My Master Knows It All

56: Chapter 52: A Stroke Turns Someone into a Master_1 56: Chapter 52: A Stroke Turns Someone into a Master_1 Cao Zhen signed his name and entered the front courtyard of the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace, where the decoration was very simple.

There were no precious objects on display, yet the place exuded an aura of profound simplicity.

Hum!

Hum!

Two powerful streams of Spiritual Energy suddenly soared into the sky, causing the air around to quiver slightly.

Cao Zhen turned around and saw to his surprise that it was Chang Tiance and Xu Ruyi at the signing area who had achieved Enlightenment!

In the path of cultivation, other than breakthroughs in Cultivation Base causing changes in the surrounding environment, only Enlightenment could cause such a phenomenon.

Enlightenment is different from breakthroughs.

Breakthroughs mean the strength has reached the next stage, and combat power has greatly increased.

Enlightenment, on the other hand, does not mean a sudden surge in power, but an increase in one’s foundation…

It is a deep understanding of the path of cultivation!

It is a massive growth of one’s foundation!

Some also call this increase in foundation ‘Dao Lineage’!

A breakthrough in Cultivation Base does not mean you will have the ability and opportunity to make another breakthrough.

Enlightenment is different!

Enlightenment indicates the possibility of multiple breakthroughs in the future!

Some might manage to break through ten times in their life yet never experience Enlightenment!

Others may not have a single breakthrough for most of their life, but they suddenly gain Enlightenment once.

After that, their days are marked by rapid successive breakthroughs, three times, five times, ten times, or even twenty times.

Enlightenment!

It is a fortuitous chance that cultivators can encounter but not seek!

In the world of Immortal Cultivation, there is even a saying that one moment of Enlightenment benefits a cultivator for a hundred years!

It doesn’t mean that a moment of Enlightenment increases one’s cultivation strength by a century but that a single moment of Enlightenment can benefit a person’s cultivation journey for the next hundred years.

“Are the newcomers this fierce nowadays?

Signing a name, declaring their path, and they achieve Enlightenment?”

Cao Zhen heard someone speaking behind him, and turning around he discovered that seven or eight Cultivators, dressed in the attire of various peaks, had emerged, all bearing the noble air unique to outstanding individuals.

The woman who walked at the forefront and spoke was a rare sight in the Immortal Cultivation world, with refreshing short hair, and she possessed long legs and a slender waist with twin peaks, creating an image that dazzled anyone who saw her, naturally drawing their gaze towards her.

When the group saw that two of the three newcomers had achieved Enlightenment, their attention naturally turned to Cao Zhen, and they all furrowed their brows.

The Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace had its unspoken rules, and one of them was to crush the confidence and pride of newcomers.

Generally, those who managed to come to the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace were either immensely potential talents with excellent gifts or those who had accomplished significant feats for their Sects.

Such people often arrived with an inner pride, thinking of themselves as the chosen ones, the proud children of Heaven.

Furthermore, it was also a tradition of the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace.

The eight who had come out had all been taught a lesson by previous trainees when they had first arrived at the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace, and naturally, they wanted the newcomers to experience what they had gone through.

However, what they hadn’t expected was that among the new trainees this time was a Peak Master!

How to deal with a Peak Master, none of these eight people had any experience with it!

For a moment, they all focused their attention on the leading short-haired beauty.

“Yu Haitang, what should we do?

This is a Peak Master…

How do we teach him a lesson?”

Yu Haitang stared at Cao Zhen for a moment, bit her silver teeth, and said, “Just follow the old rules!

Hasn’t the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace ever had Peak Masters come by?

According to what the seniors of the Immortal Palace said, no one in the history of the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace has ever been left unscathed, so the past Peak Masters must have had their lessons too.

That’s why the saying ‘In the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace, there are no distinctions of rank or seniority’ has been passed down.”

The other seven thought about it and felt that it indeed seemed to be the case, and suddenly their courage swelled considerably.

Cao Zhen couldn’t help but want to laugh when he heard these people’s conversation.

