19 Heavenly Dao Academy
"Now then, let us address the elephant in the room." The Second Elder snapped his fingers.
Li Feng felt a tremor in his chest.
He could feel the bronze token deep in his robes shaking and trembling.
"Take it out, boy. Don't worry." The elder smiled.
Li Feng nodded as he took out the bronze hexagon out and showed it to his master.
"Interesting. It has been a while since I laid my eyes on one of these." He said.
"Now then… there comes the obvious question. Where did you get one of these?"
Li Feng took a deep breath.
"I met a mysterious elder who saved my life when I was a child. After he saved my life, he told my parents that if I wanted to, I could come to the Seven Sword Sect." He said.
"I see…" the second elder paused.
"Why did he say that? If he saw someone with even a little talent, he would have asked to join the sect. What makes you so special? He would have loved a talent like you." He murmured.
Li Feng looked at his new master with confusion.
"Ah. I digress. You shouldn't worry about this at all. This is just another elder of the Seven Sword Sect. He is usually wandering around the sect so we don't see him much here." he said.
Li Feng nodded as he put the token away.
"Now then, we must start with your cultivation. After all, as your master I am obligated to help you out in this regard." the second elder chuckled.
"Thank You, master." Li Feng nodded.
"The Disciplinary Hall, at least most of it, uses the Ten Thousand Sword Art. And to cultivate your Qi cultivation, the Ten Thousand Cycles. It is a rare, King level skill that you probably wouldn't find even if you went to the treasury." Master said.
"But to start, it is a painful process. Luckily, you have already entered the Half Completion of the Muscle Tempering Stage already." He said.
"Elder Jing said that there were four stages to the Muscle Tempering Stage… what are those four stages, master?" Li Feng asked.
"Ah! So you didn't get a complete overview of cultivation just yet…" Master sighed.
"Don't worry. To start with, you must prepare your body to hold the Qi within. So, for this purpose, you have the four stages of Qi Supplementation- Muscle, Bone, Body, or True, and Qi tempering.
Once you have completed tempering your body and everything within, you are to build a foundation to ascend. After all, the goal of cultivation is to ascend to immortality.
So you have to complete your foundation and enter the Qi Foundation Stage.
After that, is the Pillar Establishment realm, where you create pillars in your divine sea, and then comes Domain Expansion, where you create your domain with those pillars.
Your Master is currently in that stage." Master said.
"The Domain Expansion Stage…." Li Feng zoned out as he thought about just how strong his master was.
"After the Domain Expansion Stage comes the Sovereign Realms. There are few in the sovereign realms, and then the Paragon Stages. Only after that can you ascend to become an Immortal."
"So to become an Immortal is such a long journey… I thought that the cultivation world was filled with immortals…" Li Feng sighed as he muttered.
"If you want to see immortals, then you need to go to the Central Province. There, where the Heavenly Dao Academy lies, you will see more immortals than any other place." The master chuckled.
Li Feng could make out a glint of desire in his master's eyes. And then some humility.
It was clear that his master respected this Heavenly Dao Academy a lot.
"Have you ever been there, master? To the Heavenly Dao Academy?" Li Feng asked.
"If only I was so lucky. But the world is not so fair. And I was too old to try. But who knows? You should never give up. If you have a chance, then it is every human's dream to enter this place." He said.
"But I am a member of the Seven Sword Sect, master. I would never betray this for the Heavenly Dao Sect." Li Feng quickly said.
"To leave a sect for another is a shame and looked down upon, you are right. But the Heavenly Dao Academy's existence is unique. It is one of seven great sects in these seven worlds. The peak of the Mortal Realm." His master said with pride welling in his face.
"The Heavenly Dao Academy has had seventeen Heavenly Emperors during its existence. And the current emperor, the Truth Dao Emperor, is also one of the members of the academy." Master said with a calm smile.
"But they are all figures that are too high up for any of us to every lay our eyes on them. Ambition is good, but you must remember to be humble and ground yourself." Master said.
Li Feng nodded calmly.
"Of course, master." He said.
"Well then, let us get started now. I have lost myself in this once again. It keeps happening." Master shook his head.
"For now, let us start with the most important part of your cultivation. Qi Cultivation. One must circulate Qi to cultivate at all. And a cultivation technique can help you in that regard." Master said.
"Of course, the best cultivation techniques, the Immortal Grade ones, are the scriptures. But the scriptures are long lost, and impossible to understand unless you are a true genius…" Master chuckled.
"Only the seven scriptures are truly perfect in cultivation, the others all have defects, but to find the defects is difficult. So then, let us start with the Ten Thousand Cycles." A book suddenly appeared before Li Feng's eyes.
"Read through it and memorize it."
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