When Xiao Zhao came closer, Chu Qinghe patted her head and silently murmured something to himself.

"System, sign me in."

The moment Chu Qinghe's thought crossed his mind, a system notification popped up.

[Ding, the current host has accumulated three months of check-ins. Do you wish to check in again?]

"Sure"

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have acquired 30,000 taels of gold.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained a mid-grade Heavenly Rank martial arts card*1.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained a cultivation advancement card*1.]

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained a special medicine—Bodhi Heart-Nourishing Flower.]

[Ding, congratulations]

The host has obtained a special item: the Meng Chixing Character Card (Mid-stage Celestial Realm).

[The reward has been automatically added to your system inventory. Please check and retrieve it yourself.]

As these system notifications popped up, Chu Qinghe raised an eyebrow. After patting Xiao Zhao's head and telling her to go aside and cultivate by herself, Chu Qinghe focused his attention on the system inventory.

Among the items this time, nothing else was particularly new; Chu Qinghe could basically understand their purpose at a glance.

However, when Chu Qinghe focused his attention on the character cards in his backpack, a slight smile appeared on his lips.

I must say, the system is very thoughtful.

When Chu Qinghe faced Ren Tianxing at Wudang last time, he used Yan Shisan's character card. This time, he immediately got a replacement character card for himself during the sign-in.

Moreover, it's a character card representing someone whose cultivation has reached the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm.

Once used, combined with Chu Qinghe's acupuncture, it would instantly give Chu Qinghe the strength to contend with a late-stage Celestial Realm martial artist.

However, Chu Qinghe did not expect that the character card given by the system would belong to Pang Ban's master, the previous Palace Master of the Demon Master Palace, Meng Chixing.

"What a pity, I only got this character card now."

If this character card were obtained at Bright Peak, and Chu Qinghe used Meng Chixing's character card to beat up Pang Ban, Pang Ban would probably have a complete childhood.

After shifting his gaze from the character card, Chu Qinghe had an idea and immediately chose to use the cultivation advancement card.

The moment the cultivation advancement card was used, a surge of immense energy appeared within Chu Qinghe's body.

At the same time, Chu Qinghe's true energy surged out of his lower dantian like a wild horse, frantically devouring and refining the energy within his body with a sense of overwhelming greed.

During the process, Chu Qinghe's own true energy also circulated within his body at a speed dozens of times higher than usual, following the cultivation path of the "Innate Body-Breaking Formless Sword Qi".

Subsequently, waves of rich true energy began to emanate from Chu Qinghe's body.

Noticing the commotion on Chu Qinghe's side, Qu Feiyan, who had been calming down and starting her cultivation again, suddenly turned her head to look at Chu Qinghe.

Sensing the unique fluctuations of true energy emanating from Chu Qinghe, Qu Feiyan exclaimed in astonishment, "No way! Is Young Master about to break through to the Grandmaster realm directly?"

As a martial artist's skill level increases, the time and effort required for each step they take will also increase.

This is essentially a theorem.

But on Chu Qinghe's side, this theorem seemed to exist as if it did not.

For Chu Qinghe, breaking through seemed to be a perfectly normal thing.

This surprised not only Qu Feiyan, Xiao Zhao, and Lin Shiyin, but even Shuimu Yinji, who sensed the fluctuations of true energy within Chu Qinghe's body.

Ten breaths later, as the dozen or so hidden meridians connecting Chu Qinghe's lower dantian to his Qihai acupoint were completely opened, and as one of the hidden meridians in his middle dantian was also broken open by the surging true qi, the true qi in Chu Qinghe's body rushed into his middle dantian as if a dam had been breached.

When this hidden meridian was opened, the energy flow path in Chu Qinghe's body became more complex and complicated once again.

Strangely enough, as the cultivation route included several more hidden meridians, the speed at which Chu Qinghe's true energy circulated did not decrease at all; on the contrary, it increased.

On the other hand, the true energy within Chu Qinghe's body was rapidly refined and compressed under this new operating route, becoming even purer.

Soon, after the true energy in Chu Qinghe's body circulated through a new circuit for a full cycle, the fluctuations of true energy in Chu Qinghe's body also advanced from the original Grandmaster Realm Perfection to the Great Grandmaster Realm Early Stage.

After successfully breaking through to the Grandmaster realm, even Chu Qinghe couldn't help but show a satisfied smile on his face.

Beside her, sensing the rich and powerful true energy emanating from Chu Qinghe, Qu Feiyan let out a soft "heh":

"So this is the early stage of the Grandmaster realm!"

After glancing at Chu Qinghe and sensing the fluctuations of true qi at the late stage of the Innate Realm within herself, Qu Feiyan took a deep breath and silently returned to her room.

A moment later, Qu Feiyan, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, quickly began to circulate her true energy to cultivate.

"From today onwards, train like there's no tomorrow, as long as you don't die."

Feeling the fluctuations of true energy emanating from Qu Feiyan's body during her cultivation, the jellyfish Yin Ji, regaining her senses, couldn't help but smile gently.

Then his gaze shifted to Chu Qinghe, watching Chu Qinghe's inner energy continuously circulating even with his eyes closed. As the surprise in his eyes gradually faded, infatuation and tenderness grew stronger.

However, Chu Qinghe paid no attention to Qu Feiyan's situation.

After the internal energy in his body calmed down, Chu Qinghe turned his attention back to the system.

"Is it the Bodhi flower that embodies the heart's essence?"