41: Chapter 41 Intermediate Level

[This cultivation method has a total of nine stages, and each stage is divided into four realms: low, middle, high, and perfection.]

[Being immune to blades and spears, as well as water and fire, is the sign of entry.]

[Of course, the swords, blades, water, and fire here are all mortal objects.]

[However, having such defense just upon entry made you determined to master it; it gives you such a strong sense of security.]

[A month passed quickly.]

[This time you did not stay in the sect, because you plan to participate in the Doujian Peak grand competition a year later.]

[At that time, you will naturally expose your own cultivation level, so you need a suitable reason to explain the reason for your cultivation soaring in just one year.]

[A fortuitous encounter is the answer you came up with.]

[There are countless opportunities in the cultivation world, and naturally there are those that can help people improve their cultivation in a short time.]

[As far as you know, there is a spiritual item named xuanyuan immortal-ascending fruit, which fits your idea very well.]

[This item can help a mortal with spiritual roots reach the Qi Condensation peak realm in just one month, but when breaking through to the Foundation Establishment, there is a very high probability of encountering the heavenly tribulation that only Golden Core cultivators need to face.]

[It can almost be said to be a narrow escape with ten deaths and zero life, but it is just right to explain the anomaly of your soaring cultivation before your eyes.]

[With the personal disciple token, you easily left the sect and entered Yunque City.]

[This time you didn't stay long. Instead, using the news of the theft of the nine luminaries demon-suppressing monument, you exchanged for three tokens redeemable for Profound-grade information at the Red Tower, and then headed straight out of the city.]

[Because your spiritual power cultivation had reached a bottleneck, you did not look for a place rich in spiritual Qi, but instead found an inconspicuous small mountain depression to settle down.]

[Cultivate!]

[Eleven months later, you sat cross-legged at the edge of a broken cliff.]

[Under the moonlight, silver-white radiance continuously fell from the night sky, circling around your body with a hazy glow.]

["Click, click, click~"]

[As your aura climbed step by step, the flowers and leaves beside you quietly covered a layer of frost, which then froze inch by inch, shattered, and finally turned into dust, fluttering and scattering.]

["Crack~!"]

[A very crisp cracking sound sounded from within your body.]

[At this moment, your eyebrows and eyes had quietly been stained with a few wisps of snow white, the muscles and bones of your whole body resounded together, and the blood qi in your body surged constantly.]

[You clearly perceived that your own strength was rising rapidly, and the frost attached to the surface of your skin fell off inch by inch, revealing the increasingly smooth and firm skin beneath.]

["Hoo~"]

[As you exhaled gently, a wisp of condensed substantive white mist escaped from your mouth and nose, darting straight out to a distance of ten zhang before slowly dissipating into the night.]

[Middle stage of the Moon Condensing Realm, achieved!]

[The cultivation speed in the early stage of body cultivation is much faster than Qi Condensation, but thinking about the cultivation method's introduction to subsequent realms, you were relieved.]

[Breaking through from low stage to middle stage takes about a year.]

[Breaking through from middle stage to high stage takes four years, while breaking through from high stage to perfection requires practicing every day and diligently training without stopping for a full eight years.]

[This is just the first layer; following this doubling algorithm, the time required for subsequent ranks is simply unimaginable.]

[Taking back your thoughts, you got up and glanced at the mountain depression below the cliff, then stepped off the cliff without any nostalgia.]

[The next moment, a sword light brought you soaring into the sky, heading straight for Yunque City.]

[The Doujian Peak grand competition is about to begin!]

[Just as you were rapidly approaching Yunque City, a powerful coercion suddenly rose from behind and quickly pressed towards you.]

[Your heart startled, and the spiritual power in your body was unreservedly poured onto the flying sword, but you were still intercepted by the incoming person within a few breaths.]

["Junior Sister Lin!"]

[As the light dissipated, you only then saw the appearance of the newcomer clearly.]

[It was actually Ling Shuanghua!]

[Your gaze couldn't help but look at the figure beside her, who was precisely Lin Bufan; these two still ended up together.]

[Before you could open your mouth to ask, the next moment you felt yourself fall into a warm and soft embrace.]

["Where did you run off to? You didn't even tell Senior Sister!"]

[Listening to the grievance in the other party's tone, you were momentarily at a loss for words. What was going on with this appearance of her being abandoned by her sweetheart?]

[It seemed that in this simulation, your relationship wasn't this good yet.]

["Sigh~"]

[You helplessly sighed, and harboring the thought of not taking advantage is for bastards, you naturally wrapped your arm around her waist and gently kneaded it twice.]

["Mn~"]

[Ling Shuanghua let out a soft hum, glared at you with dissatisfaction, and then seemed to have noticed something, looking at you in disbelief:]

["Junior Sister! You've reached the Qi Condensation peak?"]

[This sentence made Lin Bufan, who was originally admiring the two beauties on the side, widen his eyes.]

[He had long known your identity. After all, Ling Shuanghua had bragged to him many times; you were precisely Lin Qingyu, who entered the sect together with him, and the personal disciple of the Doujian Peak grand elder.]

[Yet back then you were merely a mortal, and actually broke through to the peak of Qi Condensation in just one short year!]

["Master, has this woman practiced some demonic cultivation method? Or did she hide her strength beforehand?"]

[Lin Bufan, harboring jealousy in his heart, asked secretly in his mind.]

["Absolutely impossible, how could this old man's divine soul perception be wrong?"]

[Ring Old Man was silent for a long while, and gave a very seasoned reply:]

["You must have encountered some fortuitous encounter; there are countless treasures in the cultivation world, and quite a few can make someone break through to the peak of Qi Condensation within a year, but... everything has a price."]

[Hearing this, Lin Bufan's heart immediately became much more balanced.]

[On the other side, without waiting for your response, you were horizontally lifted up by Ling Shuanghua, quickly falling towards Yunque City.]

["Senior Sister?"]

[You looked at the other party uncomprehendingly, but did not break free from the beauty's embrace.]

["I want Grandpa to take a look at you."]

[Ling Shuanghua's expression was solemn, and she brought you straight to the teleportation array.]

[Hearing this, you breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the other party was finally going to bare her fangs and make a move against you, a weak woman with no resistance.]

[What was going on with that faint trace of regret deep in your heart...]

[Lin Bufan: Senior Sisters, what about me?]

[...]

[One day later.]

[Three figures stood in front of Doujian Hall once again. Different from last time, this time you came to this place as a contestant.]

[Lin Bufan on the side would occasionally steal a glance at you, and then quickly look away.]

[Your expression was cold and aloof, your attitude was distant, and you didn't pay much attention to him.]

[This time the little alpha wolf won't be needed, probably...]

[After all, your spiritual root had already been promoted to the upper grade. To break through again, given Lin Bufan's cultivation level, the effect of dual cultivation was truly too small.]

["Let's go in!"]

[Ling Shuanghua's spirits were not high.]

[Yesterday, you explained the prepared speech in front of that master. Upon hearing about the xuanyuan immortal-ascending fruit, Ling Shuanghua almost couldn't help wanting to slap you to death.]

[Instead, your cheap master's expression remained unchanged, and instead smiled and encouraged you a few times, claiming that sword cultivators of our generation should defy the heavens and act against the current.]

[Seeing this, you quietly pulled Ling Shuanghua's soft palm and repeatedly kneaded it a few times, which finally made the anger between her eyebrows dissipate a bit.]

[After glaring at you, she simply let you pull her towards the main hall.]

[Lin Bufan, once again ignored: Senior Sister, you can conveniently pull me along too!!!]