Houtian Third Stage

"This Cloud Energy is quite large, if you cultivate that Green Cloud Celestial Body now, the Cloud Energy is sufficient to meet the energy you need up to the Fifth Realm of the Celestial Body. Nascent Soul Realm cultivators will definitely go crazy over it" Xia Xinghe replied.

"But yeah, it's not something you need, so just keep it, in the future you can exchange it for the things you need."

"Mm." Yi Yun nodded.

"By the way, is there anything you need to unseal that paper?"

"The seal isn't really that strong, but there is a formation that will make the things within the seal destroy themselves when the seal is forcibly broken. Perhaps I need twenty Middle Grade Spiritual Stones."

"Twenty huh? It will take time," Yi Yun said with a helpless expression.

"I think you also need to go on some adventures."

"Yes, I will do it later, I also want to see this world more deeply. Even though this city is big, majestic, and full of people, I don't feel the sensation enough, maybe because I'm so weak here," Yi Yun replied.

"Obviously there is no thrill without conflict," Xia Xinghe laughed softly before continuing, "In fact, cities are not the gathering place for people in the cultivation world, places where there are many treasures are much livelier. You could say that less than one percent of cultivators are in the cities."

"So it's like that, no wonder I also feel something is lacking."

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After chatting with Xia Xinghe, Yi Yun started cultivating.

Without any nagging hunger, he cultivated regardless of the time until he fell asleep and continued after waking up.

Until the tenth day, he managed to form two more Spiritual Essences so that his Spiritual Essence reached six, it took three more until his second Heart Room was full.

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The morning of the tenth day, all the disciples gathered in the headquarters courtyard, they rode on the back of the bird that brought them to this city.

After they all boarded, the bird immediately flew away, leaving the city at full speed.

When it started to stabilize, the disciples talked about the person who had summoned the eight clouds a few days ago, it still seems to be an interesting topic, they have their own speculations.

They also talked about Luo Tian, ​​who had managed to raise the sect's reputation in the past, but they quickly became dejected when they talked about his current cultivation state.

Yi Yun just silently listened. Like before, he spent his time cultivating.

Unknowingly, they finally arrived at the sect.

Yi Yun waited for the others to come down first, he signaled Qin Tian to wait.

After that, he took him to a quiet place.

When sure no one was around, he took out a Spatial Bag, now he has quite a lot because Su Yihan gave some while he bought the seeds earlier.

"Give this to your sister," he said, handing the bag.

Qin Tian, ​​who had looked flustered since following him was quickly taken aback as he checked the contents of the bag.

"This," his face froze.

"By the way, tell your sister to bring something better if she wants something better," Yi Yun said again before walking away, leaving Qin Tian with a confused face as he tried to digest the meaning of his words.

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The sky became overcast and lightning began to appear as Yi Yun returned to the Alchemy Hall.

He hadn't even arrived at his pavilion yet and a torrential downpour had already fallen, drenching his clothes in an instant and giving his body a refreshing cold sensation.

In the end, he chose to slow down and enjoy every drop of rain that fell on his body.

*bang*

Suddenly an enormous bolt of lightning fell into the forest, producing black smoke that soared into the sky, it looked like a nuclear explosion.

Yi Yun was horrified to see that, worried that lightning would fall on him, he quickly entered his pavilion.

He took a bath, dried his body and resumed his cultivation.

...

The rain stopped in the morning, soaking all the grass on the island so that the morning air was very fresh.

"Mmm, up until now, I'm still not hungry at all, the Copper Realm Food Pill is indeed amazing," he said as he stretched his body.

Right after he said that, Xia Xinghe said, "You keep cultivating, but I haven't eaten anything since that day, quickly grab the food and come back here."

"Okay, okay," Yi Yun replied before retrieving the food storage in front of his door.

Even though he wasn't hungry, he still had breakfast so his tongue wouldn't taste bitter.

After that, he took a shower and went to Tang Xing's pavilion.

As long as he was in the sect, he had to carry out his duties.

Mei Mei had already arrived there while Tang Xing had just returned from the hall building.

Seeing him, he looked pleased, "Yi Yun, I heard that you are already in the second stage, this is really surprising."

Mei Mei, who was just about to speak opened her mouth in shock.

"You broke through again?" she asked.

"I was just lucky," Yi Yun replied with a faint smile.

"But Yi Yun, why did you refuse to become Elder Lin's disciple? He's very displeased, you know," Tang Xing said.

"Yeah, I prefer it like this."

Knowing that Elder Lin had returned, he hoped he was not a petty old man.

Mei Mei didn't seem to know how to react anymore after finding out what he had done.

"By the way." Tang Xing then took out some ingredients. "You are already at the second stage, so you can refine the pills yourself. Starting tomorrow, I will send the ingredients to your pavilion."

Yi Yun was happy to hear that. "I will try my best," he replied.

If he were to refine pills alone without anyone watching, he wouldn't need to hold back so he could refine multiple pills with ingredients for one pill and use the rest of the ingredients for himself.

After chatting for a while more, he returned to his pavilion.

