Chapter 13: Penance
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The bottom of the cliff forms a wide valley, and a curtain of water cascades down and falls into the pool, where the water is crystal clear. The secluded realm seems to have never been set foot by anyone who dares to take risks, the shore is overgrown with weeds, and the whole valley is exceptionally dense with trees and thorns, and it is a living primeval forest.
"Seventy-nine! Eighty ......"
On an ancient tree facing the waterfall, there is the figure of a young man hanging upside down, and it is the boy on this tree who makes this burst of soft drinks!
Beads of sweat the size of beans covered the boy's forehead, and drop by drop slipped down into the soil, and the flowers and plants below seemed to be grateful for the blessing of this watering, and bloomed more vigorously.
Gazing at the waterfall that plunged into the pool, Shang Chen struggled to see every drop of splashing water. In the past, the soul cultivation was just sitting on the hill, counting the giant trees on the distant mountain, but I didn't expect that at this moment, it was a splash like stars, and it was still splashing up and disappearing in an instant!
Hanging upside down all the time made Shang Chen a little weak, and he still had to insist on running his soul power!
This kind of training is simply a kind of torture, and the worst thing is-
From time to time, there were the cries or roars of demon beasts in the distant forest, which Shang Chen had never heard in the courtyard in the past, and every roar made his heart tremble.
"Whew!"
The boy felt a little dizzy, and a beastly roar broke the silence, which was deafening, startling a group of birds!
"Compared to this roar, the previous ones were cats!"
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, Shang Chen was also thinking about what was the origin of this turbulent thing.
"That's the winged horned bone-eater!" Mo Lan Lingyi looked at the hanging boy and spit out.
"Winghorn Bone Devouring Wolf!Fourth Order Fierce Beast!" Hearing this name, Shang Chen suddenly recalled the records about demon beasts in the book, and couldn't help but exclaim.
"Yo! You still know! It's just a little guy with a new mind, just now declaring hegemony, just a quarrel between children!" said lightly, and a trace of disdain appeared on the woman's face.
"Little guy?" The young man said indignantly, "That's enough to rival the enemy's Soul Infinite Realm!"
Looking at the woman in Gujing Wubo, Shang Chen was also suspicious, the Soul Sect did not have such confidence to call this demon beast a little guy? Otherwise, if that guy came here, he wouldn't have to slap himself to death with one claw?
"Hehe, do you think it dares to set foot in this area?" Mo Lan Lingyi moved his beautiful eyes and looked at the realm where Fang had just roared, with a hint of nobility and rebelliousness in his smile!
Questioned by this voice, the twitching of Shang Chen's little face almost made him fall from the tree, and the soul power that was running trembled for a while, and he had to run again.
"Teacher, what is the state of your soul power?" Shang Chen asked with a worried face, and he was even more polite to this elder in his heart.
"Uh...... Let me think, what realm is coming from? It seems to be...... Be...... Ah...... Forget!" Rubbing his forehead in contemplation, Mo Lan Lingyi said slowly.
Smacking his lips, Shang Chenbai glanced at the woman on the treetops on the side, and swallowed the three words he was about to complain about: "Old woman!"
"Boy, what do you want! Keep counting!"
Just when the young man was napping in his mind, the voice of a woman's reproach sounded in his ears.
"You must know that it is your soul that controls your entire body, and when you face opponents one by one, people will not stand motionless like the wild trees on this mountain!
Complaining about Shang Chen's negligence, Mo Lan Lingyi leaned his head slightly against the tree next to him and closed his bright blue eyes.
Glancing at the master, he saw that the latter was actually napping on the treetops, and couldn't help muttering:
"I won't even let you rest!" I will come here for recreation!" Spread his hands helplessly, "The first time I saw the soul body, I would actually sleep!" I couldn't help but roll my eyelids and glanced at the master again.
The woman's golden robe, along the snow-white graceful legs hanging down from the treetops, a pair of jade hands resting on her knees, resting against the trunk of the tree, closed eyes engraved with the grace and luxury on the face, and the valley and dense forest behind her are integrated, natural and peaceful......
"One, two, three......"
"Damn!"
"One, two...... Eighteen!"
"Fuck me!"
Quickly coming back to his senses, Shang Chen stared hard at the splashing water not far away, but found that he didn't seem to be able to count twenty.
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Three days passed.
With his hands floating in front of his abdomen, running his soul power, urging the soul of the Spirit Realm, Shang Chen took a deep breath and stared at those starry water droplets.
"Three hundred and eighty-three ......"
A drop of sweat slid down the young man's upside-down face across his forehead, but it no longer shook the concentration that flashed in the young man's eyes.
Gradually, it seems to have entered a subtle realm, after two days of hard training, Shang Chen has adapted to this unique way of refining souls, the soul power in his body is more skillful, and the mobilization of the soul of the spirit realm is also more pure.
