[Continued from the previous world, no new main quests added]
This doesn't seem to be in the same space as the smuggled ascension passage Chu Fan entered before. Yu Ling didn't sense the presence of a second person along the way, except for the guy who called himself the Demon Lord and whose body was possessed by the Fan Tie sword in his hand. In the boundless gray space, there was only himself.
Alas, plans can never keep up with changes. I never expected that the plan to abandon the Ruthless Path and rebuild the foundation would not even begin before I was about to ascend. The side quests are being completed faster than the main quests. This is the first time I've seen this happen.
—Although this side quest was obtained by taking advantage of Chu Fan's incident, it seems a bit like taking a shortcut.
But time was just too tight. She was about to return to her original world, and her original body was being sold as a commodity. Yu Ling really didn't want to wait a moment longer.
Even if the possessed body is ruthless and flawed, it must make way for rebirth! After all, one's original body is always the most comfortable.
The system was unaware of Yu Ling's ulterior motives and was still fussing over the backpack and other belongings. It was especially pleased to hear that Yu Ling had tricked the other party.
[Hehe, well done, host! That's right, that annoying city guard dared to bully you. A drop of diluted spirit liquid will do the trick!]
Honestly, if Yu Ling hadn't been in a good mood, she wouldn't have given him even a drop of the diluted spiritual liquid. She was only eager to go home, which is why she chose to just get away with it. Otherwise, she would definitely have tricked the city guards again before leaving.
Yu Ling wasn't very familiar with the matter of ascension, since she had spent more time as a demon. She just felt incredibly bored. Before she even left, she broke through again, directly pushing her cultivation to the Nascent Soul stage.
Fortunately, there is no lightning tribulation here, but we may have to go outside to make up for it.
--a long time--
A figure fell from thousands of meters in the air and made intimate contact with the ground. Don't get me wrong, this clumsy start is none other than our protagonist Chu Fan from this world.
Although he and Yu Ling never met along the way, the exit of the passage seemed to be fixed. Every now and then, Yu Ling would appear from the same location. However, his cultivation level was already sufficient to support him and fly through the air without relying on external objects. He was clearly not on the same level as Chu Fan, who was still in the Nascent Soul stage.
It's unbearable to look at. The protagonist still feels so pathetic, and there seems to be a large group of people approaching. My current cultivation level of late-stage Nascent Soul is simply not enough!
The tribulation thunderclouds, though late, arrived in the sky, and Yu Ling took advantage of the momentum to break through to the Void Refinement Realm, achieving a genuine ascension.
"Boom—!"
"Boom—!!"
The perfunctory lightning tribulation only lasted for a few loud bangs before it was over.
Yu Ling quickly became a Void Refinement cultivator, which was also because his body came from the lower realm. For this place, the cultivation levels of Void Refinement and Divine Transformation were too low. Even if two tribulations were to be overcome together, it would only cause a minor disturbance.
—People who grow up here do not need to undergo tribulation lightning if their cultivation level is below the Refinement Realm. Only when they reach the Integration Realm can they be considered to have truly embarked on the path of cultivation.
However, a soul without a physical body is still too fragile. Even though Yu Ling was undergoing such a perfunctory tribulation, it still managed to give that fake 'Jiang Ying,' who was actually the demon lord possessing her sword, a good beating.
"Cough cough cough, I said, could you please not take me with you next time you undergo tribulation? Do you think a demonic cultivator who's just a soul can withstand being struck by lightning?"
"...Demon Lord, did you see that guy lying on the ground? He's only at the Nascent Soul stage. It's absolutely safe to follow him." Yu Ling said to the iron sword in her hand in the tone of a street salesman, "Don't be fooled by his ordinary appearance. He has extraordinary potential and looks like he has the makings of a Great Emperor. Why don't you consider following him?"
A certain demon lord:........It is true that I did some bad things, and it is also true that I cultivated the demonic path that is despised by everyone, but I am not stupid. Why would you use such a fool to fool me?
"It's nothing, you were just struck by lightning, right? I'm magnanimous, I forgive you. Just be careful next time, be careful next time!"
With the Demon Lord showing utter disdain for the protagonist (including his own), Yu Ling had no choice but to postpone her plan to return Chu Fan, her 'portable old man,' and landed to greet Chu Fan, who was getting up and looking around.
Before he could even speak, he heard the sound of something cutting through the air and people talking coming from afar.
"Someone has ascended!" "It's a genius who grew up in that godforsaken place in the lower realm! Hurry! Don't let other sects beat him to it!" "What are you dual cultivators doing here? Aren't you afraid of holding him back? Hurry up and go!" "..........No way."
The noise quickly grew closer and closer. In fact, they had been nearby when Yu Ling broke through to the Tribulation, but they hadn't been able to find her yet.
—Chu Fan, this younger brother in the Nascent Soul stage, was not even within their consideration.
"Fellow Daoist, you must be feeling lost after ascending from the lower realm, right? Come to our Qixia Sect, and you'll have plenty of high-grade spirit stones every month. You can enter the inner sect directly upon arrival. Would you like to consider it?"
A cultivator in a red robe forcefully pushed everyone else aside and addressed Yu Ling,
"Don't trust anyone else. They're all from small, insignificant sects. Going there would be a waste of your talent!"
A female cultivator dressed in a gauze dress with her face veiled bluntly exposed her, saying, "Nonsense! Their sect only has a few thousand people in total, including the sect leader. Our Wanyin Sect is much better; we're all beautiful female cultivators. You'll be the darling of the group if you come here. Why don't you come with me?"
“You female cultivators, don’t try to recruit any pretty girl you see into your sect. Stop messing with her Dao heart. Didn’t you see she uses a sword? If you use a sword, you have to come to our Lingxuan Pavilion. You can pick and choose any weapon you want!” said a muscular cultivator who looked like a weapon master.
With their back-and-forth sales pitches, Chu Fan was amazed that he hadn't been squeezed out by these upper-realm bigwigs. Were people from the lower realm really that sought after?
"Are you... short-staffed?" Chu Fan had to speak first. He had never seen such a scene before; even a vegetable market probably wasn't this lively. Meanwhile, Yu Ling, standing next to him, had already hung up with a blank expression.
"Uh, how far away are Nascent Soul stage children? We're asking this fellow Daoist who just ascended."
Chu Fan: ? ? ?
"I also ascended from the lower realm!"
The Qixia Sect's admissions officer who spoke first glanced at Chu Fan, scoffed, and said, "Those who ascend from the lower realms are at least at the Refinement of Void Realm. You're just a Nascent Soul cultivator, what kind of ascension are you trying to achieve?!"
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