Breaking Through the Peak of Marrow Cleansing

Wan Qingluan looked at you in surprise, even forgetting to take her hand out of yours.

"You, how do you know my cultivation method?!" Her face was full of astonishment.

This secret was only known by herself and Yan Zhixue.

You grinned. "Guess!"

The fearful expression on Wan Qingluan's face became even more panicked.

She stood rooted to the spot, afraid to move.

Having spent decades together, you were extremely familiar with her timid personality.

You directly roared sternly, "I'll protect you for a day, and after today, I'll let you leave. Don't be ungrateful!"

Your words didn't sound like you were going to protect Wan Qingluan at all.

Wan Qingluan trembled all over, her small face wrinkled, and she was on the verge of tears.

You ignored her and directly dragged Wan Qingluan away.

Although you were only in the late stage of Marrow Cleansing, your combat strength was around the peak of Essence Refining.

Wan Qingluan was only at the peak of Divine Organ right now, and she was no match for you at all.

Unlike the third simulation, Wan Qingluan had always been several realms ahead of you in cultivation.

"The balance of power has shifted!"

You led Wan Qingluan away from the Yajiang Pass camp.

Bai Chen saw you leading a beautiful woman back and hurriedly greeted you.

He looked at Wan Qingluan.

Then he turned to look at you, and said in surprise, "Senior Brother, are you so rough when picking up girls? Just grabbing one off the street?"

You were too lazy to explain too much to Bai Chen, and your face darkened. "Shut your trap, old mouth!"

The bullied Bai Chen quickly shut his mouth.

The three of you headed southeast towards the Danxia Sect.

Yajiang Pass was about ten days away from the Danxia Sect.

You had been dragging Wan Qingluan along for quite a while before you remembered to ask her where she was originally going.

She said she was going to the Dragon Gate Inn, northwest of the Azure Mesa Desert.

You were immediately embarrassed because you had dragged Wan Qingluan in almost the opposite direction.

"You don't have anything urgent to do at the Dragon Gate Inn, right?" you asked.

Wan Qingluan looked at you. "Not urgent..."

"That's good." You took Wan Qingluan's hand again and continued walking.

Wan Qingluan glanced at the hand you were holding, and the resistance in her eyes lessened a lot.

The Heavenly Desire Formless Skill you cultivated made Wan Qingluan feel faintly close to you.

Bai Chen walked at the back, and he glanced at your back.

He muttered, "No wonder he doesn't go to brothels. So he wants to just snatch whoever he wants. No class!"

Bai Chen secretly vowed that from now on, he would also work hard to cultivate so that he could snatch people on the street without anyone daring to say anything.

Evening.

The three of you saw that it was getting dark, so you checked into an inn.

You and Wan Qingluan stayed in one room, and Bai Chen had a room to himself.

You were doing it to protect Wan Qingluan, and you definitely had no other thoughts.

If you had even the slightest bit of improper thoughts, Zhao Tiezhu would go out and win the lottery.

At night, you led Wan Qingluan out of the room.

You planned to call Bai Chen to go to the night market together.

You knocked on the door for a long time before you realized that Bai Chen wasn't there.

You guessed that this old rascal had run out to visit a brothel again.

So you and Wan Qingluan went to the night market together.

The night market street was brightly lit, and the din of voices was deafening.

The sounds of hawking, crying, and laughing could be heard endlessly.

You bought a lot of snacks.

Wan Qingluan was surprised to find that they were all her favorite things.

You had long been familiar with her every hobby.

Wan Qingluan took a bite of every snack, so busy that she couldn't keep up, and her little mouth was covered in grease.

"Is it good?" you asked with a smile.

"Good~" For the first time today, she revealed a relaxed smile.

You spotted another candied hawthorn stall, something you and Wan Qingluan both loved.

You let go of Wan Qingluan and went to buy candied hawthorns.

After paying, you sensed Wan Qingluan bouncing over to join you.

Without turning around, you simply extended your hand behind you.

Wan Qingluan naturally placed her hand in yours.

