My Big Brother is Seeking Death Again

The consumption of Qi continued, but the seedling of Shi Xia's Spiritual Root seemed to be overwhelmed with Qi. Instead of continuing to grow, a crack appeared on the branches and leaves. Her cultivation level was originally at the fifth level of Qi Refining. Before she made the nine-tailed fire fox her spiritual animal, her cultivation was at the third level of Foundation Establishment. But at the time of forming a spiritual contract with the fire fox, her cultivation level decreased and went a few stages back. So if she continued to consume the Qi like this, it wouldn't be good for her. If the desired speed of cultivation isn't achieved, it would backfire her.

But she could care less about these things at such a crucial moment. All she could do was induce as much Yang spiritual energy into her body as possible.

The cracks on the seedling grew bigger and bigger, and a huge wave of pain racked over her whole body. The pain was unbearable, as if someone was stabbing her with a blunt knife.

Shi Xia gritted her teeth, but didn't dare to stop. Trying to ignore the pain of the whole body, her mind began to play the March of the Volunteer Army* in an endless loop. When she became bored playing it 25,000 times, she began to think about the revolutionary songs in old-times, and began to feel that this pain is nothing that she couldn't handle……

[T/N: The "March of the Volunteers" (Chinese: 义勇军进行曲), originally titled the "March of the Anti-Manchukuo Counter-Japan Volunteers", has been the official national anthem of the People's Republic of China since 1978. Unlike previous Chinese state anthems, it was written entirely in vernacular Chinese, rather than in Classical Chinese.]

Although playing the songs repeatedly did manage to reduce the pain less than five percent, but ninety five percent were still present ah! Well, she could definitely, definitely do it.

The cracks on the seedlings grew bigger and bigger. The Qi spread through her whole body, making it glow all over. Maybe singing those revolutionary songs worked well in deceiving her mind, she didn't feel the pain anymore. But the Qi in her body was increasing more and more. The dragon pearl floating above the Spiritual Root started to spin like a gyroscope, getting brighter and brighter and whiter and whiter at each second.

Just when she thought it was going to completely shatter, six leaves suddenly sprouted on the seedling with a ‘poof!'!

And the Qi entering her body sped up.

Immediately after that, the seedling had the seventh …… eighth …… ninth …… tenth ……leaves!

Along with that, the cultivation level of Shi Xia also began to soar. The seventh …… eighth …… ninth …… level of Qi Refining…… until the next stage!

The seedlings began to sway as spiritual energy poured out of the cracks of the seedling. They began to wander in the entire Dantian, and wildly hitting every meridian of her body. Shi Xia could feel the meridians of her whole body were stretching to their limits. Blood seemed to run a hundred miles per second and she felt uncomfortable all over. Even breathing seemed difficult, and her consciousness was becoming blurry. Tiredness swept over like a wave, which made her unable to keep her eyes open.

No! She couldn't give up yet. She still has a lot of things to do! Gritting her teeth and holding on to the last rope of consciousness, Shi Xia began to recall the most refreshing and annoying phrases in her mind: the blade of a sword is sharpened by the sharpest edge, the fragrance of plum blossoms comes after the bitter cold. Without going through the bone cold weather, how can you smell the sweet scent of coffee? Every moment is wonderful, each cup of Nescafé is sweet…. ah bah! The words! Anyway, she wouldn't be easily swayed!

More and more Qi began to enter in all the meridians. The whole dantian was shining brightly with white Qi, but the Qi was still entering like crazy. Just when she felt like she was going to die, she vaguely heard a click in his ear, as if it was the sound of something breaking open.

The Dantian, which was stuffed to the brim, instantly expanded by more than ten times. And the large dragon pearl, which originally occupied half of the space, now looked like it only occupied one corner. The original small seedling spirit root grew into a small sapling with a tiny finger-thick branch. Even all the meridians in the body have expanded a lot. If it was a small stream before, it now looks like a small river.

The pain in her whole body disappeared, and the Qi no longer felt abundant. As if the Qi was suddenly put from a small box, into a big box, and the crowded place instantly became empty.

But the speed of the Qi entering the Dantian also became faster, like a floodgate had opened. Even without her guidance, they began to wildly drill into her body. The more the Qi gathered inside, the thicker the sapling grew. Until the Qi filled up the whole space and it expanded again. The sapling was already a wrist thick.

The familiar swelling and pain started again, and Shi Xia could feel that she had already built her foundation and just stepped onto the Foundation Establishment stage. It could be called a great success. But if the consumption of Qi isn't stopped, it means she has to build her Golden Core, right? Then the next step would be stopping the formation of the Golden Core, right? But how could she stop forming the Golden Core? The teachers of Xiu Ling peak hadn't taught her this yet. This is obviously a question out of the study material!

Maybe because she was worried, the white Qi wandering around the hall finally stopped entering her body. Shi Xia immediately stopped drawing Qi into her body, and lay down on the ground while spreading her limbs and gasping for breath. She felt like she was dead once and just was reborn.

When she opened her eyes, she saw that the black and white Qi that was running wild was gone. Chaos Qi disappeared, dimming the surroundings a little. She finally breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately she won the test. But her body felt so painful that she couldn't even move her fingers. The fact that skipping levels weren't good for newbies is really true.

Long Aotian braced his injured body and stood up. Holding the fox in his hand, he limped over with a worried face and called her anxiously, "Benefactor, Benefactor!"

"Don't worry ……" Shi Xia opened her eyes and looked at him, "not dead yet." No need to call my soul.

