Chapter 16 You are free, I am enlightened

"Great! Senior Sister is kind and righteous, a role model for our generation!"

Nan Wang was the first to stand up and support Du Xueling. He clasped his hands together and clapped his hands.

Although he remembered that the plot in the original novel did not seem to develop in this way, Du Xueling's current actions were much more pleasing to the eye than the original novel.

With Nanwang taking the lead, the other disciples followed suit and applauded.

Most of the disciples present had joined the sect at a young age and did not have many worldly concerns. Rather than seeing the deep love between sisters and carrying the burden for their families, what they wanted to see more was the joy of revenge, repaying grievances with justice, and seeing evildoers get their comeuppance and good people have a good ending.

Amidst the thunderous applause, Du Xueling looked at the two people lying on the ground and said calmly, "Today, I will send you off for the last time."

Under Du Shuangyan's bewildered gaze, Du Xueling lightly tapped with his fingertips, opening a hole in the impregnable sect formation.

Du Shuangyan's eyes widened, and before she could say anything, she was pushed out of the formation by a powerful internal force.

She got up from the ground, covered in dust and dirt, and looked up to find that she was surrounded by clouds and bushes.

Yellow bell-shaped flowers without stamens bloomed wildly among the bushes, cute and lovely, full of spring, while the lush leaves with all edges poked her calves mercilessly, causing a slight sting.

Looking at the disciples of Qi Zong in the distance, she subconsciously took two steps forward, and then - she bumped into a transparent barrier.

That is... the sect’s formation.

The towering formation isolates everyone except the sect's disciples and protects the entire Qingyun Mountain Range strictly.

Having lost his status as a disciple, Du Shuangyan can no longer enter and leave the sect as easily as before.

From now on, everything in Qingyun Sect will no longer be open to her.

Endless resources for cultivating immortality, endless materials for refining instruments, the monthly delivery of elixirs, the strict and serious master, and Du Xueling who restricted her freedom but always gave her natural treasures, all had nothing to do with her from now on...

It was not until this moment that Du Shuangyan finally had some vague understanding of what she had lost.

The independent cultivators who were also pushed out of the formation by Du Xueling did not feel the same way as Du Shuangyan. They jumped up and down in dissatisfaction and said, "Do you think you can bully others just because you are a big sect? Yan'er, just wait. Sooner or later, I will make all these people kneel at my feet!"

Du Shuangyan forced a smile and said, "Of course, Brother Nian, Yan'er believes in you..."

Across the sect formation, Du Xueling cast her eyes on Du Shuangyan's similar features for the last time, and sighed loudly: "Daoyou Du, the journey ahead is long and arduous, and the road ahead is unknown. As the sect's senior sister, I will--"

Nanwang was overjoyed:

[It should have been like this long ago! Stop being helpful and laugh at other people's fate! ]

"You should laugh at me. No, ahem, I should respect your choice. I wish you good luck and a bright future!"

Du Xueling blushed and glared at Nan Wang from a distance.

Nan Wang didn't notice Du Xueling's reproachful look at all. He continued to applaud with great excitement.

Du Shuangyan had a stiff face and said with a fake smile: "Thank you, Master, for your help!"

The casual cultivator may have relied on the fact that he had already left the battle and no longer had to consider other people's expressions, so he spoke arrogantly again: "You don't need to be so kind, Yan'er will follow me, and everything will go smoothly in the future. Her cultivation will improve by leaps and bounds! It will definitely be much better than staying in your sect!"

Amidst the applause, Du Xueling's eyes suddenly turned cold, he took a half step back and sat down where he was.

The glazed sword then slipped out of his hand and penetrated straight into the cracks of the stone bricks on the ground, chopping the bricks into pieces and sinking three-quarters into the ground.

The next moment, the earth shook.

The entire Qi Zong mountain was shaking, with rubble rolling down and falling into the bottomless abyss.

Nanwang was horrified and asked, "What happened? An earthquake? Should we run?"

Lingzhi took a deep breath and said helplessly: "Senior Sister has realized the truth, Senior Brother... forget it, you should meditate together and try to absorb more of the spiritual energy that has gathered."

“Enlightenment?” Nan Wang pondered the meaning of these two words, his eyes lit up, and he said with admiration: “Damn, you are indeed a proud girl of heaven, awesome!”

Enlightenment refers to the phenomenon that after a long period of accumulation, the spiritual energy accumulated in the body of a cultivator gradually releases and produces a vortex of spiritual energy, which greatly increases his cultivation level and even allows him to overcome tribulations and break through the realm.

Although there are many benefits to enlightenment, it all depends on chance and coincidence and cannot be forced. Many monks have never had the opportunity to attain enlightenment in their lifetime, and they have never even had the chance to see others attain enlightenment.

Even a major sect like the Qingyun Sect has not produced a disciple who can attain enlightenment in public in the past hundred years.

Moreover, enlightenment usually only happens to great men. It is no exaggeration to say that Du Xueling achieved enlightenment and breakthrough with his Golden Elixir cultivation level, which is unprecedented and will never be surpassed.

After a vortex of spiritual energy formed around Du Xueling, the spiritual energy of the entire Weapon Sect gathered towards her to help her break through.

The disciples of the Weapon Sect followed suit and started meditating. At most, they were only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Even if they could only share a little bit of the spiritual energy gathered by Du Xueling, it would be of great benefit to them.

The person with the lowest cultivation level present was Nan Wang. He sat cross-legged, greedily absorbing the vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth. He felt as comfortable as if he was bathing in a sea of ​​spiritual energy.

"Huh?"

Lingzhi was the first to open her eyes, and she discovered something was wrong.

It stands to reason that after the spiritual energy vortex is formed, a large amount of spiritual energy will overflow. Anyone nearby will be flooded with spiritual energy even if they do nothing. She had clearly already started meditating, but for some reason, she couldn't absorb even a trace of spiritual energy.

She turned her head and saw Nan Wang who was frantically snatching spiritual energy.

Lingzhi was silent for a moment, then performed the Hidden Spirit Technique for Nanwang.

This time, my senior brother is so stupid, he doesn't know how to hide his incompetence at all...

Du Xueling's cultivation level increased rapidly. The bottleneck of the sixth level of the Golden Core disappeared in an instant. After breaking through to the seventh level of the Golden Core, he still did not stop. The vortex of spiritual energy did not decrease but increased, which was extremely shocking.

Outside the sect's formation, Du Shuangyan stared at the huge vortex of spiritual energy under Du Xueling's feet with mixed feelings.

The casual cultivator was also seeing the scene of enlightenment for the first time. He opened his mouth in shock. After recovering from his shock, he looked at Du Shuangyan, and his stiff tone contained a hint of expectation: "Yan'er, your sister is so cruel at such a young age. No wonder no man wants her. Come with me and become the immortal Taoist couple. I will envy her to death!"

"Yes, Brother Nian, you, you are right, we will definitely be happy..."

Du Shuangyan forced a smile.

Indeed, Du Xueling had a bad reputation and no male cultivator dared to pursue her.

But in contrast, she possesses a level of cultivation and strength that is beyond the reach of male cultivators.

Now he is realizing the truth with the power of Golden Elixir, and has completely established his title as the number one person after Yuan Infant.

She lost her sect and fellow disciples in exchange for freedom and love. But what did Du Xueling lose in exchange for the opportunity to attain enlightenment?

She couldn't figure out this account, nor did she dare to calculate it.