CHAPTER 903: CHAPTER 903: LING QING

In the blink of an eye, another year has passed.

Ling Chen truly understands what it means when they say time flies during cultivation.

Throughout the year, Ling Chen barely took a break.

Besides cultivating Spiritual Power, he focused on Spirit Art.

Even so, with the assistance of Ice Cloud Water Lily, Ling Chen barely reached the three-star Emperor level.

It’s said that the higher the cultivation, the slower the cultivation speed.

But this slow speed is quite appalling.

A year ago, his Spiritual Power cultivation had already reached the mid-two-star stage.

And now, it has only just reached three stars.

Not even considered the early stage.

With the help of the Ice Heart Fruit, it took Ling Chen only half a year to advance from one-star Emperor grade Divine Thought Master to two-star.

And it was a whole advancement.

With the improvement in the Spiritual Power path, Ling Chen’s overall cultivation finally barely reached the five-star level.

Yes.

The mastery of Heaven and Earth Power in the Spiritual Power path and in the Divine Soul path is still different.

Five-star Emperor!

He’s barely catching up to Bai Yujing from a year and a half ago.

Although the sect leader said Bai Yujing was at the five-star level, it was probably not just the early stage.

At this moment, Ling Chen stopped.

The efficacy of Ice Cloud Water Lily had finally run out.

Next, he thought it would be quite difficult to improve his cultivation.

Because treasures like Mingxin Fruit and Ice Cloud Water Lily, which assist in cultivation, can only be taken once.

Taking them multiple times has no effect.

He can only rely on himself now.

Ling Chen tried cultivating for a month.

The result was extremely slow.

Even the Divine Soul path, known for its fast cultivation speed, showed very limited progress.

Thinking of this, Ling Chen sighed in relief.

Since he’s only at the early stage of the Emperor Realm, cultivation is that slow.

Then for Bai Yujing, it should take more time to reach the Emperor Realm level.

If he were to fight Bai Yujing now, he’d likely stand no chance.

So Ling Chen felt quite thankful.

Leaving his residence, Ling Chen went to the outer sect.

First, he paid respect to his father.

Then he went to find Ling Wu.

Now, after two and a half years in the Flower Immortal Sect, Ling Wu still hasn’t advanced to the quasi-Emperor realm.

While Ling Chen is already a three-star Emperor.

Even Jiang Xiaoman is a late one-star Emperor.

It’s said that the elder sister, the sect leader, personally guided Ling Wu for two months.

Yet, even with the great Emperor’s guidance, Ling Wu couldn’t touch the Emperor realm level.

"Woo woo."

Upon seeing Ling Chen, Ling Wu’s eyes went red, and she rushed over, crying in Ling Chen’s arms.

The last time Ling Chen came was one year ago.

"Brother, am I really stupid?"

Only after a long while did Ling Wu calm down a bit, looked up at Ling Chen, her eyes glistening with tears.

Her aggrieved expression was heart-wrenching.

It’s not that she’s not trying!

All this time, she’s been diligently cultivating.

Her efforts were even greater than Ling Chen’s.

But she just can’t sense the Heaven and Earth Power!

Even the Great Emperor felt powerless.

Some things can’t be achieved just by effort.

Even the Great Emperor isn’t omnipotent.

In this world, many people may encounter a bottleneck.

One could say most Emperors.

And until their death, they never stepped into the Emperor realm to glimpse the Emperor Path.

"No, you’re very smart! Remember how quickly you learned to cook as a child? And the food you made was particularly delicious! My cooking is terrible."

"Don’t worry, you’re just under too much psychological pressure. Brother will take you out to play sometime, maybe you’ll have a breakthrough then? All you need is an opportunity!"

Ling Chen comforted, patting Ling Wu’s long hair.

"Really?"

Ling Wu stared at Ling Chen through tearful eyes.

Ling Chen held Ling Wu’s cheeks, wiped away her tears, and said with a smile, "Of course! When did Brother ever lie to you?"

"Mm."

Ling Wu nodded heavily, breaking into smiles.

"Alright, I want to eat your cooking."

Ling Chen said with a smile.

"Okay."

Ling Wu nodded.

Then she went into the kitchen to tidy up.

Watching Ling Wu’s busy figure, Ling Chen realized that after three years in Central State, Ling Wu never left the Flower Immortal Sect.

She hasn’t seen what the rest of Central State is like!

At this moment, Ling Chen felt a bit guilty.

He has the Green Lotus Ancient Clan.

He has Xiao Qing, Shen Xing, and Yun Shang as acquaintances.

He received special treatment from the sect leader.

Beloved by the sisters of the whole sect.

But what about Ling Wu?

She’s all alone.

Yes, she spent time with Ling Tianxing.

And they are father and daughter.

Ling Tianxing’s cultivation is too low, and there’s a significant gap between them.

In reality, Ling Wu only has him!

Yet he seldom visits Ling Wu.

Ling Wu is probably similar to him when he was in the Green Lotus Ancient Clan.

But he only spent a few months in the Green Lotus Ancient Clan.

And felt uncomfortable.

While Ling Wu has been there for three years.

Always trapped in a bottleneck.

The pain is imaginable.

And as her brother, he only cared for himself, not considering his sister’s feelings at all.

Which made Ling Chen feel utterly ashamed.

The same goes for his father.

Though Ling Tianxing doesn’t express it, his heart must feel very lonely.

They enjoyed that meal very much.

It’s been a long time since they had a reunion.

There’s still no news about mother from the Green Lotus Ancient Clan.

This year and a half of cultivation made Ling Chen realize that it’s very normal for Great Emperor level experts to close themselves off for ten years.

Now, his father also came to Central State.

A family reunion should only be a matter of time.

Ling Chen spent three days in the outer sect, accompanying his father and Xiao Wu, before returning to the inner sect.

Due to sect rules, Ling Chen couldn’t bring the two into the inner sect.

However, as soon as he returned to his residence,

Ling Chen noticed a young man in a green robe standing at the door.

In the inner sect of the Flower Immortal Sect, only he and Shen Xing are male cultivators. Who is this person?

What puzzled Ling Chen even more was the familiar feeling this person gave off.

"Who are you?"

Ling Chen asked.

Upon hearing this, the green-robed youth turned around to look at Ling Chen.

Seeing the young man’s appearance, Ling Chen still couldn’t recognize him.

A hint of an unusual color flickered in the youth’s eyes, he cleared his throat and said, "I’m Ling Qing."

"Ling Qing?"

Ling Chen’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He didn’t remember knowing anyone named Ling Qing!

Suddenly, he realized and widened his eyes, "Xiao Qing?"

"Haha, it’s me, boss! I thought you wouldn’t recognize me!"

The green-clothed youth laughed.

This person was none other than the Divine Bird, Qing Luan, who had advanced to the Emperor Realm.

In one year, Xiao Qing had successfully become an Emperor Spirit Beast.

"You little rascal!"

Ling Chen playfully punched Xiao Qing.

Xiao Qing complained, "Boss, where did you go? I’ve been waiting for you all day, just wanted to surprise you! You just came back."

"I went to the outer sect."

Ling Chen replied.

Xiao Qing said, "Outer sect? I’ve never met Ling Wu yet, I’m going to give her a fright!"

With that, he started to run outside.

Ling Chen quickly grabbed Xiao Qing and said, "No!"

Xiao Qing going there would only stimulate Ling Wu.

Ling Chen explained everything to Xiao Qing, finally stopping him.