128: Chapter 128 Pei Se's Breakthrough

Inside the shrine, Qin Ling looked at Clerk Liu, then glanced at the one zhang and two chi tall rosewood divine statue flowing with golden light in the center of the courtyard.

He did not hesitate. With a slight movement of his mind, a speck of golden light lit up from the center of the brow of Lord Qinling's divine statue.

That speck of golden light surged out from the temple hall and landed on the center of the brow of the rosewood divine statue in the center of the courtyard.

That one zhang and two chi tall divine statue lit up, and the golden light spread from the center of its brow to its entire face, and from its face to its robes.

The people from Guanhai County City all saw the golden light before them.

Village Chief Qin Zongliang, who was standing to the side, saw this miraculous phenomenon, quickly stepped forward, and shouted,

"Everyone, Lord Qinling has agreed——!"

Hearing that Lord Qinling had agreed to invite the deity, the commoners who came from Guanhai County City to invite the deity cheered.

Finally, they too could have the protection of Lord Qinling!

Qin Ling looked at the cheering commoners of Guanhai County City from inside the shrine.

Naturally, he would not refuse the deity-inviting of Guanhai County City.

Guanhai County City was the most populous place in Guanhai County. Even though it had been severely ravaged by the Evil Tree, the survivors were still more numerous than ordinary villages like Qin Family Village and Zhou Family Village.

Moreover, to enhance his cultivation, he inherently needed to incorporate the entire Guanhai County into his jurisdiction.

Guanhai County City was naturally among them.

Clerk Liu straightened his body, stood up from the cattail mat, his knees somewhat numb, and steadied himself by supporting the offering table.

He turned around to face the commoners who were still kneeling, facing the glowing golden divine statue in the center of the courtyard, and facing the dazzlingly blue sky outside the temple gate.

Next, that one zhang and two chi tall rosewood divine statue would be invited back to Guanhai County City and placed on the offering table in the main hall of the county city's temple.

In this way, Guanhai County City could also worship Lord Qinling!

At the same time.

Qin Family Village, not far from the seaside.

On a reef, Pei Se sat cross-legged.

The sea breeze blew from the east, stirring her scattered hair, and her robes flapped loudly in the wind, yet she remained steadfast and motionless.

The wine gourd at her waist had long been empty; she took it down and placed it beside her with the stopper pulled open, and a trace of wine aroma still wafted out.

She had been sitting here for a long time, sitting here ever since she moved out of that house by the sea in Qin Family Village.

That house was some distance away from the village. She was afraid that the commotion of her breakthrough would be too great and collapse the house that had been preserved with such difficulty.

At this moment, Pei Se's sea of qi was churning.

The qi and blood that had been stuck at the Third-Turn peak for who knows how long were like a pot of boiling oil, bubbling up.

They surged from the sea of qi into the meridians, and from the meridians to the limbs.

Her meridians ached from being stretched, as if someone was repeatedly stabbing her inside with needles.

She gritted her teeth to prevent herself from making a sound, the veins on her forehead bulging, and sweat streamed down her cheeks, dripping onto the reef.

That hurdle from the Third-Turn peak to the Fourth-Turn was one she had been stuck at for a very long time.

The churning sea of qi continuously touched the Fourth-Turn bottleneck, and the qi and blood throughout her body constantly surged in an attempt to break through the obstacle.

But it was still just a bit short!

Just when Pei Se felt she was going to fail, the qi and blood talisman circulating within her body began to emit warmth once again.

Influenced by this qi and blood talisman, the qi and blood that were originally about to disperse began to surge again.

Finally, her qi and blood were like a breached flood, crashing through the obstacle that had blocked her for I don't know how long.

The sea breeze stopped, and the waves stopped as well.

The sea surface around the reef seemed to be suppressed by something, without even a trace of ripples.

She sat there, and between heaven and earth there remained only her and the obstacle she was breaking through within her body.

