Banshee Family Training Record

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That's a symbol of a breakthrough. If the liquid spiritual energy can maintain its existence stably after that, it means that he has broken through to the second level of Qi Refining!

Ordinary cultivators might never break through to the second level of Qi Refining in their entire lives. Zhu Yunqing's optimistic estimate was that even with an unlimited supply of spirit stones, it would take him a month to break through. But he has only been here for less than ten days and is already close to breaking through!

If we were to take out all the spirit stones from the spirit stone bag right now and use them to absorb the high-density spiritual energy within, and gather it in...

No, that won't do. Not only would we lose our savings, but it would also likely arouse suspicion!

We must slow down our spiritual practice!

With this thought in mind, he took a deep breath, adjusted the speed of his spiritual energy circulation, and suddenly straightened his back, actively sending more power into Qi Qiao's body!

Chapter 18 Traces of Infidelity

"Um……"

The acceleration came so suddenly that Qi Qiao, whose body had been moving up and down evenly, stopped, and then let out a deep breath from her silent mouth.

At this moment, Yun Chuan's large hands had already grasped her two delicate buttocks, pulling her back into his embrace, causing her body to uncontrollably lean back. Therefore, he could use this more suitable posture to transfer all his strength to his wife!

The pure spiritual energy surged through Qi Qiao's body, like a raging fire igniting dry tinder. The zombie's icy body began to heat up, and her snow-white, icy body was covered with a faint pink hue, making one wonder if she even had a heartbeat!

Her body swayed back and forth slightly, beads of sweat began to appear on her forehead and the bridge of her nose, and her breathing became increasingly disordered and out of control.

In the end, when Yun Chu'an poured the last drop of spiritual energy he had condensed into her body, she couldn't help but scream as she was bombarded by such pure power: "Oh—!"

Within her body, spiritual energy surged and ignited her soul. At this moment, she gripped his shoulders with both hands, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

"call……"

After releasing the drop of condensed liquid spiritual energy, Yun Chu'an let out a long breath, feeling somewhat exhausted. Dual cultivation should be beneficial to both parties, but what he had just done seemed more like Qi Qiao actively draining his energy, damaging his cultivation while greatly improving hers.

However, he was the one who took the initiative in this process. After all, there was no other way; cultivating too quickly was also a burden, and he had to control the pace of his breakthroughs.

Giving his cultivation to his wife was a last resort.

As he was thinking this, suddenly, Qi Qiao, who had been keeping her eyes closed, slowly opened them in front of him.

There was still a hint of confusion in her dark, beautiful eyes, but when her gaze fell upon him, Yun Chuan could immediately sense that her eyes had suddenly transformed into immense joy.

"My husband," she called out lovingly, then stepped forward and nestled her body into his arms, pressing against his chest as if it were the embrace she cherished most.

Yun Chuan was somewhat surprised. Since their first dual cultivation, she had never opened her eyes and talked to him like this before. But today she suddenly did it again. Was it because of the liquid spiritual energy he had just transferred to her?

He was suspicious, but his hands didn't stop. He wrapped his arms around her and whispered, "Yes, I'm here."

Do you still remember your name?

The girl in his arms frowned slightly, then said, "Yes, my name is Qi Qiao, and I am your wife."

Upon hearing this, Yun Chu'an was somewhat pleased. Fortunately, she still remembered what he had told her last time.

That's good. Then I can take this time to talk to her about some things.

Many ideas popped into his mind, but none of them had been verified yet.

However, at that moment, Qi Qiao suddenly spoke up: "Husband, on your clothes..."

Yun Chu'an was taken aback, then watched as Qi Qiao stretched out her snow-white arm, picked up the clothes he had placed on the coffin beside her, and then pinched a vibrant green willow leaf from her shoulder: "What is this?"

That tone was definitely not just simple curiosity; it carried tension and curiosity, like that of a helpless young girl who had discovered signs of her boyfriend's infidelity.

In an instant, Yun Chu'an felt a headache coming on. Although, no matter how you looked at it, his actions couldn't be considered cheating, but...

But why do I feel so guilty?

"This this……"

He swallowed hard, not daring to look into Qi Qiao's clear eyes for a moment. He lowered his head, steeled himself, and said, "Do you still remember the sixth sister of the family, Liu Mengshen?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Qiao looked puzzled. She tried hard to recall, but after a long time, she couldn't come up with anything: "It's familiar, I think I remember, um..."

She murmured, and Yun Chuan breathed a sigh of relief. Then she hurriedly said, "This morning, seeing that my cultivation level was too low and my magic power was too weak, she came to help me make spirit stones."

"It is because of her help that we have such a large supply of spirit stones for our dual cultivation today. We should thank her. As for this leaf, ah, it must have fallen off by accident today."

He explained it this way: fortunately, Qi Qiao was only instinctively panicking, and she didn't have much experience catching someone cheating, so his explanation seemed reasonable. She nodded slightly, suppressing her anxiety: "Oh, so it's my sister..."

As she spoke, she reached forward, slipped her arms under his armpits, and hugged him tightly, pressing her head against his chest: "You scared me to death! I was so afraid that you would find another woman and leave me..."

These words stung Yun Chu'an deeply, and considering what he was doing, he felt even more like a scumbag. He hugged Qi Qiao tightly, his voice gentle, and promised, "What are you saying? I will never, ever do that."

While saying this, he couldn't help but complain inwardly.

Oh dear, system, why did you have to give me this kind of task!

He roared inwardly, and then a pale blue screen appeared before him, displaying a clear prompt: [Abandon the mission "Conquer Liu Mengshen"?]

