After Zhu Kai prepared himself mentally, he suddenly discovered a serious problem.
"How do I contact that expert?"
"Expert? Are you there?"
Zhu Kai tentatively lowered his voice and called out a few times, but no one responded.
"Do I need to find a place with no one around and shout loudly?" Zhu Kai looked at Lin Xiao Tian.
Lin Xiao Tian waved his hand.
"I think you'd better wait for him to contact you!"
"He won't forget, will he?"
Just now Zhu Kai was still scared, but now he was worried that the other person didn't want him anymore. Lin Xiao Tian found it both funny and exasperating.
To prevent Zhu Kai from suffering too much, Lin Xiao Tian met with Zhu Kai again that night.
Due to the secret technique, Zhu Kai still couldn't see Lin Xiao Tian's appearance clearly.
"Senior, I've considered..."
As Zhu Kai was about to continue, Lin Xiao Tian interrupted him directly.
He lightly tapped his fingertip, and the next moment, an energy flowed into Zhu Kai's body.
"This is the Tai Yin Jue, take it back and cultivate it well."
"And these pills, they will be of great help to the Qi Refining stage. There are also Foundation Establishment Pills. If you cannot reach the Foundation Establishment stage within half a year, then our fate will be over."
Lin Xiao Tian finished speaking and disappeared without waiting for Zhu Kai to react.
Zhu Kai stood there stunned for a few seconds.
"What's going on?"
"Didn't you say I had extraordinary potential?"
"This is too perfunctory!"
With a series of questions, Zhu Kai took the pills and left.
A few days later, everyone prepared to withdraw from the Black Forest.
However, this time Lin Xiao Tian did not choose to leave. His previously destroyed avatar had been repaired. Lin Xiao Tian simply let the avatar replace him, so he could monitor the academy's every move through the avatar without worrying about being found.
An avatar was not like a clone. An avatar could exert the same strength as Lin Xiao Tian's main body and could also create clones.
As for his main body, Lin Xiao Tian directly stayed in the Black Forest.
The Black Forest had rich spiritual energy and abundant resources. Coupled with Lin Xiao Tian's current possession of the Immortal Slaying Formation, surviving in the Black Forest was not difficult.
Shortly after, everyone left, and Lin Xiao Tian began to prepare the Immortal Slaying Formation.
The Black Forest was rich in spiritual energy, giving it a natural advantage for setting up formations.
Lin Xiao Tian only needed to materialize the spiritual energy to set up the formation.
For safety, Lin Xiao Tian set up the formation at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, which would prevent any unreasonably powerful existences from fighting beyond their level. A Nascent Soul stage fighting a Foundation Establishment stage, no matter how heaven-defying the latter was, they wouldn't be able to win, right?
After making adequate preparations, Lin Xiao Tian stopped hiding and began to absorb spiritual energy.
The advantage of the Shen Nong Heart Method was evident at this time. The spiritual energy in the forest would automatically replenish, and Lin Xiao Tian could absorb it continuously.
Lin Xiao Tian's actions were, naturally, discovered by some beings in the forest.
In the area where Nascent Soul stage creatures resided, a monster with the body of a human-faced spider was the first to provoke Lin Xiao Tian.
"What a special cultivation technique, to be able to absorb spiritual energy so limitlessly. Human boy, come quickly, give me your cultivation technique, and I, Spider Lord, guarantee I will treat you well."
Another golden-bathing, angel-like creature also spoke to Lin Xiao Tian with greed. "Heh heh, such pure physical strength, I, Aleka, declare you the strongest. Come into my bowl."
A bull-headed monster, covered in fiery red, couldn't be left out either. "Aleka, get lost! He's mine. With him, I'm willing to give up meat for five hundred years."
The creatures spoke one after another, their eyes full of greed.
Lin Xiao Tian's Shen Nong Heart Method, which plundered the creations of heaven and earth, was a rare tonic for them. They wished they could devour Lin Xiao Tian right now.
Besides the creatures in the Nascent Soul stage area, there were also some from the Core Formation stage area.
Just as Lin Xiao Tian had predicted, there were many existences with monstrous combat power in the Core Formation stage area. Fortunately, Lin Xiao Tian was cautious.
