I courted death and then tried to escape, so the whole sect wants to get rid of me.

The energy flows smoothly.

Blue light spots surged forth from nowhere, completely enveloping the person beside him.

The light flickered, making the girl's originally pale skin appear somewhat translucent.

Her eyes were closed, her eyelashes drooping quietly, and stray hairs slipped from behind her ears and fell to her cheeks, gently stirred by the shimmering light.

The wide robe hung loosely on his body, rising and falling slightly with his breath.

Ning Zhou was stunned for a moment, and the next second, a burst of light suddenly appeared.

The originally gentle, flowing cyan light spots came from all directions, suddenly accelerated, and rushed wildly into Song Yao's body.

A fierce wind howled in the attic, causing the pages of books to rustle and fly up one after another, swirling in the air.

Before Ning Zhou could react, several books came flying at him.

"Bang!"

Fortunately, the door was pushed open the next second.

A large group of new disciples followed the instructor into the building.

He flicked his whisk, and a white light enveloped Ning Zhou, pulling him from the scattering books behind him.

Looking at Song Yao in the center of the pavilion, his eyes were filled with barely suppressed shock and admiration: "Foundation Establishment, and it hasn't even been that long..."

He was also present at the apprenticeship ceremony yesterday, and at that time he checked the cultivation levels of several Heavenly-level disciples.

Apart from this girl, everyone else has been cultivating on their own for a long time and has reached the Foundation Establishment level or above.

At that time, he felt sorry that the little girl hadn't been able to enter the Nine Saints Hall to cultivate Taoism earlier, thus falling far behind others.

Unexpectedly, in just a few incense sticks' time, she mastered the method of the operation of the five elements of heaven and earth, and directly skipped the Qi Refining stage to successfully establish her foundation.

He had only ever seen such geniuses among his direct disciples.

That person grasped the pattern in an instant; he was terrifyingly strong.

pity……

He pulled himself back to reality, looked at the gradually receding light in the center, stroked his beard, and sighed again: "This talent is truly rare. If you have time, you can ask her for advice. This child will surely achieve great things in the future."

The teaching elder had been scolding people all day, so this was the first time he had praised anyone, which made the new disciples even more eager to get closer.

"Elder, you're only at the Foundation Establishment stage."

A voice rang out from the front row, and the young man who spoke had a look of indignation on his face.

He scratched his head: "Didn't Jiang Jin and Cheng Yue already reach the Foundation Establishment stage? Why are you only praising her?"

Jiang Jin stood beside the speaker, and upon hearing this, the corners of his lips slightly lifted.

He bowed respectfully to the elder instructor, his posture humble and proper: "This disciple did indeed achieve Foundation Establishment two months ago, it was merely by chance."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the new disciples around him, and said in a gentle tone, "If you don't mind, you can ask me anything you don't understand about cultivation in the future."

These were well-spoken words, and coupled with his easygoing and innocent appearance, the disciples around him immediately looked at him with more favor.

Only Cheng Yue stood to the side, looking at them with disbelief: "Can they be the same?"

The boy frowned: "Why is it different?"

Cheng Yue scoffed, "It took me almost three years to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, and Jiang Jin took more than a year, didn't he?"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than someone immediately voiced their dissatisfaction: "Isn't a little over a year fast enough? Wouldn't it take others six or seven years?"

"Only Jiang Jin, with his Heavenly-level spiritual root, could be so powerful!"

"And Jiang Jin is almost at the Golden Core stage, isn't he?"

Cheng Yue looked at them as if they were a bunch of idiots, and gestured with her chin toward Song Yao: "Yesterday she wasn't even at the Qi Refining stage, and today she's at the Foundation Establishment stage."

"......What?"

The group of people who had been indignantly fighting for Jiang Jin just moments before suddenly fell silent.

The young boy stammered, "Are you kidding me? I wasn't even practicing Qi yesterday, how can I be at the Foundation Establishment stage now?"

"one day?!"

"Foundation building in one day?"

Now everyone's attention shifted from Jiang Jin and fell back on Song Yao.

Even Jiang Jin's smile froze, and he opened his mouth, "Is there a mistake?"

"No mistake."

The elder instructor glanced at the group and concluded, "She didn't spend a whole day, just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, so you should all learn from her."

"..."

This can no longer be called genius.

That's called a monster.

No, even if it's a demon, it would be difficult for it to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth so quickly.

In the ensuing silence, the light finally faded completely.

Amidst the cluttered pile of books, the young man slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and opened his eyes.

Perhaps because she was nourished by spiritual energy, the sallow complexion on her face was completely gone, and her lips were rosier than before; she was no longer so sickly.

They looked at each other, and Song Yao spoke first: "Um..."

When dealing with students who excel academically, one should always show some favoritism.

The instructor was noticeably calmer than before, and asked, "Awake? How are you feeling?"

Song Yao already knew they were coming while she was cultivating, but unfortunately, she couldn't force herself to quit when she was breaking through her cultivation realm, otherwise she would suffer a backlash.

She pushed herself up from the ground, hesitated for a moment, and then mustered her courage to say, "I've already reached the Foundation Establishment stage so quickly, could I...?"

She paused.

Everyone in the room perked up their ears.

"Could you give me some spirit stones as a reward?"

No one expected such a simple request.

The attic was so quiet that you could hear the wind blowing through the leaves outside the window.

The instructor elder's expression was quite complicated. After a long while, he said, "Foundation Establishment disciples can collect two hundred spirit stones from the tent hall every month."

Two hundred spirit stones.

She would have to go without eating or drinking for 28 months to pay off her debt.

I suddenly miss the days when I was a villain.

She squandered her master's and fellow disciples' private savings without a care in the world, and didn't have to worry about money at all.

"Everyone, you can leave now. Remember to memorize the rules when you get back. Anyone who is late again will be punished twice as severely."

The disciples began to pour out.

Ning Zhou squeezed through the crowd, grabbed Song Yao's sleeve, and exclaimed as if he'd seen a Pokémon: "Lin Mu, you're amazing! How did you do that? Teach me!"

This is something that can only be understood intuitively, not explained in words.

Song Yao thought for a moment, then grabbed his wrist and gathered her spiritual energy to draw out a meridian: "Try following this flow of energy and see if it helps."

When he first joined the sect, his master taught him some things, but it was inconvenient to tell Ning Zhou, so as not to arouse suspicion. She could only teach him in her own way.

Ning Zhou clearly felt the air currents intensify, and his eyes immediately lit up: "My benefactor! You are my benefactor!"

Song Yao smiled and let out a soft breath.

Before, on the main peak, the people around her were all of average strength, so she didn't feel that she was particularly powerful.

Now, mingling in the crowd and observing the reactions of others, they all seemed surprised that he had reached the Foundation Establishment stage so quickly.

Especially the male protagonist Jiang Jin, who actually spent more than a year to reach the Foundation Establishment stage?

This is nothing special in those "Dragon Pride" novels. I don't know how a good-for-nothing like him managed to win over his fellow disciples.

It seems we still need to hide it a little longer.

However, it's not a big problem. Anyway, the golden spiritual root has been completely sealed. Even if they suspect it, they have no evidence that they are Song Yao.