Before the sky became bright, Xiao Shuxiang immediately ended his cultivation. With a late-stage Qi Foundation realm, Xiao Shuxiang could already be on par with his peers in the outer disciple courtyard. He opened his eyes and got up again to immediately return to Second Elder's residence and change his clothes so that no one would question him.
When he got up from his cultivation spot, Xiao Shuxiang was a little surprised when he felt that his strength had skyrocketed to twenty thousand kilograms. If it was a normal cultivator, his strength would only be two thousand kilograms. This applies to the provision if each realm has a difference of one thousand kilograms. However, this becomes unlimited when a cultivator has entered the expert realm which starts from the Earth Warrior realm.
Looking towards a large rock on the edge of the river, Xiao Shuxiang rushed towards it and raised his fist into the air then slammed it into the rock without the slightest hesitation.
“Boooom…”
As he expected, the rock shattered into pieces of scattered gravel. Xiao Shuxiang knew that his strength was equivalent to an Earth Warrior cultivator who was included in the ranks of expert warriors.
Even in this situation, Xiao Shuxiang has an advantage if he fights in the long term with cultivators who are below the Earth Warrior realm. His dantian, which is different from other people, can store a large amount of Qi energy and become an extraordinary energy reserve, although it will require a lot of resources, of course.
This time alone, Xiao Shuxiang had sucked up a lot of natural energy from the hot springs which had been used by other outer disciples to increase their strength. Therefore, in the following period, he had to find a new place to continue his cultivation.
For a moment, Xiao Shuxiang seemed stunned. The great power within him was clearly very frightening, so he needed the ability to control energy well. Otherwise, let alone an outer disciple, even an inner disciple would turn into a mist of blood when exchanging blows with Xiao Shuxiang.
"Amazing..." muttered Xiao Shuxiang praising himself.
There was a tinge of joy, but on the other hand, he still couldn't believe that the internal strength he possessed could be as powerful as it was now. Thinking about the miracle that happened to him, it seemed like he needed to return to his old residence and investigate what actually lay behind the destruction of Rainbow Village.
"It seems that the other disciples are still in their respective closed cultivation," muttered Xiao Shuxiang to himself when he felt no activity from the outer disciples.
In the next month, the Black Dragon Sect will hold a martial arts tournament specifically for outer disciples. In this simple competition, it will also determine the quality and development of a disciple, at the tournament event it should also be a proving ground for Xiao Shuxiang. If he still hasn't developed, then according to the Black Dragon Sect's rules, he will be expelled along with the other disciples.
This kind of thing happens every three years and will be the second chance for Xiao Shuxiang to test his abilities, previously he still received dispensation because at that time he was not even three years old in the Sect. So that in this case, the burden on the Second Elder as his teacher was not too heavy. But now the conditions are clearly different, Xiao Shuxiang has been an outer disciple in the Black Dragon Sect for five years. With minimal achievements, it's no wonder that all the outer disciples will soon be expelled from the Sect.
"Now that I'm in the late stage Qi Foundation realm, I won't make things difficult for you anymore, teacher," muttered Xiao Shuxiang in his heart.
After feeling that everything was enough, Xiao Shuxiang's body flickered away from the hot spring. He followed the path to immediately return to his residence which was located in the Second Elder's pavilion. Xiao Shuxiang's residence is located on the edge of the Five Finger Mountains where the Black Dragon Sect was founded. As a place planted with plum trees and various flower trees, the Second Elder's Pavilion is arguably a quiet place.
Unlike the other Elders, Li Haoran does not have many disciples. Since he was first appointed as the youngest Elder until now, he only has Xiao Shuxiang as a disciple. Even though Xiao Shuxiang was a naughty child at first, under the tutelage of Elder Li Haoran, he was able to change and realize that he had to become strong if he wanted to take revenge for his parents' death.
It's just that when Xiao Shuxiang asked further, Li Haoran, who is also his adoptive father, said that Xiao Shuxiang had to train harder and more seriously. Because even with the Second Elder's strength, he still couldn't do more, indicating that the problems that occurred a few years ago in Rainbow Village involved strong figures behind it so that even the Black Dragon Sect was reluctant to offend them.
Arriving at his residence, Xiao Shuxiang immediately cleaned himself and changed his clothes. After that, he continued his routine by sweeping the yard and cleaning the inside of the Pavilion, this routine he did himself because the Second Elder did not want any student workers to enter his private residence. So from a young age, Xiao Shuxiang was used to taking care of his needs and helping with tasks that supported the Second Elder's activities.
From early in the morning, Xiao Shuxiang was used to starting his activities by boiling water for his teacher to bathe in and also for himself, coupled with several stems and leaves of herbs believed to be able to form physical strength which is very important for a cultivator.
Even though Xiao Shuxiang hasn't been able to open his meridian points to start cultivating, he never misses the physical training that his teacher has given him. As Xiao Shuxiang is doing today, even though he already has astonishing inner strength, he still trains in the backyard of his residence.
"My teacher should be home soon, what should I say about this change of mine?" thought Xiao Shuxiang as he sat for a moment after finishing his practice.
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Shuxiang remembered the place he used to clean and rearrange every time his teacher finished reading. Elder Li Haoran is a person who likes to travel, in each of his returns there is always a book that he brings home to study in his spare time. These books were also prepared for Xiao Shuxiang to increase his understanding because so far he has not been allowed to enter the Sect library.
"Isn't there some technique to hide cultivation in the reading room?" muttered Xiao Shuxiang as if he had found a solution.
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