One month later.
Inside her room, Mu Zi sat cross-legged as three Yang Yuan Stones turned into pure energy and were refined by her.
Letting out a soft breath, Mu Zi sensed the progress of her cultivation and nodded.
"In a few more days, I'll be able to break through to the Earth Yuan Realm."
After returning to Mu Family Village last time, she had focused on raising her cultivation. Now, she could already sense the bottleneck to the Earth Yuan Realm. All she lacked was an opportunity to break through.
That experience a month ago had been dangerous, but her gains had not been small either.
Including the Yang Yuan Stones she had traded for, Mu Zi had obtained a total of two hundred Yang Yuan Stones and over a dozen Yang Yuan Pills.
That was already equal to a month's worth of Yang Yuan Stone Mine output from the Lin Family. Those two Earth Yuan Realm cultivators really had delivered her a generous gift.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the gate to Mu Zi's courtyard.
She walked over and opened the gate, and Mu Lingsha poked her head in.
Seeing her beaming with joy, Mu Zi asked curiously, "What's got you so happy?"
Mu Lingsha planted her hands on her hips. "Haha! I broke through to the Earth Yuan Realm!"
"Whoa? Amazing!" Mu Zi gave her a thumbs-up when she heard that.
Mu Lingsha's face immediately fell. "Little sister, what kind of tone is that? So perfunctory."
Looking at Older Sister's resentful expression, Mu Zi laughed inwardly. In truth, Mu Lingsha's breakthrough had been within her expectations.
During the Family Assessment, she had already broken through to the Body Tempering Ninth Stage.
After all, Mu Lingsha had already broken through to the eighth stage a year ago. On top