Chapter 72: Breaking Through Like Drinking Water

You must know, ordinary cultivators do not have the same troubles as Lu Li.

The path of cultivation is fraught with thousands of dangers and difficulties; breaking through any minor realm is filled with obstacles.

Yet Lu Li was actually contemplating which level would be better to break through to, which was quite infuriating.

After all, he had the blessing of the system, and Lu Li had endured for three years; having finally broken through today, he could not help but feel a bit smug.

This resulted in Lu Li, standing at the bow of the ship, being in a distracted state, and his facial expression also leaned toward his inner thoughts.

It gradually devolved into a strange smile: Jiang Yinuo, standing beside him, saw such a facial contortion for the first time and was left completely dumbfounded.

The group of disciples saw Lu Li's expression and were even more shocked, thinking it was otherworldly.

It turned out that this handsome face paired with this expression could actually produce such an effect.

And in the eyes of Zhou Tai, this expression transformed into three parts mockery, three parts cold indifference, and four parts nonchalance.

He was so angry!

Lu Li must have heard the junior brothers mocking him; this expression was definitely made for him to see!

"Lu Li, although you slew the demon cultivator today and awakened a Sword Spirit, so what?" "In this world, cultivators who awaken Sword Spirits perish every day; there is nothing to be proud of."

"Your realm is still only the First Realm First Grade, and I have already obtained the First-grade Spirit Cleansing Grass today. Once I return to the Sword Pavilion, I will certainly be able to break through and reach the Second Realm. You still cannot compare to me!"

However, the more he looked at Lu Li's expression, the angrier he became, wishing he could walk up immediately, point at Lu Li, and say: "Do not bully a youth for being poor."

Just at this moment, a disciple walked to Lu Li's side and offered Spirit Qi Tea to Jiang Yinuo and Lu Li respectively.

"Senior Sister Jiang, Senior Brother Lu."

Jiang Yinuo took the tea, and Lu Li also subconsciously took the teacup, taking a sip without even looking.

There were prank videos on the internet before where, when someone was eating hot pot and looking at their phone, they would eat whatever someone handed them.

Lu Li was in just such a state.

He took a sip of the tea, and instantly a fresh, warm current flowed into his stomach.

Refreshing!

Lu Li couldn't help but shudder, and the Experience Gourd immediately poured out a large amount of experience—level up.

Instantly, the Spirit Qi around the Flying Boat became active, as if attracted by Lu Li, crazily surging into Lu Li's body.

Jiang Yinuo, standing beside him, turned her head abruptly, her eyes fixed tightly on Lu Li.

First Realm Second Grade.

He had already broken through!

But all of this had not stopped yet.

In the surprised gazes of the disciples, Lu Li drank the tea slowly; he drank four times in a row, just enough to finish this cup of Spirit Qi Tea.

And at the same time, his realm rose accordingly, reaching the First Realm Fifth Grade!

Once, in a certain novel, the protagonist's cultivation improvement was described as breaking through like drinking water.

And now, Lu Li's realm improvement was truly breaking through by drinking water.

Drink a sip of tea, and break through one grade.

Everyone on the Flying Boat was dumbfounded; since when was breaking through like drinking water so simple? It really was one sip of water to raise one level of cultivation!

"Am I seeing things? Senior Brother Lu reached the Fifth Grade? Just a moment ago he had only just entered the First Realm."

"Senior Brother Lu did not break the Initial Realm for three years, but in one day slew a demon and realized a Sword Spirit, breaking through to the Fifth Grade with a cup of water."

"How is he so showy?"

Jiang Yinuo stood beside Lu Li, her eyes gradually turning red.

Suddenly, various thoughts rushed into Jiang Yinuo's mind, and her heart was already in chaos.

A self-moving romance novel was instantly completed in her mind.

Three years ago, her childhood sweetheart Lu Li suffered a misfortune and switched to practicing Basic Sword Technique.

Others all thought he was dejected and no one understood him, and even she herself had once lost her temper at Lu Li.

Although her reprimands of Lu Li were out of concern and wanting him to succeed, was that not also a kind of hurt? But Lu Li disregarded the cold words of others.

