Already finished?
With a long exhale, Lei Kongming opened his eyes and stretched his body, producing cracking sounds.
After selling the mind-calming pills to Lei Chen, Lei Kongming directly returned to his courtyard and entered seclusion. He only woke up from cultivation after using all the spirit stones he obtained from selling the mind-calming pills.
At this time, Lei Kongming's cultivation has reached the peak of the Qi Refining realm, only a step away from the Foundation Building realm. However, only Lei Kongming himself knows that with the Gold Swallowing Beast like black orb and the Little Gold Swallowing Beast like Black Dragon Immortal Arts, he would probably need insane amounts of resources which will probably be enough to bankrupt a general foundation-building cultivator.
To prevent any chance of leaking the Black Dragon Immortal Arts, Lei Kongming didn't keep any servants. Now, he didn't know how much time had passed since he entered seclusion. So, after walking out of his courtyard, the first thing Lei Kongming decided to do was ask someone when the Purple Cloud Palace Trials would start.
Lei Kongming heads towards the patriarch's hall. On his way, he encountered a team of guards patrolling the area.
"When will the Purple Cloud Palace selection start?" asked Lei Kongming, to the team leader.
"Eh?... Purple Cloud Palace selection?... Young master, it already finished yesterday….Eh?"
The guard who was answering Lei Kongming blinked in surprise when he realized that Lei Kongming had disappeared at some point.
"Young Master Kong's strength is becoming more and more formidable at such a young age, even I can't sense him leaving. It seems that he is not far from the Foundation Building Realm." the guard muttered to himself, impressed by Lei Kongming's progress.
Lei Kongming is now running towards Lei Shilong's courtyard instead of going to the patriarch because the person coming from the Purple Cloud Palace to supervise the selection is Hu Ling, Lei Shilong's wife, and Lei Longwei's mother.
As soon as Lei Kongming reached Lei Shilong's courtyard, he knocked on the door and without waiting for long, someone came to greet him. Surprisingly, this person is Lei Longwei.
"Brother Kong, you are finally out of seclusion, but it seems that you are a little late." Said Lei Longwei with a regretful tone.
"Bah... Brother Long, I treated you as my good brother, but you didn't even come to wake me up from cultivation."
Hearing this, Lei Longwei clucked and said, "Tsk, Brother Kong, you're very skillful at throwing the pot away. Don't you know that it is taboo in the clan to disturb someone during their cultivation unless it is a life-and-death situation?"
Lei Kongming just smiled when he heard this because he also knew about this. He was trying to annoy Lei Longwei, and this unwritten rule is not only limited to the clan, but every cultivator considers disturbing others during their cultivation a taboo. This is because it is easy to cause injury, and in severe cases, it may even lead a cultivator to become crazy or die.
"Brother Kong, you don't need to worry too much. You can try it in the next Purple Cloud Palace Trials. I believe with your talent; you can easily get selected."
"Hmm" Lei Kongming agrees with Lei Longwei's opinion while nodding. With the help of Black Dragon Immortal Arts and the Black Orb, Lei Kongming has the confidence to be stronger than most disciples of the Purple Cloud Palace.
However, the main problem is resources. The primary reason why he wants to join the Purple Cloud Palace is because of resources. As far as he knows, there are several spirit stones monopolized by the Purple Cloud Palace, which means the resources the palace can provide to its disciples are far more abundant than what a foundational clan like his Lei clan can provide.
"Brother Kong, I'm very sad to leave you behind like this, but don't worry, I will definitely write you letters from time to time."
'I don't expect Brother Long to be so loyal. Maybe I will stop teasing him in the future… or only tease him just a little,' thought Lei Kongming. But before he can be happy for too long, Lei Longwei's next words make him have black lines on his forehead.
"In those letters, I will tell you about the amounts of resources I receive, the powerful techniques of the Purple Cloud Palace, and the beauties I meet. Don't worry, even if my cultivation surpasses yours, I won't bully you… at most, I will exchange some pointers with you from time to time."
Lei Kongming's face grew darker and darker as he continued to listen to Lei Longwei. He felt like he had returned to Earth and was now listening to the neighbor's kid show off about getting admitted into a good university.
Soon, both of them reached the living room. At this time, Lei Shilong was waiting on the side while Hu Ling was setting food on the table.
"Hello Aunt Hu, you're finally back. I really missed Aunt Hu's cooking. Now that you have come, I can enjoy your cooking happily."
"Xiao Ming, you're finally out of seclusion! I thought I wouldn't be able to meet you this time. And your mouth is still as sweet as ever. Come, have a seat."
"Hehe, sure, Aunt Hu."
...…
After a hearty meal, Lei Kongming relaxed a little and finally started inquiring about the Purple Cloud Palace selection.
"Aunt Hu, I heard that the Purple Cloud Palace Trials finished yesterday. It seems that I have missed it."
"Here, take the admission token," saying that, Hu Ling flicked a purple-colored token toward Lei Kongming.
"Eh?" Looking at the token in his hand, Lei Kongming was dumbfounded.
'That's it? You can get the admission token so easily? Does this count as me using a backdoor... I kind of like this feeling,' Lei Kongming thought to himself.
Seeing Lei Kongming's expression turn from puzzlement to a silly smile, Hu Ling could understand what he was thinking.
"Don't overthink. The supervisors who visit different cities are just there to filter talented people based on their spiritual roots and cultivation levels. Now, you have to take this token to the Purple Cloud Palace, where the next level of trials will begin, which is also the real test," Hu Ling clarified.
Hearing this, Lei Kongming understood that this level of trial was just to find potential people who had a chance to enter the Purple Cloud Palace. However, this also puzzled him because if the supervisors intentionally excluded some people or gave tokens to someone who was not qualified, what would the Purple Cloud Palace do?
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