One Step Spirit Severing

Hope is neither something that exists nor something that doesn't exist. It's like a path on the ground. Originally, there was no path on the ground, but as people walk on it more often, it becomes a path.

—Lu Xun.

A true hero dares to face the bleakness of life and the dripping blood.

—Lu Xun.

May the youth of the Cultivation World cast off their apathy and strive upwards, heedless of the rumors spread by those who give up on themselves. Those who can act, act; those who can speak, speak; those who can grow stronger, grow stronger. Give what little warmth you have, emit what little light you can, like a firefly, even in the darkness, without waiting for a torch. If there is no torch in this Dharma Ending Era: I will be the only light.

—Lu Xun.

Of all the famous sayings by Mr. Lu Xun, these three sentences Xiao Ran a deep impression on me. I modified them slightly and adopted them as my motto and guide to filial piety.

There were no roads in the world originally; they only become roads after many people have walked on them.

Perhaps his leg movement was a bit too forceful, for Xiao Ran was suddenly struck by a violent sword aura that coalesced into a towering wave, which crashed into the sky.

The winter sun shone on his large buttocks.

If there are no torches after this, this will be the only light.

Xiao Ran faced the desolate Qi Sea, the dripping blood, and the exposed flesh revealing the stark white bones.

The pale golden dragon vein Spiritual Power quickly covered his body, like Dharma Body, causing his shattered flesh and blood to continuously recover.

This attack was unexpected; aside from sending him flying, it didn't seriously injure him.

This doesn't seem right.

Xiao Ran had previously tried to hug his Master, but the sword energy had backfired and entered his body, even the Pill Wall reinforced by the Flood Dragon Pill core were directly destroyed by his Master's sword energy.

If it weren't for the even distribution of the Boundless Qi Sea, his Great Wraith Wraith Core would have been shattered.

Without the adsorption force of the Great Wraith Wraith Core, and without the fixation of the Pill Wall, the Qi Sea will collapse, and the person will be reduced to ashes, leaving not even a trace.

It is clear that the Master at the Spirit Severing Realm is far, far stronger than the Netherworld Wraith master at the Spirit Severing Realm...

Even so, I only earned 1,000 Filial Piety Points.

Afterwards, taking advantage of his Master's weakened Spiritual Energy, Xiao Ran attempted to take another step forward and flew away.

The spirit of experimentation is commendable... Though defeated, it is still honorable! This shows that there is still reserve Spiritual Energy deep in Master's Qi Sea that he has not yet noticed.

In an instant, the Righteous Sword Qi was so powerful that it could destroy the heavens and the earth, and its Spiritual Pressure was close to that of the Great Ascension Realm.

For a fleeting moment, Xiao Ran felt like he was really going to die.

As a result, the sharp sword energy instantly transformed into a wave as high as a wall, slamming him into the sky, but surprisingly, he was not injured.

Did my Master shield me from the recoil of the sword energy? He couldn't think of any other possibility.

My Master still loves me after all, and this love seems to have transcended the love between master and disciple...

An unprecedented 1,000 Filial Piety Points had just been credited to my account, and a few moments later, the record was broken by 10,000 Filial Piety Points!

Is it that filial piety has become corrupted, or has the Master's love for his disciple become corrupted?

Or perhaps, the Master's motives for seeking a disciple weren't so pure from the start? Did I underestimate her intelligence?

Ten thousand Filial Piety Points...

Xiao Ran felt he had grasped the secret to wealth.

The problem is, this is the limit of what he can do right now.

No, if his Master hadn't helped him withstand the sword energy, he wouldn't have been able to do even one strike.

Still too weak!

Xiao Ran decided to accelerate the pace of improving his strength.

He dressed in mid-air and landed Xiao Ran by the pool, looking clean and neat like a hypocrite.

Lingzhou Yue, covered in blood, leaned against the edge of the pool, her face pale with an indescribable flush, staring intently at Xiao Ran without any regard for right or wrong.

