Foundation building phase complete!
Seeing that Yun Yin remained motionless, Ruan Qingyu frowned slightly, but there was no sense of danger within the contract. She immediately calmed down and focused on her cultivation.
About five days later, Ruan Qingyu was initially worried that Li Ren might have leaked their whereabouts. However, things remained calm for the next few days, and no one even came to question them.
It is clear that Li Ren is a dispensable figure within the sect, a scoundrel who only bullies new disciples or bullies those with lower cultivation levels.
On this day, Ruan Qingyu's cultivation had reached a crucial moment. All the spiritual energy in her body had been solidified, and her previously empty dantian gradually settled like a deep sea.
On the surface, it appears to be constantly undulating, but deep inside it is already solidified like a rock. If he were to face Li Ren again, he could easily succeed without even needing the Phoenix Divine Fire.
As the meridians and acupoints within her body became increasingly open, Ruan Qingyu felt as if she had entered a profound and mysterious state. Her consciousness drifted involuntarily, constantly wandering within her body.
It seemed to be one with its own aura, only aware of the fire elemental energy between heaven and earth and itself, while forgetting everything else.
Yunyin, who was standing to the side, was still asleep. As the two of them cultivated, they did not realize that the flow of their qi was gradually becoming interconnected.
It was as if a separate grand cycle had formed outside of their own natural celestial circulation. This caused the two people, who had initially looked somewhat uneasy, to become even calmer. This was the double effect brought about by their 'marital contract'.
As the person and the beast absorbed more and more spiritual energy, the courtyard became shrouded in mist. If someone with the ability to see the heavens, they would be able to see a magnificent scene where fire and thunder spiritual energy were faintly intertwined in this place.
The scene of lightning and fire growing and resisting each other perfectly illustrates the path cultivated by the two. It seems to subtly align with the expectations that Heaven has for them.
Ruan Qingyu, whose consciousness had drifted far away, was once again pulled into the Phoenix Ancestral Land. However, this time there was no feather consciousness to guide her.
Instead, a dark jade slip drifted from the distant depths, heading straight for Ruan Qingyu's face before she could react. Although she knew this place was safe, she was still shocked by how fast the jade slip was moving.
Ruan Qingyu subconsciously retreated three zhang, but the jade slip did not let her go easily and eventually entered her mind.
In an instant, her consciousness transformed into a vast ocean, washing away Ruan Qingyu until she forgot about time and herself, until she fully absorbed the contents of the jade slip and slowly awoke.
Originally a Heaven-level cultivation technique called "Fire Phoenix Splits the Sky," it primarily uses magic techniques after being learned, but can also be transformed into more powerful moves with the help of magical artifacts.
Having roughly calculated the situation, Ruan Qingyu raised her right hand, and half a flame-shaped wing immediately appeared behind her, causing her to fly into the air.
Its colors were as beautiful as glass, yet it carried the momentum of thunder, a surging torrent striking the sky.
It exploded instantly, turning the entire space fiery red. This was the first move: condensing fire energy to create phoenix wings, using raging flames to occupy most of the space and create an overwhelming offensive.
The second move, which gradually took shape under Ruan Qingyu's experimentation, was an advanced version of the Phoenix Wings. After waving her hand, a pair of wings appeared, while another pair of wings remained on her back.
You can continue your attack after the first shot. In a head-on confrontation, you can definitely catch your opponent off guard and cause them to suffer losses.
The third move is somewhat difficult; it's called "Fire Phoenix Rises the Sky." It requires sufficient spiritual power to mimic the fire energy into a complete phoenix, but Ruan Qingyu's current strength doesn't allow it.
Even in the Phoenix Ancestral Land, with the blessing of bloodline, it was impossible to use. The moment he tried, his face turned pale and he lost all strength.
However, obtaining this copy of "Fire Phoenix Splits the Heavens" again was already a pleasant surprise. Even if she couldn't fully unleash its power, it was only a matter of time and cultivation level. Ruan Qingyu was confident that she would be able to unleash it completely in the future.
Perhaps realizing that Ruan Qingyu had already learned the technique, the Phoenix Ancestral Land did not linger with her. In the blink of an eye, it banished Ruan Qingyu's divine sense.
When he regained his senses, he was back in his body, but this time he found that the spiritual energy in his body was boiling like magma, clearly indicating that he had reached the critical moment of Foundation Establishment.
Yun Yin, who was still asleep, had already noticed the unusual fluctuations in the spiritual energy in the room before Ruan Qingyu's consciousness returned.
Upon opening his eyes, he swiftly enveloped the courtyard within his domain. Although the Foundation Establishment stage is free from tribulations, success is impossible without eliminating inner demons.
If anyone below the Golden Core stage were to approach this place at this moment, they would be struck by lightning. However, the Foundation Establishment stage cannot be concealed, and the change in spiritual energy here was quickly noticed by those outside.
After noticing the unusual spiritual energy, the steward on duty waved his hand and retrieved the sect's monitoring water mirror. He immediately understood what had happened at the disciples' residence.
"The new disciple has only been here for less than three months, so there's no way he could have reached the Foundation Establishment stage. He must be an older disciple who's still building up his strength." The steward placed his waist token in the water mirror to check which residence it belonged to.
However, finding no change in the water mirror after a long time, he became puzzled and made another hand seal, his eyes emitting a faint blue light. But he still couldn't detect anything, and after a long while, he could only conclude that it must be the Foundation Establishment spiritual power that was causing the disciple's water mirror to be blocked.
