The Bottleneck of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer

Lu Yi looked somewhat bewildered. "Me? What about me?"

Seeing Lu Yi's blank expression, Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi were utterly numb. Such a huge matter, yet this brat acted as if nothing had happened!

Wang Siqi took a deep breath and asked, "Yi'er, when you went to White Sheep Peak today, did you go up on the platform?"

Hearing this, Lu Yi immediately understood, though he found it strange.

Old Lu and Old Mom were reacting so strongly because he had gone onstage? It seemed they already knew what had happened at White Sheep Peak?

It had clearly only been evening when the lecture ended. How long had it been since then? The outer sect was so vast, yet the news had reached Old Lu and Old Mom's ears this quickly? Lu Yi felt that he had greatly underestimated the outer sect disciples' love of gossip.

After grumbling inwardly, Lu Yi cheerfully said, "Yeah, I went up White Sheep Peak. So? Isn't your son a genius?"

I, Lu, had gotten a taste of being a genius too.

Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi exchanged a glance, their eyes full of shock. It really was Lu Yi, this brat!

Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi had still been a little uncertain before. After all, he was their son—how many pounds their own son weighed, how could they not know?

Lu Gaoyang's expression shifted, but he still asked uncertainly, "So... your White Cloud Swordplay has really reached the Return to Simplicity realm?!"

"Yeah." Lu Yi nodded.

"...So Liu Ningshuang, True Inheritor Liu, invited you to Drifting Soul Peak for an assessment? And even gave you a Top Grade Qi Condensation Pill?"

"That's right. Senior Sister Liu is super nice." Lu Yi nodded.

"Gasp..." Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi sucked in a cold breath.

Lu Gaoyang stared at Lu Yi in shock. "How could my son possibly be this talented?! I don't believe it!"

"????" Lu Yi's head filled with question marks, his face darkening. "No, Old Lu, you actually don't believe I'm this talented?! Mom, judge this fairly!"

Lu Yi was deeply unconvinced. Why couldn't he be this talented?!

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Siqi said faintly, "...To be honest, I know your talent best. I find it hard to believe too."

Lu Yi: "???"

What kind of parents talked about their own son like that? If he had not transmigrated from the moment he was still a fetus, Lu Yi would have thought he had been picked up from a trash heap.

Speechless, Lu Yi said, "There are even stories of seniors who read through countless books and attained the Dao overnight, bringing even chickens and dogs up to heaven. So what if I had some insight?"

Hearing this, Lu Gaoyang shot Lu Yi a sidelong glance. "...You want to compare yourself to immortals?"

Seeing that look in Lu Gaoyang's eyes, Lu Yi was so angry he nearly spat out blood. With a cold laugh, he looked at Lu Gaoyang and said, "Old Lu, thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—never bully a poor youth! Maybe in a few years, I'll really become an immortal. Just be careful I don't take you flying with me then!"

Lu Gaoyang felt a splitting headache at Lu Yi's words, his face full of dark lines. "I believe your ghost. You brat are getting more and more ambitious, even thinking of becoming an immortal... Ow!!"

Before Lu Gaoyang could finish, he let out a miserable cry. Wang Siqi silently withdrew the foot she had stepped on his foot with, then smiled and said, "Yi'er, that's the spirit. Your mother supports you! But did you really gain some insight?"

In truth, if they had not been inside the sect, protected by its grand formation so that powerful Heretical Cultivators could not possibly sneak in, Wang Siqi and Lu Gaoyang would have suspected that Lu Yi had been possessed.

Moreover, Lu Yi's personality and behavior were no different from before, and all his habits remained the same. If he had been possessed, even though the possessor would conceal it, some details could not simply be hidden at will. Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi had both confirmed that Lu Yi had not been possessed. If so, then it could only be due to some other reason.

Lu Yi nodded. "Mm. Starting some time ago, I felt like my mind had become much clearer. When cultivating techniques and spells, my insights came faster and faster. Otherwise, there's no way I could have cultivated White Cloud Swordplay to the Return to Simplicity realm in such a short time."

Lu Gaoyang and Wang Siqi looked at each other. What kind of principle was this? Neither of them could figure it out.

"Yi'er, did you perhaps accidentally eat some heavenly treasure?" Wang Siqi guessed.

"I'm not sure either. Maybe?" Naturally, Lu Yi would not say that his long-lost Golden Finger had arrived. If he could muddle through this, he would muddle through it.

In any case, the White Cloud Sect was an orthodox sect with a decent atmosphere, and geniuses received excellent treatment. As long as one did not betray the sect, most things were negotiable. For a young disciple like Lu Yi, whose parents were both in the White Cloud Sect and who had even been born and raised there, the White Cloud Sect wished for nothing more than for him to be as talented as possible.

Lu Gaoyang could not make heads or tails of it either. He said, "This is a good thing. This state might disappear someday, Yi'er, so you should cultivate even harder during this time."

"I understand." Lu Yi nodded.

Wang Siqi laughed happily. "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll personally cook something delicious for you two."

After dinner, Lu Yi returned to his room and let out a satisfied burp. He had to admit, Old Mom's cooking tasted quite good. He circulated his Spiritual Qi, quickly digesting the food, then sat cross-legged on the bed, intending to cultivate.

Before cultivating, Lu Yi naturally issued himself the task of practicing the White Cloud Qi Guiding Art ten times. But when he saw the reward, his eyes widened.

Task:

Practice the White Cloud Qi Guiding Art ten times (Progress: 0/10)

Reward: White Cloud Qi Guiding Art level +1

Accept: Yes/No

The White Cloud Qi Guiding Art was going to level up? Lu Yi found it hard to believe. After all, both his White Cloud Qi Guiding Art and White Cloud Swordplay had only reached lv6 four days ago. He had originally thought it would still take several more days.

Lu Yi quickly realized why. Was it because he had listened to Senior Sister Liu Ningshuang's lecture today and gained some insight? After gaining insight himself, had the White Cloud Qi Guiding Art begun improving faster?

In gaming terms, this was probably a special event. After gaining insight, he had increased the White Cloud Qi Guiding Art's experience points? Lu Yi grinned. His talent really was pretty good.

Lu Yi did not begin cultivating immediately. Instead, he first took out a white pill—the Perfect Qi Condensation Pill. He planned to use the Qi Condensation Pill now as well and raise his cultivation.

Lu Yi placed the Perfect Qi Condensation Pill into his mouth. Once it entered his stomach, it turned into streams of warm current that spread through his body. The dense Spiritual Qi made Lu Yi feel as though his body were swelling full, and he hurriedly began circulating his cultivation technique.

As the technique circulated, the dense Spiritual Qi was slowly absorbed and entered Lu Yi's Dantian. He could feel his cultivation rising at an astonishing speed.

As he circulated the technique again and again, Lu Yi's cultivation grew higher and higher, and his Spiritual Qi increased more and more. Then, at that moment, Lu Yi suddenly sensed a barrier.

The sensation was extremely mysterious. It was not a tangible barrier that could be seen or touched, but something invisible. Yet because of its existence, Lu Yi's Spiritual Qi could no longer continue gathering, even as the Perfect Qi Condensation Pill constantly released Spiritual Qi.

It was as though a bottle had already been filled with water. If more water were poured in, it could only overflow.

Lu Yi was extremely familiar with this feeling, since he had experienced it several times before.

A bottleneck. He had reached the bottleneck of the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

Lu Yi froze for a moment, then was overjoyed. He had not expected to reach the bottleneck so quickly!