Chapter 33: Refining Qi Period Third Layer

  Thank you very much for the reward from Huǎng Yuè Bīng Shuāng!

  Ice! Sharp and angular, snowflakes floated in front of Xu Ziyuan's eyes, Xu Ziyuan seemed to have heard the sound of the six-sided snowflake breaking through the air. This! Represents killing intent!

  The snowflakes melted on her cheeks, flowing down her face to the corner of Xu Ziyuan's mouth. Xu Ziyuan slightly opened her mouth and sucked in that stream of snow water. The icy snow water made Xu Ziyuan's mouth feel refreshed. This! Represented a glimmer of life!

  The best of men is like water!

  Water nourishes all things, filled with vigorous vitality. Xu Ziyuan's thoughts became more transparent, and the true yuan in her body suddenly stirred, she felt that she had a sign of breaking through.

  Looking back at the crowd still in meditation, he hesitated whether to continue his epiphany. If he continued, once fully immersed, he would lose touch with his surroundings. If a demon beast were to attack at that moment, the consequences would be unthinkable. But if he stopped now, he wouldn't know when he'd have another chance like this.

  Just then, she found that two of the disciples in the inner hall had woken up one after another. Xu Ziyuan was overjoyed and whispered to them:

  "Two senior brothers, little sister has something, trouble you two with this matter of warning."

  As soon as the words fell, Xu Ziyanyan's figure moved and slid down the mountain slope, rushing towards the front of the mountain path. About 300 meters away, Xu Ziyanyan stood in the middle of the mountain path.

  Those two inner disciples looked at the back of Xu Ziyuan leaving, and thought that Xu Ziyuan was going to relieve herself, and didn't want to say it clearly to them, so they didn't think about anything else. Instead, they stood on the high slope of the mountain, vigilantly keeping watch.

  Xu Ziyuan stood in the middle of the mountain path, surrounded by vastness, as if she was in a separate world. Her mind was clear and empty, and gradually, her body and soul seemed to merge with the flying snow. The trajectory of the flying snow was clearly imprinted on Xu Ziyuan's soul.

  Xu Ziyuan's figure suddenly moved, but if there were outsiders here now, they would definitely not discover Xu Ziyuan's trail. She had completely merged with the flying snow, like a snowflake, drifting with the wind, her figure lightly floating in mid-air, like a winter elf, elegantly fluttering about.

  Drifting away from the mountain path, drifting up to the high slope, then drifting down into the valley, and finally drifting towards the mountain peak.

  In theory, cultivators in the foundation-building stage shouldn't be able to fly through the air, but at this moment, Xu Ziyuan was like a snowflake, lightly floating and flying.

  During flight, a wave of water ripples suddenly appeared on Xu Ziyans body, with layer upon layer of water texture spreading out from within her, creating circles of ripples. Finally, Xu Ziyans entire body was enveloped in a layer of water texture, just like a water curtain forming an egg that wrapped her inside.

  Suddenly, the water ball suspended in mid-air burst open, sending countless water lines flying in all directions. Xu Ziyuan stretched out her body in a large character shape, and the spiritual energy between heaven and earth rushed towards Xu Ziyuan, gradually forming a whirlpool above Xu Ziyuan that rotated continuously, surging into Xu Ziyuan's body.

  An hour later, Xu Ziyuan let out a long sigh, like a crane's cry, like a phoenix's wail.

  The snowflakes around suddenly flew in all directions, and the spiritual vortex formed on Xu Ziyuan's body dispersed with a loud bang.

  Xu Ziyuan suddenly opened her eyes, looked around, and suddenly found herself suspended in mid-air. Her heart skipped a beat, and her body plummeted straight down from the air. Fortunately, the snow was falling heavily, and it had been snowing for several days. Moreover, Xu Ziyuan wasn't too far off the ground; otherwise, who knows what kind of shape she would have ended up in.

  Xu Ziyuan struggled to her feet from the snowy ground, brushed off the snow on her body with her hands, and looked around in all directions. This time she finally realized that she had lost her way and didn't know where she was now. But one thing was certain, she was no longer on the original mountain path.

  "Could it be that I unknowingly ran here during my epiphany just now?"

  Thinking of this, Xu Ziyuan's heart felt a chill. If she wasn't careful and ran into the pack of demonic beasts, wouldn't that be a dead end? There would be no escape!

  "Has it broken through?"

  Xu Ziyuan hastily sank her consciousness into her body, beginning to explore her own realm. As soon as her consciousness sank into her body, Xu Ziyuan's mouth corners rose, and a faint smile gradually spread across her face. First, it was the corners of her mouth, then her nose, followed by her eyes, and finally spreading to her entire countenance, every cell seemingly laughing.

  Breakthrough! Xǔ Zǐyān has now reached the third layer of Qi Refining stage!

  Less than a year of cultivation, from nothing to something, and it has been continuously transcending from the Postnatal stage all the way to the third layer of the Cultivation of Qi. This is indeed a miracle in the entire Cultivation world, and even among those major sects, this is also extremely rare.

  This is not only because Xu Ziyuan's qualifications are not bad, but more importantly, Xu Ziyuan has a constant supply of elixirs to assist her. It must be known that on this continent, the lack of alchemy skills has restricted the entire cultivation world. But Xu Ziyuan just happens to have obtained complete alchemy skills and a large number of elixir formulas. This makes Xu Ziyuan and other cultivators fundamentally not on the same starting line.

  Xu Ziyuan withdrew her consciousness from her body, and the previous exploration had not only confirmed that she had broken through but also discovered that due to the breakthrough, the Introspection Symbol within her body was damaged. Her aura could no longer be concealed.

  Xu Ziyuan stretched out her hand, drew a few hand seals, and immediately a damaged talisman floated out of her body. With a grasp of her hand, it turned into a pile of fragments, and with a flick of her wrist, it was gone with the wind.

  Xu Ziyuan's gaze swept around, finding a flat and smooth rock. From her storage bag, she took out a talisman brush and paper, quickly creating another Introspection Talisman, revealing her cultivation at the ninth layer of the Acquired Realm.

  Xu Ziyuan chose a direction and walked in it, wanting to see if she could find her way back.

  She didn't come back for a long time, but the disciples of the Xu family who were guarding the mountain slope were anxious. When everyone woke up one after another, they found that the two inner disciples who were on guard duty, while Xu Ziyuan was nowhere to be seen. When Xu Jin asked about it, the two inner disciples told him the truth.

  At first, everyone was not very anxious, thinking that Xu Ziyuan might not be urinating, but rather defecating. However, as time passed, these people began to panic. Especially those new disciples from the outer sect, Xu Ziyuan was their mainstay, their anchor.

  Xu Ziyanyan disappeared, they were thoroughly flustered and immediately surrounded the two inner disciples who were on guard duty, constantly asking what was going on.

  In the past, they would never have dared to treat an inner disciple like this, but now in their haste, they completely forgot about propriety. This made the two inner disciples extremely displeased, and both of their faces sank.