"That's right, it's the Immortal Mortal Technique." Mo Wuji said affirmatively. This cultivation method was everywhere, and there was no need for him to hide anything.

It took Cen Shuyin a while before she asked uncertainly, "Mo Junior Brother, is it the Qi Training Foundation?"

Mo Wuji said with some embarrassment, "You could say that, but this technique does indeed have another name, the Immortal Mortal Technique."

Cen Shuyin rolled her eyes at Mo Wuji speechlessly. What did he mean, 'you could say that'? The Immortal Mortal Technique was originally the Qi Training Foundation. The reason it was called the Immortal Mortal Technique was to sell it better, using the name it had in ancient times. At that moment, she was even more certain that Mo Wuji was only at the Meridian Opening Realm, because the Immortal Mortal Technique was originally the Qi Training Foundation and didn't have a method to construct a spirit qi wall.

Mo Wuji naturally didn't know what Cen Shuyin was thinking. He didn't have a master, and he only knew a little about Spirit Building, which was that after he opened up a hundred meridians, he would naturally break through the twelfth layer of the Meridian Opening Realm and then successfully build his spirit. He also didn't pursue a spirit qi wall during Spirit Building; what he formed was spirit qi waves, one wave following another.

After Spirit Building, he continued to circulate his energy according to the Immortal Mortal Technique's path, progressing all the way to the ninth layer of the Spirit Building Realm. Until now, he hadn't encountered any bottlenecks in his cultivation. Or rather, after breaking through the Meridian Opening Realm, he hadn't encountered any bottlenecks.

"Mo Junior Brother shouldn't be short of the spirit stones to buy a cultivation method, right? Why cultivate a common human-grade Qi Training Foundation?" Cen Shuyin asked with some doubt. Judging from the time Mo Wuji spent cultivating in the lightning refinement room, he shouldn't be so poor that he couldn't afford a cultivation method. Besides, even if he couldn't afford it, it was very cheap to buy cultivation methods with contribution points at the Wen Tian Academy. It could be said that as long as they were disciples of the Wen Tian Academy, they could afford the Wen Tian Academy's cultivation methods.

Mo Wuji told the truth, "Senior Sister Cen, when I first bought the cultivation method, I was really short of spirit stones. In other words, I couldn't afford it. Later, when I had spirit stones, I thought the Immortal Mortal Technique was not bad, so I was too lazy to change it."

Cen Shuyin said seriously, "I suggest that Mo Junior Brother change to a different cultivation method if you have the opportunity..."

She originally wanted to advise Mo Wuji not to refer to the common Qi Training Foundation as the Immortal Mortal Technique in the future, but she swallowed the words back down when she remembered that she wasn't very familiar with Mo Wuji. As for the other thought she had, hoping that Mo Wuji would create the second form of the Heavenly Lightning Seven Strikes and exchange it with her, it had long disappeared.

Mo Wuji's cultivation of the Immortal Mortal Technique, accidentally stumbling upon the creation of the Void Thunderclap on the incomplete Heavenly Lightning Seven Strikes, was already a great stroke of luck. As for the remaining six forms, haha, let's just forget about that.

Cen Shuyin stopped talking, and Mo Wuji naturally had even less to say.

It wasn't a short journey from the Wen Tian Academy to the Extraterritorial Battlefield. It wouldn't do for the two of them to just sit there like this, so Mo Wuji took the initiative to say, "Senior Sister Cen, this flying chariot can be separated. How about I go into closed-door cultivation for a while?"

"Of course, Mo Junior Brother, feel free to go into closed-door cultivation. I'll call you when we arrive," Cen Shuyin said immediately. She also greatly admired Mo Wuji's diligence. Although Mo Wuji's aptitude was ordinary, his diligence in cultivation was truly undeniable.

After speaking, Cen Shuyin tapped a button on the flying chariot, and the space inside the chariot was immediately divided into two halves. Cen Shuyin pointed to the entrance of the other half, "Mo Junior Brother, go in there for closed-door cultivation. It will take at least a month to reach the Extraterritorial Battlefield."

"Then thank you," Mo Wuji said gratefully.

He was currently extremely eager for strength. It wouldn't do to just sit around for more than a month.

...

Alone in a small room, Mo Wuji took out a pile of spirit stones and sat directly on top of them. Mo Wuji was very clear about his cultivation situation. Ordinary spirit qi was simply not enough to help him cultivate.

In just a dozen breaths, the spirit qi around Mo Wuji formed a spirit qi vortex, sweeping towards the location of Mo Wuji's various meridians.

Cen Shuyin looked at Mo Wuji's cultivation room with surprise. She clearly felt the strong fluctuations of spirit qi. Wasn't this Mo Wuji's aptitude very poor? How could he cause such spirit qi fluctuations?

In fact, these spirit qi fluctuations were truly small-scale for Mo Wuji. Even so, in just a few days, the pile of spirit stones that Mo Wuji took out had turned to powder, which showed Mo Wuji's crazy absorption of spirit qi.

Unfortunately, Mo Wuji's cultivation was still at the ninth layer of the Spirit Building Realm, and he hadn't even reached the middle stage of the ninth layer.

Mo Wuji was very helpless. He had guessed that after cultivating in the spirit refinement room with its rich spirit qi and with top-grade spirit stones, it would probably be more difficult for him to advance in the future. Now it seemed that it was really difficult.

He was a little unwilling and took out another pile of spirit stones. Half a month passed, and this pile of spirit stones also turned to powder. Mo Wuji was still some distance away from the middle stage of the ninth layer of the Spirit Building Realm.

Somewhat disappointed, Mo Wuji didn't continue cultivating. Cultivating in this kind of situation could indeed improve his strength, but for Mo Wuji, it was not only too slow, but it also lacked a sense of satisfaction.

