Fusang Sword Heart Diagram

Chapter 69 Zheng Xiaohui Breaks Through the Realm

The cave had collapsed badly, and Ning Fusang struggled to retreat out of the narrow tunnel. Following Qian Yuan's guidance, she entered through another entrance to find Li Yeshan and the others.

Ning Fusang naturally wanted to get a top score in the assessment, so their safety had to be ensured along the way.

It wouldn't be appropriate for only one of the five people who came out to go back.

This mountain range is called the Burial Forest Mountain Range. It was once the training ground of a demon cultivator at the twelfth realm. That demon cultivator was killed by a human cultivator at the Ming realm and buried in the Burial Forest Mountain.

Qian Yuan once caused trouble with demon cultivators, and was therefore suppressed here by that Mingjing cultivator. A thousand years have passed, and it is unknown whether that cultivator is still alive. However, the seal he set has loosened somewhat.

The other entrance was opened by the descendants of demon cultivators. For thousands of years, they have tried to rescue Qian Yuan, but all their efforts have been in vain.

The bloodline of the descendants of demon cultivators is becoming thinner with each generation. Qian Yuan has been gone for a hundred years and has not seen them. Perhaps they have all died long ago.

Ning Fusang asked, "Then, is the bloodline of the demon race wolf?"

Qian Yuan communicated with her in his sea of ​​consciousness and responded with a "yes".

A hint of paleness appeared on the horizon.

In the hazy morning light, Ning Fusang saw the entrance Qian Yuan had mentioned. Green vines and thorns were intertwined, and the entrance was well hidden.

She took out her black iron sword, cut the vines, and crawled inside.

The entrance to the cave was low and narrow. She bent over and slowly moved forward. After about ten counts, it finally opened up.

The hall before her was empty, supported only by three stone pillars, with a secret passage on each side. Ning Fusang entered through the stone passage on the right, smashing the traps along the way, and arrived at another hall.

She glanced to the side and realized that the road on the left also led here.

However, along the way, besides the carcasses of wolves, she also saw human bones. But Qian Yuan said that he had been imprisoned here for thousands of years and had never seen a human before, which meant that no one had ever reached the Cold Pool.

Those humans who discovered the cave entrance died on the way.

Ning Fusang released her divine sense to explore deeper into the cave. Suddenly, a sound of clashing metal came from inside. Her eyes flashed, and she quickly rushed in that direction.

Keng!
The oncoming blade was severed in two by Ning Fusang's sword. The person wielding the blade was so shaken that his internal organs went numb, and he staggered backward.

"Senior Sister Ning!" Zhi Xiaocao, who was in the corner, shouted excitedly as if she had seen a savior.

He was being strangled by a burly, fierce-looking man with a bowstring. Zhi Xiaocao gripped the bowstring tightly with both hands and pushed it away, his palms already dripping with blood.

Ning Fusang raised her hand, and three spiritual blades shot out from her palm. The man reacted very quickly, grabbing a small blade of grass and using it as a human shield.

Zhi Xiaocao's eyes widened as she watched the light of the spirit blade grow brighter and brighter.

boom!
The defensive artifact he bought created a small barrier; when the spirit blade struck it, it vanished into thin air.

Zhi Xiaocao was drenched in sweat, and at the same time, a sense of confusion arose in his heart. Could his defensive magic weapon withstand the attack of a cultivator at the third level?

The hand holding his clothes from behind seemed to loosen, and Zhi Xiaocao seized the opportunity to elbow him, breaking free from his grasp. The tall man collapsed to the ground, his eyes wide open in death.

Zhi Xiaocao was shocked.

Ning Fusang glanced at him with disdain. To save Zhi Xiaocao, she wasted one of her broken spirit needles. Using it on such a mortal martial artist wouldn't even yield any spoils.

She lifted her eyelids and swiftly dispatched the remaining few people. After dusting off her sleeves, she used a purification technique to completely remove the bloodstains from her white clothes.

The group, having narrowly escaped death, gasped for breath. Zheng Xiaohui's face was flushed and she was drenched in sweat. She felt a force within her body, like an insect wriggling around, restless and unable to reach her dantian no matter how she tried to guide it.

"Ah!" she screamed in frustration.

Ning Fusang frowned: "What's wrong with her?"

Zhi Xiaocao stammered, "We found several pills in the cave. Zheng Xiaohui took them and that's how she ended up."

"Let me see the pill."

Zhi Xiaocao quickly took out a round and crystal-clear pill from her purse. Ning Fusang took it and used her spiritual power to remove the outermost layer. Her eyes narrowed, and she said coldly, "Who told you this was a pill?"

"Huh?" Zhi Xiaocao's heart trembled, and she asked in a low voice, "Senior Sister Ning, what is this? Is it poisonous?"

Ning Fusang threw the item to him, and Zhi Xiaocao was unsure whether to catch it or not. He lifted his clothes, caught the pill, and stood there, at a loss.

“This is a demon beast core.” Ning Fusang said, pressing down on Zheng Xiaohui and raising his hand to circulate his spiritual energy to help her regulate the power within her body. “A demon beast core can be refined outside the body. Swallowing it raw, do you want this violent power to burst your dantian?”

After saying that, she closed her eyes, ignoring the others and focusing on helping Zheng Xiaohui integrate this power.

The originally turbulent power became as docile as a lamb under the strong influence of Ning Fusang's spiritual power, and flowed gently into Zheng Xiaohui's Qi Sea according to the path of the Great Circulation.

boom.

The invisible barrier was broken through by this force, and a new, thicker barrier appeared. The spiritual energy quickly filled Zheng Xiaohui's dantian, surging like a tide, breaking through the new barrier once again, and finally the remaining spiritual energy calmed down.

Zheng Xiaohui's cultivation level jumped from the mid-stage of the first realm to the early stage of the second realm in an instant.

Shi Zhouyun, Li Yeshan, and Zhi Xiaocao looked on with envy.

Fine beads of cold sweat appeared on Ning Fusang's forehead. She raised her hand to wipe away the sweat and stood up. Seeing the envy in the eyes of the others, she warned, "If you don't want to explode and die, put away your stupid thoughts."

“I can understand that Zheng Xiaohui was unaware of this, but I will not interfere if you also want to improve your cultivation level in this way.”

She said coldly, without showing any mercy.

Ning Fusang wasn't bluffing; if anyone actually did that, she would absolutely refuse to help. She'd rather fail the test than be used by a few idiots.

These words of admonition instantly extinguished the thoughts that had just surfaced in their minds.

Zheng Xiaohui felt the new changes in her dantian, and a joyful expression appeared on her face. She was now at the second level, no worse than Jiang Xin!

Heaven has been kind to her, granting her this opportunity. Her request to rest here seems to have been preordained!

But soon, Zheng Xiaohui felt extremely annoyed. If she had known that the beast core was such a good thing, she wouldn't have shared it with others.

One beast core was enough for her to break through to the second level. If she refines all nine beast cores, it's not impossible for her to break through to the third or fourth level!

If others knew about her thoughts, they would surely laugh at her naivety.

If one could easily improve their cultivation level by refining beast pills, where would there be so many mediocre talents in the world?

Zheng Xiaohui was able to advance two realms at once because she swallowed a beast core and absorbed all its power. With the assistance of Ning Fusang's spiritual power, she was able to break through to the next realm.

Generally speaking, refining beast cores results in energy loss. Cultivators need to extract the demonic power from the beast cores and only take the pure spiritual energy to aid their cultivation.

(End of this chapter)