Not Qualified Yet

He looked at his bloodstained body and surroundings, then at Xiao Mengdie, whose face had gone pale with fright. The corners of his lips lifted slightly.

"Miss Xiao, good morning."

Gu Sheng's tone was calm, as though he had merely just awakened and offered a greeting.

"Y-you..."

Xiao Mengdie pointed at Gu Sheng, her finger trembling.

"Are you cultivating or trying to kill yourself?"

Gu Sheng rose to his feet and stretched his body. His joints crackled loudly.

He casually wiped the blood from his face and smiled.

"I was merely cultivating a secret art. This is all impurities and stagnant blood expelled after tempering my foundation."

"Tempering your foundation?"

Xiao Mengdie eyed him suspiciously.

"What kind of foundation tempering is this? My father said that one must build a foundation step by step..."

Her words abruptly stopped as a powerful surge of true qi suddenly erupted from Gu Sheng's body!

"This is..."

Xiao Mengdie's eyes widened.

Gu Sheng was stunned as well, sensing the surging true qi within him.

Last night, he had broken through nine death acupoints in succession. True qi now rushed through his meridians, and without realizing it, he had crossed the bottlenecks of the seventh and eighth levels of the Black Tortoise Realm. At this moment, he was charging toward the Earth Martial Realm!

"Not good!"

Gu Sheng's expression changed slightly. Breaking through to the Earth Martial Realm required a stable environment, as well as someone to stand guard for him. Otherwise, it would be all too easy for him to suffer qi deviation.

Xiao Mengdie sensed the abnormality as well, and her pretty face changed.

"You're breaking through to the Earth Martial Realm? Here?"

Gu Sheng smiled bitterly.

"It seems so."

"Have you lost your mind?!"

Xiao Mengdie stamped her foot anxiously.

"Breaking through