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

87: Chapter 87 Double BlowsLi Yifei snapped his eyes open, a brilliant golden light flashing and vanishing within his pupils.

He felt the earth-shaking changes within his body; his aura was no longer as mellow as it had been during the Foundation Establishment Stage, but had become deeper, more solid, and more majestic, like a vast ocean!

Having broken through to the Golden Core Stage in one go, his Physical Body had also transformed, becoming tougher, as if every inch of skin and every bone contained immense power.

This was not just a Breakthrough in cultivation, but a leap in the level of his life force!

His Body Refining cultivation also broke through to the twelfth layer as a result!

To his surprise, the medicinal power of the perfect golden essence pill, combined with his own Heaven-Defying Body Cultivator Cultivation Technique and the stacking effect of his offspring’s talents, had caused his Golden Core’s quality to reach the unheard-of first grade!

This meant his future potential would be limitless, far surpassing his peers.

However, the price was not small.

He glanced at the floor of the Quiet Room, only to see that the mountain of Low-Grade Spirit Stones had now completely turned to dust, scattered on the ground. A faint ripple of Spiritual Qi remained in the air, a testament to the massive consumption just now.

”With such a massive consumption of Spiritual Qi, if not for the concealment of the Third-Rank Grand Formation, I’m afraid I would have immediately alerted the Sect’s upper management,” Li Yifei thought to himself.

He rose from the warm jade bed, feeling his entire body filled with strength, as if a single punch could shatter a mountain.

”Early Golden Core Stage... now, I finally have the confidence to protect myself in this world of immortal cultivation.”

He slowly walked out of the Quiet Room. The Spiritual Qi of Yifei Peak was still abundant, but compared to what he had consumed during his Breakthrough, it was merely a drop in the ocean.

The moment he stepped out of the Quiet Room, a warm current flooded his heart. It wasn’t Spiritual Qi, but the long-lost feeling of ’home’.

His gaze swept across the courtyard. His Concubines were all busy, either performing Alchemy, practicing their cultivation, or tending to spiritual plants—a scene of prosperity.

Just as he was about to go find Lin Qingxue to ask about matters during his seclusion, a spiritual talisman carrying an urgent warning flew straight into his Immortal Cave and stopped before him.

Li Yifei reached out and caught it. As his Divine Thought swept over it, the smile on his face instantly froze.

The first thing that caught his eye was Lin Qingxue’s anxious voice: ”Husband! You’re finally out! Revered Master has ended her seclusion, and she... she knows about you and the Senior Sisters. She’s absolutely furious! She wants you to go to the Profound Ice Palace to see her the moment you come out!”

Li Yifei’s mouth twitched. As expected, what was meant to come would come eventually.

He had long anticipated that Revered Master would notice something after coming out of seclusion, but he hadn’t expected her to ’interrogate’ all five Personal Disciples so quickly.

It seemed Revered Master was truly beyond livid.

However, thinking of his current Early Golden Core Stage cultivation and the greatly increased strength of his Senior Sisters, Li Yifei didn’t feel much fear, only a bit of a headache.

How to appease this ice-cold beauty Revered Master would be another test of skill.

However, what made his heart sink even further was the second piece of news that followed in the spiritual talisman.

”Husband, there’s more bad news! The Sect Master... the Sect Master has fallen in the East Sea Secret Realm! The Sect’s soul lamp has been extinguished!”

The suddenness of this news left Li Yifei incredibly shocked.

The Qingyun Sect Revered Master, with an Early Golden Core Stage cultivation, was considered a powerful figure in the Cangnan Continent. His death was undoubtedly a catastrophic disaster for the Qingyun Sect!

Li Yifei’s gaze instantly sharpened. With the Sect Master fallen, the power structure of the Sect would undergo drastic changes.

He quickly composed himself and sent his Divine Thought out from Yifei Peak. Sure enough, he heard the entire Sect, inside and out, buzzing with discussion.

”Have you heard? The Sect Master’s soul lamp has gone out! It’s true! I saw it with my own eyes!”

”Heavens! How is that possible? The Sect Master was at the Early Golden Core Stage; who could possibly kill him?!”

”It happened in that ancient Secret Realm in the East Sea. It’s said that Secret Realm is extremely dangerous, and the Sect Master was leading the Elders inside to explore!”

”The Sect Master is gone... is our Qingyun Sect finished?”

Panic spread rapidly among the Disciples. The lower-level Disciples were pale-faced, living in constant fear.

The fall of the Sect Master meant the Sect had lost a vital Golden Core combatant, and even more so, the Sect’s status would take a massive hit.

However, amidst the panic, some Disciples with a bit more insight quickly thought of the Sect’s two pillars of stability.

”Don’t panic, our Sect still has Ice Sword Fairy and Succubus Fairy, two Mid-stage Golden Core powerhouses, watching over us! The sky won’t fall!”

”That’s right! With Fairy Su and Fairy Luo here, who would dare to easily move against our Qingyun Sect?!”

”With the Sect Master’s position vacant, I’m afraid one of the two Fairies will be chosen!”

Hearing this, Li Yifei’s brow furrowed tightly.

Su Muxue and Luo Hongchen.

One was his ice-cold Revered Master, and the other was the Succubus Fairy who might be full of ’interest’ in him.

These two Mid-stage Golden Core powerhouses had always been the strongest pillars of the Qingyun Sect. Now that the Sect Master had fallen, their status would be even more pivotal.

For Li Yifei, who had just broken through to the Golden Core Stage, this undoubtedly cast a complex and volatile shadow over his original plan to ’stay low and develop’.

His Revered Master’s rage, combined with the upheaval in the Sect’s upper management—these two things together made Li Yifei feel unprecedented pressure.

He knew he could no longer just comfortably develop on Yifei Peak like before.

The fall of the Sect Master meant that the landscape of the Cangnan Continent might see undercurrents surging because of this.

And he had to quickly establish a firm foothold amidst these changing winds and accumulate even greater strength to ensure the safety of himself and his ’family’.

”Early Golden Core Stage... is not enough.”

Li Yifei clenched his fist, a determined light flashing in his deep eyes.

He had to increase his cultivation even faster!

Succubus Fairy Luo Hongchen, that Mid-stage Golden Core existence, now seemed to be no longer just a ’resource’ to be pursued, but likely a key figure he needed to treat with caution during the Sect’s turmoil.

And the meeting with his Revered Master, Su Muxue, also had to be carefully considered to maximize benefits while ensuring his own safety.

An invisible storm was brewing within the Qingyun Sect. And Li Yifei, just as this storm arrived, possessed the power to step into the core.

He took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and decided to go to the Profound Ice Palace first to face his Revered Master, who was about to be ’consumed by towering rage’. This first step, he had to take steadily.