The Heaven's Judgement

"This energy...it seems I'm being judged now?" Xiang Xiang lifted her hands into the sky as she felt the heaven's energy envelop her entire body.

A majestic energy beamed down on Xiang Xiang, alerting everyone in the village. Since everyone within the village had begun cultivating and came into contact with some form of energy, they all felt the surge of unknown energy.

When they looked in Xiang Xiang's direction, atop the hill behind the village, they felt as if they were looking at a deity's shadow.

Xiang Xiang was extremely calm as she waited for her foundation to be judged. She was confident that it was perfectly stable and she didn't miss a single detail or make a mistake.

"My father never told me it'd be this magnificent..."(Yu Qing)

"She finally completed her foundation after two weeks...I wonder how good it is."(Luciana)

"The energy around Miss Xiang Xiang is terrifying..."(Song Luixian)

"Indeed..."(Remona)

Everybody watched as the golden-yellow energy swirled around Xiang Xiang before completely disappearing just as quickly as it appeared. Along with this, Xiang Xiang's body glowed with a purple and red luster.

The Qi around her fluctuated as her aura became even more terrifying.

Qi Refining Realm!

Xiang Xiang opened her eyes slowly as a grin appeared on her face. When she looked around, she saw all of the villagers with shocked expressions on their faces.

They were akin to have been living under rocks this entire time after all.

'It seems the heavens has approved of my foundation. Now, the most important part of the entire process...' Xiang Xiang thought to herself as she closed her eyes again and began cultivating. The moment she started cultivating, the Qi around her was absorbed so quickly that it didn't even make sense.

It was like the Qi was being pulled towards Xiang Xiang by a mysterious force. Xiang Xiang's cultivation speed increased by leaps and bounds.

'My foundation is working just as I wish!' Xiang Xiang was excited as she felt tons of Qi flying towards her and being absorbed, nourishing her cultivation base.

This isn't the only function of my foundation!

An even wider grin appeared on Xiang Xiang's face as she stood up and walked towards the Gaphoms.

They all had nervous and shocked expressions on their faces. Yu Tan in particular only became even more afraid of Xiang Xiang after watching that scene.

"One of you, hold out your hand." Xiang Xiang immediately said. Her gaze swept across all three of them before they put their hands out. None of them knew what was happening but they didn't want to anger Xiang Xiang.

Xiang Xiang simply placed her hand on Yu Qing's hand before Yu Qing's face turned a few shades whiter. She was as pale as a piece of paper as a shocked expression surfaced on her face.

Yu Qing withdrew her hand out of instinct as she looked at Xiang Xiang in horror.

'M-My True Qi?!' Numerous thoughts went through Yu Qing's head as she stared at Xiang Xiang.

Luciana and Yu Tan were both confused and nervous as they witnessed this. They were regretting holding their hands out.

'Something must have happened in that short moment of physical contact that made Yu Qing terrified, and I don't want to find out.' Yu Tan thought to himself.

He tried to withdraw his hands slowly without alerting Xiang Xiang but before he could do anything she already placed her hands on his.

And in a matter of seconds, Yu Tan's nervous expression was replaced with a terrified one. Luciana grew even warier as she saw this but kept her hands out.

Xiang Xiang did the same for her and afterward, they all looked at each other in shock and horror.

'She absorbed our True Qi?!'

They all looked in shock as Xiang Xiang made her way back to the top of the hill. Somehow she became even more terrifying just by breaking through!

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"Miss...Xiang Xiang, it's been two weeks since you began your breakthrough and numerous villagers have broken through to the first stage of the Foundation Building realm..." Song Luixian nervously said as she stood in front of the cultivating Xiang Xiang.

Because she was breaking through for two entire weeks, some of the villagers made breakthroughs into the first realm of the foundation building realm.

The ones who broke through boasted their strength to the other villagers, who became even more inspired to cultivate. None of them wanted to be left behind, so they poured all their time into cultivation.

Now, 2/3rds of the entire village population was either in the first stage of the foundation building realm or is just a step away from it.

Those 2/3rds were now eager to learn weapon skills from Xiang Xiang, and since there were many weapons made beforehand, they had many choices. The only thing left was to wait for Xiang Xiang.

She was the expert in that subject after all.

"Hm, good. What stage are you at right now?" Xiang Xiang asked.

"...I've just reached the 3rd stage." Song Luixian said.

"Good job. You and Remona should go to the village and wait for me there. I'll start the weapon classes soon." Xiang Xiang said with a small grin on her face. She was in a good mood after receiving such good results from the villagers.

After all, hard work will inevitably bear rewards.

Xiang Xiang got up and looked down at the village, where tons of villagers were silently cultivating. Even the children, they didn't slack off either.

After seeing Xiang Xiang's wonderful display of power against the bandit who wreaked havoc before, they wanted to become as strong as her.

And now that they were given the opportunity, they didn't want to miss it. There was inevitably also a race for power between the kids.

"I don't think it'll take long for me to build quite a powerful force with such hardworking cultivators! These guys will definitely go places..."