Finally, her aura continuously grew majestic.

Fourth-Turn!

She finally crossed from the Third-Turn peak to the Fourth-Turn!

The sea of qi was boiling, and the meridians were roaring.

The qi and blood surged out from the sea of qi like a breached flood, flooding her entire body.

The reef could not withstand this power and exploded from the inside, gravel splashing everywhere, and the sea surface was pressed into a huge depression by the wave of auras.

Seawater surged from all directions to fill that depression, stirring up waves several zhang high that poured down from above her head.

Pei Se opened her eyes.

The seawater on her body dripped from the ends of her hair, and her wet robes clung tightly to her body, but she paid it no mind.

She lowered her head to look at her palm, stretching her fingers, clenching her fist, and stretching them again.

That surging qi and blood were still rushing within her body.

Fourth-Turn, she was a Fourth-Turn Martial Artist now.

She stood up, her feet stepping on the shattered reef. The gravel rolled under her feet, she steadied her posture, and gazed in the direction of Qin Family Village.

Pei Se sniffed.

A wisp of wine aroma drifted over from the direction of Qin Family Village, not the kind of wine she frequently drank in Qin Family Village before.

Instead, it was a fragrant, fine wine—the kind that had been cellar-stored for who knows how long and could scent half a street the moment the jar was opened.

Pei Se licked her lips and swallowed her saliva.

Her wine gourd had been empty for several days; she hadn't drunk since moving out of that house by the seaside.

She squatted down, her legs exerting force, and the reef fragments beneath her feet were crushed into pieces.

Her entire figure shot out from the seaside like an arrow released from a bowstring, her robes flapping loudly in the wind.

With this leap, her figure leaped directly towards the direction of the temple.

At this time, the deity-inviting ceremony inside the temple of Qin Family Village had ended.

The deity-inviting procession from the county city was surging out from the temple, smiles hanging on their faces, their mouth corners curled up so high they couldn't be suppressed.

They carried the one zhang and two chi tall rosewood divine statue, walking steadily and securely, afraid of jarring Lord Qinling.

"Once the divine statue is sent back to the county city, we will be able to offer incense to Lord Qinling."

A middle-aged man walking at the front of the procession turned his head and said to the person beside him.

"From now on, I will go to the temple in the county city every day to offer incense to Lord Qinling, and I must come even more on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month."

The person beside him nodded vigorously, all expressing that they wanted to offer incense to Lord Qinling every day.

Just at this moment, someone looked up at the sky and asked in confusion,

"What's going on? Why is there a black dot in the sky?"

Everyone's gazes turned to the eastern sky. The black dot grew larger and larger—it wasn't a bird, it was a person, a person falling towards this side.

Clerk Liu squeezed over from the front of the procession, raising his head and narrowing his eyes.

That figure was getting closer and closer, faster and faster.

Ultimately, this figure fell down, slamming into the stone slab in front of the temple, and that thick stone slab was cracked in several places on the spot.

This falling figure was none other than Pei Se. She steadied herself, her robes blown flat against her body by the wind, her hair scattered, and her face still carrying a flush from the breakthrough.

The wine gourd at her waist swayed and clinked for a while.

She raised her head, meeting those gazes that were either astonished, fearful, or bewildered, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

Pei Se directly picked up a jar of wine, dug her fingers into the mud seal of the jar mouth, and pried it gently. With a "pop" sound, the mud seal split open.

The wine aroma surged out violently, striking everyone's noses like a muffled punch.

She raised the wine jar and tilted her head back, the wine pouring down from the mouth of the jar. She opened her mouth, and the wine poured straight down her throat.

Fierce, spicy, and burning, like a trail of fire burning all the way from her throat down into her stomach.

She swallowed, burped, let out a long breath, and wiped the corners of her mouth with the back of her hand.

After wiping, Pei Se noticed that everyone was looking at her with astonished gazes.

"Burp~"

Pei Se couldn't help burping once more.