Chapter 70 68. The Transformed Liu Ruoxue?
Xu Yuan did not care much about his room being wrecked by a stray cat.
For a cultivator, sleeping was not really a significant matter.
So, in a way, Liu Ruoxue's objective had still been achieved.
After the battles of the past few days, he had gained a certain understanding of his own combat strength.
"The Sword Sect competition usually happens every ten years, but this time, it was brought forward by five years. According to what Liu Ruoxue said, her current combat strength should not differ much from five years ago, whereas my current strength, without using my sword pellet, is slightly inferior to hers. Of course, this is without using the Illusory Realm. If I had the support of the treasure of the Illusory Realm, my current combat strength should be able to kill a Core Formation Stage early-phase powerhouse without injury, and escaping from a late-stage Core Formation opponent wouldn't be difficult either."
That is to say, if Zhen Dan's strength remained unchanged from before, just slightly better than Liu Ruoxue without her sword pellet, then winning this competition would be extremely easy for him.
This is the confidence that Lin Qingque's exclusive Magic Artifact, Illusory Realm, gave him.
Though compared to the two of them, he was still slightly lacking.
But this was already considered incredibly fast progress.
After all, it had only been three months since he arrived in this world.
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After his transmigration, his cultivation speed hasn't been repelled or changed, but instead, it feels like it has been getting faster.
Even though he had only just broken through to the middle phase of Foundation Establishment not long ago, now, after a few battles, he had already sensed the opportunity for another breakthrough.
Xu Yuan even felt an absurd illusion that this body was originally his own.
...
Meanwhile, at the moment Xu Yuan sensed the opportunity for breakthrough, Liu Ruoxue sat blankly on her bed.
Ever since she was defeated by Xu Yuan and vented in his room, she had been in this state.
She could not continue cultivating, and every time she closed her eyes, she involuntarily recalled what she had done, and a faint pink flush would appear on her pretty, pale face.
Part of this was worry about retaliation after he discovered it was her doing, and part was a feeling of embarrassment about her own behavior.
Because she remembered that during the time she imagined him begging for mercy, she had actually voiced it for him.
What Liu Ruoxue did not notice was that every time she closed her eyes, a mysterious and profound aura surrounded her.
With the increasing thickness of this mysterious and profound aura,
Finally, in one moment, she closed her eyes, and the Spiritual Power in her Dantian surged like seas.
...
Two days later, the Sword Sect competition concluded.
Xu Yuan took the first place, with Zhen Dan coming in second, and Wind Butterfly, the one who devoured the Sword Soul, in third.
Surprisingly, Liu Ruoxue had not appeared before him since the day she was defeated.
Xu Yuan did not think she was throwing a tantrum or had given up.
Either her Master had summoned her, or... had she made a breakthrough?
Thinking this, Xu Yuan involuntarily took a deep breath.
For some reason, he always had a bad feeling.
"But, there's no need to worry too much."
Because unless it was unexpected, after getting news from Liu Ruoxue's Master, he would have to leave.
Though Yin Peak of the Sword Sect is a fine place for cultivation, he would need to have complete control over the entire peak for it to be truly optimal.
Currently, he had only bonded with most of the Foundation Establishment disciples and Qi Cultivation disciples, but he wasn't yet in a position to do as he pleased here.
However, he still preferred if nothing went wrong at this last moment.
So, after much careful consideration, Xu Yuan decided to go look for Liu Ruoxue.
If she really was in the middle of a breakthrough, he needed to find a chance to possibly interrupt her.
After all, he was unsure if the effect of his blood would change after she advanced in realm.
So the best course of action was to wait until after his own breakthrough, then allow hers to proceed,
But as he pushed open the door and stepped forward, he suddenly stopped.
A bright sword tip paused right at his neck.
"Fairy Liu, what do you mean by this?"
Although Xu Yuan was surprised, he was not panicked.
He turned his head to look at Liu Ruoxue, who was leaning against the wall and asked softly.
"It means nothing. Master asked me to fetch you to see her."
Liu Ruoxue's expression was indifferent, much like when she first met him—serene, untroubled, deep, and distant.
At this moment, there was an aura emanating from her body that was even stronger than when she had unleashed the power of her sword pellet.
Without a doubt, she had advanced to the Core Formation Stage.
"However, before that, I have a few questions for you."
"Oh?"
Seeing her demeanor, Xu Yuan felt a slight heaviness in his heart.
Was it really so?
After a cultivator breaks through to a new realm, both soul and body go through a transformation that makes them stronger.
After the transformation, the fact that she shook off the influence of his blood seemed not so unbelievable.
"I heard that you defeated Zhen Dan?"
Her eyes sparkled faintly as she spoke.
"It was a fluke."
While Xu Yuan felt somewhat uneasy, his expression remained very calm.
"Oh? I heard that the master of Yang Peak, to ensure his victory, even equipped him with a Nascent Soul magic artifact.
And yet, you still managed to win?"
Liu Ruoxue raised her eyebrows, slightly surprised.
"After all, Fairy said that this time at Yin Peak, victory is necessary, not defeat."
"Heh, do you think I am still the same as before? Back then, I was blinded by complacency, but now, I am not."
This time, Liu Ruoxue's expression showed little change.
Seeing that sweet-talking was ineffective, her attitude remained the same as before, but Xu Yuan was not greatly discouraged.
He continued, "I don't dare to conceal from the Fairy, that to win against your betrothed Dao Companion, I also took a bit of advantage through verbal trickery."
"Oh?"
Seeing the faint smile on his face, Liu Ruoxue suddenly had a bad premonition.
"I told him that if he agreed to lose to me, I would give him a Memory Stone with images of Fairy Liu's body."
Xu Yuan spoke with a grin, not at all worried about angering her.
"You?!"
Liu Ruoxue clenched her sword handle tightly, her teeth slightly gritted, and a faint pink hue appeared on her face: "Shameless! I'm going to kill you!!"
Xu Yuan had previously threatened her with this, and she had thought it was fake, but unexpectedly, he had actually kept a record.
"Fairy, calm your anger, I was obviously joking."
Xu Yuan spread his hands and said, "Such precious things, how could I possibly show them to a second person? I simply used those words to distract him, then used an illusion to create a fake goat, and while he was distracted, I subdued him."
"Don't think by saying that I will forgive you, hand it over!"
Liu Ruoxue said coldly.
Hearing this, Xu Yuan did not feel disappointed, instead, he felt a sigh of relief within.
She had transformed, but...not completely.
Immediately, he grinned and pulled out a Memory Stone from his bosom, handing it to her.
His decisive action took her aback.
"So decisive, do you have a backup?"
She frowned and glanced at him suspiciously.
"No, but...I have something even more sensational, like Fairy taking my pillow... Would you like to see?"