Cultivation: Starting with a Dual Cultivation Technique at the Immortal Rank

82: Chapter 82 Sword Pointing at Xiaoxiao, Opportunity to Break the MirrorInside the room, the atmosphere was thick with the scent of spring as Spiritual Qi surged.

When the final cycle of energy returned to tranquility, Jiang Yunhua’s elegant and noble face had regained a healthy blush. The look of distress between her brows was swept away, replaced by the joy and shock of being reborn.

Beside her, Yue Chaner’s face was also flushed, her beautiful eyes shimmering like water. Her cultivation at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage had received unprecedented consolidation and progress.

Li Yifei slowly withdrew his technique, feeling the dark-golden sea of magic power within his Dantian’s Qi Sea that had almost solidified. A surging sensation, as if about to burst through a dam, welled up in his heart.

As a Mid Foundation Establishment Stage Elder, Jiang Yunhua had accumulated decades of Primordial Yin Power. Its quality and quantity were far beyond what those Qi Refining girls could compare to.

This session of Dual Cultivation healing was like spring returning to a withered tree for her; for Li Yifei, it was the straw that broke the camel’s... no, the second to last straw.

His magic power was completely full, reaching the Peak of the Late Foundation Establishment Stage. Only a thin layer of window paper remained before that invisible barrier of Perfection.

”Just one last step...” Li Yifei thought to himself, feeling both joy and a hint of unbearable impatience.

He could clearly sense that as long as there was one more strand of high-quality Primordial Yin Power to act as a catalyst, he could immediately break through this shackle and step into the Realm of Foundation Establishment Perfection!

At that time, by taking the perfect quality third-grade golden origin pill already rewarded by the System, forging a High Grade Golden Core, and stepping onto the Golden Core Great Dao dreamed of by countless Cultivators, everything would fall into place naturally!

”Thank you, Husband, for healing my aunt.” Yue Chaner tidied her clothes, her voice filled with admiration and gratitude.

”Yifei... thank you.” Jiang Yunhua also sat up, looking at this nominal Junior and actual savior with a complex expression. She knew that from now on, her fate and her niece’s were completely tied to this man.

Li Yifei gave a gentle smile, comforting the two shy women and telling them to rest well before he paced out of Yuehua Pavilion.

Although he could grind through this Bottleneck by spending several months in bitter meditative cultivation, the feeling of being stuck at the final hurdle was truly uncomfortable.

Li Yifei decided to take the initiative.

He quickly went through Murong Xue’s list in his mind. Those inner Sect and Core Disciples who had not yet replied were only at the Qi Refining stage. Even with great Aptitude, he would likely need two or three of them to help him Breakthrough.

But there was another candidate, a Dao Companion candidate at the Foundation Establishment Stage who had not yet entered seclusion.

Third Senior Sister, Chu Xiao Xiao!

Her cultivation was at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage. Li Yifei was certain that her primordial yin was full and incredibly pure.

If he could get her help, breaking through to Foundation Establishment Perfection would be a certainty!

And... a scene from not long ago involuntarily surfaced in Li Yifei’s mind.

Third Senior Sister Chu Xiao Xiao had come to Yifei Peak to drink with him. In the heat of the wine, her heroic face carried a hint of tipsiness as she reached out a jade-like finger to pinch Li Yifei’s cheek, saying in a half-serious, half-joking tone: ”Junior Brother, why didn’t you show up earlier? If I had met you a few years ago, I wouldn’t have ended up forging only a mere second-grade dao base.”

At the time, he took it as a joke, but thinking back now... how many truths are spoken in the form of a joke?

Re-establishing the Foundation was naturally impossible, but it wasn’t without ways to compensate.

His Grand Ultimate Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Secret Canon could purify the other party’s spiritual power and solidify their Foundation during the process of Dual Cultivation. Plus, he had that unique bargaining chip in his hand...

”A second-grade perfect quality Mirror-Breaking Pill.”

Ordinary second-grade Mirror-Breaking Pills could help Early Foundation Establishment Cultivators break through to the Middle Stage, but the medicinal power was overbearing and the pill toxicity was significant; a person could only take one in their lifetime.

But the perfect quality pills he could refine had no such restriction! The medicinal properties were gentle, with zero pill toxicity, and could be taken repeatedly!

”Just one doesn’t seem attractive enough,” Li Yifei calculated quickly in his heart. ”Then... three!”

Three perfect quality Mirror-Breaking Pills!

This was enough to ensure that Chu Xiao Xiao would never encounter another Bottleneck in her future cultivation from Early Foundation Establishment to Middle Stage, and then to Perfection! As long as she accumulated spiritual power step-by-step, breaking through would be as simple as eating or drinking.

This was equivalent to paving a grand path directly to Foundation Establishment Perfection for her, and the benefits for her future attempt at the Golden Core were immeasurable!

As for the more precious perfect golden essence pill, it wasn’t appropriate to bring it out now.

After all, her cultivation was still shallow. Drawing a ”big pie” that was visible but untouchable was far less impactful than this kind of tangible, immediate benefit.

Li Yifei’s gaze became profound.

He looked up at the sky, his thoughts already drifting toward the more distant future.

The Spiritual Qi in this place called Cangnan Continent was ultimately too thin.

According to the Sect’s ancient records, the limit for Cultivators here was basically the Golden Core Stage.

Even if there were those with extraordinary talent and Heaven-Defying Opportunities who luckily broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, they would never stay here for long, otherwise, they would risk their cultivation regressing.

To go to the legendary Central State Continent, where Spiritual Qi was as thick as liquid and great experts were everywhere, one had to cross the Stormy Sea occupied by endless Yao Races.

Without Nascent Soul cultivation, crossing the sea was a near-death experience; even Nascent Soul monsters had to be cautious, as if treading on thin ice.

Therefore, in Cangnan Continent, Perfected Golden Core was the true ceiling of combat power.

”As long as I can forge a high-quality Golden Core and reach the Late Golden Core Stage—no, perhaps even just the Mid-stage Golden Core—it will be enough to run rampant across the entire Cangnan Continent!”

By then, this small patch of land known as the Qingyun Sect would no longer be able to bind him.

He could acquire Dao Companions and Concubines on a larger scale, increase his cultivation at a faster speed, and dominating the Cangnan Continent would only be a matter of time.

”Of course, if I’m lucky and the System rewards a Nascent Soul Puppet, that would be even more stable.” A flicker of heat flashed in Li Yifei’s eyes. ”But that seems to require a Dao Companion with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, or the birth of an offspring with an Earthly Spiritual Root to possibly trigger...”

Withdrawing his wandering thoughts, Li Yifei took a deep breath and no longer hesitated.

He tidied his robes, identified the direction, and flew straight toward Third Senior Sister Chu Xiao Xiao’s Immortal Cave, the ”Listening Sword Hut.”

This final step, he would go and take it personally!