Qi Cultivation first layer, second layer… Foundation Establishment first layer, second layer… Golden Core fourth layer, fifth layer, sixth layer, seventh layer!
Sun Chongyang watched with wide eyes as Bai Shengyi’s cultivation not only recovered but also advanced three consecutive levels at once!
Is cultivation this easy now?
He remembered how much hardship he endured to reach the mid-stage of Golden Core. Even after toiling in this Sanghai Secret Realm for a year, he had only just reached the seventh layer of Golden Core!
What kind of monster was Bai Shengyi?
Red, red, fire, fire, yellow, yellow, happy, happy, happy. After Bai Shengyi finished her advancement, she called Sun Chongyang’s name three times before he finally snapped back to reality.
“Sun Chongyang, want to cooperate?”
Sun Chongyang subconsciously refused, “Why would you ask me to…”
He cut himself off mid-sentence, suddenly realizing that Bai Shengyi’s current cultivation was no less than his own!
Thinking about Bai Shengyi’s swordsmanship, which seemed specifically designed to counter the Sun family’s sword techniques, Sun Chongyang couldn’t help but swallow, changing his tune to, “Why cooperate?”
Bai Shengyi rolled her eyes, the spiritual aura that emanated from her advancement instantly vanishing.
She looked at Sun Chongyang as if he were an idiot. “Don’t you notice you have bugs on you?”
Sun Chongyang frowned deeply. “What nonsense are you talking about?”
He was a demonic beast; what kind of insect would dare to attach itself to him with suicidal intent?
“If you want to cooperate, just say it. Don’t be so cryptic,” Sun Chongyang said irritably.
He felt a growing restlessness within him. For some reason, ever since entering the illusionary realm, he had felt an increasing urge to procreate.
Was it because Bai Shengyi’s aesthetics were too pleasing, triggering his instincts?
But this woman’s cultivation had advanced too quickly; she was no longer someone he could toy with as he pleased.
Thinking this, Sun Chongyang felt a sense of regret.
Seeing Sun Chongyang’s expression, Bai Shengyi guessed what he was thinking and swung her long sword without hesitation.
Sun Chongyang retreated rapidly, but he was still grazed on the cheek by the sword light, a few drops of blood falling to the ground.
Sun Chongyang was enraged, “Are you insane!”
“It’s you who is tired of living!” Bai Shengyi said coldly. “I told you, I hate it when you look at me like that. It makes me want to gouge your eyes out.”
Sun Chongyang’s brow twitched; he felt as if his recently recovered eyes ached again!
Did this woman have a vendetta against his eyes?
Bai Shengyi, however, couldn’t be bothered to argue with him further. She pointed directly at the bloodstains on the ground. “Look for yourself, are these bugs?”
If it weren't for Bai Shengyi guessing, based on those rabbits, that he was also being manipulated, she wouldn’t have wanted to cooperate with someone so petty and narrow-minded.
Bai Shengyi’s obvious disdain did nothing to conceal her feelings. Sun Chongyang was so angry he wanted to retaliate, but a glance at the wriggling things in the blood made him cry out, “What is this?”
“Shut up! You’re too noisy!” Bai Shengyi reprimanded him sharply, then quietly stepped back half a pace.
She detested these plump, wriggling worms; they felt no cuteness, only made her scalp tingle.
Sun Chongyang no longer had the mind to be angry with Bai Shengyi. His serpentine lower body also reverted to human form, his expression extremely grim. He pressed again, “Is this really from my blood?”
He had felt nothing at all. When had he been infected?
“Yes, it’s from inside you. I’ve seen this kind of worm in the Bai family’s medicinal canon. They’re called Soul Spirit Worms. However, these worms feed on spiritual consciousness, so you don’t have to worry; your life is safe for now,” Bai Shengyi said calmly.
Sun Chongyang, however, jumped up. “Feeding on spiritual consciousness? And I don’t have to worry? Bai Shengyi, do you have any idea how important spiritual consciousness is!”
As cultivation progressed, spiritual consciousness became increasingly vital. After it transformed into divine consciousness, it could even kill people without meeting them, invisibly!
Bai Shengyi said indifferently, “I know. What does that have to do with me?”
Like a bucket of cold water poured over him, Sun Chongyang calmed down. Soon, another matter came to mind. “Can Soul Spirit Worms also trigger the ‘that’… impulse in demonic beasts?”
Although he had been clamoring for Bai Shengyi to lay eggs earlier, when it came to actually discussing such things with Bai Shengyi, he found himself unable to voice it.
Bai Shengyi answered calmly, “Yes.”
“Damn it! It must have been Yun Youyue, that bitch!” Sun Chongyang instantly understood and cursed darkly, “That bitch! Just wait until I get a chance to deal with her!”
“Yun Youyue?” Bai Shengyi frowned.
She suddenly remembered the figure she had seen on the snow mountain earlier and said sternly, “How are you sure it was her?”
Sun Chongyang’s face was exceptionally ugly. “I was part of their team before. They were following you and Sun Ling, which led to them obtaining very few spiritual mansion secret keys. Then I separated from them. But I clearly took a different path, yet I still ended up meeting you…”
He understood now. Yun Youyue had tampered with the spiritual artifact that guided him, all to make him confront Bai Shengyi.
He had thought Yun Youyue was just displeased that he left the team and had played a small trick on him, but he hadn’t expected the true malice that followed!
That bitch was truly deeply scheming.
“Bai Shengyi, I accept your offer of cooperation!” Sun Chongyang didn’t even ask what the cooperation entailed. He only wanted Yun Youyue to pay the price now.
The mere thought of those plump, wriggling worms filling his sea of consciousness and gnawing at his spiritual consciousness made Sun Chongyang’s face turn ashen.
He looked hopefully at Bai Shengyi. “Can you remove these Soul Spirit Worms for me?”
Bai Shengyi blinked her eyes and spread her hands helplessly. “No, I can’t.”
Bai Shengyi declared herself to be a vengeful person. Sun Chongyang had leered at her several times before, eaten her flesh in the illusionary realm, and now he wanted her to remove worms for him?
Dream on!
She absolutely refused!
Sun Chongyang clearly didn’t believe her. He intended to probe further, but Bai Shengyi gave him no opportunity to question her again.
Bai Shengyi clapped her hands. “Since you’ve agreed to cooperate, let’s discuss the details. I suspect Yun Youyue and her group are currently outside the spiritual mansion…”
…
Outside the spiritual mansion, Yun Youyue paced back and forth, her red lips pressed tightly together.
“Youyue, don’t worry. Xia Lingling will be fine. I gave her the sixth-grade Soul Nurturing Pill from our master. Perhaps she’ll wake up any moment now,” Jin Lingfeng said in a low voice, trying to comfort her.
Speaking of the Soul Nurturing Pill, he still felt a pang of pain. This kind of pill, of sixth-grade, specifically for nourishing damaged spiritual consciousness, was extremely rare. Even he only possessed one. If it weren’t for Yun Youyue, he would never have been willing to part with it.
Yun Youyue opened her mouth impatiently.
“I’m not worried about Xia Lingling! That incompetent fool who’s good for nothing but causing trouble! She calls herself a Nascent Soul cultivator, yet she can’t even deal with someone who has just formed a Golden Core. What a waste of all my prior arrangements!”