Chapter 33

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Whoosh!

A blade of ice-blue light, carrying boundless cold, slashed down at Ye Zhen. The icy sword intent instantly covered Ye Zhen's body with a layer of white frost.

However, this time, Ye Zhen didn't blink, and he even raised his eyes to carefully examine the ice-blue sword light.

"Liao Jiaoxi, isn't your method of training my courage a bit too unoriginal?" Ye Zhen said rather boredly, staring at the ice-blue sword light.

Liao Feibai, dressed in a light blue robe with long, arched eyebrows, exuding a heroic aura that rivaled any man, appeared in front of Ye Zhen without warning.

"I thought you had forgotten our one-month agreement and was about to cut you down for breaking your promise. I didn't expect you to actually come."

Ye Zhen instantly broke out in a cold sweat. He felt that Liao Feibai's gaze, as she sized him up, seemed to be considering where to strike, making him shiver.

Just a look from her could make Ye Zhen feel this way, and he could only say that Liao Feibai was terrifying.

"Don't worry, mainly because your cultivation is too weak, you can't withstand much. Once your cultivation improves, I'll definitely give you a surprise."

After saying this, Liao Feibai pointed to a stone tablet behind her that read "To seek the Way, first forge your courage" and gestured for Ye Zhen to approach. "Strike this stone tablet with one palm. I'll give you three chances. If you can't break it in three tries, then prepare......"

"Swish!"

Ye Zhen casually sliced his palm, and a gust of air appeared. Before his palm even reached the stone tablet, a corner of it was already cut off, as if slicing through tofu.

Liao Feibai, who was about to intimidate Ye Zhen, suddenly froze, her gaze intensifying as she looked at Ye Zhen. "In just one month, you've improved so much?"

"Your potential is even greater than I imagined."

As Liao Feibai praised Ye Zhen, he was about to feel proud when her eyes flashed, and she lightly touched his wrist with her jade-like fingers.

Instinctively, Ye Zhen's wrist trembled like a slippery snake, trying to escape Liao Feibai's grip. However, her fingers were like a natural predator to snakes, and with a gentle tap, Ye Zhen was immobilized.

Ye Zhen felt a cold force enter his body through his wrist.

Liao Feibai's fingers, cold as jade, sent a force into Ye Zhen's body that was as cold as ice.

The cold force surged into Ye Zhen's body, causing his blood qi and the few drops of true essence in his dantian to boil like water.

The few drops of true essence that Ye Zhen hadn't used suddenly burst out, spreading over his arm.

"Three drops of true essence? Good, daring to hide your cultivation from me, do you really think my eyes are blind?"

Before Ye Zhen could react, he knew something was wrong. In the next moment, he was flung into the air, spinning like a leaf in the sea.

Liao Feibai's hands moved Ye Zhen like a wheel, his head and feet blurring into a blur. He was no longer a person but a plaything in Liao Feibai's hands.

When Ye Zhen's stomach started churning and his head spinning, Liao Feibai threw him out, leaving a message as she turned and entered the inner courtyard.

"Once you're done vomiting, come in!"

When Ye Zhen stepped into Liao Feibai's inner courtyard, he was still dizzy. Heaven knows how fast Liao Feibai had spun him; for a moment, he felt his limbs might detach from his body. He definitely didn't want to experience that again.

"Your cultivation has progressed faster than I expected, so the reward I give you will be higher."

Hearing this, Ye Zhen's eyes lit up. A reward? He hadn't expected that Liao Jiaoxi would not only provide cultivation techniques but also rewards. As for whether this exceeded the scope of a mentor's duties, Ye Zhen ignored it.

"Within three months, if you can convert all your blood qi into true essence and break through to the True Essence Realm, I'll reward you with a high-grade human-level cultivation technique."

"A high-grade human-level cultivation technique? Really?" Ye Zhen's expression became incredibly surprised.

Don't think that once a servant disciple becomes an outer gate disciple, they immediately receive mid- or high-grade mortal-level cultivation techniques. The leap is significant. However, the higher the grade of the cultivation technique, the more precious and rare it becomes.

If an outer gate disciple becomes an inner gate disciple, they receive a new cultivation technique, but its grade is only low human-level.

If an inner gate disciple can enter the Heavenly List or achieve a good ranking in the sect's grand competition, they might have a chance to receive a mid-human-level cultivation technique.

As for a high-human-level cultivation technique, ordinary inner gate disciples have almost no chance of obtaining it.

It's said that the only cultivation technique the sect leader of Qiyun Sect can practice is a mid-earth-level technique.

From this, you can see how precious a high-human-level cultivation technique is.

Moreover, higher-grade cultivation techniques have significant advantages in cultivation speed and technique power. If Ye Zhen could obtain a high-human-level cultivation technique earlier, the advantage it would bring would be immeasurable.

"Of course! As long as you can break through to the True Essence Realm within three months."

