Shi Xuan smiled and said, "Naturally, I'll cultivate after I calm my mind. It's my first time receiving the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, so it's best to be careful."
"Then come find me at the cave abode when you're ready. I won't be cultivating in seclusion for a few days. "Mo Yuan said a few words and returned to his cave abode.
Shi Xuan was in a good mood. After returning to the cave abode, he drank the tea brewed by the servants and looked at the strange creatures. He enjoyed himself as much as he could. This was one of Shi Xuan's two hobbies. The other hobbies he retained from his previous life was traveling. In this life, he would be able to cultivate and visit many places in the future. Moreover, the various strange customs and practices couldn't be compared to his previous life.
"Master, you've broken through to the Qi Drawing Stage." Qinglian, who was serving at the side, asked hesitantly. Although there was no movement, her master had been cultivating in seclusion before. If he suddenly came out, then he must have either encountered a bottleneck or broken through.
Shi Xuan drank a sip of tea and nodded. "I have indeed broken through. In the future, I will be a true inner disciple. "
Qinglian and Qingzhu, who was standing at the side, happily congratulated Shi Xuan. For them, Shi Xuan's realm had increased and his status had increased. Their family would also have more benefits. Not long after, Qing Song and Yue Ji, who came after hearing the news, also congratulated Shi Xuan happily.
The three of them and Yue Ji were all lingering in the Qi Drawing Stage, especially Yue Ji. Before the Qi Drawing Stage, her body was different from a human's. She cultivated by instinct, so her progress was much slower than the other three. But relatively speaking, a flower like her could live longer than a normal human. She had a lifespan of about two hundred years.
In the evening, Ming Qingyue and the other two, who had finished a day of fighting, came to Shi Xuan's cave abode together. Seeing Shi Xuan in the hall enjoying the sunset and drinking tea, she was very surprised. "Shi Xuan, why did you come out of seclusion?"
Hearing Ming Qingyue's question, Shi Xuan raised his tea and replied with a smile, "Naturally, I came out because I broke through."
"What?!" Ming Qingyue, who had always been heroic, also revealed a shocked expression. Her slightly opened mouth was exceptionally cute.
Yu Ruoshui was also surprised. "How is that possible? How long has it been?! "
Zhou Dielan simply couldn't say anything.
After waiting for the three girls to calm down, Shi Shuan slowly said, "I didn't participate in the Inner Sect Competition this time because I feel that a breakthrough is imminent."
Ming Qingyue was the first to speak, "Shi Xuan, I didn't expect you to break through to the Qi Gathering Stage in just five years. Including the year before you entered the sect, it's only been six years in total. You're almost catching up to the cultivators of the ancient times. At that time, cultivators with good techniques only needed about five years.
"But I still can't compare to you. Qingyue, you broke through to the Qi Drawing Stage at the age of 16." Shi Xuan had always been curious about how Ming Qingyue was able to reach the Qi Gatherer Stage at such a young age, but Ming Qingyue never told him.
"Humph, and here we thought you were in an ordinary seclusion. Today, we heard others badmouthing you at the side of the dueling platform. We are so angry. If we meet in the dueling platform, I will make those bad guys suffer a bit," Yu Ruoshui said angrily.
Shi Xuan could roughly guess what those words were, but now that he had broken through to the Qi Drawing Realm, if he spread the word, those gossipers could only suffer. He doubtfully asked, "Since you didn't know that I had come out of seclusion, why did you come to my cave residence?"
Yu Ruoshui's face turned red. Ming Qingyue chuckled. "Sister Ruoshui has entered the top sixteen of the Out of Aperture Stage. Tomorrow's opponent has a powerful magic tool called Phantom Silk. It can create all kinds of illusions to trap and confuse people. We discussed it and came to borrow the Green Lamp of Qianyang."
In the past three years, the Green Lamp of Qianyang had been mastered by Shi Xuan to forty-six layers of restrictions. It had become the most powerful magic tool in his hands. And it had a strong restraining effect on magic tools of the Ghost Path, Darkness, and Psychedelia. Yu Ruoshui and the others had good taste.
