Cultivation, Cultivation

After Qian Daoliu and Chen Xin went down the mountain, Long Xiao brought Bo Saixi and Bibi Dong back to his room.

After clearing away the dishes, Gu Rong stood in front of the outhouse for a long time, lost in thought.

Then he took a deep breath and walked into the outhouse with a determined gaze.

He felt that perhaps he, too, was someone chosen by fate!

He had to grow stronger—cultivate so he would not become a security guard!

When Long Xiao returned to the room, the two women behind him seemed somewhat uneasy.

"Let's cultivate together."

Bo Saixi and Bibi Dong were bewildered by those words. Could he mean that sort of slightly wicked cultivation method?

Long Xiao simply wanted to cultivate. He was still at the peak of the mortal realm.

If he did not break through to the Body Tempering Realm soon, he would be too ashamed to face anyone.

What if, when these two women embraced him intimately, their power leaked out and shook him to death?

Although he could use the system to suppress them and render them unable to move, he did not like forcing others.

Long Xiao motioned for the two of them to sit cross-legged, forming a circle.

"Dong'er, take out the Spirit Stones."

Bibi Dong did as she was told and placed the few Spirit Stones they had in the middle of the three of them.

"Sense the spiritual energy and absorb it for cultivation."

As Long Xiao spoke, he closed his eyes and entered a meditative state with complete focus.

"Mm."

Bo Saixi also closed her eyes and sensed the spiritual energy around her.

"What a powerful, mysterious force..."

She was astonished. When she had first arrived here, her soul power had already been assimilated, but only by truly cultivating could she experience the wonder of spiritual energy. It felt as though she had merged with nature itself.

Bibi Dong agreed with Bo Saixi. "Not only that, the additional attributes of our soul skills have all disappeared, but their destructive power has grown stronger."

Long Xiao smiled. "Naturally. This place is far stronger than the Spirit World. Take that soul skill of yours that ignores physical defense—if it could break through every physical defense in this world, wouldn't that be complete nonsense?"

The two women nodded. They understood that if they wanted to become stronger, they needed to cultivate the techniques of this world.

After saying that, Long Xiao continued cultivating. He had already exchanged for a basic cultivation manual through the system.

It explained how mortals could transform into cultivators.

Time slowly passed.

Bo Saixi was the first to finish cultivating. "I can feel a bottleneck. My Limit Douluo strength should be at the Tiangang Realm Peak."

The Spirit Stones' energy was completely exhausted, and Bibi Dong opened her eyes as well.

"I'm at the Tiangang Eighth Layer. I should be able to break through to the ninth layer before long," Bibi Dong said.

Buzz!

Long Xiao's body changed. His skin became fair and smooth, and his body grew firmer. At a glance, he was clearly no weaker than an ordinary person.

This meant that he had officially shed his mortal state and entered the ranks of cultivators—the first layer of the Body Tempering Realm!

The two women stared at Long Xiao's increasingly handsome face, their hearts pounding as though they had suddenly returned to their girlhood.

They both knew that Long Xiao was rebuilding his cultivation and comprehending the Great Dao.

Otherwise, what first-layer Body Tempering Realm cultivator could suppress them with just a glance?

Anyone who truly regarded Long Xiao as being in the Body Tempering Realm would be an idiot, wouldn't they?

Long Xiao continued cultivating.

Bo Saixi and Bibi Dong did not dare move carelessly. Their only amusement was staring at him like this.

The closest city to the Divine Sect was Azure City, just over thirty li away.

By noon that day, Chen Xin and Qian Daoliu had arrived there.

They found a group of craftsmen and arranged for them to go up the mountain the next day to renovate the place.

The craftsmen immediately agreed when they saw that the address was the Black Mountain bandit stronghold, afraid that refusing might bring disaster upon them.

Qian Daoliu, meanwhile, followed Long Xiao's advice to keep a low profile. He resisted the urge to show off and did not mention that the bandits had already been wiped out.

The two of them bought daily necessities on the street.

Just then, a fast horse galloped past, scattering several flyer-like sheets behind it.

Qian Daoliu picked one up and read it.

"The Black Mountain Stronghold has plagued the people for many years. The new city lord has decided to personally campaign against the Black Mountain Stronghold tomorrow. Anyone willing to join the bandit-suppression operation must report to the City Lord's Manor before nightfall!"

Chen Xin said, "The Black Mountain Stronghold they mean can't be our place, can it?"

After pondering for a moment, Qian Daoliu nodded. "Based on this old man's many years of experience, it should be our sect."