own beside them.Hearing her grandmother's matter-of-fact answer, Xie Yujia felt dizzy. The classmate she saw every day, was the 'Little Brother' that had been on her mind!And now Hao Ren was running a...Chapter 317: Seeking Another Training Ground!

On the beach, within a neat circle, Hao Ren stood.

The gray-white sword qi streaked across the sky, leaving behind a straight trail of light as it pierced through the clouds.

Searing Heaven's Thunder to refine his body.

The Split Light Sword Shadow Art was both a sword cultivator and a thunder cultivator.

In the fifth layer of heaven, when faced with Bai Sha Sect’s encirclement attack, Hao Ren accidentally broke through the second level of the sword array and unleashed the Two Dragons Emerging from Water Formation. This also opened several acupoints in his dragon丹 (dan).

Back on ground, Hao Ren hurriedly went to Zhao Hongyu's studio to learn and help out. He didn't have time to rest, so now he could only use pure heavenly thunder energy to solidify his meridians.

A thin bolt of lightning followed Hao Ren’s sword qi trail, guiding it toward the sea.

Boom! It struck Hao Ren's headtop, scattering sand and rocks everywhere.

The power of the thunder was also the purest form of elemental energy. After dispersing, it turned into a gentle stream flowing into Hao Ren’s meridians. For cultivators, these were punishing bolts of lightning; but for Hao Ren, they were nourishing elixirs!

Not only would they not damage his meridians, on the contrary, as long as the intensity was appropriate, it could actually nurture them!

The expanded meridians due to dragon丹 (dan) opening and sword array deployment hungrily absorbed this pure heavenly thunder energy, filling the gaps in the pathways for spirit energy flow.

If one wasn't cultivating all five elements together, a single bolt of lightning like this would knock out an inner alchemy stage or shock level cultivator!

Tinkle tinkle...

The phone Hao Ren placed outside the circle suddenly rang.

Seeing another heavenly thunder about to descend, Hao Ren had no choice but to withdraw his chaotic sword qi used as an ignition source and roll out of the danger zone's circle.

Hao Ren, bare-chested, pulled out his phone from his pocket. "Hello."

"Ren, you have class tomorrow. Why are you still wandering around by yourself at night" Yue Yang’s voice came through the phone.

"Just taking a walk and heading back soon..." Hao Ren exhaled lightly.

Behind him, that deviated bolt of lightning struck the distant sea surface, causing three-meter-high waves to surge up.

"The weather forecast says there will be heavy rain today. Come back quickly," Yue Yang continued urging on the phone.

"Alright, alright." Hao Ren could only agree.

Originally, he wanted to practice alone and not drag Xie Yujia along. However, this might have instead raised his mother's suspicions.

Hao Ren put on his clothes and with a forceful push of his feet, he moved like a character in kung fu movies, leaving shallow footprints in the sand as he dashed towards the villa by the sea.

To avoid his parents discovering his condition, he deliberately chose to practice far from the villa at a very secluded place. He had told them that he was just going for a walk nearby, but in reality, he was already more than one or two kilometers away!

With spiritual energy coursing through his heels, Hao Ren performed the "Flying Sword Technique" he learned on the Fifth Level of Heaven; covering nearly two kilometers, he returned to the villa's entrance in just a minute!

"You're still going out for a walk at night." Upon seeing Hao Ren push open the door and enter, Yue Yang slightly criticized him.

Hao Ren was halfway through his practice but had to return, so he felt somewhat depressed as well. "Just going for a stroll..."

"The weather forecast says there will be heavy rain tonight; you're still wandering around outside and not afraid of catching a cold Besides, Yujia just arrived at our home; try to spend some time with her." Yue Yang approached him and said softly.

"Oh, oh..." Hao Ren could only agree.

Actually, given his current constitution, he wouldn't fall ill even if he stood in the rain for a day or night. Moreover, as long as he erected an energy barrier, not a single drop of rain would touch him.

"Recently, there's been some unusual weather patterns in Donghai City; the meteorological station has set up 86 observation points to monitor coastal pressure and cloud layer changes round-the-clock." Yue Yang casually added more information.

With such abnormal climate conditions, she didn't want Hao Ren walking around at night. The monitoring of macroclimate is a key project for the country, and these data are very important in predicting natural disasters.

"Mm..." Hao Ren guessed that recent changes in the weather were probably due to more cultivators from above the Fifth Level of Heaven coming down to explore the First Level. The fluctuations of spiritual energy would certainly cause high-altitude cloud layer changes.

Especially for small sects like White Sand Sect, if they could come down to patrol, one can imagine how many cultivators might be sent by larger sects.

The last time the Nine Dragons Palace appeared and caused hundreds of human cultivators to gather over Donghai City, resulting in half of them falling to their deaths. Although this event passed without much ado, those sects that suffered losses would definitely not be satisfied with it.

Frequent visits by humans above the Fifth Level to explore the First Level was a sign. Upon thinking about this, Hao Ren felt he should inform Su Han about it.

Those human cultivators certainly didn't abide by the rules and always viewed ordinary people as insignificant insects; if they suddenly appeared in low altitudes flying on their swords, that would be a huge scandal.

The ordinary people of today were not what they used to be. Who knew whether cannons or flying swords would prevail

"Hey, hey, what's wrong" Yue Yang waved her hand in front of Hao Ren’s face and asked.