She didn't feel anything was amiss.

She was becoming somewhat dependent on you.

Back at the inn, you let Wan Qingluan sleep on the bed.

You didn't sleep, but instead sat cross-legged on a chair and began cultivating.

Your cultivation had been stuck at the late stage of Marrow Cleansing for a long time.

You could already sense the thin layer of paper separating you from the peak of Marrow Cleansing.

You felt like you would break through soon.

As a qualified Rank Four alchemist, you weren't lacking Inner Divinity Pills either.

You regained the boldness you had when consuming Qi and Blood Pills.

You went to town, swallowing Inner Divinity Pills by the handful.

You were practically eating Inner Divinity Pills like they were a meal.

Wan Qingluan was stunned by your desperate method of consuming pills.

Wan Qingluan lay on her side in bed, her big eyes blinking as she watched you in astonishment.

As she watched, she gradually fell asleep.

The room filled with Wan Qingluan's soft, cat-like breathing.

But you didn't sleep; you kept consuming pills and cultivating.

Until the latter half of the night.

Boom—

A roar erupted within your body.

Wan Qingluan was startled awake.

She suddenly sat up, looking at you in astonishment.

A massive amount of liquid True Qi roared and surged within your body.

Like a raging wave crashing against a dam.

You directly broke through to the peak of Marrow Cleansing.

Combined with the nine True Qi condensations you had already completed, You were now terrifyingly strong.

Even when facing someone in the early stage of Dragon Transformation, three realms higher than you, you dared to go toe-to-toe with him.

Whether you could win was another matter, but at least you had the confidence.

"I wonder if I can take on that expert beside Duan Qian now…" you thought silently.

Based on your previous deductions, that expert was at least at the Dragon Transformation stage.

"It seems I'm still not steady enough; I can't be complacent!" you warned yourself.

At that moment, you noticed Wan Qingluan staring at you with her small, red lips parted, a look of shock on her face.

"What are you looking at? Never seen a handsome guy break through before?"

"You, you're only at the peak of Marrow Cleansing?" Wan Qingluan stammered.

Your breakthrough had just leaked your cultivation aura.

"Yeah, got a problem with that?"

Incredulity filled Wan Qingluan's beautiful eyes.

She, at the peak of Divine Organ, was a whole major realm higher than you.

But when she faced you during the day, she was completely powerless.

She also couldn't sense your cultivation.

She had thought you were at least at the Essence Refining stage.

Who knew you were just a small Marrow Cleansing martial artist?

This shocked her so much that she didn't know what to say.

[Finally, she could only sincerely praise, "You're amazing!"]

[You smiled. "Someone used to say that to me all the time, but she usually said it at night."]

[Wan Qingluan looked confused, not understanding what you meant.]

["Sleep now, I won't wake you this time."]

[You put together a makeshift bed out of chairs and fell into a deep sleep.]

[The next day]

[Today, Wan Qingluan was in her 'Loving personality' phase.]

[She was radiating with the light of humanity.]

[She picked up a total of eight stray dogs and nine stray cats.]

[She even picked up a lost little girl.]

[Later, it turned out the little girl wasn't lost at all.]

[The little girl was just playing in front of her own house, and Wan Qingluan just picked her up.]

[The little girl's parents were going crazy and were about to report it to the authorities.]

[Luckily, you returned her in time and even paid ten taels as compensation for emotional distress.]

["Could you at least ask before you pick someone up?" You poked Wan Qingluan's fair forehead.]

["I didn't see any adults around her..." Wan Qingluan sat on the edge of the bed, looking down and wringing her hands.]

["There are plenty of people without adults around. I don't have any adults around me, why didn't you pick me up?"]

[Wan Qingluan seriously sized you up. "I can't pick you up."]

[You were speechless.]

[But you knew you couldn't blame her; this was all your just desserts.]

[Wan Qingluan, like a child who had made a mistake, silently shrank into the corner of the bed.]

[You sighed. "Your Fearful personality is over. Go back to Dragon Gate Inn yourself. I'm going back to Danxia Sect."]