"Disciple on duty, add spirit stones to the spiritual energy arrays of the third and fourth disciple residences. No disciple has reached the Foundation Establishment stage in a year, so we'll lend a hand this time." This manager was in the late Foundation Establishment stage and was responsible for controlling the arrays of the disciple residences.
If there haven't been any new disciples for too long, it's not impossible that the sect will come looking for them. Right now, Ruan Qingyu is showing signs of reaching Foundation Establishment, so it wouldn't hurt for them to lend a hand.
"Yes!" Outside the water mirror, the disciple on duty who received the message was very envious. He himself was only at the eighth level of Qi Refining, so being able to see someone else establish their foundation was a stroke of luck.
When I'm building my foundation, I wonder if I'll be so lucky as to have the steward change the concentration of spiritual energy for me.
As the spiritual energy in the disciples' quarters was continuously thickened by the formation, Ruan Qingyu felt that the fire spiritual energy, which had already been moving much faster, seemed to be moving even faster.
That solid bottleneck was beginning to crumble, and it was just a hair's breadth away from completely breaking through it and entering the Foundation Establishment stage.
But this opportunity still seemed far from enough? Thinking of this, Ruan Qingyu was unwilling to delay any longer. She continued to circulate her cultivation technique, and flames began to burn within her sea of consciousness.
Even as flames began to emanate from Ruan Qingyu's body from within, they did not spread in all directions. They only surged within Ruan Qingyu's body, as if Ruan Qingyu herself were that ball of flame.
As it continuously melted and burned itself, black grime gradually seeped from Ruan Qingyu's body. Some of it, like blood, was burned away in the flames.
Today, Ruan Qingyu's blood has been completely transformed into the Phoenix Bloodline of the Innate Phoenix Body, and the entire Ruan family bloodline has been devoured and expelled.
Yun Yin smelled the air, half of which was the repulsive aura of the Ruan family and the other half of the phoenix bloodline within Ruan Qingyu's body. This intoxicating aroma made Yun Yin feel somewhat drunk.
But his joy was even greater. Now that Ruan Qingyu had completely severed ties with the Ruan family, it would be much easier for him to take action.
Evil thoughts surged in his heart, and a deep malice and killing intent flashed in Yunyin's dark beast eyes.
If Ruan Qingyu hadn't been at such a critical moment, she probably would have noticed Yun Yin's strange behavior immediately after the contract's warning.
After her bloodline was completely purified, Ruan Qingyu absorbed spiritual energy as if divinely aided, rapidly absorbing more than three times the amount of spiritual energy she had before, constantly cleansing her meridians, dantian, and sea of consciousness.
With the fire elemental energy fully satisfied, Ruan Qingyu intuitively felt that her divine sense seemed to have a connection with heaven and earth. In her previous life, when she painstakingly built her foundation, she only gained a strong physique.
This time, it seemed that everything had changed from beginning to end. My feelings about the world were becoming more profound, and it seemed that if I were to transform into a phoenix, I could summon all the birds.
It was as if he had gained some understanding of the fiery energy within all things, his divine sense drifting between the vast天地 (heaven and earth). He saw volcanic lava, and it was as if he could see the fiery energy within the essence of the sun.
A continuous stream of fire spiritual energy poured into Ruan Qingyu's body, carrying her consciousness back into her body. The storm-like mass of spiritual energy also subsided after Ruan Qingyu's consciousness returned.
It dissipated at a visible speed, and the array that had been continuously transmitting spiritual energy also noticed this change. It gradually slowed down the speed at which it distributed spiritual energy until it stopped completely.
Sensing the change in the surrounding spiritual energy, Yunyin calmed his breathing and sat down again.
After Ruan Qingyu's consciousness entered her body, she did not return to the house. When she opened her eyes, she was faced with a very familiar mountain forest, with Xuan Tian Sect disciples chasing closely behind her.
They shouted that they would capture her and hand her over to Elder Chen Tian as a furnace. Hearing their arrogant and mocking words, Ruan Qingyu wanted to turn around and attack, but found that she was now just a cripple with all her meridians broken.
"Hahaha, Ruan Qingyu, what are you still dreaming about? Your dantian has long been destroyed, and all that's left is some flesh and skin that's still useful." One of them saw her make a hand seal gesture and instantly understood.
Immediately, someone chimed in, "Speaking of which, your current role is no different from those demonic beasts, hahaha!"
Ruan Qingyu couldn't bear to hear these words and, burning with rage, lunged forward. But she missed, and when she looked at her surroundings again, she realized she was already in a cage.
This cage was where she had been imprisoned the longest, and it was also her deepest nightmare.
Outside the cage was the familiar smell of blood, and a giant cauldron, its contents indistinguishable as its own or someone else's blood, was constantly burning something.
"Don't rush, it'll be your turn soon." Chen Tian's voice came from outside the cage. It was a sinister voice, tinged with obvious excitement; he always acted this way when it was time to draw blood from Ruan Qingyu.
Ruan Qingyu looked down at her hands. They were bound by cold, heavy iron chains, and she had no spiritual power left in her body.
A voice, seemingly coming from nowhere, carried a hint of enticement: "Ruan Qingyu, this is not the scene you want to see. Do you want to continue to be beaten and suffer? Cooperate with me, and you can immediately break free from these constraints and take revenge on your enemies."
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