Helian Chuxue had no idea what was going on in Su Yanqing’s head. His ice-cold, jade-like finger gently tapped the girl’s brow.
A white gleaming light quickly sank into the girl’s brow and vanished.
The movement was too fast; Su Yanqing didn’t even react in time. She blinked. “Master, is that all the teaching?”
Helian Chuxue revealed a faint smile, stunningly beautiful, and said gently, “The mental cultivation method oral formulas have been transmitted into your sea of awareness. Close your eyes and sense it.”
Su Yanqing, bewitched by that smile, obediently nodded and closed her eyes.
In an instant, her sea of awareness surged.
A string of complex oral formulas poured into her mind like a tide.
“Wow, so amazing! I’ve already learned it!”
Heavens, was there anything easier to cultivate in this world?
Doraemon’s memory bread wasn’t even this awesome!
“You sit here and cultivate. After one hour, Master will come see you again.”
“I’ll definitely cultivate obediently!” Su Yanqing was extremely excited and immediately entered her state, reciting the oral formulas in her mind.
She felt the spiritual energy in the air slowly flow into her meridians, drifting through her limbs and bones.
Following the method in the oral formulas, she guided the spiritual energy in her meridians toward her dantian.
Now that she had a Mutated Ice Spirit Root, a thick ice-blue mass of energy gradually gathered at her dantian.
Suddenly, a sharp pain struck.
It was unbearable, as if her crown of the head was about to be ripped off.
Her meridians and bones throughout her body felt as if they were being crushed into powder by a powerful external force.
An impact burst from her dantian, making her sweat at the brow, her face pale.
She didn’t know how much time passed before the pain gradually faded, replaced by a warm comfort.
The spiritual energy circulating in her meridians seemed much more abundant.
Her dantian had expanded to hold more than double the spiritual energy capacity.
Su Yanqing could feel that her spirit meridian had become thicker, and quite a bit of impurities had been expelled from her body.
She opened her eyes and saw that her elegant white robe was stained with some foul-smelling grime.
Was this the so-called discarding the dross and reshaping the root bone?
“Not bad, the eighth layer of Qi Condensation.” A clear, magnetic voice sounded. Master had arrived.
Had an hour passed?
Su Yanqing felt much lighter. She watched Master draw closer and closer, and instinctively shouted, “Master, stop!”
“What’s wrong?” Helian Chuxue obediently stopped.
“I… I smell too bad! I’m afraid I’ll stink up Master.” Su Yanqing’s pretty little face flushed red as she stammered quietly.
“No matter.” Helian Chuxue cast a Cleansing Dust technique on her.
Su Yanqing discovered the grime had vanished without a trace. “Master, I want to learn this too.”
Hearing this, Helian Chuxue frowned. “Did Mu Yunci not teach you?”
Su Yanqing blinked and didn’t answer. The more she said, the more mistakes she’d make. Better not to say anything.
Master didn’t press her further. After teaching her the oral formulas, he left again.
Su Yanqing let out a sigh of relief and continued to sit and cultivate. Time slipped by little by little.
But until the sun set in the west, she still couldn’t break through again.
Perhaps because she had stayed at the seventh layer of Qi Condensation for so long, the breakthrough was only a hair’s breadth away.
If she wanted to break through again, it clearly wouldn’t be so easy.
Su Yanqing calmed her mind and focused on absorbing spiritual energy.
She repeated the motions of gathering, dispersing, and gathering spiritual energy again and again.
Just like that, she cultivated until deep into the night.
When Helian Chuxue found her again, under the moonlight, the girl’s expression was serious as she focused on gathering spiritual energy.
Her seemingly weak and slender back stood tall and straight, cleanly locking the surrounding spiritual energy around her body, radiating a firm, sharp spirit.
Her beautiful, delicate features revealed a captivating aura.
Her long lashes trembled slightly, her skin whiter than snow. Moonlight spilled across her face like a white veil.
Helian Chuxue was slightly taken aback. He spoke softly, “Haste makes waste. Go soak in the hot spring, wash away the turbid qi, and continue tomorrow.”
“Yes, Master.” Su Yanqing withdrew her spiritual energy, took a deep breath, and slowly stood up.
Because she had been sitting for too long, her calves were slightly numb, and she nearly fell.
Fortunately, Master caught her.
She was a bit dazed. Master really protected her too well.
Did he treat every disciple so gently?
Seeing her steady on her feet, Helian Chuxue released her hand and asked the doubt in his heart, “Why are you so diligent? I heard from Mu Yunci that you used to often slack off.”
Su Yanqing answered truthfully, “When I encountered danger in the secret realm, I learned that the weak cannot survive. At the same time, I want to become the pride of Father and Master.”
Helian Chuxue’s eyes flickered slightly, and a smile rose in his eyes. “Since that’s the case, your Master will wait to see your performance at the sect’s grand tournament.”
Su Yanqing thought of the various cheats the system had given her and smiled slyly. “Master, rest assured, I will give you all a big surprise!”
In the days that followed, Su Yanqing devoted herself to cultivation, ignoring worldly affairs.
Even the system’s newly issued mission…
『At the sect’s grand tournament, take away the natal sword “Snow Soul” that the female lead once stole』
… she couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to.
Until the day she established her foundation.
When she once again felt pain even more explosive than before.
Her entire skeleton seemed to be reshaped countless times. The ice-blue spiritual energy at her dantian condensed into drop after drop of concentrated liquid.
Suddenly, a powerful spiritual energy burst through all her meridians. The droplet-shaped spiritual energy at her dantian continuously rotated and condensed.
The boundless pain nearly made her faint, but she endured it, and successfully broke through the shackles of her realm.
Countless rays of light gathered. When the spiritual energy in her body began to circulate anew.
All the pain was wrapped in a warm softness. Su Yanqing gradually opened her eyes.
She had successfully established her foundation!
For the past half month, she had only slept two hours a day.
All day long, she chewed tasteless Bigu Pills, just to free up the half hour for meals to cultivate.
All her efforts had not been in vain!
Because the system had sent her rewards!
Her foundation establishment speed was far shorter than the mission duration, so the system rewarded her with an extra Recovery Pill.
When severely injured, it could quickly heal wounds and restore spiritual energy.
Su Yanqing was secretly excited, but at this moment, the sect was shrouded in gloom.
Since last time, after dozens of inner sect disciples mysteriously died or went missing, the sect sent elders to the secret realm to search for clues.
Outstanding direct disciples went down the mountain to investigate the demonic cultivator’s traces.
They had just found a clue when several disciples went missing.
Among them were Mu Yunci and Murong Yi.
When the two found the demonic cultivator’s traces, it was nighttime.
After they sent their voice transmission, they mysteriously disappeared.
Fortunately, their soul lamps had not yet extinguished, so there was still a sliver of hope.