The Path of Survivor begins with obtaining titles

I estimate that at least half of the thousands of Qi Refining Disciples in the Golden Sword Faction have come to this venue.

Seeing the rapid pace of the procession, he calmly fell in line, disguised by the title of [Elite Survivor] and the Concealing Breath Technique, unnoticed by others.

At this moment, Lin Yi saw Xie Jing Xing, leading a female disciple and a female cultivator, effortlessly passing through the gaps of two queues to reach the entrance of the venue, “l shouldn’t have to queue, this is my friend, she came with me.’

The disciples of the Sect Affairs Hall naturally wouldn’t obstruct, as direct disciples indeed have this privilege. They were allowed to enter directly.

Lin Yi shook his head. This Xie Jing Xing was too proud, his actions too ostentatious. He’d suspected something in the Secret Realm when Xie had led two sect mates to chase and kill the Xuan Yin Sect cultivators.

If it hadn’t been for his timely arrival, the Liu Yun Sect would have suffered three more casualties in the Secret Realm.

After a short while, Lin Yi arrived at the entrance of the venue, where several disciples of the Sect Affairs Hall were recording the Identity Tokens of the entering disciples using a magic artifact.

When it was Lin Yi’s turn, a disciple looked at him standing in the queue, surprise flashed across his face. He quickly cupped his fist and said, “Uncle

Master Lin, you are the direct disciple of the Master of Golden Sword Faction.

You don’t have to queue to attend the lecture; you may enter directly.”

Lin Yi gently waved his hand and smiled, “No worries. Even if I enter early, I’ll still have to wait. It’s better to queue with everyone else.”

At this moment, the surrounding sect mates all looked at Lin Yi with a touch of respect. His approach contrasted sharply with that of Xie. He was as approachable as Senior Brother Zhou Yun Feng.

Next, Lin Yi retrieved his Identity Plaque and entered the venue under the respectful eyes of everyone present.

He had previously visited the lecture venue of the Golden Sword Lineage. The venue was spacious enough to accommodate thousands of people. It was built like an amphitheatre; even disciples sitting at the back could clearly see the lecturer’s platform without being blocked by people in front.

At other locations of the Golden Core Lineage, where he had exchanged merit points for classes, lectures were usually conducted at Foundation Building cultivators’ Cave Mansions. These lecture venues were much simpler and the issue of obstructed sightlines wasn’t considered.

Upon entering the venue, Lin Yi found a seat towards the back. When the lecture started, he looked around and couldn’t help but marvel at how popular Sister Qi’s class was. There were nearly seven to eight hundred people present.

Soon, Qi Jing Yu flew in on her sword. Without wasting any time, she started her lecture, presenting a variety of Spirit Grass, explaining their properties and medicinal features to everyone.

After explaining several batches of Spirit Grass, she took out a Pill Refining Spiritual Furnace from her Storage Bag, put some Spirit Stones into it, and the furnace started to generate flames automatically. Of course, these artificially produced flames were inferior to natural Earth Fire but better than Spirit wood.

Each Pill Refining Spiritual Furnace was crafted by an accomplished Artifact Refiner, then marked with various beneficial formations for alchemy by a proficient Array Master. The most important of these was the Pill Fire Formation.

If the Pill Fire Formation was not properly crafted, causing the pill fire to fail to achieve satisfactory results, it would be deemed a failed product.

The biggest advantage of the Pill Refining Spiritual Furnace was its

portability. As long as one had Spirit Stones, they could start refining pills anytime, anywhere.

Lin Yi watched attentively, learning some techniques from Senior Sister Qi Jing Yu’s pill refining method. After all, his primary Alchemy Skills were only at Grandmaster Level, while Sister Qi was a top-level Mid-tier Alchemist.

This lecture was much longer than the paid ones, taking an hour to explain about Spirit Grass and another hour to demonstrate the various steps and techniques involved in refining Gathering Qi Pills.

This provided great enlightenment for those Qi Refining disciples who could only rely on self-study to learn alchemy.

After the lecture ended, Lin Yi saw a pop-up window appearing in front of him again, indicating that his Cultivation Levels+2, Title Experience+2.

