[If that brat Du Fuwei is here, I must be a disciple of the Unwavering Sword Academy right now.]
Despite their impressive-sounding name, the Unwavering Sword Academy is only a slightly above-average Sect with less than ten thousand disciples, which is considered small when compared to the bigger names out there that boast hundreds of thousands of talented disciples.
[I remember how I cried for three days straight when I was accepted as a disciple, feeling so proud of myself that I'd forgotten to eat for the entire week. Looking back at it, I cannot help but shake my head in shame.]
After walking for some time, on his way to his living quarter, Wu Tianyi entered the Training Grounds, a place where disciples such as himself could practice their sword techniques or other destructive techniques that could not be practiced inside their rooms without destroying something.
Seeing this nostalgic place where he had spent thousands of hours practicing his sword techniques, Wu Tianyi couldn't help but stop walking to look at the place.
However, at this moment, there were less than 10 disciples practicing inside the Training Grounds.
[In my memories, this place is usually packed with disciples. Why is it so empty now?]
After pondering for a few minutes, Wu Tianyi recalled that it is currently summer vacation, the only time during the year that disciples can leave the Sect and visit their families without requiring special permission, as most disciples are not allowed to leave the Sect unless they are on a mission or given special permission.
Unfortunately for Wu Tianyi, he doesn't have any family to visit. In fact, he's never even seen the faces of his parents that had abandoned him before he could learn to speak, hence why he's still around the Sect during a time where most disciples would be away on vacation.
"Ha!"
"Hei!"
"Ya!"
Wu Tianyi's thoughts were quickly interrupted by a female shouting.
When he turned to look at the individual, there was a beautiful young lady practicing sword techniques not too far away from him, and she was drenched in sweat, suggesting that she'd been practicing for many hours without a break.
[Although her movements are sharp and decisive, it lacks experience and technique. Well, you can't blame her for not having a decent swordmaster for a teacher.]
Unbeknownst to Wu Tianyi, he'd just cursed one of the best swordmasters in the Unwavering Sword Academy.
After watching the young lady for a few minutes, Wu Tianyi shook his head and approached her.
"Your position isn't bad, but it's not perfect." Wu Tianyi suddenly said to her.
"Excuse me?" The young lady stopped swinging her sword and looked at him with wide eyes.
Perhaps it was because of his seniority, or perhaps it's because of his own experience, but Wu Tianyi couldn't help but want to correct this young lady before it affects her future growth.
"Your sword techniques are sharp and decisive, but it lacks experience. One can tell that you've never been in a real fight with a sword in your hands before with a mere glance."
The young lady looked to be in disbelief for a moment before speaking, "Oh yeah? Is that right? So why don't you, a no-name Junior Disciple, show me, a Senior Disciple, how it should be done?"
The young lady's voice was filled with sarcasm, but Wu Tianyi did not notice it, or he completely ignored it.
"Then…"
Before the young lady could even react, one of Wu Tianyi's hands grabbed her hand holding the sword while the other hand supported her waist.
"W-What…"
Wu Tianyi used minimal strength and slightly adjusted the young lady's posture while holding the sword.
"This is how you should stand when using that sword technique."
"How insolent! Who do you think I am?!" The young lady suddenly shouted with a blushing face, before swinging the sword in her hands at Wu Tianyi.
"Get your hands off my body!"
Whoosh.
The sword narrowly missed Wu Tianyi, who casually dodged it.
"And that's how you swing the sword. Remember that feeling."
"Eh?" The young lady was pleasantly surprised after realizing what had just happened, as the sword felt much easier to swing than ever before.
In fact, the movement was so smooth that she almost forgot that she was swinging a sword!
By the time she came out of her daze, Wu Tianyi was already walking away.
"W-Wait! What is your name?!" she shouted at him.
"Wu Tianyi."
He said to her before disappearing from the Training Grounds.
"Wu Tianyi…" The young lady mumbled his name before returning to her training, as she did not want to forget that feeling just now.
Sometime later, Wu Tianyi finally reached his living quarter, which was only a small building with one room and a bathroom with a single bed inside. It was simple and minimalistic.
Once he entered the building, Wu Tianyi sat on the hard bed in the lotus position and closed his eyes.
[I am currently 18 years old, and I am a Junior Disciple of the Unwavering Sword Academy. Fortunately for me, my current cultivation base is negligible, so I can destroy it and cultivate from scratch again without harming my body too badly.]
One of the mistakes in his past life was that he'd cultivated an inferior cultivation technique and didn't change to a better method until it was too late, which slowed the speed of his cultivation.
However, in this life, he will begin his cultivation with one of the best cultivation techniques in this universe, the Path of Perfection. In fact, this legendary technique won't be discovered for another million years, so it's practically nonexistent at this moment.
After taking a few minutes to prepare, Wu Tianyi gnashed his teeth and forcefully destroyed the Dantian in his body, something that contained one's cultivation, causing his current cultivation and all of the spiritual energy that he'd gathered for many years to disperse and disappear into the air.
This process is naturally a painful one and filled with risks and not something any sane cultivator could imagine doing. However, Wu Tianyi is not your average cultivator. He was someone who discarded millions of years of effort without batting an eyelid just so he could become even stronger.
Cough!
Wu Tianyi coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood after destroying his Dantian. He was essentially a cripple right now who could not cultivate at all.
In fact, if a cultivator loses their Dantian, it is impossible to obtain another one. However, that is only the knowledge of this time. In Wu Tianyi's head, there were plenty of methods to restore one's destroyed Dantian.
Many hours later, Wu Tianyi successfully created another Dantian for himself, and it was one that surpasses his previous Dantian whether it be size or quality.
[This is the start of my journey that seeks perfection. If I fail again, there won't be another chance…]
After taking a moment to calm his mind, Wu Tianyi began cultivating the Path of Perfection, a technique from the future.
"What a refreshing feeling." Wu Tianyi mumbled after absorbing the spiritual energy around him.
"Compared to before, this speed of cultivation is at least 100 times faster."
A few hours into his cultivation, Wu Tianyi's body suddenly began turning black.
However, it was not as though his skin was turning black. Instead, there were black substances oozing out of his pores.
This black substance is called impurity, natural filth that naturally gathers inside one's body and cannot be disposed of with normal methods.
The only way to force one's impurity out of their body is to cultivate, but even then, one can only achieve such a feat after reaching the cultivation level of Foundation Establishment, which is an entire realm above Wu Tianyi's current cultivation level, which is only the first level of Qi Condensation.
Furthermore, even those at the stage of Foundation Establishment will not be able to release all of the impurities within their body at once.
As for Wu Tianyi, he was only at the first level of Qi Condensation, but he's already removed 90% of his body's impurities, which will allow him to cultivate much faster than anyone else.
After an entire day of cultivation and reaching the third level of Qi Condensation, Wu Tianyi managed to recover his original cultivation base before its destruction, even surpassing it by one level.
[If I continue to cultivate at this rate, I will regain the level of cultivation I have achieved in my previous life within ten thousand years!]
Feeling ecstatic by his progress, Wu Tianyi went to take a shower to wash away the impurities he'd removed from his body.
After cleaning his body, Wu Tianyi prepared for another session of cultivation.