As for the Foundation Establishment stage area, there were indeed many powerful beings with strong bloodlines, but they were still too weak against Lin Xiao Tian.
Some with insufficient willpower tried to sneak attack Lin Xiao Tian, but without exception, they were all slain by the Immortal Slaying Formation, becoming nourishment for the formation.
Lin Xiao Tian only cultivated at night, hiding his aura during the day.
The main reason for doing this was to guard against humans.
Humans could move freely in the forest, and if he cultivated during the day, they could easily discover him.
But at night, due to the formation in the Black Forest, human divine sense could not be used, making it impossible for them to detect Lin Xiao Tian.
Of course, there were a few who were blind and stumbled upon Lin Xiao Tian, but in the face of the Immortal Slaying Formation, they were all crushed into pieces.
In the blink of an eye, half a year passed.
The academy sent people in again. This time, in addition to Lin Xiao Tian and Zhu Kai, Wan Hao also came.
Originally, Lin Xiao Tian could only bring one person. Wan Hao's presence was due to the quota Lin Xiao Tian gave him, while Zhu Kai earned his spot through his own strength.
"Hahaha, please rest assured, all the instructors from the academy. With me, Captain Zhu, on duty, no demonic beasts will be able to harm you."
Yes.
In half a year, Zhu Kai not only reached the Foundation Establishment stage but also soared to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. Coupled with the Tai Yin Jue given to him by Lin Xiao Tian, he was now the strongest combatant in the academy, second only to the vice-dean. He had also successfully secured the position of captain of the security team, and even Zhu Yu's attitude towards him had improved.
"Then we will have to trouble Captain Zhu," Zhu Yu said.
"Hahaha, it's all part of my duty, Instructor Zhu, no need to be so polite," Zhu Kai said with a scratch of his head, very politely. Then he winked at Lin Xiao Tian's avatar and Wan Hao. "Old Wan, Old Xu, stay close to me, this forest is dangerous!"
Now, Zhu Kai's greatest concern was his two brothers, no longer the stranger woman without an engagement.
Within the team, someone said to Zhu Yu.
"Speaking of which, Sister Zhu, aren't you betrothed?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yu's face immediately turned red. "It's an engagement arranged by the elders."
"Heh heh, Sister Zhu, Captain Zhu clearly gained some fortune in the Black Forest. Look at his rapid progress over the past six months. His martial skills are also incredibly powerful. He can even fight the vice-dean to a draw, and the vice-dean is at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. Sister Zhu, you are truly lucky."
Hearing this, Zhu Yu's face became even redder.
"But I heard that your engagement was canceled?"
The beautiful woman turned her head and found that the person speaking was a胖子. This person was Instructor Wang, who had entered the Black Forest with Zhu Kai earlier. After half a year, he was still at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Sister Zhu never made her stance clear back then."
"Oh! What are you doing? Does this need a stance? Do you think our Brother Zhu is an idiot?" Instructor Wang's sharp and sarcastic nature remained unchanged.
Ever since the academy's martial arts competition, when he confronted Zhu Kai with his Phantom Moon Demon Wolf spirit pet and was tragically defeated by Zhu Kai, he had completely fallen under Zhu Kai's banner. He was absolutely obedient to the strong.
"Instructor Wang, please speak politely. Are you calling Captain Zhu an idiot?"
"Oh, I didn't say that. You said it yourself. Besides, if I think someone is an idiot, it would definitely be others?"
"Others? What do you mean? Speak your mind!"
"What do I mean? Does this need explaining? Anyway, I'm not talking about Instructor Zhu, that's for sure."
"You..."
Instructor Wang took advantage of the situation and left, which greatly angered the female instructor who was speaking up for Zhu Yu.
But Instructor Wang enjoyed the pleasure of being remembered and being unable to do anything about it.
"Sister Zhu, don't mind this fatso," the female instructor comforted her.
Zhu Yu just nodded, but looking at Zhu Kai's retreating back in the distance, she felt immense regret.
Although Instructor Wang spoke rudely, every word he said was to the point.
In the past, she treated Zhu Kai with indifference, but now he had gradually become someone she could no longer reach.