"Three months......"

Only then did Ye Zhen realize the condition Liao Feibai had set, and he was instantly stunned.

It wasn't that the condition was very difficult, but it was simply impossible.

Under normal circumstances, an outer gate disciple who has condensed their first drop of true essence would need at least a year to convert all their blood qi into true essence and truly enter the True Essence Realm, even with daily consumption of Blood Essence Pills.

Even with the unknown stone marrow spirit liquid, Ye Zhen couldn't achieve it within three months; the fastest would be more than half a year.

"Liao Jiaoxi, don't play with me. Three months is simply impossible." Ye Zhen smiled bitterly.

"What if I add this?"

A pill bottle appeared in front of Ye Zhen, with the words "True Essence Pill" written on it.

"One bottle?" Ye Zhen asked.

"One bottle!"

"One bottle isn't enough; four or five would be better." Seeing Liao Jiaoxi's generosity, Ye Zhen decided to ask for more.

The moment Ye Zhen spoke, Liao Feibai instantly roared like an angry lioness, "Four or five bottles of True Essence Pills? Why not ten or eight?"

"If I fed a pig with so many True Essence Pills, I could make it reach the True Essence Realm. Do you think I need to give you a reward to motivate you?"

"One bottle of True Essence Pills, take it or leave it! If you don't, I'll cut you down every time I see you."

Liao Feibai's roar was filled with profanity.

In the end, Ye Zhen reluctantly took the bottle of True Essence Pills, "I'll try......"

"It's not a try, but a must. If you can't, I'll cut you down every time I see you."

Ye Zhen was instantly embarrassed. Whether he took it or not, he would be cut down. Liao Jiaoxi was too violent.

After a moment of thought, Ye Zhen took a deep breath and, holding the True Essence Pill, asked solemnly, "Liao Jiaoxi, can you tell me why?"

"Why are you treating me so specially, giving me cultivation techniques and pills? I remember no other outer gate disciple has ever received your guidance."

Seeing Ye Zhen ask this, Liao Feibai was not surprised but sneered, "What, scared? I've dug a big pit for you, waiting for you to jump in. If you're scared, leave the pill and get out, and I'll cut you down every time I see you!"

"Scared of what! Three months, so be it." Liao Feibai's mocking words stirred Ye Zhen's blood, and he took the True Essence Pill and left.

Just as Liao Feibai was smirking, Ye Zhen suddenly turned back, making her expression stiffen.

"Liao Jiaoxi, I have another cultivation problem I don't understand and need your guidance." Ye Zhen said.

Hearing that Ye Zhen wanted to ask about cultivation, Liao Feibai relaxed, thinking he might have regretted.

"Ask away."

"Liao Jiaoxi, for some reason, when I practiced the Essence Blood Body Technique, I directly advanced from the fourth level of Blood Cultivation to the fifth, without going through the bone-washing and body-tempering process."

Pausing, Ye Zhen smiled bitterly, "To be honest, I haven't even taken a single Bone-Washing Pill!"

The next moment, Liao Feibai roared at Ye Zhen again, "Are you stupid? You have a Pure Body, already as pure as jade. Why would you need bone-washing and body-tempering? If you were my disciple, I'd kill you with one palm to save face!"

Ye Zhen was so frightened by Liao Feibai's roar that he fled without looking back, with her roar still echoing behind him.

"Do you think I have a problem? If you weren't a Pure Body, even ten bottles of True Essence Pills wouldn't help you break through to the True Essence Realm in three months!"

After fleeing, Ye Zhen secretly thought, wasn't she just saying that with enough True Essence Pills, even a pig could reach the True Essence Realm?

Ye Zhen hadn't expected that the Pure Body would have such a significant effect. Therefore, the stone marrow spirit liquid must be even more important than he imagined.

After Ye Zhen fled, a fairy in colorful robes, holding a flower weasel, appeared behind Liao Feibai.

"Alright, Liao sister, he's gone. Look at you, you scared him so much!" the fairy said.

"What, you're worried because he saved your precious pet?"

The fairy blushed at the mention of the flower weasel's illness, "Not at all."

"Still denying it? Your face is already red."

As they spoke, the two women laughed and joked. After a while, the fairy became serious, "Liao sister, have you noticed that Ye Zhen has many secrets?

He became an outer gate disciple a month ago, and his cultivation has already jumped from the third level of Blood Cultivation to the fifth. His speed is almost as fast as Ren Xihua's.

Moreover, this afternoon, a Phantom Snake King mysteriously became a shell. Although he said there were demons, I feel something is off."

Hearing the fairy's words, Liao Feibai's arched eyebrows lowered, and her gaze became deep, "Sister, who doesn't have secrets in this world? Don't you think so?

Even we have many secrets, don't we?"

Pausing, Liao Feibai continued, "Besides, if we talk about secrets, Caiyi, you are the biggest secret in Qiyun Sect......"