"It's broken!?"
Yun Ze could hardly believe his ears.
The era Bu Bu lived in was ancient, and the era before her was the primeval period.
Now that the seal was shattered, didn't that mean the immortals and demons from the primeval period had all escaped!?
"Don't worry, the matter of immortals and demons is not something you need to concern yourself with yet."
Bu Bu said lightly, "As the saying goes, when the sky falls, the tall will bear it. You haven't even reached Foundation Establishment yet, so you don't need to go to the battlefield."
"Meaning, there is already a battlefield?" Yun Ze asked curiously.
"Naturally."
Bu Bu slowly stood up and walked towards Yun Ze again, "Are you ready? We'll start the third time immediately."
"Wait a moment, I'm not ready yet!"
During the time Bu Bu had been talking, Yun Ze's qi sea had just recovered.
He had intended to rest and digest the secret information he had just heard, and he never expected Bu Bu to be so impatient.
"Even if I don't rest, you should let my qi sea rest. I almost broke just now."
"But it didn't break, did it?"
Bu Bu retorted, then directly placed her hand on Yun Ze's head, "Forty breaths! Count yourself."
Yun Ze gritted his teeth and felt the surge of spiritual energy again!
Since the spiritual energy was surging, he couldn't delay any longer and could only endure it.
"Hiss!"
Yun Ze gasped in pain and could only try to distract himself by continuing to ask, "What about the battlefield... what's going on?"
Bu Bu didn't answer Yun Ze, but instead asked him, "Do you know why the Demon Cave is called the Demon Cave?"
Yun Ze was stunned, of course he didn't know.
Just as he was about to ask, the sharp pain forced him back.
Bu Bu didn't wait for him to speak and said to herself, "Demon Cave, Demon Cave, the Cave of Suppressing Demons!"
"According to the historical records of cultivators, after the fall of the ancient clan, the Nine Netherworld revealed itself to the world, causing those who cultivated demonic arts to be summoned and transformed into half-demons, indulging their emotions and desires, and slaughtering the human world.
When the Lord of the Demon Cave discovered this, he established the Demon Cave to suppress the half-demons.
But as time passed, that generation's Lord of the Demon Cave was also influenced by the demonic race, and then sacrificed his Mahayana stage cultivation to shatter the seal of the Nine Netherworld!"
"Th-then what?"
Yun Ze endured the intense pain, but still managed to squeeze out a question from between his teeth.
"Then?"
Bu Bu smiled helplessly, "What else can be done? Although there are still many Mahayana stage cultivators in this era, they have never reached a higher realm, nor do they have our inheritance.
After the seal was broken, they naturally couldn't repair it and could only suppress it with the most foolish method."
"After the second generation's Lord of the Demon Cave took over, he led his followers into the Nine Netherworld to kill the demonic race!"
"What?"
Yun Ze had lost count of how many times he had been shocked. He couldn't be bothered to count anymore.
"It's very foolish, isn't it? If it were in the past, those humans who dared to attack the demonic race would have their souls instantly destroyed with just a glance from the other party.
However, after so many years, it seems that something has gone wrong on the demonic race's side... Pfft!"
Bu Bu's words were cut short as she spat out a mouthful of blood!
The crimson liquid splashed onto Yun Ze's head, causing him to frown and his heart to fall into a panic, "Bu Bu!"
"Steady your mind!"
Bu Bu's voice rang out, her hand still on Yun Ze's head, "Ten more breaths! Don't move!"
Hearing Bu Bu's stern voice, Yun Ze had no choice but to remain seated, motionless.
He could actually feel it.
This time, when expanding his qi sea, not only was he not fully recovered, but even Bu Bu's condition was different from before.
If he had noticed earlier, he wouldn't have let Bu Bu act now.
But he only felt this way after Bu Bu had poured spiritual energy into his body. By then, even if he wanted to persuade Bu Bu, he couldn't!
Ten breaths passed in an instant!
Bang!
A dull thud echoed, and Yun Ze quickly turned his head, only to see Bu Bu lying unconscious on the ground!
He quickly stepped forward to help her up and felt for her breath.
Fortunately!
Her breathing was weak, but she was still breathing. It was likely that she had fainted from expending too much spiritual energy.
Yun Ze quickly took out the pure spiritual liquid and carefully dripped it into Bu Bu's mouth.
One drop, two drops...
After feeding her ten drops of pure spiritual liquid, Bu Bu's breathing gradually stabilized.
Yun Ze's mouth twitched slightly. He wasn't heartbroken, as there were at least a hundred more drops of pure spiritual liquid in his spatial ring.
But he was truly frightened!
After all, even with his current qi sea capacity, one drop of pure spiritual liquid was enough to fill his qi sea from empty to full ten times!
Yet Bu Bu had used ten drops at once, and it only stabilized her breathing, not fully waking her up!
Who knew how vast her qi sea was!
Yun Ze dripped two more drops of pure spiritual liquid into her mouth. Feeling her eyelids tremble slightly, he gently shook her body and called out in a low voice, "Bu Bu, Bu Bu?"
"Mmm?"
Bu Bu let out a soft hum and finally lifted her eyelids.
When her gaze fell upon Yun Ze, her eyes immediately shifted to his palm, where a little more than half a drop of pure spiritual liquid remained.
She couldn't help but frown, "What did you do?"
"Saving you."
Yun Ze put the remaining pure spiritual liquid back into his spatial ring and asked with concern, "You fainted just now, and I didn't feel any spiritual energy around you, so I fed you some spiritual liquid.
