Her aura gradually grew stronger, and her cultivation level increased.

She actually broke through to the tenth level of Qi Refining at this moment!

Lin Yitang was somewhat puzzled. After this competition, with its fighting and self-examination, her cultivation bottleneck had indeed loosened.

But surely it's not time to start making a breakthrough now?

She looked inward and discovered that the spiritual energy was not only from her own breakthrough, but also from the invisible channel between her and the little phoenix that was constantly supplying her with spiritual energy.

A vast amount of spiritual energy flowed into her dantian under the influence of the contract. Her cultivation level also continued to increase under the contract's influence.

She actually broke through her cultivation level because of the spirit beast contract!

Lin Yitang's mind went blank. She sensed that the little phoenix was at least as strong as a Foundation Establishment cultivator!

No, didn't it just break through to the second tier? The second tier is at most the tenth level of Qi Refining, right? How come it looks almost the same as a human Foundation Establishment stage?

She quickly realized that the little phoenix hadn't broken through to the second tier, but rather to the fourth tier.

In the cultivation world, mythical beasts like phoenixes are born with a third-tier cultivation level. This means that the little phoenix that looked like a chick already possessed the strength of a human at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Thinking of this, she broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, the little phoenix was gentle, and she treated it very well; otherwise, she might have been burned to ashes by a phoenix fire one day.

No wonder the little phoenix needed so many resources to break through to the first rank; the contract allowed someone with such high spiritual energy reserves to break through directly.

Her cultivation level, now influenced by the contract, has reached the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining.

Lin Yitang felt as if all the spiritual energy in her body had solidified, becoming abundant and full. She could clearly sense that her cultivation level had been completely stabilized at the peak of the tenth level of Qi Refining, with no room for further improvement.

She tried circulating the spiritual energy within her body. The spiritual energy flowed smoothly through her meridians, just like a rushing river, surging and powerful yet controlled at will.

The spiritual energy reserves have doubled. The aura is also much stronger than before.

She feels that she can beat several of her past selves now!

This delighted Lin Yitang, who quickly sat cross-legged on the futon to compress the spiritual energy, making it denser.

Compress, compress, and compress again.

Before we knew it, night had fallen.

......

The first day after the outer sect disciples' competition ended was noisy throughout the entire Taique Sect.

With the conclusion of the disciple competition, some of the geniuses who achieved outstanding results in the competition have successively received invitations from various peaks. Some of these invitations are for entry into minor peaks, some for entry into the inner sect, and some for becoming personal disciples.

The opportunity was so rare that it thrilled the disciples.

"Haha, I knew it! As long as I perform well in the disciple competition, I'll definitely win the Peak Master's favor!" a Qi Refining Level 9 disciple exclaimed excitedly.

"Yes, we actually made it into the inner sect!" His companion was also very excited.

However, some disciples did not receive an invitation, and they looked at their fellow disciples who did receive one, filled with envy, jealousy, and frustration.

"Why do those ranked lower than me receive invitations while I don't? I'm clearly not that much worse than them!" one of the rejected disciples said indignantly.

"Sigh, there's nothing I can do, I'm too old," his companion comforted him. "But it's okay, at least we made it into the top 100, there's a reward."

At the outer peak of the Taique Sect, the disciples were also discussing this topic enthusiastically.

"Have you received an invitation?" a disciple asked nervously.

"Alas, no. My strength is still far from sufficient," a disciple sighed.

Another disciple replied, "I did receive it, but it's just an invitation to enter the small peak. What about you?"

"Me too, it seems we're not qualified yet."

As they chatted, they couldn't help but mention some geniuses.

"Have you heard? Qin Chong and Zhao Qian from One Sword Peak have both received invitations to become personal disciples. That's really impressive!"

"And Shi Muyue from Beast Taming Peak has already agreed to become a direct disciple of Beast Taming Peak. Min Jingyuan from Array Weapon Peak has also done so, as have Peng Shuirui from Spirit Herb Peak and Xu Xiping from Pill Talisman Peak. These famous outer sect geniuses have each received several jade slips!"

"You probably won't believe it, but the other day when I passed by Lingcao Peak, I saw eight jade slips floating at Peng Shuirui's door. Eight of them!"

"All of us in the outer sect, numbering over a thousand, don't even amount to eight, yet he alone received so many!"

"Me too, me too! I saw six at Xu Xiping's door! Shi Muyue had seven! It's said that the one from the Array Weapon Peak had even more; someone saw ten orbs of light fly into her cave."

Everyone gasped in astonishment. "Ten? That's incredible!"

"This year's disciples are truly remarkable. In previous years, no one has received more than ten invitations, right? This Formation Peak has produced such a genius without making a fuss. Min Jingyuan is truly the best among the outer sect disciples."

"It's truly infuriating to compare ourselves to others. We're all at the seventh level of Qi Refining, yet they receive so many invitations, while only a few of us get one or two. Is this the difference between geniuses and ordinary people?" a disciple sighed.

At this point, one of the disciples couldn't help but ask cautiously, "By the way, did any of you see how many jade slips Lin Yitang from the outer peak obtained?"

"Oh right, everyone's talking about the geniuses of the outer sects of the Eight Great Peaks. Although the outer peaks are not good, there's still Lin Yitang, isn't there?"

Does anyone know how many invitations she received?

Many disciples peeked out and looked around curiously.

The outer peaks have the most, most diverse, and weakest outer disciples. Although Lin Yitang lives in a remote area, there are still many people nearby. Surely someone saw the jade slips sent by each peak that day.

Some disciples were puzzled when no one answered the question.

Logically speaking, when a genius appears in one's own area, it should be widely publicized. Why is everyone silent when Lin Yitang is mentioned?

Could it be that they didn't receive any, so they're not saying anything? That's impossible.

Seeing everyone's silence, a disciple timidly raised his hand and said, "I saw it, the jade slip at the entrance of her cave that day."

"How much? Why won't you say?"

The others strained their ears, waiting for him to speak.

He said, "Because you might not believe it if I told you, and you might think it's fake."

“That day I passed by Lin Yitang’s cave and saw more than a dozen jade slips floating at her door.”

"I counted them, there are about fifteen, including a few from the Eight Great Peaks."

"I'm either an inner disciple or a direct disciple; in any case, I'm definitely going to the Eight Great Peaks."

After he finished speaking, the room fell silent.

Someone picked at their ear, widened their eyes, and exclaimed in disbelief, "Ten, fifteen? Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"It's not that I doubt you, but did you really count them?"

The disciple blushed and said, "It's true. If you don't believe me, ask the people nearby. They all saw it."

At this moment, as this disciple spoke first, others in the crowd responded, "I saw it too."

"Me too."

“I live right there on the outer peak, and I saw it with my own eyes. There were exactly fifteen, no more and no less.”

"And I......"

......

The scene was deathly silent.

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