The moment the door was pushed open, Ning Wan subconsciously looked up. Although it was just a dream, it still gave them the illusion that they were in another world.
Chen Jinggu was wearing a white inner garment. The collar, which had not been adjusted yet, looked a little loose, revealing a part of his collarbone, making people want to take the clothes off directly.
He stood barefoot outside the door, his face filled with worry.
For a moment, Ning Wan couldn't stop blaming Chen Jinggu for opening the door without paying attention to her wishes. She didn't even know what to say. She could only stand there and let him look at her.
However, Shen Jinggu did not just stand there obediently. After entering the room, he took big steps but did not seem impetuous.
Until the distance between the two was only half a meter, Chen Jinggu could no longer hold on. After making sure that Ning Wan was really safe and sound, he directly hugged her in his arms.
Inside Qixing Pavilion, there was complete silence, with only the sounds of their breathing alternating between each other. After an unknown amount of time, Ning Wan finally felt Chen Jinggu's grip loosen slightly.
"…I'm glad you're alright."
As Chen Jinggu spoke, he let go of Ning Wan, but his eyes swept across her collarbone and disappeared in a flash.
However, although the time was short, Shen Jinggu did not miss the tiny and shallow scar that suddenly appeared above the fair collarbone, which instantly confirmed his previous guess.
However, in the early stage of foundation building, this result exceeded his expectations.
He thought she was at most at the fifth or seventh level of Qi Refining, but he didn't expect that she could cross seven small realms at once.
Ning Wan, who heard this, didn't notice Chen Jinggu's scrutiny. She just deliberately didn't mention the dream and smiled lightly: "Brother, are you confused in your sleep? It's not me who experienced the tribulation, how could I be in trouble?"
"If I really want to ask, shouldn't I be the one asking Brother if his injuries have healed?"
Hearing Ning Wan say this, Shen Jinggu understood her intention and did not hide it: "It's fine now, Wanwan, don't worry."
The dream was used to test him.
The reputation of the sect, the burden of revitalization, and the pursuit of immortality are all compared to a human life. As long as he is willing to sacrifice one person, what he pursues will be within his reach.
Even in order to help him make a decision faster, it did not add any ripples to his illusory life.
Successfully forming a pill at the age of sixteen is something that many people can only dream of, not to mention the smooth sailing from building a foundation to becoming a god. Before the age of fifty, he is only half a step away from becoming an immortal.
The only misfortune that happened to him was that he met Su Huanyan from the Hehuan Sect.
But if he really did as the dream master wished and entered the Tao by killing his wife, he would be immersed in the beautiful dream woven by it and would rarely wake up.
Nowadays, there is a saying circulating among the major sects that those who want to cultivate the way of immortality must give up love, thus there is the so-called ruthless way to become an immortal the fastest.
But humans are not plants or trees, so who can be heartless? Asking people to cut off all emotions and love, and at the same time asking them to be righteous and protect the people, is inherently contradictory.
But if you say that this method is a rumor and has no logic, it just so happens that every hundred years there will be a fellow Taoist who enters the ruthless way and ascends to heaven, proving that this method is indeed reasonable.
At the same time, every two hundred years, a fellow Taoist would give up on ascension because of his partner, which also shows that love is a stumbling block on the road to immortality.
Shen Jinggu didn't understand why the Lord of Dreams wanted to create a dream for him in which he killed his wife in the righteous way.
Ever since he embarked on the path of cultivating immortality, his goal has never been to pursue pure immortality. If one day, he were to face the same dilemma as Song Yutang.
I'm afraid I'll just end up like my predecessors.
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Ning Wan originally thought that after she established her foundation, she would no longer have to listen to her father, the head of the sect, nagging her.
But who would have thought that when she passed this news to the head master, the news of her sudden foundation building had spread in just one night.
Everyone who saw her along the way, whether from the same peak or other peaks, congratulated her without exception. Even the sect's guard dogs couldn't help but bark at her passing by.
Ning Wan felt like her face was about to burst out laughing. Even before they could say congratulations, she subconsciously opened her mouth and said, "Thank you, thank you."
Keep walking forward without stopping.
For a time, some disciples who wanted to share in her joy and ask her for experience didn't know how to start, and could only watch Ning Wan's back gradually disappearing into the distance.
Finally, Ning Wan arrived at her destination.
In the study of the main hall, he sat upright and responded to his father's scrutiny.
"Nannan, tell daddy the truth, how did you build your foundation?" After a moment, Ning Zixiu couldn't help but ask.
The third level of Qi Refining, directly build the foundation?
This is not an easy task, especially for a girl who has difficulty drawing air into her body.
Ning Wan, who had explained it no less than ten times, suddenly felt a little tired.
If she had known that her reputation in her father's heart was so bad, she would have waited a few more days before telling him. It would have been better than being questioned now.
"Dad, whether you believe it or not, I really just took a nap." Ning Wan didn't dare to say more, so he simplified it into one sentence.
After all, what happened in the dream is somewhat difficult to describe in words.
Ning Wan wasn't stupid enough to explain everything clearly.
"Have you ever experienced a tribulation?"
Normally, disciples in the foundation-building stage would also experience thunder tribulations, usually eight to sixteen. However, these two people were quiet in the Qixing Pavilion, and did not look like they had been struck by heavenly thunder at all.
Ning Wan knew that she couldn't hide this matter, so she said frankly, "No."
Ning Zixiu fell silent again, staring at Ning Wan quietly. After a long while, he spoke again: "Well, Nannan, since you have already established your foundation, there is no need to rush your cultivation. Take your time."
He thought about his previous conversation with Nannan, and wondered if he had invisibly put a lot of pressure on her, which allowed her to cross seven small realms in just three days.
Although Ning Zixiu was relieved about this, he felt more distressed.
Disciples in the foundation-building stage generally have a lifespan of about three hundred years. Although no one knows what happened to these two people, the spiritual veins in Nannan's body have indeed improved a lot.
It really proves the old saying: There is always a way out.
Now that Nannan has broken through the Qi Refining stage, it means that Nannan is still capable of cultivation. Cultivating immortals is not a bad thing for her.
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