3: Chapter 3: Strength restored, trouble comes knocking.

After dismissing Du Yufan, Liu Qingmo's mood was quite good.

She came to the back mountain bamboo grove as usual, found a secluded spot, and sat cross-legged.

She took out a spirit gathering pill from her Storage Pouch and swallowed it, then circulated the emperor scripture she Cultivated in her past life to begin absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

It was not until evening that she slowly ended her Cultivation.

Feeling the increasingly rich Spiritual Qi within her body, Liu Qingmo's lips curled into a satisfied smile.

"As expected, after severing Karma, the Cultivation speed has increased by thirty percent compared to before."

She raised her head to look at the sky, which had already grown dim.

"It is time to go back."

Liu Qingmo stood up and was about to leave when a strong sense of loss suddenly surged in her heart.

It was as if something extremely crucial had quietly slipped away from her side.

She could not help frowning, her fingertips quickly pinching hand seals to deduce her own Opportunity.

The next second, Liu Qingmo's expression suddenly sank, and a trace of unbelievable anger flashed in her eyes.

"The Opportunity that originally belonged to this Emperor was actually snatched away by someone!"

She pinched the hand seals once more, wanting to deduce the identity of the person who snatched the Opportunity.

But no matter how she deduced it, everything before her eyes remained a blur, without a shred of clues.

"Who on earth is it?!"

Liu Qingmo rebuked coldly, her Qi Refining Ninth Stage Aura suddenly erupting.

The surrounding bamboo leaves were shaken into rustling sounds.

She could clearly perceive that the snatched Opportunity was crucial to her Cultivation.

Yet she simply could not deduce the other party's identity, which made the anger in her heart even more intense.

"No matter who you are, daring to snatch this Emperor's things, I will definitely make you pay a painful price!"

...

Inside the Immortal Cave.

Bai Yunzhou still maintained the cross-legged sitting posture.

The surrounding Spiritual Qi was continuously converging towards him.

It formed a faint layer of Spiritual Qi halo on the surface of his body, looking quite extraordinary.

His originally dropped Realm was still steadily improving under the nourishment of the lingering effects of the perfect marrow-cleansing and Foundation-solidifying pill.

After an unknown amount of time, the Spiritual Qi halo on his body gradually subsided.

"Hoo!"

Bai Yunzhou let out a long breath, ended his Cultivation, and slowly opened his eyes with joy on his face.

"I have finally completely refined the medicinal properties of the marrow-cleansing and Foundation-solidifying pill!"

He stretched his muscles and bones, only to feel unprecedented comfort all over his body.

It was as if he had undergone a baptismal transformation.

In fact, it was indeed so.

Under the Heaven-Defying efficacy of the perfect marrow-cleansing and Foundation-solidifying pill, he not only completely repaired his originally damaged Foundation.

Even his own Cultivation talent broke through once again from the top-grade bone structure, reaching the legendary heavenly-grade bone structure!

"As expected of a perfect-quality marrow-cleansing and Foundation-solidifying pill, this feeling is simply too awesome!"

Feeling the surging Spiritual Qi within his body and the insights far exceeding the past, the joy on his face increased by a few points.

Aside from the Foundation repair and talent enhancement, his Realm had also recovered to a certain extent, reaching the Late Stage level of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

"With my current cultivation level, I no longer need to worry about being driven out of the Sect in half a month."

Bai Yunzhou felt slightly relieved in his heart.

More importantly, his talent had now been enhanced, and his strength was definitely incomparable to ordinary Qi Refining Seventh Stage Cultivators.

"I wonder what level my current strength has actually reached."

Thinking of this, he stood up and came outside the Immortal Cave, casting his gaze toward a black boulder in the distance.

That black boulder was not ordinary stone, but the black gold stone unique to the Qingxuan Sect, with an extremely hard texture.

Ordinary Qi Refining Middle Stage Cultivators might not even be able to leave scratches on it.

Yet on that black boulder in the distance, there was a sword mark about seven or eight inches deep.

That was slashed out with a Flying Sword by the original owner right when he reached the Qi Refining Ninth Stage before Bai Yunzhou's Transmigration.

At this moment, he intended to also slash a sword upon it to see how his current strength truly was.

As the thought settled, he immediately waved his hand to take out a Flying Sword from his Storage Pouch.

Then, he used sword control arts to manipulate the Flying Sword, slashing out with a single sword strike.

