Chapter 56: Late Bloomer

"What?"

Mu Lingxi did not react at first.

Immediately after, it was as if she realized something.

A blush flashed across her pretty face, and she said angrily, "What are you thinking about? You are someone who is about to be buried, yet you are still thinking about these messy things all day long."

"What do you mean messy? Don't forget the name of our sect."

Wang Jianqiang curled his lips, unable to agree.

A man is a youth until he dies.

Although he appeared to be nearing the end of his life, it did not prevent him from still having a heart of innocence.

Just at this moment.

A strong curiosity suddenly arose in Wang Jianqiang's heart.

Since Mu Lingxi's three identities were three different age groups, was her young girl version's body really her original version?

Was she not just pretending to be young?

Thinking of this, he could not help but ask Mu Lingxi the question.

Hearing his words, Mu Lingxi laughed.

"Guess."

As soon as the words fell, the young woman version of Mu Lingxi and the beautiful matron version of Mu Lingxi walked toward the young girl version of Mu Lingxi at the same time, and then merged into the body of the young girl version of Mu Lingxi.

Wang Jianqiang was speechless.

The life aura of all three versions of Mu Lingxi was exactly the same, so how was he supposed to guess?

Seeing Wang Jianqiang's deflated look.

Mu Lingxi felt that she had finally won a round, and felt much more comfortable in her heart. She turned her head to look, and was stunned. "Eh, Lin Xian'er is gone."

Hearing her words, Wang Jianqiang looked back and found that there was no one left where Lin Xian'er had been.

"If she ran, she ran; there's nothing to be done about it."

"We were both fighting the four people from the Zhengyang Sect with all our might just now, with no time to look elsewhere. Lin Xian'er is not a fool, how could she not know to take the opportunity to escape?"

Wang Jianqiang said this, and he was also comforting himself with these words in his heart.

But he was still somewhat unwilling.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

Turning his head, he gave the chick a hard flick on the head, "You silly bird, didn't I tell you to keep a good eye on her? What are you good for?"

The chick's eyes were full of grievance.

"Chirp chirp chirp~~"

No!

Wasn't I fighting the enemy?

Didn't those two strongest people only get held back because of me?

And you didn't seem to ask me to watch anyone either?

"You still dare to talk back? Have you rebelled?

"Do you think you've grown up? Your wings are stiff? You can stop listening to me?"

Chick:...

In the end, under the loving influence of Wang Jianqiang, the chick admitted its mistake.

Mu Lingxi:...

Wang Jianqiang nodded with satisfaction and turned back to look at Mu Lingxi.

Thinking of her Three Lives Body, he could not help but feel a bit warm, and a kind smile appeared on his face.

"Little sister, I see your cultivation is still stuck at Qi Refining Perfection. Are you lacking a Foundation Establishment Pill? If you lack a Pill, you can tell Grandpa, and Grandpa will find a way to get one for you."

Mu Lingxi was stunned, then rolled her eyes, "If you have that ability, you should establish your own foundation first. In another year or two, you'll be ready to be buried."

Wang Jianqiang's smile froze.

This dead girl has such a poisonous tongue.

He resisted the urge to go up and spank her, his smile becoming even kinder, "This child, how can you speak like that? Grandpa is just a late bloomer, not as useless as you think."

"Foundation Establishment is nothing to me."

Mu Lingxi curled her lips.

A late bloomer?

Isn't this a bit too late?

Seeing that Mu Lingxi did not believe him, Wang Jianqiang shook his head, "You will understand when I establish my foundation in the future. If you want to break through then, you can come find me."

When he first saw Mu Lingxi, he was a bit surprised to see she had not established her foundation.

It was not until he saw her Three Lives Body that he finally guessed the reason.

One person cultivating three bodies, each possessing a Heavenly Spirit Root of a different attribute.

This kind of technique is indeed ridiculously strong.

However, while powerful, it likely also greatly increases the difficulty of breaking through for the cultivator.

Otherwise, with her aptitude, she should not still be stuck in the Qi Refining Stage.

In fact, Mu Lingxi's situation was exactly like that.

The Three Lives Body technique was something her aunt accidentally obtained in an ancient ruin; her aunt was never able to master it, so she later gave it to her.

Although she relied on her powerful comprehension to master this technique, she did not expect that after mastering it, the difficulty of breaking through major realms would increase a thousandfold.

Even though she was not short of Foundation Establishment Pills, she had only cultivated to the Third Turn Realm before her cultivation completely stagnated.

Afterwards, no matter how hard she tried, she was never able to take that final step.

She had no choice but to accept a reality.

Relying on an ordinary Foundation Establishment Pill, she simply could not break through.

Later, she heard from an Alchemy Master that only the legendary Perfect Foundation Establishment Pill could possibly allow her to successfully achieve Foundation Establishment.

But a Perfect Pill was merely a legend.

Even that Alchemy Master was unable to refine one.

However, after consulting ancient texts, that Alchemy Master proposed a new line of thought.

If one could not directly refine a Perfect Foundation Establishment Pill through sheer strength, then one could rely on certain special Medicinal Herbs to purify an ordinary Foundation Establishment Pill, enhancing its efficacy while reducing the Pill Poison within, making it infinitely close to a Perfect Foundation Establishment Pill.

Yet, Medicinal Herbs with such effects were extremely rare, and many had already gone extinct.

Among them, only the Nine-Leaf Red Lotus was the easiest to find.

But even so, the last news of a Nine-Leaf Red Lotus appearing within the Hehuan Sect was fifty years ago.

At that time, an Outer Sect Disciple had obtained a Nine-Leaf Red Lotus in the Cold Pool Secret Realm.

The reason she had entered the Cold Pool Secret Realm this time was precisely for the Nine-Leaf Red Lotus.

In order to enter the Medicine Garden, she went on a killing spree at the Qingshi Square beneath the Cold Pool, seizing the first Prayer Mat from the swords of many Wan Jian Sect Disciples.

She became the first person to enter the Medicine Garden.

After a period of searching, she finally found the Nine-Leaf Red Lotus.

But she discovered that the Nine-Leaf Red Lotus had already been found by Su Su of the Zhengyang Sect, who was just about to pluck it.

Without a second thought, she launched an attack.

At that time, Su Su had only just entered the Foundation Establishment realm and, caught off guard, was severely wounded and fled in a sorry state.

She successfully obtained the Nine-Leaf Red Lotus.

However, this also created the current situation where the Hehuan Sect is being jointly besieged by the Zhengyang Sect and the Wan Jian Sect.

Now that the Nine-Leaf Red Lotus was in hand, it meant that the artificially replicated pseudo-Perfect Foundation Establishment Pill would soon be hers.

If things truly went as that Alchemy Master predicted, she would surely succeed in her Foundation Establishment.

The heavy stone that had been pressing on her heart was long gone; let alone the fact that she did not believe Wang Jianqiang could help her with Foundation Establishment.

Even if he really could, she would have no use for it.

Therefore, after hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, she merely smiled and did not respond.

Seeing that Mu Lingxi still wore an indifferent expression, Wang Jianqiang smiled calmly.

He did not continue to say anything more.