zài zuò wán zhè yī qiè hòu ， lín xuān tǎng xià xiū xī ， yǎng jīng xù ruì ， wèi jiē xià lái de xiū xíng zuò zhǔn bèi 。
在做完这一切后，林轩躺下休息，养精蓄锐，为接下来的修行做准备。
After completing all these tasks, Lin Xuan lay down to rest and replenish his energy, preparing for the upcoming cultivation.
jiē xià lái de jǐ tiān ， lín xuān bìng méi yǒu mǎ shàng nuó yòng fèi dān tí chún ， ér shì jué dìng xiān bù dòng shēng sè de guān chá jǐ tiān ， suī rán zhào míng yǐ jīng xiáng xì xiàng zì jǐ jiè shào le zhè lǐ de qíng xíng ， dàn shì fǒu jiù zhēn de rú cǐ ， méi yǒu yì diǎn jiǎ huà ， hái xū yào zì jǐ zuò kǎo chá 。
接下来的几天，林轩并没有马上挪用废丹提纯，而是决定先不动声色的观察几天，虽然赵明已经详细像自己介绍了这里的情形，但是否就真的如此，没有一点假话，还需要自己做考察。
For the next few days, Lin Xuan did not immediately use the waste pills for purification. Instead, he decided to observe quietly for a while. Although Zhao Ming had given him a detailed introduction of the situation here, he still needed to conduct his own investigation to verify if everything was as described and without any lies.
hé kuàng shēn qǐng lái zhè lǐ zuò guǎn shì de xiū zhēn zhě ， dōu shì yī xiē bǐ jiào lǎn duò ， bù kěn kè kǔ xiū xíng de rén ， rú guǒ zì jǐ biǎo xiàn dé hěn yòng gōng ， qǐ bù shì yǐn rén huái yí le ？
何况申请来这里做管事的修真者，都是一些比较懒惰，不肯刻苦修行的人，如果自己表现得很用功，岂不是引人怀疑了？
Moreover, the cultivators who applied to manage this place were mostly lazy and unwilling to work hard. If he showed too much diligence, wouldn't it raise suspicion?
fǎn zhèng xiū zhēn zhī lù màn cháng dé hěn ， yě bù jí yú yī shí ， suǒ yǐ lín xuān jué dìng xiān huā yī duàn shí jiān àn zhōng liǎo jiě qíng kuàng ， tóng shí gěi shǒu xià de zhòng tóng zi shù lì yī zhǒng zì jǐ hěn lǎn duò ， tóng shí xìng gé yòu gū pì ， xǐ huān jiāng zì jǐ guān zài wū zi lǐ ， bù ràng rén dǎ rǎo de xíng xiàng 。
反正修真之路漫长得很，也不急于一时，所以林轩决定先花一段时间暗中了解情况，同时给手下的众童子竖立一种自己很懒惰，同时性格又孤僻，喜欢将自己关在屋子里，不让人打扰的形象。
In any case, the path of cultivation was long, so there was no need for urgency. Thus, Lin Xuan decided to spend some time secretly gathering information while establishing a facade that he was lazy, introverted, and liked to stay in his room undisturbed.
zhǐ yào zhòng rén xí guàn le jiǎ xiàng ， yǐ hòu zì jǐ zài wū zi lǐ tí chún dān yào ， bìng nǔ lì xiū xíng yě jiù bú huì yǒu rén huái yí le 。
只要众人习惯了假象，以后自己在屋子里提纯丹药，并努力修行也就不会有人怀疑了。
Once everyone got used to this image, it would be easier for him to purify the waste pills and cultivate without arousing suspicion.
jiāng zhè yī qiè dǎ suàn hǎo zhī hòu ， jiē xià lái de jǐ tiān ， lín xuān jiù kāi shǐ àn zhào jì huà zuò le 。
将这一切打算好之后，接下来的几天，林轩就开始按照计划做了。
With these plans in mind, Lin Xuan began implementing them over the next few days.
