Li Yunxian looked out the workshop window; the sky was already pitch black.
“Did nothing go wrong with your breakthrough?” the person working with Li Yunxian asked.
“No, it went very smoothly,” Li Yunxian replied before asking in return, “How much time has passed?”
The man’s lips twitched. “It’s been two days already…”
No matter how one looked at it, that amount of time had nothing to do with being smooth!
He sized Li Yunxian up with astonishment. “You… why does it feel like you didn’t just break through to the Nascent Soul Stage?”
The aura emanating from Li Yunxian’s body felt somewhat terrifying to his senses.
Li Yunxian reined in her leaking pressure and thought for a moment before answering, “I’m already at the middle stage.”
Well, the middle of the Spirit Fusion Stage was still a middle stage.
The man clicked his tongue, instantly understanding why Li Yunxian had taken so long.
He looked at Li Yunxian with a mix of envy and jealousy for a long while before waving her off.
“Fine, fine. Since you’ve finished your breakthrough, don’t hang around here getting in the way. Hurry up and find a place to consolidate your cultivation level.”
If she stayed any longer, he was truly going to turn green with envy.
Li Yunxian didn’t stand on ceremony. After thanking him, she vanished directly from the workshop.
The workshop staff left behind were stunned.
Wait!
They remembered that the workshop was a vital and restricted area of their Tian Tong. Entry and exit were strictly forbidden unless one possessed a cultivation level of Spirit Fusion or higher to bypass the restriction!
Just what level did this girl break through to?!
Everyone looked at each other, then at the work in their hands, and fell into deep thought.
Thus, when Li Tianying eventually returned to the academy and entered the workshop, she was met with the sight of everyone working like they were on stimulants, as if they wouldn’t stop until they had squeezed themselves dry.
Li Tianying: “…”
Upon asking about the situation, Li Tianying fell silent.
Hearing their descriptions, Li Tianying knew the person they were talking about was her student.
‘To casually make everyone work themselves to death… what kind of special ability is this?’
Li Tianying recalled what she knew of Li Yunxian’s cultivation speed.
‘Could it be… that this is actually effective?’
Li Tianying hesitatingly joined the busy crowd in the workshop.
Li Yunxian, the one who had set the bad example, had no idea she was so “sinful.” After leaving the workshop, she went straight to the Blood Pool.
The restrictions of the Blood Pool of Tongtian could not stop a Spirit Fusion Stage cultivator.
Li Yunxian’s current divine sense was purely at the Tribulation Stage level. As long as she wished, the entire Xuantong Academy held no secrets from her.
Therefore, Li Yunxian knew that Su Wenjing was inside.
Re-condensing her divine soul and increasing her cultivation had taken quite a bit of time.
Li Yunxian thought she would be slower than Su Wenjing, but she hadn’t expected… Su Wenjing actually hadn’t come out yet.
Li Yunxian appeared at the Du Jie District of the Blood Pool of Tongtian.
Compared to other areas, the pool in the Du Jie District wasn’t large, spanning only about 10 meters wide.
Li Yunxian could feel that Su Wenjing was currently submerged in the blood pool in his original form.
Behind his true form, nine long tails swayed gently as if sensing something. In the next second, a hand suddenly appeared and grabbed Li Yunxian, who was standing at the edge of the pool.
Li Yunxian did not dodge, allowing herself to be pulled into the blood pool.
“You’ve already recovered, so why are you still lingering in the blood pool?” Li Yunxian chuckled, wrapping her arms around the neck of Su Wenjing, who had returned to his human form, and sent a voice transmission.
In her perception, Su Wenjing was currently at the grand completion of the Mahayana Stage, only one step away from returning to the Tribulation Stage.
“There’s nothing to do outside anyway,” Su Wenjing replied. His eyes then brightened as he looked at Li Yunxian. “Why did you come to see me as soon as you came out?”
Li Yunxian immediately laughed. “Probably because I wanted you to be happy.”
“So, are you happy?” Li Yunxian asked.
Su Wenjing, who habitually wanted to be a bit reserved, felt his heart pierced by her words.
He was very happy, so what!
In a fit of embarrassed annoyance, Su Wenjing leaned in to kiss Li Yunxian’s lips.
And then…
He was rejected.
Li Yunxian heartlessly pushed Su Wenjing’s face away.
“I don’t want to drink blood from bathwater,” Li Yunxian said coldly.
Su Wenjing, rejected for the first time: “…”
He decided he hated this blood pool thing.
Especially after they went ashore, as Li Yunxian didn’t mind being affectionate with him at all then.
The two enjoyed a peaceful time in the academy. It wasn’t until the people outside finished renovating the cities according to the changes in spiritual power that they discovered these two “culprits” had been slacking off for a long time.
The pair was immediately met with strong condemnation.
In front of these people, Li Yunxian and Su Wenjing acted very obediently, letting them complain as much as they wanted.
Seeing their behavior, the others eventually stopped.
Both of these individuals were the type who relied on their looks to get away with anything.
Especially Li Yunxian, who was an expert at acting sweet to coax people!
Before long, those angry people were dizzily sent away by Li Yunxian’s arrangements.
Long after they left, the group finally realized what had happened.
‘Forget it, as long as she’s willing to put in the effort for us.’
They comforted themselves.
Only Sheng Yu turned back to send Li Yunxian a message.
“Min from the Du Jie District said the sword you wanted has been forged for a while now. Whenever you’re free, go to Kuixing to get it from her.”
Seeing this message, Li Yunxian’s eyes lit up, and she immediately made a decision. “I’m going to Kuixing!”
Su Wenjing, watching her: “…”
He felt that the expression Li Yunxian had when seeing that message was more excited than when she saw him.
“I’m going too,” Su Wenjing said.
Li Yunxian smelled a hint of jealousy.
