Chapter 89 Promoting to Nascent Soul
When Su Qiao’er, who was still overwhelmed with joy, heard this, she stood there as if she had been struck by lightning. Tears rolled down her face in an instant and her lips quivered, “Ma, master, don’t you want Qiao’er? Did I upset you just because I was playing a trick? Qiao’er will never do that again. What master says I will obey! Please, master, don’t send me away…”
“Ah? No, Qiao’er, you misunderstood!” Lyu Liang was surprised and immediately responded, “I mean, you’re more capable of protecting yourself than I can. What’s more, as you can see, I’m at the bottleneck before the early stage of Nascent Soul and I don’t know when I can break through. And my strength is still very limited even if I break through. If there had been no help from Qingxuan and the others this time, I would surely have died. Moreover, I still have a lot of important responsibilities I need to take care of.”
In the next half hour, Lyu Liang told Su Qiaoer about his experience in the Chaotic world and his purpose of coming here. Upon hearing his tale, the little girl was stunned and sometimes she shed a few sad tears.
According to Lyu Liang, all the things he wanted to do were still vague plans only and some were life-threatening. Su Qiaoer should stay if she understood all these things. After all, with the protection of the Beishan family, even if she could not do anything she wanted to do, she would definitely be happy and worry-free.
However, when Lyu Liang saw that the girl’s eyes were becoming more and more set and there was a strange light in her eyes, he felt uncertain again and asked tentatively: “Qiao’er, you see, I’m not going to have a good time in the future. I’m just letting you stay here and not breaking up the relationship between master and disciple. Besides, my role as a master is really nothing much. Apart from giving you some magic treasure and medicinal pills, there is nothing else that I can guide you in. It will not be a pleasant thing to follow me. When I’m done, I’ll come to you, OK?”
Su Qiao’er suddenly gave a sly smile: “Master, if you are strong enough, can you achieve your wish faster? If I can help you promote your cultivation level as soon as possible, can you take me with you?”
“Of course, stronger strength is… Uh huh? What did you say?” Suddenly, Lyu Liang was surprised and looked at Su Qiao’er with enquiring eyes. He wondered, “What do you mean by your last sentence?”
Su Qiao’er gave a mysterious smile and said softly: “Master, if I help you upgrade your cultivation level, will you take me on your travels?”
Lyu Liang could not say a word for the moment. “Yes, my biggest problem here is not being able to raise my cultivation level. Before, I didn’t understand it, but with the improvement of my cultivation levels, every promotion becomes more and more difficult.”
Seeing Lyu Liang hesitating, Su Qiao’er decided to strike while the iron was hot: “Master, now you are going to find a place suitable for seclusion cultivation. I am confident I can help you to break through to the early stage of Nascent Soul as soon as possible!” Then, she did not give Lyu Liang the chance to say more, but pulled him out. Looking at his disciple’s positive manner, Lyu Liang’s heart was moved and then he remembered the secret of her Spirit-empty Body.
Of course, Lyu Liang would never do anything related to s.e.xual Intercourse of Absorption. One reason was Shangguan Ying and the other reason was that his own heart would never allow him to do so. If Su Qiao’er was really going to use this method to promote his cultivation level, even if she readily volunteered, he would absolutely not accept it.
It was easy to find a place for seclusion cultivation. Shortly afterwards, under the guidance of other immortals, Lyu Liang found a business named Soaring Pavilion.
Once inside, when he heard that Lyu Liang was ready to break through cultivation, the manager handed over a scroll, which showed the breakdown of services, ranging from the seclusion time and the price, as well as the various options of s.p.a.ces that they had. To Lyu Liang’s surprise, there were also places for devils and demons to cultivate. For the first time, Lyu Liang felt that the Pangu Origin world was indeed much broader in their outlook than the Chaotic world in terms of cultivation resources.
Lyu Liang did not make any small talk and immediately chose a large-scale cultivation s.p.a.ce containing three types of spiritual qi: human, devil and demon. Naturally, the price was not cheap. It cost 1,000 mid-grade Primordial Stones altogether. This was only the price for 20 days. Every two days after that, Lyu Liang needed to add 100 mid-grade Primordial Stones.
Lyu Liang did not lack Primordial Stones. The wealth obtained in the Chaotic world before and the booty of killing enemies several times after he arrived had made him very rich. The price of the Soaring Pavilion was fair. There was no limit to the number of people. They only charged the price according to the room chosen. Anyway, it was such a large area, as long as the people could squeeze together, it did not matter.
Subsequently, Lyu Liang and Su Qiao’er came to a specific s.p.a.ce and now they were full of praise for it. There was room for at least five people to cultivate. Primordial Qi, Devil Qi and Demon Qi were mixed together, but they were distinct from each other. People could specially absorb the one they wanted to use.
In addition, according to Black, the restriction formations here were very strong! The formations were almost as powerful as the sect-protecting formation in the Zi Tong Sect. No one could break in from outside unless someone at the Tao Master level came.
At this time, Lyu Liang began to speak: “Qiao’er, I don’t know how you’re going to help me, but if it’s a way like s.e.xual Intercourse of Absorption, please don’t even think about it. I will not forcibly possess you for this reason! ”
Su Qiao’er’s blushing face was filled with grat.i.tude and disappointment. After a while, she said in a soft voice: “Qiao’er knows Master’s personality and the position that master’s companion has in master’s heart. Don’t worry, Qiao’er has other ways. Master, you can start to run the mind mantra.”