yòng le dà yuē yí gè xīng qī de shí jiān ， tā bù dòng shēng sè ， zài àn zhōng guān chá ， nà ge zhào míng què shí méi yǒu sā huǎng ， zhè fèi dān fáng de zá wù shí fēn qīng sōng ， shèn zhì kě yǐ shuō méi yǒu shén me shì qíng zuò ， chú le měi yuè chū yī ， huì yǒu liàn dān fáng de tóng zi jiāng liàn zhì shī bài de fèi dān sòng dào zhè lǐ ， qí tā shí jiān ， bié shuō xiū zhēn zhě ， lián nà xiē wài mén dì zǐ yě bú huì dào zhè lǐ lái 。
用了大约一个星期的时间，他不动声色，在暗中观察，那个赵明确实没有撒谎，这废丹房的杂务十分轻松，甚至可以说没有什么事情做，除了每月初一，会有炼丹房的童子将炼制失败的废丹送到这里，其他时间，别说修真者，连那些外门弟子也不会到这里来。
Using about a week's time, he observed quietly from behind the scenes. Sure enough, Zhao Ming had not been lying; the tasks in the waste pill storage room were indeed very light, almost non-existent. Except for the first day of each month when the apprentices from the alchemy hall would deliver failed waste pills here, there was no one else—neither cultivators nor outer sect disciples.
zhěng gè yī yǔ shì gé jué de qīng shuǐ yá mén ， bù guò duì lín xuān ér yán ， què shì zài hé shì bù guò 。
整个一与世隔绝的清水衙门，不过对林轩而言，却是再合适不过。
The entire place felt like a secluded office, but it suited Lin Xuan perfectly. Additionally, the chaos in managing the waste pill storage room matched Zhao Ming's description and perhaps even exceeded it; records from a thousand years ago were said to have been kept, but they had long since vanished.
tóng shí fèi dān cún chǔ fáng guǎn lǐ de hùn luàn chéng dù yě rú zhào míng suǒ shuō ， shèn zhì shì yǒu guò zhī ér wú bù jí ， tīng shuō qiān nián qián yě zuò guò zhàng mù ， zhì yú xiàn zài …… zǎo jiù bù zhī dào diū dào nǎ lǐ qù le 。
同时废丹存储房管理的混乱程度也如赵明所说，甚至是有过之而无不及，听说千年前也做过账目，至于现在……早就不知道丢到哪里去了。
In any case, there was an entire room full of accumulated waste pills over the centuries, with no one knowing their exact quantity. For Lin Xuan, this was like a treasure trove he could freely access.
zǒng zhī mǎn mǎn yī wū zi de fèi dān ， dōu shì qiān nián xià lái de jī zǎn ， méi yǒu rén zhī dào jù tǐ de shù é ， duì lín xuān lái shuō ， jiù shì yú qǔ yú qiú de bǎo kù 。
总之满满一屋子的废丹，都是千年下来的积攒，没有人知道具体的数额，对林轩来说，就是予取予求的宝库。
The only regret was that the Essence Cleansing Pills were only used in the Flexible Spirit Period; that was his sole disappointment.
kě xī zhǐ yǒu líng dòng qī cái yòng dào de xǐ suǐ dān ， zhè suàn shì wéi yī de yí hàn 。
可惜只有灵动期才用到的洗髓丹，这算是唯一的遗憾。
But the need for higher-grade elixirs was far off, so he didn't dwell on it now.
dàn duì gèng gāo jí dān yào de xū qiú ， shì hěn yáo yuǎn de shì ， xiàn zài xiān bù qù xiǎng 。
但对更高级丹药的需求，是很遥远的事，现在先不去想。
After clarifying the situation, Lin Xuan spent about half a month successfully establishing this facade among the apprentices.
qíng kuàng mō qīng chǔ le ， rán hòu lín xuān yòu huā fèi de dà yuē bàn gè yuè de shí jiān ， chéng gōng zài zhòng tóng zi xīn mù zhōng shù lì qǐ le yī wán měi de jiǎ xiàng 。
情况摸清楚了，然后林轩又花费的大约半个月的时间，成功在众童子心目中竖立起了一完美的假象。
Now, the apprentices knew their new immortal master was lazy and liked to sleep, was introverted, and enjoyed staying in his room undisturbed.
fèi dān fáng de tóng zi xiàn zài dōu zhī dào zhè wèi xīn lái de xiān shī tān shuì ， lǎn duò ， xìng gé gū pì ， xǐ huān jiāng zì jǐ yí gè rén guān zài wū zi lǐ 。
废丹房的童子现在都知道这位新来的仙师贪睡，懒惰，性格孤僻，喜欢将自己一个人关在屋子里。
The immortals disliked being disturbed. Although the apprentices had noticed theprohibition Lin Xuan set up outside his living quarters, they found it normal, even privately thinking that the manager had set up the array to prevent anyone from disturbing him while he slept.