Hao Ren finally snapped out of his reverie at the sight of her waving her hand before him. "Where is Yujia"

“She went to rest in her room after seeing you leave." Yue Yang replied, then glanced at Hao Ren and said, “She’s more diligent than you; she must be reading inside while you’re always wandering around without knowing what you're busy with.”

Hao Renxin said that he was busy saving the Earth, so how could he have time to read books. However, what his mother said made sense; since Xie Yujia lived here, it wouldn’t be right to neglect her.

"Mom, if you don't need anything else, go upstairs and rest early. I'll go see Yujia," Hao Ren said.

“I still have to accompany your grandma…” Yue Yang smiled as he walked up the stairs. In the past, he was busy with work and rarely spent time with his family, so there were deep grievances from his mother and grandmother. This job transfer would give him more time at home to comfort his grandma.

Tap tap... Tap tap... Hao Ren headed towards the room on the ground floor and knocked on the door.

"Who is it!" A vigilant voice came from inside the room.

Hao Ren was taken aback, then realized that this was Zhen Ciming’s room. Xie Yujia's room was next to him.

Clatter... More sounds of jewelry colliding were heard from within the room.

Zhen Ciming hurriedly put all his treasures into its spatial pocket as he thought Hao Ren would enter and take a look. This fellow was extremely wealthy, yet he was so miserly that he didn’t give others even a shred.

Hao Ren turned around and knocked on the door beside him, "Yujia..."

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"Hmm I'm here! Come in!" Xie Yujia's crisp voice rang out from inside.

Upon hearing her response, Hao Ren gently opened the door.

Xie Yujia was wearing a white fleece pajama set and sitting cross-legged at the foot of the bed.

Her black hair hung loosely, still slightly damp as if she had just bathed.

Although she expected Hao Ren’s visit, her face flushed a little when he walked in.

"What are you doing" Hao Ren asked.

“Meditating and practicing,” Xie Yujia smiled awkwardly. “But it seems to have no progress.”

She diligently practiced but, due to her limited talent, she remained stuck at the third or fourth level of the Qi Refinement Stage. On the contrary, her "disciple," Zhao Yanzi, surpassed her teacher and was close to achieving perfection at the tenth level of the Qi Refinement Stage and ready to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Take it easy, this can't be rushed either." Hao Ren said.

Back then, he had put in a lot of effort to reach the third layer of the Spirit Condensation Technique as well.

"Did you help at Aunt Zhao's place today" Xie Yujia asked while stretching her legs and massaging her shoulders.

Xie Yujia often played basketball, and she had excellent flexibility. Any casual movements looked graceful.

"Well, they wanted me to stay for dinner, but I thought it would be better to come back, so here I am,"郝仁 said.

"Your host family is very nice to you,"謝雨嘉 smiled and looked down as she spoke.

"Yes..."郝仁 exhaled in relief, at a loss for words.

Rush-rush-rush...

Outside, a sudden torrential rainstorm began.

The rhythm of the rain mingled with the waves of the sea, instantly making this small room on the first floor feel warm and cozy.

"That little girl Zhao Yanzi seems to have quite a talent for cultivation,"謝雨嘉 continued.

She could sense that Zhao Yanzi was advancing faster than her. Practicing the same technique, but the aura she exuded was different.

"Don’t worry about it, you’ll improve gradually too. Zhao Yanzi has a solid foundation, while you need to explore step by step,"郝仁 said.

The sudden departure of Granny left謝雨嘉 feeling isolated again;郝仁 could now understand why Yue Yang suggested he spend more time with謝雨嘉. Compared to Zhao Yanzi, who was doted on by her parents,謝雨嘉 living as a guest in their home felt somewhat marginalized.

"Yes, I plan to cultivate all night tonight and see if there's any improvement,"謝雨嘉 nodded determinedly.

She wasn't trying to compete with Zhao Yanzi but wanted to catch up to郝仁. With a foundational understanding of cultivation, she could now feel the unintentional pressure郝仁 exuded.

To ordinary people, it was merely an aura; for cultivators, it signified his level!

Seeing her determined expression,郝仁 smiled and left the room to return to the living room.

Beyond the large window, a deluge was pouring down.

In such darkness, who knew how many human cultivators were sneaking into the airspace above Donghai City

The Elder from the Donghai Dragon Clan responsible for rain probably wouldn’t detect them either.

Originally, a rainy day was ideal for lightning cultivation, but with both parents at home, sneaking out might not be appropriate. After some thought,郝仁 decided to go back and meditate indoors. However...

The fifth layer of the sky, with its rich spiritual energy, seemed like an excellent place for cultivation...

One hour of cultivation in the fifth layer was equivalent to three hours in Donghai City... If one could induce lightning here for body refinement, what would be the effect...

And if one could find a secluded valley on the fifth level and establish an abode...

The practice method for cultivating all five elements wouldn’t reveal his status as a dragon.謝雨嘉 was a genuine Qi Refiner; Zhao Yanzi had lost her Dragon Core and now followed the Qi Refining Decree, while陸琳琳and陸莉莉were not dragon clan cultivators...nging up the phone."Alright. Oh, by the way, Grandma asked you to come over and play sometime," said Hao Ren."I know," replied Xie Yujia softly before hanging up.At that moment, Hao Ren felt a bit dis...