Chapter 236: Progression Goals
With the sun still high in the sky, a dark Skyrunner could be seen approaching the city of Calm Port, one of the settlements on the westernmost edge of the Luminescent Domain.
The people inside were naturally Li Lang and his group. It had been over a week since they departed from Emberglow City. Traveling from city to city was a refreshing experience for these young cultivators but also tiring. Luckily, their guides from Nightmoon Valley had prepared a comfortable route for them, with cities to rest in each night.
The cities weren’t all an equal distance apart. That meant sometimes they would arrive at these pit stops when night had already fallen while other times the sun would still be near its zenith. For this stop, it was the latter.
Li Lang spent this extra time wisely. He would continue his attempts at artificing while redoubling his efforts to assist his students in training.
Having realized their shortcomings from the encounters they experienced, Li Lang also worked hard with his companions to come up with an improved curriculum. Now that there were several students in the Foundation Establishment realm, and Wei Ping had broken through as well, there was no reason to believe the other students wouldn’t do so in the near future as well.
That meant they could dial back on the experimental nature of their teachings and focus more on refining what worked.
Then, for those who had already broken through, it was time to help them catch up on what they were missing. Every single one of their students rushed their cultivation, as Li Lang prioritized his research about the Foundation Establishment Realm. They were lacking training in Qi arts, combat experience, and all the miscellaneous skills that made a cultivator a well-rounded powerhouse.
For the sake of this matter, he was determined to converse with as many experienced experts as possible and find various Earth-grade techniques to expand their foundational knowledge.
It became the main goal of this trip as the trio realized their chances in the Dark Sea Arena were slim. It couldn’t be helped, as there were too many monsters in this realm who had lived for hundreds of years. Their accumulation wasn’t something they could hope to contest for the time being.
While Li Lang had expected to have to reach Sword Saint Isle before any of these matters would have results, he was happy to be proven wrong. Both his quest to streamline the breakthrough process to the Foundation Establishment Realm and artificing were making quick progress.
For the breakthrough process, Wei Ping happened to have some useful information stemming from his own experiences. He was the only person besides Li Lang to have broken through this bottleneck despite only having grade one aptitude. His insight was quite valuable to Li Lang.
From their conversations, the two suspected that their breakthroughs were successful not only because of the Ascension Technique, but because of moments of extreme determination. For those with low aptitude, the requirements were much more stringent in this regard.