Chapter 179 Breakthrough to Body Refinement Golden Core Realm
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"What's going on?"
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Yu Qingtan frowned. Given her relationship with the You family and the token of trust she had given, there shouldn't have been any issues with something as simple as receiving Jiang Lai.
"The person we sent said that the Family Head You Xiantong and the Young Master You Xiwang received her warmly, but they told her: 'Just ten days ago, Jiang Lai, who was cultivating at a very slow pace, finally made a breakthrough to the first layer of Qi Cultivation. Then, a thick green light appeared on her body, and outsiders couldn't approach her. Ten breaths later, a pitch-black spatial passage suddenly appeared in front of her, and Jiang Lai was directly sucked into the passage.'
Because the event was so extraordinary, the You father and son did not dare to make it public. They suppressed the news, wanting to inform Miss Qingtan as soon as possible, but they hadn't made contact with you yet when our person arrived."
"What?"
Yu Qingtan couldn't help but stand up and exclaim.
Xiang Yiyi and Xiang Ru looked at her, and she took a deep breath to steady her emotions.
"It's okay!"
"It seems that Jiang Lai is quite extraordinary! I hope it's not bad news!" Yu Qingtan sighed internally, realizing that encountering such a rare event in the Cultivation World definitely indicated Jiang Lai's uniqueness.
"In that case, Master Tianxiang, I plan to return to Tianxiang Valley as soon as possible. Would you like to come back with me?"
Yu Qingtan asked, since it would be safest for Xiang Yu, who was condensing a Pseudo-Core, to return to Tianxiang Valley.
"I will go back with you. A few days ago, I had already asked a senior sister from the Battle Hall to temporarily take care of the Raoliang Tea House for a while."
Xiang Yu said.
Yu Qingtan knew that Raoliang Tea House had always had an elderly female cultivator at the late stage of Foundation Establishment in charge, but she had been in seclusion, and Yu Qingtan had never met her.
Having made their decision, in the afternoon of the same day, Yu Qingtan, Xiang Yiyi, Yan Xi, Xiang Yu, and Xiang Ru set out to return to Tianxiang Valley.
As for Yan Xi, Yu Qingtan had visited her in the morning and found her crying.
After scolding her, Yan Xi stopped crying and regained some spirits.
"Cry, what's the use of crying?
Yan Shu is a young Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Yan family; it's not like they could just kill him outright.
Wait until you become a Golden Core, or even a Nascent Soul cultivator, then who among them could stop you?
Stick with me, and I guarantee you'll reach Core Formation within twenty years."
Recalling the moment she had just traveled to this world and attended the Tianxiang Pavilion assessment when Luo Xiang assured her she would reach Foundation Establishment before fifty, Yu Qingtan sneered internally.
Of course, this was also because Yan Xi possessed dual spirit roots of wood and water and was already at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
The five of them returned to Tianxiang Valley without incident.
Xiang Yiyi went back to Qing Wei's residence, while Yu Qingtan took Xiang Yu and Xiang Ru to pay respects to True Master Rou Jia. Yan Xi, meanwhile, returned to the small courtyard where Yu Qingtan lived.
Xiang Ru had always been cultivating with Xiang Yu, but now that Xiang Yu had chosen to follow Yu Qingtan, True Master Rou Jia also accepted Xiang Ru as a nominal disciple and arranged for Wen Jin to take care of her.
Afterward, True Master Rou Jia lent a large number of Contribution Points to Xiang Yu, allowing her to exchange for the Pseudo-Core Technique and time to cultivate with a Third-order Spirit Vein, so she could go into seclusion and condense her Externa Pill.
After visiting True Master Rou Jia, Yu Qingtan first went to complete her mission, then used Contribution Points at the Scripture Pavilion to exchange for a secret technique, a formation set, and the Third Stage Water Blade Technique before returning to her own small courtyard.
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"Yan Xi, given your previous actions, if you wish to continue staying by my side, you will need to be subjected to a Soul Constraint by me, lasting until the Nascent Soul Stage.
During this time, you will have to work for me, and I will cultivate you with great effort. As for the Yan family, as long as they don't come looking for trouble, I won't bother dealing with them. How does that sound?"
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The Soul Constraint Secret Technique was what Yu Qingtan exchanged from the Scripture Pavilion, spending four hundred Sect Contribution Points.
For the task of hunting the great strength apes, she earned one thousand one hundred and twenty Contribution Points, and as it was a team task, Yu Qingtan received eight hundred points.
