Sensing the fluctuations of spiritual energy around her, Shu Jianyue immediately channeled her mental power and attacked him.
Her mental power was currently at level seven; she just didn’t know how it compared to the Jindan cultivators here. But judging by the tier classifications of this place, she ought to be able to win.
Zhou Rong had just summoned his Life-bound Spirit Sword when Shu Jianyue’s mental power pierced his Sea of Consciousness. His eyes bulged, and he collapsed straight backward onto the ground.
“Master!” Seeing this, Zhu Su immediately ran over.
Shu Jianyue had entirely failed to anticipate this. She had thought he would at least be able to put up some resistance, never expecting the other party to be so weak.
Given the situation just now, even if this person woke up, he would probably be an idiot.
If she had known mental power was so effective, she would have used it earlier and spared herself from getting injured.
She had assumed the mental power of immortal cultivators here wouldn’t be weak, but who knew he would be such a pushover.
She had no idea that her so-called level-seven mental power was already equivalent to that of the Hetis Period, whereas Zhou Rong was only at the Jindan Period—naturally, he was no match for her.
Zhu Su helped Zhou Rong up and glared at Shu Jianyue. “What did you do to my master?”
Shu Jianyue rolled her eyes, pulled out an apple, and began munching on it. Her back really hurt; she needed to eat more fruit to heal.
“What could I have done to him? It’s simply the weak losing, that’s all.”
Zhu Su’s eyes nearly split with rage. Master was at the fifth level of the Jindan Period, yet she actually called him weak!
Lu Xiwei, who had been standing by the side all along, stepped forward and said, “A-Su, it’s better to take the Venerable back to heal his injuries first.”
“Ah, ah…” Yuchuan, who had been quiet, also asserted his presence.
Shu Jianyue looked up and saw dark clouds beginning to gather in the sky. Looking down at Yuchuan in her arms, she said, “Did your mother not feed you enough or what? You’re treating lightning like a meal.”
As if he hadn’t heard her words, streaks of Heavenly Thunder cascaded down from the sky.
Seeing this, Shu Jianyue immediately held Yuchuan above her head, turned around, and bolted.
Zhu Su was closest to her, so naturally, he was caught in the blast. His entire person was scorched black on the outside and tender on the inside by the lightning.
“Ah! Brother Su, are you alright? Quickly swallow this pill.” Lu Shuixian produced a healing pill and brought it to his lips.
Seeing this, Lu Xiwei frowned slightly.
Zhu Su swallowed the pill. Even his face, charred black from the lightning, couldn’t mask how dark his expression had turned.
Seeing his state, Lu Shuixian said softly and gently, “Brother Su, let us head back first. When the time comes, we can gather more people to capture this woman and avenge the Venerable.”
Lu Xiwei’s brow furrowed even tighter. “Xian’er, even the Venerable was no match for her. Who in Fengxian Guo could stand against her?”
Lu Shuixian secretly rolled her eyes at her. “Has Sister forgotten which sect you belong to? Return to Hunyuan Xianzong and report this matter thoroughly.
“A Divine Beast cub, once properly raised, is a tremendous asset. Even a top sect like Hunyuan Xianzong might not necessarily be unmoved.”
Zhu Su immediately nodded. “Xian’er is right. Xiwei, return to Hunyuan Xianzong and tell the Sect Master about what happened today. They will definitely make a move.”
When that time came, they would be able to avenge his master. If possible, he wanted to obtain that Divine Beast cub even more.
That was a Divine Beast cub; if he could form a contract with it, who would dare look down on him in the future?
Lu Xiwei glanced at the two of them. She felt displeased in her heart, but after all, one was her younger sister and the other was her fiancé, so she nodded as well. “Fine. I will return and report it, but whether the Sect Master will intervene is beyond my control.”
Once Shu Jianyue ran out of their line of sight, she entered her space. Placing Yuchuan beside Yanxi, she went to pick apples and pears to eat.
After devouring several in a row, the wound on her back finally healed.
Looking at Yuchuan, she asked, “You little rascal, can you really treat Heavenly Thunder like a meal? And where did all that Heavenly Thunder go?”
