"What's there to regret," Ji Jiayu said. "You saved me here from Guangming City, taught me to practice, gave me strength, and reasoned. I must repay you with all my might. It's normal to face some obstacles and difficulties."

"But I still have to apologize." Wang Yinlan was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, and then smiled bitterly.

Even if Ji Jiayu had repaid his kindness, even if he could understand and accept it, he would still feel sad if he heard and saw so many people opposing and questioning him with his own eyes, especially those who opposed and questioned him, or the people he wanted to protect. At first, he might not have any idea, but over time, a thought would inevitably arise in his heart—why?

"Alas." Wang Yinlan sighed lightly. She only hoped that those people from the Guangming Clan would wake up sooner, and the person before her would most likely be the savior of the Guangming Clan's future!

"In short, don't be discouraged. We support you," Wang Yinlan said.

Ji Jiayu smiled gently, "Okay."

He knew who Wang Yinlan was referring to as "we": the high-ranking leaders of the Sacred Sect, the true rulers of Sacred Chenghai, and the guides of public opinion. As long as they supported him, people's attitudes toward him would change sooner or later.

This made Ji Jiayu feel a little relieved. Just as Wang Yinlan had thought, even though Ji Jiayu was very clear about his inner thoughts, he would still feel a little uneasy if the people he protected opposed and questioned him.

"Let's go back and rest first," Wang Yinlan said, "We'll continue tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay, goodbye, Aunt Lan." Ji Jiayu waved his hand at Wang Yinlan. Nie Lanxun, who was not far away, heard the two of them speak, ended her cultivation, stood up, and walked towards Ji Jiayu. The two returned together, but when they walked out of the courtyard, Nie Lanxun didn't enter, instead going straight to the back of the courtyard and entering the forest. This, Ji Jiayu was no longer surprised.

Back home, Ji Jiayu changed his clothes and didn't rest. Instead, he sat down and began cultivating.

His fifth-rank cultivation base came too easily, and his foundation wasn't stable. During this time, he continued to cultivate every night. He sometimes felt tired late at night, but he didn't dare slack off.

He had become the leader of the Sacred Jewel Sect, but he had become a thorn in the side and flesh of the Radiant Supremacy Sect and the Demon Clan. If he didn't stabilize his cultivation base and improve his strength as soon as possible, he might one day die inexplicably.

Furthermore, he had always wanted to return to Guangming City to avenge Fang Xing, but his fifth-rank strength was far from enough.

Although the human race was weaker than the Guangming Race, Guangming City, as one of the ten main cities in the Blue Domain, also had many eighth- and ninth-rank powerhouses. Ji Jiayu didn't know what realm his opponent would face, so he could only plan for the worst—assuming his opponent was at the eighth-rank, or even ninth rank, he would have to improve his strength to the late seventh-rank or peak seventh-rank.

The road ahead was long and arduous.

Late that night, Ji Jiayu finished his basic cultivation, got up, and took six scrolls from the bookshelf on the right side of the room.

Of these six scrolls, three are sacred scrolls and three are sacred pattern scrolls. The body of the scroll is a precious sacred beast skin, on which lines of Guangming script are engraved with pure divine power.

Ji Jiayu is very busy every day and has no time to study Guangming characters, but he recognizes all the words on these six scrolls, just because there are sounds left by the engraver with spiritual power.

Ji Jiayu took the scroll at will, closed his eyes, and let his spiritual power spread out, going deep into the scroll.

In the scroll world, a vision suddenly appeared, and a cold voice rang in Ji Jiayu's ears, "Fifth-rank holy technique, guarded by the Holy Spirit. Summons the Holy Spirit to attach itself to the body's surface with divine power. When attacked by an enemy, it can block the caster's attack once."

With the illusory voice and changes, Ji Jiayu recalled those images in his mind.

Cultivating fifth-rank priests and fifth-rank priests, in addition to enhancing the most basic divine power, was also crucial for making the divine power as multi-attributed as possible. The most crucial aspect was cultivating sacred arts and depicting sacred patterns. The combination of sacred arts, sacred patterns, and multi-attributed divine power would affect the quality of the sacred cornerstone a cultivator cultivated after advancing to sixth-rank. It could be said that the strength of a sixth-rank was already determined from the fifth-rank.

Ji Jiayu, as the person in charge of the Sacred Gem, was currently the object of the Sacred Gem's special care, and his cultivation path had already been planned.

The three sacred arts in his possession were now the pinnacle of sacred arts that best suited him. This level of sacred art would be difficult to learn logically, and it needed to be taught step by step. However, Wang Yinlan and the others didn't send anyone to teach him at all. This was because his spiritual power was too strong, and he had already reached the early stages of sainthood, making it easy to cultivate a fifth-level sacred art with his spiritual power.

After his spiritual power was immersed in the scroll world for a while, Ji Jiayu withdrew and began to attempt casting the Holy Spirit Guard.

The use of sacred arts consisted of no more than three steps.

The first step was to use spiritual power to comprehend and study the divine power arrangement laws of the sacred art through the sacred art scroll, and comprehend them in one's heart.

The second step was to organize the divine power of the sacred art according to the divine power laws, and use spiritual power to guide one's own divine power and organize the divine power.

The third step was to, after successfully organizing the divine power, draw out one's own divine power again, thus resonating with the divine power in the void with the help of spiritual power, and finally, unleash the sacred art.

Among these three steps, the importance of spiritual power was first, and divine power was second, which explains why Wang Yinlan wasn't worried.

Ji Jiayu walked out of the courtyard, summoned his spiritual power, and dispersed it. In the next second, the divine power in his body gushed out from his right palm. Under the guidance of the spiritual power, they all returned to their places and adjusted their positions. Immediately after, a vast amount of divine power gushed out from his body, and the surrounding divine power began to provide feedback, and the two resonated.

Suddenly, a brilliant golden light fell from the sky and enveloped Ji Jiayu's body, but it was fleeting. All of this happened for only a moment. If Ji Jiayu hadn't sensed the immense energy radiating from his body, he would have thought he had failed.

"Hey, did I just construct the technique in an instant?" Ji Jiayu suddenly reacted.

He didn't know much about sacred arts, but he roughly knew that cultivating sacred arts was divided into several levels, including learning techniques, constructing techniques, casting sacred arts, opening sacred arts, constructing two sacred arts simultaneously, and instantaneous constructing techniques. Among them, instantaneous constructing was a fairly advanced skill.

Did I just succeed? What was the principle?

Ji Jiayu thought for a moment and decided to ask Wang Yinlan again tomorrow. He still had to try more now. After all, the slightest carelessness in using the sacred technique would result in failure, and he still had two sacred arts and three sacred patterns to learn.