Tiger Girl's golden eyes shone brightly, filled with belief: "I want to cultivate to perfection!! Achieve perfection in everything!"

...

After dinner.

Night time.

Xu Ran disciplined himself for an hour, progress +100... progress +100...

"Today's perfection!"

"Time to draw some talismans."

It was only 6:30, and Xu Ran had already completed today's progress, drenched in sweat, he dashed into the bathroom.

Shortly after.

Xu Ran felt refreshed, all clean.

Sitting at his desk, he spent four hours drawing 180 Little Purification Treasure Talismans.

"Only 360 talismans today? Not bad. Getting closer to ten thousand. Just 14 days to go."

Little Purification Treasure Talisman, is the second hardest talisman he learned.

Spending a bit more time on it is no problem.

"Time to sleep!"

Xu Ran dangled himself on the air wall, contentedly drifting into dreamland.

...

The next day.

Still maintaining self-discipline from early morning.

Joining him in his efforts were Tiger Girl and Zhu Yuheng. They worked diligently for over an hour before Zhuge Golden and the others joined the competition.

No other way.

The energy of super geniuses is completely different. If they also woke up at six for self-discipline, their bodies and will wouldn't hold up.

As for Xu Ran...

He's an outright monster...

Human nature inherently has laziness!

Even Yue Realm experts struggle to defy the instincts etched into their DNA.

Working hard for a day, ten days, two months, maybe one can grit their teeth and persevere, but extending it to years, even a decade, will inevitably lead to slackening and indulgence.

However, in Xu Ran's case, there's no trace of slackness - for over 3,150 days, day and night, burning out crazily.

His willpower and persistence are awe-inspiring—over nine years, he hasn't conceived even a slight desire for indulgence, finding even self-discipline a joy.

It's truly terrifying...

...

"Little Ran, go to the safe zone's treasure vault and choose your reward!"

While training hard.

Ye Ping landed on the wall.

Xu Ran sheathed his blade: "Wait a moment, I've recently drawn quite a lot of Little Purification Treasure Talismans... I'll bring them all over."

Twelve days had passed.

Even though he wasn't drawing Little Purification Treasure Talismans like crazy, and some were used up, he had accumulated 2800 of them. Added to the 1000 previously drawn in the safe zone, the progress had reached 4000 points!

Efficiency was still very high, worthy of praise.

Taking the treasure talismans.

Xu Ran headed out.

Tiger Girl gazed enviously: "Brother Ran, can I join you on your adventure?"

Xu Ran couldn't help but laugh: "..."

"You just want to devour cake and ice cream along the way, don't you?"

Tiger Girl gave herself away: "It's an adventure."

Xu Ran shook his head: "I'll take you shopping some other time."

Tiger Girl grinned slyly: "Yay!"

...

Conversations last when there's something to say, fade when not.

After more than two hours.

Xu Ran arrived at the safe zone's treasure vault.

Administrator Lin Shou greeted Xu Ran with a hearty laugh: "You've been coming here quite often, haven't you? It's only been a dozen days since the last visit, right?"

Xu Ran smiled politely: "Hello, Uncle Lin."

"I brought 2800 Little Purification Treasure Talismans, already activated on the way, you can stick them in the vault."

Lin Shou was surprised: "So many? Your efficiency is amazing, thanks for the hard work, kid."

Taking a thick stack of talismans.

Lin Shou's eyes were serious.

2800 talismans, plus 1000 from before, making a total of 3800! The potential for purification is considerable.

He patted Xu Ran's shoulder with a smile: "Based on the Celestial Summit Pavilion's merit calculation, you can select four Divine Level treasures, if they're Super Tier treasures, you can choose freely, with no restrictions, but... you can't take everything away."

Xu Ran was slightly surprised: "My privilege?"

Alright alright, I'm starting to look forward to it!

If Celestial Summit Pavilion overlooked the power of Companion Wood and I get a lucky find, that would be truly interesting.

Xu Ran skillfully walked into the vault.

This time he started selecting treasures from the first level!

Half an hour later.

Xu Ran chuckled awkwardly: "It must be on the seventh level. The seventh level, where's there are items dropped by the gods, should have treasures like Companion Wood."

Stepping into the seventh level of the vault.

Now, the seventh level was starkly different from previous visits.

Everywhere were pasted with Little Purification Treasure Talismans, golden and glimmering, the pollution floating in the exhibition hall had thinned by over twenty times.

The Qi Blood Lamp Lighting Skill's consumption dropped sharply.

All thanks to the Little Purification Treasure Talismans.

No doubt, the talismanic system is truly impressive.

"The Nameless Heavy Spear..."

Xu Ran walked over and tossed the heavy spear up and down. No change in expression, no heavy breaths.

Ye Ping sighed: "Looking back to just over two hundred days ago, you couldn't even lift it then. Your power has grown so fast."

Xu Ran smiled lightly, with a tinge of regret.

Unfortunately, the Nameless Heavy Spear cannot be devoured.

However, he did find something worth devouring.

A piece of gold-like wood, with golden veins, dazzling and eye-catching; staring at it for long brings a nauseous sensation.

It seemed like a small offshoot from a bizarre giant tree, and nobody knew its effect or use, so it just stayed on the seventh level of the vault.

[Detected the remnants of the Golden Mother Tree, long aged, it has lost its vitality, devouring it may grant Venerable Golden Blood.]

Xu Ran's eyes brightened.

Picking up the Golden Mother Tree's remnants.

Ye Ping was curious: "You've been into branch-like treasures a lot lately? Could it be that you have the capability to devour weird branches?"

Xu Ran nodded, casually explaining: "It's similar to the origin of the myriad tribulations flame. Just imagine it working in the same principle."

Ye Ping: "Got it."

In that moment.

Xu Ran devoured the remnants, gaining 0.5 Venerable Golden Blood.

"Not bad, not bad! Let's keep browsing. There should be more."

An hour later.

Having explored the entire seventh level of the vault, Xu Ran felt invigorated, managing to find 18 odd pieces of wood in total, collecting 9 drops of Venerable Golden Blood!

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