"She was advancing again!"
Yunxi muttered, then quickly took the Immortal Spirit Grass out of the Jade Token space. She did not want to draw too much attention, so she could not allow the Spiritual Qi within the outpost to fluctuate too greatly. She could only rely on the Immortal Spirit Grass to provide spiritual energy.
The Immortal Spirit Grass shook its leaves. As it fed Spiritual Qi to Yunxi, it transmitted, "That was too dangerous before. I thought you would not make it through. I was even prepared to sacrifice myself—"
"Relax. I'm not that easy to kill. I'm advancing now. Help provide the Spiritual Qi I need."
Yunxi had already sat cross-legged upon the meditation cushion, guiding the Spiritual Qi within her body through her Meridians. As she widened her Meridians, she circulated her energy through a full cycle, compressed the Spiritual Qi, and stored the transformed spiritual liquid in her Dantian.
The Immortal Spirit Grass slowly supplied Spiritual Qi beside her. It had absorbed an entire mid-grade Spiritual Vein in the Baohua Mountain Range—enough for Yunxi to cultivate all the way to the Golden Core stage.
Yunxi's advancement went very smoothly this time. When the final drop of spiritual liquid fell, her cultivation had stabilized at peak mid-stage foundation establishment. She only needed one opportunity to break through into Foundation Establishment Late Stage, yet she forcibly stopped herself.
It was not that she did not want to advance. Rather, she had already broken through twice in succession, while her corresponding cultivation arts and techniques had failed to keep up. She was little more than a flowery display.
To put it plainly, her true combat strength did not match her cultivation. So she was in no hurry to advance. She intended to thoroughly solidify her cultivation first, then