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Chapter 127 Advancement!
Chapter 127 Advancement!
three days later.
In the dimly lit cave, Luo Qingchen was making her final push.
All the medicinal power in his body had been refined.
"Whoosh!"
A surging, powerful force is relentlessly assaulting the barrier that leads to the next realm!
The pass was already on the verge of collapse.
The force was like a tidal wave, one wave after another, relentlessly crashing against everything.
His body was getting hotter and hotter.
The meridians and acupoints throughout the body were being torn apart by the fierce impact of the force.
But he did not stop, continuing to urge his power and keep attacking.
Finally, half an hour later.
"boom--"
A deafening roar suddenly erupted from within his body!
Immediately, his entire body jolted violently.
The pass has finally been breached!
The power flows freely, like a mighty river, surging forward!
At the same time, the dantian (lower abdomen) suddenly appeared in the body.
A strange yet powerful force continuously emerged, merged together, and settled into the dantian.
Then, the immense power that had been pushing through the barrier vanished.
Another, even more powerful force appeared out of nowhere in the meridians, acupoints, flesh, blood, and internal organs of the entire body.
Like fresh blood, it flowed continuously throughout the body.
One burst of strength!
He opened his eyes, clenched his fists, and a gust of wind, barely visible to the naked eye, suddenly appeared on his fists.
Then, a thin, strong wind appeared around his entire body, like an invisible wind shield, constantly swirling and wrapping around him, protecting him.
Within his body, his cultivation progress has changed from the previous Spirit Nourishing Realm to the Strength Realm: 0/5000!
He finally broke through!
"boom!"
He suddenly threw a punch.
In the dark and silent cave, a deafening sound of air exploding suddenly rang out!
Shangguan Yunman, who was sleeping in the corner, suddenly sat up.
"You—you broke through?"
She opened her sleepy eyes wide and stared at him in disbelief.
Luo Qingchen felt the wisps of wind swirling around her fist, and at this moment, her tone was surprisingly calm: "Yes, I've broken through."
Five days later as agreed.
It is only the third night.
"You actually—you really broke through—"
Shangguan Yunman murmured the same sentence again, looking at him with complicated emotions.
In just over four months, he successfully broke through from the Spirit Nourishing Realm to the Strength Realm. What kind of unparalleled genius is this?
"Alright, we should head back now."
Luo Qingchen showed no smugness, nor did she say anything because of her previous sarcasm and distrust. After getting up from the ground, she silently began to pack her things.
Blankets, pots, bathtubs, buckets, oil lamps, firewood, and so on.
Shangguan Yunman remained seated in the corner, and after a long while, she spoke up: "I made a bet with you before, saying that if you..." "That doesn't count as a bet."
Luo Qingchen picked up the bathtub from the floor and looked at her, saying, "Besides, I said five days from now, and it's only the third day, so it doesn't count."
He paused, then continued, "Don't worry, I said I would let you leave, and I will never go back on my word. When the time comes, you only need to take me to the foot of the Demon-Slaying Sect's mountain, and you can leave. With your strength, you should be able to run 50 li in no time. According to the blood pact, if I can't sense you for more than a year, the blood pact will automatically dissolve. So, after you leave, you should know what to do."
After saying that, he continued to pack his things with his head down.
Shangguan Yunman fell silent and did not speak again.
Soon, the darkness outside the cave began to recede.
Luo Qingchen finished packing her things and looked at her, saying, "Alright, we can go now. Traveling during the day should be safer."
As he spoke, he took out a black cloth and covered his face.
Shangguan Yunman silently packed her things, and after she finished, she looked at him.
Luo Qingchen walked ahead and exited the cave.
Shangguan Yunman followed behind, but when she reached the passage, she suddenly stopped, turned around, and glanced at the dark and cold cave behind her.
Then, she went outside.
The sky outside was still dark.
The night had not yet completely faded.
As the two entered the woods above the waterfall, the dense foliage overhead made the light even dimmer.
"Rustling sound————"
Neither of them spoke, and they continued on their way in silence.
They encountered no other hunters or magical beasts along the way, and thus arrived at the outskirts of the Magical Beast Forest without any problems.
They walked for several dozen miles.
As Luo Qingchen was walking through a grove of white trees, she suddenly smelled a strong stench of blood.
He stopped and looked toward the woods to his right.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that he had been traveling at a fast pace, Shangguan Yunman suddenly stopped, a look of confusion on her face.
Because her divine sense was many times stronger than his.
If there were any developments around them, she would definitely know them better than he did.
There is a dead person.
Luo Qingchen looked at the wooded path on her right.
Shangguan Yunman followed his gaze, twitched her nose, and said, "Why can't I smell anything?"
Then it suddenly occurred to him that he possessed the ability to suck blood.
"Should we go take a look?"
She asked the question.
"Let's go."
Luo Qingchen didn't linger any longer and continued walking briskly forward.
Shangguan Yunman glanced at his back, said nothing more, and followed behind him.
"There are people ahead! At least five!"