Enraged? Furious? She suppressed the sword energy within her body, her pale face flushed, her chest heaving violently, and sweat dampening her temples.

Xiao Ran's consciousness stirred slightly, and he was suddenly startled.

His Master's condition was very bad, much worse than he had imagined.

He directly withstood most of the sword energy with his bare body, and the sword energy flowed back into his body.

Xiao Ran felt very sorry for him.

If it weren't for his Master protecting him from most of the sword energy, he might have really died at his Master's hands.

Impulsiveness is the devil!

Lingzhou Yue's shimmering eyes, reflecting the peach petals and the shimmering water, stared directly at Xiao Ran. She scolded him with a hint of anger, "Look what you've done!"

"The first time is normal."

Xiao Ran smiled as he basked in the warm winter sun.

He hurried over, supporting his Master's cold, smooth shoulders, and took out a few Blood Replenishing Pill left over from brewing wine. He personally fed them to his Master and then fed him some wine to swallow.

Using the Resonance Power, I gave my Master a gentle massage to accelerate blood circulation and the absorption of the medicine. After my Master's body warmed up, I helped her onto the massage bed.

I helped my Master sit cross-legged in the center of the bed, activated the shock absorption and heating mode, and then used a bamboo towel to wash my Master's body.

Only then did Master regain some color in his body.

Strangely, when Xiao Ran was washing his Master's body, even when he touched sensitive areas, he did not trigger any sword energy.

Is it enough to have a colorless mind? His mind was as still as water as he repeatedly rubbed and washed, removing the bloodstains from his Master's body.

Lingzhou Yue sat cross-legged on the massage bed, her whole body feeling a tingling, slightly numb sensation from the vibrations, and her expression was quite strange.

In addition, Xiao Ran personally washed her body, and their skin was so close that it made it very difficult for her to suppress her sword energy.

What's wrong with her, who's always been so calm? She wanted to rest on the massage bed, but instead she felt even more tired.

"You rebellious disciple, do you even value your life?!"

Lingzhou Yue, with a stern face, began to scold him.

Xiao Ran felt he had simply been careless and said, "I underestimated my Master."

"Even your teacher underestimated your courage!"

Lingzhou Yue's sword-like eyebrows twitched, and her body trembled slightly, revealing a kind of beauty that was both unattainable and hazy.

"An ant trying to shake a tree, a mantis trying to stop a chariot—if it weren't for your master taking that hit for you, you would be dead."

Looking at his Master's weak appearance, with sweat soaking his temples, Xiao Ran felt a kind of beauty that came from childbirth.

There was a hot spring in the water, but the massage bed could only warm his bottom. Xiao Ran was afraid that his Master would catch a cold from the mountain wind while naked, so he dressed his Master in a thick white bathrobe.

"It's alright, disciple has already found the right path, the rest is just a matter of strength."

Lingzhou Yue suddenly opened her eyes.

"You still won't give up?"

Xiao Ran said, "No."

Lingzhou Yue shook her head, closed her eyes, and sighed, "We'll see. It'll be you who dies, or me..."

The words were on the tip of my tongue, but due to my limited intelligence, I couldn't think of what to say next after a long time.

While massaging his Master, Xiao Ran thought for a moment and tentatively took over the Master.

Just wait and see, it'll be you who dies or me...

"... Become a mother?"

Lingzhou Yue was taken aback, and it took her a while to figure out the logic behind it, which made her blush. She forced herself to say, "Yes."

Xiao Ran wasn't very good at dating, and had never been in a serious relationship before, but at this moment, he was absolutely certain, and a warm feeling welled up inside him, as if a voice deep within him was saying—

Mom, she's so cute, I want to marry her! Peach petals fluttered in the breeze at the Hot Spring Cliff, just like springtime.

With her sword-like eyebrows and delicate features, Lingzhou Yue shook her head and smiled before lying down on the massage bed and falling asleep.

