Light Clouds Emerge from the Mountain, Yet Not Without Intent

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Time flies.

This is how Qin Yi lives every day. Unlike Meng Qingying, who has the ability to calculate time even in the Netherworld Realm, Qin Yi never knows how much time has passed while staying in the cave.

Those spiritual flowers and herbs are not seasonal, so it's impossible to calculate them.

Time passed day by day, Qing Cha had already harvested several batches of spiritual seeds, from which Qin Yi had refined countless pills. If you imagine it's been three or four years, perhaps seven or eight, or even more than ten?

I'm really not sure.

In conclusion, he has finally achieved perfection in his cultivation at this stage and can now attempt to break through to the Radiant Sun realm.

Li Qingjun was faster than him because Li Qingjun only needed to focus on Martial Cultivation, which didn't require the double time of Dual Cultivation of Immortality and Martial Arts and Martial Cultivation. Furthermore, martial arts cultivation didn't have such clear realm thresholds that needed to be blocked; once she finished one part of the training, she could immediately start the next part.

Thus, Li Qingjun reached the fourth realm of Martial Cultivation, the Returning Organs Stage, before Qin Yi.

The names of cultivation realms in Martial Cultivation have always been rather rustic and uncultured, but they are very intuitive. Forging bones means strengthening the skeletal structure, while returning to the internal organs naturally means strengthening the Five Viscera.

The pain of bone tempering is imaginable, but tempering the Five Viscera is something Qin Yi truly doesn't know how to achieve, or whether it could cause a person to die from the pain.

However, it turned out that it wasn't as painful as before, just a little uncomfortable. Her Five Viscera were undergoing a subtle transformation, which surprised Li Qingjun, who was prepared to die from the pain.

"Does this mean that Martial Cultivation training becomes less difficult after reaching this stage?"

"Maybe so... I've only ever heard of low-level Martial Cultivation writhing in pain, while high-level ones, like your ancestor, are all high-class and imposing. I don't see any of the way you were rolling around on the ground in pain before getting up."

"What kind of description is that...?"

"Wasn't this how we did Yi Jin Jing and Duan Gu before? Outsiders see us as incredibly brave, but we only know the hardships we endured behind the scenes."

"... Maybe that makes sense. This is the end of suffering, and I've never felt this bad again?"

"It could also be due to the door. The old ones were smaller, but this one is so big, it's incomparable." Qin Yi sighed, sitting on the stone stool. "I'm afraid we'll never be able to live without it again."

Indeed, everyone feels that they can't live without it anymore.

Such a large fragment is practically a bug-like cheat code. In the game, it's even more exaggerated than doubling experience points. It would be very difficult for someone who's used to cheating to quit. They might even think, "I, Qin Yi, didn't cheat!"

Just like Li Qingjun's freakish breakthrough at this moment, Ju Yunxiu is no less impressive; her Huiyang realm is almost at its peak...

Heaven has mercy on Ju Yunxiu, who was only at the Huiyang level a thousand years before meeting Qin Yi, and has actually reached the ninth level of Huiyang over the years.

However, unlike Li Qingjun, she faced a more tragic situation. The Qian Yuan hurdle was not easy to overcome, and even with the help of a powerful figure, it wasn't so simple.

Ju Yunxiu was a little better off than others; she witnessed the process of Painting Dao Qian Yuan in advance, so this hurdle was not too difficult for her.

Qin Yi was similar. While cultivating with Cheng Cheng in the Kun Peng Purple Mansion, he gained early insight into the Shining Sun Realm. In fact, Qin Yi occasionally used abilities that were essentially those of the Radiant Sun Realm, such as when he used the Zhan Guang Sword. This was all thanks to his prior experience in the Radiant Sun Realm, which allowed him to understand and digest the power. That's why others were completely baffled when they saw Qin Yi using the Azure Light Sword.

Qin Yi Ju Yunxiu are both making their final sprint towards overcoming a major hurdle.

A series of crisp sounds followed as Qin Yi thrust hundreds of times, and the two stopped, embracing and panting.

"You mean this sprint...?"

"Uh..."

Qin Yi lay sprawled on the bed, Ju Yunxiu leaned on his shoulder, feeling both amused and exasperated, too exhausted to say anything.

Qin Yi, with a shameless grin, said, "This is indeed the final sprint. I always get particularly inspired at this point, as if the light to step into the Radiant Sun is right before my eyes. A few more times and I'll break through!"

"This is the kind of 'saintly time' only someone from the Great Joy Temple would think of," Ju Yunxiu said, both amused and exasperated. "You've crossed a line, not Huiyang's!"

