Chapter 1396

"Mother, there is no such thing as a perfectly safe path—I wish to cultivate the Immortal Martial Dao."

Qi Lingyun's voice rang clear, "I humbly ask Mother's permission."

Beyond her curiosity for the Immortal Martial Dao, Qi Lingyun had her own thoughts.

If she stayed at Emei, she would inevitably be troubled again by past karmic ties—she still had unfulfilled romantic destiny with the White Hero Sun Nan.

She was deeply averse to such things.

She had no desire to become a Dao partner with someone just because of karma!

If that Dao Lord truly is as Father says, how could mere karma possibly trouble her?

"Very well, since you wish to do it, then go ahead," Xun Lan Yin sighed, nodding gently.

As a mother, how could she not know her daughter's quiet intentions?

Yet thinking of her daughter's uncertain future, sorrow was inevitable.

"Lingyun, since you agree, I give you this scripture and elixir," said Miao Yi True Person, transmitting the scripture and handing over the elixir, explaining its use, "As for the subsequent scripture, you may exchange for it only after Li Yingqiong has earned enough points. After you cultivate, descend the mountain to gather unclaimed treasures, then go to the capital to find Yingqiong."

"Yes."

Qi Lingyun's spirits lifted; she bade farewell to her parents and went to her cave to cultivate.

She was not as gifted as her father, yet upon encountering the Immortal Martial Dao, she was utterly enchanted, moved to the core.

After taking the elixir, the sensation of strengthening tendons and cleansing marrow grew stronger.

Once the Marrow-Cleansing Elixir was fully absorbed, she felt her sinews and bones undergo a tremendous transformation, as if she had already become an immortal.

"This elixir and technique were exchanged for nothing more than an Emei Qi Refining scripture—how ridiculously cheap."

"No, it should be that the Dao Lord imparts teachings, taking only a fraction—not truly demanding payment for the scripture. Money is merely to sever karma; what truly matters is destiny."

As she marveled, Qi Lingyun's cultivation advanced at breakneck speed.

Only when she reached full completion of the True Qi realm did her cultivation growth halt.

In truth, had she possessed the subsequent technique, her cultivation base could have advanced further.

"So powerful!"

In this world, the strength of cultivators lies entirely in their divine arts and magic treasures.

Lose your magic treasure, and you are defeated in an instant.

But the Immortal Martial Dao awakens the potential of the body and true qi—even without magic treasures or divine arts, a casual strike becomes an ultimate technique.

After years of cultivation, Qi Lingyun had never before felt the true sense of boundless magic power.

She took flight, arrived in the wilderness, raised her hand, and struck—suddenly, a distant mountain vanished forever from heaven and earth.

Qi Lingyun stared, frozen in place.

Such a terrifying scene was something she had never dared imagine before.

In this world, no cultivator could cause such destruction without an ancient artifact.

Long after, Qi Lingyun came to her senses, mounted her flying sword, and returned to Emei to bid her parents farewell.

Having witnessed the power of martial cultivation, she could not bear to sit idle for a moment—she wanted to earn points as soon as possible to exchange for the next stage of cultivation.