Cultivation: Starting from a Mortal Bone

Just then...

Leng Ruyu suddenly felt that a strand of the black qi she was stained with seemed to be purified?!

"Hm?!"

She thought maybe she was sensing it wrong.

After all, as soon as she had contact with Qin Yu, the black qi had already been suppressed and wasn’t rampaging anymore, so she wasn’t completely certain.

Then, after carefully sensing, she found that there was an almost imperceptible... warm current inside her body.

Warm and gentle, like sunshine in spring.

At first, Leng Ruyu was startled.

After all, this strange energy had suddenly appeared; its nature unknown, she couldn’t tell if it was good or bad just yet.

She tried to bind it, but was shocked to find the warm current, gentle as water, seemed to have no true form or substance, like a breeze, acting on its own, going straight to the next wound tormented by black qi.

Within her perception, wherever the warm current passed, the black qi melted away like snow in deep winter met by the first dawn warmth, silently dissolving into wisps of green smoke, fading into nothingness.

"This..."

Shock overflowed instantly, an unbelievable wave of emotion flooding her heart, leaving Leng Ruyu momentarily speechless.

The black qi that had troubled her for months, was being purified so effortlessly?!

However, her situation was different: the black qi had been nurtured in her for months, and just that one warm current wasn’t enough to clear it all—it would take a long time.

"Where did it come from?!"

Leng Ruyu began tracing its origin, and bit by bit, a thread of suspicion crept up in her heart.

Seems like.

Maybe.

Could it be.

From that audacious junior cultivator who bullied her.

What was his name... Qin Yu, wasn’t it.

And the source seemed to be because...

!!!

Leng Ruyu’s heart suddenly quivered.

So that’s how it came about!

All sorts of complex emotions surged up in her heart.

At the same time, she suddenly recalled something.

Back then, Su Xiyue was also stained with black qi—could it be...

Did the sacred First Fairy lose her purity at that moment?!

No wonder she hated me so much.

If not for her father’s intervention to resolve the Cyan Mountain Sect’s crisis, Su Xiyue probably would have remained totally indifferent.

Leng Ruyu’s mindset was also slowly changing.

Turns out, Su Xiyue really didn’t lie to her: to purify the black qi, this was the price that had to be paid.

She was still thinking.

As the warm current slowly flowed through her body, it brought a subtle change, and Leng Ruyu discovered another startling thing.

The warm current was like spring rain, and after it fell, her constitution was undergoing a silent transformation.

It seemed like... she was metamorphosing?!

This feeling was unfamiliar, but the change was real, something she could sense clearly.

Her constitution was transforming—does that mean...

"How can that be?!"

Constitution is tantamount to a cultivator’s root bone; if the constitution is changing, then her root bone must also be transforming?!

In the midst of her shock, Leng Ruyu thought of something else.

Su Xiyue’s transformation!

The First Fairy is a top grade spirit bone—everyone knows this.

But even after using forbidden techniques and suffering serious injuries, she actually broke through to Golden Core in a loose cultivator city!

The blow this dealt her was immense.

Afterwards, she recalled rumors saying Su Xiyue possessed a dao bone.

From her observations over these days, Leng Ruyu was more and more certain.

She had thought Su Xiyue was just hiding her root bone.

But now that she recalled, a whole thread of logic appeared to her.

Su Xiyue was a top grade spirit bone, yet she used forbidden techniques, got stained with black qi, even purified her own purple fire—all because she had gained the warm current.

Thus, her wounds healed and she obtained the dao bone, breaking through straight into Golden Core!

Leng Ruyu felt suddenly enlightened!

Some things she’d never understood before were finally answered now.

So that’s how it is!

She carefully sensed the warm current.

It was so faint.

True, the black qi was getting purified, her constitution was transforming, but it was almost negligible—felt like nothing was really changing.

Forget dao bone—even to purify all the black qi would take a very, very long time.

And Su Xiyue managed to obtain dao bone in such a short time.

Just how much... warm current did she acquire in that period!

Besides, Su Xiyue went out every night lately—probably not to handle immortal sect affairs, but to meet... Qin Yu, right?

So ruthless!

No wonder she’s the First Fairy!

Just imagining that scene made Leng Ruyu’s skin crawl with goosebumps.

Not because she was scared.

But because...

She didn’t want to be left behind either!

And so, after all that intense inner turmoil, Leng Ruyu opened her eyes again.

Heh!

That junior cultivator seemed to still be resting.

So weak!

That’s exactly how Leng Ruyu felt.

She lowered her eyelids lightly; her long lashes trembled like autumn butterfly wings, and those eyes held the depth and chill of late autumn waters.

Yet, Qin Yu clearly caught a trace of contempt toward him in those eyes.

He flared up instantly!

So he...

Fired up a bit.

[Emotion Point +1 from Leng Ruyu]

[Leng Ruyu Romantic Point: 0 (Initial Acquaintance)]

"Tsk!"

Qin Yu had to admit, he still had room to improve.

This demoness’s sacred body was way too formidable?!

If it really was that Ninefold Celestial Palace, he felt...

He’d only reached the first layer.

After all, he wasn’t a Great Sage Equal to Heaven yet—how could he just storm the Lingxiao Palace?

It wasn’t until now that Qin Yu realized just how terrifying an innate sacred body really was.

His beautiful master...

Probably it was just her sacred body being special, so she didn’t seem all that strong.

Still, the shift in Leng Ruyu’s Romantic Point made Qin Yu relax a bit.

He really worried this little demoness might bite the hand that fed her.

Initial acquaintance, so be it.

Once they grew familiar, the Romantic Point would naturally increase.

"Heh!"

Just as he was thinking, the demoness let out a teasing ’heh,’ full of provocation.

Qin Yu was furious!

He turned rage into motivation.

...

[Emotion Point +1 from Leng Ruyu]

[Emotion Point +1 from Leng Ruyu]

Even though she was being bullied, with tears at the corners of her eyes and utter disdain in her expression, Leng Ruyu still didn’t attempt to push Qin Yu away.

Inside her body.

The warm current increased.

But it was still far from enough!

The black qi would eventually be purified, but to get the dao bone with just these faint strands—it’d take who knows how long.

By then, Su Xiyue might have already reached the Lotus Platform!

Yet, at that very moment, Qin Yu suddenly stopped.

After thinking a bit, he said, "Fairy, let’s call it a day?"

After all, this was the sect leader of the demon sect; he couldn’t bully her too hard now, could he?