Breakthrough, Medicine Elder's Doubts (Please Recommend)

"Mm!"

With a soft, comfortable murmur, the eyes that had been shut for so long finally opened.

The moment Lin Qingyun opened his eyes, he saw an incomparably alluring face right in front of him.

In that instant, he was so startled he nearly flared with wicked fire, suffered qi deviation, and lost control.

That cherry-red little mouth was slightly parted and kept lowering. Lin Qingyun frowned faintly, rolled his eyes, and his voice suddenly rose a few notches. "Sister Ya Fei!!"

"Ah!"

The drawn-out cry startled Ya Fei at once, but she did not pull away. Instead, she leaned even closer, until their faces were almost touching.

As a hot-blooded young man in the prime of life, how could Lin Qingyun possibly endure it? He abruptly raised his hand...

"Sister Ya Fei, sit properly!"

Lin Qingyun directly held her shoulders and, with a push, flipped himself up while also pressing her back into her seat.

"My, after not seeing you for a few days, your strength really has grown quite a bit!" Ya Fei said with a light laugh, the tip of her tongue licking her lips.

That wickedly charming smile, that seductive movement—Lin Qingyun clenched both his hands tightly into fists, silently chanting in his heart: Calm down! Calm down!

After taking a deep breath, Lin Qingyun finally calmed down and said with a faint smile, "Sister Ya Fei, thank you for taking care of me!"

Even though he had been sunk deep within his consciousness space, after carefully looking at his clean, tidy clothes and noticing that a little of a woman's fragrance still lingered on him, he understood. During the few days he had been unconscious, Ya Fei had probably come to take care of him.

For a young lady of status to be willing to lower herself and take care of him—no matter who it was, they would probably be somewhat moved.

"Oh my, my young master actually knows how to thank people now. That won't do. I have to give you a proper reward!"

Ya Fei giggled, leaning slightly forward. Her warm, jade-like pretty face was almost about to come right up to Lin Qingyun.

Her breath was orchid-sweet. In that instant, Lin Qingyun's body trembled.

Steady!

At this moment, Lin Qingyun did not dare move at all. He was afraid the wicked fire in his body could no longer be suppressed, and that in a moment of impulse he would turn the clouds and overturn the rain, and... and do whatever he wanted.

"All right, Sister Ya Fei, if Father sees you like this, he'll laugh at me!" Only after a long while did Lin Qingyun squeeze a sentence through his teeth.

"How could that be? Fourth Elder is probably only looking forward to the day you marry me into the family! Isn't that right, Fourth Elder!"

When she said the last sentence, Ya Fei suddenly stood and looked toward the door.

Although the door was closed, from the window's position, one could just glimpse a shadow behind it.

"Father!"

Lin Qingyun called softly, rather helpless.

He also sighed inwardly, wondering where his usual vigilance had gone.

"Ahem, Qingyun, it's not that I'm criticizing you! As a man, you should take a little initiative." Fourth Elder pushed the door open and entered, his aged face blooming into a smile like a chrysanthemum in full flower.

His gaze kept sizing up the two of them, as if he were very satisfied with this golden boy and jade girl before him.

"Qingyun, it's not that I'm criticizing you! Miss Ya Fei took care of you for a day and a night without complaint or rest. Can't you be a little nicer to her?"

Fourth Elder continued immediately after, and the look he gave Lin Qingyun was truly full of reproach.

"Fa... ther!"

Lin Qingyun was somewhat speechless, drawing out his voice a little.

"Hehe!" Fourth Elder laughed dryly a few times, then said, "I've already instructed the servants to prepare the meal. Come quickly, you two."

"Got it!"

Lin Qingyun nodded. He had not eaten for three days, and there was always an empty feeling in his stomach.

Getting out of bed and putting on his shoes, Lin Qingyun glanced at Ya Fei, who had also stood up. After hesitating for a moment, he reached out and held her wrist.

He could clearly feel her body suddenly tremble. Ya Fei turned her head back, a hint of a smile on her face, while a faint blush rose over it.

"Don't mind it, it's just..."

Lin Qingyun felt very embarrassed and could not go on.

Suddenly, his body trembled. Ya Fei broke free of his hand, but very quickly held his hand again, their fingers interlacing.

"Haha, I'll go first. You two take your time. No rush!"

Fourth Elder turned his head aside, whistling as he strolled leisurely out the door. When he left, he even did not forget to shut the door behind him.

Lin Qingyun knew Fourth Elder had misunderstood, but the more he explained, the less clear it would become, so he could only sigh.

"Hoo, Sister Ya Fei, let's go!"

Beneath the setting sun,

the woman's face was so flushed and radiant.

The young man seemed to have matured just a little!

It was only a simple meal, and they did not eat for very long. After sending Ya Fei back, Lin Qingyun immediately rushed without pause toward the stretch of cliff at the Xiao Family Back Mountain.

At this moment, the Dou Qi within his body was surging and churning. It was not only filling his Dantian; the meridians throughout his whole body were likewise brimming with Dou Qi.

And this was even the result after Lin Qingyun had not converted all of the vast amount of knowledge he had obtained in his consciousness space.

Smack! Smack!...

He had only just climbed to the top of the cliff when a series of crackling sounds came from the small grove.

The sound was very crisp, like the sound of a whip striking stone.

Lin Qingyun was slightly stunned, then quickly reacted.

Following the sound as he searched, he soon saw that in a clearing at the center of the grove, a youth's feet were planted in the soil like tree stumps, his toes gripping the ground, his teeth clenched tight, cold sweat streaming down his forehead.