These would-be bullies were actually discussing how to bully someone right in front of their potential victim?

“Esteemed Peak Master, you’ve heard,” Yu Haitang said to Cao Zhen with a cupped-fist salute, without a trace of the shame a schoolyard bully should have, quite naturally, “It’s the rule of our Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace that all newcomers, no matter their status, must be bullied at least once.”

Cao Zhen knew that this rule was somewhat similar to the rules of entering a prison: newbies would be disciplined by the veterans to set them straight, letting the newcomers understand that the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace was far more formidable than the outside world, to prevent them from thinking too highly of themselves and not cultivate with humility.

If he hadn’t seen his parents in China Cloud on the way here, Cao Zhen, after hearing this, might have turned around and left.

He had China Cloud in his possession, after all.

Couldn’t he just slowly cultivate on his own?

Why should he let himself get beaten up?

But having just visited his parents in China Cloud, Cao Zhen had an unprecedented desire to improve his strength quickly.

He felt that getting beaten up was nothing compared to bringing his parents over earlier.

“To trouble a senior Peak Master?

Did you ask me?” Chang Tiance came out from his moment of enlightenment, not minding that Xu Ruyi had a slightly longer period of enlightenment than himself, and quickly asserted his position.

He stepped forward to salute Cao Zhen with a fist, “The junior was ignorant!

Please forgive me, senior!”

Cao Zhen was just preparing to get beaten and enter the fray early, but when someone knelt down to block his way, he pouted.

Was Song Huizong really that powerful?

Looked like these two kids had an epiphany just from seeing my calligraphy.

I didn’t even write my name seriously, it was just casual writing.

If I had written it with care, wouldn’t these two kids have ascended on the spot?

“Senior!

I understand that because of your status, you find it inconvenient to take action against them, fearing criticism for bullying the weak,” Chang Tiance said in that moment, certain that Cao Zhen was self-assured in his status, “Allow the junior to resolve this matter.”

Cao Zhen was stunned for a moment before realizing—did this guy, just because of those couple strokes of writing, start thinking of him as some peerless expert?

Chang Tiance, having seen the world, had some understanding of cultivation, and since Cao Zhen’s casually written words had led him to an immediate enlightenment, naturally regarded Cao Zhen as a noble figure.

“Having received the senior’s favor, allow the junior to settle this matter on behalf of the senior,” said Chang Tiance, saluting Cao Zhen again before stepping forward.

That moment of enlightenment was crucial for him.

Though it hadn’t caused a sudden increase in his cultivation base, it had given him a completely new understanding of all his spells.

It could be said that although there was no rise in cultivation base, Chang Tiance’s combat prowess had soared in that short time.

Facing peers who had entered the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace earlier than he did yet, he was equally filled with confidence.

At this point, Yu Haitang became happy.

Fighting someone of the Peak Master’s status would naturally cause an instinctive discomfort in her heart.

If it were a disciple from another peak, she could go all out.

Knowing that the other party had been cultivating in the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace for some days and that their cultivation base might be much higher than his own, Chang Tiance thus said, “I know that the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace is a place where one’s cultivation can grow rapidly…”

Yu Haitang couldn’t help but laugh when she heard this, and the seven people following her also showed nearly identical smiles because they had said the same thing when they first arrived, and thus understood precisely what Chang Tiance was thinking—he was trying to provoke a fight on equal cultivation grounds.

“You mean to say that if we’ve got the guts, let’s fight on equal cultivation terms, right?” Yu Haitang directly interrupted Chang Tiance’s words, “Alright then, we’ll do just that.”

Chang Tiance also smiled, knowing that cultivation in the Hidden Dragon Immortal Palace led to rapid advancement, but he was no pushover!

Besides, he had just had an epiphany that many would not experience in their lifetimes!

Forget after the enlightenment, even before it, Chang Tiance firmly believed that there were few who could match him within the same realm!

Now, after his enlightenment, Chang Tiance felt that he was nearly invincible among his peers, or at least easily among the top ranks.