Xiao Li stopped her cultivation and looked at her master helplessly.
“Master, we’ve already gone down the mountain five times this month.”
Luo Xuan frowned. "Has it been five times already?"
Xiao Li nodded, while Qing Ran also frowned. He wanted to play too, but he didn't want his junior sister to surpass him in cultivation.
Luo Xuan looked conflicted, but finally made up her mind.
"I wouldn't mind going again."
Xiao Li had no choice but to accept her fate and let her master lead her down the mountain. After taking a few steps, Xiao Li turned around.
"Let's go play together, senior brother."
Just as Qingran was about to follow with delight, Luo Xuan looked over coldly, and Qingran immediately lowered her head and stopped.
"I...I won't go, I'm cultivating."
Xiao Li blinked. "Okay, I'll bring you a sugar figurine when I get back."
Qingran nodded listlessly, watching the two descend the mountain. He stomped his foot angrily and went to cultivate with determination. It would be too embarrassing if his junior sister surpassed him.
They were mainly trying to pass the time, so they didn't use any flying artifacts. They strolled around slowly and arrived at the market at noon, so they went to a restaurant for lunch.
While she was eating, Xiao Li, who was sitting by the window, saw Wen Xi walking alone on the street. She entered the Treasure Pavilion, a place that specializes in selling spiritual artifacts and talismans, and of course, she also bought some.
Xiao Li's divine sense followed, and she saw Wen Xi go straight to the second floor. It seemed that she came here often and was a regular customer.
Wen Xi took out some spirit swords and some spirit talismans; she was indeed there to sell things.
The waiter put the things away, not daring to underestimate the girl opposite him, even though her cultivation level was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining.
But these things are not something that someone in the Qi Refining stage can produce; she must have a powerful backer.
Wenxi kept a low profile, taking the storage bag that the waiter brought her and leaving.
Xiao Li seemed to be deep in thought. She knew whether Wen Xi had a powerful backer or not. These things, along with the spatial fluctuations that day and that meaningful smile, made her even more aware of the situation.
Xiao Li concluded that the other party might have been reborn, and that she also possessed a space.
Xiao Li became interested instantly. She wanted to know what that space was and why Wen Xi had been reborn.
After finishing their meal, Luo Xuan also packed a portion for Qing Ran.
Since there were no sugar figurines for sale in the market, the two went to the Ordinary People's Town and found a sugar figurine stall there.
Xiao Li bought a sugar figurine there. She made the design herself, and it was a picture of Sun Wukong.
This design caught the eye of the old man selling sugar figurines for a long time. With Xiaoli's consent, the old man also started selling sugar figurines in the shape of Sun Wukong.
Xiao Li also taught him how to make figures of Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing, and the White Dragon Horse.
His business quickly improved, and he sold out all the sugar figurines.
Luo Xuan watched from the side, letting the people around her make envious jokes.
"Whose child is this? So adorable!"
"Yes, yes, I wish my child was half as pretty as that."
"Young lady, is this your child? She's so beautiful and cute."
...
Luo Xuan nodded, "Yes, yes, this is my child. She's been beautiful and very smart since she was little."
A wave of envious glances swept over them, and Luo Xuan finally led Xiao Li home, completely satisfied.
It was already late when the two returned to the sect. Qingran stood at the door like a lapdog waiting for its master to come home, looking on with eager eyes.
Xiao Li gave him the sugar figurine, and he held it in his hand with great joy, reluctant to eat it. He even begged his master to use his spiritual power to preserve it and prevent it from melting away, as he cherished it dearly.
?
As night fell and the entire mountain fell silent, Xiao Li concealed herself and went to the outer gate.
Wenxi has successfully passed the assessment and entered the outer sect as an outer disciple, no longer needing to do menial work.
Xiao Li easily found Wen Xi's room in the row of rooms. The room had a more advanced barrier, but it couldn't stop Xiao Li.
She easily passed through the barrier using the Boundary-Breaking Shuttle. Wen Xi was quite diligent and was currently meditating.
Xiao Li casts an illusion spell called Retrospection. Anyone caught in this illusion will travel back to the past, and Xiao Li will then know what happened. Wen Xi, on the other hand, will only think that she had just had a dream when she wakes up.
Wenxi felt as if she had returned to the moment of her ascension. She watched herself step onto the ascension passage again, and she tried to stop herself, but she couldn't touch her own body.
"Don't go in, it's a scam, don't try to ascend, they're all frauds..."
She watched as she and Bai Yu excitedly entered the passage, passed through the five-colored divine light, and appeared in a valley.
They were easily captured; their spiritual power was insignificant in the face of those gods.
"You gods are all beasts! What did we do wrong? Why are you treating us like this?"
That is our home, not some place for nurturing spirits. I don't want to be a furnace; I want to break free from this confinement.
ah……"
Wenxi actually broke through the illusion and woke up. Her cultivation level continued to rise, reaching the fourth, fifth, and sixth levels, until it reached the peak of the seventh level before slowly stabilizing.
Xiao Li left quietly without lingering and returned to her small courtyard.
"No ascension? A scam? A nurturing ground? A furnace?"
These shocking terms really surprised Xiaoli. Connecting them together, Xiaoli had a guess.
Ascension is actually a scam. The continent we live on is just a place for nurturing spirits, and after ascension, one will become someone else's furnace.
This is incredible!
Xiao Li recalled the strangeness of this world: there were almost no cultivators with profound cultivation, and after reaching the Nascent Soul stage, they could ascend to immortality. They all ascended successfully, so there was no such thing as failing to transcend tribulations.
Furthermore, the stages of Void Refinement, Body Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcending are completely absent here.
Xiao Li found it increasingly strange, and recalling the occasional feeling of being spied on she had experienced before, she got up and went to the scripture pavilion of the Changhong Sect.
Xiao Li searched for three days and three nights, but as expected, she couldn't find any cultivation techniques for those who had reached the Nascent Soul stage.
When she first started cultivating, she thought her master would explain the cultivation techniques before the Nascent Soul stage. It turned out that in this world, there were no later stages at all.
Xiao Li felt a chill run down her spine. She finally understood why Wen Xi was the female lead—because she wasn't the female lead at all.
There is no Heavenly Dao in this world, or perhaps this is just someone else's space.
Xiao Li broke out in a cold sweat. If she hadn't been worried about Luo Xuan and afraid that she would discover her secret, the space would probably have already been discovered.
What awaits her is another hunt. Without the help of 123, she may be trapped here or even perish.
Xiao Li put down the book in her hand, turned around and went back to the courtyard. She had to be prepared to fight at any time.
Luo Xuan discovered that after her disciple left the Hidden Treasure Pavilion, he cultivated even more diligently, and his cultivation level increased at an even faster pace.
Yesterday, she saw that Xiaoli was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, but today she has already reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Thank goodness! She checked her over and found that her disciple's meridians were strong and her foundation was solid. Her dantian was even larger than her own. Her disciple was truly gifted!
She stopped interfering and instead gave Xiaoli more resources to help her cultivate.
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