xiān shī zuì tǎo yàn de jiù shì bèi rén dǎ rǎo ， suī rán tóng zi men yě fā xiàn le lín xuān shè zài qǐ jū shì wài de jìn zhì ， dàn què yì diǎn yě bù gǎn dào qí guài ， shèn zhì sī xià lǐ rèn wéi ， zhè wèi guǎn shì dà rén zhī suǒ yǐ bù zhì xià zhèn fǎ ， shì wèi le fáng zhǐ yǒu rén dǎ rǎo tā shuì jiào 。
仙师最讨厌的就是被人打扰，虽然童子们也发现了林轩设在起居室外的禁制，但却一点也不感到奇怪，甚至私下里认为，这位管事大人之所以布置下阵法，是为了防止有人打扰他睡觉。
With this understanding, no one dared to make a move. People avoided a ten-meter radius around Lin Xuan's living quarters, and all other tasks continued to be handled by Zhao Ming.
zài yǒu le zhè yàng de rèn shí hòu ， dāng rán bú huì yǒu shǎ guā qù chù méi tóu ， lín xuān qǐ jū shì fāng yuán shí mǐ de jù lí ， rén men dōu rào zhe zǒu ， suǒ yǒu de zá wù yě dōu jì xù yóu zhào míng dài wéi dǎ lǐ 。
在有了这样的认识后，当然不会有傻瓜去触霉头，林轩起居室方圆十米的距离，人们都绕着走，所有的杂务也都继续由赵明代为打理。
This was exactly what Lin Xuan wanted. Now, he could focus on his cultivation plan.
ér zhè yàng de jié guǒ zhèng shì lín xuān xiǎng yào de ， jiē xià lái ， tā kě yǐ jìng xià xīn ， kāi shǐ zì jǐ de xiū xíng jì huà 。
而这样的结果正是林轩想要的，接下来，他可以静下心，开始自己的修行计划。
Firstly, Lin Xuan casually took a bottle of waste pills from the storage room and returned to his own quarters to begin purifying them.
shǒu xiān ， lín xuān cóng fèi dān fáng lǐ dà yáo dà bǎi de ná le yī píng fèi dān ， rán hòu huí dào zì jǐ de fáng zi lǐ ， kāi shǐ tí chún 。
首先，林轩从废丹房里大摇大摆的拿了一瓶废丹，然后回到自己的房子里，开始提纯。
Before that, he prepared some steamed buns and dried meat as food; cultivators at the lower levels of the Flexible Spirit Period still couldn't go without eating.
dāng rán ， zài cǐ zhī qián ， tā hái zhǔn bèi le yī xiē mán tou ， gàn ròu zuò wèi shí wù ， xiū wèi chù zài líng dòng qī de dī jiē xiū zhēn zhě ， hái wú fǎ bì gǔ 。
当然，再此之前，他还准备了一些馒头，干肉做为食物，修为处在灵动期的低阶修真者，还无法辟谷。
Over two days, Lin Xuan purified all the pills in the bottle. Due to recent research and practice, he was very familiar with purifying lower-grade Essence Cleansing Pills, making it easy for him, with a success rate that had further increased. From one hundred waste pills, he obtained thirty-six useful spirit medicines.
huā fèi le liǎng tiān de shí jiān ， lín xuān jiāng yī píng fèi dān quán bù tí chún le chū lái ， yóu yú qián yī duàn shí jiān de yán jiū yǔ liàn xí ， duì yú tí chún xià pǐn xǐ suǐ dān tā yǐ jīng fēi cháng shú xī ， zuò qǐ lái de xīn yìng shǒu ， chéng gōng lǜ yě jìn yí bù shēng gāo ， yì bǎi méi fèi dān ， zǒng gòng dé dào le sān shí liù méi yǒu yòng de líng yào 。
花费了两天的时间，林轩将一瓶废丹全部提纯了出来，由于前一段时间的研究与练习，对于提纯下品洗髓丹他已经非常熟悉，做起来得心应手，成功率也进一步升高，一百枚废丹，总共得到了三十六枚有用的灵药。
The speed of purification had also significantly improved, thanks to his cultivation reaching the second layer of the Flexible Spirit Period, which had expanded the volume of his Star Sea considerably.
