21: Chapter 21: Draining the Lingxiao Sect! The Ancestor Arrives!

Time flows like water, and another two months passed in the blink of an eye.

Lingxiao Sect, Saintess Peak.

The Immortal Cave, which was originally filled with Spiritual Qi so dense it formed mist, now appeared somewhat thin.

"Gone... it's all gone again?!"

The Elder in charge of the Sect treasury looked at the empty Top-Grade Spirit Stone chest in front of him, his hands trembling with heartache.

"This is just too gluttonous, right?! That was a full 10,000 High-Grade Spirit Stones! Converted into ordinary Spirit Stones, that's over 100 million! Even for a Nascent Soul Ancestor to Cultivate, that would be enough. And it's only been a few days!"

"Shh! Keep your voice down!"

Another Elder quickly covered his mouth, looked towards the direction of Saintess Peak, his eyes filled with awe:

"That is an innate dao embryo! A great Opportunity that legend says can point directly to the Soul Transformation! So what if it eats a few Spirit Stones? Even if it eats our Lingxiao Sect dry, as long as that one can grow up smoothly, we will be the heroes of this region!"

"Sigh... I just hope this investment yields a return."

...

Inside the Immortal Cave.

Lin Qingxue sat cross-legged, surrounded by piles of discarded Spirit Stones that had turned into powder.

She helplessly touched her slightly protruding lower abdomen.

To hide this curve, she now had to wear loose clothing to cover it up.

"Little ancestor... you really are a glutton."

Lin Qingxue gave a wry smile.

Ever since Yun Liu identified her as a dao fetus, the Sect had been almost responsive to her every request.

Countless Heaven And Earth Treasure and Medicinal Pill were sent in as if they were free.

If it were the old her, she would have exploded and died long ago.

But now, no matter how many resources were thrown in, that little one never refused, swallowing everything clean like a bottomless pit.

And as the host, Lin Qingxue merely drank some of the soup, and her cultivation was pushed to the limit of Foundation Establishment Great Perfection!

"If this child were in the Su Family..."

Su Feng's figure flashed through Lin Qingxue's mind, and she couldn't help but feel a bit fortunate.

Fortunately, it wasn't raised in the Su Family, otherwise with this little one's appetite, Su Feng's small Family would probably be begging for food within three days.

"However, there are too many Impurities in the Medicinal Pill, and this little one seems to have started being a picky eater."

Feeling the trace of disdain and hunger coming from her belly, Lin Qingxue's eyes narrowed.

She couldn't drag this out any longer.

She must have the power to protect herself before going to the Blazing Moon Sect!

"Revered Master."

Lin Qingxue transmitted her voice, her tone cold and firm:

"Disciple senses that the dao fetus is about to undergo a qualitative change and needs more massive, purer energy to impact the Bottleneck."

"Disciple requests to open... the ninth layer of the Ice Cave!"

Once the message went out, the Sect was shaken.

The ninth layer of the Ice Cave was a dead zone that even Late Golden Core Stage Cultivators dared not step into easily! It was the source of the Earth Pulse Cold Sha, and touching it meant death!

But after a brief hesitation, Yun Liu readily agreed.

In her view, this was proof of the dao fetus's extraordinariness!

The more extreme the environment, the more it could nurture peerless treasures.

Anyway, as long as she didn't die, she could just give her to Yang Yan in three months.

"Granted!"

...

The ninth layer of the Ice Cave.

There was no ice here, only jet-black Cold Sha gale, where every wisp of wind was enough to freeze the Soul.

"Whoosh—"

As soon as Lin Qingxue stepped in, that terrifying suffocating feeling rushed towards her.

But the next second.

Hum!

The little one in her belly seemed to have smelled some peerless delicacy and trembled with excitement.

A domineering suction force suddenly erupted!

Those ten-thousand-year Cold Sha that would make Golden Core Stage Cultivators tremble in fear were now rushing into Lin Qingxue's lower abdomen like swallows returning to their nests!

The ten-thousand-year Cold Marrow Divine Crystal stored in the Ice Cave gradually began to turn from dark blue to transparent.

The energy inside was draining at a visible speed.

Swallow! Refine! Feed back!

Rumble—

Under this cheating-like energy infusion, the rock-solid barrier of the major Realm inside Lin Qingxue's body shattered instantly like window paper!

Spiritual liquid compressed, Golden Core condensed!

The Core Formation phenomenon that should have been earth-shattering was swallowed back by that Chaos Qi the moment it tried to emerge.

Everything was completed silently, without any strange phenomena.

Only Lin Qingxue's slowly opening eyes were clear and deep, like ten-thousand-year black ice.

Golden Core Stage!