[Congratulations, host, you have gained 3000 Filial Piety Points!]

Xiao Ran in the sky understood a principle.

All roads lead to Rome. If the main road is temporarily blocked, you can always try the side roads.

—Socrates.

Xiao Ran was in the sky, he was too lazy to come down. He changed his clothes and took the opportunity to visit Hundred Herbs Peak.

As Xiao Ran walked through the damp, fragrant, winding path and arrived outside the Pill Chamber, he heard two girls cursing him.

"Since the Divine Martial Kingdom is so powerful, why not just entrust the alchemy to the puppets?"

"That bastard Xiao Ran! He could have built Fully Automatic Pill Furnace, but he deliberately built Semi-Automatic Pill Furnace!"

"It even includes a 'final exam cramming for 300 pill formulas' mode... I declare this to be child abuse."

"No, it's not just child abuse, it's animal cruelty! How dare he do that!"

Xiao Ran:

"..."

Not long after, he heard his Senior Uncle's voice again.

"This is a treasure he bought for you because he likes you. You should refine pills to repay him."

"Repay my ass!"

"This is a treasure he bought because he likes you and wants to ease your burden."

Suddenly, his Senior Uncle said coldly, "Then throw it away. I'll teach you myself."

"Don't--"

"This is a treasure, a super big treasure!"

Xiao Ran shook his head. He was always brave and diligent, and he broke through the access control with his bare hands, forcefully entering the Pill Chamber.

Pill Chamber, a blue light lingered, and the Earthfire glowed red.

True Person Yinyue sat cross-legged on a straw mat in front of the stove, meditating with his eyes closed. He appeared calm and peaceful, but the fatigue on his face was clearly visible.

Her sheer dress, with its distinct layers of blue on the outside and purple on the inside, accentuated her graceful and charming figure.

Xiao Ran said, "Senior Uncle."

Chunwa and Qiuchan Cicada sat cross-legged beside the small alchemy furnace, their posture slouching, reluctantly fanning the flames.

"You call me 'Senior Uncle' so affectionately, but 'Senior Sister' isn't a person either?"

Xiao Ran was taken aback.

"Is Senior Sister even human?"

"No!"

Yinyue was somewhat surprised by Xiao Ran's arrival.

"Why did you get here so quickly? Did you finish your medicine?"

Xiao Ran said, "I need another kind of medicine, a kind of medicine that can re-condense the Pill Wall after it shatters."

"The Pill Wall shattered?"

Yin Yue frowned slightly and said directly, "This medicine is called the Resurrection Pill."

Resurrection means that the person is no longer alive.

Xiao Ran straightened his clothes, looked at his figure from side to side, and smiled:

"But I'm still alive."

True Person Yinyue glanced at Xiao Ran's Qi Sea and roughly understood what was going on.

"You really have a death wish. If you continue to act recklessly like this, I'm afraid one day you won't even spare your Senior Uncle."

Xiao Ran was taken aback.

"Huh? My Senior Uncle lived before the Dharma Ending Era, how could he still have children?"

"..."

True Person Yinyue's face froze for a moment, a barely perceptible cunning glint flashing in her gentle eyes.

"It seems that the Great Wraith Wraith Core saved you."

Xiao Ran truthfully replied, "I am still far from having the Great Wraith Wraith Core. It was my Master who saved me."

Even the Great Wraith Wraith Core couldn't stop it?

True Person Yinyue couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.

"Have you come to this point? Yue'er was right about you."

Xiao Ran only said:

"The situation is pressing; I need to become stronger immediately."

True Person Yinyue lifted her skirt, slowly stood up, picked up the teacup on the stone table, and took a sip of the black tea with unknown ingredients and swirling red mist.