Immediately, an arc of lightning crackled and shot out from Yuchuan’s fingertip, buzzing with static.
A shiver of numbness ran through Shu Jianyue’s entire body. “Son, reel it back in right now, or your mother is going to be electrocuted into a twisted dough stick.”
Yuchuan just sat there, giggling innocently.
Shu Jianyue exhaled a breath. “Yuchuan, listen to me. You can’t just summon Heavenly Thunder casually outside from now on, understand? Today, your mother almost lost her life.”
She didn’t know if he could understand, but judging from how he had behaved before, he probably could.
After giving him a firm warning and seeing Yanxi sleeping soundly over there, she went to prepare some food for herself.
She fried a dish of hot-and-sour shredded potatoes and made pineapple egg-fried rice, eating until she was completely stuffed.
Just as she set down her chopsticks, she felt that she was about to break through, and immediately sat cross-legged to begin breaking through to the Zhuji Period.
Yet, without even needing her to circulate her energy or anything, she broke through swiftly and decisively, with zero fuss.
Shu Jianyue was momentarily stunned. After stabilizing her cultivation, she began practicing the Qianxi Spirit-Binding Incantation.
She practiced until the Qianxi Spirit-Binding Incantation broke through to the second layer, then switched to practicing the Fuhuan Shenbian. The vines whipped through the air in the space, whistling sharply.
Exhausted from her practice, Shu Jianyue collapsed onto the grass. After resting for a while, she was fully revitalized. She got up, picked two pears, munched on them, and then stepped into the tent.
Picking up Yanxi, she gave her a kiss. “Is Xixi hungry?”
“Ah…” Yuchuan, however, let out a cry.
Yanxi very quietly opened her mouth.
After feeding the children, she tried teasing Yuchuan to get him to transmit his voice and talk again, but who knew Yuchuan wouldn’t make a peep.
Shu Jianyue had no choice but to give up in resignation. She played with them for a while, and only left the space after they had fallen asleep.
She wanted to find a good place to settle down. After all, the children couldn’t live inside the space forever, and in a tent at that.
Not knowing how long she had walked, she crossed several mountains and reached a peak. Looking across, she saw a mountain peak shaped like a teapot; the crooked-necked tree perched on top of it looked just like the teapot’s handle.
Shu Jianyue gave it some thought and glided across.
She could have flown on a sword, but alas, she had no Lingqi to ride.
When Shu Jianyue stood on the teapot’s peak, looking at the clear lake before her, the wide and flat open ground all around, and the weeping plum blossoms and swaying willows lining the rock’s edge, she couldn’t help but sigh, “Picturesque scenery, too beautiful to take in all at once.”
Just as she was about to walk around to check other areas, she felt an abnormality inside her space and immediately flashed inside.
The moment Shu Jianyue entered the space, she saw the spiritual energy within surging toward the little white rabbit she had tossed in earlier. In the blink of an eye, the rabbit ballooned in size.
Looking at the rabbit before her, which was more than three times her size, Shu Jianyue’s eyelid twitched.
She sensed the surroundings; the space hadn’t suffered any adverse impact.
“What’s going on?”
The rabbit poked its head out to look at her, sizing her up from top to bottom. “This is your territory?”
Shu Jianyue’s eyebrows shot up high. “Speaking human tongue!”
She was absolutely certain that what she had captured back then was an ordinary little white rabbit. So, it had evolved?
Glancing at the vegetable patch, she noticed several heads of cabbage were missing. Could it be because of this?
All the fruits and vegetables in the space had now become priceless Spirit Fruits and Spirit Vegetables, but they shouldn’t be potent to this extent, right?
“When I captured you and brought you in, you were just a normal rabbit. How many heads of white… Cuiyubai did you eat of mine?”
The giant white rabbit scratched its drooping ear with its front paw, sporting a rather sheepish expression as it said, “Ju-just ate, ate four heads.”
“Four heads were enough to make you evolve?” Shu Jianyue had munched on plenty of apples and pears, yet she hadn’t felt anything particularly extraordinary.