Ma Long

Yin Xiu rested for the whole day and woke up early in the morning the next day. When she went outside, she expected the mountain to be empty.

She was surprised to see that her master was already in his usual spot. He saw that Yin Xiu had arrived.

"You woke up early today."

Yin Xiu smiled.

"Yes, master. Today I can break through to the Spirit Warrior with the Spirit Warrior breakthrough pill."

Chen Jiang smiled softly and said, "No."

Yin Xiu was confused.

"What do you mean Master?"

Chen Jiang explained.

"When you break through to the next realm, you should gain enlightenment by yourself. You shouldn't use treasures. This is because it will affect your foundation. Where have you seen a perfect pill? It is impossible to create one. So your new realm will be bound to have flaws."

Yin Xiu was amazed that her master knew so much. Despite his young look, he was actually very knowledgeable.

"So what should I do with the pill Master? Is it useless?"

Chen Jiang shook his head.

"You can still use these pills when breaking through the stages of realms. This pill is best to be used when you are in the 7th stage of the Spirit Warrior realm."

Yin Xiu became slightly depressed.

"But master, does this mean that I won't break through to the Spirit Warrior any time soon."

Chen Jiang smiled.

"Have faith in yourself. You have the Heavenly Ice Body. I will make sure that you will breakthrough this month."

Yin Xiu was relieved by her Master's words.

"Thank you, master. Master, can you also teach me some techniques for fighting? I wasn't able to do anything after my first attack."

"In all due time Xiu'er. In all due time."

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The first two weeks of Yin Xiu's training were completely focused on breaking through to the Spirit Warrior realm. Normally, even talented individuals would only be able to break through when they were 14 or 15 years old.

The fact that Yin Xiu was about to break through at the young age of 13 easily made her one of the most talented geniuses in the entire continent.

The lifespan of cultivators was vastly more than humans. Spirit Warriors lived for 120 years while Spirit Masters lived for 150. Spirit Dukes would be able to live for 300 years!

If Yin Xiu was able to break through to the Spirit Warrior realm as a 10-year-old, it meant that she had the capability to become a Spirit Duke by the age of 50. This meant that she had a shot at reaching the Spirit King level.

A Spirit King has a lifespan of 500 years! The quicker Yin Xiu became a Spirit King, the more chance she had at becoming a Spirit Emperor. The Spirit Emperor Realm monsters could live for 800 years!

All of this paled in front of Sages and God though. This was because Sages could live for 1500 years. As for Gods, other than in battle, Gods would not be able to die due to old age and sickness.

When taking all this into consideration, Yin Xiu was talented enough that she could atheist become a Spirit Duke. Just because there were 4 realms above it, in no way was a Spirit Duke weak. A Spirit Duke was qualified to become an Elder at the prestigious Immortal Sword Sect. Otherwise, he could even make his own Dynasty in the Eastern Continent.

While Yin Xiu was practicing diligently on her own, a certain disciple was loitering around the 36th mountain.

This disciple was Ma Long. He was the Second Disciple of Du Han. He was instructed by his Master to somehow get into the 36th mountain and steal the heart of the female disciple there.

There was only one problem. There was no way to get into the Mountain! Each mountain had several hundreds of disciples. Anyone could easily sneak in and not be caught. But the 36th mountain had only one known disciple. Who was he supposed to disguise as to get into the mountain? Elder Chen?!

Ma Long could only loiter around the mountain and wait for Yin Xiu to come out. The only reason that he was spending this much time was that he was promised great rewards.

Elder Zhang had said that he would be given a Spirit Master Breakthrough Pill. This pill was worth thousands of Spirit Stones! It was clear that Zhang Bo had a huge grudge against Elder Chen.

Ma Long was just walking when he saw someone coming down the mountain. It was a small figure so he immediately assumed that it was his target.

He went closer to have a good look at her. He was hoping that the girl would not look too bad as he would have to spend a lot of time with her. The girl drew closer and closer until he saw her face.