My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 247 One Year of Growth

Within this year,

Nothing major happened in the cultivation world outside.

Perhaps it was because Master You Longzi had enough influence that all the forces restrained their subordinates, not allowing them to cause trouble nearby, lest they offend this promising immortal sect expert.

Or perhaps the hidden hostile forces have already figured out the details, and have even colluded with You Longzi's enemies.
But they have been hiding their strength, secretly accumulating power, waiting for the day when they will make a stunning breakthrough.

However, these top-level schemes had little to do with Shen Changchuan.

Although he was a disciple accepted by You Longzi on a nominal basis.

However, Shen Changchuan, being a man of low profile, did not publicize it, so most of the disciples of the Longxiao Sect in the same batch were unaware of it.

Several of You Longzi's disciples knew about this.

However, they didn't interact much.
We only met briefly at a party.
The senior students at the small gathering only verbally promised to take care of him, their junior brother, in the future, and gave him some gifts.
They have magical artifacts, elixirs, and cultivation techniques.

But that's about it.

Only a year has passed, but many cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage spend more than a year in seclusion.

Naturally, there's no way to talk about deepening feelings or anything like that.

In contrast,

Shen Changchuan and Wu Tianhao were closer.
After all, we've known each other for a while now; you've helped me, and I've helped you.

That's how relationships are built.

Within this year

Wu Tianhao would occasionally invite Shen Changchuan for a get-together to talk about his experiences and introduce him to the wonders and interesting stories of the cultivation world.

This broadened Shen Changchuan's horizons considerably.

of course,

This also involves his affairs.

It's probably because those words spoken during the initial entrance exam, before the "questioning of the heart" stage, were too pretentious and too likely to provoke hatred.

As a result, during this period, the disciples who were accepted into the sect cultivated extremely diligently.
This was an effort that Wu Tianhao had never seen before, even when he was at the Jade Purity Immortal Sect!

I listened attentively to the monthly open class, asked questions earnestly, and then practiced diligently afterward, even exchanging ideas and making progress with my fellow disciples.

Inside this mountain gate, one can feel the intense and diligent atmosphere of learning.

The reason they work so hard is...
The goals are all very simple.
That is to give Shen Changchuan a good beating at the competition three years later, and get revenge for what happened back then.

When this is mentioned,
Wu Tianhao watched Shen Changchuan with great interest, his gaze suggesting he was waiting to see a good show.

Shen Changchuan was speechless at this.

have to say,

Faced with two or three hundred pairs of eyes, each as fierce as a wolf, Shen Changchuan still felt some pressure.

If someone really catches up with us...

Then he was publicly defeated in the "graduation" competition.

Then wouldn't his pretentious quote from a fantasy novel from his past life, "I will never take the enemies who are defeated by me seriously..." become the biggest joke?

The thought of such a scene, akin to social death,
Even though Shen Changchuan didn't care much about his reputation, he still didn't want to experience that kind of scene at all.

then,

During this year, he also felt a greater sense of urgency and worked much harder in his cultivation.

Against this backdrop, Shen Changchuan devoted himself to cultivation and made great progress.

Despite this, his cultivation level remained at the peak of the ninth level for the entire year.

However, after spending a year relying on the inheritance from the Jade Purity Immortal Sect, he further solidified his previous foundation.

His magical power, in both quality and quantity, far surpasses that of a year ago!
and,

Perhaps because of the harmonious circulation of magical power throughout the body, the body also received nourishment and support from the magical power.

Also because of this,

Although his cultivation level did not improve accordingly within a year.

But the improvement in strength is still enormous!
It was only at this moment that Shen Changchuan roughly understood why his master, You Longzi, had said a year ago that his strength could only rank in the top 100 among the disciples of the Qi Refining Realm in the Jade Purity Immortal Sect!
"Condensed magical power, coupled with the control of divine sense, should complement each other, mutually enhancing each other to reach the pinnacle..."

"With such a combination, plus those Qi Refining Realm cultivators who can enter the Jade Purity Immortal Sect to cultivate, each one of them either has heaven-defying talent and comprehension or has a profound background, lacking no cultivation resources whatsoever, and possessing extremely profound personal inheritances... it wouldn't be surprising if the power they could unleash could even withstand a true Nascent Soul Realm cultivator..."

Shen Changchuan couldn't help but feel a surge of pride.

He is certainly aware of his own limitations.

Indeed, in the Southern Region, there has not been a prodigy who, at the Qi Refining stage, has managed to defeat and kill a Nascent Soul stage cultivator in three hundred years.

Shen Changchuan's killing of the demonic cultivator Xu Ziming caused a sensation.
He was almost universally praised by cultivators in the Southern Region as the number one cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm of the present era.

However, this only applies to the Tiannan region.

In contrast, the Southern Domain still possesses entities that surpass the Southern Domain in both strength and the prosperity of the immortal path.
Furthermore, none of the other thirty-five smaller domains suffered the same devastating blow as the Tiannan Domain did three hundred years ago…

The big world,

There are real people who, despite being at the Qi Refining stage, can defeat and kill someone at the Nascent Soul stage, and whose battle record is even better than his.

It's just that it's too far away, making it difficult for news to get through.

From the very beginning, he never arrogantly believed that he would be the strongest in the Qi Refining Realm.

But the him before,

It's really hard to imagine how strong even the strongest Qi Refining Realm cultivator could be!
He now roughly understands.

"Right now, without using any special moves or magical artifacts, I'd probably only need twenty or thirty moves to defeat my version of myself from a year ago in a head-on confrontation!"

Feeling the immense power he now possessed, and comparing himself to himself a year ago, Shen Changchuan couldn't help but feel a surge of confidence.

He felt that he was now closer to the truly peerless geniuses that his master, You Longzi, had described.

He now,

Comparing him to Xu Ziming, the demonic cultivator he killed a year ago despite being of a higher level,
Even without using any magical artifacts, they could withstand at least fifty moves and barely contend with him.

This is the result of his hard work, solidifying his foundation, and rebuilding his roots over the past year!
And the progress made this year

But that's not all!
(End of this chapter)