Chapter 645: Chapter 417: Revealed

When hiring someone to forge a weapon, there were two options: seek out a Master of Weapon Forging in the city, or find someone within the Celestial Strategy Academy.

The Celestial Strategy Academy was not lacking in experts in Weapon Forging, among both its teachers and students. Compared to the Weapon Forgers in the city, Xu Yang trusted the students of the Celestial Strategy Academy more. He didn’t feel comfortable handing over such a large piece of Celestial Star Tungsten Steel to outsiders. However, whether he hired someone in the city or at the Academy, no one would help him for free; he had to pay them.

For forging a Middle-tier Spiritual Weapon, the fee would be at least several dozen to a hundred credits. The price for a High-tier Spiritual Weapon was even more outrageous, definitely costing hundreds of credits. He simply couldn’t afford it. Yet, forging such a top-notch material into a mere Middle-tier Spiritual Weapon would clearly be a waste. If he did it himself, his current level of the Weapon Forging Skill—despite his continuous study—would only allow him to forge a Basic-tier Spiritual Weapon.

"I should ask around for the price before making a decision," he resolved.

Putting away the Celestial Star Tungsten Steel, Xu Yang got up early the next morning and hurried to the Spirit Tower.

[Dragon Symbols Heart Scripture - Third Layer (5631/10000)]

"Twelve days of Closed-door Cultivation in the Spirit Tower should be enough to push the progress of the Dragon Symbols Heart Scripture past eight thousand. I can also use this opportunity to reveal my Celestial Essence Third Level Cultivation to the public," Xu Yang mused to himself.

Since Liu Gao had already broken through to the Celestial Essence Third Layer, it was completely reasonable for him to break through around this time as well. After that, he could gradually accelerate his cultivation speed, paving the way to eventually reveal his Spirit Bone.

"The Spirit Tower’s effectiveness is dropping," he thought. After breaking through to the Celestial Essence Third Layer, the Spirit Tower’s effects had sharply diminished for him. When he was at the Celestial Essence Second Layer, cultivating in the tower for three days was enough to increase the progress of the Dragon Symbols Heart Scripture by nearly a thousand. But now, three days of cultivation only yielded about half of that.

Of course, it wasn’t that the Spirit Tower was actually weakening. Rather, as his Cultivation increased, the Spiritual Qi required for his progression was much greater than before. Realistically, the amount of Spiritual Qi he had processed through Refinement in three days was more than what he used to process. The main reason his Cultivation progression wasn’t as significant despite the increased Refinement of Spiritual Qi was that his Spirit Bone devoured the majority of it.

The more his Spirit Bone developed, the stronger its ability to compete with him for Spiritual Qi became. For anyone else, the Spirit Tower’s effectiveness wouldn’t have plummeted so drastically.

Arriving at the Spirit Tower, he found a long line already forming. Most of the people waiting were students from Basic Class A. At this stage, aside from Lu Ren, everyone in Basic Class A had reached Celestial Essence Second Layer Perfection, so they frequented the tower the most. Sweeping his gaze over the crowd, Xu Yang spotted Wan He, Du Ziming, Li Chuyang, and several others, all exuding the aura of Celestial Essence Second Layer Perfection.

"Brother Xu!"

"Are you here for Closed-door Cultivation too, Brother Xu?"

"Nonsense, who comes here for anything other than Closed-door Cultivation?"

"Brother Xu was gone for four months, so he must have gained quite a bit. I bet he’s here for Closed-door Cultivation to break through to the Celestial Essence Third Realm."

Several people greeted Xu Yang and struck up a conversation upon his arrival.

"Indeed, I’m here to attempt a breakthrough to the Celestial Essence Third Realm," Xu Yang replied with a smile, admitting it openly.

Hearing this, Fan Yi’s voice instantly deepened. "Are you confident, Brother Xu?" Since Xu Yang ranked higher than him on the Celestial Strategy Wind and Cloud List, he was naturally curious about his situation.

"I have some confidence, but not much," Xu Yang said, keeping his words modest.

As soon as he finished speaking, Du Ziming’s snide voice cut in. "Quit your bragging. So many people here are trying to break through to the Celestial Essence Third Layer, and no one dares to claim they are confident."

"If you aren’t confident, that just means you’re useless. Just because you don’t have it doesn’t mean others don’t," Xu Yang shot back bluntly.

Du Ziming sneered. "Fine. Then we’ll wait a few days and see if you speak to us with the status of a Celestial Essence Third Level Strong Person." He didn’t believe Xu Yang’s so-called confidence at all. Many of the people present had come here four or five times without successfully breaking through to the Celestial Essence Third Layer. How could Xu Yang possibly succeed on his first try? If the Celestial Essence Third Layer were so easy to break through, this group of top-ranked geniuses on the Lingyun List wouldn’t be stuck.

"He’s full of hot air. Does he think he’s a second-tier genius?" Li Chuyang shook his head inwardly, similarly doubting Xu Yang’s chances of success. Back in the Purple Sun Sect, they had both gone into Closed-door Cultivation to push for the Celestial Essence Realm at almost the same time, yet Xu Yang had succeeded several days later than him. Now, having undergone Closed-door Cultivation in the Spirit Tower three times himself, Li Chuyang didn’t even dare to claim he was confident.

"How arrogant. Just because his rank on the Celestial Strategy Wind and Cloud List surpassed Liu Gao’s, he thinks he’s in the same league as geniuses like Sun Tao and Li Yunfei." Wan He let out a cold sneer, keeping his thoughts to himself. He remained silent. Saying anything now was premature; he would wait a few days for Xu Yang to fail his breakthrough before mocking him.

It wasn’t just Du Ziming, Wan He, and those who had friction with Xu Yang. Even some students who had no conflict with him felt he was boasting a bit too much.

"Xu Yang only said he had some confidence; he never said he was guaranteed to break through to the Celestial Essence Third Layer." Fan Yi frowned. He didn’t want to get involved in the grudge between Xu Yang and Du Ziming, but he was highly displeased that Du Ziming had twisted his words to attack Xu Yang.

"If he can’t break through, how can he call it confidence?" Du Ziming laughed.

"You’re twisting the concept. Who comes here without at least some degree of confidence? If you don’t have even a sliver of confidence, Du Ziming, did you just come here to play around?" Fan Yi scoffed coldly.

Xu Yang smiled. "Brother Fan, there’s no need to pay attention to this kind of person. It only lowers your own status."

Hearing this, Fan Yi nodded immediately and said no more. Du Ziming’s face turned ashen, but he didn’t want to provoke Fan Yi any further. If he kept talking, he’d end up handing Xu Yang another ally.

Time passed, and it was soon Xu Yang’s turn. He stepped forward and directly chose to use twelve days of time in one go.

This action immediately caused an uproar.

"Looks like he really is confident."

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