Preparing to Go Home

Below Qingzhu Peak.

Chen Qinglin was waiting for Xie Jingyun here; he had already sent her a message.

Xie Jingyun hadn't returned to Qingyan Town for two or three years.

It wasn't that she didn't miss home, but Qingfeng Mountain had a rule.

No one was allowed to descend the mountain until their cultivation reached the Inner Qi Realm!

While Xie Jingyun's talent was indeed good, considered top-tier, she had spent a lot of time on Blood Qi control.

Cultivation speed for Blood Qi, True Qi, and the like might be a bit faster, but it couldn't help with controlling her own Blood Qi.

Blood Qi control primarily tested a person's self-mastery.

Breaking through to the Inner Qi Realm with different degrees of control would have different impacts.

Normally, with less than seventy percent Blood Qi control, there was no possibility of breaking through to the Inner Qi Realm.

Some Evil Methods could achieve breakthroughs to the Inner Qi Realm, which was one reason why Evil Method Cultivators were repeatedly banned but never eradicated.

With seventy to ninety percent Blood Qi control, breakthroughs to the Inner Qi Realm could be achieved with the aid of Qi Gathering Pills, but it would only result in an ordinary Inner Qi Realm cultivator.

Achieving ninety to ninety-five percent Blood Qi control would increase one's cultivation speed by half upon breaking through to the Inner Qi Realm, and it could be done even without Qi Gathering Pills.

Achieving over ninety-five percent, but not perfect control, would double one's cultivation speed.

As for how much cultivation speed a perfect breakthrough would increase, the people of Qingfeng Mountain didn't know.

Since Qingfeng Mountain was founded, no one had achieved perfect Blood Qi control during the Body Tempering Realm stage.

Throughout Qingfeng Mountain's thousand-year history, only the Founding Ancestor had achieved over ninety-five percent Blood Qi control in the Body Tempering Realm.

Rumor had it that the Founding Ancestor had once surpassed the Spirit Aperture Realm and reached the Dharma Form Realm.

He had also shone brightly in the war against the Outer Realm Sky Demons, but unfortunately, he never returned and died far from home.

Otherwise, under the Founding Ancestor's leadership, Qingfeng Mountain would have been even more glorious than it was now.

Xie Jingyun's Master, Meng Yunling, had high expectations for her talented disciples.

For those with top-tier talent, they must achieve ninety percent or higher Blood Qi control before breaking through to the Inner Qi Realm.

This current pause was for the sake of being able to go further in the future.

Xie Jingyun had spent two years on Blood Qi control.

More than two years ago, she had already reached Body Tempering Ninth Level. A month before Chen Qinglin joined the sect, her Blood Qi control reached ninety percent, preparing to break through to the Inner Qi Realm.

During that time, Xie Jingyun was in seclusion on Qingzhu Peak. This was also the reason Chen Qinglin hadn't heard any news from her when he first joined the sect.

As for Chen Qinglin, he naturally knew the cultivation speed after perfectly controlling his Blood Qi to break through to the Inner Qi Realm.

This was a threefold increase in his original cultivation speed.

If the cultivation speed of average talent was compared to five, then above-average talent would be seven point five, superior talent would be ten, and exceptional talent would be fifteen.

As for below-average and above-inferior talent, they were actually not much different from average and superior talent, respectively.

Comparatively, below-average talent was around four, and above-inferior talent was around nine.

With his perfect breakthrough in controlling Blood Qi to reach the Inner Qi Realm, Chen Qinglin's martial arts cultivation speed had caught up to that of exceptional talent who controlled their Blood Qi to ninety to ninety-five percent and broke through to the Inner Qi Realm.

This was also the reason why, combined with the Origin Returning Art cultivated to Perfection, he broke through to the Inner Qi Realm Late Stage in just four months.

Furthermore, he had already opened the Yin Wei Meridian, Yang Wei Meridian, Yin Qiao Meridian, and Yang Qiao Meridian, causing his cultivation speed to soar.

His cultivation speed was so fast that he hadn't sought out his Master, Fu Shenxing, to ask about cultivation matters for some time.

Only after the Spirit Concealing Technique reached Minor Accomplishment, allowing him to conceal his cultivation from cultivators in the Origin Embracing Realm, did he come out to stir up trouble.