This was how a several-thousand-year-old fox acted when falling in love for the first time.
He could get jealous over anything.
During the time they spent together, Su Wenjing had even been jealous of his amnesiac self. He felt that Li Yunxian was more enthusiastic toward the version of him that had lost his memories.
But then again, even when a good-looking person was being petty, they were still cute.
Li Yunxian cupped Su Wenjing’s face and gave him a kiss, saying practicedly, “Of course. You would have to come with me even if you didn’t say anything.”
Su Wenjing instantly felt much better.
After contacting the side at Kuixing, the teleportation was arranged quickly.
Knowing Li Yunxian and Su Wenjing’s situation, a special energy device was prepared, and the two appeared together within the Kuixing Du Jie District.
Compared to the rapid changes in Shenzhou, Kuixing was quite stable. The people Li Yunxian saw were the same ones she had met during the exchange mission.
Min Juan’s location hadn’t changed either.
Li Yunxian and Su Wenjing arrived at Min Juan’s place with ease.
Knowing Li Yunxian was coming, Min Juan had originally wanted to be a bit resentful. After the girl returned to Shenzhou, she had thrown the entire interstellar world to the back of her mind, not contacting them at all.
However, once she saw Li Yunxian and Su Wenjing, she couldn’t say a word.
Min Juan’s lips twitched. “One of you is at the grand completion of Spirit Fusion, and the other is at the grand completion of Mahayana?!”
Li Yunxian had been pulled into the Tribulation Blood Pool by Su Wenjing, and when they were being affectionate, they hadn’t actually just been fooling around.
Li Yunxian had consumed quite a lot of the materials she had prepared in her storage artifact during this period, and she had even plundered many good things from Su Wenjing.
Reaching the peak of the Spirit Fusion Stage wasn’t strange.
In fact, it would have been possible for Li Yunxian to go directly into the Mahayana Stage.
She had just deliberately slowed her cultivation progress.
This was because she suspected that once she entered the Mahayana Stage… she would very likely transition smoothly into the Tribulation Stage.
The Mahayana Stage was the perfect integration of the divine soul and the physical body.
In this life, Li Yunxian’s body was extremely pure, so there were no difficulties in soul integration at all.
If she passed through the Mahayana Stage so smoothly, the Tribulation Stage would be even less difficult for her.
The Tribulation Stage required one to settle karma and overcome trials.
Everything owed during the journey of cultivation had to be repaid to achieve a completely clear conscience.
Li Yunxian had already passed that stage in the previous cultivation world, and since her rebirth here, she had always acted with a clear conscience.
Therefore, it was highly probable that as soon as Li Yunxian completed the soul-body integration, she would immediately face the ascension tribulation.
Whether she could pass the ascension tribulation was one thing.
Even if she could…
While Li Yunxian did want to ascend, she didn’t want to do it so soon.
This wasn’t just because Su Wenjing hadn’t finished his Tribulation Stage and would remain in this world for a long time.
At least, that wasn’t the only reason.
The main reason was…
She used to be an ordinary person, and although her parents had been taking medicinal baths and were now at Level 1 or 2 of Qi Refining, they were still alive!
Li Yunxian felt she should at least wait until the two of them passed away naturally.
If she ascended and her old friends were really up there, they probably wouldn’t mind her staying below to accompany her family and companions for a while longer.
If they did mind…
Then they were just asking for a beating from her sword!
“We are re-cultivating after all. It’s normal for our cultivation to be a bit faster,” Li Yunxian said.
Min Juan: “…”
She felt that even for someone re-cultivating from the Tribulation Stage, it was impossible to be this fast.
If it were that simple, people wouldn’t feel like the world was ending when they heard the words “re-cultivation.”
Only fifteen years had passed…
When she last saw Li Yunxian, the girl was only at the Golden Core Stage. In fact, when she first came to the interstellar world from Shenzhou, she was only at foundation establishment.
Min Juan didn’t even want to talk anymore.
She kept her mouth shut, took out the forged Heaven-grade Spirit Sword, and sullenly tossed it to Li Yunxian. “Here.”
Li Yunxian caught it and was instantly stunned by the sword.
Although it was a Heaven-grade Spirit Sword, it was different from the ones Li Yunxian had owned in the past. It didn’t have a stunning or luxurious appearance; it was extremely simple and plain.
This was a very pure sword.
Li Yunxian felt her own Dao resonating with it.
This was a Heaven-grade sword.
“What is its name?” Li Yunxian asked, stroking it gently.
Seeing Li Yunxian’s undisguised fondness, Min Juan’s expression relaxed. “Is Sword.”
“Hmm?” Li Yunxian thought she had misheard.
Min Juan laughed. “Its name is ‘Is Sword’.”
Li Yunxian: “…”
“What a wicked sense of humor,” Li Yunxian commented, though she then laughed along with Min Juan. “But it suits it very well.”
Li Yunxian gave it a casual swing. Min Juan’s room shook as if the entire space was being ripped apart by those casual strikes, crumbling into dust.
Everyone present fell silent.
Min Juan raised her hand and made a fist to stabilize the room again. She said speechlessly, “Are you sure you’re only at Spirit Fusion?”
Min Juan had seen Tribulation Stage sword cultivators before, and she felt those guys weren’t even this terrifying with a sword!
“Once you step onto the path of the Dao, cultivation level is not the standard for judging a person’s strength.” Li Yunxian’s voice was steady.
This was the same stability she had in the cultivation world when she didn’t even have a Tribulation Stage cultivation but had cut through those who tried to block her.
After speaking, Li Yunxian blinked at Min Juan. “So, you can tell me now. What exactly did you call me over here to help with?”
Looking into Li Yunxian’s clear eyes that seemed to see right through her, Min Juan: “…”