Chapter 394 I Established a Sect in the Cultivation World (23)
She glanced at the crowd still scratching their heads and discussing the formation in the center of the square, and a bold plan formed in her mind.
"Jingbai, go into my space first."
"Okay." Although Jingbai was puzzled, he obediently let Zhou Jue put him into the Starry Sky Box.
Zhou Jue squatted down again to make sure no one around him was paying attention to him, this "marginal figure".
Just as she raised the Boundary-Breaking Shovel for the second time, preparing to make her move, a Nascent Soul cultivator who was resting with his eyes closed in the square seemed to sense something and inadvertently swept his divine sense over.
He noticed the female nun hiding in the shadow of the stone sculpture.
A Golden Core cultivator at the Great Perfection stage? Holding a... shovel? Sneaking around at the edge of the formation.
The Nascent Soul cultivator frowned slightly, but didn't take it too seriously. He was confident in his eyesight; the shovel was unremarkable, showing no signs of spiritual energy fluctuations. And what kind of trouble could this Golden Core female cultivator possibly cause? At most, she was just like that hothead from before, trying to test the power of the formation.
However, before he could withdraw his consciousness, the next scene made his pupils shrink sharply.
Then, the female cultivator really did shovel down hard onto the light screen!
Sizzle—!
A gap suddenly appeared on the seemingly indestructible light screen!
"What?!"
Before he could even cry out in surprise, the female cultivator's figure had already transformed into a blur, and without the slightest hesitation, she slipped through the gap! The next second after she entered, the runes on the light screen surged wildly, and the gap instantly closed, as if nothing had ever happened.
"How dare you, you brat!"
The Nascent Soul cultivator was both shocked and furious, and could no longer remain calm. He moved and instantly arrived at the place where Zhou Jue had just disappeared. Unfortunately, as soon as he arrived, he only saw the intact light screen with flowing runes.
"Open the gate for me!"
In his rage, he didn't have time to think. His immense magical power gathered in his palm, transforming into a gigantic hand that blotted out the sky, and he slammed it down hard at the spot where the light screen had just appeared!
boom--!
The power of this attack far exceeded the combined force of the previous hundred people, and the entire White Jade Square trembled. However, the light screen only dented downward to form a huge palm print, and then suddenly rebounded!
A force even more violent and concentrated than his attack surged back!
"not good!"
The Nascent Soul cultivator's expression changed drastically. He hastily set up several layers of defense, but he was still blasted backward by the immense force. He felt a sweet taste in his throat and almost spat out a mouthful of blood. His face instantly turned ugly.
The commotion immediately alerted everyone in the square.
Everyone gasped as they looked at the disheveled Nascent Soul senior and then at the still-sturdy formation, their faces filled with shock and bewilderment.
Unbeknownst to anyone, someone had already slipped in silently right under their noses.
...
Zhou Jue, already inside the formation, was naturally unaware of the commotion outside. She glanced back at the cultivators still "striving" outside the light screen, a smug smile playing on her lips.
Hehe, this is the feeling, awesome!!
She turned around, looked at the towering staircase of light leading to the palace, and without pausing, stepped onto it.
The moment Zhou Jue stepped onto the light ladder, a gentle force enveloped her.
Instead of rushing upwards, she stood on the first step and quietly felt the sensation.
There was no mental pressure from the Dao of Inquiry, no violent backlash from external formations, only a pure yet incredibly gentle spiritual energy surging in from all directions, nourishing her meridians.
Zhou Jue lifted his foot and stepped onto the second step.
The concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding area seemed to have increased slightly.
She continued upwards, step by step, unhurriedly.
Third order, fourth order, fifth order...
With each step you ascend, the surrounding spiritual energy becomes denser, and the gentle power grows stronger.
After reaching the hundredth step, Zhou Jue stopped and looked back.
The path they came from had disappeared into the clouds and mist, and the figures of the cultivators on the plaza below had become blurred.
"These steps are a form of nurturing and a reward."
Zhou Jue understood.
Being the first to break through the formation and enter gave her enough time to calmly absorb this gift.
The higher you go, the denser the spiritual energy becomes, and the better it is for tempering the body and meridians.
If you are too eager for quick success and rush ahead, you will waste this opportunity.
"Brother Tongzi, analyze the composition of this spiritual energy."
[Ding! Analysis complete.]
This is 'Primordial Chaos Qi,' a primordial spiritual energy from the beginning of heaven and earth. It has an extremely strong enhancing effect on cultivation techniques of any attribute, and can cleanse the physical body, purify spiritual power, and solidify the foundation of one's cultivation.
[It is recommended that the host cultivate here, as the effects will far surpass a hundred years of arduous cultivation outside.]
"knew."
Without further hesitation, Zhou Jue sat down cross-legged and began circulating her cultivation technique on the 101st step.
The immense primordial energy, as if finding an outlet, surged wildly into her body.
The newly broken realm was rapidly stabilized under the cleansing of this pure spiritual energy, and the foundation became more solid than ever before.
...
Beyond the light curtain lies Baiyu Square.
The Nascent Soul cultivator's attack failed, and he was instead shaken so badly that his blood and qi surged, and his face was so gloomy that it looked like it was about to drip water.
"Who went in?!" he demanded sharply, his divine sense sweeping mercilessly over everyone present.
Everyone fell silent, shaking their heads in fear.
"Senior, we...we didn't see anything!"
"I just saw you suddenly make a move..."
"Yes, is there some misunderstanding?"
The Nascent Soul cultivator was so angry that his beard was trembling.
He couldn't very well say that he watched helplessly as a female cultivator at the Golden Core stage used a broken shovel to break open the great formation, and that he tried to rush in but was bounced back, could he?
If this gets out, where will he put his old face?
Just as the atmosphere reached a stalemate, a formation master from a top sect suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
"I understand! I know how to get in!"
His shout immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"Fellow Daoist, speak quickly!"
Stop keeping me in suspense!
The array master pointed at the light screen and said excitedly, "This array is called the 'Nine-Bend Interlocking Heavenly Gang Array.' It seems indestructible, but it actually contains a hidden gate of life! That fellow Daoist must have accidentally triggered the gate of life to enter!"
"The Gate of Life?" The crowd looked at each other in bewilderment.
"That's right!" Another array master realized, slapping his thigh. "How could I not have thought of that! How could such an ancient immortal array be designed as a dead end? It must leave a glimmer of hope! We just need to find that pattern!"
In an instant, all the array masters in the square were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and they began to frantically deduce and calculate around the light screen.
The other cultivators could only wait anxiously.
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