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"Snap—"

A soft sound emanated from Dantian in Taipei, and the shackles of the first level of Qi Refining were broken in response.

Master Qinghe breathed a long sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, thank goodness..."

Not all cultivators succeed in drawing qi into their bodies on their first attempt, especially this junior brother. With such a grand formation, failure could damage his foundation, which would truly be a great loss to the Qingyun Sect.

But before he could completely let go of his anger...

The aura emanating from that tiny child steadily increased, showing no sign of stopping.

Second floor, third floor, fourth floor...

Almost in the blink of an eye, he broke through a minor realm. His small body seemed like a bottomless pit, devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"Uncle-Master!"

Master Qinghe's voice changed tone, "Junior Brother, what... what are you going to do..."

"Just watch."

Nan Qing's eyes sparkled, and a ball of blue light secretly condensed in her palm.

At this moment, Tan Taipei felt as if he were in a strange realm, with his five senses extending infinitely. He could feel the spiritual energy jumping around in his body.

Eighth floor, ninth floor, tenth floor...

"Uncle-Master, you've reached the Great Perfection!"

"We can't let him break through any further!"

At this moment, Tan Taibei was lifted into the air by the spiritual light, twelve vortexes were rotating around his body, and liquid spiritual energy began to condense in his dantian. This was clearly a sign that he was about to establish his foundation!

Nan Qing's figure flickered, and she instantly appeared in front of Tan Taibei. She gently touched his brow, and a wisp of icy blue spiritual energy rippled out from between her fingers, instantly sealing off the violent spiritual energy around him.

"Don't rush things, let's stop here for today."

As the light faded, Tan Taipei opened her eyes blankly, her little face flushed red:

"Master..."

He had just lost control of the spiritual energy that was trying to penetrate his body. If his master hadn't intervened, he felt he would have exploded soon.

Nan Qing flicked his forehead with her finger, unable to suppress a smile.

"Alright, don't be so reckless next time."

Master Qinghe moved closer and grabbed Tan Taipei's wrist:

"Junior brother, don't resist me, let your senior brother check it out..."

Before he could finish speaking, a strange expression appeared on his face.

"Um?"

"Uncle-Master, this..."

Master Qinghe frowned deeply. In just half an hour, he had broken through from a mortal to the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage. Such a breakthrough speed was unheard of.

However, in the path of cultivation, being too eager for breakthroughs is not a good thing. Cultivation is like building a house; if the foundation is not stable, it will ultimately be in vain.

That's why he wanted to explore and see if there was any way to remedy the situation.

But.....

This little guy's meridians were as stable as ten-thousand-year-old ice, and his spiritual energy flowed smoothly and without any hindrance. There was not a trace of wavering. He was even more stable than an ordinary cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage!

"Qinghe, you seem to be getting more and more out of touch with age. Haven't you even been able to assess his constitution?"

Nanqing's words startled Master Qinghe.

It wasn't that he couldn't figure it out, but that he couldn't believe it.

He looked at Tan Taibei, his eyes filled with disbelief. Ever since he embarked on the path of cultivation, he had been hailed as a genius, but compared to his junior brother...

"Uncle-Master, could Junior Brother really be...?"

The surrounding elders watched their sect leader and the supreme elder speaking in riddles, their curiosity burning with agitation, yet none daring to interrupt.

The sect leader hit someone... Ouch!

When the Supreme Elder hits someone... that's a death sentence...

Nan Qing made no attempt to hide anything. If anyone dared to covet it, she could certainly put up a fight; otherwise, the long road to immortality in this cultivation world would be incredibly boring.

"The celestial veins evolve, and all things follow their natural course."

"Therefore, it will naturally not damage the foundation."

Qinghe Zhenren: "!!!"

The elders: "!!!!"

"The Heavenly Evolution Dao Body?!"

The scene became somewhat chaotic for a moment.

Apart from Master Qinghe, who could barely maintain some semblance of dignity as the head of a sect, all the other elders swarmed around him.

They carefully avoided Nan Qing, staring at Tan Taibei as if they had seen some mythical beast or artifact.

The Heavenly Evolution Dao Body, that's the legendary Heavenly Evolution Dao Body!!!

Throughout countless millennia, there have only been two recorded instances of the Heavenly Evolution Dao Body appearing in the cultivation world.

The legendary Heavenly Dao Body can summon stars with a single thought and swallow mountains and rivers with a single breath.

Such a constitution can be described as defying the heavens, yet conforming to the way of heaven.

For the Heavenly Dao Body, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is like rivers flowing into the sea. Its cultivation path is not only unrestricted by the rules of heaven and earth, allowing for breakthroughs as easy as drinking water, but also ensures that no matter how fast the progress is, the foundation is as stable as Mount Buzhou, without any risk of instability.

"Alright, everyone disperse, it's not a big deal."

The elders: "..."

You're senior, you're powerful, everything you say is right!

Apart from Master Qinghe, the other elders could only leave Ling Shuang Peak with many backward glances. The faster they came, the slower they were returning.

I don't have that kind of luck myself, and I can't even let them have a chance to be envious up close? Ugh, how infuriating!

Master Qinghe followed Nanqing back to the Lingxiao Palace, rubbing his hands together as he approached with a fawning expression.

"Junior Uncle, you see, taking on apprentices is really tiring, especially with a five-year-old like this."

"How about you leave Taipei to me, and you can stay in seclusion as you please. Go wherever you want, and for the next hundred years, Qinghe will absolutely not disturb your peace and quiet. What do you say?"

He's craving the Heavenly Evolution Dao Body too!

His own martial uncle had never taken on any disciples, and he himself was used to venturing into those deadly secret realms. What if he led this exceptionally talented young man astray...?

Master Qinghe was still pondering how to persuade his martial uncle when he was suddenly choked by Nanqing's words.

"You're being very sleazy."

"....."

Master Qinghe instantly became serious, standing upright and straight, transforming from a timid junior disciple with no status to the sect leader of Qingyun Sect in a flash.

This looks much better. Nan Qing knew what was going on in his mind, and pointed it out directly:

"Tell me, what kind of spiritual root does Tan Taipei have?"

Hmm? What attribute?

Qinghe's clever mind paused for a rare moment; he had been so shocked that he hadn't paid attention to the question.

Oh, right.

It is a mutated ice spirit root.

Junior Brother, like his Martial Uncle, also has a mutated ice spirit root!

Master Qinghe was completely disheartened. Since that was the case, there was no point in arguing anymore.

Mutant spirits are extremely rare, let alone ice-type spirits that share the same origin as Junior Uncle. Looking across the entire Qingyun Sect, or even across all the sects in the cultivation world, there is probably no one more suitable than Junior Uncle to teach this child.

"Understood?"

As Nan Qing spoke, she conjured an ice lotus at her fingertips and casually tossed it to Tan Taibei, who was standing to the side.

Tan Taipei stretched out his hands and caught the ice lotus. He poked it with his little finger, and the ice lotus turned into a stream of light and entered his body, causing a faint frost to appear around him.