sù dù bǐ qǐ yǐ qián yě kuài le bù shǎo ， dāng rán ， zhè dé yì yú gōng lì dào dá líng dòng qī dì èr céng hòu ， tǐ nèi xīng hǎi de tǐ jī yě zēng dà le bù shǎo 。
速度比起以前也快了不少，当然，这得益于功力到达灵动期第二层后，体内星海的体积也增大了不少。
With the spirit medicines, Lin Xuan began cultivating according to the maximum dosage recorded in ancient texts and his own experience—three pills each morning, noon, and evening. Under the powerful medicinal force and with his hard work, despite not having a spirit root, his cultivation speed was rapid.
yǒu le líng yào ， lín xuān kāi shǐ fú yòng xiū xíng ， àn zhào gǔ shū shàng suǒ jì zǎi de zuì dà fú yòng jì liàng ， yǐ jí zì jǐ de xīn dé ， měi tiān zǎo zhōng wǎn gè yī cì ， měi cì sān lì 。
有了灵药，林轩开始服用修行，按照古书上所记载的最大服用剂量，以及自己的心得，每天早中晚各一次，每次三粒。
After finishing all the Essence Cleansing Pills, Lin Xuan would go back for more waste pills to purify and consume in a cycle.
zài qiáng dà yào lì de tuī dòng xià ， jiā shàng tā de kè kǔ nǔ lì ， suī rán méi yǒu líng gēn ， dàn xiū xíng sù dù yě yī rì qiān lǐ 。
在强大药力的推动下，加上他的刻苦努力，虽然没有灵根，但修行速度也一日千里。
...
ér dāng xǐ suǐ dān fú yòng wán le zhī hòu ， lín xuān jiù zài qù ná fèi dān ， tí chún fú yòng 。
而当洗髓丹服用完了之后，林轩就再去拿废丹，提纯服用。
Time passed like water, quickly slipping away. Before he knew it, half a year had gone by.
zhōu ér fù shǐ 。
周而复始。
Lin Xuan continued his efforts in the storage room of waste pills without returning to the Heart Refinement Path. Although there was more abundant qi there, and he wasn't afraid of hard work, there was no need for that. With daily large doses of Essence Cleansing Pills, whether or not he cultivated under an abundant qi environment made little difference.
……
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However, Lin Xuan did not completely isolate himself. He still paid attention to the outside world; every few days, he would visit the Eagle Nest Pavilion.
shí guāng rú shuǐ ， fēi sù liú shì ， bù zhī bù jué ， bàn nián guò qù le 。
时光如水，飞速流逝，不知不觉，半年过去了。
According to Drifting Cloud Valley's rules, a base foundation period expert would teach cultivation techniques to the Flexible Spirit Period disciples at regular intervals. Since this was an opportunity to learn new methods, Lin Xuan did not miss it. Even if they were temporarily unnecessary, he listened attentively and recorded the practice methods for future use.
lín xuān zài fèi dān fáng nǔ lì xiū xíng zhe ， tā méi yǒu zài qù liàn xīn lù ， suī rán nà lǐ de líng qì gèng chōng zú ， ér qiě zì jǐ yě bù pà chī kǔ ， dàn méi yǒu bì yào a ， zài měi tiān dà liàng fú shí xǐ suǐ dān de qíng kuàng xià ， shì fǒu zài chōng zú de líng qì huán jìng xià xiū liàn ， duì yú lín xuān ， yǐ jīng méi yǒu shén me yǐng xiǎng 。
林轩在废丹房努力修行着，他没有再去炼心路，虽然那里的灵气更充足，而且自己也不怕吃苦，但没有必要啊，在每天大量服食洗髓丹的情况下，是否在充足的灵气环境下修炼，对于林轩，已经没有什么影响。
Over these half a year, Lin Xuan consumed thousands of Essence Cleansing Pills under the powerful medicinal force's influence, working harder than most. His cultivation technique finally reached the fourth layer—mid-Flexible Spirit Period.
bù guò ， lín xuān yě bìng méi yǒu yǔ shì gé jué ， liǎng ěr bù wén chuāng wài shì ， měi guò jǐ tiān ， tā yě huì qù yī cì zhì yīng gé 。
不过，林轩也并没有与世隔绝，两耳不闻窗外事，每过几天，他也会去一次稚鹰阁。
With his current cultivation level, Lin Xuan was among the middle to upper ranks compared to his peers who entered the valley at the same time. Most disciples were still lingering in the third layer, except for a few geniuses with exceptionally good spirit roots who had already mastered the fifth layer.
