Gu Chen merely smiled dismissively and continued unhurriedly toward the stone door on the other side of the hall, as though the surrounding stone statues did not exist.
Seeing Gu Chen continue forward, all twelve stone statues attacked at once, charging toward him with the force of ten thousand bolts of lightning!
In an instant, Gu Chen slightly turned aside and directly evaded one stone statue's heavy punch.
The statue's fist wind was incomparably tyrannical, pulverizing the ground where Gu Chen had just been standing with irresistible force!
Amid the flying dust, Gu Chen lightly grabbed with his right hand and leaped directly onto the stone statue.
The other stone statues locked onto Gu Chen again, striding toward him with heavy steps as they launched another assault.
Yet Gu Chen was like a man strolling through his own backyard. Carelessly stepping along the statue's arm and onto its head, he carried the air of one who looked down upon all heroes.
The fists of two stone statues came at him from the left and right. Gu Chen exerted force with both legs and leaped straight into the air!
Boom!
The instant the two fists collided, waves of energy ripples burst forth. Borrowing that force, Gu Chen soared through the air once more and finally reached the very top of the hall.
The stone statue Gu Chen had just stepped on stood at the very center of the exploding fist wind, and its body had been smashed to pieces by the other statues.
But this did not affect the other statues' attacks. They all raised their heads and locked onto Gu Chen, who had leaped into the air once more.
"If things keep going the same old way, that won't do."
Gu Chen smiled faintly, and an exceedingly chilling killing intent appeared in his eyes!
East Desolation Commandery, the Wei family residence.
With a huge bump on her head, Wei Qingyu ran headlong toward the barren mountain beside her home.
The maids and servants were all worried at the sight. Just as they were about to follow her, Wei Qingyu sharply rebuked them.
"None of you are allowed to follow me!"
Seeing that Wei Qingyu's attitude brooked no argument, the maids and servants could only obediently wait where they were.
The barren mountain was filled with a bleak, desolate scene.
The Wei family had not tended this place for a long time, leaving it as rundown as could be.
Yet Wei Qingyu yearned for this place, because within several miles, only here was the spiritual energy so purely yin and untainted!
Wei Qingyu wanted to run straight to the mountaintop, where she could properly bathe in the essence of the moon.
But...
Wei Qingyu discovered that she had no strength at all!
In her previous life, no matter where Wei Qingyu wished to go, she could cross seas and fields with the slightest thought.
Not to mention this barren mountain, which was only a few hundred meters high.
Even the Pangu Mountain Range that towered into the heavens could be climbed to the summit by Wei Qingyu with effortless ease.
But now, after running for so long, Wei Qingyu had not even reached halfway up the mountain.
Wei Qingyu already felt as though she were about to collapse from exhaustion!
"Gu Chen, it's all your fault!"
"Why didn't you make me properly cultivate body-refining arts in my previous life?"
"Now I'm exhausted half to death just climbing a mountain!"
Wei Qingyu's face had turned livid with rage.
Luckily, she had not allowed the maids and servants to follow her.
Otherwise, if they saw that she lacked the strength to climb to the mountaintop, would that not be utterly humiliating!
Helplessly, Wei Qingyu looked around.
Though she had not yet reached the halfway point, the spiritual energy here was already far purer than at the Wei family residence.
"Fine. It's only a breakthrough in the Body Tempering Realm anyway. It doesn't require such harsh conditions."
With that thought, Wei Qingyu directly found a large stone and sat down.
She closed her eyes, crossed her legs, and secretly circulated her inner force to cultivate the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture.
Sure enough, Wei Qingyu had merely completed one full circulation of the technique within her body when she felt a faint warmth in her lower abdomen!
Within her dantian, a vast surge of spiritual energy was slowly gathering.
Third level of the Body Tempering Realm!
Fourth level of the Body Tempering Realm!
Fifth level of the Body Tempering Realm!
As Wei Qingyu continued to circulate the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture.
She felt her Cultivation Level breaking through one after another like firecrackers set off during the New Year.
In fact, before even half an hour had passed, Wei Qingyu's Cultivation Level had already reached the ninth level of the Body Tempering Realm!
Wei Qingyu opened her eyes, and a cold glint mixed with traces of spiritual energy shot directly from them.
Because her Cultivation Level had risen greatly, the injuries Gu Chen had inflicted on Wei Qingyu had completely healed as well.
She tentatively moved her limbs and bones, immediately feeling strength flood her entire body!
"Heh, it hasn't even been half an hour, and I've already reached the ninth level of the Body Tempering Realm."
"My talent truly is still extraordinary."
At that thought, Wei Qingyu's eyes immediately filled with disdain and contempt.
"Gu Chen, did you think I would be unable to cultivate without you?"
"I'm telling you, I'm naturally brilliant. I don't need you at all!"
"In my previous life, I was merely blinded by you and thought you were some righteous gentleman."
"You're nothing but a despicable petty man!"
The more Wei Qingyu thought about it, the angrier she became. She suddenly raised her right hand and actually struck the nearby tree cleanly in half!
The commotion startled flocks of birds into flight across the barren mountain, but it only made Wei Qingyu feel even more unrivaled beneath heaven.
"Gu Chen, the next time I see you."
"I will definitely beat you until you kneel and beg for mercy."
"Of course, even if you repent, it will be useless."
"I will make you die in despair amid utmost remorse and utmost terror!"
Merely imagining that scene made Wei Qingyu laugh aloud in delight.
Her laughter echoed across the entire barren mountain for a long time, sounding so crazed and eerie.
"I can't keep wasting time!"
"While the moonlight is good tonight, I need to continue cultivating!"
No sooner said than done, Wei Qingyu climbed straight back onto that large stone. The moment she sat down, she planned to begin cultivating.
But just as Wei Qingyu sat down, she immediately sensed that something was wrong.
A vast mass of gas was chaotically surging around in her lower abdomen.
The gas came so fiercely that Wei Qingyu was caught completely off guard.
"Something's wrong!"
"This isn't spiritual energy!"
"This is—"
Pfft...
Before Wei Qingyu could react, a sound like beating drums suddenly echoed across the barren mountain.
At that moment, Wei Qingyu's expression was uglier than if she had eaten shit.
She was like a petrified statue, standing there blankly without moving.
Before this, even if she had been beaten to death, Wei Qingyu would never have believed it.
That she could actually let out such an earth-shattering... fart!
Wei Qingyu hurriedly looked around. Fortunately, no one had heard it.
Otherwise, Wei Qingyu swore that she would kill them to silence them!
"Strange, why did that happen?"
"I wasn't like this before, was I?"
Wei Qingyu was so ashamed and furious that she could have died.
One had to know that in her previous life, she had been the dignified Empress!
Even now, she was still the cherished young lady of the Wei family in East Desolation Commandery!
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