On the youth's bare upper torso, with only a pair of shorts worn below, there were streaks of green bruises along with specks of blood.

Behind the youth, an old man sat cross-legged atop a large boulder. His palm waved from time to time, and each wave was accompanied by a pale-red ribbon of Dou Qi shooting out violently.

Seeming to sense someone approaching, the old man paused slightly and turned his head to look. "It's you, Qingyun, lad. You're awake!"

"Hehe, Medicine Elder!"

Lin Qingyun walked out from a patch of low shrubs and said with a faint smile.

When he looked toward Xiao Yan, he could not help sighing with feeling. "Xiao Yanzi! Still working hard this late. Not bad!"

"Brother Yun!" Xiao Yan also responded.

Only, the teeth he had just loosened immediately drew in a cold breath again. Clearly, the fiery pain on his back was making him suffer greatly.

"Qingyun, lad, why don't you come try too? The effect is very good!" Medicine Elder waved his hand and struck out another Dou Qi whip, turning his head to look at Lin Qingyun with a beaming smile.

He even sized him up and down, that gaze seeming as though it wanted to see through him completely and discern something from him.

"Uh! I'll pass. I'll go cultivate off to the side!"

Seeing Xiao Yan's pained state, Lin Qingyun shuddered and waved his hands again and again.

Just the sound alone hurt, all right?

With a quick jog, Lin Qingyun soon arrived at the edge of the cliff.

He sat down on that protruding rock.

Night had already fallen. The scenery before him that was usually there could no longer be seen; only deep darkness remained. From the distant primeval forest came wave after wave of beast roars.

Casting aside all emotions, Lin Qingyun took a deep breath, formed seals with both hands, and sank his mind into his Dantian.

Dou Qi vast as a sea of smoke floated within his Dantian, yet it was clearly separated from the Dou Qi at the core of his Dantian.

"Start breaking through!"

Lin Qingyun shouted in his heart. His expression turned solemn, and the hand seals he held also changed.

At the same time, the Dou Qi within his Dantian began to rotate, and along with that rotation, the Dou Qi drifting around the edges began to merge in.

One strand, two strands...

As more and more Dou Qi merged into it, the original cloud-like mass of Dou Qi began to grow.

Bang!

With a muffled sound, he quickly broke through to the Sixth Stage of Dou Qi.

Bang!

Bang!

Before long, sounds of breakthroughs came one after another again.

Qi Stage Seven!

Eighth Stage of Dou Qi!

In the short span of One Incense Stick, only after he broke through to the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi did the commotion of his breakthrough finally stop.

"Push through in one go. Keep charging!"

Lin Qingyun pondered for a moment. He felt that he could continue breaking through.

At the same time, a large amount of knowledge began to flood in. This was all from the Ten Thousand Medicinal Herbs Catalogue he had memorized within his consciousness space.

This knowledge of medicinal herbs, if recorded as one herb per scroll, would be enough for the recorded scrolls to pile up into a small mountain.

One could imagine just how terrifying the amount of knowledge within it was.

Even if one piece of knowledge became one strand of Dou Qi, it could push a person's cultivation from nothing all the way to Da Dou Shi.

Of course, this was only Lin Qingyun's speculation.

Before long, waves of pure Dou Qi appeared out of thin air and flowed into the meridians within Lin Qingyun's body.

It did not even need to be refined before it could merge into that cloud of mist.

With more and more Dou Qi gathering, after the time it took for One Incense Stick to burn, Lin Qingyun felt that he had already reached the critical point.

Yet for some reason, he had a sense of not being satisfied. He felt that at this moment, his Dantian could still continue to hold more.

"Compress for me!"

Lin Qingyun growled. His will tugged at that mass of Dou Qi and began making it spin madly.

The cloud mass began to shrink, and the Dou Qi filling his meridians began to surge inward.

In no time, his Dantian was filled again.

"Not enough! Still not enough! Keep compressing for me!"

Along with a low roar, that mass of Dou Qi spun even more wildly, to the point that one could even hear a faint whistling wind.

"Not enough! Continue!"

Compressing it desperately, Lin Qingyun could even feel that his will was becoming a little weak.

But at this moment, he could not care that much. He only knew that his Dantian could still continue to bear even more Dou Qi.

Not far away, in the small grove, Medicine Elder suddenly stopped the movement of his hand.

He turned his head to look toward the cliffside, his expression somewhat stunned. "How is that possible?"

He could sense Lin Qingyun's current condition. He did not understand why so much, such vast Dou Qi would suddenly surge out, nor did he understand why Lin Qingyun was compressing the Dou Qi within his body so desperately.

"This feeling really is like a magical beast that has taken human form!"

Medicine Elder narrowed his aged eyes slightly. He knew that some powerful magical beasts with ancient bloodlines could rely on external objects to transform even when they had just been born.

Moreover, the cultivation methods of magical beasts were also somewhat different from those of humans.

A magical beast might be unable to advance an inch for ten-odd years, even decades, but on a certain day, it could suddenly ascend to the heavens in a single step and have its cultivation greatly increase.

And at this moment, the feeling Lin Qingyun gave him was like a magical beast that had been stagnant for eight years, suddenly seeming to have gained enlightenment, with its cultivation soaring.

"If that really is the case... then it can be explained!"

Medicine Elder's gaze was deep, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Teacher, what's wrong?"

Feeling that no whip was coming down, Xiao Yan turned his head to look at Medicine Elder and asked.

"Nothing. Let's continue!"

Coming back to himself, Medicine Elder said.

Smack! Smack!