"If your Pill Wall is shattered and you are still alive, the only way is to dissipate your cultivation and start over. But since you have the Great Wraith Wraith Core in your Qi Sea to keep it from the Qi Sea, rebuilding your Pill Wall is very simple. In fact, depending on the Spiritual Pressure of the Wraith Core, you can choose any Pill Wall below the Cultivation Level stage, and you can have any Cultivation Level want."

Is this even possible?

Xiao Ran secretly rejoiced, thankful that he hadn't bought the expensive Cultivation Level pack back then.

Isn't this Cultivation Level just something you fill in casually?

That makes sense.

The so-called Cultivation Level usually refers to the Spiritual Pressure that the Pill Wall Qi Sea) can withstand, which also means the maximum power that a cultivator's spells can unleash.

However, Xiao Ran's Qi Sea is not a uniform Qi Sea and is not limited by common sense. Whether it is the Spiritual Pressure that can be gathered by Serendipitous Critical Strike or the Spiritual Pressure gathered by the dragon vein vortex and the Wraith Core Black Hole, it has reached the Spirit Severing Realm.

In essence, he was already a Spirit Severing cultivator.

Previously, he had no choice but to pretend to be a Qi Refining cultivator, feigning weakness to deceive and swindle others.

Now he has a choice.

If he could choose Mahayana, he would definitely choose Mahayana.

If he could choose an immortal, he would definitely choose an immortal.

Unfortunately, I can't choose.

"Let's go straight for it and just Spirit Severing."

Xiao Ran said so.

True Person Yinyue took out a slightly fragrant black pill from her purple-veiled bosom and said gently, "After swallowing this pill and the Spiritual Energy in your Qi Sea has completely shrunk into your Wraith Core, you will need a minor surgery."

"Body Dissection?"

Xiao Ran always felt that her Senior Uncle's smile was malicious, as if her Senior Uncle wanted to retaliate for his earlier rude remarks, scolding her for being too old to have children.

Next to the Body Dissection Pill Chamber, there is a separate Body Dissection room.

In the center of the Body Dissection room was a black, cold Body Dissection table, which was very cool and emitted a little bit of icy air.

Xiao Ran lay on it, his buttocks numb from the cold, as if stuck to the operating table.

True Person Yinyue comforted her, "Don't be nervous. I've seen you set Chuyan's hip bone. Your skills are even slightly better than your senior Senior Uncle's. You should understand this."

I'll try my best.

After one night.

Xiao Ran slowly opened his eyes and saw his Senior Uncle's tired face, his forehead covered in sweat and his temples wet with sweat, much like his Master's state after helping him withstand the sword energy.

"You're awake? The Body Dissection was a success."

The surgery was a success? Xiao Ran was so startled by his Senior Uncle's words that he quickly lifted his pants to take a look.

Although the Pill Wall of the Spirit Severing Realm is very thin, basically just a superficial project, it is still the Boundless Qi Sea. The Pill Wall is vast and cannot be seen at a glance, requiring the use of spatial magic to complete.

"Thank you for your hard work, Senior Uncle."

True Person Yinyue wiped the fine sweat from her neck and straightened her disheveled clothes.

"Your Qi Sea is too large; your Senior Uncle suffered quite a bit last night."

Xiao Ran was stunned, thinking he had misheard something.

"I didn't quite catch that... what do you mean by 'too big'?"

True Person Yinyue smiled and playfully scolded:

"You child, it's one thing to flirt with your Master, but how come you're even flirting with your Senior Uncle?"

Xiao Ran chuckled and didn't say anything more.

Yin Yue's complexion was slightly flushed. She shook her head and sighed, "I never imagined that after only three months on the mountain, you would be stronger than my Senior Uncle's ten thousand years of Cultivation Level... Have you ever thought about your background?"

Xiao Ran made no attempt to hide anything.

"Probably from another world."

True Person Yinyue was slightly startled, yet remained unfazed, saying calmly:

"Are we here to save the world, or to save Yue'er?"

Only children make choices; I want them all!

Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Ran simply said, "Yue'er."

Chapter 208 The King of Lewd Talk:

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