Time passed slowly, and two months passed. With Edward's efforts, he finally managed to gather another two thousand magic stones.

At this time in the academy, some of the students from the two classrooms had changed their views of Edward.

"Senior Brother Edward is a good person. Not only did he help me quickly comprehend and get initiated, but he also gave me guidance after initiation. A mere one magic stone a month simply can't express my gratitude to Senior Brother!"

"Gasp! How come I've never been taught anything by Senior Brother Edward and still have to give him magic stones!"

"There are so many people in the classroom. Maybe it just hasn't been your turn yet!"

"Oh? What you said makes a lot of sense!"

As Edward truly taught the majority of the students to get initiated, these students who were helped by Edward naturally were willing to give magic stones to Edward.

"Three thousand magic stones, all gathered!" Edward happily returned to his single dormitory. After closing the door, he took out the fourth layer of the Justice Magic Sutra.

"Simplify the fourth layer of the Justice Magic Sutra!" As Edward successfully simplified the fourth layer of the Justice Magic Sutra, he saw that one needed to read it a thousand times to break through and improve.

"Read a book a hundred times, and its meaning becomes clear. The ancients did not deceive me!" After Edward read a hundred times, the Justice Magic Qi on his body soared, and in an instant, the Justice Magic Sutra broke through to the fourth layer.

"I've broken through!" Surprise showed in Edward's eyes. But he still needed to read it nine hundred more times to reach the perfection of the fourth layer. It still required a few days of reading.

However, a few days passed in a flash. After Edward finished reading the remaining nine hundred times, he felt comfortable and was satisfied feeling the Justice Magic Qi at the perfection of the fourth layer of the Justice Magic Sutra in his body.

Under Elder Li's tutelage, Han Li didn't need to do any tasks at all. As a registered disciple of Elder Li, if there were no accidents, as long as he broke through to the ninth layer of the Justice Magic Sutra, he could become Elder Li's direct disciple.

"Edward! When my cultivation improves, I'll let you know how powerful I am!" Han Li sneered, and the Justice Magic Qi on his body soared by a section.

"I'm at the peak of the third layer of the Justice Magic Sutra! I believe I'll break through to the fourth layer soon!"

Han Li's face was full of confidence. He believed that through his efforts, he would soon defeat Edward, who was regarded as an evil force, and then wash away his previous humiliation.

Not to mention that he also became a disciple of Elder Li and could receive treasures to assist in cultivation and comprehension every month, which were worth hundreds of low-grade magic stones!

"When I break through to the fourth layer of the Justice Magic Sutra, I'll make him apologize to me!" Han Li recalled the time when he was forced to kneel on the ground by Edward's pressure. His heart felt ashamed and he wanted to wash away that humiliation.

In fact, Han Li's cultivation wasn't so exaggerated. But with the assistance of auxiliary resources, his cultivation was twice the result with half the effort, and naturally, it was many times faster than before.

After all, this world is very large. As one of the strongest sects, the Justice Magic Sect has extraordinary resources. Not to mention the resources given by the sect elders.

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After Edward broke through to the perfection of the fourth layer, he also breathed a sigh of relief. The fifth layer of the Justice Magic Sutra only required three thousand magic stones, and it didn't increase much again.

For these three thousand magic stones, Edward was confident of gathering them within three months.

Another three months passed. Que Yang, who was already lingering at the verge of a breakthrough, succeeded in breaking through. His body was filled with surging Justice Magic Qi, and he walked out of the seclusion place in a refreshed manner.

"Senior Brother Que Yang, have you broken through?" Edward, who was next door, directly asked upon hearing the commotion.

"I've broken through!" Que Yang said with a beaming smile.

"He's broken through! Senior Brother Han Li has broken through to the fourth layer of the Justice Magic Sutra. I heard that he didn't even feel the bottleneck from the third layer to the fourth layer and just crossed it directly!" A student outside ran over and shouted.

"He's broken through, so what? Why are you yelling so loudly?" Edward said as he saw a young chubby guy running in and shouting.

Que Yang also had an unpleasant expression. Why is it that when others break through, you come here to announce it, but when he broke through, no one was seen shouting everywhere?

"Senior Brother Edward, aren't you afraid that Senior Brother Han Li will come back to settle scores with you in the future?" The chubby guy was stunned and asked.

What was Edward afraid of? He was also at the fourth layer of the Justice Magic Sutra, and it was even the perfect fourth layer. However, Han Li caught up with his cultivation speed so quickly. This was truly remarkable!

"Of course not. Let him come if he has the guts!" Edward said with a smile.

"Junior Brother Edward, who is this Han Li you just mentioned?" Que Yang asked with a puzzled expression upon hearing the unfamiliar name Han Li.

"Senior Brother Que Yang, he joined after you went into seclusion. His talent is pretty good!" Edward casually explained.

However, the chubby student seemed as if he were Han Li himself. Like a mouse whose tail was stepped on, he jumped up and said, "Senior Brother Han Li is not just 'pretty good' in talent. I came a month earlier than him, but in less than half a year, he has cultivated from the initiation of the Justice Magic Sutra to the fourth layer!"

"Oh? There's actually such a talented genius!" Que Yang's heart was filled with mixed feelings upon hearing this. He was already over forty years old. Once, he was also a somewhat famous genius. Now it seemed that he was nothing!

He was just a bit better than those good-for-nothings who couldn't even complete the perfection of the first layer of the Justice Magic Sutra.

It's just picking a tall one among the short ones. Now it seems that compared to a genius like Han Li, I'm simply a rotten piece of wood!

"Senior Brother Edward, I'm Han Li! I've come to pay a visit." A voice came from outside. The chubby student immediately ran over excitedly, looking eager to serve.

At the same time, a vast amount of Justice Magic Qi burst out from him, making people have to look sideways. The voice had just reached them, and the person had already arrived in front of the three.

"Junior Brother Han Li, did you call this chubby student?" Edward asked speechlessly.

"Senior Brother Edward, you're wrong. He was my former roommate. He just came to me hoping I could help him seek justice. I hope Senior Brother Edward will be understanding!" Han Li didn't hide the Justice Magic Qi on his body at all, looking like he had the highest cultivation level in the entire place and everyone should fawn over him.

"Could it be that you want to criticize me?" Edward looked at Han Li and frowned. A vast amount of Justice Magic Qi surged on his body, directly overpowering Han Li.

Han Li was stunned on the spot. He had already asked Steward Gu clearly. A few months ago, Edward was only at the perfection of the second layer of the Justice Magic Sutra. Now, he thought at most it would be the third layer.

Han Li didn't expect that after half a year of working so hard with the help of his master, he still couldn't compare to Edward, who collected magic stones everywhere, bullied fellow disciples, and didn't like to study!

"It's impossible! This is impossible!" These words weren't said by Han Li or Edward, but by Que Yang, who was watching the scene on the side.

He had just broken through to the fourth layer of the Justice Magic Sutra and was in high spirits. But as soon as he came out of seclusion, he received the bad news. During his seclusion, a junior fellow disciple who had just joined broke through to the fourth layer of the Justice Magic Sutra in half a year and had the same cultivation level as him.

Before he could digest this information, Junior Brother Edward, who Que Yang had always looked down upon, immediately revealed that he had reached the perfection of the fourth layer of the Justice Magic Sutra!

At this point, Que Yang was completely stunned. His heart was directly bleeding three liters, and he almost had a collapse of his 'Dao Heart'.