746: Ethereal Secret Realm

"Boss, that brat dared to play us like that. We absolutely cannot let him get away with it," Mu Xiaowei said.

"To dare toy with our God Slaying Shrine... his life at Tianxin Academy will become utterly miserable."

Zhao Xiege's eyes were as sharp as blades, an intangible Killing Intent radiating from him. Being inexplicably set up today, it was impossible for him not to be furious.

Therefore, he had completely and utterly come to hate Yang Lingchen.

...

On the other side, Zhang Shihao said respectfully, "Young Master, that punk is in my class. When I get the chance another day, I'll cripple him."

"Not only will I cripple him, I will also flay him, extract his tendons, destroy his body and soul, ensuring he never reincarnates for all eternity," Zhang Wuhen said through gritted teeth, his tone icy to the extreme.

From childhood until now, he had never been beaten up like that before, so naturally, he could not easily let Yang Lingchen off.

...

At this moment, Yang Lingchen was at the Treasure Pavilion with the Huang siblings, Huang Ruoyu and Huang Ruochen, exchanging for medicinal herbs.

He was unaware that Zhang Wuhen and Zhao Xiege, due to his trick, were already at each other's throats.

"Senior Sister Huang, Brother Ruochen, I'll take the herbs first. Once I refine the Medicinal Pills, I'll deliver them to you," Yang Lingchen said.

After bidding farewell to the Huang siblings, Yang Lingchen arrived at the training room within Tianxin Academy.

The main reason for coming to the training room to perform Alchemy was for safety. Refining pills in the dormitory carried significant risk. If someone barged in, he would have to exit the haotian jade space, which could very likely cause his Alchemy to fail.

The training room was different. Not only was the Spiritual Qi more abundant here, but it was also in a sealed state, making it impossible for outsiders to barge in.

Of course, to enter a training room for Cultivation, one needed to pay a certain amount of contribution points or immortal spirit crystals.

After paying for seven days' worth of immortal spirit crystals, Yang Lingchen entered the training room.

Subsequently, he took out the herbs he had just exchanged for and began refining pills once again.

He was already very proficient in refining Profound Immortal Pills, so it only took him a day to refine a large quantity of them.

For the next two days, Yang Lingchen remained in seclusion in the training room. After all, it was rare to get a chance to use it.

Three days later, with the aid of a large number of Medicinal Pills, Yang Lingchen's cultivation level advanced to the Peak of the Third Layer of Profound Immortal Realm. His cultivation had now entered a Bottleneck period. To Breakthrough again would require a certain amount of time for consolidation.

Over the next few days, Yang Lingchen spent his time Cultivating the Undying Golden Body Art and the Earth Immortal Realm Early Stage Immortal Technique he had obtained for placing in the top ten of the Grand Competition.

This Earth Immortal Realm Early Stage Immortal Technique was named Exquisite Prison. When Cultivated to its highest level, it could unleash a golden prison to directly trap an enemy within.

Of course, the level of this Immortal Technique was only Earth Immortal Realm Early Stage. So, even with his current cultivation level sufficient, it could at most trap Cultivators below the Earth Immortal Realm Fourth Layer. If he encountered a Cultivator at Earth Immortal Realm Fourth Layer or above, it wouldn't be of much use.

But even so, it was still of great use to the current Yang Lingchen.

After several days of diligent study, Yang Lingchen successfully mastered the Exquisite Prison technique.

"It seems I need to find a way to earn some contribution points," Yang Lingchen thought to himself.

Now that his immortal spirit crystals and contribution points were completely depleted, to rapidly improve his cultivation level, he must earn more contribution points.

Because with enough contribution points, one could enter the training rooms or the Immortal Spirit Pagoda for Cultivation. Cultivating in these two places not only enhanced a Cultivator's comprehension ability but also increased their chances of a Breakthrough.

Entering the training rooms could be done by exchanging immortal spirit crystals, but to Cultivate within the Immortal Spirit Pagoda, one must use contribution points for exchange.

Yang Lingchen had also considered selling Medicinal Pills to exchange for contribution points, but Tianxin Academy prohibited the buying and selling of contribution points, as it was detrimental to the students' Cultivation.

