【Lily Foster: Foundation Establishment Stage, Level 2. She is your senior sister and treats you like a younger brother. Current favorability: 2 stars】

　　【Fairy Ruby: Nascent Soul Stage, Level 3. She is your master and greatly appreciates your temperament. Current favorability: 1 star】

　　Treats me like a younger brother?

　　Logan Carter was speechless.

　　As expected, favorability doesn’t mean affection. He mustn’t get ahead of himself in the future.

　　Still, he was quite surprised by Fairy Ruby’s cultivation.

　　She was actually a Nascent Soul cultivator.

　　Even the Outer Sect Grand Elder was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

　　Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul—these were the realms he currently knew of.

　　In other words, Fairy Ruby was the strongest cultivator he had encountered so far.

　　Not bad, not bad!

　　Logan Carter thought to himself with delight.

　　He packed up his things and began to read the Sword Riding Technique manual.

　　He had to master the Sword Riding Technique; otherwise, every time he left the mountain, he’d have to hold onto his senior sister’s slender waist.

　　With his top-tier sword talent, he mastered the Sword Riding Technique in just half an hour.

　　He dripped blood onto the flying sword to recognize it as his own; this method was recorded in the Six Paths of Reincarnation manual.

　　Once everything was done, he walked out of his cave abode, stepped onto the flying sword, and began circling around Jade Serenity Peak to familiarize himself with the Sword Riding Technique.

　　Inside Jade Serenity Hall.

　　Fairy Ruby suddenly opened her eyes, a strange look flashing through them.

　　“Is this really his first time practicing the Sword Riding Technique?”

　　She had previously eavesdropped on the conversation between Logan Carter and Lily Foster.

　　Could he have been lying?

　　If he was lying, why show off his Sword Riding Technique now?

　　Fairy Ruby couldn’t figure it out and decided to observe a bit longer.

　　After flying dozens of laps, Logan Carter quickly returned to his cave abode to cultivate.

　　He began cultivating fire spiritual power.

　　【You have successfully become an inner disciple of the Jade Purity Sect and have begun your first cultivation after entry. You may choose one of the following development paths】

　　【Option 1: Gain prestige and lead Jade Serenity Peak to become the strongest peak. You will receive a supreme-grade magical artifact but offend Fairy Ruby.】

　　【Option 2: Cultivate low-key and remain unknown, gaining Fairy Ruby’s approval. You will receive a movement technique manual.】

　　Logan Carter couldn’t help but put on a pained expression.

　　What the heck?

　　Leading Jade Serenity Peak to become the strongest would actually offend Fairy Ruby?

　　This master is really odd.

　　Could she be a demonic cultivator spy?

　　Logan Carter shook his head and chuckled, silently choosing the second option.

　　He wasn’t interested in supreme-grade magical artifacts; he just wanted to cultivate steadily.

　　……

　　With that, three years passed in the blink of an eye.

　　Logan Carter successfully cultivated his fire spiritual root to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

　　Only the lightning spiritual energy was left.

　　But he couldn’t find any lightning spiritual energy on Jade Serenity Peak.

　　Logan Carter was troubled and decided to visit his master.

　　He immediately got up and left his cave abode.

　　He used the Sword Riding Technique and quickly flew to the entrance of Jade Serenity Hall. He knelt before the door and said, “Master, your disciple has a request.”

　　He didn’t speak loudly, confident that Fairy Ruby would hear him.

　　Before long, the door opened.

　　Logan Carter walked into the hall at a steady pace.

　　He knelt before Fairy Ruby and said, “Master, I have cultivated my wind and fire spiritual roots to the ninth level of Qi Refining. Only the lightning spiritual root remains before I can reach Foundation Establishment. I ask for your guidance—where can I cultivate lightning spiritual energy?”

　　Fairy Ruby opened her eyes and frowned. “You want to cultivate three types of spiritual power?”

　　That’s not all—I’m cultivating six types!

　　“Yes, Master.”

　　Logan Carter replied respectfully.

　　Fairy Ruby said softly, “This path is not easy. The tribulations you’ll face will be stronger than others. You could focus on just one type of spiritual energy for now, and after you reach the peak of Golden Core, it won’t be too late to cultivate the others.”

Chapter 9: Foundation Establishment Stage, Level 3—No Revenge

　　“Disciple wishes to continue on this path. Though it’s difficult, I believe that with my willpower, I can succeed. I am willing to devote all my time to cultivation,” Logan Carter replied.

　　Fairy Ruby didn’t refuse outright, which meant there was still hope.

　　Fairy Ruby looked at Logan Carter with deep meaning and said, “There is a teleportation array in the inner sect that leads to the Lightning Spirit Pool, but staying there for one day costs ten mid-grade spirit stones.”

　　At first glance, that seemed cheap, but for a cultivator, one day was far from enough.

　　Logan Carter said in surprise, “Thank you for your guidance, Master! I’ll go right away!”

　　With that, he got up and hurried off.

　　Fairy Ruby smiled, then closed her eyes again and continued cultivating.

　　……

　　Logan Carter arrived at the inner sect city. He randomly stopped a female disciple and asked, “Senior sister, sorry to bother you, but where is the Lightning Spirit Pool? Could you tell me?”

　　“Go that way, all the way to the end. The place with lanterns bearing the character for ‘lightning’ is the Lightning Spirit Pool.”

　　“Thank you!”

　　“Junior brother…”

　　Logan Carter slipped away quickly, not giving her a chance to strike up a conversation.

　　Wherever there are people, there is intrigue. The fewer friends he made, the less trouble he’d have.

　　What is a friend?

　　You help me, I help you—that’s a friend.

　　But if you have to help, there’s bound to be trouble.

　　Ten minutes later, Logan Carter found the Lightning Spirit Pool pavilion.

　　Entering the pavilion, he saw a teleportation array in the inner courtyard.

　　He directly took out one hundred high-grade spirit stones—booked for three years!

　　If he left early, he could get a refund.

　　The Jade Purity Sect would never cheat its own disciples.

　　The disciples working here were all on assigned tasks, and the owner of the Lightning Spirit Pool was an elder—no one dared cause trouble here.