Cultivation: Starting from a Mortal Bone

As for this Guardian’s cultivation, Qin Yu truly had no clue.

There wasn’t the slightest ripple on her body, completely like an ordinary mortal, the kind that...

Clearly right in front of you, but if you close your eyes, you’d overlook her existence, like a wisp of air, entirely imperceptible.

Quite peculiar indeed.

Obviously, she’s definitely cultivated a special technique.

This alone shows her extraordinariness.

But it’s just that... she seems a bit naive to the ways of the world.

Qin Yu had already hinted so clearly, yet she didn’t show the slightest intention of avoiding it, instead...

Qin Yu saw it all so clearly just now!

The long sword was already half-drawn!

What is she trying to do?!

”You don’t need it?”

Liu Zixiao hesitated to accept it, leaving Yan Yu somewhat puzzled.

”...”

In contrast to Qin Yu’s speechless expression, Liu Zixiao’s face turned red, her entire head buried in Qin Yu’s embrace, wishing she could just dig a hole and crawl into it.

It was utterly embarrassing.

”Ahem.”

Qin Yu cleared his throat before saying, ”Yan Yu, the master is just passing down knowledge to me, there’s no need for this treasure robe.”

If he wore it, how would he... break free from it?

”You’d better take it back.”

With no choice, he came up with some excuse to push the profound robe back.

He had come to understand that this Guardian was probably someone with little worldly experience, entirely focused on cultivation.

Perhaps she had extremely high talent in cultivation, but her mindset was incredibly simple.

She probably thought that disciples should respect their masters, and that masters should discipline their disciples.

”Passing down knowledge?”

However, Yan Yu was puzzled and asked, ”Weren’t you guys trying to propagate offspring?”

”...”

Immediately, Qin Yu and Liu Zixiao were baffled, opening their mouths but unable to utter a single word.

The words weren’t wrong.

But how should they explain it?

Actually, there was no need for an explanation because this was indeed the truth.

It’s just that Liu Zixiao’s ears turned red with shame.

She was the master after all, was it proper to propagate offspring with a disciple?!

And to be discovered by others.

”I’ll go out and guard for you.”

Suddenly, Yan Yu seemed to recall something.

Last night, Yan Zhi sister said that during the time they propagate offspring, one shouldn’t keep watching.

At least not in the same room.

Even fish in the water, deer in the forest, birds in the sky...

In such moments, if disturbed by external factors, it wouldn’t proceed smoothly.

With that, she got up, left the cabin, and sat cross-legged at the bow of the ship.

With her cultivation, whether inside the cabin or outside, it actually didn’t affect her at all.

Her senses extended outward, sensing danger, while also sensing... other things.

The empress’s order for her to come to this region, Yan Yu hadn’t forgotten.

Even if she had to traverse every corner of this region, she had to find that tribulation-crossing site and uncover the truth.

...

After she left the cabin, Qin Yu looked at Master Liu, who was nestled in his arms, too embarrassed to speak, and a faint curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Whenever even a hint of emotion emerged on Liu Zixiao’s abstinent face, it made it hard for him to suppress his rising emotions.

Quickly, Liu Zixiao sensed it.

She immediately lifted her head.

If she didn’t lift it soon, that rebellious disciple might just...

You wretched fellow!

”Master, let’s continue... passing down the knowledge.”

Qin Yu chuckled.

”No! ...Hmm...”

Liu Zixiao rolled her eyes at this rebellious disciple, considering Yan Yu was at the bow, she wanted to resist but didn’t finish her sentence before her small mouth was blocked.

Under the night sky, the flying ship swayed in the pitch-black night like a willow leaf in a lake, as if it might tip over at any moment.

At the bow, a touch of curiosity flashed in Yan Yu’s eyes, ”Is this also possible...”

She’d have to ask Yan Zhi sister about it later.

It seemed she still had much to learn.

Strangely, though Yan Zhi sister mentioned it as a tedious thing, she found it...

Quite fascinating.

Yet for some reason, seeing Liu Zixiao like that, her previously calm heart felt a faint and imperceptible ripple.

One must know, for the sake of honing her mind, she often immersed herself in a series of harsh illusion realms, so no matter how tragically desolate a scene in the world, it could rarely evoke any emotional response from her.

It wasn’t that her emotions were extinguished, rather, no matter the environment, she could maintain a stable mindset to handle any possible occurrences.

Yan Yu realized, this perhaps, could also temper her mind.

Thinking of this, she became even more focused, immersed in those profound images.

Also, due to Yan Yu’s powerful perception specifically focused on Liu Zixiao, she slowly uncovered more subtle clues.

Under normal circumstances, although Liu Zixiao tried to control the ripple in her body, that couldn’t fool Yan Yu’s perception.

Top-grade Spirit Bone!

Moreover, in a situation where her root bone was being enhanced, her aura was almost unshielded.

Yan Yu carefully recalled the moment she first saw Liu Zixiao, it seemed, compared to now, there were some changes.

Although it hadn’t been a day, and the changes were subtle, barely noticeable without meticulous observation, these changes seemed quite apparent to Yan Yu.

Even, when she focused more on this aspect, she discovered a continual upward growth in the fluctuation of Liu Zixiao’s aura.

”Her physique is undergoing a transformation...”

Yan Yu quickly concluded, and she even had a feeling that if this continued, Liu Zixiao’s root bone might even be enhanced?!

The conclusion made this Flame Guard herself pause for a moment.

Could this be true?!

Suddenly, she recalled the changes that occurred to Qin Yu the night before.

However, at this moment, no such changes were happening to Qin Yu as they were to Liu Zixiao.

Yan Yu took out a notebook and recorded this situation.

By deep night, the cabin had quieted down, and only then did Yan Yu set up an array.

She had received orders, from now on she would report to Yan Zhi.

”Sister Yan Zhi...”

She began recounting the day’s events, the first half was quite mundane, without much happening.

Until nightfall...

In the Imperial Palace, Yan Zhi listened with furrowed brows.

No.

Are this master and disciple playing such an elaborate game?!

Worry filled her mind.

So young, yet Yan Yu was witnessing such things every day.

She even thought of switching places with Yan Yu, but the distance from the Imperial Capital to the Cyan Mist Hall was far too vast.

By the time she arrived, a year might’ve passed.

”Wait, did you say that the master’s physique is undergoing transformation?”

Soon, Yan Zhi grasped the key point.