"Anything else?" Wang Xiaoqiang smiled faintly at Ling Xuefei and asked.

"Uh... yes... yes..." Ling Xuefei avoided Wang Xiaoqiang's gaze, stammering, but ultimately couldn't help but open her mouth, "I have something I'd like to... ask you..."

"Feel free to ask whatever it is," Wang Xiaoqiang's expression softened a bit, showing a gentle demeanor, and said very agreeably, "I am your team leader now, you can ask me anything in the future..."

Seeing Wang Xiaoqiang's attitude soften again, Ling Xuefei felt less awkward than before and thus bloomed with a smile,

A beauty's smile is worth a thousand gold, and indeed, Ling Xuefei's smile was absolutely priceless.

Normally, she always carried a cold expression, giving off an image of high solitude and coolness, almost no one had ever seen her smile, her smiles were extremely rare, yet now, she was smiling,

If her passionate admirers saw her smile like a blossoming flower, they would surely be envious to the point of death,

Ling Xuefei slightly drew back her smile, lightly smiling, "I want to know, did you perform the Turning Mortal before cultivating the 'Seven Emotions and Six Desires Technique'?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xiaoqiang's expression changed, becoming once again cold, even icy. It was a sensitive topic for him, something he was most reluctant to discuss, as it was connected to the Five Elements Spirit Spring.

Although Ling Xuefei seemed pretty and didn't appear to be a bad person, Wang Xiaoqiang was still unclear about her background, so he would definitely not reveal anything to her,

Thus, he coldly replied, "Sorry, that's my privacy, I can't tell you, uh... I'm a bit tired now, going for a nap..."

Saying this, Wang Xiaoqiang yawned, then without further delay, turned and walked away to find a secluded place to cultivate.

Ling Xuefei froze for a moment, her flower-like smile stuck there awkwardly. Never had someone refused her inquiry so coldly, it directly injured her pride, and in embarrassment, tears welled in her eyes.

Truthfully, treating a girl like this, especially a beautiful girl, Wang Xiaoqiang felt reluctant, but the question directly touched upon his most taboo subject, so he couldn't answer.

...

Wang Xiaoqiang released his Divine Sense, probing around, quickly finding a cave where, within his Divine Sense, there were living beings.

He first sent a Patterned Beast inside to scour, and after the Patterned Beast entered the cave, it emerged holding the corpses of two Red-Horned Sheep.

The Biluo Realm has Divine Beasts as well as Spirit Beasts, and these two Red-Horned Sheep belonged to the lowest rank of Spirit Beasts. Their weapons are two red horns, sharp as daggers, capable of defending against invaders, but against the Patterned Beast, they stood no chance, dying swiftly in its maw.

Wang Xiaoqiang threw one Red-Horned Sheep into the Sumeru Ring; these sheep are much larger than Earth's sheep, as tall as elk, their flesh looking tender and delicious, surely if made into kebabs it would be very tasty. Wang Xiaoqiang saved one for a picnic, and the other he rewarded the Patterned Beast.

After the Patterned Beast devoured its Red-Horned Sheep, it stood guard at the cave entrance while Wang Xiaoqiang entered the cave to cultivate.

Although the cave wasn't clean, fortunately, there was no odor,

Wang Xiaoqiang used Water Element Spiritual Qi to wash a spot clear, then sat cross-legged, taking out five hundred Qi Gathering Pills from the Sumeru Ring and placing them on the ground, then released five billion Spiritual Springs for absorption,

The five billion Spiritual Springs were divided into 100 batches, the first batch being fifty million Spiritual Springs, then ten batches of Spiritual Springs attached successively to the over two hundred Qi Gathering Pills for absorption and refinement,

When the ten batches of Spiritual Springs rotated once, all five billion Spiritual Springs were fully saturated, incessantly expanding and contracting, then quivering simultaneously, emitting minute cracking sounds,

Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop...

The five billion Springs split into ten billion Spiritual Springs, Wang Xiaoqiang's Willpower slightly moved, all ten billion Spiritual Springs were inhaled into his body,

At this moment, within Wang Xiaoqiang's body, the Five Elements Spirit Spring had reached twenty billion and one hundred ninety-six thousand, these twenty billion and one hundred ninety-six thousand Spiritual Springs shuddered in unison releasing massive amounts of Immortal Qi, mightiest in nature, like a condensed twelfth-level typhoon, violently swirling within, akin to Gang Wind, sharply expanding outward...

Boom... one... boom... two... boom... three... boom... four... boom... five... boom... six... boom... seven... boom... eight...

Wang Xiaoqiang's body was like a giant capacity, each resounding boom expelled a burst of Immortal Qi from within,

This time it resounded eight times, with eight bursts of Immortal Qi shaking out,

The expelled Immortal Qi constantly condensed, gradually forming into a mist state, this mist-like Immortal Qi forming a cyclone, resembling air knives, exceptionally sharp.

Immortal Emperor Eight Qi Realm. Announced breakthrough.

The progression from Immortal Emperor Realm towards Great Luo Golden Immortal is essentially Immortal Qi gradually condensing, compressing, and gradually liquefying,

When a cultivator enters the Immortal Emperor Eight Qi Realm, their internal Immortal Qi undergoes a greater transformation, condensing into a mist state, and the mist's density is higher than the Immortal Emperor Seven Qi Realm, with increased power,

Upon entering the Great Luo Golden Immortal First Liquid Realm, the mist-like Immortal Qi fully liquefies, becoming Immortal Liquid. Its power amplifies tenfold directly.

Time is of the essence, after breaking through, Wang Xiaoqiang didn't cease cultivation, instead again retrieved five hundred Qi Gathering Pills from the Sumeru Ring and continued cultivating...

The path of cultivation becomes increasingly difficult as one ascends; in attempting to reach the Immortal Emperor Ninth Qi Realm, Wang Xiaoqiang spent nearly twice the time compared to achieving the Immortal Emperor Eight Qi Realm, with three times the Qi Gathering Pill expenditure.

After breaking through to the Immortal Emperor Ninth Qi Realm, the afternoon passed, by then the cave entrance was enshrouded in darkness, evidently it was night, Wang Xiaoqiang felt weary and laid down to rest, conserving energy for tomorrow to breach the major bottleneck and advance to Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Early the next day, Wang Xiaoqiang arose, consumed dry rations and water from the Sumeru Ring, then continued cultivating,

Indeed, the Immortal Emperor Ninth Qi Realm is a significant bottleneck; it is said, some Immortal Emperors typically get stuck at minor bottlenecks for five years, major bottlenecks can last ten years, even a hundred years.

Wang Xiaoqiang found it credible, for he used an entire day without breakthrough, and by this time, half of the Qi Gathering Pills in his Sumeru Ring were consumed, leaving only five thousand pills.

As for whether these five thousand Qi Gathering Pills are sufficient for him to breakthrough to Great Luo Golden Immortal, it's hard to say. (To be continued. If you enjoy this piece, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast recommendation votes, monthly votes, your support, is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)

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