#209 - Chapter 209: The illusory cultivation

“Master, it really wasn't my fault! Senior Sister told me to do it!” Little Bai, hanging from the willow tree, said aggrievedly.

He forgot that while the heavens wouldn't punish him, his master would.

“Xiaoyao, keep hitting him,” Ye Kong said unhappily.

You dare to beat my disciple in front of me? Do you really think I'm blind?

“Are you alright?” Ye Kong turned to look at Mu Qianqian.

Mu Qianqian had a fist-shaped bruise on her face from Little Bai's punch.

“It hurts, but it feels good,” Mu Qianqian said with a smile.

Hearing this, Ye Kong couldn't help but turn to look at Mu Qianqian.

Are you serious?

It hurts, but it feels good?

I suspect you have masochistic tendencies!

Ye Kong wondered if he should teach Mu Qianqian the right values.

“Since I was little, I haven't been able to feel pain, nor have I been able to feel hot or cold. The seasons don't mean much to me. Now that I can feel pain, it proves that I'm human, a real human,” Mu Qianqian said with a smile.

Hearing this, Ye Kong looked up at the sky and fell silent.

Mu Qianqian was special; she could barely feel any external stimuli or changes.

And no one could hurt her.

Of course, as Mu Qianyuan's daughter, the apple of the Guanjing Pavilion's eye, no one dared to hurt her.

Therefore, Mu Qianqian had never been able to feel anything else since she was a child.

Now, Little Bai's punch gave her a sense of pain, making her feel like she had finally become a normal person.

So she wasn't angry; instead, she was excited.

“Alright, Xiaoyao, stop hitting him,” Ye Kong called out to Ye Xiaoyao.

Only then did Ye Xiaoyao stop and put Little Bai down.

“I'll let it go this time, but if you dare to attack your junior sister again, I'll do it myself,” Ye Kong said.

Little Bai pouted, glaring angrily at the eldest senior sister on Peach Mountain.

It wasn't like I wanted to hit her; it was Eldest Senior Sister who told me to try it out.

Little Bai didn't want to try it at first, but under the pressure of Eldest Senior Sister, he did it.

As a result, he got beaten up.

“Xiao Qing, do you think Little Bai is stupid?” Lin Yaoyao looked at Xiao Qing.

“He's definitely stupid. Running to Xiaoyao Peak to hit Junior Sister in front of Master, who else would get beaten up if not him?” Xiao Qing said.

“He rides that husky all day; I guess his IQ has been affected by the husky,” Lin Yaoyao said.

The husky, lying on the hillside, perked up its ears when it heard Lin Yaoyao talking about it.

Xiao Qing scanned the husky up and down and whispered, “Why does it look a bit like a Wangyue dog to me?”

If it were a bit bigger and its eyes were a bit redder, it would look even more like one.

The two stood on Peach Mountain talking, and Lin Yaoyao pretended not to see Little Bai getting beaten up.

On Xiaoyao Peak.

Ye Kong originally wanted Mu Qianqian to go back and rest, but he sensed that Mu Qianqian's cultivation was fluctuating greatly.

Sometimes it was Foundation Establishment, sometimes Golden Core, and sometimes it fell back to Qi Training.

“What's going on with your cultivation?” Ye Kong asked.

“I don't know either. I didn't have any cultivation before,” Mu Qianqian explained.

She could control the natural world before, so cultivation was the same to her whether she had it or not.

Now that the thread connecting her had been cut off by Ye Kong, her cultivation was fluctuating.

She hadn't cultivated before, so she could be considered to have no cultivation.

The spiritual power in her body all came from the heavens and earth.

“Try using your spiritual power to attack Little Bai. I want to see how strong you are,” Ye Kong said to Mu Qianqian.

As soon as Little Bai heard this, he turned to run, but Ye Xiaoyao grabbed him back.

“Why attack me? Can't you attack Junior Brother Xiaoyao?” Little Bai said unhappily.

“Then Xiaoyao, prepare your defense,” Ye Kong said to Ye Xiaoyao.

“Yes.” Ye Xiaoyao condensed a spiritual sword with spiritual power and held it in his hand.

Mu Qianqian condensed a star, shining brightly.

“Be careful, Senior Brother,” Mu Qianqian said, then shot the star out.

Ye Xiaoyao had prepared his defense, but just as the star was about to fall, it suddenly turned and headed towards Little Bai.

“I… you damn…”

Little Bai didn't even have time to speak before turning and running.

He didn't expect that even though he had dodged far away, Junior Sister's attack would still target him.

Little Bai had evidence to suspect that Junior Sister was definitely doing it on purpose, maliciously retaliating against him.

Ye Kong watched Mu Qianqian's attack and roughly understood the problem.

When she condensed the star, Mu Qianqian's cultivation had risen to the Golden Core stage, but when she shot it out, her cultivation had fallen to the Foundation Establishment stage.

How could she control a Golden Core attack with Foundation Establishment cultivation?

So it really wasn't that Mu Qianqian was deliberately targeting Little Bai, but that she couldn't control it.

After figuring out the problem, Ye Kong lowered his head and pondered for a while.

Mu Qianqian's cultivation needed to be stabilized.

Ye Kong flipped through his special items and took out the Xuan Huang Liquid.

After diluting the Xuan Huang Liquid, he injected a drop of it into Mu Qianqian's body.

Mu Qianqian immediately felt a warmth in her body, and the spiritual power within her body flowed rapidly, gathering in her dantian and condensing into a core.

Ye Kong then took out the Xiaoyao Fan, and with a flash of the fan, countless spiritual powers were drawn over by him and injected into Mu Qianqian's body.

Mu Qianqian's spiritual power was replenished, and the Golden Core gradually condensed.

Once the Golden Core was formed, her cultivation would be completely stabilized.

“So Junior Sister's cultivation is only at the Golden Core stage,” Xiao Qing said with some surprise.

“What's so surprising about that? She's never used her own strength before; she's always used the power of nature,” Lin Yaoyao said.

She was actually a bit surprised too. The previously all-powerful Junior Sister's cultivation was only just at the Golden Core stage.

As the two were chatting, Little Bai roared past them.

A star condensed from spiritual power followed closely behind.

Lin Yaoyao took out the Sky Sword and shattered the star with one strike.

“Little Bai is too cowardly; a single attack scared him away,” Lin Yaoyao said with disdain.

Mu Qianqian's attack wasn't very strong; with their strength, they could easily block it.

But Little Bai was afraid; he didn't resist and ran away directly, so he was chased.

The main reason was that Little Bai had a psychological shadow and didn't dare to resist; otherwise, with his strength and physical strength, even if he stood still and took the hit, nothing would happen.

On Xiaoyao Peak.

The Golden Core in Mu Qianqian's body condensed and formed, and her cultivation was completely settled.

“Master, I have cultivation now,” Mu Qianqian said with a happy smile.

“Yes, I see it,” Ye Kong said with a faint smile and nodded.

His current five disciples were all at the Golden Core stage, and the difference in strength wasn't great.

If he had to make a comparison, then Ye Xiaoyao and Lin Yaoyao should be tied for first, followed by Little Bai with his double cores, then Xiao Qing.

And finally, Mu Qianqian.

It wasn't that Mu Qianqian was weak, but that many of her methods had become ineffective, and she hadn't practiced any cultivation techniques.

Once she cultivated the techniques, her strength would be further improved.

At the same time,

On the eighteenth floor of the Guanjing Pavilion, a figure appeared.