The ink drew across the talisman paper. It wasn’t really fast but it was smooth, almost like a black colored line of water, and then it was absorbed by the talisman paper.
This line was straight. However, when compared to the crooked line before, this line appeared remarkably straight!
A wave of cries in surprise could be heard nearby, it was because this change came too suddenly!
“How did Little Great Uncle-Master just make a breakthrough!?”
When he brandished the brush earlier, it looked like he had so much difficulty. How could he draw so straight all of a sudden!?
While harboring these series of doubts, the outer sect disciples who hadn’t seen much of the world arrived at a conclusion. “Little Great Uncle-Master is deserving of the appellation, Little Great Uncle-Master!”
Although they hadn’t personally tried it out for themselves, no one was a fool.
Just a moment ago, when Little Great Uncle-Master suddenly drew a straight line. Elder Autumn Water’s expression suddenly became ecstatic.
It could be clearly seen from Elder Autumn Water’s expression that Little Great Uncle-Master probably did something incredible again!
In reality, Lu Xun seemed to be quite gifted in the area of thorough control. Or perhaps, the increase in his strength wasn’t reliant on cultivation, but reliant on leveling up. There could be some subtleties in this.
He was no longer simply dedicated to the maximum time. He not only wanted to draw for a full twenty-five minutes, but also wanted to attempt to draw out what he wanted!
If he could really achieve this, then he could be considered as having attained a higher level in the aspect of thorough control!
‘A straight line should be the easiest, this means a curved line would perhaps be a little harder.’ Lu Xun thought.
He attempted and tried to draw a smooth and round curve, just like a ripe peach[1].
The imagery of what he wanted to make already surfaced in his mind, however, his hands just wouldn’t listen to his orders.
Soon, the line turned crooked again.
The outsiders didn’t know that he was attempting to draw a curved line. They only assumed that after Little Great Uncle-master drew a straight line once, he couldn’t hold the brush as firmly as before.
After failing once, Lu Xun attempted for a second time, a third time, and a fourth time…
The curved line he drew was becoming increasingly decent. The people who watched from behind had then realized Lu Xun’s goal.
Shen Yan, who was on Evergreen Peak, smiled slightly. His vicious face, on which ‘not even a single hair grew’, squeezed out an unsightly crease. He said in his screeching chicken-like voice:
“Little Uncle-Master knows how to take advantage of this opportunity. He’s no longer treating this as a trial, but instead, he’s constantly making breakthroughs and perfecting it.”
Yue Heshan whose brain circuitry wasn’t quite normal, immediately responded, “So, Little Uncle-Master is definitely superbly talented. That day when he saw his Sea of Qi, he definitely saw a large river! So I definitely won!”
Up until today, he still constantly thought about the gambling party that had no results so far.
Everyone was fellow apprentices that grew up together all the way here, they understood each other. Everyone ignored him and instead discussed exactly where Lu Xun’s limits were.
Anyway, even if no one paid attention to Yue Heshan, he would just sulk on the side for half a minute before groveling back to join the chat.
These shameless old farts were discussing quite enthusiastically. But soon, they were attracted to Lu Xun again, it was because he successfully drew the first curved line!
He seemed to be really talented in the aspect of thorough control.
After looking at the round and smooth curved line he made, Lu Xun was quite satisfied. He even joked on the inside, ‘Want to try drawing a dragon on the left and a rainbow on the right[2]?’
Once he snapped out of his focus, he took the time to take a glance at the mission progress. He was way too concentrated just now and he didn’t take note.
At this moment, he already held the pen and drew for seventeen minutes. The mission’s progress also reached sixty percent!
Three thousand points of experience value had already arrived in his account—sweet!
Although he was extremely happy inside, his mental state was already somewhat absentminded. His right hand was also almost numb.
He was actually somewhat intoxicated with such a state.
A crazy thought rose from the bottom of his heart, ‘My limit, where exactly is it?’
Lu Xun was truly eager to test it out.
He held onto the writing brush and no longer cared about the time. He also stopped caring about the mission’s progress and instead focused on drawing.
He also no longer cared about whether the line was straight enough, or whether the curved line was smooth and round enough. He simply drew with all his strength!
When his spiritual power was exhausted again, he tapped level up once more without the slightest bit of hesitation!
Instantly, 2,000 points of experience value vanished, Lu Xun directly leveled up to the fourth layer of the Qi Devouring Formula!
Not to mention Elder Autumn Water who was on the scene, even the shameless old farts on Evergreen Peak were on the edge of their seats!
In just a short amount of time, he continuously broke through two tiers!
Though the road of cultivation was mysterious to begin with, it wasn’t exactly impossible to consecutively break through tiers.
Precisely speaking, amongst Shen Yan and the peak masters, which of them wasn’t a superbly talented person? And who amongst them wasn’t a person with great luck?
On their journeys, they also had fortuitous encounters and made all sorts of breakthroughs. And then, they finally became seventh-tier, and eighth-tier elites.
However, for someone to consecutively break through two tiers in a sect trial, this was the first time they experienced it.
It was as if Lu Xun was using his actions to state, “Breaking through tiers is like having a meal for me!”
At this very moment, Lu Xun, whose spiritual power was surging again, drew faster and more unrestrained.
The pen and ink moved unhindered, dragons and snakes followed the brush!
He was continuously pressuring himself, consistently probing his mind’s limits.
The expressions of the outer sect disciples were more solemn and respectful. In their eyes, this was no longer a trial, instead, it was Little Great Uncle-Master teaching by example.
If it were them personally holding the brush, not to mention continuously breaking through two tiers, just breaking a single one would be extremely difficult.
They didn’t know how Lu Xun did it. But for the outer sect disciples who hadn’t seen much of the world yet, this didn’t influenced their feeling of reverence for Little Great Uncle-Master!
He was worthy to be chosen by Sir, he was a true proud son of heaven!
The mountain breeze blew past and Lu Xun’s black robe was blown upwards. He held the writing brush and drew smoothly and easily on the talisman paper. Many outer sect disciples looked at his back and felt that he was really confident and at ease!
A right and proper trial, but in the hands of Little Great Uncle-Master. It seemed to have become a party for him to splash ink!
Everyone watched silently as he wrote and drew, they actually didn’t feel bored or tired of observing him.
The outer sect disciples on the scene started to contribute their prestige value again. And Ji Li, who stood in the first row, not only contributed prestige value but also contributed her favorability.
Her eyes were quite bright as if they had light in them.
Everyone watched for an entire hour!
Everyone simply watched and didn’t feel that it was the least bit uninteresting. Instead, they felt fired up!
At this moment, Lu Xun was almost at his limits, his eyes turned a little dark. If he continued to draw, he really might faint on the spot.
‘I’m almost at my limit.’ He thought.
Half a sexagenery hour[3] was one hour, so it was a full sixty minutes!
The hundred percent completion mark for this trial’s mission was only twenty-five minutes!
Now that he was mentally and physically exhausted, Lu Xun almost couldn’t hold onto the brush. He used up his last sliver of spiritual power to hold up the writing brush before turning and solemnly placing the writing brush back on the tabletop.
It was as if time froze again at this moment, everyone looked at Lu Xun and they couldn’t avert their eyes.
The mountain breeze blew up a strand of long hair on his forehead. He who was in a black robe alongside the black ink on the talisman paper all seemed to have blended into one.
His handsomeness even had an artistic conception.
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[1] Another dirty joke
[2] Lyrics of the song ‘野狼disco” by 宝石gem often played in Chinese TikTok
[3] unit of time in China and East Asia