Lyu Liang heard her words and stopped thinking too much. Anyway, he had already explained it clearly. Now he sat cross-legged and started to run the Xuanyuan mind mantra.
A moment later, Lyu Liang entered the seclusion state of forgetting both things and himself. At this time, Su Qiao’er’s eyes emitted a soft light never seen before and she slowly came closer to Lyu Liang, staring carefully at his simple face.
Suddenly without warning, she closed her eyes and kissed Lyu Liang! When their lips met, Lyu Liang’s heart seemed to be struck by electricity and a very attractive fragrance entered his body. Just when he wanted to push Su Qiao’er away, the bottleneck that he had never broken through before shook violently at this moment! The eighth grade of the Devil Reshaping Technique also seemed to have reached the threshold of breakthrough!
Lyu Liang now had a clear understanding of the procedure, so he temporarily put aside the impulse to push Su Qiao’er away and began to embrace the upcoming breakthrough wholeheartedly.
A moment later, Su Qiao’er reluctantly left Lyu Liang. At this time, her aura was very weak. If not for a trace of Primordial Qi, she was almost no different from a mortal. Even so, her eyes still sparkled with happiness.
As for Lyu Liang, his break through was already in progress! Above his head, a Primordial Qi ma.s.s and a Devil Qi ma.s.s appeared at the same time and then began to rain down onto the top of his head.
Lyu Liang’s body flashed with a golden light and emitted black gas from time to time. A terrible oppressive aura enveloped the whole s.p.a.ce in an instant. Su Qiao’er had to hide far away and activated the Domain-Trapping Pearl to protect herself.
Black had already run to one side and stared at Lyu Liang with bright eyes and seemed to be very happy.
Lyu Liang’s breakthrough took 28 days. When he came out again, his whole body emitted the cultivation aura at the early stage of Nascent Soul. The Xuanyuan Mantra had reached the threshold of Nascent Soul stage. The eighth grade of the Devil Reshaping Technique had been achieved. Even his Kun Peng Skill, which was stagnating, had reached the fourth grade. It was a great harvest!
He thanked Su Qiao’er from his heart. When he saw how weak she was, Lyu Liang felt guilty. “This is a girl who is willing to give everything to me!”
At this moment, he finally understood why Nangong Qingxuan said he had found a treasure. At the same time, he also understood Su Qiao’er’s determination that she would rather explode her soul than be captured by others.
Lyu Liang struggled for a moment. He could not help holding Su Qiao’er and whispering, “Qiao’er, thank you! I am ashamed that as your master, I even need you to take care of me. If Ying’er can accept your existence after I find her, you will stop being my disciple, alright?””
“Hmm!” Su Qiao’er only said one word and shed happy tears.
Lyu Liang’s heart was full of emotion. Shangguan Ying and I have never kissed. I never thought that my first kiss would be from Su Qiao’er! Even if he pretended nothing had happened and continued to be her master, Lyu Liang felt awkward.
Su Qiao’er didn’t care about the drop of her cultivation level. Anyway, it wasn’t very hard to promote from the early stage to the middle stage. Moreover, she found that her const.i.tution seemed to have the ability to a.s.sist others to promote cultivation at at the expense of her cultivation level.
A moment later, Su Qiao’er returned to the cave and began to undergo seclusion cultivation. She wanted to restore herself as soon as possible to the middle stage of Qi Refining, so she could continue to help Lyu Liang break through the bottleneck in the future.
Lyu Liang came to Worry-Free Mansion again, as he wanted to start inquiring about Shangguan Ying’s whereabouts.
As soon as he entered, he asked the boy at the counter: “Do you have any business here that can help people find the whereabouts of others?”
The boy said with a laugh: “Of course there is! But there are also three categories that we do not cater to: no Fairy Immortal beings and above; people outside the human realm and the Beishan family! For any others, we can easily find out the details!”
Lyu Liang understood in his heart and then said: “The person I’m looking for is my friend, who does not belong to the above three categories. How can I show you how she looks?”
The boy waved and a blank scroll appeared in front of Lyu Liang, “Guest, you just need to put your hand on it and think of the person’s appearance in your mind.”
Lyu Liang understood. Putting his hands on the scroll for a while, Shangguan Ying’s beautiful appearance appeared on the scroll. Looking at the beauty he missed so much, Lyu Liang lost his mind for a moment. At the same time, the boy’s exclamation came to his ear: “Guest, I have never seen a woman with such outstanding essence and appearance. Is this fairy your Taoist couple? Oh, this boy is a gossip, please don’t take it to heart!”
Lyu Liang laughed together with him and said softly: “Her name is Shangguan Ying. I was not sure before, but now it must be!”
The little fellow listened to this paradox, seemed to be confused, but did not care and immediately said: “In that case, we accept this business. The longest time is within a hundred years, whereby we must give you a result! As for the cost, please pay 3,000 mid-grade Primordial Stones first. We will decide the specific cost according to the difficulty of the search. Rest a.s.sured we will return any payment that we have overcharged and we will demand payment for any shortage. We have our reputation to maintain!”
Looking at the boy’s self-confident appearance, Lyu Liang was also infected by it and happily took out 3,000 mid-grade Primordial Stones and also gave the boy ten as tips. Subsequently, Lyu Liang walked out of Worry-free Mansion with great hopes in his heart.
Feeling the cultivation level of early stage of Nascent Soul, Lyu Liang burst with great pride in his heart. Patting the little black cat on his shoulder, Lyu Liang softly said, “Let’s go to the sword grave!