I gain ten years' worth of cultivation every day, and even geniuses will only see my doorstep!

Just as Qin Yuan settled down, the atmosphere inside a grand hall on the Seventh Peak was so oppressive it was suffocating.

Elder Li sat in the main seat with a gloomy expression, with three young men standing below him.

In the center was a burly man in a purple robe, with a face full of scars and a fierce aura. He was none other than Lei Ba, the sixteenth in the true lineage.

On the left is a tall, thin scholar in a blue robe, fanning himself with a folding fan, his expression indifferent; he is Wen Ruofeng, ranked eighteenth.

On the right is a young man in white carrying a long sword, with a cold and stern face; he is the eleventh-ranked Sword Without Trace.

All three were from the Seventh Peak and were the backbone of the Seventh Peak's true lineage.

"Zhao Wuji has been defeated," Elder Li said slowly, his voice icy. "A humiliating defeat. One punch, just one punch."

Lei Ba sneered, "That good-for-nothing Zhao Wuji is addicted to wine and women all day long. His cultivation hasn't improved at all in five years. He deserves to lose."

Wen Ruofeng, fanning himself with a folding fan, said slowly and deliberately, "Senior Brother Lei, you are mistaken. Zhao Wuji is at the peak of the early Golden Core stage, yet he was defeated with a single punch. Qin Yuan's strength should not be underestimated."

Jian Wuhen held his sword, closed his eyes to rest, as if it were none of his business.

Elder Li stared at the three of them: "Qin Yuan has risen too quickly and has repeatedly opposed our Seventh Peak. If we do not suppress him, he will surely become a major threat in the future."

He paused, then his voice turned stern: "I need you to take action and knock him out of the true lineage!"

The main hall fell silent.

Wen Ruofeng closed his folding fan and frowned, saying, "Elder, Qin Yuan has just been promoted to a true disciple, but he's only ranked twenty-seventh from the bottom. If we join forces to target him, and word gets out, the other peaks will probably laugh at us, the Seventh Peak, for being a sore loser."

Jian Wuhen also opened his eyes and said calmly, "There's no need."

"Unnecessary?!" Lei Ba slammed his fist on the table. "How can it be unnecessary? Was that kid slapping Zhao Wuji's face? He slapped the face of our Seventh Peak! A kid who's been a disciple for less than half a month is riding on our Seventh Peak's head and defecating and pissing. You can tolerate it, but I, Lei Ba, cannot!"

He turned to Elder Li, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and said, "Don't worry, Elder, I'll challenge that brat tomorrow! I'll kick him out of the true disciple sequence!"

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Elder Li's eyes, but when he looked at Wen Ruofeng and Jian Wuhen, his displeasure returned: "Where are you two?"

Wen Ruofeng smiled wryly: "Since Senior Brother Lei is going to make a move, then I won't interfere. However, Elder, I still have to remind you—that Qin Yuan is probably not simple."

Jian Wuhen closed his eyes again: "It has nothing to do with me."

Elder Li snorted coldly and flicked his sleeve, saying, "Suit yourself! Lei Ba, this matter is yours. If you handle it well, 30% of the peak's resources will be allocated to you."

Lei Ba was overjoyed: "Thank you, Elder!"

Inside the main hall of Crimson Flame Peak, Qin Yuan sat cross-legged in the Spirit Gathering Array, but did not immediately begin cultivating.

The system panel floats in front of you:

[System that Increases Cultivation by Twenty Years in a Day]

Current level: 2 (3478/5000)

[Cultivation Points Storage: 0/60 years]

[Cultivation points not extracted today]

Upon being promoted to a true disciple, the sect bestowed upon him a generous amount of resources: five thousand mid-grade spirit crystals, ten bottles of "Condensing Essence Pills" suitable for the Golden Core stage, three high-grade Yellow Rank magic treasures, and an opportunity to enter the third floor of the "Scripture Pavilion" to select a cultivation technique.

Qin Yuan fed all the spirit crystals and pills to the system.

Feeding successful. Level-up progress +500

Feeding successful. Level-up progress +300

The progress bar has reached 3478 points. It's still a distance from the 5000 points required for the upgrade, but it's not far off.

"At this rate, if I stay in the True Inheritance sequence for two months and receive my monthly salary twice, I should be able to gather enough resources for the upgrade," Qin Yuan calculated in his mind.