An eighteen-year-old Golden Core Stage!

Feeling the vast power in her body, Lin Qingxue felt no joy at all, only a deeper sense of gravity.

Because with the Breakthrough of her Realm, her Divine Sense surged, and her intuition for danger became increasingly clear.

"The Blazing Moon Sect... is a dead end."

"That look in Yang Yan's eyes was not looking at a person at all, but at a Medicinal Pill waiting to be slaughtered."

"I cannot go."

Lin Qingxue stroked her belly, a flash of determination in her eyes.

For the sake of the child, she must escape!

Late at night.

At the edge of the Lingxiao Sect's mountain-protecting array.

Lin Qingxue was dressed in night-traveling clothes, restraining her aura to the extreme, moving through the woods like a ghost.

She was just about to step out of the Sect's perimeter.

Suddenly.

"It's so late, where are you going, Qingxue?"

A faint voice sounded abruptly in front.

Lin Qingxue's whole body stiffened, her pupils shrinking.

Under the moonlight, she saw Yun Liu standing there, holding a jade token, with that kind, creepy smile on her face.

"Ma... Revered Master?"

Lin Qingxue forced herself to stay calm: "Disciple just had a Breakthrough, my state of mind is unstable, and I wanted to go down the mountain to the mortal world to train and stabilize my Dao Heart."

"Train?"

Yun Liu chuckled and walked slowly closer, every step stepping on Lin Qingxue's heartbeat.

"Silly child, you are the treasure of the Sect, the Dao Companion appointed by the Special Envoy."

"The outside world is dangerous. If you get hurt or bump into something and damage the dao fetus, how can I answer to the Special Envoy?"

"Go back."

Yun Liu's voice suddenly turned cold, and the pressure of a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator shrouded down without any concealment, directly sealing off all of Lin Qingxue's escape routes.

"From today on, without my order, you are not allowed to step out of Saintess Peak for even half a step."

Lin Qingxue gritted her teeth, and the last trace of attachment to her Sect completely dissipated.

"Revered Master, can't you see that the Blazing Moon Sect Special Envoy has no good intentions?! He is after my life! He wants to refine me!"

"So what?"

Yun Liu's expression was indifferent, as if she were talking about a trivial matter:

"For the sake of the Sect's grand plan, to get on the big ship that is the Blazing Moon Sect, what does it matter if you are sacrificed?"

"Qingxue, you must see the big picture. Being favored by the Special Envoy is your honor."

"Honor?"

Lin Qingxue laughed in anger.

She stroked her belly, her eyes instantly becoming fierce, the eyes of a mother lion protecting her cub.

"You take this honor, do you want it?! "

"Since the Sect is heartless, don't blame this disciple for being unrighteous! Today, I must leave!!"

Boom!

Lin Qingxue stopped talking, and the Spiritual power of her Early Golden Core Stage erupted instantly!

Moreover, this Spiritual power was mixed with a trace of ancient and noble purple-gold Chaos Qi, and its momentum actually tore through Yun Liu's pressure blockade!

"What?! Golden Core Stage?!"

Yun Liu was shocked.

She never expected that this disciple could successfully form a Core in just two months! Is this the horror of the dao fetus?

"Rebellious disciple! You dare to fight back? Be suppressed by this seat!"

Yun Liu shouted angrily, and the whisk in her hand turned into thousands of threads of Spiritual ropes, rolling towards Lin Qingxue like a sky-covering net.

"Break!!"

Lin Qingxue gave a soft shout, the Chaos Qi in her body surged, and she raised her hand to unleash a beam of ice-blue Sword Qi, which actually cut through the sky-filling Spiritual ropes directly!

However, the gap in Realm was ultimately difficult to cross.

Yun Liu was, after all, a veteran Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator. After a brief shock, she immediately sacrificed her Lifebound Treasure [Soul-Locking Tower]!

Hum!

A small black tower emitting a faint light expanded in the wind, not only suppressing Lin Qingxue's Physical Body but also sealing the surrounding space!

"Puff!"

Lin Qingxue spat out a mouthful of blood, and her whole body was pressed to her knees.

She protected her belly tightly, her eyes filled with despair and unwillingness.

Is it still... impossible to escape?

Baby... Mother really tried her best...

"Su Feng..."

At the last moment when her consciousness was blurry, she instinctively called out that name in her heart.

Meanwhile.

Thousands of miles away, Azure Cloud City.

Su Feng opened his eyes abruptly!

Deep within his heavy pupils, it seemed that a sea of blood and mountains of corpses were churning.

[Ding! Warning! Detected S-level offspring encountering a life-and-death crisis!]

[Source: Lin Qingxue!]

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