Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 127: Settling In
After she finished speaking, she sat back on the stone bench. One jade hand slowly ran through her long black hair, smoothing it out.
Then she took out a pink ribbon from her storage bag and used it to tie up her neatly arranged hair.
At this moment, Liu Yu's expression softened, no longer as serious as before.
Watching the female cultivator tidy up her hair, he couldn't help but feel that she had a certain femininity about her. After thinking for a moment, he decided to comfort her.
So, he walked behind Jiang Qiushui, gently wrapped his arms around her, and rested his head on her shoulder, rubbing against her slightly, saying, "Don't think too much. As long as you focus on doing your job for me without any other thoughts, I, Liu, will not treat you unfairly."
Hearing this, Jiang Qiushui's eyes turned slightly red, and she grasped his two hands tightly.
After a long time, Liu Yu released her, returned to the stone bench across from her, and took out the book on the qingyang skill to begin his comprehension.
Seeing this, Jiang Qiushui walked into a nearby room, and when she came out again, she had changed into the gray robe of an outer sect disciple. She approached Liu Yu and whispered a few words to him.
"Go ahead," Liu Yu nodded, controlling the formation with his spiritual consciousness to open a gap.
Jiang Qiushui moved gracefully, step by step walking outside. After leaving the cave dwelling, she glanced back, but by then, the formation had closed, and she could see nothing.
Seeing this, her delicate brows furrowed slightly. Although she had expected this outcome, she still felt a bit disappointed. She took out a magical artifact from her storage bag and transformed into a streak of pink escape light as she left.
Liu Yu's cave dwelling returned to its usual tranquility. He quickly calmed the ripples in his heart lake and focused all his energy on his cultivation.
After comprehending the qingyang skill for two hours, he realized that this cultivation technique consisted of twelve levels. Liu Yu only had eight levels of the technique in hand. The first three levels corresponded to the qi refinement stage, the middle three levels to the foundation establishment stage, and the last two levels to the golden core stage.
With Liu Yu's current level at the foundation establishment stage, he had nearly comprehended the first two levels of the technique. At this rate, he believed he would be able to comprehend the fourth level of the foundation establishment early stage by the time of the auction.
He then took out the foundation establishment chapter of the art of spirit preservation. This profound technique of spiritual consciousness was extremely difficult for ordinary cultivators to practice, but Liu Yu seemed to have a natural talent for the Primordial Spirit. Combined with the Clear Lotus Spiritual Tea, he had already completed the qi refinement stage of the cultivation.
However, the art of spirit preservation seemed to be even more intricate than the qingyang skill. Despite some annotations from predecessors, Liu Yu found it extremely difficult to comprehend. The Scripture Vault contained very little information about the Primordial Spirit, with only fragmentary notes that were not very helpful. At the current speed, it would take at least three years for him to fully comprehend the foundation establishment chapter of the art of spirit preservation.
A day later, the formation of the cave dwelling was triggered again. With a sweep of his spiritual consciousness, Liu Yu recognized the identity of the visitor. He quickly used several spell gestures and then walked out of the cave.
Standing outside the cave was indeed Jiang Qiushui. Liu Yu stepped out and calmly asked, "Are you all set?"
Jiang Qiushui nodded and replied softly, "Mm."
"Follow me."
With that, Liu Yu led the way down the mountain, finally stopping at a rock wall twenty zhang away from his cave dwelling. He then patted his storage bag and took out the Mother-Child Soul Pursuing Blade.