The day after taking the Ascension Pill and Dragon Thunder Liquid.

Xiao Mo woke up, sat on the bed, and felt his body was incredibly light and much more energetic than before.

Xiao Mo closed his eyes and examined his body internally.

He could feel spiritual power continuously flowing within his body.

"This medicinal effect is truly exaggerated."

Xiao Mo deeply exhaled a breath of turbid air.

Dragon Thunder Liquid could indeed change a person's constitution and create acquired spiritual meridians, allowing an ordinary person to cultivate but in reality, the acquired spiritual meridians created by Dragon Thunder Liquid should have been very fragile.

Unexpectedly, with the cooperation of this Ascension Pill, the two complemented each other and truly created spiritual meridians and spiritual roots comparable to innate ones, and their quality was really not low!

Even under this medicinal effect, he had broken through to the first level of Qi Refinement in one go.

At this moment, Xiao Mo suddenly had a thought.

Perhaps he didn't need to enter court as an official anymore.

Previously, the reason he wanted to enter court as an official wasn't because he hadn't considered that Ruxue would feed him Dragon Thunder Liquid.

Xiao Mo just felt that even if he drank Dragon Thunder Liquid, it would be useless because the greatest use of Dragon Thunder Liquid was for cultivators to improve their spiritual meridians.

If an ordinary person drank it, it would still be difficult to establish a foundation.

So in comparison, Xiao Mo felt that entering court as an official seemed to be more useful but now it was different. Perhaps he could truly wholeheartedly focus on cultivation.

"Little Mo, are you awake? Get up and eat breakfast. The sun is already shining on your bottom," came Bai Ruxue's cheerful voice from outside the door.

Xiao Mo opened his eyes and only then realized he had slept until noon.

"Sister Bai, I'm awake," Xiao Mo called out toward the door after calming the spiritual power in his body, then quickly got out of bed and walked out.

"Come wash up quickly. It looks like we can't eat breakfast anymore. We'll just eat lunch directly later." Bai Ruxue came out of the kitchen carrying a basin of water, "Sister will help you wash your face."

"Sister Bai, I can do it myself... mmm."

Before Xiao Mo could refuse, Bai Ruxue was already wiping Xiao Mo's head with a face towel.

Xiao Mo's head turned and turned.

Xiao Mo discovered something: Ruxue seemed to really like helping him wash his face.

After brushing his teeth with locust twigs dipped in some salt and shell powder, Bai Ruxue brought out the food.

While eating, Bai Ruxue asked how Xiao Mo was feeling.

Xiao Mo answered honestly.

When Bai Ruxue heard Xiao Mo say he felt his body was very light and energetic, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed Xiao Mo had a high acceptance rate for the Dragon Thunder Liquid and Ascension Pill.

"Little Mo, starting today, Sister Bai will begin teaching you cultivation." After finishing lunch, Bai Ruxue looked at Xiao Mo expectantly.

It seemed that for Bai Ruxue, whether teaching Xiao Mo to read or guiding Xiao Mo in cultivation, both were very interesting things.

"Alright, Sister Bai." Xiao Mo nodded seriously, "I will definitely work hard!"

"Well... you don't need to work that hard. Just do what you can." Worried that Xiao Mo was under too much pressure, Bai Ruxue quickly waved her hands.

"I understand, Sister Bai." Xiao Mo nodded, "Then Sister Bai, what should we cultivate first?"

"Well..." Bai Ruxue thought for a moment, "There are countless paths of the Heavenly Dao, and the dao suitable for each person is different. Choosing what suits you will give twice the result with half the effort. If you don't choose well, it's twice the effort for half the result. But Little Mo, you don't need to worry. Sister has already prepared for you."

Bai Ruxue took out a pill from her sleeve dimension, "Eat this pill, then close your eyes and sit cross-legged on the ground. Whatever appears in your mind will be the dao most suitable for Little Mo's cultivation."

"Oh, alright, Sister Bai."

Xiao Mo took the pill and swallowed it, then sat cross-legged on the ground and emptied his mind.

Gradually, Xiao Mo saw a book in his mind.

This book had no name, it was just in the form of a book.

After a moment, Xiao Mo opened his eyes.

Bai Ruxue looked at Xiao Mo expectantly and asked curiously, "How was it, Little Mo? What did you see?"

"Sister Bai, I seemed to see a book." Xiao Mo said.

"A book?" Bai Ruxue blinked and thought carefully, "Then it looks like Little Mo will very likely take the path of the Confucian dao."

"The Confucian dao?"

Xiao Mo was also within expectations about this.

He had been a scholar in his previous life, so taking the Confucian dao in this life was reasonable.

Seeing Xiao Mo's silent appearance, Bai Ruxue continued to explain, "The Confucian dao is one of the three great daos. The so-called three great daos are 'Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism.' Regarding the Confucian dao, although Sister Bai doesn't understand much about it, there's no big problem. Sister is still very confident in guiding your cultivation."

"Mm-hmm, I believe in sister!" Xiao Mo nodded seriously.

Although he said this, Xiao Mo felt a bit uncertain in his heart.

He didn't know if Ruxue was reliable or not.

However, regarding the Confucian dao, Xiao Mo wasn't completely ignorant. After all, in his previous life, he had been the Prime Minister of one of the ten great dynasties of the human race, had contact with many cultivators, and had even more contact with many scholars who had embarked on the path of cultivation.

Simply put, Confucian dao cultivation was about reading more books.

The more books one read, the higher one's knowledge, and the more thorough one's understanding of Confucian learning, naturally, the higher one's realm would be.

In this world, there were quite a few places for Confucian cultivators to study, among which the most famous were "One Academy and Four Schools."

The Four Schools were respectively "White Deer Academy," "Cliff Academy," "Vast Sea Academy," and "Penglai Academy."

Above the Four Great Academies was the holy land of learning that all scholars in the world dreamed of: the "Confucian Academy."

"For now, Ruxue teaching me cultivation should be enough, but after the Cave Mansion realm, I might need to find a way to study at the academies."

Xiao Mo lowered his head and thought to himself.

"What's wrong? What is Little Mo thinking about?" Bai Ruxue put her hands behind her back, bent down, and lightly touched Xiao Mo's brow.

"It's nothing." Xiao Mo shook his head.

"Alright." Bai Ruxue didn't take it to heart either.

"Starting today, our cultivation will be divided into two parts~

First, we need to study well. To take the path of the Confucian dao, one must read many books. The higher the knowledge, the higher the realm.

Second, Xiao Mo can also learn some mental cultivation methods, sword techniques, and the like as supplementary cultivation.

Sister Bai will teach you all of these."

"Thank you, Sister Bai." Xiao Mo thanked her purely.

"No need to thank me." Bai Ruxue's eyes crinkled into crescents, "Little Mo, go get that copy of the Analects. We're going to start class."

"Mm-hmm!"

Xiao Mo ran toward the room.

"In this life, will he still wear the blue scholar's robe?"

Watching Xiao Mo's back, Bai Ruxue's eyes became increasingly gentle.

"Indeed, the blue robe suits him best."