C26 (1/2)
Fallen Leaves Peak, inside a cave.
Han Yan suddenly opened her eyes and spat out a mouthful of impure air. She used her Spiritual Sense to scan her body and felt that there were only five air masses in her Dantian. She could not help but sigh, ”It is really difficult to cut off the ties with the mortal world. If I can't forget, can I really not go any further?” For the past three years, he had been cultivating day and night. She had used up all her Spirit Gathering Pills and spirit stones. Relying on the Heaven Dao Jade Seal's Spirit Gathering abilities, he had reached the fifth level of the Qi Disciple stage in one go. After reaching the fifth level, the absorption speed suddenly slowed down. Although she could still absorb spiritual energy, no matter how much spiritual energy she absorbed, she couldn't break through.
There was only one explanation for this situation, and that was that they could not forget their mortal destiny. If they could not break it, then they could not activate the technique and enter the next level. Within three years, Han Yan was already satisfied with being able to cultivate to such a level. Hearing the sound of the bell, his body moved and quickly left the cave, heading straight for the peak of Mt. Tianming.
On the way, they met a lot of disciples heading towards the peak of Daylight Mountain. After they saw Han Yan, they all revealed looks of surprise.
Han Yan was already used to this kind of expression. To be able to reach the 5th level of Qi Cultivating Stage in three years, this kind of speed was already considered fast in the sect.
An hour later, Han Yan arrived at the plaza outside the hall. More than five thousand disciples had arrived, gathered together and were chatting softly.
Han Yan closed her eyes and waited for the Sect Leader to appear.
Suddenly, a voice sounded, ”Han Yan, you're finally here.”
Han Yan opened her eyes and looked in the direction of the voice. Seeing Xie Hu running over excitedly, she smiled and asked, ”Three years of closed door cultivation, how was the harvest?”
Xie Hu did not reply. His divine sense swept over Han Yan's body, then he opened his mouth wide, saying in surprise, ”If I knew you would work so hard to cultivate, you would have done it too quickly!”
”I was just lucky.” Han Yan said with a smile.
Xie Hu waved his hands and said in disbelief, ”Don't talk to me about luck. I've been cultivating day and night for three years, how come I'm not as lucky as you!” He paused, then suddenly thought of something and said, ”Han Yan, I just saw that many of the disciples have broken through to the 5th level of the Qi Cultivating Stage. It's fortunate that I'm still in the 3rd level.” He understood in his heart that with his talent, if he didn't have so many Spirit Gathering Pills and so many spirit stones, she would never be able to break through to the 3rd level of the Qi Cultivating Stage in her lifetime. However, he had a question in her mind. Why would the sect spare no expense to increase their cultivation bases?
Han Yan also thought about this question, but she couldn't think of the result. She had heard from Tang Xiaofeng that in all his years in the sect, he had never given out so many pills and spirit stones before. Thus, there was only one explanation: What happened within the sect? That was why disciples were willing to pay any price to raise their cultivation.
Not far away, Han Fei was chatting with a youth. That youth had a jade-like face and an imposing manner, and his cultivation level was astonishing. He had actually reached the eighth level of Qi Disciple level. There were less than ten disciples with this level of cultivation in the entire sect. They were the core disciples of the sect, the kind that were specially groomed.
Han Fei looked around and, seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he transmitted his voice, ”Senior Brother Zhang He, is what happened just now okay?”
Zhang He lightly smiled, lightly patted Han Fei's shoulder and said, ”Junior Martial Brother Han, we've known each other for so many years, and you still don't trust me? I didn't like that brat for a long time, and I also felt unhappy about what happened last time, but since Master didn't want me to find trouble with him, I couldn't do anything about it. When the time comes, even if he doesn't challenge me, I will still drag him up. ”
The him that the two of them were talking about, was naturally Han Yan. With Han Fei's cultivation, he barely made it into the top 100. Even if she did, she had no right to speak. Han Fei really wanted to teach Han Yan a lesson, but she was afraid that she would not have the opportunity to do so. Thus, she asked Zhang He to help him, allowing him to mock Han Yan during the competition and forcing Han Yan to fight.
Two hours later, a group of cultivators emerged one after another, led by a man dressed in yellow. It was none other than the Sect Leader, Daoist Master Hong, and the others. Among them was Han Yan's master, Wei Peng. When Wei Peng first appeared, he looked around the plaza, and when he saw Han Yan, he inadvertently used her spirit sense. In his eyes, Han Yan being able to reach the 3rd level of the Refinement Stage was already not bad. However, after he sensed Han Yan's cultivation, he couldn't help but open his eyes wide.
Zhang Daoqing saw the look of shock on Wei Peng's face, and said with a voice transmission, ”You're surprised, right? When I found out that Sect Leader did everything to improve the strength of my disciple, I was also very surprised. The Spirit Pill Sect had quite a few people, but not many Spirit Stones. They had earned over a hundred years worth of savings this time. The Sect Leader Senior Brother was indeed generous. ”Only now do I understand that Sect Leader is right. If he didn't take out that many spirit stones three years ago, then the number of disciples who can improve themselves can be counted on one hand.”
Wei Peng wasn't able to hear what he was saying at all. There was only one thing on his mind, ”How is this possible? How can this fellow's cultivation increase so fast?”
As everyone walked to the front steps of the great hall, Daoist Master Hong Daoyi lightly coughed to calm everyone down. When everyone quietened down and they lined up neatly on the plaza, Daoist Master Hong Shi said in a clear voice, ”First of all, I would like to congratulate everyone on obtaining such a great harvest in three years. Secondly, I wish to congratulate those disciples who have improved by more than three levels.
The Heaven Breaking Sect had more than five thousand Qi Cultivation stage disciples. It was extremely rare to see disciples who could raise their cultivation by three levels or more in three years. In total, there were less than five hundred disciples, and most of these disciples had spiritual roots above five stars. Han Yan being able to raise his cultivation by 3 levels within 3 years was indeed a miracle, and this miracle, on one hand, was the result of his hard work, and on the other hand, came from the Heavenly Jade Seal.
Spiritual Sense was released, and all the disciples' cultivation was captured. Then, he said in a clear voice, ”Qi Hao …”
An ordinary-looking disciple walked out from the crowd, cupped his hands, and said, ”Disciple is here.”