Chapter 671: Rapid Improvement

Hearing her father's words, Sun Rou's face instantly turned pale.

Her figure swayed, and she nearly fell to the ground.

Sun Hulong looked at Sun Rou and hesitated for a moment, "You and that fake Lin Xue, did you..."

Sun Rou looked at Sun Hulong powerlessly.

She nodded with difficulty.

Seeing this, the last shred of hope in Sun Hulong's heart vanished, and a look of dejection appeared on his face.

It's over.

Everything is beyond saving.

Not only that.

There are many people who know about this matter regarding Rou'er.

I fear it cannot be kept hidden.

Her reputation and that of the Fengxue Building, I fear, are also finished!

"Father, you must help me find that person; I must kill him."

Just then, Sun Rou looked at Sun Hulong, her face filled with intense hatred.

Sun Hulong nodded with a gloomy expression.

In any case, this matter certainly cannot be kept hidden.

Rather than that, it is better not to hide it at all.

That bastard who impersonated Lin Xue deceived his daughter and caused his Sun Family to lose an opportunity to rise.

This grudge is irreconcilable.

He must not be let off!

That very day.

The cultivators of the Fengxue Building poured out in full force to search with all their might.

At the same time.

The news that Sun Rou had been deceived and taken outside the city for over half a month before returning, and was subsequently rejected by the Blood Clothes Sect, also began to spread.

"What? Sun Rou, one of the two great beauties of our Biyu City, she..."

"Damn, isn't this offending both the Blood Clothes Sect and the Fengxue Pavilion at the same time? Which hero is this? So badass!"

"I'm so jealous, why didn't I think of this method? He really knows how to play..."

"You? You'd have to be able to fool them first; you're just a Qi Refining cultivator, what are you daydreaming about?"

"This person is truly a role model for us all!"

"Hmph, such a shameless scoundrel—if he can be found, he must not be allowed to die easily."

After learning of this news, the cultivators in the city discussed it fervently.

The same topic filled every corner of Biyu City.

The Zhou Family.

In the courtyard where Zhou Qingyu lived.

Not long after Wang Jianqiang had returned to the Medicine Garden, Zhou Qingyu hurried into the Medicine Garden.

Seeing Daniu appear again.

Zhou Qingyu let out a long sigh of relief.

"You finally returned; if you hadn't come back, I would have wanted to send people to look for you."

Daniu is the hope for the rapid maturation of the Spirit Plants in the Medicine Garden.

If he went missing, who would cultivate the Spirit Plants for her?

Immediately after, a look of dissatisfaction flashed across her face, "Where did you go? Didn't you say you were just going out for a walk? Why were you gone for so long?"

Wang Jianqiang lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Third Miss, this servant went outside the city."

"Outside the city?"

Zhou Qingyu frowned, "You, a Qi Refining First Layer cultivator, what are you doing going outside the city? If you encountered a demonic beast, could you handle it?"

"This servant comes from a small, mundane mountain village near Biyu City. I have been in Biyu City for some time now, and fearing my family might worry, I went back to report that I was safe."

Wang Jianqiang said.

Zhou Qingyu's expression softened.

Outside Biyu City, there are indeed many mortal villages.

However, because wild demonic beasts often appear.

These small mountain villages could face a catastrophic disaster at any time; it is very unsafe.

She pondered for a moment and said, "Work hard. If you can grow the Spirit Medicine I need to maturity within the agreed time, not only will you receive the fortune I promised you before, but I can also arrange for your family to be settled in Biyu City."

"Many thanks, Third Miss."

Wang Jianqiang nodded excitedly.

After Zhou Qingyu chatted with Wang Jianqiang for a few more sentences, she seemed to think of something.

A smile appeared on her face, and she seemed to be in an excellent mood, "When you returned, did you hear any interesting news in the city?"

Wang Jianqiang shook his head.

