[Although you are not sure if all of this is real, this dream constantly lingers at the bottom of your heart.]
[You secretly vow that you must change this outcome and change the fate of the lineage!]
[A month later, stepping into October, over the past month you are shocked to find that your cultivation has actually reached the astounding Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, and furthermore, it is a Ninth Layer of Qi Refining where all spiritual energy is completely liquefied!]
[This is consistent with your final cultivation in your dream, which further deepens your conviction in that previous dream.]
[Over the past month, you gradually adapt to your cultivation and attempt to condense your Spirit Platform.]
[Although in the dream you had, you have already tried to condense your Spirit Platform many times, your condensation of the Spirit Platform remains extremely unpolished now.]
[For a month, there is still no result.]
[You feel the reason is that your divine sense is too weak, to the extent that your condensation of the Spirit Platform is as difficult as a child building a large tower.]
[Yet you do not lose heart either.]
[During this period, you also go to the Pill Hall many times to visit Mu Xinger, and the relationship between the two of you becomes even closer.]
[Even your mother notices, though she does not ask too many questions; perhaps she is even secretly happy for you in her heart? After all, you frequently perceive your mother's hidden delight.]
[In November, Punishment Hall disciples find you and invite you to proceed to the Punishment Hall.]
[Although you are the exalted son of the clan leader, you only awakened your Spirit Root and stepped into cultivation a year ago, and you rarely walk around within the lineage, so naturally many disciples do not know you, especially branch lineage disciples.]
[You raise your head, meeting the stern gazes of the two elders, amongst whom the Fourth Elder's eyes still carry a trace of vigilance.]
[You first cup your fists in greeting: "What is the reason the two elders summoned me to the Punishment Hall?"]
[Your unflinching and composed demeanor actually makes the rest of the disciples present glance sideways in surprise.]
[The Fourth Elder produces a wolf demon carcass and, looking at you, says: "Was this wolf demon slain by you?"]
[You glance at the wolf demon carcass before you; isn't this the very wolf demon you went to Qinghe Village to slay after accepting a commission last month?]
["It was!" you reply.]
[The Fourth Elder and the Second Elder, Mu Shengfa, who manages the Punishment Hall, both reveal looks of shock.]
[The Fourth Elder hastily opens his mouth to refute: "That's impossible!" Following closely, he continues to explain: "Mu Xingqi, you only awakened your Spirit Root a year ago, yet from the cuts on this wolf demon carcass, it is not hard to tell that this was absolutely done by a late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivator coupled with at least major accomplishment sword technique! You only awakened your Spirit Root a year ago, how could you possibly possess such strength?"]
[Seeing the Fourth Elder growing more and more agitated, the Second Elder hurriedly raises a hand to stop him, saying: "Fourth Brother, you are too agitated. Let me explain it to Xingqi."]
[Although the Second Elder has managed the Punishment Hall for many years and faintly exudes an aura of majesty, his character is still very reasonable.]
[Following the Second Elder's explanation, you also understand why the two elders called you to the Punishment Hall for questioning.]
[It turns out that the wolf demon carcass you submitted was mistaken by the Fourth Elder as being slain by an expert, and that you had fortuitously scavenged the wolf demon's carcass. Meanwhile, the sudden appearance of a late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivator with peerless sword technique near Muye Mountain naturally aroused his suspicion and attention, leading him to join forces with the Second Elder to see if you had any clues.]
[Yet you cannot produce any clues either, alright, because this wolf demon was precisely slain by you.]
Ah? Just this?
After all that fuss, it turns out to be just a farce?
Mu Xingqi holds his forehead in resignation and speaks.
He had thought he inadvertently triggered some butterfly effect, but it turns out it was simply because this wolf demon carcass slain by his own sword made the Fourth Elder suspicious.
He had thought there was some powerful cultivator near the lineage.
What could he say to this?
[You spread both your hands and say helplessly: "Fourth Elder, Second Elder. Your junior truly does not deceive the two of you, this wolf demon was indeed slain by me."]
[Seeing that the two elders still do not believe you, you draw your sword helplessly and say: "Since the two elders do not believe it, you will know once your junior unleashes a sword strike."]
[You lash out with a perfected-realm Nan Sword Art strike, though of course you deliberately control the power, yet this is still sufficient to prove your strength.]
[The two elders are greatly startled, and upon learning that your cultivation has already broken through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, their jaws almost drop off in shock!]
[The two elders naturally believe that you could slay the wolf demon with a single sword, because with your current strength, slaying both of them with a single sword is entirely possible.]
[After ending the farcical scene, you leave the Punishment Hall by yourself.]
[As for everyone inside the entire Punishment Hall, including the two elders, they are left struck dumb for a long time, stunned by the strength you just displayed. The Fourth Elder watches your retreating back and says: "Is this child human?"]
[The Second Elder responds: "Each generation of juniors surpasses the previous..."]
[The next day, the Fourth Elder finds you once again, informing you that after a lineage council discussion, it has been decided that you are to go see the ancestor.]
[Because with your terrifying talent, these elders of yours do not possess the ability or dare to guide you.]
[Upon learning that your cultivation has already broken through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, your parents are also greatly startled. Didn't you just break through to late-stage Qi Cultivation a short while ago? How is it that after just a few months you directly broke through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining?]
[Did the two of them give birth to a monster?]
[You arrive at the cavern dwelling where your grandfather is in seclusion.]
[Upon learning that your cultivation has broken through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, your grandfather is also shocked to the point of speechlessness, staring at you like a monster after a long while.]
[You anticipated your grandfather's strange look, because all the elders surrounding you are like this, looking as though they have seen a monster.]
[Your grandfather's appraisal of you remains: "Deity Transformation Potential!"]
[You are enfeoffed by your grandfather as the Young Clan Leader, your status even higher than the elders, and your treatment on par with them.]
[You obtain the Yellow Grade High Rank Spirit Replenishing Pill given by your grandfather.]
[Your grandfather specially tells you and your parents to stay behind. Your father understands, and informs him of his conjecture that you might possess a Special Constitution.]
[Your grandfather actually thinks the same way, because in his view only a Special Constitution can explain the ferocious surge in your cultivation.]
[Moreover, your Special Constitution is also extremely likely to have already awakened.]
[Explained in this manner, even you yourself come to believe that you harbor a Special Constitution.]
[After all, you woke up from a nightmare about the future, and for no apparent reason your cultivation level improved so rapidly. You only know that you can instinctively accept these changes, yet upon deeper thought you feel something is somewhat amiss.]
[You always feel as though an unseen giant hand is controlling you...]
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