Attending the Nascent Soul Ceremony at the Wendao Sect, she gained one thousand Contribution Points, spending six hundred to exchange for a Third-order Water Blade Technique and eight hundred for a superior Third-order Minor Dual Polarity Formation.
Yan Xi thought about the situation she would face when returning to the Yan family and considered Yu Qingtan's talent and character. In the end, she nodded and agreed.
"You'll be glad about today's choice," Yu Qingtan said as she took out a bottle with ten drops of Third-order Spirit Dew and handed it to Yan Xi.
"Thank you, Miss!"
Yan Xi accepted it with some surprise.
Even as the young miss of the Yan family, she rarely used treasures for cultivation like Third-order Spirit Dew.
A few days later, after mastering the not-so-difficult Soul Constraint, Yu Qingtan planted it on Yan Xi and then began her seclusion for cultivation.
Inside the Vajra Protective Spirit Array, Yu Qingtan took out a Spiritual Artifact level cauldron and added Fourth-Grade Demon King blood, which she had exchanged from the Hall of Merit at the Wendao Sect.
Yu Qingtan's body, stripped of clothes, showed off her smooth, delicate, and fair skin, a result of cultivating the Ice Skin Jade Bone Art. But this was not the time to admire her own figure. She took out two pieces of Third-order Wasteland Crystals and held them in her hands, entering the cauldron.
Employing the Demon Blood Refinement Technique, she absorbed the power of the Fourth-Grade Demon King blood and the Third-order Wasteland Crystals into her body and began refining her physique.
The path of Body Refinement has the following stages: First Stage, Skin Refining; Second Stage, Bone Refining; Third Stage, Blood Refining; Fourth Stage, Organ Refining; Fifth Stage, Golden Body; Sixth Stage, Soul Merging; Seventh Stage, Dao Integration. However, these are just the main aspects refined at each realm; the realm names still use the terminology from spell cultivation.
At this time, Yu Qingtan was striving to break through to the Third Stage of Body Refinement in the Golden Core Stage, which is Blood Refining.
During the process of refinement, Yu Qingtan felt as if all the blood in her body was boiling, and her blood vessels were reaching a dangerous balance between rupturing and repairing.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
The process was excruciatingly painful, and Yu Qingtan's teeth were repeatedly crushed and regrown.
After cultivating for eight hours, Yu Qingtan started to practice spells and comprehend the Dao.
After the upgrading of her Spirit Root, her understanding of the Five Elements spells became more profound, and her cultivation efficiency was very high. She also began to develop her unique insights, deepening her comprehension of the Path of Water and the Path of Wood.
Two hours later, Yu Qingtan would sleep for an hour. Continuous intensive cultivation was harmful and not beneficial to the soul.
Upon waking, Yu Qingtan lit the Nourishing Soul Incense and began playing the Soul Cleansing melody while casting the Soul Cleansing Technique. This was considered a method of soul cultivation.
In this way, time passed during Yu Qingtan's intensive training.
"Ah~"
A month later, Yu Qingtan shouted from within the cauldron, exhaling her turbid qi, and leaped out of the cauldron.
At this moment, the qi and blood within her were abundant, her blood as heavy as mercury, and her body seemed to be filled with inexhaustible strength.
She chopped with her palms, one after the other. With sharp qi, she struck the Vajra Protective Spirit Array, which could withstand a hit from a Golden Core. The array trembled and eventually shattered.
Having consumed eighty percent of the Demon King blood and four Third-order Wasteland Crystals, she finally broke through to the Body Refinement Golden Core Stage, enabling her to contend directly with early stage Golden Core spells using just her physical body.
"How strong, and finally, the Vajra Protective Spirit Array has fulfilled its purpose. Time to replace it," Yu Qingtan thought. The Minor Dual Polarity Formation she exchanged was a replacement for the Vajra Protective Spirit Array. It could withstand a strike from a Nascent Soul and was primarily used to protect spirit plants, so it was relatively cheap.
Not leaving her seclusion immediately, she continued for another ten days, using up the rest of the Demon King blood to stabilize her Body Refinement Cultivation Level. Only then did Yu Qingtan leave the Cultivation Room.
In the courtyard, Yan Xi, dressed as a maid, was practicing the Water Blade Technique. She had also grown fond of the dozen or so sets of clothes made by Yu Qingtan for her.