Double Joy

The sun sank toward dusk.

Li Qianqing finally sensed movement from inside Li Qianyin's room.

She had successfully broken through! For a cultivator with Dual Spiritual Roots, breaking through from Mid-Stage Qi Refining to Late-Stage Qi Refining was not very difficult. Normally speaking, they would all succeed.

Though cultivators with Dual Spiritual Roots could not compare to those with Heavenly Spiritual Roots, unable to achieve having no bottlenecks below Core Formation, their chances of entering Foundation Establishment were still not small, especially with the aid of a Foundation Establishment Pill.

The Li Family's Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators through the generations had basically all had Dual Spiritual Roots. Three Spiritual Roots had appeared only once, and this was definitely closely related to the family's tilted allocation of resources.

If the family obtained a Foundation Establishment Pill and there was someone with Dual Spiritual Roots, it would inevitably be given to a Dual Spiritual Root cultivator at Qi Refining Ninth Layer Peak, not to a cultivator with Three Spiritual Roots.

The movement inside the room ended.

Not long after, the tiny Li Qianyin pushed open the door in high spirits.

She planned to go look for Li Qianqing and see if he had come out yet, only to find Li Qianqing standing right in front of her door, smiling at her.

"Qianqing-ge, I'm at Qi Refining Seventh Layer..."

As Li Qianyin spoke, her voice grew softer and softer, because she discovered that Li Qianqing was already at Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

She had lost again...

The last time they met, Li Qianqing had said he would enter Qi Refining Seventh Layer this year, and so would she.

In the end, she had even broken through in January, but Li Qianqing was still one step faster than her.

When she went to look for Li Qianqing yesterday, she had thought he was in closed-door cultivation. She had not expected him to be in seclusion for a breakthrough.

Qianqing-ge's breakthrough was something that made her happy. Completing her own breakthrough was also something that made her happy. But when the two things were added together, after Qianqing-ge had broken through to Qi Refining Seventh Layer just a tiny bit faster than her, she was no longer happy.

"Congratulations to our little Yinyin on her successful breakthrough." Seeing Li Qianyin's deflated look, Li Qianqing could not help saying.

Fate made fools of people. He had just broken through a little earlier than Li Qianyin. This was not the result of deliberate calculation on his part.

No matter how amazing he was, he could not accurately calculate every action Li Qianyin would take.

Entering Qi Refining Seventh Layer earlier than Li Qianyin had one advantage: he could continue provoking Li Qianyin and spur on her cultivation.

"Qianqing-ge, you're awful. Don't add a 'little' in front of my name. I'm already twenty-one, I'm not little." Li Qianyin immediately caught the sensitive word. Naturally, she understood that what Li Qianqing was referring to was not her age.

"No matter what, I'm older than you. In front of me, you'll always be tiny." Li Qianqing continued to tease her with a smile.

Li Qianyin pouted and said nothing. She had no way to refute him.

Qianqing-ge was indeed older than her. This was an indisputable fact.

Elders were solemn most of the time. Even the kindly older generation would not tease her.

Among her peers, aside from Li Qianqing, if anyone dared to make an issue of her height, she would definitely take action and teach him a proper lesson. As for juniors, which one of them was not respectful toward her? Only with Qianqing-ge did she have no way to deal with him at all.

And if she really jumped up to smash Qianqing-ge's head, perhaps midway through her jump, her own head would be pressed down hard.

She still remembered vividly when Li Qianqing saved her back then. With Li Qianqing's strength, at the same realm, she knew without thinking that she was no match for him.

"Alright." Li Qianqing put away his playful thoughts. "No matter how you look at it, it's a good thing that we broke through at about the same time. We can go find Second Grandfather together, then return to Changqing Mountain to see Fourth Uncle."

Li Qianqing mentioned Li Lilong.

Li Qianyin thought of the promise she had made to her father, and her scalp went numb.

In order to surpass Qianqing-ge and enter Late-Stage Qi Refining earlier than him, with the resources she had on hand, she had not been completely confident. So last year, she had borrowed some resources from her father and even guaranteed that she would definitely enter Late-Stage Qi Refining earlier than Li Qianqing...

If she surpassed him, that would be fine. If she did not, it would be another unpleasant memory.

"What are you spacing out for? Let's go." Li Qianqing bent slightly and waved a hand in front of Li Qianyin, bringing her back from her daze.

"Okay."

"I only beat you by one day in breaking through to Qi Refining Seventh Layer. At Qi Refining Eighth Layer, I definitely won't be as fast as you. Wouldn't surpassing me be easy?" Li Qianqing felt it was not good to keep provoking her nonstop. It was also time to give her a little comfort.

The difference in talent was right there. If both of them cultivated normally, Li Qianyin would definitely enter Qi Refining Eighth Layer earlier than him.

"I know, but I just feel really unreconciled..."

Just a tiny bit.

She had only been a tiny bit short...

"How about I take you somewhere farther away to play and clear your mind?"

"Okay, Qianqing-ge, then it's settled." Li Qianyin instantly broke into a delighted smile, as if the gloom from just now had been swept clean in a single moment.

Watching Li Qianyin's mood change so quickly, Li Qianqing strongly suspected that this girl had been waiting for him to say exactly that.

"Mm, when there's time, I'll definitely take you." Li Qianqing promised.

"Good!"

Having just broken through to Qi Refining Seventh Layer, the family would make arrangements for them, so for the time being, they did not have much extra time.

The two arrived at Li Ditu's residence.

After they knocked twice on the outermost gate, Li Ditu came out from inside.

"It really is rare for the two of you to come find me at the same time... Eh, you both broke through to Late-Stage Qi Refining!"

Li Ditu's surprised expression immediately turned to joy.

Li Qianyin had not yet turned twenty-two, and breaking through from Qi Refining to Qi Refining Seventh Layer was nothing much. Her father, Li Lilong, had broken through half a year faster than her.

Li Qianqing's breakthrough was different. Even the most top-notch Three Spiritual Roots still had a bit of a gap compared with the weakest Dual Spiritual Roots, let alone the fact that Li Qianyin was not the weakest Dual Spiritual Root. Among Dual Spiritual Root cultivators, she was at a normal standard.

The vast majority of Li Ditu's happiness came from Li Qianqing's breakthrough.

The family had already intended to fully cultivate Li Qianqing and help him reach Foundation Establishment, with even higher priority than Li Qianyin. And Li Qianqing himself had not disappointed the family's expectations, which made him even more worthy of nurturing.

"Good, good, good!"

Li Ditu said "good" three times in a row, smiling so widely he could not close his mouth.

In his happiness, Li Ditu chatted a few more words with the two juniors, then finally said,

"You two should hurry back to Changqing Mountain. I'll rearrange the tasks here, and have Lilong send another person over a little earlier as well."

"You must be careful on the road back!"

"Don't worry, Second Grandfather."

"Goodbye, Second Grandfather!"

The two bid farewell to Li Ditu and followed the path down the mountain, leaving Changle Mountain.

After returning to his room, Li Ditu felt that he should also try breaking through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining. As early as a year and a half ago, he had already reached Peak Qi Refining Eighth Layer. At that time, he had made an attempt at attacking the realm but had not succeeded. Now, borrowing the momentum of the two juniors both entering Late-Stage Qi Refining, he felt he could once again make an attempt at Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

The older one got, the harder it was to break through. This also applied to the Qi Refining stage.

Failure to break through a minor realm did not cause much harm to the body. Li Ditu had actually fully recovered as early as half a year ago, but he had delayed making another breakthrough.

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