"Hehe..." Kou Chengzhi let out a cold laugh. Then he looked at Feng Yuqin and said, "Since you've just entered the academy, you're not allowed to go to the cultivation rooms. I can send you to your dormitories to practice."
"Can I practice outside?" In Feng Yuqin's current situation, she should be the focus of the academy's attention.
If so, it wouldn't be convenient for her to enter the space to practice.
"Sure," Kou Chengzhi replied. "But can you come back in half a month?"
"No problem," Feng Yuqin glanced at Kou Chengzhi. "Since you've all decided to let the freshmen compete with the seniors, do you think it's okay for me not to come back?"
Kou Chengzhi burst into laughter. "Well... it seems really not okay."
"It's so rip - off!" Zhao Yuanyuan complained beside them.
"It's so greedy!" Dong Yaxian echoed.
Kou Chengzhi: "..."
Feng Yuqin's gaze fell on Zhao Yuanyuan and Dong Yaxian. "What about you two? Do you want to go back or practice here?"
"I heard there are spirit - gathering arrays in the academy dormitories," Zhao Yuanyuan said, looking at Kou Chengzhi.
Kou Chengzhi nodded. "There are indeed, but for your current state, they won't be of much use. And you're not qualified to enter the academy's cultivation rooms yet."
"So we have to go back?" Zhao Yuanyuan was a bit stunned.
Dong Yaxian also didn't expect that after just passing the entrance test, they were about to go back.
"What about you, Aqin? Where are you going?" Dong Yaxian asked. "Where's your home?"
Dong Yaxian recalled that there didn't seem to be a prominent Feng family in the Divine Realm.
But with Feng Yuqin's talent, she didn't seem to come from an ordinary force.
"I'll just find a mountain peak to practice on," Feng Yuqin said calmly.
Actually, she originally planned to find an inn.
However, sometimes she might make a commotion during her cultivation.
Especially when it came to thunder tribulations.
It didn't necessarily occur every time.
But she wasn't sure it wouldn't happen.
So practicing on a desolate mountain peak was the most suitable option.
"Are you serious?" Zhao Yuanyuan said in disbelief. "There are hardly any people on the mountain. The cultivation environment is too harsh."
"Yeah, and what if there are demonic beasts? It'll greatly affect the efficiency," Dong Yaxian said. "Why don't you come to my home? There are quite a few cultivation rooms there."
"Right, come with us," Zhao Yuanyuan also chimed in. "We won this competition. We can go and collect our bets."
"About the bets..." Feng Yuqin thought for a moment. "Can you arrange someone to exchange them?"
If it weren't for this freshmen - seniors competition.
She would definitely go in person.
But now, she thought it was more important to practice first.
"Sure, I'll just send someone from my family," Zhao Yuanyuan said immediately.
"Then I'll have to trouble you," Feng Yuqin said. "I've been troubling your family. I'll give you a 10% commission later."
"The commission is not necessary," Zhao Yuanyuan said. "After all, we're friends. Isn't it natural for friends to help each other?"
Feng Yuqin glanced at Zhao Yuanyuan and a faint smile curved her lips.
...
The three soon parted ways.
Zhao Yuanyuan and Dong Yaxian returned to their respective families.
Feng Yuqin went to look for a suitable mountain peak to practice on.
When those who passed the test after Shi Zhenxiang learned about the upcoming competition, they were all stunned.
They didn't understand why there was no such part in the original plan.
How could such a competition suddenly appear when it was their turn?
However, while Kou Chengzhi was patient enough to explain things to Feng Yuqin, he didn't have that much patience with Shi Zhenxiang and the others.
He simply announced the competition and left.
The others were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
Some people didn't go back to their families to practice because their families were too far away.
So they followed the academy's staff to their dormitories to practice.
There were spirit - gathering arrays in the dormitories.
Not every family of the students who came to take the test was well - off.
Except for the big families that had more powerful spirit - gathering arrays, some people didn't have any at home.
Rather than going back with nowhere to practice, it was better to practice in the academy.
At least there was a spirit - gathering array.
An hour later, Xiaoying led Feng Yuqin to a mountain foot in the far northwest.
It was completely desolate.
There were no paths around.
So the chance of someone coming was very low.
No one would come to such a mountain except for those who wanted to practice.
The trainees usually went to places with more demonic beasts.
"Master, there aren't many demonic beasts here," Xiaoying said after sensing the surroundings.
"Okay. I'll practice here. You all guard the perimeter for me," Feng Yuqin said as she set up a formation around.
Then she set up a barrier around the formation.
With the double protection and the guardianship of her spiritual pets, Feng Yuqin felt relieved to enter the space to practice.
Ten - plus days in the outside world would be ten - plus years in the space.
However, she didn't plan to spend all the time improving her strength.
It wasn't good to level up too fast.
But first, she would improve her strength.
"Master, do you want to level up your strength later?" Xiaoying hesitated for a moment and tentatively asked.
"What's wrong?" Feng Yuqin looked at Xiaoying in confusion. Thinking of the pill tribulation she attracted last time when she was refining pills, she asked, "Do you mean that breaking through to the small perfection stage of the Celestial Immortal Realm will attract a thunder tribulation?"
"Yes," Xiaoying said. "I can sense that if you level up, you may attract a thunder tribulation."
Although many people only faced thunder tribulations at the great perfection stage.
Some people with less talent might not even face a thunder tribulation at the great perfection stage.
If someone didn't face a thunder tribulation at the great perfection stage.
It was almost impossible for them to improve their strength further.
Those with good talent might face a thunder tribulation at the small perfection stage.
Xiaoying thought her master definitely belonged to the category of those with good talent.
So it was always better to be careful.
"Then I'll practice other things," Feng Yuqin thought she could practice weapon - refining and formations.
She would practice her strength in the last few days.
Time passed quickly.
Feng Yuqin was immersed in her own world of practice. Eight days passed in a blink of an eye.
In the remaining days, she planned to improve her strength.
When she sat down to practice, she found that the spiritual energy stored in her body was extremely rich.
This spiritual energy could help her improve her strength.
Xiaoying and the others thought.
If others saw this, they would surely be extremely jealous!
When others refined pills, they would consume spiritual energy and mental energy.
But their master could store spiritual energy to help improve her strength while practicing these skills.
Boom!
In less than a quarter of an hour, the sound of Feng Yuqin breaking through came.
She had been at the eighth level of the Celestial Immortal Realm, but now she easily broke through to the ninth level.