If every student only thought about how to earn contribution points without personally undertaking missions, it would be very unfavorable for their Cultivation.

Those who hadn't experienced life-and-death trials but could easily earn large amounts of contribution points would have very limited achievements. In the future, once they encountered real danger, they would be as weak as infants.

Yang Lingchen was currently very conflicted. He had also considered going out on missions. This would not only earn contribution points but also give him a chance to consolidate his cultivation level. However, having offended the Zhang family now, once he left Tianxin Academy, he would likely face their pursuit.

"Fuck, bring on the pursuit! I can't just stay holed up in Tianxin Academy forever, can I?"

Yang Lingchen gritted his teeth, then headed towards the dormitory where the Huang siblings lived.

He planned to first deliver the Medicinal Pills to the Huang siblings, then go accept some missions.

Although Tianxin Academy could teach solutions to some Cultivation difficulties, to rapidly improve one's cultivation level, one ultimately had to rely on oneself. After all, the Cultivation Techniques, Immortal Techniques, and Cultivation Secret Realms within the academy all required contribution points to exchange for.

When Yang Lingchen handed the Medicinal Pills to the Huang siblings, both siblings showed delighted expressions.

Especially Huang Ruoyu. She had never imagined that Yang Lingchen could actually perform Alchemy. Previously, she had been somewhat skeptical. After all, Yang Lingchen's talent was already incredibly Heaven-Defying. If he could also refine supreme grade Medicinal Pills, it would be truly unbelievable.

"Yang Lingchen, I never thought you could actually refine supreme grade Medicinal Pills," Huang Ruoyu said, a look of surprise on her face.

"It's just Alchemy. What's so surprising about that? There are many more things I can do!" Yang Lingchen said with a smug smile.

"Then what else can you do?" Huang Ruoyu blinked, asking curiously.

"Senior Sister Huang, I advise you not to be so curious," Yang Lingchen said with a wicked grin.

"Why?" Huang Ruoyu retorted coquettishly.

"For a man as outstanding as me, if you get too curious, you might very well fall for me!" Yang Lingchen said, a hint of a mischievous, evil smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Conceited! Wanting This Young Lady to fall for you? You don't have what it takes," Huang Ruoyu said, her pretty face flushing slightly as she pouted.

"Sis, stop being stubborn. When I chat with you, eight out of ten sentences are about Brother Yang," Huang Ruochen suddenly chimed in.

"Stinky brat, do you want a beating?" Huang Ruoyu scolded sharply, glaring fiercely at her brother.

"I'm just telling the truth, what's wrong with that?" Huang Ruochen muttered softly.

"Senior Sister Huang, Brother Ruochen, I'm planning to take on some missions, to gain some experience along the way. Are you interested in joining?" Yang Lingchen asked.

"Of course I'm interested. I've wanted to go out for experience for a long time. Staying at the academy all the time, although the mentors can teach us, without sufficient resources, it's very difficult for us to improve," Huang Ruoyu said.

"Then where shall we go?" Huang Ruochen asked.

"I'm thinking of trying my luck at the Kongling Secret Realm," Yang Lingchen said after a moment of contemplation.

The Kongling Secret Realm was a Small World within the Myriad Heavens Immortal Realm. Coincidentally, Tianxin Academy had an entrance to it, so Disciples of Tianxin Academy often entered the Kongling Secret Realm for experience.

Of course, although the Kongling Secret Realm was just a Small World, it had several entrances. These entrances were controlled by four different major powers, so those exploring the Kongling Secret Realm weren't only Tianxin Academy Disciples.

"Great! I've wanted to go to the Kongling Secret Realm for experience for a long time, but I never dared to go alone," Huang Ruochen said excitedly.

"You don't need to worry. Although the Kongling Secret Realm is fraught with dangers, just exploring the outer areas shouldn't be a big problem. Moreover, going to such a place for experience is greatly beneficial for improving our cultivation level," Yang Lingchen said.

"Then let's hurry and accept a few missions!" Huang Ruochen said.

Subsequently, the group made their way towards the Mission Hall.