Tan Shuchang had always considered himself born into a scholarly family and had also been a young star atop the honor roll, a true parasite of the upper class. He should have been holding significant local authority, receiving endless gifts, spending boundless money, enjoying innumerable years, and marrying countless concubines. How had he ended up becoming a demonic cultivator? After pondering for a long time and still not understanding, he slowly emerged from the pool of blood, deciding to think it over gradually…
Tan Shuchang had been cultivating for four years, December 12.
It had just passed midnight, but he couldn't help but pick up his pen to write a few lines. In the past, he had seen cultivators who, upon reaching a certain point, would immediately settle into pleasure and vie for power. Besides having a bit of cultivation, they hardly qualified as true cultivators.
Even more precisely, what they possessed should not be called cultivation, but power.
Therefore, he had often scorned them openly.
But now, he was beginning to understand. Cultivation was indeed difficult, each advancement required unimaginable effort.
His cultivation had stalled at over seven hundred years, and it seemed he would not be able to advance any further in the short term.
Pity! Such pity!
He wondered if he could ever achieve ten thousand years of cultivation?
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After finishing his diary, Tan Shuchang didn't put away the Magic Artifact for recording, but left it aside to ponder deeply.