NOVPUBHowever, it wasn’t long before Wei Lu and his group followed the trail and found the two.
But what they never expected was that in such a short time, the prey they were pursuing had metamorphosed into the hunters.
After breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Phase, Li Qing’s combat power had nearly doubled.
Moreover, her attacks were merciless, even causing more casualties than those by Sima Jing, who was at the Final Stage Foundation Establishment.
You see, these people were only out for money.
Realizing the situation was futile, they immediately thought about beating a retreat.
However, at this moment, Wei Lu became desperate and couldn’t help but stop them.
During this brief standoff, Li Qing seized the precise moment and exposed the hiding Wei Lu, revealing his true face.
Exposed, Wei Lu’s expression drastically changed.
Sima Jing was also shaking with anger, and for the first time, a murderous intent appeared in her eyes.
At this point, there was no possibility of a peaceful resolution.
Hardening his heart, Wei Lu promised them his entire fortune and once again persuaded the wavering bandits.
Both sides clashed fiercely once more.
When no longer holding back, Li Qing and Sima Jing suddenly fell into a disadvantage.
At the critical moment, amidst the great battle, Li Qing seemed to be on the verge of another breakthrough, causing the oppressive Yin Wind of the valley to surge wildly.
The two seized the opportunity to escape.
Next, Li Qing and Sima Jing kept fighting while retreating, retreating while fighting.
Fighting to improve their combat abilities.
During this process, the tacit understanding between the two grew stronger. They were so in sync that their combined attacks nearly doubled their effective combat power.
Ultimately, they leveraged the geographical advantage of Yin Wind Valley to turn the tables and annihilate their foes.
Gazing at Sima Jing’s eyes filled with disgust, Wei Lu opened and closed his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something.
But before he could speak, he had already been pulverized to dust by Li Qing.
The crisis averted, with Li Qing’s help, Sima Jing then completed the sect’s trial mission.
The two returned to the sect together.
As for what happened in Yin Wind Valley, although Wei Lu was the one who harbored malicious intentions first, after all, they also killed their opponent in a fit of anger.
To avoid punishment from the sect, under Li Qing’s persuasion, Sima Jing ultimately decided not to mention the incident to anyone.
The disappearance of Foundation Establishment disciple Wei Lu did not attract much attention and was soon forgotten by others.
Although they were already close as glue, they still had to restrain themselves when in public.
Sima Jing returned to the inner gates and reported back to her master.
At the same time, she began pondering how to persuade her master to take Li Qing as a disciple. This way they could meet often.
Meanwhile, Li Qing, who had concealed her identity, quietly went to the market square and used the Spirit Stones she had gathered from Wei Lu and the others to purchase some Elixirs that could conceal one’s Cultivation Base.
It wasn’t until half a month later that Sima Jing’s master, Huo Jingtong, worn down by persistent pleading, finally agreed to meet Li Qing.
It seemed that Huo Jingtong was still somewhat bothered by the fact that Li Qing had been castrated and transformed from male to female.
However, all these concerns dissipated the moment she laid eyes on Li Qing.
Li Qing knelt down in the hall, lowering her head as she waited for Huo Jingtong to question her.
Much to her surprise, a long time passed without any reaction from Huo Jingtong. Thinking her plan had misfired, Li Qing couldn’t help but lift her head to look, only to discover that the other party was still staring at her in a daze.
"Hmm," Huo Jingtong, who was a God Transforming cultivator, had a much deeper game than the young girl Sima Jing.
"Jing’er has already told me everything. You may go now," she said, without immediately giving Li Qing an answer.
Li Qing respectfully performed a salutation and turned to leave.
But based on the Spirit Consciousness that remained locked onto her, Li Qing knew that things were looking stable.
Indeed, seven days later, she received a sect notification and was officially taken under Huo Jingtong’s wing.
Although the outer sect female cultivators were reluctant to part with Li Qing’s departure,
they silently blessed her in their hearts.
Li Qing had also promised to come back and visit often.
After a round of tearful farewells, Li Qing moved into the Moonlight Mountain Range.
Due to their longing for Li Qing, those outer sect female cultivators spurred themselves to cultivate vigorously, and many broke through their longstanding bottlenecks, likewise joining the inner sect. Their wishes fulfilled, they were able to visit Li Qing often. 𝚗ov𝚙𝚞𝚋.c𝚘m
This is a story for another time, so let’s not dwell on it now.
The lineage of Huo Jingtong resided upon Lui Yue Peak within the Moonlight Mountain Range.
Not far from Sister Zhao’s Peak of Cold Moon.
However, since Zhao Ruoxi was still in seclusion at the moment, naturally, Li Qing had no intention of going to Peak of Cold Moon to pay a visit.
There were more than a hundred female disciples on Lui Yue Peak,
the vast majority of whom were maidens untouched by worldly affairs.
Li Qing’s arrival there was like a rat falling into a rice bin.
Yet, he possessed immense willpower and resisted the urge to engage in any misconduct.
Instead, he began to practice the Techniques imparted by Huo Jingtong.
The true transmission of the Moonlight lineage, the "Moonlight Transformation Technique".
Truly worthy of being one of the Great Taoist Sect’s top-tier Techniques, it was far stronger than any of the side-door Techniques Li Qing had previously investigated and gathered.
Li Qing pondered it over and over, filled with joy and satisfaction.
Moreover, when he attempted to practice it, he was continuously pleasantly surprised.
The Vessel of Pure Yin transformed by the [Sutra of Transgressive Ethics] seemed to possess a natural advantage in cultivating the "Moonlight Transformation Technique".
After seven days of seclusion, he had cultivated this Technique to a level that matched his realm, that is, the Initial Stage of the Golden Core.
Furthermore, Li Qing discovered that practicing two Techniques simultaneously did not place any burden on him.
In fact, they complemented and promoted each other.
His already terrifyingly fast cultivation speed found yet another avenue for improvement.
In the following period, he dealt with Sima Jing in his spare time while devoting all his energy to cultivation.
Only after he had cultivated the Sutra of Transgressive Ethics and the Moonlight Transformation Technique to the peak of the Initial Stage of the Golden Core did he finally stop.
Upon calculating, Li Qing was somewhat astonished to find that only three months had passed.
It is known that after reaching the Golden Core, the pace of ordinary cultivators’ cultivation is often measured in years.
It is common for cultivators to be in seclusion for more than a decade at a time.
For someone like him, without relying on any external resources, and with minimal consumption of spirit stones during the process, to advance from the early phase of the Golden Core to the threshold of a breakthrough within three months...
It was simply unheard of!
Luckily, the threshold Li Qing felt gave him some peace of mind.
"With the current state of the Vessel of Pure Yin, it seems insufficient to support the further cultivation of the Sutra of Transgressive Ethics."
"I need more, much purer, Yin energy."
Li Qing’s gaze flickered.
The figures of hundreds of plump and slim, diversely tempered beautiful female cultivators on Lui Yue Peak emerged in his spirit consciousness.
All these were excellent resources for his cultivation techniques!
However, he was still within the inner sect of the Great Taoist Sect,
and his cultivation base at the initial stage of the Golden Core was not enough for him to act recklessly.
If someone discovered his misbehavior, he could face the prospect of being stripped of his cultivation base and expelled from the sect.
So Li Qing decided...
to start directly from the very top of Lui Yue Peak, with his master, the God Transforming cultivator Huo Jingtong!
