Chapter 386: Paying Respects to Master

"Alright, stop pledging your resolve here." Lin Yu broke the somewhat solemn atmosphere. "Since you've decided to wear that hat, you'd better carry yourself like someone who deserves it."

"Starting tomorrow, put aside all those messy miscellaneous studies of yours."

"Besides cultivating the 'Like Water Art' and nurturing your Dao foundation, the rest of your time, you will dedicate yourself to studying formations for me, your teacher."

"You are now the 'Heir of the Shen Family.' If you can't even lay out a decent ancient formation, you'll be slapping the Grand Elder in the face. By then, forget about the Soul-Nurturing Wood Pith—he might just slap you back into your mother's womb with a single hand."

As soon as Su Ming heard this, his face instantly fell. "Master, I still have to study? Your disciple's brain nearly exploded these past few days just trying to establish my Foundation."

"Less nonsense." Lin Yu said irritably. "One more skill never weighs anyone down. Besides, do you think those things were given away for free? When you eat someone's food, your mouth goes soft; when you take someone's gift, your hand goes short. Get the hell to sleep. Wake up at the Mao hour tomorrow and start memorizing your texts."

Su Ming let out a howl of anguish and threw himself onto the stone bed.

But he wasn't truly complaining.

He turned onto his side, looking at the Xuantian Ring on his finger. In the dim lamplight, the ring glowed with a warm, matte luster.

He knew what his master had gone through tonight.Facing the scrutiny of a Nascent Soul mighty figure, risking the danger of having his soul scattered to the winds, his master didn't run. Instead, he fought to secure the greatest possible benefits for him.

Behind those joking words lay a gamble with his life.

Su Ming closed his eyes, pulled the blanket higher, and covered half his face.

"Master."

"Hm?"

"Thank you."

"...What for?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to say it."

Within the ring, Lin Yu didn't speak anymore.

at the faint, golden halo on his soul body—the brand of the Heavenly Dao

every single oath he had sworn,

Hidden Sect. Second: never harm its disciples. Third: never leak its secrets. Fourth: never break

done any of those things anyway. So swearing

but it also gave him a foundation

shackle. This

a very

getting better and

center of

was still weak, but he felt an unprecedented sense

this is

live long. I'll be able to... slack off for

......

barely light. The wind at Gazing Star Cliff was

into that brand-new purple True Disciple robe and walked out of the cave dwelling on Gazing

on Gazing Star Cliff still stood tall and straight, and the broken

his five senses had become exceptionally clear. The mountain breeze was no longer just a current of air. He could distinguish the sharp, metallic energy carried from distant

his way to the main hall of Formation Peak, Star

in front of the hall no longer looked like lifeless objects to him. The evil-suppressing runes carved into them were faintly connected

deep breath and stepped into

Pivot Hall, sandalwood

above the Golden Core realm could afford. A single breath of it felt like a small, icy hand smoothing

was spacious, its dome like a miniature starry sky, with countless points of

his eyes closed, his aura deep and

stopped three zhang from the hall's center, bowed, and performed a salute. "Disciple Su Ming pays respects

as still

Foundation Establishment

is already stable." Su Ming replied,

a slight nod and uttered

his hands naturally resting on his knees, the

no longer be limited to

and cut straight to the point. "During the Qi Refining stage, formation techniques emphasized 'inscribing.' Using spiritual power as a knife to carve runes and attract heaven and earth's spiritual energy. This is

Yu's metaphor: the Qi Refining stage was about filling in the blanks, placing fixed runes into fixed positions; the Foundation Establishment stage was about

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