Strictly speaking, the Spirit Concealing Technique was a special secret art and couldn't be described as Human Tier Low Grade.

However, in terms of proficiency, it was the same as a Human Tier Low Grade technique, so Chen Qinglin automatically classified it as such.

Now, he maintained his cultivation at the Mid Inner Qi Realm. Although it was still a bit fast, it was because he hadn't had the Spirit Concealing Technique before.

Chen Qinglin was in a state of Mind Wandering until Xie Jingyun emerged from Qingzhu Peak, at which point he stopped his idle thoughts.

After going up to greet Xie Jingyun as usual, he then got down to business.

"Sister Jingyun, I want to go back for a visit. Do you want to come along?" Chen Qinglin asked.

He wanted to return to Qingyan Town, and Xie Jingyun hadn't been back in a long time either.

Therefore, he was asking Xie Jingyun if she wanted to go back together.

"Junior Brother, you're going back? That's great!"

"I wanted to go back after breaking through to the Inner Qi Realm. But I was worried it wouldn't be safe to go back alone."

"Qingfeng Mountain is too far from home. Now that Junior Brother will protect me, I feel at ease," Xie Jingyun said gently.

She knew how formidable this Junior Brother was.

In a short time since joining the sect, he had already broken through to the Mid Inner Qi Realm, and according to their Master, he had done so with ninety-one percent Blood Qi control.

Meng Yunling naturally learned this from Fu Shenxing, and through the mutual visits between Ling Ling, Chen Qinglin, Chang Yan, and Xie Jingyun.

Elder Meng Yunling of Qingzhu Peak and Master Fu Shenxing had started chatting at some point.

As they chatted and drank tea, the conversation naturally turned to their disciples.

Chen Qinglin and Xie Jingyun were naturally among the topics of discussion.

After taking Chen Qinglin as his disciple, Fu Shenxing had naturally asked Chen Qinglin about the level at which he had broken through to the Inner Qi Realm.

Could it be that I'm destined to be the go-between for Master Fu Shenxing and Elder Meng...

Thinking this, Chen Qinglin had secretly despised his Master Fu Shenxing more than once.

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"Since Sister Jingyun is also going back, why don't you pack up? The sooner the better, let's set off tomorrow!"

"Okay, Qinglin, I'll go tell Master. Shall we go to Qingfeng City together later to buy some things?"

"I want to buy some things for Grandpa and Father," Xie Jingyun said.

"Mm, we should buy some things. I'll go with you this afternoon!" Chen Qinglin thought of Chen Xiaoxiao and Chen Qingyun at home, and a smile appeared on his lips. It was indeed time to buy some items to take back.

As he spoke, he left Qingzhu Peak. He also needed to inform his Master Fu Shenxing, and... Senior Sister Ling Ling.

Looking at the bevy of beauties before him, Chen Qinglin wondered if it was too late to regret it.

He had originally planned to go to Qingfeng City at the foot of the mountain with Xie Jingyun to buy some specialties. Who knew that after telling Ling Ling, this junior sister insisted on helping him choose, and even dragged Su Yuexing along.

And when they arrived at Qingzhu Peak and encountered Xie Jingyun, Senior Sister Chang Yan and others had also arrived.

"..." They looked at each other in silence.

Xie Jingyun helplessly spread her hands.

They went down the mountain together to wander around Qingfeng City.

The usual "life is meaningless" expression, and the usual excited Junior Sister Ling Ling.

Ling Ling didn't care about that. As they went down the mountain and entered the city market, she was as excited as a monkey.

She pulled Chen Qinglin, darting left and right, asking about this and looking at that.

Now Chen Qinglin felt that his little sister Chen Xiaoxiao might not need so many gifts. Seeing her brother was the biggest surprise, wasn't it?

As for his younger brother Chen Qingyun, he was already going to a martial arts school to train. What was there to play? Training hard was the right thing to do.

"Junior Brother, do you think your sister will like this bell..."

"What about this hairpin..."

"And this... this..."

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She likes them all, why not just buy them all.

Xie Jingyun, Su Yuexing, and Chang Yan watched Chen Qinglin and Ling Ling with smiles, greatly appreciating their Junior Brother's helpless expression.

Slowly picking out desired items in the marketplace.

Ah!... Ah!

Finally, it's over, this day of deep water and scorching fire.

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