Yuexi looked at the commotion caused by Ji Yun's Dharma Image opening its eyes, and opened her mouth in surprise, saying, "Is it that strong?"

Ji Yun directly piloted his Dharma form into the air and made several moves towards the sky, with several golden rays piercing through the clouds.

Then he fell to the ground.

Yuexi quickly went over to help him up, patting his shoulder: "You just broke through, why are you so excited? Soaring through the air requires a lot of spiritual energy for you right now, and you've been using your soul power continuously."

Ji Yun chuckled: "I'm so excited, I've never felt this way before."

"What did you just use? You broke through the bottleneck in one go."

Yuexi was also a little puzzled. Was it really that amazing? How come she couldn't figure it out even after looking at it for so long?

"The Sun Technique, a Taoist art."

Ji Yun sensed it and found that the Dharma Avatar was extremely powerful after opening its eyes, but it consumed too much spiritual energy.

He quickly took the Yuanling Pill to recover.

Looking at the three spirit fish on the ground, Ji Yun felt a little sorry for them: "Why don't we roast them and eat them? Otherwise, it'll be a waste."

Yuexi: "......"

They set up a fire and started roasting the birds. They had forgotten about buying spirit birds last time, leaving the courtyard empty.

"By the way, Yuexi, why don't you call Xiaohuo over to eat together? It'll be just right for each of us to have one."

"good."

Yuexi summoned Huofeng.

These three spirit fish are now quite large, each weighing over ten kilograms, all thanks to Yuexi, who throws spirit stones into them whenever she has a spare moment.

Ji Yun took a big bite of fish: "It tastes good. Yuexi, ask your disciples to see who went out and help buy some spirit birds to raise. Give them a small fee for their help."

"Okay, I always thought I'd buy it last time, but I always forgot."

As Yuexi ate, she talked and turned to ask Huofeng, "Little Huo, how does it taste?"

"It's so-so, not as delicious as some spirit beasts." Little Fire ate quickly, finishing it in a few bites.

In the wild, they eat whenever they are hungry, especially third-tier spirit beasts, whose meat is delicious and chewy.

The two went to Tianxin City to continue purchasing cultivation supplies.

Ji Yun said, "It takes more than 100,000 spirit stones to complete the first level of cultivation. I really can't imagine how many it will take to reach the third level."

Yuexi was also surprised after calculating: "The resources you need for cultivation are terrifying. If you take it slowly, you won't need so many."

Ordinary cultivators don't have that many spirit stones to consume. They rely on accumulating their cultivation little by little over time. Unlike Ji Yun, who uses spirit-gathering arrays and various pills at the same time.

If it weren't for that secret realm, we wouldn't be able to afford to support this person.

He alone, in this short period of cultivation, consumed roughly the same amount of resources as himself.

After considering it over, Yuexi took a bag of dismantled materials to exchange for spirit stones.

Ji Yun said, "A spirit-gathering array is necessary. I haven't had time to practice drawing talismans lately, otherwise I could learn how to draw spirit-gathering talismans."

Suddenly, he received a message from Mu Xue on his communication talisman.

[Mu Xue: The soul power from last time has been fully absorbed, and the effect was very good. Are you free this time?]

[Ji Yun: I'm in Tianxin City now. Go to Lingyun Sect and wait for me.]

[Mu Xue: What a coincidence, I'm also in Tianxin City. Where are you? I'll come find you.]

[Ji Yun: I'm at the alchemy shop.]

[Mu Xue: Please wait a moment, I'll be right there.]

"What's wrong? Who are you communicating with telepathically?" Yuexi probably already knew who it was, but she still asked anyway.

"Mu Xue, the one who arrested me last time."

"Needing your help again?"

"Well, my soul is much stronger than before, so it shouldn't be as difficult to allocate some soul power as last time."

The two waited in front of Suxinzhai.

Mu Xue arrived shortly afterward, with the same old man behind her.

"I've been waiting for you, fellow Daoist. I didn't expect to meet you here."

Dressed in white, Mu Xue smiled warmly and nodded to Yue Xi.

Ji Yun introduced, "You've met her twice already. She's my... Daoist partner, her name is Yuexi."

"Greetings, Fairy Moon. I need your partner's help this time. Here is a bottle of high-grade pills that can repair the soul and replenish soul power, as well as this giant stone golem."

Mu Xue slapped the stone, and instantly turned into a stone man.

"This is a puppet I just bought at the auction house. It's a Nascent Soul stage puppet with extremely strong defense, but it requires an internal spirit stone to activate. Fellow Daoist, you've helped me so much despite our past grievances, so I should do something to show my appreciation. I hope you won't refuse."

Then Mu Xue put it away, and the stone man was replaced with a small stone, which she handed to Ji Yun.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony with you. I'll accept the things." Ji Yun put the things into his storage bag without any pretense.

We returned to the halfway point.

Mu Xue sensed it and said in shock, "Fellow Daoist, your soul seems to be even stronger than before."

Ji Yun nodded: "You've made a breakthrough in your cultivation."

"In such a short time... Fellow Daoist is exceptionally talented." Mu Xue was speechless. She hadn't been able to increase her spiritual power even a little bit over the years, while the other person had done it so easily.

Ji Yun said casually, "Nothing special, just practice makes perfect."

Yuexi and Muxue: "......"

Unfortunately, two groups of cultivators were engaged in a fierce battle just ahead of them.

Various spells flew around wildly, almost hitting Ji Yun.

"Yuexi, let's see what their cultivation level is."

These two groups of cultivators seem to belong to two different sects, and they are using deadly attacks in every move, indicating that they have a deep-seated grudge.

Yuexi probed with her divine sense: "They are all at the Golden Core stage."

"Let's go down and see what's going on."

Upon noticing someone's arrival, everyone immediately stopped fighting and became alert. At this moment, the dozen or so demonic sect cultivators were covered in injuries of varying degrees and were clearly at a disadvantage.

Upon seeing the newcomers, the righteous cultivators realized they didn't resemble members of the demonic sect and were overjoyed. They cried out, "Senior, we are currently annihilating these demonic cultivators, but we are facing considerable resistance. Their strength is no less than ours. Please help us, Senior."

Ji Yun calmly looked at the dozen or so cultivators known as the Demonic Path and asked, "What's going on here?"

At this moment, a disciple with higher cultivation stepped forward, clasped his hands, and said, "We are disciples of the Beast Taming Sect. Just because we are skilled in taming spirit beasts, they have concluded that we are people of the demonic path and demand that we hand over the 'Beast Taming Manual'."

On the other side, someone angrily retorted, "Nonsense! Secretly raising demonic beasts to harm human cultivators—do you think we don't know?"

Ji Yun looked at Mu Xue and asked, "Is that so?"

"I have never heard of the Beast Taming Sect doing anything immoral or heinous." Mu Xue shook her head.

Ji Yun's eyes turned slightly cold as he looked at the group of so-called righteous people and said, "To convict someone based solely on conjecture, is this what you call righteousness?"

Upon hearing this, one of the leading righteous cultivators looked rather grim, but realizing that the two Nascent Soul cultivators were not beings they could afford to offend, he lowered his voice and said humbly, "It was our fault."

Ji Yun said, "You can leave now!"