous disciples without losing the air of a cultivator.

“As its name implies, a Storage Symbol can store items. The key to crafting one lies in how to unveil its extraordinary power and open up a space to store things…”

“Space is the most mysterious and unpredictable law among all foundational laws of cultivators. Even a Nascent Soul True Monarch cannot create a space by himself. Only after Crossing Tribulation Ascension and becoming an immortal can one touch the threshold of the Space Law…”

Lin Yi also listened carefully. After all, this [Slacker] title was granted based on the level of concentration, which denotes that during the lecture he had to focus and not let his mind wander.

This time was just an experiment; he wanted to see if the cultivation gained from listening to different courses varied and whether the range of cultivation included the experience of symbol making and spell casting.

If it did work that way. then when he studied the swordsmanship of Gold Sword Zen Ren in the future, he could entirely rely on the experience gained from listening to lectures.

In the future, if he could listen to some immortals explaining various laws, he might also gain powers from these laws. This could totally be a rhythm of becoming stronger through attending lectures.

However, as per his assumption, the [Slacker] title, most likely wouldn’t grant experiences in other aspects. After all, it’s just a slacker title, it’s already impressive to gain cultivation from attending lectures.

In the first lesson, Qing Song only explained some principles and key points of creating Storage Symbols, he did not personally demonstrate how to draw symbols.

The hour-long lesson finished quickly. Qing Song said indifferently, “The first lesson on Storage Symbols ends here. In the next lesson, I will personally make a Storage Symbol and explain how to draw every stroke of the symbol.”

With that, he departed on his sword, not even encouraging the disciples present to buy the qualification to listen to the next class.

However, the more he acted in this manner, the more these Qi Refinement cultivators felt he had the demeanor of a superior. If he had really been constantly promoting the next class, he might have caused some Qi Refining disciples to lose interest.

At the same time Qing Song left, Lin Yi saw a pop-up window appear in front of him, “The lecture has ended. According to the concentration of the host,

Cultivation Speed+l.”

He couldn’t help but chuckle. As expected, the added result was extremely low. Given his current Foundation Building First Layer cultivation, if he wanted to reach the complete First Layer, he would have to listen to one hundred lessons, which would cost a total of ten thousand merit points.

However, possessing sufficient merit points indeed makes for a good method of improving one’s cultivation. This is because the time required for cultivation in the Foundation Building Realm is even longer than at the Tenth Layer of Qi Refinement.

If he dedicated a whole day to earnest cultivation, taking into account all the titles that increase Cultivation Speed, he would only earn a bit of cultivation experience.

To reach the complete First Layer, at the least, he would have to cultivate diligently for a hundred days.

For regular cultivators, the most challenging part is not cultivation, but breaking through the bottleneck. Many people get stuck at this limit and can make no progress in their cultivation for many years or even decades.

Now, with the [Slacker] title, he can listen to a few lessons every day, which is much faster than cultivating by himself.

Moreover, due to the effects of his title, breaking through the bottleneck is merely a matter of time for him.

In this way, he can continue with his rigorous Alchemical practices while also rapidly improving his cultivation. This is absolutely perfect.

Lin Yi grinned, deciding to prioritize using his Merit Points to attend courses offered by other peaks while casually attending those of his own Foundation Building Uncles and Aunts, using all these methods to boost his cultivation level.

In the pop-up message, besides being notified of a +1 cultivation level improvement, his [Slacker] title had also gained a bit of experience.

He had previously submitted four precious spiritual grasses to the sect and was rewarded with numerous merit points, almost enough to attend hundreds of lectures. This might help raise the level of his title, possibly leading to an increase in his cultivation level gain too.

Afterwards, he left Hua Song Peak with the other disciples attending the lectures.

Green Pine, a Foundation Building cultivator who had left earlier didn’t notice anything. After all, he was at the late stages of Foundation Building, and Lin Yi t s measly Foundation Building First Layer level was virtually insignificant to him.

If Lin Yi had the [Top Student] title, things may have been different. Perhaps, he might have been able to suck away one layer from Green Pine’s cultivation at the late stage of Foundation Building.

After leaving Hua Song Peak, Lin Yi headed for Wan Jun Lineage to attend a course on spells. The course was held on Longevity Peak, its name embodying an imposing sense of grandeur and eternal life.

It was, in fact, just the name of a Foundation Building cultivator who happened to incorporate the character ‘longevity’ into his name.

After attending the spell class, both his cultivation level and the experience of his [Slacker] title increased by one point. This verified his hypothesis that his current [Slacker] title could only give him cultivation experience and nothing else.

In reality, what he was looking forward to the most was the opportunity to attend a lecture given by the projection or split soul of Elder Dan God, after passing the test passed along by his lineage. He wondered if he could extract any cultivation from Elder Dan God himself.

Since Elder Dan God had already ascended to the Upper Realm, he was the highest-level cultivator Lin Yi could currently encounter.

Returning to the Golden Sword Lineage, Lin Yi made his way to the Sect Affairs Hall. Besides the Tian Yun Xian City that had set up paid lecture halls, the Affairs Hall handled all lecture matters across all Golden Core Peaks.

At this time, instead of Su Qi Hong, a different Foundation Building Elder was on duty at the Golden Sword Peak Affairs Hall.

Seeing Lin Yi approach, the Foundation Building Elder also stood up and smiled, “Little junior brother, do you have any business at the Affairs Hall?”

“Greetings, eighth senior brother.” Lin Yi cupped his fist in salute. This

Foundation Building elder was named Wang Tian Sheng, a long-serving elder in the Affairs Hall, as well as Lin Yi’s eighth senior brother. His cultivation had already reached the peak of the Foundation Building Level and he was also one of the potentials within the sect expected to achieve the Solidifying Pill stage.

“No need for such formalities. You’re so close to Su Qi Hong, there’s no need to be so distant with me,” Wang Tian Sheng said with a wave of his hand and a laugh.

As a direct disciple of the Gold Sword Zen Ren, he too had received guidance from Senior Brother Zhou Yun Feng to achieve his current accomplishments. He was also highly hopeful that this senior brother could repair his foundation and return to the cultivation path.

Now that Lin Yi had brought back precious spiritual grass, giving Zhou Yun Feng the chance to complete his foundation, Wang Tian Shengs attitude had naturally become much friendlier.

Lin Yi smiled and stopped being overly formal with him. He said directly, “Brother, I came here seeking information about upcoming lectures. After listening to Master’s lecture, I realized I still have plenty to learn and wanted to absorb the experiences of my fellow brothers and sisters.”

“Little junior brother, that’s not necessary. Any questions you have, you can always ask your senior brother directly or consult us senior brothers and sisters. There’s no need to waste your time on lectures,” Wang Tian Sheng said with a laugh, shaking his head. This younger brother of his really didn’t understand the value of what he had at his disposal.

Lin Yi explained, “Senior Brother, all of you are busy with your own responsibilities. I shouldn’t interrupt you. Besides, I want to learn as much as

1 can – after all, the more skills one has, the better.’

With that, he added, “If I do have any particular doubts, I will definitely consult all of you.”

Wang Tian Sheng nodded in approval, “Good, little junior brother. With such a keen interest in learning, reaching the Golden Core Stage will be no problem.

Wait a moment, I’ll get you the list of recent lectures.”

“Thank you, senior brother,” Lin Yi responded, thanking him with a fist-and-palm salute..