What Is Courage

Yang Family Sacred Land, Fifth Layer Heaven Domain, Longyin Peak.

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Plop.

Heavy footsteps intertwined with the sound of blood and sweat dripping onto the ground.

Lin Qiao's cultivation had now reached the Seventh Level of Qi Gathering. What she was undertaking was her twenty-third ascent since entering the Dao.

This was also her eleventh breakthrough into the mid-stage realm, cultivating from the Third Level of Qi Gathering to the Seventh Level of Qi Gathering.

After four months of tempering, not a trace of the girl's former cowardice could be seen upon her anymore.

Yet that did not mean she had become entirely fearless of this trial.

Whenever she stood beneath Longyin Peak, Lin Qiao still felt afraid. After falling and failing, she would doubt herself; when faced with extreme pain, she would think of giving up.

During her ascent of Longyin Peak, her spirit and will were being tested every moment.

Yet whenever these negative thoughts surged into her heart, another force would rise within Lin Qiao to contend against them.

It was her pursuit of her ideals, her desire to complete her transformation, and the faith she had awakened after entering the Dao.

She understood what made her special and knew that she alone could accomplish the task before her.

Yang Bowen, Yang Xing, and the Liang Siblings—none of those four children who had entered the mountain in the same year as her could do it. Only she could.

This was an ordeal, but it was also an honor bestowed upon her by that outstanding talent.

"What is... courage...?"

As her consciousness blurred, Lin Qiao's cracked lips parted slightly, murmuring something under her breath.

This was a discourse on courage that she had heard from patriarch Yang Lingqing during one of their conversations.

Yang Lingqing knew Lin