Only three seconds? He's already the Lord of All Realms, so it doesn't matter.

The next morning, although the cave was simple, Ye Xuan slept relatively peacefully.

After straightening his sleeves and stepping outside, he discovered that he was the last to get up; all the disciples on the first two floors had already left.

Recalling his arrival at the Holy Sect yesterday, he encountered Fang Zhengge and Tang Zhao, and he had not yet properly explored the outer gate of the Holy Sect.

Apart from the Zhaixing Hall located in the center of the main gate, the rest of the Holy Sect's layout is quite scattered, such as the building he walked to here.

"Scripture Pavilion"

Looking up, the pavilion has nine floors, each decreasing in size from bottom to top, like the tip of a pyramid, where the space gets smaller and smaller.

According to Zhao Wusheng's memories, the Holy Sect had a cultivation method specifically for both inner and outer disciples, called—

Nine Departures from the Heavenly Sun

It is said that this method can make the spiritual energy in the body more refined, and make daily cultivation twice as effective.

Of course, in the Holy Sect, you have to buy it yourself; there's no such thing as being provided with it upon joining the sect.

The actual price of "Nine Heavens Sun" is quite high. The first volume alone costs one hundred contribution points. This nine-story scripture building was specially built for it.

The cultivation technique was divided into nine levels, with one scroll sold for each level...

"They really know how to do business."

With Ye Xuan's meager merit points, he definitely couldn't afford even the first volume, but fortunately, he was using Zhao Wu's identity.

Stepping into the scripture hall, one finds it mostly occupied by registered disciples who have accumulated merit points over a long period before daring to exchange them, making it much quieter than the outside.

"Zhao Wu".

He handed the token to the steward in front of the counter, who glanced at it and then looked down to check the register.

"Zhao Wu, a registered disciple, why hasn't he come to collect his credentials these past few days?"

"I was away on a mission, which caused some delays."

The steward glanced at Ye Xuan again, then pulled a brand-new booklet from the cabinet and handed it to him.

"Practice hard. You don't have many merit points left. Going all in might not be a mistake."

Nodding silently, Ye Xuan put the book "Nine Departures from the Heavenly Sun" into his pocket and then left the scripture building.

Fortunately, before Zhao Wu was punished and sent to the wilderness, he bought a copy of "Nine Departures from the Heavenly Sun" at the Scripture Pavilion, so I can now completely inherit all of his property.

Ye Xuan found a relatively secluded dark corner outside the building, and while quickly flipping through the books in his hand, he foresaw the future and activated his powers!

A second later, page 3 was turned.

Two seconds later, page 7 was turned.

Three seconds later, all the pages of the book "Nine Departures from the Heavenly Sun" were turned over, and finally the pages were closed.

Although the outcome predicted three seconds later is worthless, all the information received during those three seconds of foreseeing the future has already been imprinted in his mind.

Upon first reading the first volume, Ye Xuan felt that this technique was not particularly profound, and compared to "The Immortal Willow of Immortality," it was naturally far inferior.

However, if you compare it with the various martial arts in the martial arts world, it can indeed be called a divine technique.

Both are internal energy cultivation methods, but "Nourishing Body Technique" is far inferior to "Nine Departures from Heavenly Yang".

"I wonder if these two can train together?"

Once the idea came to mind, Ye Xuan didn't hesitate and immediately adjusted the flow of spiritual energy within his body according to the rules of "Nine Separations from the Heavenly Sun".

Compared to the gentle approach of "Nourishing Life Technique", "Nine Separations from Heavenly Yang" is much more violent. The spiritual energy runs according to the route in the book, almost rampaging wildly within his body.

If one hadn't thoroughly understood the principles and possessed the ability to introspect and protect oneself, an ordinary disciple practicing this would likely have suffered damage to their meridians.

"Never mind, I'll practice again when I have time later."

Even if he mastered the first volume, it wouldn't help his cultivation much. He'd be better off planting more immortal seeds.