"Qing Jun broke through to the Guifu stage last time in the same way," Qin Yi said matter-of-factly. "Didn't Senior Sister feel that she was about to break through to the Qianyuan stage?"

"No." Ju Yunxiu pursed her lips and suddenly fell silent.

Qin Yi asked curiously, "What's wrong, Senior Sister? Don't worry if you haven't broken through to the Qian Yuan realm yet, it should be soon."

"It's not that I'm in a hurry. I have something I want to discuss with you. Let's make it clear first, you can't get angry."

"I won't get angry even if you bite me to death."

Ju Yunxiu wasn't joking; she said seriously, "Qin Yi, if you break through to the Huiyang realm, you wouldn't be in such a hurry to face the Witch God Sect, would you?"

"Of course not, I'm not crazy." Qin Yi realized that Ju Yunxiu was serious, so he also said seriously, "Even if I break through, I'll only be at the Huiyang stage, not the Wuxiang stage. How can I compete with the Witch God Sect?"

"Hmm... if that's the case..." Ju Yunxiu paused for a moment, then said in a low voice, "I was on Qian Yuan Kan, and I sensed a passage on the other side of the door..."

Qin Yi understood her meaning and asked in surprise, "Senior Sister wants to go out? That doesn't make sense. Aren't you the most homebody? I thought Qing Jun or Qing Cha would be the ones who most want to go out."

Ju Yunxiu shook her head. "My previous cultivation was biased. My Cloud Wandering in the past two years have been very rewarding, making me realize that cultivation cannot be done by staying at home in a static way. I even doubt that for me, continuing to rely on the sect after the Qian Yuan stage might not be as valuable as continuing to Cloud Wandering."

Qin Yi was taken aback. "There's no better cheat code than a door..."

"Well, I should put it this way: combining them is the best approach. Just like you and Qing Jun, you need to engage in more life-and-death combat. Combining these experiences is better than clinging to the door and trying to understand it. In fact, without going through the necessary process, even if the door offers you enlightenment right in front of you, you might not be able to grasp it."

Qin Yi understood this time and nodded, saying, "Senior Sister is right."

Ju Yunxiu said earnestly, "The Zither, Chess, Calligraphy, Painting, calligraphy, and painting—calligraphy depicts worldly affairs, and painting depicts human life. Everyone expresses something different. If I remain stagnant here, my achievements will be limited, and even if I have the door, I will find it difficult to understand and enter."

"Hmm..." Qin Yi also fell silent.

That makes sense; relying solely on the door is definitely a biased approach.

Ju Yunxiu said, "If I were still the same person I was before, I would be happy to stay here with you for ten thousand years. But if I want to break through to the Qian Yuan realm sooner, and even get a glimpse of the Dao of No Form, I can't just stubbornly cling to the door. I should go out."

Qin Yi thought about it for a while and had to admit that his Senior Sister was right.

Not only is it reasonable, but it is also extremely rational and clear-headed. Despite the huge temptation of such a powerful advantage, they insisted on recognizing the path they should take.

This is something no ordinary person could do. Qin Yi himself almost lost his way in the immense temptation of the door, and this reminder came at just the right time.

Ju Yunxiu continued, "If you were to go out and face the Witch God Sect now, I would naturally stay and help you. But since you still need some time to cultivate in seclusion and can't go out so soon, I think I should take this opportunity to go out and seek a breakthrough. When the time comes and everyone is gathered together, I will come back and fight against the Demon Sect with you."

Qin Yi pursed his lips.

My Senior Sister is still leaving, but this time her departure is a little different from the last one.

This is not a casual departure from the mountain, but rather a return to join hands.

Although Qin Yi was reluctant, he did not stop him. After thinking for a while, he said, "At most, you can sense a Plane Passage right now, but it may not be safe for you to go. If you really want to get out, go after you reach the Qian Yuan stage."

"Hmm..." Ju Yunxiu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and chuckled, "I thought you would blame me."

"How could I blame you?" Qin Yi gently kissed her cheek. "No one understands you better than me. You prefer to stay in the cave and sleep. The reason you want to go out isn't for yourself, but for me."

Ju Yunxiu pouted. "Show-off, who's doing this for you? You're such a licentious and immoral fool... Ah, be gentle..."

"I just... can't bear to part with it," Qin Yi said breathlessly in a low voice, "We never get to see each other often enough."

Ju Yunxiu looked at him with tender eyes, her arms wrapped around his neck, her eyes filled with affection. "I'm just discussing this with you in advance, it's not like I'm leaving now. Even if I were to leave, it would be after the Qian Yuan stage. The Qian Yuan stage isn't something that can be achieved in ten days or half a month. We... have plenty of time to try out all those tricks you haven't used before."