Even without a spirit refinement room or top-grade spirit stones, it would be good to cultivate with a spirit stone mine. Mo Wuji quickly shook his head; he was thinking too much. Every spirit stone mine was something that sects fought over; he was lucky to encounter a spirit stone mine in the Lost Sky Ruins.

After collecting all the spirit stone powder, Mo Wuji simply took out Chu Xingzi's explanation of formations. After copying this thing down, he hadn't had time to study it yet.

Compared to cultivation, Mo Wuji was more quickly immersed in the Dao of formations. Another twenty-odd days passed, and Mo Wuji didn't feel the passage of time at all. He only subconsciously ate a fasting pill when he was hungry.

On this day, Mo Wuji was deducing Chu Xingzi's elementary defense formation when he heard Cen Shuyin knocking on the door and calling him.

Had they arrived at the Extraterritorial Battlefield? Mo Wuji quickly put away his things, opened the door, and walked out.

"Senior Sister Cen, have we arrived?" Mo Wuji asked, looking at Cen Shuyin standing outside his door.

Cen Shuyin nodded, "Although we haven't arrived at the Extraterritorial Battlefield, we have arrived at a base of the Wen Tian Academy. This is the territory of the Starry River Empire and is also close to the Thunder Mist Forest. This area of the Extraterritorial Battlefield is the responsibility of the Wen Tian Academy and several large sects of the Starry River Empire. If we want to earn alliance contribution points, we have to go to the Hundred Sect Alliance's base to apply for alliance contribution point tokens."

"Is it Chang Luo City?" Mo Wuji asked quickly.

Cen Shuyin shook her head and said, "Chang Luo was destroyed; it's now a ruin. The place we're going to is An Yang. I heard that this city is second only to Chang Luo City in the Starry River Empire. You've been in closed-door cultivation for a month; your cultivation should have improved a lot, right?"

Mo Wuji replied awkwardly, "I'm ashamed to say that my cultivation is still the same as before, without the slightest movement."

Cen Shuyin sighed inwardly for Mo Wuji. If your aptitude is too poor, even if you work hard, your achievements will be limited. Mo Wuji must have taken out a pile of spirit stones, but ended up having to put them back. It was really a pity that with Mo Wuji's diligence in cultivation, if he had a top-grade spirit root, his achievements would probably exceed those of most inner disciples of the Wen Tian Academy.

"Senior Sister Cen, what's the matter with the alliance contribution point token?" Mo Wuji didn't think he was a pity at all.

"In order to resist extraterritorial cultivators, all the sects of the five great empires, including the Wen Tian Academy, have united to form the Hundred Sect Alliance. Of course, the sects participating in the Hundred Sect Alliance are far more than a hundred. All cultivators of the five great empires can sign up to kill enemies for the Hundred Sect Alliance. Once they sign up, they will be issued a Hundred Sect Alliance identity jade token. Killing any extraterritorial cultivator earns contribution points. These contribution points are recorded in the identity jade token, and they can not only be exchanged for various treasures in the Hundred Sect Alliance, but also in various sects and even the Wen Tian Academy," Cen Shuyin explained.

Mo Wuji was immediately moved. He didn't know there was such a thing as contribution points when he came here. He came here entirely for trials and to find a way to advance to the Earth Realm.

If he could have both trials and contribution points, that would be perfect.

"But Senior Sister Cen, how does the Hundred Sect Alliance know how many extraterritorial cultivators I've killed? And how are the points calculated?" Mo Wuji asked again.

Cen Shuyin replied, "Because these identity jade tokens that can record contribution points are refined by experts of the True God Realm. It is said that they record information based on the soul dispersion state of the extraterritorial cultivators. Once you kill an extraterritorial cultivator, the information about the extraterritorial cultivator's soul dispersion before death will be recorded in the identity jade token, and then the identity jade token will automatically display contribution points. The stronger the opponent you kill, the stronger the soul dispersion information, and the higher the score recorded by the identity jade token."

Mo Wuji rubbed his hands; what a great place. He had already decided that if he wanted to advance, he had to go to the best spirit refinement room of the Wen Tian Academy. If he wanted to go to the best spirit refinement room of the Wen Tian Academy, without spirit stones, contribution points would be the same.

Seeing Mo Wuji looking eager to try, Cen Shuyin could barely suppress her urge to laugh. Was killing extraterritorial cultivators and earning contribution points that simple? If it were that simple, the five great empires wouldn't have been forced into this state.

...

The flying chariot landed outside An Yang City. Just as Cen Shuyin put away the flying chariot, two cultivators came over to inquire. When these two cultivators saw Cen Shuyin's stunning beauty, they almost forgot the purpose of their coming here.

Cen Shuyin took out her jade token and said, "Wen Tian Academy disciple here to report. May I ask where the alliance base is?"

The two cultivators suddenly woke up; this was a disciple of the Wen Tian Academy, and if they angered her, they wouldn't even know how they died.

"Two seniors, the alliance base is in An Yang Palace. Today, Senior Yin Ku, who is ranked twenty-third on the contribution list, is passing through An Yang. Starry River Emperor and Li Huo Sect Master Qian Zhenyan are accompanying him..." One of the cultivators seemed to be trying to please Cen Shuyin and spoke in even more detail.

Cen Shuyin followed up and asked, "Which senior of my Wen Tian Academy is responsible here?"

That cultivator quickly replied, "The one in charge here from the Wen Tian Academy is Senior Ni Nan of the Formation Gate. He should be in closed-door cultivation at the base, studying the Dao of formations."

Cen Shuyin nodded; this was more like it. She didn't know who that Yin Ku was, but just passing through An Yang wasn't enough for the person in charge of the Wen Tian Academy to come out and accompany him.

"Old Five is a Goose."