"That's true," Zhou Qingyu smiled, "You returned yesterday, and this news only fully spread half a day ago, so it's normal that you didn't hear it."

Wang Jianqiang hesitated for a moment and asked curiously, "Third Miss, what news are you referring to?"

"Good news."

The smile on Zhou Qingyu's face suddenly grew rich, "Do you remember that cheap woman we encountered when you went to the Huaqing Building with me before?"

Wang Jianqiang's expression stirred, "Sun Rou?"

"That's right, it's her."

Zhou Qingyu nodded and continued, "Isn't her fiancé Lin Xue of the Blood Clothes Sect?"

"Just over half a month ago, someone impersonated Lin Xue, tricked her out of the city, and then..."

"Now, the marriage alliance between the Blood Clothes Sect and the Fengxue Pavilion has fallen through."

"Her beautiful dream of being the young mistress of the Blood Clothes Sect has been completely shattered."

Hearing Zhou Qingyu's words, Wang Jianqiang smiled.

So it was this matter.

He had long anticipated this result and did not feel surprised.

After Zhou Qingyu left.

Wang Jianqiang first watered the Spirit Medicine in the Medicine Garden with some Nutrient Solution.

Afterward, he began to refine the Qianyuan Spirit Array Banners.

Half a day later.

Wang Jianqiang waved his palm.

A stream of light dispersed, transforming into eighty-one small flags that scattered around him.

The original set of Qianyuan Spirit Array banners only had sixteen flags.

The eighty-one Array Flags were a version he had improved.

The effect was much more powerful.

He placed eighty-one Perfect Cloud Glow Pills into the Qianyuan Spirit Array.

The medicinal power of the eighty-one Perfect Cloud Glow Pills was fused by the Qianyuan Spirit Array into a single, more potent, yet very gentle medicinal force that permeated the Array.

Wang Jianqiang immediately began to absorb it.

The rich medicinal power flowed continuously into his body.

His cultivation level, at a speed that could be clearly perceived.

Climbed rapidly.

In just one day.

His body shook, and his cultivation broke through to the Qi Refining Tenth Layer.

Another five days passed.

His cultivation reached Qi Refining Consummation.

Next was to consume the Foundation Establishment Pill, compress his Spiritual Power, and charge toward the Foundation Establishment Stage.

He put away the Qianyuan Spirit Array.

He took out the raw materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill and refined them all into Perfect Foundation Establishment Pills.

Afterward, he consumed one Perfect Foundation Establishment Pill and began to compress his Spiritual Power.

Three days later.

He successfully completed one round of Spiritual Power compression, reaching the First Turn Realm of Spiritual Power.

Because the Spiritual Power had been compressed, his dantian, which had originally been filled with Spiritual Power, became more than half empty.

He took out the Qianyuan Spirit Array and Perfect Cloud Glow Pills again, refined them into streams of Spiritual Power, and continued to fill his dantian.

Once the dantian was full again and could no longer contain any more Spiritual Power.

He took out a Foundation Establishment Pill and began the second compression of Spiritual Power.

Time hurried by.

In the blink of an eye.

Only two months remained of the ten-month period he and Zhou Qingyu had agreed upon.

His cultivation had already reached the peak of the Third Turn Realm.

Just one step away, and he could reach the Foundation Establishment Stage.

From the time he arrived Outside the Realm until now, a total of no more than eight-plus months had passed.

In such a short time.

To cultivate from having no cultivation at all to the peak of the Third Turn Realm.

Such a cultivation speed would simply scare people to death if spoken aloud.

But for Wang Jianqiang, this speed was merely so-so.

With the cultivation experience of Nascent Soul Stage Perfection, plus his Sixth-tier Intermediate alchemy attainments and the ability to refine Perfect Pills.

It would be strange if he cultivated slowly.

"Breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage will cause some commotion."

"I must make some preparations in advance."

Wang Jianqiang thought for a moment, moved his consciousness, and arrived inside the Spirit God Ring.

