67: Chapter 67 He broke through again while eating a meal.

Early the next morning.

Zhao Ruoan pushed open his bedroom door and stretched.

A night of meditation had left him full of energy and feeling better than ever.

However, as soon as he stepped out of the courtyard, he saw a familiar figure bustling toward him, accompanied by two pretty maidservants with double-bun hairstyles.

It was Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling.

"Junior Brother! I'm here!"

Her voice arrived before she did.

Zhao Ruoan smiled. "Third Senior Sister, what new breakfast dish did you invent today?"

"No, no, no!" Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling waved her hands repeatedly, looking solemn. "I'm not here to deliver breakfast today!"

Behind her, the two young maidservants each held a massive white jade food box, which appeared quite heavy.

Zhao Ruoan was somewhat confused. "Then what is this?"

"It's a meeting gift!" Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling puffed out her small chest and said proudly.

"When you first joined, wasn't I in secluded cultivation? I didn't get a chance to prepare one for you. How could that be allowed!"

"So, after ending my seclusion, I specifically prepared a grand gift for you!"

As she spoke, she instructed the maidservants to set the two huge food boxes on the stone table.

"Ta-da!"

Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling stepped forward herself and lifted the lid of one food box.

An indescribably rich aroma, accompanied by pure Spiritual Qi as vast as the ocean, instantly erupted, enveloping the entire courtyard!

Taking just one breath, Zhao Ruoan felt the spiritual energy in his body begin to boil.

He looked closely into the food box.

Inside lay a dish of meat... stewed until tender and falling off the bone, shimmering with a rainbow-colored treasure light.

The shape of this meat somewhat resembled a snake and somewhat resembled a fish, and it even had four claws and a pair of imposing horns.

"Third Senior Sister, this is..."

"The Evil Flood Dragon of the East Sea!" Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling tilted her chin high into the sky.

"A while ago I heard an Evil Flood Dragon at the Soul Transformation Stage was wreaking havoc in the East Sea, so I casually went and slaughtered it."

"I took the finest section of Dragon tendon from its body and slow-cooked it over a gentle fire for seven days and seven nights with eighty-one types of Spirit Medicine to make this 'dragon tendon treasure stew'!"

"Quick, try it! It's super nourishing!"

Zhao Ruoan was completely dumbfounded.

Looking at the dish of meat in the food box that radiated rainbow light and contained Spiritual Qi so dense it was almost tangible, he was speechless for a long moment.

Evil Flood Dragon of the East Sea?

At the Soul Transformation Stage?

Slaughtered... so casually by Third Senior Sister?

There was too much information to process at once.

Is this the daily life of a Void Refining Realm big shot?

"Third Senior Sister, this gift is far too precious." Coming back to his senses, Zhao Ruoan forced a bitter smile.

"Precious my foot!" Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling waved her small hand.

"You are the only precious Junior Brother of our Qinghan Peak. Isn't it only right for Senior Sister to give you good stuff?"

"Senior Sister is right," Zhao Ruoan agreed.

"However, with such a large dish, I can't finish it alone. If left out for too long, the Spiritual Qi will dissipate, which would be a waste."

"How about... Senior Sister, you stay and eat together with me? It's more lively with more people."

"Oh my, how embarrassing! This is a meeting gift for you..." While Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling was polite with her words, her feet honestly shuffled over to the stone table as she found herself a seat.

In that movement, there wasn't half a second of hesitation.

Zhao Ruoan chuckled and opened the other massive food box.

*Boom!*

An even more majestic Spiritual Qi soared into the sky than before. Inside was actually a cauldron of thick flood dragon bone broth simmered until milky white, with crystal-clear Dragon marrow floating in the soup, radiating an incomparably domineering aroma.

"Senior Sister really has great culinary skills," Zhao Ruoan praised sincerely.

He turned around again and spoke gently to the two small maidservants beside him, who had kept their heads lowered and hardly dared to breathe from start to finish: "Don't just stand there, sit down and eat together."

"Ah?"

"No, no, no, Young Lord! We wouldn't dare!"

The two maidservants were scared pale, waving their hands repeatedly, almost dropping what they held.

What a joke!

That was the blood and meat essence of a flood dragon at the Soul Transformation Stage! It was a supreme treasure medicine that countless high Cultivators would fight tooth and nail for without being able to obtain!