"Whoosh!"

A streak of sword light tore through the air and landed upon the black stone.

Seeing that huge black stone, another deep sword mark had already been added to it.

The depth was roughly six or seven inches.

Bai Yunzhou was quite surprised by this result.

You must know that the original owner himself was a Genius, and his strength far exceeded Cultivators of the same Realm.

Yet he was currently only at the Qi Refining Seventh Stage, and he already possessed strength close to the original owner's Qi Refining Ninth Stage.

"Judging by this, my true level now should be enough to rival ordinary Qi Refining Ninth Stage Cultivators!"

After reacting, Bai Yunzhou also showed a look of joy.

But after he returned to the Immortal Cave, the joy on his face gradually faded away.

Earlier, Du Yufan accompanied Liu Qingmo to force him to hand over the marriage letter, clearly wanting to put him to death.

The other party was ruthless by nature; if they knew that his talent had recovered and his cultivation level had skyrocketed, they would definitely deal with him by any means necessary.

After all, no one would tolerate a Genius they had offended growing up.

Thinking of this, Bai Yunzhou could not help frowning tightly.

With his current strength, if he were targeted and suppressed by Du Yufan, a Foundation Establishment Early Stage Cultivator, his situation would be quite dangerous.

Fortunately, the other party was merely an Inner Sect Disciple.

As long as he could also become an Inner Sect Disciple, the other party would no longer dare to blatantly send people to target him within the Sect as before.

"It seems that for this Outer Sect Test, I must enter the top three."

According to the regulations of the Qingxuan Sect, there were only two ways for an Outer Sect Disciple to be promoted to an Inner Sect Disciple.

The first was for the cultivation level to Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm, which allowed direct promotion.

However, for a Qi Refining Cultivator to Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, not only did they need to reach the Qi Refining Ninth Stage, but they also needed a Foundation Establishment Pill for assistance.

He was currently only at the Qi Refining Seventh Stage, and he was completely penniless in his hands, utterly unable to acquire a Foundation Establishment Pill.

The second way was to squeeze into the top three in the Outer Sect Test half a month later.

As long as he could enter the top three, he could also become an Inner Sect Disciple.

However, he remembered that there were still quite a few Disciples with decent talents in the outer Sect, and their strengths had already reached the Qi Refining Ninth Stage.

"With Wei Changfeng and a few others around, it is simply impossible for someone with my Qi Refining Seventh Stage strength to enter the top three. Only by completely recovering the Qi Refining Ninth Stage cultivation level can it be done."

Thinking of this, he could not help sighing inwardly.

"If I still had a spirit gathering pill in my hand, that would be great. This way, I could completely recover my cultivation level in at most a few days."

The spirit gathering pill he mentioned was a Medicinal Pill commonly used by Qi Refining stage Cultivators, capable of quickly replenishing Spiritual Qi and assisting Cultivation, and it was quite expensive.

As an Outer Sect Disciple, he could only receive one pill each month in the Sect.

Bai Yunzhou pondered slightly, suddenly thinking of the Opportunity he saw on Du Yufan earlier.

Seven days later, in the corner bookshelf on the third floor of the Scripture Pavilion, the ancient body-tempering technique 'Savage Bull Strength' (Incomplete) would be acquired.

"If I can seize this Opportunity..."

Bai Yunzhou's eyes lit up.

In the era when ancient Body Cultivators prevailed, body-tempering techniques were particularly powerful.

If he could obtain one, or even just a part of it, it would be enough to take his strength up another level.

By then, even if he were only at the Qi Refining Seventh Stage, he would still have a certain degree of confidence to enter the top three.

Thinking of this, he immediately stood up and prepared to head to the Scripture Pavilion.

But raising his head to look at the sky outside the window, the night was thick and stars filled the sky.

The Scripture Pavilion had long been closed at night, so he could only wait until tomorrow to go.

"Anyway, Du Yufan will only go to retrieve this Opportunity seven days later, so there is no need to rush for this moment."

Bai Yunzhou suppressed the eagerness in his heart, sat down again, and prepared to continue to Cultivate and restore his cultivation level.

But right at this moment.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A burst of violent knocking suddenly came from the Immortal Cave door, with great force, as if trying to kick the door panel to pieces.

Following closely, an arrogant and domineering voice came from outside the door: "Bai Yunzhou, your Lord Wen is here! Hurry up and open the door for this old man!"