My whole family are full of geniuses, I really don't want to be a succubus!

Gu Wanquan disappeared.

While everyone's attention was focused on Yin Chaoge, the future white-robed sword immortal quietly disappeared into the courtyard.

Su Yi could tell with her toes that this arrogant guy must have been unable to accept that Yin Chaoge had surpassed him after Yin Chaoge advanced to the Golden Core stage, so he went off to cultivate in seclusion.

This kind of scene happened once when Su Yi broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and Su Yi eventually cured it with his words.

Su Yi understood Gu Wanquan's mentality. First, he was surpassed by Su Yi, and then by Yin Chaoge, whom he had always suppressed. Being surpassed one after another made this version's chosen one somewhat doubt his life.

Presumably, by the time Gu Wanquan returns, he will have already advanced to the Golden Core stage!

Judging from the usual pattern, when this Sword Immortal Gu returns, his rank will be no less than that of Yin Chaoge's eighth-grade Golden Core!

It's getting urgent!

Su Yi felt that she would be able to condense her golden core in a couple of days. She had thought that her rapid progress in cultivation would make the Luoxia Immortal Sect suspect that she had cultivated some kind of demonic art.

But compared to the geniuses in this courtyard, even with all his advantages, he couldn't catch up!

After the congratulatory guests left, Ling Yao and Xiao Tian seemed to have been stimulated, and went straight back to their room to cultivate after finishing their meal.

Dressed in black, Yin Chaoge, who had been arrogant all along, stood before Su Yi. His arrogance vanished, and he looked at Su Yi solemnly, saying, "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother. Chaoge has not failed in his mission!"

"Congratulations on my junior brother's Golden Core stage!"

"It's not really guidance, I just said a few words on a whim. Your achievements today are all thanks to your own hard work!" Su Yi replied while washing the pot.

Yin Chaoge hesitated for a moment before asking inquiringly, "I wonder if I am now strong enough to join my senior brother in the Southwest Grand Competition?"

Su Yi paused slightly while washing the pot, then turned back with surprise and asked, "You want to come with us to participate in the Southwest Grand Competition?"

Before the words were even out of his mouth, Su Yi seemed to understand something and asked with interest, "Chaoge, are you in such a hurry to condense your core for the upcoming Southwest Grand Competition?"

As if her thoughts had been exposed, the arrogant Yin Chaoge lowered her head and said somewhat embarrassedly, "I know that Senior Brother Su and Senior Brother Gu will definitely participate in the Southwest Grand Competition with Golden Core cultivation, which is why I'm a little anxious!"

This was also Yin Chaoge's personal motivation; although going down the mountain for training was risky, it offered even more opportunities.

While he was cultivating on the mountain, Su Yi and Gu Wanquan had already entered the world and seized opportunities. After the two returned to the mountain, the gap between him and them might widen even further.

By condensing his core ahead of time, he had the opportunity to descend the mountain with the two of them. Even if he couldn't narrow the gap between himself and Su Yi, he wouldn't be left too far behind.

Yin Chaoge didn't say it explicitly, but Su Yi had already guessed most of what Yin Chaoge was thinking. She put down the pot in her hand, looked at Yin Chaoge, and said, "Pressure is a good thing."

Su Yi's words stirred Yin Chaoge's heart. He hadn't expected that his senior brother Su would understand him so well.

But Su Yi's next words made Yin Chaoge fall into deep thought.

Su Yi simply patted Yin Chaoge on the shoulder and said softly, "Don't keep looking at others. Stop and look at yourself more. The first of the sixty-four hexagrams in the Book of Changes is 'The movement of heaven is strong; the superior man makes himself strong and untiring!'"

Feeling Su Yi's hand constantly rubbing against her shoulder, Yin Chaoge finally understood that Senior Brother Su did not want her cultivation to be just about catching up.

What Senior Brother Su wanted to express was that more cultivation is for oneself. If one only tries to catch up with others' cultivation, one is destined to lose one's way on the path of cultivation!

Just like this time when he broke through to form a golden core, he felt that it was difficult. If everything is in place and the breakthrough is successful, Yin Chaoge felt that it would be worthwhile to try to break through to the ninth-grade golden core!

As expected of Senior Brother Su, he even foresaw the drawbacks of his future cultivation!

Faced with Yin Chaoge's imagined scenario, Su Yi was simply making things up under the pretense of wiping her hands while washing the pot on Yin Chaoge's shoulder.

No matter how much she cultivates, Yin Chaoge will always fall short of Gu Wanquan.

The first hexagram of the I Ching does indeed teach people to strive for self-improvement, but the remaining sixty-three hexagrams all tell you that the will of Heaven cannot be defied.

Instead of wasting your time internally, you might as well just relax and enjoy life.

Heaven will send you to the place that is rightfully yours!

But seeing Yin Chaoge bow to him again and leave in a hurry, Su Yi knew that the kid must have been daydreaming again and had no idea where his mind was going.

"The Southwest Grand Competition, what exactly is that?" Su Yi looked at the bright moon in the sky, somewhat bewildered.

There is no record of this so-called Southwest Grand Competition in the storyline of "Immortal Journey", so everything about this trip is unknown.

Following the chosen one without any prophecy about the future can easily lead to a sudden death.

In novels, aren't the protagonists always the ones who sacrifice their relatives and friends to save the heavens, and then they suddenly break through to a higher level?

Could he have sacrificed himself?

Thinking of this, Su Yi couldn't help but curse the game planner of "Immortal Path" again.

You've already written the storyline, haven't you?!

These geniuses write down what they eat every day, what happens to them, and even how many times they go to the toilet each day!

Now look what's happened! This has led to my transmigration, and I'm left with a blank history spanning the next ten years until Gu Wanquan destroyed the sect. Who am I supposed to ask for help from now on?

Su Yi sighed and was about to return to her room.

Su Yi, who had subconsciously put his hands in his pockets, was interrupted by Shi Buran's voice: "Senior brother, I have something I want to ask!"

Su Yi looked up and saw Shi Buran standing under a tree in the courtyard, his body completely obscured by the shadows, looking like a ghost.

Why are they all acting like they're some kind of caring older brother?

Although somewhat displeased, Su Yi forced a smile and asked, "Otherwise, is there something you need?"

Shi Buran's eyes flickered slightly as he looked at Su Yi and asked softly, "I heard a bit of what Chaoge said earlier, and now I have something I'd like to ask for your advice, Senior Brother!"

Looking at Shi Buran before her, Su Yi asked, puzzled, "Didn't I already tell you about the cultivation path that suits you?"

Shi Buran shook his head and said, "That's not what I wanted to ask. Rather, I wanted to ask you, senior brother, is it necessary for me to go with you to the Southwest Grand Competition this time?"

Su Yi glanced at the future bald Buddha and couldn't help but feel sorry for Shi Buran's long hair. Then she said with some difficulty, "Buran, my godfather and cousin both said that you need to have a cultivation level of Golden Core or above to participate in this Southwest Grand Competition. You probably can't go."

Shi Ran nodded as expected and spoke to Su Yi as if it were the most natural thing in the world:

"That's exactly what I wanted to ask you, Senior Brother. May I ask if I can break through to the Golden Core stage at this time?"