CHAPTER 127: LIN XIAN’S CURIOSITY

Chapter 127: Lin Xian’s curiosity

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In the training area under the inn, Ye Ning, who had finally taken care of the paperwork from the various work departments, had finally found some time to train a bit.

Ever since she had started training under Lin Xian’s guidance, her speed of improvement in all aspects had increased drastically.

At first, she focused more on cultivation itself, where thanks to the cultivation technique Zhu Rong had given her, her progress was fast and steady, so much that in these two months she had reached the third stage, already on the right path to reach the fourth.

If it weren’t for the fact that she had also developed five elemental cores, she could have already reached the top of the third stage and maybe even broken into the fourth.

Now, at this point, she was focusing on each core separately while raising their cultivation also to the third stage, then pushing them all toward the peak so she could break into the next stage successfully.

Creating the cores was fairly easy for her, or at least that was the case for the main elements, fire, air, water, earth, and finally wood, which required more effort than the others, but she managed to form it successfully as well.

Now that she had all five, she could form the first stage formation of the Nine Extremity Dao technique, which took a lot of time.

Unlike Zhu Rong, who was already very skilled at controlling Qi, she, having cultivated quickly up to the third stage, didn’t have a perfect grip like him, so she could only take it slow and work on it little by little, and finally, after several days, she managed to complete the formation.

As soon as she did, she could feel a very large change in the circulation of Qi in her dantian, as well as the flow of elemental spiritual energy, which moved much more smoothly through the various cores without conflicting with each other, since it was a mix of all the energies from these five cores.

She could already get an idea of how powerful her attacks would be and how much easier it would be to use the various elements.

With separated cores, she had to focus on each core every time she wanted to use their power, but with a formation that linked them all, that wasn’t necessary anymore; she just had to perform the attack or technique she wanted, and the formation would act accordingly without her having to personally channel the energy from a specific elemental core.

Excitement was painted across her face as she already imagined fighting her master, whom she had never beaten before, losing against him easily every single time.

According to her aunt, she was too inexperienced; even though she had great power, her lack of combat experience limited the strength she could unleash.

It was the opposite for Zhu Rong, who had five centuries of life to perfect his various battle arts, and the use of his QI was perfect, allowing him to unleash powerful attacks with increasingly stronger effects while using the minimum necessary spiritual energy.

Such ability was acquired not only through talent but also experience, lots of practice, and training; it was something he couldn’t simply teach, he could lay the foundations and wait for her to gradually build her own experience on top of them.

Of course, her improvement in this regard was by far superior to most cultivators, and this was mainly due to a certain elf in her subconscious who very often brought her into mental simulations where she would fight against her.

The effects of such training were very visible, and even Zhu Rong had to admit that Ye Ning was improving by leaps and bounds.

On one hand, he was proud to see that his disciple was making good progress, and on the other hand, he felt that at this pace, if he didn’t hurry, she might even surpass him.

In strength, of course, not in experience, though it was also true that in the face of an overwhelming force, anything else would hardly hold.

That said, once she had finished creating the first-stage formation, she felt brimming with energy and wanted to vent immediately. Unfortunately for her, her master was at the tournament, and the elves in the inn were weaker than her, if she didn’t keep her strength in check, they could get seriously hurt.

So for now, she could only be patient, and wait.

While she finished examining the effects of the formation, in her sea of consciousness, Lin Xian, who was sitting comfortably, couldn’t help but cast a curious glance as she observed everything.

She knew about the cultivation technique Ye Ning was practicing, and after examining it, she had to admit that it was definitely the best technique for her.

It was perfect in many aspects and could eclipse the best cultivation techniques she had collected over her long life.

It was a problematic cultivation method in the way it was practiced, but the benefits it offered in return were far from small.

But beyond that, ever since she had seen this technique, she couldn’t help but remain thoughtful every time.

She had once asked Ye Ning if she knew anything about the origin of this technique, but unfortunately for her, she hadn’t received much information about it.

Ye Ning only said that it was a technique Zhu Rong had taught her and had no idea where he had taken it from.

Her expression was calm, but her eyes were deep, while little by little, she immersed herself more and more in contemplation.

’I wonder how he managed to get his hands on it,’ she thought, wondering where Zhu Rong had taken it from.

Ye Ning might not know much about the origin of this technique, but the same wasn’t true for her.

As soon as she saw how she cultivated and had harmonized the various elemental cores into a single formation, she immediately understood why the technique felt so familiar to her.

It was too perfect, and powerful,

too powerful to exist in the mortal world, and she was certain that even in the higher realms, probably almost no one knew it, but she couldn’t say that for sure since this was only a fragment of her soul; the original was already in the higher realms, and consequently, the bond between it and her was very thin, almost nonexistent.

She couldn’t access the knowledge that her original self had experienced and was experiencing in the higher realm.

She had already seen someone who had cultivated a cultivation technique like this.

Her mind got lost in her thoughts for a moment, and at that moment, deep in her mind, a vague, long buried memory resurfaced.

As soon as it happened, the environment around her changed, and like a splash of colors spreading from where she was sitting in all directions, the dark space began to shift, and soon she found herself in a completely different place.