Time flowed slowly. Unnoticed, another three days passed. In the cultivation room. A powerful aura gradually spread, causing the entire house to tremble. Lin Xuan opened his eyes and gazed at the void before him. "Fourth layer of the Qi Transformation Realm!" Lin Xuan let out a long breath, feeling the true qi and strength within his body, now several times stronger than before, and a smile appeared in his eyes. This cultivation speed had exceeded his expectations. After all, in martial arts, the later stages bring greater gaps between each layer. Correspondingly, the difficulty of breakthroughs also increases. Three days to go from the first layer of the Qi Transformation Realm to the fourth layer. The difficulty was far greater than breaking through from the fourth layer of the Qi Gathering Realm to the first layer of the Qi Transformation Realm—more than ten times harder. And during this time, he hadn't replicated any treasures to enhance his talent. Yet he achieved such speed, and Lin Xuan couldn't help but marvel. "So this is the benefit of cultivating with spirit stones?" Lin Xuan murmured. Since his talent hadn't changed, but his cultivation speed had greatly improved, the only reason was the spirit stones. His cultivation resources had shifted from pills and spiritual herbs to spirit stones. Cultivating with spirit stones meant directly absorbing the spiritual energy within and refining it into true qi. With pills and spiritual herbs, he had to swallow them, refine the medicinal power into pure spiritual energy, and then convert it into true qi. Thinking it over, using spirit stones was indeed better. However, this method of cultivation consumed too much. Although in three days, he had gone from the first layer of the Qi Transformation Realm to the fourth layer, equivalent to the mid-stage of the Qi Transformation Realm, at an extremely fast pace, the over eight hundred low-grade spirit stones he had looted were all used up in one go. Eight hundred low-grade spirit stones, converted into contribution points, would be eight thousand contribution points. Even for inner sect elites, eight thousand contribution points were no small amount. This showed how terrifying this cultivation method was! "Never mind, the best way to quickly boost strength is what matters most!" After a moment of thought, Lin Xuan pushed these concerns aside. After all, these were things he had looted, obtained without effort, so he didn't feel sorry for them. Turning them into such cultivation progress was good enough. "It seems that to rapidly increase strength in the future, I still need to cultivate with spirit stones." Lin Xuan murmured. As for the high consumption, he didn't care. If spirit stones ran out, he would just earn more. "I need to find a profession that can earn a large number of spirit stones." Lin Xuan's eyes flickered. He stood up. Withdrawing his aura and the attribute panel. Now that the spirit stones were depleted, he couldn't maintain that cultivation speed anymore, so there was no need to continue. "With my current strength, I shouldn't fear the early stage of the Condensation Rotation Realm, and Chen Xiao is the same. I can finally visit the inner sect." Lin Xuan pondered. He didn't know why Chen Xiao hadn't come to trouble him these three days. But that was fine. Now that his cultivation had increased by three layers, the quantity and quality of his true qi had surged, surpassing even ordinary peak Qi Transformation Realm cultivators. His various powerful martial arts, even his artistic conception, could unleash greater power. He no longer feared the other party. After tidying up, Lin Xuan left the small courtyard and headed straight for the Martial Arts Pavilion. He had considered it: now that he was an inner sect disciple, he could enter the second floor of the Martial Arts Pavilion. As a new disciple, he had the opportunity to choose two third-rank martial arts from the second floor. He could use these martial arts to conceal his own. More importantly, he could check if any senior sect experts were stationed on the second floor. Maybe he could replicate something. However, on the way to the Martial Arts Pavilion, Lin Xuan stopped again. He halted outside a square. This square, far larger than the outer sect training ground, was packed with inner sect disciples. In the center of the square, six large arenas were evenly distributed. On the arenas, inner sect disciples were sparring. Inner sect stewards at the mid-to-late stage of the Condensation Rotation Realm presided over the matches. Beneath each arena, stewards and inner sect disciples sat behind tables, seemingly recording something. This scene hinted at what this place was. Lin Xuan scanned the entire area, a glint flashing in his eyes. Although Zhou Yu hadn't mentioned this when he entered the inner sect, he had already guessed a bit. Moreover, he spotted a 'familiar face' here. Then, Lin Xuan decided to skip the Martial Arts Pavilion for now and observe here first. He walked forward. With his strength, he easily reached the front, beneath the third arena. The surroundings were noisy with constant chatter. Lin Xuan listened quietly, watching the two people fighting on the arena, his gaze shifting slightly. "This new disciple is impressive—just at the second layer of the Qi Transformation Realm, he can exchange several rounds with Sun Chenghua at the sixth layer!" "Yeah, I heard he was the former top expert of the outer sect and even displayed an artistic conception during the outer sect competition a few days ago. Though it was just the rudiment of a sword intent, it was already strong. Unfortunately, he ran into that freak Lin Xuan and ended up second, entering the inner sect." "He's been at the betting arena for three days, fighting five or six matches daily, leaving only when his true qi is exhausted. He's probably trying to vent his frustration." "But in the end, he's just a new disciple. It's fine if he fights those at the fourth layer, but challenging the sixth layer is reckless. He should lose soon!" "......" Similar discussions around him never ceased. After listening for a while, Lin Xuan roughly understood. "The betting arena, and... Chen Yuze! What a coincidence!" Lin Xuan chuckled lightly. Yes, that so-called 'familiar face' was Chen Yuze. At that moment, Chen Yuze was on the third arena in front of him, battling an inner sect disciple at the sixth layer of the Qi Transformation Realm. Chen Yuze had already broken through to the second layer of the Qi Transformation Realm, clearly having reached the Qi Transformation Realm for some time during the outer sect competition. On the arena, Chen Yuze used the sharpness of his rudimentary sword intent to make his opponent dodge frequently, afraid to confront him directly. But unfortunately, as an artistic conception, the rudimentary sword intent was extremely powerful, enhancing his sword techniques several times over when used. At the same time, it consumed a massive amount of true qi. Chen Yuze, with only the true qi of the second layer of the Qi Transformation Realm, couldn't sustain it for many moves. After unleashing just a few sword beams, Chen Yuze was already panting, his face flushed, his true qi heavily depleted. After a few more exchanges, Chen Yuze could no longer activate his rudimentary sword intent. His opponent seized the opportunity, sending him flying off the arena with a single strike, resulting in defeat. Lin Xuan shook his head upon seeing this. Then, he ignored Chen Yuze and focused on the arena. This was a great place—both for earning energy points and harvesting spirit stones. Now that his strength had greatly increased, it was the perfect time to come out of seclusion and make a big profit. Not doing so would be a disservice to himself. And also a disservice to this rare, excellent venue.