122: You really know how to pick your timing.

Within the Jade Pool, the air was filled with the suppressed groans and painful low roars of Disciples from various sects.

The pool water, once regarded as a supreme Opportunity, now seemed like an instrument of torture in their eyes.

Lu Yi stood in the water, looked at the Disciples around him whose Faces were twisted in pain, and shrugged helplessly.

"Since I don't feel anything, I might as well treat this like a visit to the bathhouse."

He didn't want to waste time here watching others suffer.

Thus, he strode forward, heading straight toward Chu Qianqian, who was walking at the very front, and Yun Mu, who was following closely behind.

"Wait for me!"

Chu Qianqian watched Lu Yi's relaxed and comfortable back and gritted her teeth.

Her competitive spirit was instantly ignited.

She took a deep breath, forced herself to endure the discomfort in her body, and followed him, refusing to be outdone.

However, reality is often cruel.

As the two ventured deeper into the Jade Pool, the excruciating pain of "ten thousand ants gnawing at the bones" and the alternating cold and hot shocks began to increase exponentially!

Chu Qianqian was already "injured."

At this moment, under the impact of this incredibly overbearing Body Tempering power, her Face grew paler and paler, and cold sweat fell from her forehead like raindrops.

Her footsteps also became increasingly heavy.

Finally, when they reached the middle section of the Jade Pool.

Chu Qianqian's figure swayed violently, her vision went black, and she nearly collapsed headfirst into the pool water.

She gasped for air, her sweat mixing with the pool water and dampening her hair, making her look utterly disheveled.

She looked at Lu Yi's back in front of her, her eyes filled with unwillingness.

But reason told her that her body had reached its limit.

If she forced herself to go any further, let alone Body Tempering, her body would likely give out first!

Just as she was teetering on the brink.

A warm, strong hand firmly grasped her arm.

Lu Yi had stopped at some point and turned around.

He looked at Chu Qianqian's pale, paper-white Face, his brows slightly furrowed:

"That's enough, this is far enough."

"When it comes to Cultivate, too much is as bad as too little. Staying alive is the hard truth; don't throw your life away just for the sake of Face."

As he spoke, a gentle and mellow Power of the Stars emanated from Lu Yi's palm.

It flowed along the Meridians of her arm and slowly transferred into Chu Qianqian's body.

The tearing pain inside her body eased slightly.

Chu Qianqian's tightly furrowed brows instantly relaxed, and she let out a sigh of relief, nearly collapsing into Lu Yi's arms.

"The energy intensity at this location is just right for you right now."

Lu Yi supported her, found a relatively flat boulder in the water, and let her sit down cross-legged:

"Just stay here and Cultivate. Going any further isn't an Opportunity anymore; it's just courting death."

Chu Qianqian looked at Lu Yi, knowing full well that if she followed him now, she would only be a burden to him.

She could only nod obediently, putting away her usual coquettish manner, and said seriously:

"Then take care of yourself."

Afterward, as if remembering something, she glared fiercely at Lu Yi and threatened him in a cutely ferocious manner:

"Also! Help me teach that Chu Qianqian a good lesson!"

"Don't worry."

Lu Yi smiled and rubbed her head.

Then, he turned around and continued walking into the depths of the mist.

His figure soon disappeared into the thicker white mist.

...

Meanwhile, unlike Lu Yi's ease, Yun Mu was currently in the midst of a true "trial by fire."

Although he possessed the combat experience of the Heaven-Reaching Realm from his past life and an iron-like will.

The Foundation of this body was, after all, too weak.

Under this pressure, which became more terrifying the deeper he went, every step he took caused the bones in his entire body to emit an unbearable creaking sound.

"Pfft..."

He bit the tip of his tongue hard, using the intense pain to keep himself conscious.

His Face was as pale as paper, and his legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

But the fanaticism in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest; instead, it burned even more intensely.

"One more step... I can go one more step..."

"The closer I get to the center, the more perfect a Foundation I can reshape!"

This belief supported him, allowing him to move forward step by step with great difficulty.

Just when he felt his consciousness fading and his body reaching its limit.

In the mist ahead, a figure standing in the water vaguely appeared.

Yun Mu felt a surge of joy.

"Have I arrived?"

He thought he had finally reached the end.

However, when he finally approached the figure after exhausting all his strength, he realized.

Chu Qianqian was standing there quietly, with her back to him, her white clothes as pristine as snow, as if she had been waiting there for a long time.

But what made Yun Mu's hair stand on end was.

In this position where he was struggling to walk and felt like he was about to die.

Chu Qianqian was completely unfazed!

Her entire body seemed to be shrouded in a faint, cold glow.

She didn't look like she was undergoing Body Tempering at all; it looked more like she was admiring flowers in her own back garden!

"This... How is this possible?!"

Just as Yun Mu was in shock and doubt.

Hearing the movement behind her, Chu Qianqian slowly turned around.

Her cold, indifferent eyes, which seemed to lack any human emotion, swept lightly around the surroundings.

Although the dense fog blocked sight and perception.

But at this depth, apart from the two of them, no one else's presence could be sensed.

"Very good."

After confirming that no one was around, Chu Qianqian cast her gaze upon the disheveled and teetering Yun Mu.

Her tone had no fluctuations, just like she was ordering a servant, and she said directly and bluntly:

"There is no one here now. You can fulfill your promise. Now, help me remove the Gu."

"Cough... cough cough!"

Yun Mu was so choked by this sudden request that he almost couldn't catch his breath.

He widened his eyes, looking at the Saintess in front of him who looked as if nothing had happened.

Then, feeling the tumultuous pain inside his body and his bones that felt like they were about to fall apart.

The corners of his mouth began to twitch wildly, and he felt terrible.

He roared madly in his heart:

"Big sister! Are you blind?!"

"Look at the environment right now! This is the depths of the Jade Pool! We are in this life-threatening environment!"

"And look at the half-dead state I'm in right now! I can barely stand, and I'm only hanging on by a single breath!"

"And you want me to channel energy to remove your Gu right now?!"

"You really know how to pick your moments! Are you a devil?!"