He could feel that the Dantian within him was also enriched with spiritual liquid accordingly.

Watching Qi Jing Yu fly away on her sword, he couldn’t help but cough softly. Having extracted 2 points of her cultivation level, he could only silently apologize to Sister Qi in his heart.

It seemed that gaining cultivation levels was also related to the length of the lecture. One hour was equivalent to 1 point of cultivation level plus one title experience point.

If so, by listening for a hundred hours, the [Slacker] title could be advanced to the second tier.

When the pop-up window appeared, Lin Yi was also watching Qi Jing Yu, who was already soaring in the sky, ready to go. He noticed no reaction on her face, and only then did he feel relieved. Apparently, these minor withdrawals of cultivation level didn’t catch the attention of these Foundation Building Cultivators.

Or rather, the extraction of cultivation levels by the title system was very secretive and didn’t give them any inkling at all. However, if too much cultivation was drawn, they would certainly notice a decline in their cultivation when practicing.

If the decline in cultivation wasn’t much, most people wouldn’t fuss about it. They would simply consider whether they hadn’t been diligent enough in their training. After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, one truly embarks on the path of cultivation.

In the journey of cultivation, if you don’t progress, you regress. Even the senior brother of the Golden Sword Lineage, Zhou Yun Feng, whose foundation was damaged and had no chance for Golden Core, needed to practice regularly to steady his Perfect Foundation Building cultivation level. Otherwise, his cultivation would regress.

In the following time, Lin Yi completely turned into a learning fanatic. He made sure to attend every lecture. However, he was very low-key and didn’t draw much attention.

After all, some disciples who had accomplished Qi Refinement also attended every lecture. No one would notice this.

Of course, Lin Yi still spent most of his time on alchemy. He focused on refining pills for a while, then attended some lectures to increase his cultivation and title experience points.

When Senior Sister Qi Jing Yu lectured at the Pill Hall, she would also call him over to listen. He was always delighted to attend.

However, he would only listen for an hour each time and then remove the title. After all, it wouldn’t be good to fleece too much from his own senior sister.

As for the lectures outside the Golden Sword Lineage, Lin Yi was all in, happily fleecing their cultivation. He didn’t feel guilty at all, especially when it came to Hua Yang and Wan Jun from the Golden Core Lineage who were high-level Foundation Building cultivators.

To avoid risks, he chose carefully which lectures he attended. He wouldn’t frequently participate in the courses offered by the same high-level

Foundation Building cultivator in a short period. Although he got very little each time, if he took too much, he risked being noticed.

And so, two or three months passed. Lin Yi successfully advanced to the second level of Foundation Building, and also activated the realm concealment effect of the [Elite Survivor] title.

Previously, after breaking through Foundation Establishment, he obtained the [Elite Survivor] title. The realm concealment effect increased from +3 to +4. Since he had already broken through Foundation Establishment, the increase in realm concealment effect wasn’t immediately effective.

Now, as he broke through to the second level of Foundation Building, this effect was activated. Therefore, his external cultivation level still appeared to be Qi Refining Eighth Stage.

This slow realm advancement also matched his identity of possessing lower-grade spiritual roots.

During this time, Lin Yi successfully attended a hundred hours of lectures. The [Slacker] title upgraded from the first stage to the second stage. However, the title effect didn’t change and still gave a certain amount of cultivation.

Through his experiments, attending an hour-long class, he still gained +1 cultivation point. It seemed there was no improvement. But this was at the second level of Foundation Building not the initial one, and the increase was still considerable.

As for the title experience, it was still +1 point per hour. This meant that to advance to the third tier title and the third level of Foundation Building, he would need to attend two hundred hours of classes.

This made Lin Yi couldn’t help but sigh. This kind of title that could become stronger by taking classes was really too powerful.

Two hundred hours of classes, even if he only attended thirty classes a month, it would only take six to seven months to reach the Foundation Building Third Level. This was much faster than training in his cave mansion.

Earlier on, he attended more classes, and that didn’t matter much. But in the later stages, as the title leveled up and the cultivation drawn increased, he had to take it easy. He would have to slow down the pace of attendance, not startling the sheep while shearing their wool..