Chapter 152: Chapter 152: Farewell
"Huh? So Brother Ji and Yanyan’s mother..."
Outside the courtyard, Zhou Feng and his wife also arrived here.
Previously, they followed Ji Chen here because they were curious, and after listening to the conversation earlier, they understood.
"Let’s go, why are you still eavesdropping here? Aren’t you ashamed?"
Zhou Ting pinched Zhou Feng’s ear and pulled him away.
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It was a sleepless night.
Ji Chen and Qu Luoning talked about many things.
Yanyan had already gone to sleep.
Through their conversation, Ji Chen learned some things about Qu Luoning’s past years.
After she severed her cultivation, she completely cut ties with the Path of Emotionlessness and planned to live an ordinary life. However, considering the need to protect Yanyan’s safety, two years ago, Qu Luoning started cultivating again.
However, what she practiced was no longer the Path of Emotionlessness, but a regular cultivation method.
Because she once severed her cultivation, wanting to cultivate again was actually quite challenging.
Over the past two years, Qu Luoning’s progress was slow, and until now, she barely reached the Ninth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm, unable to step into the Vein Condensation Realm.
Nonetheless, such strength was enough to deter the ferocious beasts in this remote mountain.
Ferocious beasts, after all, are not demon beasts. Even the most ordinary cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm can easily handle them.
Qu Luoning’s heart meridian was damaged, a consequence of severing her cultivation, but fortunately, she had the Taiyin Body, which helped her endure it. If it were someone else, they wouldn’t have lived for more than two years after severing their cultivation.
"This is the holy water I brought from the Immortal Burial Forest. Perhaps it can help with the injuries within your body and repair the damaged heart meridian."
Ji Chen spoke and took out a Jade Crystal Bottle.
Inside was a full bottle of holy water, which he had brought out together from the cave where he found the Dao Heart Fruit.
This water has extremely strong healing effects. Just a drop can rapidly heal a person’s injuries in a short period.
He poured out some and handed it to Qu Luoning.
Qu Luoning did not refuse and drank it in front of Ji Chen.
"How do you feel?" After waiting for a moment, Ji Chen couldn’t help but ask.
Qu Luoning remained silent, only feeling a warmth in her body, as if an inexplicable force was flowing throughout her body, nurturing every inch of her bloodline.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a dull sound emerged from her body.
Ji Chen could feel that Qu Luoning’s cultivation had unexpectedly broken through, moving from the Ninth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm to the First Layer of the Vein Condensation Realm.
This unexpected breakthrough surprised Qu Luoning, but soon, she reacted and immediately sat cross-legged with closed eyes.
Ji Chen knew that condensing veins was a critical juncture, where one needed to condense spirit veins in the Spiritual Sea to truly step into the gateway of cultivation.
He did not dare to disturb her, only quietly waiting by her side.
Time slowly passed, until the distant horizon slightly brightened, and Qu Luoning, who sat with closed eyes, finally woke up.
"How is it?" Ji Chen approached her first, asking.
She had a joyful expression on her face, did not speak, but instead revealed her Spiritual Sea.
"Six spirit veins?" Ji Chen was taken aback; this was somewhat unexpected.
Because previously, Qu Luoning only had three spirit veins. After severing her cultivation and cultivating again, it was extremely challenging, yet unexpectedly, upon reaching the Vein Condensation Realm again, she had condensed six spirit veins, double what she achieved during her first cultivation.
More importantly, having six spirit veins, such talent is definitely not weak.
Looking at the present world, among the younger generation of the Human Race and Ancient Race, very few have more than six spirit veins, countable on one hand.
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During the following few days, Ji Chen did not go anywhere and stayed here.
His cultivation finally broke through, reaching the Eighth Layer of the Returning Ruins Realm, and his injuries from the battle in Yao City had already completely healed.
During these few days, Ji Chen also guided some children in the village, teaching them how to cultivate.
Among them, Goudan had the best talent. Within just two days, he had already reached the entry-level. As long as he continued practicing according to Ji Chen’s teachings, it wouldn’t take long for him to become a real cultivator.
Goudan was only eight or nine years old now. If he started cultivating at this age, by the time he reached adulthood, he could at least become a strong cultivator in the Vein Condensation Realm.
In this remote mountain, having Vein Condensation Realm strength is enough to protect the safety of the village.
Zhou Feng and his wife were naturally quite happy about this.
They had grown up here for generations, with little contact with the outside world. They knew that beyond the mountains, there are many ’immortals’ who can fly through the air, and now that their own child could also become an immortal, how could they not be happy as parents?
The village chief, upon learning the news, specially came over to thank Ji Chen in person.
Because he knew well that with Ji Chen’s guidance, in the future, Goudan and these village children would have the ability to protect the village, which was naturally great news for Zhou Village, a place that had long lived in deep mountains in the company of wild beasts.
The villagers all respected Ji Chen greatly, referring to him as Immortal Master, and knew about his relationship with Qu Luoning.
Ji Chen stayed in the village for more than a month.
During this month, he led Goudan and the group of children into the gateway of cultivation, formally becoming cultivators in the Qi Refining Realm.
This group of children were very devoted to cultivation, mainly because they found it novel, and knowing they would become heroes protecting the village, they were exceptionally excited.
"Goodbye Goudan, goodbye Ya Wa, I will miss you all."
On this day, Ji Chen finally planned to leave, and not just him, but Qu Luoning and Yanyan would also leave with him.
During the farewell, Yanyan appeared somewhat reluctant, bidding farewell to the group of little friends she had played with for several years.
Ya Wa was a six-year-old girl with decent cultivation talent, slightly inferior to Goudan, and had the best relationship with Yanyan.
Upon learning of Yanyan’s impending departure, Ya Wa couldn’t help but cry.
She held onto Yanyan’s little hand, reluctantly saying goodbye, "Yanyan, when I grow up, I’ll go out and find you."
"Okay." Yanyan nodded and made a pinky promise with her.
Before leaving, Yanyan gave each of Ya Wa and Goudan a paper crane.
These paper cranes were different from the ones she had previously given to Ji Chen.
Ji Chen specially did some work on these paper cranes, sealing a strand of his aura within them, so when Zhou Village faces a crisis, these paper cranes will respond and clear the trouble for Zhou Village.
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