He first looked at the power projection of the Ice Coffin floating in the air, his gaze pausing for a moment on the beautiful figure within the Ice Coffin projection.

Afterward, his gaze shifted downward.

Inside the main body of the Ice Coffin, Xiaobai's physical body slept quietly.

Xiaobai's Soul Body was suspended above the Ice Coffin; at this moment, a crystal-clear droplet was floating in front of her Soul Body.

This droplet was none other than the Heavenly Spirit Soul Liquid.

Wang Jianqiang had quite a lot of Moon Spirit Essence and Heavenly Spirit Soul Liquid on him.

With the help of the Moon Spirit Essence and Heavenly Spirit Soul Liquid, the soul injuries and the loss of Soul Power that Xiaobai sustained while resisting the Covering Heaven Great Hand have already mostly recovered.

The Soul Body has once again become as solid as reality.

"Something up?"

Sensing Wang Jianqiang's arrival, Xiaobai opened her slightly closed eyes and looked at Wang Jianqiang.

"Missed you, can't I come in and take a look?"

Wang Jianqiang smiled.

Xiaobai rolled her eyes, "Speak like a human."

"I want to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, but I don't want others to know, so I need to set up an Array to cover my tracks."

"I need you to step in for this."

Xiaobai nodded, "Fine."

Outside.

Wang Jianqiang's consciousness returned.

A flash of Spirit Light appeared beside him.

A woman with a slender figure and long silver hair cascading down flashed into view.

She looked at Wang Jianqiang and extended a jade-white, slender palm, "Hand over the Array Disk."

Wang Jianqiang flipped his palm and took out an Array Disk that possessed the dual functions of concealment and isolating Spiritual Power.

Xiaobai pointed casually.

The Array Disk instantly turned into a large expanse of Spirit Light, covering the entire Medicine Garden.

"Done."

After fully activating the Array, Xiaobai looked at Wang Jianqiang, about to return to the Spirit God Ring.

Wang Jianqiang suddenly grabbed her palm, "Xiaobaibai, don't be in such a rush to leave."

Xiaobai's face immediately flushed red, "What are you trying to do? Although my Soul Body is as condensed as a physical body, it is still somewhat different from a real flesh body; it is not what you think."

Upon hearing this, Wang Jianqiang chuckled, "I just suddenly thought of a question I wanted to ask you. What is different from a real flesh body? What are you thinking about?"

Hearing this, Xiaobai's expression became flustered, "Ah? I wasn't thinking about anything..."

"Really?"

Wang Jianqiang stared at her intensely, then smiled strangely, "You weren't just trying to take advantage of me, were you?"

Xiaobai's face turned completely red, and she glared at Wang Jianqiang in embarrassment and annoyance, "What nonsense are you spouting? If you have something to ask, ask quickly, otherwise I'm going back."

Wang Jianqiang chuckled and did not continue to tease her.

After pondering for a moment, he said, "The Ice Coffin is the key to maintaining your physical vitality, but now you have to split off a projection of power to protect Lingxi's physical body."

"Will this have an impact on you?"

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's concerned tone, Xiaobai felt a warmth in her heart.

She smiled, "There is naturally an impact."

"What kind of impact, is it significant?" Wang Jianqiang frowned.

Xiaobai shook her head, "Originally, the power of the Ice Coffin was a seamless whole, like an independent world, capable of permanently sealing the vitality of my physical body. Now, by splitting off a portion of that power, it is like opening a crack in this complete, independent world."

"It causes the once-perfect world to develop a flaw, making it unable to permanently seal my physical vitality anymore."

Having said this, she looked at Wang Jianqiang's even tighter frown and shook her head, "Don't worry, it's not a big problem."

"If the Ice Coffin could previously seal my physical body permanently, then now, it can only seal it for two hundred years at most."

"As long as I can be resurrected within two hundred years, it will be fine."