yīn wèi àn zhào piāo yún gǔ de guī jǔ ， měi guò yí dìng de shí jiān ， huì yóu yī wèi zhù jī qī gāo shǒu xiàng líng dòng qī dì zǐ chuán jiào ， zhè yàng xué xí gōng fǎ de jī huì ， lín xuān dāng rán bú huì cuò guò 。
因为按照飘云谷的规矩，每过一定的时间，会由一位筑基期高手像灵动期弟子传教，这样学习功法的机会，林轩当然不会错过。
In other words, Lin Xuan had left most of them behind.
jiù suàn zàn shí yòng bù shàng ， tā yě hěn rèn zhēn de tīng ， rán hòu jiāng liàn xí de fāng fǎ jì zǎi xià lái ， liú dài yǐ hòu 。
就算暂时用不上，他也很认真的听，然后将练习的方法记载下来，留待以后。
Remembering that he was only at the first layer of the Flexible Spirit Period half a year ago, and had advanced three layers in just a few months, such speed was rare even in the cultivation world. Those capable of achieving this were century-old prodigies, while Lin Xuan was merely an ordinary person without a spirit root.
zhè bàn nián lái ， lín xuān fú yòng le shù yǐ qiān jì de xǐ suǐ dān ， zài qiáng dà yào lì de zuò yòng ， jiā shàng tā bǐ bié rén gèng jiā de nǔ lì kè kǔ ， lín xuān de gōng fǎ zhōng yú liàn dào le dì sì céng ， líng dòng zhōng qī de dǐng diǎn 。
这半年来，林轩服用了数以千计的洗髓丹，在强大药力的作用，加上他比别人更加的努力刻苦，林轩的功法终于练到了第四层，灵动中期的顶点。
The spirit medicines played a role; after all, not everyone could afford to give their disciples precious spirit medicines like candy, especially those with the ability to purify them.
yǐ lín xuān xiàn zài de xiū wèi ， zài tóng qī rù gǔ de dì zǐ zhōng ， yě shǔ yú zhōng děng piān shàng de shuǐ zhǔn ， chú le jǐ wèi líng gēn tè bié yōu yì ， liàn chéng dì wǔ céng gōng fǎ de tiān cái ， dà bù fèn dì zǐ yī rán zài dì sān céng pái huái 。
以林轩现在的修为，在同期入谷的弟子中，也属于中等偏上的水准，除了几位灵根特别优异，练成第五层功法的天才，大部分弟子依然在第三层徘徊。
Secondly, his hard work paid off. Lin Xuan understood that to have results, one must first make sacrifices. So even though he now had the ability to purify, he did not slack off; instead, he trained more intensively than before.
yě jiù shì shuō ， lín xuān jiāng dà bù fèn rén shuǎi zài le hòu miàn 。
也就是说，林轩将大部分人甩在了后面。
Hard work is rewarded by heaven, but Lin Xuan remained grounded and aware of his status as a low-ranking cultivator with a secret that couldn't be revealed. He tried to minimize his presence in the sect while secretly cultivating.
After completing all these tasks, Lin Xuan lay down to rest and replenish his energy, preparing for the upcoming cultivation.
For the next few days, Lin Xuan did not immediately use the waste pills for purification. Instead, he decided to observe quietly for a while. Although Zhao Ming had given him a detailed introduction of the situation here, he still needed to conduct his own investigation to verify if everything was as described and without any lies.
Moreover, the cultivators who applied to manage this place were mostly lazy and unwilling to work hard. If he showed too much diligence, wouldn't it raise suspicion?
In any case, the path of cultivation was long, so there was no need for urgency. Thus, Lin Xuan decided to spend some time secretly gathering information while establishing a facade that he was lazy, introverted, and liked to stay in his room undisturbed.
Once everyone got used to this image, it would be easier for him to purify the waste pills and cultivate without arousing suspicion.
With these plans in mind, Lin Xuan began implementing them over the next few days.
Using about a week's time, he observed quietly from behind the scenes. Sure enough, Zhao Ming had not been lying; the tasks in the waste pill storage room were indeed very light, almost non-existent. Except for the first day of each month when the apprentices from the alchemy hall would deliver failed waste pills here, there was no one else—neither cultivators nor outer sect disciples.