Long Aotian sighed with relief and looked up at the cracked roof, "This place is about to collapse. We need to hurry out."

Just as he finished, with a rumble, more stones fell down in larger chunks above their head.

Shit, it's true! She can no longer escape another disaster. Did she destroy the Earth in her previous life for being punished with such predicament?

She can't even move.

"Benefactor hold on tight, I will take you out." The only one who still had the ability to move was Long Aotian. He stuffed the fox, who only had a breath left in one of his shoulder and picked up Shi Xia, placing her on his other shoulder. Wrapping his hands around the vines hanging from the wall to the top of the roof, he carried one person and one fox on his shoulders and climbed upward toward the crack at the top.

It must be said that Long Aotian is indeed a righteous man. He was obviously very injured himself and couldn't stand properly. Moreover, one of his hands was also broken. But insisted on leaving the place on his own, he carried the two people on his shoulders. No matter how much debris tumbled down on him, he still didn't leave anyone behind. His perseverance was strong, along with a strong body of martial arts cultivation as he climbed to the exit. If not for vomiting blood at every step, Shi Xia would have thought that his injuries were just her own illusion.

The moment they climbed out of the crack, Long Aotian released the vines from his hands and fell to the ground as if he had used up all of his life's energy. His hands and feet were already bloody, his eyes were white, even his breathing was inaudible, as if the next moment he would leave the world. Shi Xia gritted her teeth and endured the bone twisting pain as she passed on some spiritual energy of hers onto him. Seeing him fainting with heavy breath, Shi Xia finally relaxed.

Looking at the blue azure sky, a long sigh of relief left her mouth. Finally, they are safe. Please allow her to faint too, she can't endure any more twists.

"I didn't think that someone could really come out of that immortal mansion." Her consciousness was just about to leave her when a light female voice suddenly sounded, and a powerful pressure instantly swept towards her.

Shit! Twist your sister's husband! Is there no end to it!

"It was not in vain that I went through all the trouble to find that ancient book." A woman dressed in purple appeared hovering in the sky. Looking at the pair of people along with a seemingly dead fox, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, "Huh? They seem not to be disciples of the Dixian Mountain Sect."

It turned out that the ancient map that Ji Han and the others were talking about was given by this person. Was this her intention to reap the benefits while they suffer?

"It's fine. It's the same for whoever gets out." She frowned and sneered before commanding, "Hand over the ‘Wheel of Return', obediently!"

It's the ‘Wheel of Return' again! Who said there was a ‘Wheel of Return' in the Immortal Palace? They only found an empty box, and a very vicious empty box at that!

"What, you are refusing?" Seeing that she didn't answer, the woman coldly snorted, "Since you're all going to die anyway, I'll take it myself!"

Saying this, she waved her hand. A dragon made of burning flame instantly rose in the air and flew towards them.

Damn, don't be so cruel. She didn't even say no ah. She can't move, how could she answer ah?

Seeing that they are about to be devoured by the fiery dragon, Shi Xia closed her eyes. But suddenly an ice wall rose from the ground, and directly trapped the dragon inside. The inside was filled with spiritual swords. Like rain clattering down, the swords fell on the dragon as a defensive sword formation instantly took shape to protect Shi Xia and the others.

The woman in purple froze. The next moment, a spiritual sword directly pierced through her chest. She opened her mouth, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Her face turned white, she didn't even turn around to see who it was. With a face of horror, she summoned her longsword and frantically fled away.

In the distance, Shi Xia saw a familiar figure in a snow white robe flying over. His face was cold as ever as if the world owes him a million dollars, but his speed was extraordinarily eager.

It's the original person…… no wonder the fire fox did not react.

Shi Xia for the last time, breathed a sigh of relief and finally lost consciousness.

****

When she opened her eyes again, she saw a blue and purple pig face, and not the fresh kind. Shi Xia was startled and reflexively punched the pig face away.

"Oww!" The pig face let out a cry of pain and sat on his butt, "Hey! Why are you hitting me!"

Shi Xia took a closer look, and instantly recognized the person in front of her, "Bi Hong!" Isn't this the fat disciple from Chi Hou who likes to cosplay as an old man? "What happened to your face?"

His face was almost as swollen as a round bun. It was bruised badly, no wonder she just mistook it for a pig face.

"You still have the face to ask, it's all because of you!" Bi Hong got up in a huff and pointed at her, "I told you so many times to stay in Xiu Ling Peak, but why did you run away? You even stayed outside for a whole year! If it weren't for you, would Master have beaten me like this, ouch, ouch, ouch …… It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

"This is Xiu Ling Peak!"

"What do you think?" Bi Hong gave her a stinking eyes and said with a smug face, "You were injured like a dead person. If it weren't for my Master, plus my thousand-years old Jade Lotus spirit, it would have been hard to save your life, let alone your cultivation considering the fact that you forcefully built your foundation."

Only then did Shi Xia find that her body was completely healed. Even the unstable spiritual energy in her body was calm and quiet.

Taking a closer look at Bi Hong's pig face, she couldn't help but ask curiously. "Aren't you a God Transformation cultivator? Just heal yourself." This injury should be easy to heal, right?

"Do you think I don't want to?" His face was immediately shaded with the word ‘GRIEF' in capital letters, "Master sealed my spiritual power and also used the ‘Fixed Face Spell'. I've been using this old face for almost a year!" And even if he found someone to break it, his Master would beat him back again.

"Uh ……" No wonder he's back to looking like a fat man.

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