Hearing this, Wang Jianqiang's expression shifted, "There is only one raw material for refining the Ice Heart Pill that hasn't been found yet. Once it is found, I will refine it for you immediately."

Xiaobai shook her head, "Previously, my Soul Power had only just recovered to the Transformation Stage. At that time, the medicinal efficacy of the Ice Heart Pill would have been enough to help me resurrect."

"But now, my Soul Power has already reached Spirit Transformation Stage Perfection, and the medicinal efficacy of the Ice Heart Pill is no longer enough to help me resurrect."

"Of course, this is a good thing for me."

"The stronger my Soul Power recovers, the more strength I will regain after resurrection."

"Moreover, it is easier to recover strength before resurrection, so I plan to cultivate my Soul Power to be even stronger before I resurrect."

"It's just that, in this way, your burden will be quite heavy."

As she spoke, she took out another Jade Slip, "This is for the Divine Origin Transformation Pill, a Seventh-Grade Low-Level Pill."

"It is the strongest of the three types of Pills I have collected that can assist in my resurrection."

"If I can be resurrected using this Pill, I will fully recover, and there will not be the slightest hidden danger left in my body."

"However, the difficulty of refining this Pill is very high, and the required Medicinal Herbs are also very rare; it is very difficult to refine."

Having said this, she looked at Wang Jianqiang, and after a moment of hesitation, she took out another Jade Slip, "This contains another Pill Formula that can help me recover, named the Reincarnation Pill, a Sixth-tier low-level Pill."

"Although this Pill is not as good as the Divine Origin Transformation Pill, its effect is still considered excellent. If you are not confident in refining the Divine Origin Transformation Pill..."

"Alright, I understand."

Before Xiaobai could finish speaking, Wang Jianqiang gestured with his palm and took the Jade Slip containing the Divine Origin Transformation Pill.

"Standing before you is the future number one Alchemist in the world, a man who dares to fight against the Great Vehicle Stage while in the Foundation Establishment Stage."

"A mere Seventh-Grade Low-Level Pill, could it stump me?"

"Who are you looking down on?"

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, a flash of embarrassment and annoyance crossed Xiaobai's face.

She glared at Wang Jianqiang.

Then she put away the Reincarnation Pill formula and turned into a stream of light, flying into the Spirit God Ring.

After Xiaobai returned to the Spirit God Ring.

Wang Jianqiang first took out a large amount of Spirit Stones and placed them by his side.

Afterwards, he took out a Perfect Foundation Establishment Pill and swallowed it.

Then, he began to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Seven days later.

A powerful force of attraction suddenly emanated from his body.

Under the pull of this attraction, the Spirit Qi of heaven and earth from all around surged madly into his body.

Wang Jianqiang opened his eyes.

He waved his palm.

The large amount of Spirit Stones prepared by his side shattered simultaneously.

In an instant, rolling Spirit Qi shrouded his body like thick smoke.

It was rapidly swallowed and refined by him.

Because there was an abundant supply of Spirit Stones.

Wang Jianqiang's breakthrough did not cause a huge commotion as it had back then.

Coupled with the shielding of the Array.

He completed the breakthrough in complete silence.

His cultivation reached the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.

……

While Wang Jianqiang was in seclusion.

Fengxue Pavilion had been searching for clues about the "thief."

Biyu City had also remained in a rather bustling state.

But a full few months had passed.

The investigation by Fengxue Pavilion still had not the slightest lead.

This day.

Inside Fengxue Pavilion.

In a room.

Sun Hulong frowned deeply and waved away a subordinate.

He turned to look at Sun Rou, "The investigation has now hit a bottleneck; if my Fengxue Pavilion goes to such great lengths only to end up with nothing,"

"I fear the last shred of our reputation will be completely impossible to preserve."

"Rou'er, think carefully: when you were in contact with that person back then, did they reveal any flaws, or did they have any characteristics that were different from ordinary people?"