I awakened my god-tier passive skill early on and took off instantly

"So, this is the Foundation Establishment stage?"

More than three days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, with a gentle breeze and bright sunshine, Lu Xin became a Foundation Establishment expert in an unremarkable manner. Feeling the immense power within his body, he suddenly felt that his entire life had been sublimated.

His stats had now undergone significant changes.

【Host: Lu Xin】

【Lifespan: 33 / 230】

【Realm: Foundation Establishment (17 / 100000)】

【Passive Skill: Breathing (Mana +0.1 with each breath); Divine Concealment (As long as you don't want to, no existence can detect your aura)】

On the panel, not only had his lifespan greatly increased, but the mana required to break through to the Golden Core stage had also increased to one hundred thousand.

He calculated that in about thirty-nine days, he would surpass ninety-nine percent of the cultivators in the world and become a Golden Core expert.

Simply heaven-defying.

However, problems also arose, mainly because he now possessed the realm but lacked offensive capabilities.

Firstly, he didn't have any spells. Currently, he only knew two first-order, low-grade spells: Water Drawing Technique and Spirit Needle Technique. These two spells were suitable for farming, but their power was mediocre when used against enemies.

Secondly, he didn't have any magical artifacts, and he would soon reach the Golden Core stage, requiring magical treasures.

In the Evergreen Sect, as a non-entry-level handyman, the only way to obtain spells and magical artifacts was to purchase them with spirit stones.

After taking stock of his belongings, he only had three low-grade spirit stones, five pounds of spirit rice, a vat of ordinary rice, and a broken, non-grade public magical artifact, a spirit hoe, which he hadn't had time to exchange. He was utterly penniless.

"It seems I still need to leave the sect."

Lu Xin hadn't been completely idle these past few days and had already considered this problem.

Under the premise of not exposing his strength, obtaining the aforementioned items through normal means was too restrictive. Only by going outside could he truly be free as a fish in the sea.

More importantly, breaking through to a major realm would create disturbances. Fortunately, he was in the handyman spirit field area, far from anyone, so he wasn't discovered.

It would be difficult to say the same if he broke through to the Golden Core stage in the future.

Therefore, he decided not to stay in the Evergreen Sect any longer.

Having made his decision, Lu Xin didn't delay. He immediately packed his things, changed into ordinary clothes, and headed outside.

The Evergreen Sect was located in the Evergreen Mountain Range, covering a vast area. Only the area where the entry-level disciples resided was shrouded in formations. Therefore, under the Divine Concealment passive skill, Lu Xin easily left the Evergreen Sect's territory after two days of stealth.

"Finally out."

On a hilltop, Lu Xin stopped to catch his breath, glanced back, and continued on his way.

Although the chances of the Evergreen Sect chasing after a handyman like him were slim, he still needed to run further away for safety.

Just like that, another three days passed in the blink of an eye. Lu Xin traveled continuously. On this day, he finally stopped because he heard a scream coming from ahead.

"Please, spare me! I'll give you everything!"

Ahead, a ragged man lay on the ground, begging for mercy.

Beside him, a man in a black robe, wielding an axe, grinned hideously. "If I kill you, everything will be mine."

As soon as he finished speaking, the axe in his hand swung out, instantly beheading the man on the ground.

"Murder for treasure?"

Lu Xin, who had just arrived not far away, witnessed this scene. He quickly scanned the black-robed man's realm, Qi Refining sixth level, and after thinking for a moment, felt it necessary to avenge the person who had just died tragically.

So, he deliberately revealed a little movement.

"Who's there?"

The black-robed man was instantly alarmed and looked in the direction of Lu Xin. After discovering that it was just a Qi Refining first-level trash, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hehe, I didn't expect another deal to come to my door." The black-robed man sucked the axe on the ground into his hand and walked towards Lu Xin with a relaxed expression.

"I, I'm just passing by..."

Lu Xin seemed to be frightened and walked out in a panic. However, after approaching the man to a certain distance, he suddenly released the pressure of the Foundation Establishment stage, followed by the Spirit Needle Technique.

Although the Spirit Needle Technique was a first-order, low-grade spell, it was almost instantaneous under the blessing of the realm. In the blink of an eye, it riddled the unprepared black-robed man with holes.

"You're a Foundation Establishment..."

Faced with this sudden change, the black-robed man's pupils constricted. In the end, he fell down with a face full of shock and incomprehension. He didn't understand why a Foundation Establishment expert would launch a sneak attack?

Lu Xin naturally wouldn't explain it to him. After confirming the black-robed man's death, he quickly approached and collected his storage bag and magical artifact. Then, he came to the other corpse.

"I avenged you. Consider your storage bag as payment."

Looking at the headless corpse, Lu Xin directly felt the cruelty of the cultivation world. Without thinking too much, he picked up the storage bag and quickly left.

After running dozens of miles in one breath, Lu Xin stopped and found a cave. After confirming that there was no danger, he couldn't wait to check his gains.

After some inventory, he obtained three bottles of Qi Refining pills, thirty-two first-order talismans of various types, two magical artifacts, one low-grade and one middle-grade, and most importantly, six hundred and thirty-one low-grade spirit stones.

There were also two cultivation techniques, but they were useless to him. He mainly focused on spells.

"First-Order Common Spell Encyclopedia?"

In the cave, Lu Xin held a thick book in his hand, his face full of joy. This was exactly what he needed.

Although he needed to use second-order spells with his Foundation Establishment realm to fully exert his strength, he had nothing now.

He couldn't wait to open it and found that the book recorded about thirty types of spells, including Fireball Technique, Water Arrow Technique, Quicksand Technique, Light Body Technique, Earth Walking Technique, and so on.

Lu Xin read them one by one and decided to first learn a few of the most powerful spells. The first was the first-order, high-grade spell, Fireball Technique.

Having chosen his target, Lu Xin quickly immersed himself in spell cultivation. However, at this moment, the system notification suddenly sounded:

【Ding! Detected that the host is focusing on learning, awakened passive skill: Focus.】

【Focus: When the host focuses on learning, he can always learn it.】

"Hiss! Another divine skill!"

Hearing the notification, Lu Xin gasped and quickly began to experiment. He saw that the originally obscure and difficult content suddenly became simple and clear.

A moment later, a flame rose in Lu Xin's hand.

Fireball Technique, success!

"Easy peasy." Lu Xin played with the flame, suddenly throwing the fireball in his hand. He saw that after the fireball landed, it instantly burned a large hole more than ten feet deep in the rocky ground.

Significant power.

After testing the power of the Fireball Technique, Lu Xin didn't delay and began to learn other spells. Soon,

Water Arrow Technique, learned;

Quicksand Technique, learned;

Light Body Technique, learned;

......

An hour later, all the spells recorded in this "First-Order Common Spell Encyclopedia" were learned by him. Now he could finally exert some strength.

After learning the spells, Lu Xin took out the axe used by the black-robed man. He planned to refine it for use. This was a middle-grade magical artifact, roughly made, but he could only make do with it.

Easily erasing the original owner's mark, Lu Xin quickly refined it, then came outside the cave, ready to test its power.

As mana was input, the axe quickly trembled. Feeling that it was almost ready, Lu Xin then raised the axe and swung it forward with all his might.

With a bang, under a huge axe light, the earth cracked into a gully more than half a foot deep and ten feet long.

"I'll call you Sky Cleaver from now on." Looking at the scene in front of him, Lu Xin's eyes twitched.

This was still the result of not daring to input too much mana for fear that the axe couldn't withstand it.