Frugal housekeeping?

Elsewhere, at the same time.

Upon reaching the 60th step, Xiaobai finally felt a tiny bit of pressure.

But rather than pressure, it was more like... a faint, gentle touch.

Before the 60th step, she had truly felt nothing at all.

It was as though no pressure existed whatsoever.

Xiaobai pursed her red lips slightly and glanced back at Lin Yu with a touch of smugness.

Only to discover that Lin Yu was still sleeping.

Sleep, sleep, sleep. All he knows is sleeping. Hmph!

Xiaobai felt a little unhappy.

Huh? Why am I unhappy because he's sleeping?

Xiaobai tilted her head, finding the thought a little strange.

Meanwhile.

All the watching cultivators erupted into an uproar!

Xiaobai, at the Golden Core Stage, had reached the 60th step of the Heaven Rank stairway!

What was going on? This was simply an unprecedented marvel!

"Miss Xiaobai, could you be a reincarnated Immortal?"

"I hereby declare that Miss Xiaobai is my idol from now on!"

"Get lost! Who are you to call her Miss Xiaobai? I told you to call her Sister Xiaobai!"

In just a few short minutes, Xiaobai's standing in everyone's eyes skyrocketed once again!

If not for all the eyes watching, some people would already have dropped to their knees.

Yet Xiaobai still wasn't finished!

"I'm a little sleepy." Xiaobai yawned, feeling rather idle.

The climbing time wasn't up yet.

Xiaobai looked toward Lin Yu again.

Lin Yu was still sleeping.

"Hmph. Sleep, sleep, sleep. I'll sleep too!"

Xiaobai stepped lightly forward, easily climbing another few steps.

In the blink of an eye, she reached the 65th step.

"Mm, the pressure here is about right."

Xiaobai felt the faint pressure against her body.

This amount of force was basically no different from a massage before bed.

What a wonderful place to sleep.

Perfectly content, Xiaobai lay down on the 65th step and drifted into dreamland in the blink of an eye.

A growing Six-Winged Holy Tiger needed a great deal of sleep every day.

"..."

"What is Miss Xiaobai doing?"

At the sight, the watching crowd was dumbfounded, rubbing their eyes repeatedly to make sure they weren't dreaming.

Had they fallen under some kind of illusion technique?

Why were they seeing Xiaobai lie straight down on the sacred stairway?

After all, the pressure on that sacred stairway was immensely powerful!

Even resisting with all one's might, a momentary lapse was hard to avoid, bringing all one's efforts to ruin!

And now someone was actually sleeping on it?

Had the sacred stairway broken too, just like the Qianyuan Spirit Stone earlier?

The spectators exchanged looks.

This was simply too absurd!

"Are Miss Xiaobai's and that Lin Yu's test results actually reliable?"

"Somehow, they don't seem very trustworthy!"

At some point, dissenting voices had begun to emerge among the crowd.

They couldn't be blamed. What was happening now was simply too bizarre.

"Let's see what the Qianyuan Sect's sect master says later. We can still trust the Qianyuan Sect's reputation!"

"Exactly. Let's wait until the competition ends!"

Ten minutes later.

The test time was up. Xiaobai's final result: the 65th step of the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway!

She had broken the highest record since the Qianyuan Sect's founding!

"Miss Xiaobai? Miss Xiaobai!"

The testing elder's booming voice made everyone else's ears ache a little.

Yet Xiaobai continued lying there, seemingly without the slightest intention of waking.

Having spent so long in human form today, Xiaobai, who was still growing, had become somewhat tired.

Fortunately, she was still subconsciously maintaining her young maiden's form and hadn't changed back into that adorable kitty.

Aside from her somewhat odd sleeping posture, everything else was normal.

"Sister Xiaobai is sleeping so soundly!"

"Look, what's that at the corner of Sister Xiaobai's mouth? Is she drooling..."

"Impossible! Sister Xiaobai has Heaven Rank talent. She couldn't possibly drool in her sleep!"

"Are you sure Sister Xiaobai is sleeping? She's clearly cultivating with her eyes closed!"

"Exactly, exactly..."

The spectators all talked over one another.

After two rounds of trials, Xiaobai had already become like a divine fairy in their hearts!

Except for the few who suspected something fishy, and people like Tang Yu who harbored ulterior motives.

Everyone else had unconsciously switched to addressing Xiaobai respectfully.

At the very least, they had to call her Sister Xiaobai.

Meanwhile.

Xiaobai continued sleeping, completely unaware of the changes outside.

"Silly cat, time to eat."

Amid her sweet dreams, Xiaobai faintly heard a familiar voice.

"Food? Where's the food?"

Xiaobai's delicate body jolted, and she abruptly sat up, her beautiful eyes darting about, filled with bewilderment.

She had clearly been eating immortal fruit just now! Why had the immortal fruit suddenly disappeared?

Where was this?

Xiaobai looked around with bleary eyes.

She seemed to have heard that fellow saying there was immortal fruit to eat!

Where was the immortal fruit?!

Xiaobai was very angry!

The consequences... weren't serious at all.

At least, that was the case for Lin Yu.

"Miss Xiaobai, time is up. Congratulations on reaching the 65th step of the Heaven Rank stairway and breaking the highest record in the Qianyuan Sect's history!"

Seeing that Xiaobai was finally awake, the trial elder flushed red and spoke excitedly.

The 65th step of the Heaven Rank Sacred Stairway!

As an elder of the Qianyuan Sect, he naturally knew what this meant!

The current sect master of the Qianyuan Sect, Yun Tianci, was a supreme expert at the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm!

His best result on the Qianyuan Sacred Stairways had only been the 52nd step!

Although the lovely maiden before him was currently only at the Golden Core Stage.

Her future prospects were already immeasurable!

She might even become the Qianyuan Sect's strongest expert in the future!

"Please head back, miss. Congratulations on securing your qualification to cultivate in the inner sect ahead of time!"

The elder overseeing the trial smiled at Xiaobai, his words brimming with friendliness.

For a prodigy with such terrifying talent, cultivation speed simply couldn't be measured by ordinary reason!

Perhaps, ten years from now, Xiaobai's strength,

Might even surpass that of elders like them!

Thus, the cultivation elder had already begun thinking about building a good relationship with Xiaobai in advance.

But Xiaobai wasn't thinking about any of that right now.

She had little concept of strength and such. She had merely been concealing her cultivation all along, as Lin Yu had told her to.

Otherwise, if she wished, she could casually slap everyone present except Lin Yu to death.

After eating a huge pile of Lin Yu's immortal fruit, Xiaobai's true strength had already reached the Body Integration Realm!

She was only a single step away from the Mahayana Realm.

Xiaobai had only one thought right now.

She was hungry and wanted something to eat.

She had clearly just heard Lin Yu saying he would give her something to eat!

Then she saw what seemed to be something waving in Lin Yu's hand, and she immediately began to drool.

It was her favorite immortal fruit!

Xiaobai instantly leaped off the sacred stairway and skipped back to Lin Yu's side.

Opening her mouth, she took the fruit straight into it.

"What was that guy holding just now?"

Someone asked in confusion.

No one here recognized the scent of immortal fruit.

After Lin Yu had treated them, these immortal fruits looked just like ordinary fruit.

"No idea. Maybe a snack."

"Sister Xiaobai is wonderful. She's so capable, and so easy to feed!"

Someone exclaimed in admiration. As expected of Sister Xiaobai.

Not only was she powerful, but she was also a frugal housekeeper!

She only ate ordinary fruit for snacks, yet she could still look so happy!