Time passed minute by minute.

From early morning to late at night, except for eating, I practiced hard under Lu Yao's supervision.

Finally, Huangtian paid off and successfully fell out of the Qi training realm and became an ordinary person.

"As long as you persevere and practice diligently like this, even if you cannot become an unparalleled powerhouse, you will definitely be able to gain a firm foothold in the sect."

"Let's stop here for today's practice. I'll give you these two spirit-gathering pills. We'll continue tomorrow."

Lu Yao patted Zhou Ze's shoulder with satisfaction, confident that with her full training, Zhou Ze could pass the outer examination.

Only Zhou Ze knew that if he worked hard for one day, he would work in vain for seven years, so he complained: "If I continue to practice like this, I should eventually become a fertilized egg."

"What did you say?"

"Nothing. Goodbye, Elder Lu."

Zhou Ze accepted the elixir, Sayazi escaped from the cave, and let out a sigh of relief.

If you want to be free from bugs, the most direct way is to leave Tianjian Sect.

But without the protection of Tianjian Sect, there is no guarantee that enemies will not come to your door.

"It seems that I have to think of other ways to quickly improve my strength."

"As long as the speed of increasing my strength is higher than the speed of declining strength, I can still become stronger."

Zhou Ze muttered to himself, racking his brains to think of new ways to fix the bug.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he looked at the two spirit-gathering pills in his hand.

Under normal circumstances, monks taking spirit-gathering pills can stabilize their foundation and improve their strength.

Isn’t it okay to just do the opposite?

Zhou Ze thought of this, and finally saw the dawn of hope in his heart that had been tortured to despair by Lu Yao.

Without any hesitation, I went straight to Zongmen Market.

After arriving, Zhou Ze placed two spirit-gathering pills on the table and asked the appraisal elder behind the counter: "Elder, how many waste pills can be exchanged for these two spirit-gathering pills?"

"The second-grade Spirit Gathering Pill is indeed a rare good thing."

"Hey wait, what did you just say? You want to change the waste elixir?"

The appraisal elder's eyes widened in disbelief.

Although the waste elixir is also made from medicinal materials, the reason why the waste elixir is added with the word "waste" is because it has no medicinal effect and cannot be used.

Forced refining will cause your cultivation to regress at best, and become a demon at worst.

If a pill like this is given for free, no one will want it.

Therefore, the waste elixirs refined by the sect's alchemists every month will be collected and disposed of uniformly every month.

"Well, how many can I exchange for?" Zhou Ze asked.

"Do you know what the consequences of refining waste elixirs will be?" the appraisal elder asked seriously.

"I know, just tell me if you can change it." Zhou Ze gradually lost his patience. I can't tell you that the useless elixir is like a useless pill to you, but it is like a treasure to me, right?

"It just so happens that this month's waste elixirs haven't been disposed of yet, so I've given them to you." The appraisal elder took out a small black bag from the storage ring, which was filled with hundreds of waste elixirs.

"Thank you!" Zhou Ze accepted the elixir with satisfaction and quickly left.

"What a madman!" The elder appraiser looked at the retreating figure, shook his head and sighed.

After leaving Zongmen Market, Zhou Ze found a secluded and uninhabited cliff, opened the bag, grabbed a handful of waste elixirs, and stuffed them into his mouth like jelly beans.

Very crispy.

The taste is rather bitter and a bit mushy.

"Take Waste Pill: Spiritual Power 200."

"Taking Waste Pill: Poison Resistance 50."

…

Listening to the voices that kept ringing in his mind, Zhou Ze couldn't even close his mouth with laughter.

This speed is much faster than beating the Dantian.

After eating these hundreds of waste pills, you will definitely be able to return to the Qi Gathering realm, or even reach a higher realm!

"Uh..." Zhou Ze burped as he ate, even the taste was bitter.

"It's getting late, it's time to go back and take a good nap." Zhou Ze stood up, patted his butt, and walked down the mountain leisurely, returning to his residence.

The residence of the outer disciples is very simple and belongs to Datongpu for ten people.

When Zhou Ze came back, the other nine people were all practicing seriously.

Zhou Ze took a shower and lay lazily on the bed, still muttering, "The most important thing in cultivation is to balance work with rest. Everyone should pay more attention to rest."

"The top ten disciples in this outer sect assessment will receive precious sect rewards. Of course they must practice hard."

"What's the use of telling him this? A loser like him can't even pass the test, let alone break into the top ten!"

"If Elder Lu hadn't protected us everywhere, he would have been expelled from the sect long ago to avoid holding us back!"

The disciples became more and more excited as they talked, especially when they saw Zhou Ze's mean smile.

"Taking mental damage: Mental 10."

At this time, a young man in white robes spoke, "Jing Jing, there is no need to disrupt our practice for a loser who is about to be expelled from the sect!"

"Taking mental damage: Mental 10."

"Yes, Senior Brother Zhang!" All the disciples nodded in agreement and soon became quiet.

"Okay, then you continue to work hard, I'm going to sleep." Zhou Ze curled his lips and immediately lay down to rest.

The young man in white robes is named Zhang Zheng. He is a leader among the outer disciples of this generation and possesses the strength of the late stage of foundation building.

In this external examination, he has the best chance of entering the top three.

He is highly talented and works very hard, so he attracts the attention of the elders.

Buzz!

At this moment, a powerful wave of air swept through the entire room.

Everyone opened their eyes in surprise and looked in the direction where the air wave spread. It was Zhang Zheng!

"Senior Brother Zhang, have you made a breakthrough?" a disciple asked in shock.

"Well, after months of hard training, I finally reached the peak of foundation building!" Zhang Zheng nodded proudly.

"There are only three peak foundation-building masters in the outer sect. It seems that Senior Brother Zhang is qualified to compete for the top spot in the assessment!" The disciple said flatteringly.

The smile on Zhang Zheng's face blossomed, and he put on a preaching look, "Actually, as long as you are willing to sink your mind and practice hard, step by step, you will be able to catch up with me sooner or later."

"Senior Brother Zhang is saying that we must also work hard and practice hard! We won't sleep tonight!"

"That's right! The external examination is coming soon! We must make full use of the time!"

Other disciples responded one after another and practiced hard all night.

"Uh..." Zhou Ze, who was lying on the bed, burped again and fell asleep soon after.

"Being lazy: Spiritual power 20."

"Being lazy: Spiritual power 20."

…

A night of silence.

A touch of fish belly white gradually appeared on the horizon, and the early morning sunshine shone on the faces of the nine disciples, making them appear so energetic and hardworking.

Only Zhou Ze slept until he was woken up by peeing, and then reluctantly stretched out.

Seeing that they were still practicing, Zhou Ze was slightly surprised, "Are you working too hard?"

"Trash like you won't understand." A disciple said coldly and sarcastically.

"Taking mental damage: Mental 10."

"Well, I really don't understand." Zhou Ze curled his lips, stood up to pee, and checked his own realm.

You won’t know if you don’t look at it, but you will be shocked when you look at it.

After a night of improvement, the realm has reached the peak of Qi Gathering Realm!

One step further up is the foundation building realm!

This strength is enough to gain a firm foothold in the outer sect.


Chapter completed!