After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 17 Stop hitting me, stop hitting me!

It was as if some force was suggesting or guiding her, urging her to chase after and grasp more points of light in her hands.

She chased after him for a short while before her consciousness withdrew from the darkness, sensing that spiritual energy was frantically converging on her body. The spiritual energy that had been blocked in her meridians, upon reaching a critical point, was partially cleared and temporarily stored in her energy centers.

When she sat cross-legged, deeply focused on enlightenment, she wasn't actively absorbing spiritual energy. Yet, the energy seemed to possess its own consciousness, gathering within her body and blocking her meridians. Could it be due to changes triggered by her own enlightenment?

Lin Yan continued cultivating, observing how her absorption of spiritual energy differed from before. To her surprise, she was still absorbing spiritual energy at a frenzied pace, but even faster and more intensely. The spiritual energy surged towards her like a raging flood, yet she felt no discomfort whatsoever.

The powerful absorption force caused a brief loss of spiritual energy in the cave, but the energy was quickly replenished by the advanced spirit-gathering array. Her meridians were continuously strengthened under the surging spiritual energy, and her spiritual root accumulated more and more spiritual power. When it was full, the spiritual energy would be continuously consumed to temper her spiritual root.

Because she was absorbing spiritual energy much faster during her cultivation, the spiritual energy in her spiritual root was quickly replenished after being consumed. This cycle continued for an unknown period of time until she felt the spiritual energy refining process stop.

She did not immediately stop absorbing spiritual energy, but instead replenished the spiritual energy in her spiritual root and meridian points before stopping her cultivation.

She summarized the gains from this enlightenment: the speed of absorbing spiritual energy has increased, the meridians and acupoints can now store spiritual energy, and her cultivation level has been raised to the seventh stage of Foundation Establishment.

The spirit sword couldn't help but exclaim in amazement: This is a prodigy! Even its master had never achieved such rapid cultivation speed. Having only recently reached the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, and after just six days since comprehending this, it has already reached the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, and even shows signs of breaking through to the eighth level.

Such a cultivation speed is probably unparalleled in the entire Canghai Continent.

The spirit sword flew to her side, still carrying a hint of arrogance, and said, "My master has already acknowledged you. I see that you have the appearance of a Golden Immortal, so I will reluctantly acknowledge you as well. We can sign a contract, and I will serve you from now on."

Lin Yan, however, was completely unconcerned: "I don't use a sword."

She now relies entirely on magical attacks in combat and has no need to use a sword at all. Furthermore, as a former disciple of the sect, she cannot use the sword techniques of the Xuan Tian Sect.

"What? You don't use a sword? Then what kind of magical weapon do you use?"

She helplessly spread her hands: "Naturally, it's all thanks to my two hands."

The spirit sword was speechless...

"No, you have to use me. It doesn't matter if you don't know sword techniques, I'll teach you."

"I don't want to learn."

The spirit sword was rejected and remained speechless for a long time. It was the Heavenly-grade magic treasure, the Guanhai Sword, possessing its own consciousness, yet it had been rejected by a Foundation Establishment cultivator. It couldn't believe it; it must have misheard.

"You rejected me? Female cultivator, how dare you reject me! You've successfully caught my attention. No, you can't reject me."

"Are you that powerful? Why can't I refuse you? In the end, you're just a sword." She said innocently.

Ling Jian was furious and determined to show her his power. Since reasoning wouldn't work, he'd fight. He wanted her to see his strength and understand the immense benefits of forming a contract with him.

The spirit sword was drawn, and without a word, it attacked Lin Yan directly. The sharp blade rushed towards Lin Yan.

Lin Yan thought to herself: Just in time!
She deliberately provoked it to attack her so that she could fight the spirit sword and seek a breakthrough in actual combat.

She swiftly formed hand seals, instantly conjuring a magical shield to block the attack. The sword's strike struck the shield with a loud "bang."

"It's not that amazing, is it?" she said deliberately in a slightly disappointed tone.

Upon hearing this, the spirit sword was enraged. Its blade shone brightly, unleashing several sword energies. Lin Yan didn't dodge; instead, she formed hand seals again, conjuring a shield to block the attack head-on. Bang! Bang! Bang!
The sword energy struck the shield, and the aftershocks spread out, hitting the protective barrier around the cave, leaving the cave unharmed.

"As expected of a Heavenly-grade magic weapon, its power is so strong!" she exclaimed inwardly. Even her hand was numb from the aftershocks.

The spirit sword launched another attack, this time unleashing even more powerful sword energy.

She realized she was in trouble: she had overstimulated it!

Lin Yan quickly channeled her spiritual power to condense a massive shield to block the incoming sword energy. Using such a powerful magical shield, her spiritual energy was consumed even faster.

With the rapid circulation and extraction of spiritual energy, she did not feel any discomfort, but rather felt quite comfortable.

boom!
With a loud bang, she was thrown back and crashed into the barrier. She got up and dusted herself off. Her hair was a little messy from the battle, but her face didn't show any signs of disarray.

She was delighted and said to the spirit sword, "Come on, let's continue!"

"Hmph! I'll beat you until you're completely convinced!"

……

The sleeping Crimson Demon was awakened by the fighting between a man and a sword. It opened its eyes in confusion, looked at the battle on both sides, and rubbed its eyes in bewilderment.

You must be seeing things, why are these two fighting?

It closed its eyes, and when it opened them again, it saw its owner flying towards the stone platform where it slept. It bristled and quickly dodged, watching as she crashed onto the stone platform and then rolled to the ground.

Oh my! It almost crushed itself. It thought with lingering fear. Its little body couldn't possibly support its owner's weight.

It's completely confused about the situation. What on earth caused the fight between the man and the sword? It woke up to find the world had changed.

Seeing its master get up and continue fighting the spirit sword, it hurriedly made "cooing" sounds and stomped its feet. Oh my, it was so anxious it almost spoke human language.

As the Red Enchantress stomped her foot, its words echoed in Lin Yan's mind.

"Stop! Stop it! Stop fighting! If you keep fighting, the cave will collapse."

"Ahhh, stop! Stop! What if the cave collapses?"

Lin Yan: ...

After continuously casting powerful shields at high intensity, her spiritual energy was almost depleted, and the shackles loosened. She said to the spirit sword, "Alright, I admit you're strong."

After saying that, she ignored her dusty robes and messy hair and sat down cross-legged to meditate.

Spirit Sword: ?
Just as it was about to ask, "What are you doing?", the rabbit threw pebbles at it.

"Ouch, what are you doing?" The spirit sword returned to its sheath and flew to the red enchantress. It angrily demanded, "Why did you throw a rock at me?"

When did even a level 3 fat rabbit dare to bully it? If it weren't for its owner's sake, it would have shaved the fat rabbit's fur off!

Wait a minute, this little chubby rabbit was only at level two before falling asleep, and it's already at level three when it wakes up. Advancing while sleeping? What kind of cultivation method is this?
Like master, like beast. The fat rabbit is just as strange as its master!