This spiritual liquid should be fine, right?"
"...Meddlesome!"
Bu Bu was silent for a few seconds, then finally uttered two words.
She turned to look at Yun Ze, her expression extremely serious, "I'll let it go this time, but no matter what happens in the future, don't interfere with me.
Don't waste your spiritual energy, lest you fail to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining. Do you hear me!"
"How could I not care about you!"
Yun Ze immediately frowned, "It's just some spiritual liquid. Xiao Yu still has a lot of it, enough for me to break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, and even to Foundation Establishment."
"Yun Ze."
Bu Bu uttered his full name, took a step forward, and looked up into his eyes, "I'll only say this once. If you want to survive, if you want to bring everyone out, then listen to me!"
"Do you understand!"
Yun Ze did not answer, but stared at Bu Bu with a frown.
He was greedy for life and equally afraid of death.
But if he were to abandon Bu Bu, protect himself, and live alone... he couldn't do it!
Bu Bu stood there.
She would not give up until she got an answer from Yun Ze.
The two of them confronted each other for a while, and finally Yun Ze waved his hand, sat down cross-legged, and began to circulate his cultivation technique.
"...Alright, hurry up and heal!"
"Promise me."
Bu Bu's voice rang out again.
"Alright, alright, I promise you, okay."
Yun Ze replied perfunctorily, clearly not meaning it.
He treated it as coaxing a child. If something really happened, he would still be the one making the decision, wouldn't he?
Bu Bu frowned and sighed helplessly.
She knew Yun Ze was just saying it, but time was pressing, and it was not appropriate to dwell on it further.
The two of them sat facing each other, one healing, the other cultivating.
Yun Ze sensed his current qi sea, and it had indeed reached 340 times.
Only sixteen times remained until the perfect realm.
A seemingly unattainable goal was now close to being achieved.
He opened his eyes, glanced at Bu Bu in front of him, and then closed his eyes again.
Clearly, helping him expand his qi sea was also a difficult task for her.
After experiencing the previous few qi sea shocks, his qi sea seemed to have gotten used to it, and he wouldn't faint even if he endured it for forty breaths.
But Bu Bu was different. While helping him shock his qi sea, she also had to protect his qi sea from shattering completely due to the shock, which consumed her mind.
What if he tried to expand his qi sea himself?
Instead of simultaneously activating the Destiny Blood and Sword Seed, he would only activate the Sword Seed and use the Destiny Blood to stabilize his qi sea.
This method might not be as efficient as Bu Bu helping him, but at least it wouldn't injure her again.
He decided to do it!
Yun Ze didn't wait for his qi sea to fully recover, but forcibly used spiritual energy to activate the Sword Seed to vibrate!
He didn't know how to do it before, but after seeing Bu Bu use it twice in his qi sea, he had learned this method.
The Sword Seed vibrated, causing his qi sea to tremble slightly.
But this level of trembling was far from enough to be considered a shock.
Let alone expanding his qi sea, even the Earth Soul Liquid coiled in a corner of his qi sea didn't react at all.
Yun Ze frowned.
This was still not enough!
It seemed he still needed to activate the Destiny Blood to resonate with both!
Just as Yun Ze was about to continue, he felt a sharp pain in his brow, and his consciousness was instantly pulled away.
He looked up ahead and saw a face that looked extremely displeased.
Yun Ze forced a smile, "Bu Bu, you've recovered? How about we rest a bit more, and then start again later?"
Bu Bu didn't answer his question, but with a cold face, she said, "If you want to die, you can just tell me directly. I'll relieve you of your suffering, no need to be so troublesome."
Yun Ze scratched his head, like a child who had made a mistake, "I just wanted to try. Maybe I can expand my qi sea myself without you having to do it?"
Bu Bu didn't speak, but rolled her eyes.
She sat down cross-legged again, clearly not intending to help Yun Ze expand his qi sea right now.
Seeing this, Yun Ze sat back down. To ease the atmosphere, he forced a smile and asked Bu Bu, "Bu Bu, I'm almost at the perfect realm for my qi sea now, and there's nothing else to do here.
Why don't you tell me about Di Sha and Xiao Shu now?"
Bu Bu didn't open her eyes and replied indifferently, "I said, I'll tell you after your qi sea is perfect."
"Alright."
Yun Ze didn't press further, but changed the subject, "What about outside? How many days have passed?"
"Everyone has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, and they are all ready. They will jointly establish their Foundation in two days."
"It's good that there are no accidents."
Yun Ze replied and instinctively reached out for the communication jade slip, "Then you continue to heal, and I'll chat with Xiao Yu?"
Bu Bu did not take out the communication jade slip.
"If you have time to chat, you might as well continue cultivating and improving your cultivation."
Yun Ze vaguely sensed something was wrong.
It seemed that ever since Bu Bu helped him expand his qi sea, she had been unwilling for him to access the communication jade slip, and hadn't even taken it out...
Wait! Something's not right!
Ever since Bu Bu fainted, she hadn't taken out the communication jade slip to check it, so how did she know what progress had been made outside!?
Yun Ze frowned, but didn't ask directly. Instead, he continued to probe, "I've encountered some problems with my cultivation techniques. Xiao Yu has also cultivated these few techniques, and I want to ask him."
"What problem? I'll help you answer it," Bu Bu replied without thinking.
As expected, there was a problem!
"Kong Lingxian."
Yun Ze called out her name, extended his hand in front of her, and said again, "Give me the communication jade slip."
Bu Bu raised her eyes and looked at Yun Ze, "What if I say no?"