Facing her advice, he only responded with a gentle smile.

Until three years later... accumulating strength, breaking through in one day!

She was moved.

"It seems I have misunderstood Lu Li all along; he was not giving up on himself, he always had his own plans."

"Staying in the Initial Realm for three years was his tempering of his own character."

"Accumulating earth to form a mountain, accumulating water to form an abyss, that is why Lu Li was able to break through today."

Jiang Yinuo asked herself: "Jiang Yinuo, if you were asked to resist the temptation of breaking through now and solidify your foundation for three years without breaking through, could you do it?"

Thinking of this, Jiang Yinuo shook her head.

She could not do it.

However, Jiang Yinuo was not jealous; instead, she was happy for Lu Li.

After all, they had grown up playing together, knew each other inside and out, and were as close as siblings.

"That's great, he finally caught up."

However, not everyone was as happy for Lu Li as Jiang Yinuo.

In the crowd, a figure fell straight to the ground.

The surrounding people were stunned for a moment, then immediately rushed over to help him up, shouting: "Senior Brother Zhou, Senior Brother Zhou, what is wrong with you?"

Zhou Tai's body was lifted up, but it remained stiff and straight, like a stick.

He was in a semi-conscious state, his body trembling slightly, and he muttered: "I am not as good as him, I am not as good as him..."

Jiang Yinuo hurried over, and seeing Zhou Tai's appearance, she couldn't help but glance at Lu Li, sighing inwardly.

What a sin!

She struck out with a palm, directly knocking Zhou Tai unconscious.

"Your Senior Brother Zhou was exhausted from fighting the Demon Beast alone earlier; let him rest for a while."

"Yes."

The disciples carried Zhou Tai away and placed him in a corner to rest.

Seeing Zhou Tai unconscious, Lu Li couldn't help but be stunned. No way, could it be that he saw me leveling up and was so angry he passed out? Afterward, Lu Li shook his head.

"That shouldn't be it; don't harbor a petty mind."

"Besides, this little black-hearted guy's combat power isn't that weak."

At this moment, he had already closed the mouth of the Experience Gourd.

Breaking through five minor realms in one breath was already enough.

In fact, even though Lu Li had taken out a portion of the experience, there was still more than half of the experience reserves left inside the gourd.

Lu Li guessed that the experience within should be enough for him to raise his realm to Eighth Grade or Ninth Grade in one go, but he still stopped.

Because increasing one's realm too quickly is not entirely an advantage.

Such a suddenly improved body is somewhat unfamiliar to oneself.

It is just like when one's strength suddenly increases, and one accidentally hits the ceiling when jumping... For a cultivator, if one cannot know one's own body like the back of one's hand, it is very dangerous.

Lu Li had always believed that power one cannot fully control is not one's own power, and it might even become a death warrant.

"Let's get familiar with it first; as for the remaining realms, it won't be too late to raise them tomorrow."

Soon, the Flying Boat arrived outside the city gates of Anyang Prefecture.

Everyone disembarked from the Flying Boat and cupped their hands to bid each other farewell.

As soon as Zhou Tai got off the Flying Boat, he woke up immediately.

This couldn't help but make Lu Li suspect that Zhou Tai had actually been awake for a long time, but it was too awkward on the Flying Boat, and he was worried about continuing to suffer social death after waking up, so he simply kept pretending to be unconscious.

Someone once listed several major moments of social death.

For example, having one's middle-school-syndrome diary pulled out and read in front of the whole class, or being caught red-handed by parents who pushed the door open while... every single one makes people wish they could dig a three-bedroom apartment with their toes and crawl into it.

Zhou Tai cupped his hands toward the crowd and immediately turned to leave.

"Pfft, cough cough, Lu Li."

Jiang Yinuo covered her mouth and said, "It's getting late today; I will come to find you tomorrow morning, and we will go to the City Lord Mansion together to exchange for merit."

Lu Li nodded and said, "Alright."

Lu Li turned around and waved his sleeves, not taking a single cloud with him.