She suddenly reminded her.
Luo Qingchen immediately darted towards the woods on the left.
A moment after the two left, a hunting party of five, armed with swords and looking wary, emerged from the woods ahead.
Judging from their clothes, they were all disciples of the Demon Extermination Sect.
The five did not linger. After searching the surroundings, they continued deeper into the Monster Forest.
After the five people had gone some distance, Luo Qingchen and his companion returned to the original path and continued forward.
"Aren't you going to say thank you?"
Shangguan Yunman suddenly spoke.
The two traveled in silence, neither of them uttering a word.
At this moment, just as she was about to leave the forest, she finally couldn't help but speak up.
Luo Qingchen said, "Thank you."
"Hmph, no sincerity at all."
She snorted and asked again, "What are you planning to do when you get back? Are you sure everything will be alright?"
As Luo Qingchen walked, she said, "Let's change our identity tokens first. The previous brotherhood contract will naturally be void. As for the mission of escorting magical beasts, there will probably be some punishment."
Shangguan Yunman paused for a moment, then looked at him with a flickering gaze and said, "What if—I mean, what if, if the Demon-Suppressing Sect can't accept you, with your talent for cultivation, if you go—"
"I will leave the Southern Border."
Luo Qingchen interrupted her.
Shangguan Yunman paused for a moment: "Leave the Southern Border? Where will you go then?"
Luo Qingchen said, "The Northern Border."
"The North? What are you going there for? Will anyone take you in?"
"My fiancée is there."
Luo Qingchen said.
Shangguan Yunman suddenly stopped in her tracks.
After walking a distance, Luo Qingchen, not hearing footsteps behind her, turned around and looked at her, asking, "What's wrong?"
"fine."
Shangguan Yunman caught up with him, her expression indifferent.
The two fell silent again.
We made it out of the Monster Forest safely.
The two crossed the canyon and entered a forest.
After a long silence, Shangguan Yunman suddenly asked in a relaxed tone, "By the way, who is your fiancée? Does she know you're at the Demon-Slaying Sect?"
Luo Qingchen replied, "I know."
Shangguan Yunman asked, "Doesn't she look down on you? Or rather, isn't she afraid of you?"
Luo Qingchen said, "She is a disciple of the Snow Jade Palace, and she should be highly regarded."
"Snow Jade Palace?"
Shangguan Yunman suddenly stopped, her face full of strange expressions.
When did you two get engaged?
She blinked and asked.
Luo Qingchen said, "When I was little."
Shangguan Yunman: "————"
She quickened her pace and caught up with him, a smile unconsciously appearing on her face. She said, "It's not that I look down on you, but do you know that disciples of the Snow Jade Palace can never marry disciples of our Demonic Sect? If, as you say, she is highly valued in the sect, then it's even more impossible."
Luo Qingchen said, "I know, so I'm going to annul the engagement. I'll also ask her to help me find a place to stay and give me some money."
Shangguan Yunman: "???"
"What if she tries to silence you? You're a disgrace to her past. If you live, she'll be very upset, fearing that you might reappear and ruin her reputation."
Luo Qingchen said, "I will be careful."
We walked some more distance.
Shangguan Yunman said, "Actually, you don't need to go that far to find her. If you want a safe place to cultivate, if you want money—"
"By the way, can you give me the two thousand taels of silver and those two pieces of black iron now?"
Luo Qingchen turned her head and asked.
By this time, the two had already left the forest and were almost at the foot of Yumo Peak.
Shangguan Yunman glanced at him, paused for a moment, took out a money pouch from her storage bracelet, handed it to him, and said, "There should be two thousand taels in it. You can count it."
Then, he took out two fist-sized pieces of black iron and handed them to him.
Luo Qingchen took the money pouch, didn't count it, and put it directly into her storage bag. After receiving the black iron, her eyes lit up, and she immediately put it away as well.
Shangguan Yunman suddenly said, "If you keep your promise and really let me leave, I will also keep my promise. The 20,000 taels of silver I promised you, wait for me then—"
"No need, two thousand taels is enough."
Luo Qingchen continued walking briskly forward, saying, "You helped me a lot this time. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to advance successfully. So, let's end things here."
There was a moment of silence.
Shangguan Yunman suddenly added, "Oh, right, I still have some Xuan Iron there—"
"These are enough. I only need to make nails; I don't need many."
After saying that, he stopped and pointed to the mountain peak in front of him, saying, "I've arrived. You can go now."
Shangguan Yunman stopped and looked at him. Her lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but he waved his hand and walked quickly through the woods, saying, "Hurry up and go. You'll be free in 50 miles. I saved you in the Monster Forest, and you helped me. We're even now, and the blood pact ends here."
"We'll never see each other again."
After saying that, he quickly walked through the woods and climbed the steps leading up the mountain.
Soon, they disappeared into the black mist-shrouded steps.
It was midday.
The mountain forest was quiet and the cold wind was biting. Shangguan Yunman stood in the forest, staring at the steps where he had disappeared, and remained there for a long time.
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