Chapter 199: Pretending to Go Into Seclusion

Ruan Xing did not want to waste a year in Xizhou waiting for Qintai He to reach the Nascent Soul stage.

In any case, the source of Qintai He's crisis lay within the Qintai Family.

Then, wouldn't it be enough to help him resolve the Qintai Family?

Ruan Xing first opened the Real-scene Simulation.

【Simulating】

Only then did she explain to Qintai He: "I know you aren't ready yet; I'm not asking you to truly go into seclusion, but to fake a seclusion."

"Is there any necessity for this?" Qintai He did not understand.

One does not need to undergo a tribulation for the Nascent Soul, and reshaping the physical body cannot be practiced; if one fails to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, there will be no second chance.

Ruan Xing thought for a moment and found a random excuse.

"Think about it, before you reach the Nascent Soul stage, don't you need to return to the Xuanbing Sect to have the Peak Master review your cultivation techniques? Otherwise, if the Peak Master finds out you secretly learned the subsequent techniques of the Xuanbing Sect from elsewhere, you will have even less of a way to face the Peak Master."

"... What you say makes sense." Qintai He murmured, "I thought the same before. I have already committed one mistake; I cannot commit a second. But don't worry, Sister, you only lost your comfortable cultivation environment within the sect because you were implicated by me. I will absolutely not leak the matter of the techniques."

Ruan Xing added: "After you return to the Xuanbing Sect, won't you be unable to enjoy the benefits and treatment that the Qintai Family gives to the younger generation of the clan who are about to advance? You are originally a direct descendant of the Qintai Family; those things are all what you deserve. But if you leave, you might not be able to get them. It would be better to use the name of faking a seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul stage now, and let the clan bring out the share you deserve. You can use it to consolidate your cultivation realm."

Qintai He fell into deep thought.

Cang Lin echoed upon hearing this: "Young Master, she is right. If you do not advance within the clan, I fear the Clan Leader will view it as the Young Master voluntarily giving up this share of resources."

"Alright then." Qintai He no longer hesitated, "When I go back, I will tell the Clan Leader that I am preparing to go into seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul stage."

Ruan Xing nodded with satisfaction.

Qintai He was quite capable of listening to advice after all.

The few of them returned to the courtyard belonging to Qintai He in Qintai Manor.

After Qintai He reported to the Clan Leader, that very evening, an extra dish appeared on his dining table: Firefly Grass Pigeon Soup.

"This Firefly Grass Pigeon Soup does not look like it has a high grade, but the ingredients inside are all rare and precious. It can nourish the soul and strengthen the Divine Sense. If one can coordinate it with a technique for cultivating the Divine Sense, it has the effect of twice the result with half the effort. It is a pity that our Qintai Family does not have such a technique." Cang Lin sighed with regret for a moment, then said solemnly, "Young Master, after entering the Nascent Soul stage, the most important thing is nourishing the spirit and Spirit Fusion. This pigeon soup is very beneficial to you."

Qintai He did not look particularly happy either.

He smiled slightly and then invited the two of them to sit down and eat together.

In the following days, the Elders of the clan successively sent over various Pills and Spirit Stones, and even made an exception to borrow a Psychic Jade that could calm the mind from the treasury for Qintai He to use temporarily.

It made him feel quite flattered.

And when Ruan Xing saw this scene, she pondered more.

What exactly caused Qintai He to suffer from Qi deviation? Because of the experience of being poisoned in the previous simulation, for these past few days, most of Ruan Xing's defensive psychology had been placed on Qintai He's nightly extra meal.

Unfortunately, for several days in a row, there were no problems with the extra meal; instead, it made Qintai He's cultivation even more at Consummation.

Finally, the day Qintai He was ostensibly to go into seclusion arrived.

He chose the location in the only room in the back house that had a Spirit Gathering Array. Ruan Xing also swaggered in with him.

Qintai He sat on a meditation cushion, wore the Psychic Jade on his body, and opened his mouth to take a Pill to prepare for cultivation.

Suddenly, he paused his movements and looked at Ruan Xing with some embarrassment, "Are you going to stay in the quiet room with me the whole time and watch me cultivate? I'm not quite used to it..."

What Ruan Xing said at the beginning was only to fleece the Qintai Family, which is why she had to make this fake seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul stage happen.

But these past few days, Ruan Xing's vigilant appearance, as if facing a great enemy, also let Qintai He know that her real intention was not the wine.

Her true purpose was fishing.

With his grandfather's precedent, he could not completely refuse Ruan Xing's good intentions, but being in the same quiet room still seemed a bit too intimate.

Even for relationships like mother and son or husband and wife, they wouldn't stay in the same secret room to cultivate! If one's mind became distracted during cultivation, it would be very easy to suffer from Qi deviation! Qintai He said: "Cang Lin is guarding outside, and I am the only one in the secret room, so there shouldn't be any issues. Why don't you go back to rest first, or cultivating in the next room would also work."

"That won't do." Ruan Xing refused, and she took a common half-fan screen out of her Storage Bag and blocked it between the two of them, "Now I can't see you, don't be nervous."

Behind the hazy screen, only a vague figure could be seen.

But this actually had no effect at all... it only blocked the line of sight in front of her; for a Cultivator's Divine Sense, it was almost like plugging one's ears while stealing a bell.

Qintai He smiled quite helplessly, and had no choice but to reluctantly gather his focus, take a deep breath, and enter a state of cultivation.

And Ruan Xing boredly rested her chin on her hand, lost in thought, while observing Qintai He's cultivation progress.

As the Spirit Qi around Qintai He's body was constantly inhaled and exhaled, the Spiritual Power running and circulating within his Meridians also became more refined.

Until a few days later, Qintai He finished the first bottle of Pills.

He suddenly gave a muffled groan, opened his eyes, and a trace of dark red blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth.

Ruan Xing stood up with a start; having kept her attention on Qintai He the whole time, she instantly noticed his change and waved her hand to put away the screen that was blocking the two of them.

Qintai He's face was like gold paper, his brows furrowed and his expression dazed. Hearing Ruan Xing's movement, he turned his head slightly: "Sister... I don't know why, it suddenly hurts so much..."

As he spoke, he let out a "wah" sound and spat out another large mouthful of blood, which landed on the white lapel in front of him, staining a large area red.

At first it was dark red, and the second time he spat out bright, vivid red. This did not look like the appearance of being poisoned. Toxins that could have an effect on Cultivators were not common, especially high-level Cultivators. If it could really cause such serious consequences, I fear the blood on Qintai He's body would have already been full of toxins.

Even his body did not have that feeling of Spiritual Power stagnation...

Ruan Xing's heart sank, and she lowered her eyes to press down on Qintai He's wrist, which was struggling and not listening to him, "You take one or two Healing Pills to relieve it first; I cannot tell for the moment what is going on with you just now."

She thought uncertainly in her heart, is this Qi deviation? It seems a bit different from what others describe.

Qintai He then wanted to take the Pill bottle containing the Healing Pills from his bosom.

He wiped the blood on his hands randomly on his sleeves, and could not get the Pill bottle after several attempts.

Ruan Xing just wanted to step forward to help him.

Qintai He then suddenly raised his head, his cold eyes, with eye sockets tinged with a scarlet color, staring fixedly at Ruan Xing without a trace of emotion.