"Congratulations, Ruoshui. How are you two?" Shi Xuan asked as he took out the Green Lamp of Qianyang.
"Sister Ming, do you still need to ask? Today, you only used Genuine Qi of Vast Waves to defeat your opponent! You entered the top eight of the Qi Drawing Realm. Unfortunately, that hateful Lu Xuanyi was also eliminated. Otherwise, Sister Ming could teach him a lesson. " Zhou Diilan happily showed off for Ming Qingyue. But from her expression, it was obvious that her results were not bad.
Zhou Diilan and Yu Ruoshui had been cultivating with Shi Xuan for the past few years. Their control over their bodies and souls was much stronger than that of ordinary cultivators. Therefore, the use of spells and magic tools was also much easier. Naturally, their results were not bad. Moreover, they had saved a lot of Karma points in the past few years because of the elixirs. Each of them had exchanged for a good Lower Grade Magic Tool of the Consummation of the Third Heaven.
Seeing that Zhou Diilan had already spoken for her, Ming Qingyue said with a smile, "In the future, your opponents will be inner disciples who have reached the advanced level of the Qi Drawing Realm. They don't lack magic tools of the Fourth or Fifth Heaven. Fighting with them will be an excellent experience." As she spoke, she revealed a fascinated expression. Then she pointed to Zhou Diilan, "This girl has also entered the top 16 of the Out of Body Stage. But her foundation is a little weaker than Sister Ruoshui's. After all, she has only entered the Out of Body Stage for a little more than three years. It will be good if she can enter the top 10. The tenth place also has a good Middle Grade magic tool."
Shi Xuan smiled encouragingly at Zhou Diilan, then handed the Green Lantern of Qianyang to Yu Ruoshui, "I have already released the restriction on the core. You can use it after familiarizing yourself with it." This kind of magic tool borrowed from others required the original owner to release the restriction on the core of the magic tool, and the user could only use half of the original owner's power. In other words, Yu Ruoshui's magic tool was equivalent to using a magic tool with 23 layers of restriction, which was a little more than the power of the Two Heavens. But against the Phantom Light Silk, the power of the Two Heavens should be enough. After all, the Green Lantern of Qianyang was much better in nature.
They chatted and laughed, and in the blink of an eye, the sky turned dark. The three girls still had a competition tomorrow, so they needed to rest early. So they congratulated Shi Xuan again before taking their leave.
After the three girls left, Shi Xuan finished looking at the strange things in his hand, then checked his magic tools and materials. Shi Xuan, who had a slight hobby of collecting, quite liked this kind of time.
The Ten Thousand Forms Shadowless Sword happened to be at the peak of the Three Heavens, which was 27 layers of restriction. Not only was it sharper, but it could also fly faster with the sword light. It was about as fast as Shi Xuan's Minor Clear Breeze Escape.
The Soul Bewitching Flag had 30 layers of restriction. But other than its defense and trapping abilities becoming stronger, its attack had not changed significantly. Among them, the Soul Bewitching Foul Qi Array was limited by the lack of ruthless and fierce foul Qi, baleful Qi, and sickly Qi. But as the magic tool's restriction improved, the foul Qi, baleful Qi, and sickly Qi it could absorb would be of a higher level. As for the effect of extracting a cultivator's soul, Shi Xuan estimated that it would only improve when he reached the peak of the double restriction. It should only change when he reached the Four Heavens.
The better materials he had were the rocks he took from the Flame God Mountain. According to the Daoist books, travel notes, and encyclopedias that Shi Xuan had read over the years, he could basically determine that these rocks contained Li Fire Gold Essence. It was just that he could not extract much of it from the rocks outside. The rocks by the Nanming Li Fire Lake were basically all of it.
