Something's wrong with this demon.

Chapter 141, Part 1

friend?

Here, friends are used to betray each other.

As Luo Qingchen ate the steamed buns she had brought back, she silently reminded herself.

He never eats anyone's food.

But now, I have no choice but to eat it.

At this moment, the other person was standing in front of him, staring at him with a pair of large, sincere, dark eyes, without moving.

If he doesn't eat steamed buns, then he'll have to eat rats.

He is now certain that the other person has mental health issues.

"Is it tasty?"

She spoke.

Luo Qingchen said, "It's delicious."

"Now that we've eaten, it's time for us to begin our cultivation."

She took out a thick stack of cultivation manuals from her person and placed them in front of him, saying, "You can cultivate all of these techniques. If you need anything else, just tell me. Five months from now, let's break through to the Opening Aperture Realm together, okay?"

Luo Qingchen glanced at the books in front of her, then looked at her and asked, "Are you sure you can break through to the Tongqiao Realm in five months?" Reaching the Tongqiao Realm through body tempering is a major realm.

Its difficulty and the time required are incomparable to those previous minor realms.

Most cultivators encounter a bottleneck when breaking through to this realm.

Is she really that confident?

"I can break through."

She said, "You can definitely break through too."

Luo Qingchen said, "I'm not sure."

Judging from the previous cases of breaking through from the Spirit Nourishing Realm to the Strength Realm, five months is clearly too short to break through to the Acupoint Opening Realm.

You can do it.

She seemed to trust him a lot.

Then he added, "If you haven't broken through by then, I'll skin you alive, and those three from Medicine Man Town too."

Her tone was calm, as if she were joking.

But Luo Qingchen knew that she was not one to joke.

She wouldn't joke around.

She didn't say anything more, turned around and walked to the opposite corner, sat down cross-legged, and began to cultivate.

That petite and eerie figure vanished instantly into the darkness of the corner, as if even her breath and presence had disappeared. She became one with the darkness.

Luo Qingchen's pupils contracted. Not daring to waste any more time, she finished her food and picked up the cultivation manual in front of her to read it.

"The Inner Strength Sutra, the Power Control Technique, the Twelve Demon-Slaying Blades..."

"Human Skin Ghost Shadow Technique, Living Corpse Slave Technique, Dead Corpse Refining Technique..."

He quickly finished reading all the cultivation techniques.

He possesses all the basic techniques of the Qigong Realm.

As for swordsmanship, there's no need to be greedy for more. Just continue practicing his previous Nine Demon-Slaying Swords until he achieves mastery.

After the meridians are opened, different techniques will be required to practice.

He put away those techniques and began to diligently practice according to the descriptions in the "Strength and Power Sutra".

Soon, his body began to heat up.

The medicinal energy absorbed into the body began to be continuously refined.

Five days later.

The medicinal energy within his body has been completely refined.

Internal cultivation progress: 150/5000.

Gilded Blood: 120/1000.

Last time, I added 30 points of gilded blood to the medicinal bath, but unexpectedly, my cultivation progress only increased by 150 points.

At this rate, it is absolutely impossible to break through to the Tongqiao Realm within five months.

"It seems that for the next medicinal bath, we'll need to add even more gilded blood, at least double the amount compared to before."

"Also, monster blood would be even more effective..."

"If I can fight, my cultivation speed will become even faster..."

As he pondered this, he began another medicinal bath.

This time, he added 60 drops of gilded blood to the medicinal bath.

The medicinal power has been significantly enhanced.

Seven days later.

The medicinal energy absorbed into the body has finally been fully refined.

At this moment, the cultivation progress within his body had increased from 150/5000 to 450/5000. However, the gilded blood had only reached 60/1000.

That's only enough for one medicinal bath.

This time, he used 58 points of gilded blood for the medicinal bath.

The remaining two points are for emergencies.

Seven days later.

He looked at the cultivation process within his body.