The days continued with him spending time cultivating and refining pills. After ten days, he finally reached the peak of the second stage, only one step away from the third stage.

But that turned out to be more difficult than breaking through to the second stage, he was constantly failing while trying to condense the spiritual energy in his third Heart Space.

"It seems I have a cultivation bottleneck," he said after opening his eyes.

"You need to do some things that make your body tense, such as refining difficult pills or fighting, but I recommend that you fight the Spiritual Beasts here so you can get used to fighting during your adventures later," Xia Xinghe replied.

"I will try it." Yi Yun nodded then entered the Heavenly Garden.

There had been a lot of changes there, Yi Hei and Yi Bai were already at the third stage and there were quite a few more that had managed to evolve. The strongest was a red dog with long fur, it was as big as a cow and its face was fierce like a wolf. Its cultivation was already at the peak of the second stage.

Yi Yun thought it would lead the other dogs, so he gave it the name Yi Hong.

"Come on, fight this dog first, I'll order it, it's more suitable because you don't know exactly what kind of power it has," Xia Xinghe said from atop her rock.

Right after she spoke, the dog opened its mouth and let out a light growl. Its teeth were like blades that were lined up very tightly, giving fear to anyone who saw them.

"Xinghe, please don't be so hard on me," Yi Yun said.

"It depends on how fast your fighting ability improves," she replied.

"Oh, and don't use your cauldron just as a shield, turn it into something else like a sword, spear or something," she added.

She waved her hand, making the dog growl even louder that it sounded like a roar. It then dashed towards Yi Yun at a rapid pace while its body emitted the same red aura as its feathers.

Yi Yun wasn't really ready yet, so he jumped backwards. His cauldron appeared and turned into ten spears surrounding him with one in his hand.

As the dog got closer to him, he sent three of the spears towards it.

Whoosh... Whoosh... Whoosh...

They moved like the wind, making a very loud whooshing sound.

However, the dog's hooves suddenly lengthened, three of them then slid, crashing into the spears.

*clang*

To Yi Yun's surprise, his spears were suddenly flung away while the hooves continued to slide towards him.

"What the hell."

He quickly used the other spears to fend off the hooves that had now arrived in front of him.

*Clang... Clang... Clang...

Some of the spears were thrown far away but they managed to stop the hooves.

But after that, the dog also arrived in front of him. It then opened its mouth and tried to pounce on his face while its hands tried to claw at his chest.

This was really difficult for Yi Yun, he ended up using the spear in his hand to stab the dog's head which it easily dodged.

Unfortunately, he couldn't dodge the dog's claws.

His eyes widened as he saw his chest being torn apart and bleeding.

"Ohhh..." He wanted to scream but forcefully covered his mouth.

Such a wound was not even a tenth of the wound on Qin Wuxin's back, it was a common thing in the cultivation world, he would be laughed at if he screamed.

He quickly used Life Energy to close the wound on his chest.

The Life Energy that the Alchemy of Heavan's Path produced was distinctly different, the wounds healed in a very short time, the pain he felt disappeared right after. Even the effects of the trauma also disappeared.

At the same time, Xia Xinghe said, "Yi Yun, your response is so slow and you fail to estimate the enemy's attack power, you will die if you fight with someone else with experience."

""This is my first time fighting."" Yi Yun was about to grumble using those words, but he couldn't open his mouth because the dog was clawing at him again.

The spear in his hand turned into a sword, he slashed it at the dog's hand.

But suddenly the fur on the dog's hands hardened until they looked like steel, and it turned out that they were indeed as hard as steel.

*clang*

The sword flew back as it hit the dog's fur.

'This really isn't easy,' he thought before the dog clawed his chest again.

The fight continued, he also improved with time, half an hour later, he finally couldn't take it anymore so he fainted.

While cultivators surpass ordinary humans, they can still experience the things humans experience when they are completely exhausted.

Of course, they wouldn't faint for too long, Yi Yun had only fainted for an hour before waking up again.

He found himself lying on a grassy hill with a fragrant aroma wafting around him.

Xia Xinghe sat by his side, gazing up at the dark sky with her pair of crimson eyes that shone like the moon.

Viewed from the bottom side, her beauty looks more striking because her neck and the bottom of her chin are clearly visible. Yi Yun felt somewhat fascinated.

She immediately looked at him and smiled faintly when she saw his reaction.

"Am I beautiful?" she asked.

She even blinked so that Yi Yun froze for a moment.

"Look..." After that, her index finger pointed at his chest.

There was nothing there, but Yi Yun was immediately taken aback because he discovered his cultivation had broken through to the third stage.

"Very fast," he said.

"Yeah, however, this is your first time doing such a challenging thing, the effect is naturally very obvious."

"By the way, is my current cultivation sufficient to refine a Copper Realm Tier Two Houtian Pill?"

"I suggest you wait for the peak of the third stage first, if it's the realmless one, you might be able to refine two or three pills with the ingredients for one pill."

"Alright, I'll wait. Maybe I need to refine Smoke Bombs now for later adventures."