How could two minor maidservants at the Foundation Establishment Stage like them be qualified to enjoy such a thing?

Just smelling the aroma felt like a monumental blessing.

"There's no 'dare' or 'not dare'." Zhao Ruoan's tone was firm. "This is an order. Here with me, there aren't so many rules. It's just having a meal together."

The two maidservants trembled, not daring to say another word. Filled with both fear and gratitude, they sat down at the lowest seats, sitting bolt upright with no idea where to put their hands and feet.

Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling took all of this in. Originally, she had only thought this Junior Brother possessed Prodigy talent and was good-looking.

Now, she felt that this Junior Brother really seemed a bit different.

Having wandered since childhood and seen the coldness of human nature, she understood the dark side of human hearts better than anyone.

How many so-called Geniuses were arrogant beyond measure, not even treating others like human beings?

Yet Zhao Ruoan, despite possessing peerless talent, treated others with gentle kindness, showing equal respect even to maidservants of the lowest status.

This Heart-Nature was even more rare than his Prodigy talent.

Deep within Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling's heart, something quietly melted.

"Hmph, at least you have a conscience," she hummed tsundere-ly, picking up her chopsticks. "Eat quickly, eat quickly! It won't taste good once it gets cold!"

Only after she moved her chopsticks did the others dare to follow suit.

Zhao Ruoan picked up a piece of Dragon tendon stewed until crystal clear, looking like precious jade, and put it into his mouth.

There was no need to chew at all.

The Dragon tendon melted in his mouth, turning into a warm and majestic heat current that rushed down his throat into all his limbs and bones!

*Boom!*

Zhao Ruoan felt as if a Spiritual Qi bomb had detonated inside his body!

That extremely pure energy violently washed through his Meridians and refined his Physical Body!

The Great Dao Scripture he Cultivated had long polished his Physical Body to an extremely formidable state, so ordinary Heaven And Earth Treasures no longer had much effect on him.

Yet before the blood and meat essence of this Soul Transformation flood dragon, his tough Physical Body actually began transforming once again!

Every inch of muscle and bone, every drop of blood, was being strengthened on a deeper level by this domineering force.

The strength of his body climbed rapidly at an unimaginable speed!

What was even more terrifying was that after strengthening his Physical Body, more than half of this energy turned into the purest spiritual energy, flooding into his Dantian Qi Sea.

The Bottleneck of his Pulse Condensation Realm Early Stage cultivation, which he had only recently stabilized, was instantly shattered into pieces.

Zhao Ruoan dared not slack off. He immediately closed his eyes and operated the Great Dao Scripture at full power to guide this massive force.

In the courtyard, Spiritual Qi began to rage.

Centered on Zhao Ruoan, a small Spiritual Qi vortex formed, making the surrounding air grow thick and dense.

Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling and the two maidservants all stopped their chopsticks.

"This... he's about to Breakthrough?" Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling widened her eyes in disbelief.

In just the time it takes to eat a meal, he's going to Breakthrough?

Isn't this way too absurd!

Although her "dragon tendon treasure stew" was indeed super nourishing, its effects shouldn't be this immediate!

*Crack—*

A crisp sound rang out from within Zhao Ruoan's body.

The aura on his body suddenly surged up a notch!

The original spiritual energy vortex expanded suddenly, crazily devouring the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Pulse Condensation Realm Middle Stage!

He succeeded!

Zhao Ruoan slowly opened his eyes, exhaling a breath of turbid air faintly shimmering with golden light, feeling better than ever.

Whether it was his Physical Body strength or the vigor of the spiritual energy in his body, both had reached a brand-new level.

"Junior Brother, you..." Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling looked at him with a somewhat blank expression. "What Realm are you in now?"

"I was fortunate enough to Breakthrough just now. I am now in the Pulse Condensation Realm Middle Stage," Zhao Ruoan answered honestly.

"Pulse Condensation Middle Stage..." Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling muttered to herself, then suddenly asked a question, "I remember when you took the entry assessment, you were still... in the Qi Refining Realm?"

"Yes, Third Senior Sister."

"How long has it been since you joined?"

"Including the time spent in the Tianyao Mountain Range, it's been about three months."

"..."

The courtyard fell into dead silence.

Third Senior Sister Mo Hongling's cute and adorable face was filled with two giant words: "Shocked."