Li Fire Gold Essence was an excellent material for refining fire-attribute magic tools. In essence, it was only slightly inferior to top-grade metals such as Taiyi True Gold, Western Gold Essence, Taibai Gold Essence, Geng Gold Essence, and Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron. Unfortunately, Shi Xuan did not have a plan to refine magic tools, so he could not make a move. He did not even dare to give some to the three girls for fear of exposing himself.
The next day, on the battle arena of Canshui Peak, Yu Ruoshui was fighting with a beautiful female disciple. Her Blazing Fire Sword and her opponent's Soft Water Sword were fighting fiercely in the air. Yu Ruoshui had been studying swordsmanship for the past few years. She had gradually reached the peak of the Thirty-six Chasing Sun Sword Technique. She had even learned Shi Xuan's Six Wind Slayer Swords to a small success. As a result, the Blazing Fire Sword turned into a red light, stabbing left and right. The disciples below could only feel the sword qi crisscrossing, and could not look directly at it.
The female disciple gradually found it difficult to resist. She steeled her heart, and the ribbon around her waist flew out. In an instant, the white ribbon covered the entire arena, creating a dense fog that trapped Yu Ruoshui in the middle.
The disciples on the arena had been watching the battle for the past few days, and had long known of the power of this Phantom Light Ribbon. They were all secretly sweating for Yu Ruoshui. This was because Yu Ruoshui's previous performance in swordsmanship had caused many of the outer disciples who liked to learn swordsmanship to be filled with admiration.
Just as everyone was worrying, the center of the battle arena lit up in the depths of the fog. In an instant, the entire arena was illuminated, and the fog immediately dissipated completely. The white ribbon also fell to the ground powerlessly.
Everyone looked over, only to see Yu Ruoshui holding an ancient bronze lamp in her left hand. She slowly walked towards the beautiful female disciple Mu Qingyan. The lamp emitted thousands of rays of light, bright but not dazzling. The Blazing Fire Sword hovered in front of her.
Mu Qingyan saw that the Phantom Light Ribbon had been broken, and knew that she had no chance of winning. She could only bitterly admit defeat. She could not blame Yu Ruoshui for borrowing the high grade magic tool, the Green Qianyang Lamp. She could only stomp her feet and leave the arena.
"Hey, isn't that the legendary Master Mo's Green Qianyang Lamp?"
"It's so powerful. No wonder it's a high grade magic tool of the seventh level of perfection."
"But, isn't it in Master Shi's hands?"
* * *
While everyone was discussing, Yu Ruoshui, Ming Qingyue and Zhou Dielan had already made up their minds. At this time, she loudly said, "This Green Qianyang Lamp was borrowed from Master Shi when I congratulated him on breaking through to the Qi Drawing Stage. The rules of the battle did not say that magic tools cannot be borrowed."
Ah?!
The arena was in an uproar. The focus of the disciples was no longer on the fact that the magic tool was borrowed. They were all shocked by the news in front of them.
"What?! Master Shi broke through to the Qi Drawing Stage? "It was the skinny male disciple from yesterday.
"How is this possible? He's only been in the sect for five years?! Didn't they say that his soul cultivation is only seventy to eighty percent of Yu Wendao's? "Shen Hongwen, who had been eliminated early on, also had a face full of disbelief.
Miao Daiyun, who was beside him, also had her red mouth wide open. "Impossible, impossible, how could he break through so quickly?"
A disciple who had just finished the battle and successfully entered the top eight passed by. He happened to hear this, and his face instantly became lifeless. He muttered to himself, "How is this possible? How is this possible! "This person was Yu Wendao.
And the other disciples who hated and envied Shi Xuan were so shocked that their jaws almost dislocated.
* * *
Those disciples who admired or worshiped Shi Shuan were all cheering and dancing for joy.
"I've already said that Master Shi is a genius!"
"Yes, he's much better than that arrogant Yu Wendao!"
"It would be great if I knew Martial Uncle Shi better."
"Master Shi is aiming to reach the Upper Grade Gold Core!"
* * *
The same scene also appeared at the Alkaid Peak, but it was Ming Qingyue who pretended to accidentally announce it in public after she defeated her opponent.