The most important thing is that while cultivating penance, Shang Chen felt that his soul seemed to be blessed by the woman's floating soul power, and it was this kind of cultivation that made the young man's soul power grow by leaps and bounds, but he didn't know what realm this mysterious woman had reached!
"At this speed, my previous cultivation is simply ......" muttered to himself, laughing at himself, feeling the significant increase in the strength of his soul, the corners of the young man's mouth couldn't help but cross a trace of pride.
"Do you have to count to a thousand at the same time to reach the threshold of the soul realm!" thinking about it, gritting his teeth, Shang Chen was not complaining about the hard work of sweating down, he mobilized the soul power of his whole body, and felt every inch of the splash of this vast water curtain.
With the continuous improvement of his soul power, Shang Chen obviously felt that the water pouring from the waterfall in front of him seemed to have slowed down a lot, and the speed at which the water splashed and fell into the pool also slowed down, so that he could gain insight into more small bits.
"Seven hundred and forty-nine ......"
It seemed that he had reached the limit, Shang Chen's tense nerves suddenly relaxed after reaching a new height, and he took a few big breaths to calm down, but he never found that his clothes were completely soaked, and as long as he twisted it, he could get wet.
"Master, at this rate, I guess I'll be able to break through to the Soul Realm tomorrow!" Shang Chen's proud face was filled with unconcealable joy as he looked at the former and asked.
Seeing that the kid on this tree actually had such an amazing cultivation speed, Mo Lan Lingyi was also surprised, and said with a relieved smile:
Originally, I thought it would take you seven or eight days to break through to the Soul Realm, but I didn't expect that this is only the third day, and you can actually reach such a realm, and tomorrow should be a good day!"
After a pause, the woman also felt that today's training was enough, and comforted: "My body is wet, tired enough, let's rest!
"Didn't the teacher say that the iron should be struck while it is hot!
"Come again!"
With a loud shout, he was so praised by the teacher, and a new excitement made Shang Chen's nerves tense again, urging his soul power, and with the residual heat from before, he felt the unprecedented throbbing of his soul, like a wild horse that had escaped from the leashes, integrating into his limbs and hundreds of bones in his body.
Suddenly opened his eyes, the young man never noticed that in his eyes, a moment of bright starry blue light galloped by, like the deep blue of the vast starry sky at night, which made people full of endless admiration and admiration......
The strange scene actually escaped Mo Lan Lingyi's induction, and the latter just felt an indescribable dullness, this kind of depression, like a meteor across the starry sky, fleeting, made the woman feel like an illusion.
Staring at the young man staring at the waterfall, Mo Lan Lingyi put aside the "illusion" of Fang Cai, and at this time, there was a sense of surprise and relief on his face, and he muttered: "Could it be that this little guy is about to break through?"
The splash of water stirred up by the waterfall became slower and slower under the soul induction, and the boy urged his soul power to the extreme, ready to hit a higher height-
"Nine Hundred and Fifty-Six ......"
Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, a heeler's upside-down body tossed down from the ancient tree, and his body stood up suddenly, no longer counting, but his heart roared indescribably:
"Haha, it's done! It's done! Lao Tzu has broken a thousand!"
didn't hear the young man's continued low drinking, the old man who was originally sitting on the treetops thought that Shang Chen would be able to break a thousand this time, but this reversal made her speechless, and she didn't know what to say for a while, frowning willow eyebrows, with a helpless face.
The boy scratched his nose to calm the excitement in his heart.
"Well, tomorrow will officially break through and soul realm!"
There was an inexplicable hint of treachery on his face—
"Hey...... The strength of the Soul Realm! It's tempting to think about it!"
Don't overdo it, Shang Chen grinned and smiled playfully at the woman in the treetops, making the latter feel a tingle in his body.
"Boy, what the hell do you want to fight?" Looking at that treacherous and weird smile, Mo Lan Lingyi really couldn't think of any legitimate thoughts of this kid at the moment!
"That...... Teacher, you see, my clothes are all wet, or ......!" Shang Chen instantly put away his playful smile, revealing a harmless appearance of humans and animals, spread his hands, and said stupidly.
After hearing this, the former immediately gritted his silver teeth angrily, and through a touch of ruddy on his white cheeks, a golden aura suddenly condensed in his palm, as if as long as he splashed a little, he could smash the kid in front of him.
"Little rabbit cub! If there is a next time, I will not care about the relationship between master and apprentice!"
Seeing such a posture, Shang Chen immediately raised his hands, staggered back a few steps, and his little face turned pale with fright for a while!
"There's a difference between men and women! I just want to take a shower here, and I want you to avoid it, avoid it...... That's all, that's all!"
He smashed his mouth, stuck out his tongue, and raised his hands seemed to tremble......
Taking a few deep breaths, Mo Lan Lingyi tried his best to calm himself down and withdrew the golden aura in his palm.
"Little bastard! You dare to entertain the old lady!"
After a cold snort, a golden shadow flew away from the treetops and disappeared......
The boy stood on the shore in a daze, and a piercing chill arose behind him, like a stone carving......