Ye Xuan glanced at the sky; it was already past 9 AM, and the blazing sun was gradually moving towards the center.

"It's time to go to the back mountain."

After carefully putting away "Nine Heavens of the Sun," Ye Xuan first went to the Star-Picking Hall to collect a mission token and a wooden saw, then hurried towards the back mountain outside the south side gate.

When he arrived at the dense forest behind the mountain, there were already many registered disciples busy in the forest.

Ye Xuan didn't go looking for Tang Zhao, but instead headed straight for the unclaimed area he had explored the day before.

The rosewood here grows more densely, and there are no markings on the trunks, making it "wild" wood outside of Tangzhao's business.

Selecting a suitable-sized piece of sandalwood, Ye Xuan placed his hand on the charred bark, his senses simultaneously penetrating it.

The bluish-purple wood grain then unfolded clearly in his mind, and he quickly locked onto the node where the three spiritual veins intersected, which was the best position to cut the saw.

Ye Xuan took out the wood saw from his storage bag, aimed it at the node, and slowly pulled it.

The saw blade cut in, and the resistance was still there... but compared to yesterday when sawing along Tang Zhao's marks, this time it was not only more precise in positioning, but also easier.

The cyan and white energies quietly flowed from his palm into the saw. The wooden saw's spiritual light flickered on and off, and Ye Xuan absorbed all the spiritual energy that leaked out during the cutting process.

However, after only a few breaths, the entire piece of rosewood snapped in two.

The fallen wood had a clean, mirror-like cut, and its bluish-purple grain shone with an inner brilliance. Less than one-tenth of the spiritual energy it emitted was present!

Ye Xuan put it into his storage bag and continued towards the next tree.

Repeating this process, in less than an hour, he had sawed off ninety-nine pieces of pristine sandalwood, leaving only dense stumps in the area.

"Two can be exchanged for one merit point... Are ninety-nine enough?"

As noon approached, Ye Xuan stopped what he was doing and turned his gaze to the depths of the dense forest.

The open space that absorbed souls yesterday is now just a gray sandy area under the sunlight, looking calm and unremarkable.

"Junior Brother Zhao, you're really here all alone today?"

Tang Zhao's voice came from behind him. He saw the other person walking closer with a half-smile on his face.

"My senior brother said yesterday that the unmarked sandalwood is available for pickup, so I came to give it a try."

"Really? If all else fails, I'm not one to hold grudges."

We can still cooperate if we help each other.

An hour ago, he saw Ye Xuan arrive at the back mountain. Tang Zhao was certain that this guy hadn't cut down a single piece of sandalwood yet.

Seeing that Ye Xuan remained silent, Tang Zhao peeked behind him and asked, "Hmm?"

"When were so many rosewood trees felled here...? Am I mistaken?"

However, Tang Zhao, being an experienced hand, still noticed the several newly sawn tree stumps beside Ye Xuan, his eyes filled with astonishment.

"You found the right spot to cut?!"

Ye Xuan, recalling his words from yesterday, turned to him and said:

"Senior brother, didn't I already say that I only have a little talent?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Zhao was furious and gritted his teeth.

"Okay, but this rosewood isn't something you can just chop down and do!"

If the submission fails the acceptance test, it will still be rejected, and you may even face penalties.

Tang Zhao narrowed his eyes, seemingly wanting to say something, but only waited for Ye Xuan to reply:

"Okay, thanks for reminding me, Senior Brother. I'll head back now."

Once Tang Zhao confirmed that Ye Xuan had indeed left the mountain, he immediately returned to that area and touched and examined the smooth tree stumps again and again.

He dared not venture any deeper into the area, but at least he was certain that Ye Xuan had cut down nearly twenty Thunder Sandalwood trees…

At this moment, he was the only one in this area, left alone and bewildered in the wind.

"He must have used some forbidden technique!"