But now, he faces a choice.

Cultivation at the Golden Core stage is far more difficult than at the Foundation Establishment stage. From the early to the middle stages of the Golden Core, ordinary cultivators need decades of hard work. Even with a system that infuses twenty years' worth of cultivation power daily, it still takes time to accumulate.

Qin Yuan estimated that if he were to extract twenty years of cultivation from today to attempt to break through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, the success rate would only be 30%.

"I might as well wait another day," he decided. "Saving up forty years of cultivation over two days and then making a breakthrough in one go will give me a better chance of success."

He closed his eyes and began to circulate the "Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique" to consolidate his newly broken-through Golden Core early stage realm.

Silent all night.

The next morning, just as Qin Yuan finished his cultivation, Zhou De hurriedly arrived outside the hall.

"Senior Brother Qin, there's something I need to ask..." Zhou De looked somewhat troubled.

"explain."

"Wang Lin, Zhang Hai, and Li Mo, who came with us yesterday... just found me and said... said they want to leave Crimson Flame Peak," Zhou Ming said in a low voice.

Qin Yuan opened his eyes: "The reason?"

"They didn't say the specific reason, but I found out..." Zhou De hesitated for a moment, "It was Lei Ba, who ranked sixteenth, who sent people to contact them, promising that as long as they left Crimson Flame Peak and joined him, they would each receive a monthly stipend of three hundred spirit crystals, and they would also be allowed to cultivate on Lei Ba's mountain."

"Three hundred spirit crystals?" Qin Yuan raised an eyebrow.

This amount is indeed a huge sum for an inner disciple. More importantly, being able to cultivate on the mountain peak of the true disciples is of great benefit to improving one's cultivation level.

"And..." Zhou Ming continued, "Lei Ba said that...that the spiritual energy on Crimson Flame Peak is thin, and that Senior Brother Qin's foundation is shallow, so there's no future for him following you."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhao Tiezhu's furious roar echoed from outside the hall:

"Wang Lin! You three ungrateful bastards! Senior Brother Qin brought you to Crimson Flame Peak and gave you the opportunity to cultivate, and this is how you repay him?!"

Qin Yuan walked out of the main hall and saw Zhao Tiezhu and Lin Qing'er blocking three young men in front of a courtyard halfway up the mountain. The three were Wang Lin, Zhang Hai, and Li Mo, the inner disciples who had come together yesterday.

Upon seeing Qin Yuan, the three men's expressions changed, and they lowered their heads, not daring to meet his gaze.

"Senior Brother Qin..." Wang Lin mustered his courage and said, "We...we want to change our cultivation location."

"Is it because of the conditions offered by Lei Ba?" Qin Yuan asked calmly.

The three of them froze.

Zhang Hai gritted his teeth and said, "Senior Brother Qin, people always strive for higher positions. Senior Brother Lei is at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm, ranked sixteenth, and the spiritual energy on his mountain is thirty percent richer than here. We...we want to pursue a better cultivation environment."

Li Mo also whispered, "Senior Brother Qin has been kind to us, and we will remember it. But ultimately, the path of cultivation depends on one's own future..."

"Bullshit!" Zhao Tiezhu roared. "Back in the secret realm, if it weren't for Senior Brother Qin saving you, you would have been eliminated by the Seventh Peak long ago! Now that you have a little benefit, you betray us. Do you have no conscience at all?!"

Lin Qing'er coldly replied, "Cultivation environment? Senior Brother Qin was able to absorb all the essence from the Heavenly Pool in three days to break through to the Golden Core stage, and he could defeat Zhao Wuji with a single punch. Is such talent inferior to that Lei Ba?"

Wang Lin and his two companions blushed with embarrassment, but their eyes revealed their resolute intention to leave.

Qin Yuan looked at them and suddenly smiled.

"Everyone has their own ambitions." He waved his hand. "If you want to go, then go."

"Senior Brother Qin!" Zhao Tiezhu said urgently.

Qin Yuan shook his head to stop them, then looked at Wang Lin and the other two: "Remember, once you leave this door, don't come back."

The three felt as if they had been granted a pardon and quickly bowed, saying, "Thank you, Senior Brother Qin, for your kindness!"

After saying that, he turned and went down the mountain without looking back.