131: banquet

Upon learning that someone had tried to kill Chen Tianming and was subsequently killed in retaliation, Gao Zhiman immediately cursed Ye Chen and Qian Sun's ancestors for eighteen generations.

After ensuring that Chen Tianming was unharmed, Gao Zhiman finally relaxed, gave a few simple instructions, and then hung up the phone.

"Let's go, someone will come to handle things here."

After such an incident, Chen Sihuan no longer had the mood to continue playing. She followed Chen Tianming out of the secret room, and no one stopped them. They had no idea that two people had died in the secret room.

Just as Chen Tianming was pondering where to go next, his phone rang again. It was an unfamiliar number. Chen Tianming originally intended to reject the call, but Chen Sihuan stopped him.

"You should answer it. What if it's about this matter? I don't want you to get into any trouble."

To put Chen Sihuan at ease, Chen Tianming finally chose to answer.

"Chen Shao, I'm Li Dong. Do you still remember me?"

As soon as the call connected, the voice of a middle-aged man rang out, which immediately reminded Chen Tianming of the guy he had saved when Dong Qingyun was hospitalized.

"Oh, it's you. Is there something?"

If it weren't for Li Qingzhi, the Heavenly Destined Female Lead, Chen Tianming wouldn't have bothered with someone of Li Dong's caliber at all. If it weren't to suppress Xia Xuan, the Heavenly Destined Male Lead, Chen Tianming wouldn't have even bothered to save him.

"Chen Shao, do you still remember the banquet held to thank you? It starts tomorrow, so please be sure to come."

Although Chen Tianming was a bit cold, Li Dong showed no dissatisfaction. His Li family, though a well-known family in Modu, was but a drop in the ocean compared to Chen Tianming.

"Mm, alright. If there's nothing else, that's all for now."

If Li Dong hadn't reminded him, he really would have forgotten. He just didn't know if Xia Xuan and his Senior Sister Ai Yun would go, but it was highly likely they would.

After all, Li Qingzhi was his Heavenly Destined Female Lead, so he couldn't possibly watch him get so close to Li Qingzhi without doing anything.

After hanging up the phone, he comforted Chen Sihuan for a long time before she finally emerged from the previous shock.

"Ding! Detected that Female Lead Chen Sihuan's favorability (white) has reached one hundred!"

"She can now be brought into the Villain Family!"

"Do you wish to subdue her?"

Chen Tianming had waited for this moment for too long and made the choice to subdue her without hesitation!

"Ding! Host has successfully brought Female Lead Chen Sihuan into the Villain Family!"

"Reward obtained: One Nascent Yuan Pill (can greatly increase cultivation)."

Hearing the system's reward, Chen Tianming nearly jumped up in excitement.

His spirit stones were almost depleted before, and he had only managed to increase his cultivation by a tiny bit. Coupled with the insufficient degree of spiritual energy recovery, it was very difficult for Chen Tianming to increase his cultivation.

Now, the reward from the system undoubtedly solved this problem. He just didn't know how much cultivation improvement it could bring. If it was worse than spirit stones, it would truly be a joke.

"I'll take you back first. I still have other matters to attend to."

With the system's reward, Chen Tianming was eager to try it out. In Chen Tianming's view, strength was the prerequisite for everything.

Especially after being ambushed by Ye Chen and Qian Sun, Chen Tianming felt an urgent desire to improve his strength.

"Okay, you must be careful. If you get caught, I'll turn myself in!"

Chen Sihuan hadn't forgotten what happened before and thought Chen Tianming was going to handle that, so she said this without hesitation, which made Chen Tianming somewhat amused and frustrated.

"Don't overthink it. What kind of person am I? How could I get caught? At worst, I'll just give them a large compensation fee."

Chen Tianming said this just to comfort Chen Sihuan, but Chen Sihuan actually believed him and nodded vigorously.

After sending Chen Sihuan away, Chen Tianming rushed home without stopping. Compared to the outside, home was where he felt safe, especially when improving his strength.

Taking out the Nascent Yuan Pill, Chen Tianming swallowed it without hesitation.

The moment the Nascent Yuan Pill was swallowed, Chen Tianming felt as if there was a balloon inside his body, constantly expanding. Along with it, countless mysterious streams of energy surged wildly within his body.

Following the method he had seen in the pendant, Chen Tianming continuously sorted out the energy streams within his body. His cultivation, which had been stuck at the fourth stage of Qi Condensation, began to break through continuously.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

In just a moment, the fourth stage of Qi Condensation successfully broke through to the fifth, but this was not the end; it was merely the beginning. Under Chen Tianming's deliberate control,

He continuously broke through to the sixth, seventh, and eighth stages, until the ninth stage, where the speed finally slowed down slightly.

According to the cultivation method in the pendant, Chen Tianming compressed all the energy streams towards his lower abdomen. With the continuous support of the Nascent Yuan Pill, Chen Tianming's cultivation reached the peak of the ninth stage of Qi Condensation.

"Boom!"

It felt as if a huge sound reverberated within his body. Chen Tianming felt a vortex appear in his lower abdomen, followed by a sensation of immense power filling his body.

"What are you doing?"

Just as Chen Tianming was immersed in joy and hadn't had time to carefully examine the changes within his body, Wan Yue had walked up to him at some point.

Seeing Wan Yue, Chen Tianming was a little surprised; he had actually forgotten about this.

Ever since Wan Yue moved in, she rarely came out, staying mostly in her room. Chen Tianming, due to other matters, hadn't paid much attention.

He hadn't expected that just as he broke through, Wan Yue would emerge from her room.

"I'm making myself stronger."

Facing Wan Yue, who had long lost her memory, Chen Tianming didn't know how to explain, so he simply said a few words.

"The aura you just exuded felt a little familiar to me."

Wan Yue didn't think much of it and instead fell into contemplation, which immediately reminded Chen Tianming of the system's prompt sound when he first met Wan Yue.

Wan Yue was a personality fragment of the Nine Heavens Goddess. Now she said his aura felt familiar; could it be because of his cultivation technique?

"Then have you recalled anything else?"

The effects of the Nascent Yuan Pill had completely worn off. Chen Tianming slowly stood up and looked at Wan Yue, but saw Wan Yue gently shake her head.

"No, I still can't remember anything."

Hearing Wan Yue say this, Chen Tianming felt a slight pang of guilt. He had promised Wan Yue before to help her regain her memories, but he had been slow to act.