Bai Ying was slightly taken aback when Senior Qi mentioned that couple.

Being good to yourself?

A self-deprecating smile flashed through Bai Ying's mind. She was reluctant to mention them and deliberately changed the subject: "Elder Qi, I brought back the Chaos Rift Hammer. When will the entrance to that illusionary space be repaired?"

Qi Haoyuan's eyes lit up when he saw the Chaos Rift Hammer.

This hammer may look ordinary, but it is actually a genuine celestial artifact, a magical weapon once held by the head of the Bai family. Unfortunately, the Bai family later suffered a great calamity, and all those highly skilled individuals perished. No one has been able to unleash the full power of this celestial artifact since.

He looked at the Chaos Sky-Splitting Hammer and slowly said:

"With this magical artifact, I can repair the entrance to the psychedelic space in less than a day."

—

Qi Haoyuan was indeed very fast; he repaired the entrance to the psychedelic space before the sun had even set.

"It's finally okay."

Bai Ying's eyes were shining. What she needed most right now was time. In this psychedelic space, one year was equivalent to a hundred years in the outside world. Naturally, she couldn't wait to enter it immediately.

Qi Haoyuan could tell from Bai Ying's expression that she had been waiting impatiently for a long time.

"Go in."

Bai Ying nodded quickly, and then heard Qi Haoyuan say, "However, you can only stay in this illusionary space for a year. After a year, you will automatically come out of it. Make the most of your time."

Bai Ying gave a soft "hmm" and strode into the psychedelic space.

—

This so-called psychedelic space is actually similar to a quiet space chosen by ordinary cultivators when they go into seclusion, except that the flow of time is different.

Even so, Bai Ying couldn't wait to sit down and begin cultivating.

She has very little time; she needs to improve her cultivation level as quickly as possible.

Bai Ying retrieved Bai Ni Chang's set of cultivation techniques from her divine sense.

When she saw the cultivation technique Bai Nishang gave her, her eyes widened.

Because what she gave Bai Ying was actually a set of mental cultivation techniques.

What Bai Ying lacked most in her cultivation so far was a mental cultivation method. The mental cultivation method she currently uses is the one she learned after going to the Lingxiao Sect.

This cultivation method is quite powerful for ordinary cultivators, but it is clearly insufficient for Bai Ying.

She wanted to become stronger.

However, cultivation techniques are extremely scarce throughout the lower realm. Whether it is the Huayang Sect, the Lingxiao Sect, or even the Lingyin Sect, the cultivation techniques possessed by the major sects are all different in essence, and can only barely be ranked among the middle-level cultivation techniques.

These cultivation methods, to a certain extent, limit the upper limit of a cultivator's development. Just like cultivators nowadays, no matter how high their talent or how hard they work, they can only cultivate to the Void Refinement stage at most.

The Void Refinement stage is already extremely rare, and it's incredibly difficult to reach. Reaching the Nascent Soul stage is already a remarkable achievement. Not to mention the Integration and Great Ascension stages that follow—those are truly incredibly difficult.

That's why Bai Ying was so surprised when she saw that Bai Nishang was in the Integration Stage.

Even though Bai Ying had already cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage in her previous life, she could only cultivate intermediate-level mental techniques.

However, Bai Nishang's mental cultivation method was actually a superior one.

Bai Ying's eyes widened, and her breathing became extremely rapid.

She couldn't help but smile, a surge of excitement welling up inside her.

With such a technique, reaching the Void Refinement stage, or even the Body Integration stage, would no longer be a dream for her.

Bai Ying quickly opened these mental cultivation manuals.

However, to Bai Ying's dismay, this cultivation method had a very peculiar limitation: once she began practicing it, the physical book in her hand would immediately disappear. What frustrated her even more was that no matter what method she tried, she could not make a copy of it, which meant that this cultivation method was destined to be learned by her alone and could not be shared with others.

Bai Ying had seen too many things like this in her previous life, so she didn't find it strange.

She immediately began circulating the cultivation technique within her body. Following the incantations and circulation routes recorded in the technique, she slowly guided the spiritual energy within her body to flow through her meridians.

In an instant, a strange power awakened within her. The previously dormant spiritual energy, like a flame ignited, instantly became blazing and active. She felt her meridians, like a long-dried-up riverbed, gradually widening under the scouring of this powerful spiritual energy.

However, to Bai Ying's surprise, when she actually began to cultivate according to this method, she encountered unprecedented difficulties and obstacles.

This cultivation method demands an astonishing amount of spiritual energy, more than ten times the amount required by her previous methods. Furthermore, the flow of spiritual energy through her meridians is frustratingly slow, as if each strand is struggling through a thick swamp, requiring immense effort for every step forward. This undoubtedly severely hinders her cultivation progress.

What's even more troublesome is that she also needs to replenish the spiritual energy she owed from her previous intermediate-level cultivation method. Now, to cultivate a new cultivation method, she not only has to meet the massive spiritual energy requirements of the new method, but also repay the spiritual energy deficit she incurred before, which is undoubtedly adding insult to injury.

Based on her previous cultivation speed, she had hoped to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in this illusory space, but now it seems that in a hundred years, she can only reach the late Nascent Soul stage at most.

However, Bai Ying was also very clear that although this cultivation method was extremely difficult to practice, it contained immeasurable potential. The late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator who cultivated using it was far superior to those cultivated using ordinary intermediate cultivation methods. The strength of their spiritual power and the stability of their foundation far surpassed those of cultivators who cultivated to the Deity Transformation stage using intermediate cultivation methods.

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