The 10 hours was up. 

Lin Xiao left the training room and felt much better. At the same time, he knew that he was already in the middle of Golden Core Stage 1 and probably would only need a few more months in order to make his breakthrough to Golden Core Stage 2.

Such speed was already insane enough.

He soon met up with the others outside. "Have you used up your training chance?"

"Yep."

"The library is a good place to train."

"That's good. Where are the other students?"

"Most students chose to roam around in the capital city since they finally didn't have to be confined within the academy or just leave when they have mission." Lu Jian shrugged.

Lin Xiao nodded in understanding. He knew that it was just as such, so he felt that the academy rules were really good. It was accommodating to what they needed. Most importantly, it also allowed them a lot of freedom, which made of them badly needed because of their cultivation method and so on.

"Now that we already got the residence, it's time to move on to the next move." Lin Xiao put his hand on the back of his head and grinned. He had been wanting to set rules for those who wanted to follow him and this was quite good.

"Yes?"

"Follow me and Lu Jian, call them all to Fan Family residence."

"Huh?" my residence?

Fan Ling was astounded, but looking at the way Lin Xiao looked at him, he knew that Lin Xiao was dead serious. She soon understood the reason, though. After all, that pond was still in Fan Family Residence.

Lu Jian smiled brightly when he thought of that pond. 

As Lin Xiao made his way to his residence, he checked the place. It was only around 30 meters x 30 meters, which was fairly big. It was quite something that the lowest ranked disciple was still able to get such accommodating residence. The ones at higher rank obviously got better treatment than him. 

But then again, the academy didn't lack the space at all.

After checking it, Lin Xiao came to understand why most students didn't want to stay here and instead borrowed place from outside. Unless they could get a good ranking, the training environment was not as good as the specialized training room they could borrow outside.

No wonder.

After checking the others' residence for a bit, Lin Xiao then led them to Fan Family Residence. Lu Jian came with around 100 or so students behind him.

Lin Xiao looked at the students behind Lu Jian. His eyes swept them as invisible pressure seemed to seep through. It was as if the pressure was capable to penetrate deep into their mind. As someone who was a rank higher than them, Lin Xiao was not much difference than the other teachers in the student's mind.

That feeling created fear to develop deep inside their mind unconsciously.

"I have the opportunity to stumble upon a formation." Lin Xiao crouched near the small pond. Those who were there could definitely see that the Qi in the lake was so dense that it was hard to imagine there was such a treasure here. 

"From now on, Lu Jian will be the one to assign task to you to do. Whenever you get something done, the reward you can get is to practice here. I'm sure that most of you are still at Foundation Establishment, so you lack resources the most, right? With this lake, breaking through to Golden Core Stage wouldn't take that much time."

The student's eyes turned red in excitement when they heard Lin Xiao's words. Practicing in this pool that contained dense Qi…. Everyone wanted it so badly.

"Any question?"

"How about the time?"

"It'll depend on the task that you did. The reward will vary and Lu Jian will be in charge of everything." Lin Xiao decided on the spot, throwing all the work to Lu Jian.

Lu Jian, who was standing at the side, was utterly speechless. He had been working hard all this time because of work and now Lin Xiao just practically added another burden to him. Could he call a time out, please?

Seeing Lu Jian's face, Lin Xiao glanced to the back then pointed at Han Jiang. "Han Jiang will be helping out for the time being until I find someone more suitable."

Someone more suitable?

They all looked at each other and thought that it might be directed to them. It took them some time to calm down as they fired up numerous questions such as the task that they have to do. Some of the easiest task was to pass the tower, do missions, even included to pay fees.

"Is it fine to leave the lake as it is?"

"Don't worry, if they didn't have your or mine permission, they can't use it." Lin Xiao grinned. He had set the restriction for the lake. With the restriction, no one would be able to use it.

As he repeated what he had said before, the students gave up the thought of snatching the lake for themselves. They knew that with such restriction placed upon the formation that made the Qi gather, they would have no chance of obtaining the lake illegally. 

It would be better for them to just obediently follow the rules.

And since it was also in Fan Family Residence, naturally Fan Ling also had a say in this matter. She was also staying there, making the quiet place quite bustling in activity.

"This will surely spread from word to word."

"That's my goal." Lin Xiao smiled faintly. If there were a lot of people who heard about this lake and knew it's goal, they would surely try to come there to train. Even those at Golden Core Stage 1 or 2 might be tempted to use it in order to be able to get stronger.

It could be said that with this lake, Lin Xiao had started to gain more footing. 

And of course, the busy Lu Jian didn't have the time to rest.

When it was night time, Lin Xiao ceased the talk and shamelessly returned back to his residence with Princess Lan Yi Hua trailing behind him. She looked at him curiously. "Will you be fine?"