The cultivation progress has increased from 450/5000 to 700/5000.

The speed has already started to slow down.

Clearly, continuing this kind of training will only make the results worse.

He needs the blood of a more powerful monster!

He needs monsters!

He still needs to fight!

Only in this way could he possibly break through to the Tongqiao Realm within five months.

Now, a month has passed.

There are four months left.

So, without further hesitation, he looked at the petite figure hidden in the darkness in the opposite corner and said, "I want to go out." After a moment, the girl's cold voice came: "No."

Luo Qingchen said, "I need more blood for cultivation, and I need to fight. Otherwise, I won't be able to break through in the next four months." The other person was silent for a moment, then said, "It does seem a bit difficult. My blood isn't enough either; the distance is too far, and many have died..." She suddenly stood up from the corner and said, "Then, shall we go to the Monster Forest?"

Luo Qingchen's expression shifted, and she asked, "May I go?"

She said, "Of course, we're friends, of course we should go together."

Luo Qingchen said, "But I've been confined to my quarters by the sect."

She asked in confusion, "What does 'stay-at-home' mean? Aren't your feet still attached to your body?"

Luo Qingchen paused for a moment, then nodded: "That makes sense. But I want to go to a place with monsters. Although there are monsters in the Monster Forest, they should all be in the innermost part, where there are many inner disciples."

She thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll go out and ask around to see where the most monsters are."

Luo Qingchen said, "Can I go out for a bit? I ordered some things from the general store and need to pick them up in the next few days. Also, I'd like to go back to the peak to see if anyone is looking for me."

She said, "I can help you get your things, and I can also go to the top of the mountain and bring the person looking for you here."

Luo Qingchen glanced at the leather hanging on the opposite wall and said nothing more.

She slowly emerged from the darkness of the corner, stood before him, and stared at him for a moment with her dark, cold eyes before asking, "Do you really want to leave?"

Luo Qingchen replied, "Yes."

"Will you come back?"

she said.

Luo Qingchen replied, "Yes."

She was silent for a moment, then said, "Alright, I'll trust you this once. If you haven't come back by dark, I'll go to the pharmacy downstairs to look for you."

Luo Qingchen didn't say anything more.

"Let's go."

She led the way into the dark passageway filled with vampire bats.

Luo Qingchen followed behind.

As the two entered the passage together, the vampire bats hanging on the walls and overhead suddenly opened their scarlet eyes, staring at him with bloodthirsty and cold eyes.

Luo Qingchen held her breath and continued walking forward, following the figure in front of her.

At the end of the passage was a heavy stone gate.

She walked closer and placed her hand on the bird and beast pattern on the right, and the stone door slowly opened.

Inside the stone gate was another pitch-black tomb filled with coffins.

Passing through the tomb, there is a dark stone staircase ahead.

The stone steps are steep and meander upwards.

After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, another stone door appeared in front of them.

This time, she went straight over and pushed the stone door open with both hands.

Outside was a narrow dirt path, just wide enough for one person to crawl forward.

The two crawled one after the other through the dark passage.

She crawled for about half an incense stick's time before stopping.

Luo Qingchen immediately sensed a strong wind swirling around her, as if she was gathering power.

"boom!"

She threw a punch.

Amidst the flying dust, a bright light suddenly appeared.

The cave entrance has finally appeared!

She crawled forward out of the cave entrance, then turned around, looking at him with her dark eyes as he continued crawling inside, and asked, "Was it fun?" Fun?

Luo Qingchen's lips twitched slightly.

Is it fun to live in this godforsaken place?

"My sister and I used to have nowhere to go, so we often went to the cemetery and slept in coffins. Only there could we find shelter from the wind and rain, and only there would the people be quiet and not beat or scold us."

"I like coffins, I like graves, I like dead people."

她平静静地道.

Luo Qingchen paused, climbed out of the cave, looked at her, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "How did your sister die?"

She paused for a moment, then asked, "Where's your sister? How did she die?"