Chapter 13: Chapter 13: Breakthrough

When Elder Jing sees the firm rejection of Yang Wei and that he indeed was not acting.

She couldn’t help but laugh aloud in approval.

“Hahaha, to think someone would actually reject my pill when anyone in this sect would beg me for one.”

Yang Wei was shocked by this outburst and thought if he was dreaming right now.

“E-Elder Jing? Are you alright?”

Asking in concern, Elder Jing did not react to his question while storing back the pill container before taking out another one.

“Alright, you’ve passed my test so now this is the real breakthrough pill.”

“A t-test? What are you talking about Elder Jing?”

“I’m saying that before was my test on your character. If you had accepted that pill and consumed it. You will receive a backlash and a reduction in your cultivation base.”

‘Test on my character.’

Yang Wei started to sweat nervously when he thought about the outcome if he couldn’t resist his urge and take the pill.

“Elder Jing, this is too cruel of you. If I happen to be unable to resist my urge to consume this pill, wouldn’t I be ruined?”

Yang Wei said in a sullen mood almost like a woman being cheated in a relationship.

“If you really couldn’t resist it, I won’t let you consume it. I would just thrash you extremely hard before kicking you out.”

Elder Jing said in reply to his mood without comforting him at all.

Although Elder Jing said that, she was glad to be able to find a suitable partner to explore the mysterious realm with her.

The mystery realm opens every 15 years with many lucky and unlucky encounters for multiple people.

However, she couldn’t enter because she cannot trust her back to anyone else since a mystery realm means any crimes committed would be hard to find the culprit.

Plus, if they kill you inside then no one would care or find it suspicious since there are hidden dangers everywhere.

Despite this, everyone is still eager to explore the realm due to the rich rewards you can get and an increase in cultivation.

One time, a low Core Formation was able to advance directly to the Nascent Soul which created a huge uproar in the kingdom.

From a nobody to one where everyone is trying to match their daughter with him is enough to have everyone test their luck out.

Of course, Elder Jing was different as she wanted to enter to gather many unique herbs to increase her alchemy experience.

“Anyway, Yang Wei, you don’t have to get mad at me since nothing bad happened. This pill is authentic and you’ll have to accept this otherwise you can just get out with a failed mission.”

Yang Wei ponders for a while before accepting the pill.

‘If Elder Jing really wants to harm me then with her high cultivation base, it is enough to cripple me without doing something like this.’

“Good, now consume the pill and breakthrough to the 4th stage of Qi Condensation. Since you’re going to be helping me in the mystery realm when it opens in a week from now, I would guide you properly.”

Yang Wei didn’t say anything else before sitting down in a lotus position.

*Gulp*

Swallowing the pill, Yang Wei instantly felt the rich qi gushing out from his throat into his dantain.

It was a burning sensation as the true qi invades his bones and starts refining them thoroughly.

“Argh”

Yang Wei couldn’t handle this and screamed in pain as he tried to remain calm to assimilate the pill effect.

“Calm your mind and soul. Listen carefully, as I’m only going to explain this once. First, slowly guide the new true qi into your infant core and do not rush.”

Hearing Elder Jing’s words, Yang Wei starts to calm his mind before guiding the true qi to the correct path of his dantain.

“The process is a bit painful but you should start feeling the core in your body to start condensing it.”

Yang Wei could not reply to Elder Jing but he can feel his core is slowly increasing in qi.

Qi Condensation or in other words is qi refining which is a stage for a cultivator to slowly refine their core before they can officially have a foundation for it.

Once the refinement of the core is finished, that’s when a cultivator succeeds and advances to Foundation Core.

They will start to consolidate the newly formed core in a steady foundation.

This is also a benefit to be able to utilize true qi swiftly and smoothly since they could gather true qi faster with the foundation as a base.

Elder Jing continues to instruct and guides Yang Wei to fully use the pill to the maximum benefits.

If some amateur consumes the pill without an experienced alchemist to guide them, they can still breakthrough but the effect of the pill is diminished.

After all, they don’t know the ingredients properly that are used to create the pill unless they know alchemy.

4 hours slowly passed by and Yang Wei’s aura has been constantly increasing as waves of true qi become visible around his stomach.

“To think this, Yang Wei has such a strong mentality to endure this long. I’ve underestimated the potential of this boy.”

Elder Jing mumbled slowly since Yang Wei’s breakthrough is about to complete.

During those past hours, Yang Wei has already advanced to the 3rd stage of Qi Condensation and is now breaking past the barrier to the 4th stage.

*Boooom*

The room exploded due to the purity of true qi being gathered and as Yang Wei finally broke through, a new aura could be felt from him.

“Elder Jing, thank you for the pill and I would definitely do my best in assisting you in the mystery realm.”

Yang Wei got up quickly before expressing his gratitude toward Elder Jing.

“If you want to thank me then hurry up and consolidate your cultivation. I don’t want a useless high cultivation base without any experiences.”

Elder Jing replied teasingly to Yang Wei for his conduct.

Nodding his head, Yang Wei was about to turn around and leave since it’s about to be nighttime.

“Before you leave, take this martial technique since I have checked your information already. To only have that movement technique without any attacking technique would not help at all when we explore the mystery realm.”

Elder Jing said as she flicked her hand and a martial technique landed slowly into Yang Wei’s hand.

“Sigh, I guess this is call bribing for a servant when the time’s come for the mystery realm.” Yang Wei said jokingly before bidding his goodbye again.

Once Yang Wei’s figure slowly disappeared, Elder Jing went into a solemn expression.

“Hopefully, I can find what I’m looking for in the mystery realm. Yang Wei, you are my last hope for this gamble of mine.”

Speaking softly, Elder Jing turned around and closed the door before continuing in concocting more pills for preparation.

Meanwhile, Yang Wei went back to his room to consolidate his realm before heading back to sleep.

Although cultivators no longer need sleep, Yang Wei still prefers to have a good rest since he has overwork himself today.

‘Sigh, back on Earth, I never have to work this hard but now… I’ll have to do everything diligently just to get here.’

Thinking about his life back on Earth, Yang Wei became a bit emotional as he wondered what was happening there after his death.

“Whatever, it’s time to forget about it since I’m no longer a person on Earth besides my soul. Right now, I’m a cultivator called Yang Wei and if I still am this emotional, it would do me more harm.”

Yang Wei decided to isolate his memories of Earth from now on and not bother thinking about his past life.

There was no point in thinking about the past when the current him is still alive and kicking.

Yang Wei headed back to sleep after double-checking the outside to make sure there was no spying on him again.

Seeing how there was still no sound nor fluctuation of true qi around his room, Yang Wei finally went to his bed and slept.

At this time, in a room around the sect, two people are communicating with each other.

“Sect leader, are you sure you are doing this?”

A middle-aged man who wore a Sect Elder robe except this robe represented those more authoritative robes spoke toward the person sitting down.

“Time has changed and we are no longer youthful, Old Jiang. If we still become passive then we’re going to fall in due time.”

The sect leader who was sitting down replied slowly to him before looking outside the window.

Old Jiang wanted to reply back but decided to keep it to himself. He was a brother to the sect leader and knew his stubborn personality.

If he decided to do something then nothing can change his mind and it wasn’t like he didn’t agree with him.

“Maybe you are right, Old Kong. It’s time to have the new generation lead this sect to prosperity.” Old Jiang said slowly without calling him, sect leader.

“Heh, I knew you would be on my side no matter what. Let’s just be spectators and watch on the sideline.”

Sect leader Kong said with a hearty laugh. ‘The storm is coming soon and whether our sect can survive depends on the new generation.’