CHAPTER 45: CHAPTER 20: ADVANCEMENT RITUAL (PART 3)

It’s like trying to engrave a poem onto a grain of rice; the eyesight is sufficient, but the hand isn’t steady enough.

Ye Yuxuan had been working on this problem for some time, and it all suddenly came together last night during sitting meditation. It felt like finally donning a cool, light robe in the increasingly hot season, lifting her spirits from the inside out.

Does practicing the Micro-Entry Skill require meditation? Often, it’s unnecessary, unlike monks meditating. But sitting meditation is essential for introspection in certain states to grasp and control one’s inner state.

Wu Yanjun had been through this before. Seeing his junior sister’s appearance, he instantly guessed it. In fact, when he initially suggested designing the promotion ceremony this way, he was already about sixty to seventy percent confident.

So does transitioning from an ordinary person to a Tier One Sorcerer, like an imitator of the Micro Realm Sect, require a promotion ceremony? Of course, it does.

Achieving keen perception ability requires calm observation, and the prerequisite for calmness is emotional control. Wu Yanjun completed this step in the detention center, under the design of Master Zhang Yanfei.

Think about the kind of people detained in a place like the detention center— many "guests" carry heavy hostility, and slight friction can cause an outbreak. In such an environment, extreme emotions are easily magnified.

The first thing Zhang Yanfei taught Wu Yanjun was emotional control, and of course, if Master hadn’t secretly helped suppress conflicts, Wu Yanjun’s first promotion ceremony wouldn’t have been easy to succeed.

It’s incorrect to say Tier One Sorcerers have no emotions; their keen perception ability makes their emotions far richer than those of ordinary people. For example, they aren’t necessarily braver than ordinary people but tend not to panic, scream, or faint.

This is crucial because as perception ability strengthens, one becomes aware of many things previously unnoticed, might even see things ordinary people can’t and experience inexplicable sensations, known as spiritual sense.

Tier One Cultivators possess spiritual sense; it’s just not clear yet. Without sufficient calmness in this state, they are often disturbed.

Ye Yuxuan advanced to Tier Two, marking the successful plan between the brother and sister, but He Kao’s problem still remains unresolved.

Wu Yanjun: "It’s certainly good that you could promote this time, but you can’t do this again. It’s wrong to steal things, no matter how you slice it, since you could just pay him for it if you really wanted it!"

Ye Yuxuan blinked and said: "Xiaowu, have you ever considered something else? What I did was actually beneficial for him!"

Wu Yanjun: "What benefit?"

Ye Yuxuan: "Isn’t there someone else secretly watching He Kao?"

Wu Yanjun: "Yes, there should be."

Ye Yuxuan: "His original pendant seemed problematic even to my dad. After taking it and carefully discerning, we found it wasn’t as it seemed. The pendant I made might have poor craftsmanship, but anyone can see it’s not worth noticing.

If he were still wearing the original pendant, someone might still target him, and danger could ensue. I replaced it with something that wouldn’t attract trouble, which counts as a form of protection for him."

Wu Yanjun: "Why do I feel... you’re forcibly justifying yourself here."

Ye Yuxuan: "Just say if it’s reasonable!"

"At most, it’s a fluke!" Wu Yanjun pondered and then said: "Since that’s the case, I’ll have to find him once more to explain clearly, because the item has already been returned."

Ye Yuxuan: "You seem quite concerned about him."

Wu Yanjun: "He’s not bad. We’ve had drinks together, and we get along well—he’s worth befriending."

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