The entire place felt like a secluded office, but it suited Lin Xuan perfectly. Additionally, the chaos in managing the waste pill storage room matched Zhao Ming's description and perhaps even exceeded it; records from a thousand years ago were said to have been kept, but they had long since vanished.
In any case, there was an entire room full of accumulated waste pills over the centuries, with no one knowing their exact quantity. For Lin Xuan, this was like a treasure trove he could freely access.
The only regret was that the Essence Cleansing Pills were only used in the Flexible Spirit Period; that was his sole disappointment.
But the need for higher-grade elixirs was far off, so he didn't dwell on it now.
After clarifying the situation, Lin Xuan spent about half a month successfully establishing this facade among the apprentices.
Now, the apprentices knew their new immortal master was lazy and liked to sleep, was introverted, and enjoyed staying in his room undisturbed.
The immortals disliked being disturbed. Although the apprentices had noticed theprohibition Lin Xuan set up outside his living quarters, they found it normal, even privately thinking that the manager had set up the array to prevent anyone from disturbing him while he slept.
With this understanding, no one dared to make a move. People avoided a ten-meter radius around Lin Xuan's living quarters, and all other tasks continued to be handled by Zhao Ming.
This was exactly what Lin Xuan wanted. Now, he could focus on his cultivation plan.
Firstly, Lin Xuan casually took a bottle of waste pills from the storage room and returned to his own quarters to begin purifying them.
Before that, he prepared some steamed buns and dried meat as food; cultivators at the lower levels of the Flexible Spirit Period still couldn't go without eating.
Over two days, Lin Xuan purified all the pills in the bottle. Due to recent research and practice, he was very familiar with purifying lower-grade Essence Cleansing Pills, making it easy for him, with a success rate that had further increased. From one hundred waste pills, he obtained thirty-six useful spirit medicines.
The speed of purification had also significantly improved, thanks to his cultivation reaching the second layer of the Flexible Spirit Period, which had expanded the volume of his Star Sea considerably.
With the spirit medicines, Lin Xuan began cultivating according to the maximum dosage recorded in ancient texts and his own experience—three pills each morning, noon, and evening. Under the powerful medicinal force and with his hard work, despite not having a spirit root, his cultivation speed was rapid.
After finishing all the Essence Cleansing Pills, Lin Xuan would go back for more waste pills to purify and consume in a cycle.
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Time passed like water, quickly slipping away. Before he knew it, half a year had gone by.
Lin Xuan continued his efforts in the storage room of waste pills without returning to the Heart Refinement Path. Although there was more abundant qi there, and he wasn't afraid of hard work, there was no need for that. With daily large doses of Essence Cleansing Pills, whether or not he cultivated under an abundant qi environment made little difference.
However, Lin Xuan did not completely isolate himself. He still paid attention to the outside world; every few days, he would visit the Eagle Nest Pavilion.
According to Drifting Cloud Valley's rules, a base foundation period expert would teach cultivation techniques to the Flexible Spirit Period disciples at regular intervals. Since this was an opportunity to learn new methods, Lin Xuan did not miss it. Even if they were temporarily unnecessary, he listened attentively and recorded the practice methods for future use.
Over these half a year, Lin Xuan consumed thousands of Essence Cleansing Pills under the powerful medicinal force's influence, working harder than most. His cultivation technique finally reached the fourth layer—mid-Flexible Spirit Period.
With his current cultivation level, Lin Xuan was among the middle to upper ranks compared to his peers who entered the valley at the same time. Most disciples were still lingering in the third layer, except for a few geniuses with exceptionally good spirit roots who had already mastered the fifth layer.
In other words, Lin Xuan had left most of them behind.
Remembering that he was only at the first layer of the Flexible Spirit Period half a year ago, and had advanced three layers in just a few months, such speed was rare even in the cultivation world. Those capable of achieving this were century-old prodigies, while Lin Xuan was merely an ordinary person without a spirit root.
The spirit medicines played a role; after all, not everyone could afford to give their disciples precious spirit medicines like candy, especially those with the ability to purify them.
Secondly, his hard work paid off. Lin Xuan understood that to have results, one must first make sacrifices. So even though he now had the ability to purify, he did not slack off; instead, he trained more intensively than before.
Hard work is rewarded by heaven, but Lin Xuan remained grounded and aware of his status as a low-ranking cultivator with a secret that couldn't be revealed. He tried to minimize his presence in the sect while secretly cultivating.