Chapter 19 Breakthrough, Second Level of Qi Refining

Yun Chu'an was immediately furious. Damn it, at such a crucial moment, with such a generous reward, how could I possibly give up this mission!

"No!" he thought to himself, and the system's pale blue screen disappeared, remaining silent and everything as usual.

In his arms, Qi Qiao received his assurance and finally felt relieved. She then closed her eyes again and transformed back into the mute zombie who obeyed his every word.

Yun Chu'an breathed a sigh of relief, lay down with his wife in his arms, but couldn't fall asleep for a long time. His life had been introduced with a new variable, but he wasn't sure whether it would be a good thing or a bad thing.

The next day, he woke up early and went to work. Liu Mengshen did not come today, giving him a chance to catch his breath. So he did not cultivate today, but instead saved up one hundred spirit stones and exchanged the sheet music for it in the low-grade spirit stone shop.

Fortunately, while the items in the system were expensive, they weren't counterfeit or substandard. After the exchange was completed, the sheet music was stored in his system as an e-book, which he could access at any time if needed.

Yun Chu'an flipped through the book for a while, and then played the willow leaf that Liu Mengshen had left him for a while. After confirming that as long as he had the system on and was playing the score, he could barely guarantee that everything would be correct and that he could play smoothly, he was relieved and returned to his cultivation.

A few days later, when Liu Mengshen came to the Spirit Gathering Stone Array to find him again, Yun Chuan offered to play her a piece he had recently composed.

Yes, like most time-traveling plagiarists, he shamelessly claimed all the painstaking works of numerous famous musicians from ancient and modern times, both Chinese and foreign, as his own, just to show off in front of Liu Meng.

Without a doubt, the latter would never see through his disguise; she would only be amazed and impressed by his talent. As the melodious tune drifted on the wind, Liu Mengshen's branches even seemed to flutter upwards, as if she were about to take flight with joy. Only after exhausting all her strength did she droop back down, as if the joy brought by the music had drained her soul, leaving her listless and incapable of any further movement.

After that, the girl didn't let him do it for nothing. She then took out three hundred low-grade spirit stones, saying that she had recently obtained them from her fourth sister and was now giving them to him, hoping that he and Qi Qiao could break through to a higher realm as soon as possible.

Yun Chu'an was overjoyed, but he remained modest on the surface, saying that he had not done anything to deserve such a reward. After declining three times, he finally could not refuse Liu Mengshen's enthusiasm and "reluctantly" accepted all of them, saying that these were the spirit stones he had borrowed from Liu Mengshen and that he would definitely repay them in the future.

Everything went smoothly here. That evening, just like the night before, he transferred all the spiritual energy he had gained to Qi Qiao so that she could have a moment of clarity and thus suppress her cultivation progress, preventing her from advancing to the second level of Qi Refining too quickly.

To achieve this goal, he no longer even used the spirit stones he obtained, but saved them in his bag for future use, or to purchase some key information and items from the system to strengthen himself in all aspects.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, another ten days had gone by.

That night, while cultivating with Qi Qiao, Yun Chu'an realized that he could no longer suppress his cultivation level!

Even though he didn't use spirit stones to aid his cultivation, and even though he deliberately channeled the liquid spiritual energy condensed within his body into Qi Qiao's body, he could no longer control the flow of spiritual energy within his own body.

A massive amount of spiritual energy filled his meridians, almost solidifying into a liquid state. Even after he released a single drop of this newly condensed liquid spiritual energy, the remaining energy within his body immediately converged into the spiritual energy vortex in his dantian, spinning rapidly, gathering, and condensing...

In the center of that vortex, a drop of liquid spiritual energy formed, hovering there steadily, showing no sign of dissipating.

This signifies that, at this very moment, his cultivation level has irrevocably advanced to the second level of Qi Refining.

After releasing his energy and finishing his dual cultivation, Yun Chuan summoned the system, looked at his new realm on the panel, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Well, in the end, I still couldn't suppress my cultivation level and entered the second level of Qi Refining ten days ahead of schedule.

He was filled with melancholy, but if he were to say these words to the outside world, they would probably make many people jealous.

Many heirs of cultivation families are fed with rare and precious herbs and nurtured with countless resources from a young age. However, because their spiritual roots are too poor and they lack talent, it takes them at least one or two years to advance to the second level of Qi Refining.

However, he achieved this result in just twenty days, and that was only after he deliberately suppressed his cultivation. If he had gone all out from the beginning, he could have broken through even faster, perhaps in twelve days.

Yet he still complained that his cultivation speed was too fast, so fast that it was beyond his control. If those who had toiled for years to break through knew this, they would probably be so jealous that they would devour him alive.

However, Yun Chu'an couldn't care less about what others thought. He sighed inwardly, but didn't dwell on it for long. Since the deed was done, there was nothing he could do about it.

So what if I broke through? Anyway, Liu Mengshen has been frequently bringing me spirit stones lately, so I have far more resources to support me than before. Breaking through ahead of schedule isn't unreasonable with my fourth sister.

He thought to himself, chanting incantations as he continued to circulate the spiritual energy within his body. Maintaining the dual cultivation posture with Qi Qiao, yin and yang, warm spiritual energy flowed alternately within his body.

Then, the only flaw in his lower back became extremely cold when Yun Chuan circulated his yang spiritual energy, and extremely hot when his body was filled with yin spiritual energy. Each time, it made him extremely uncomfortable, with sweat pouring down his forehead. He felt that the bones and flesh in that area had to be dug out, otherwise he would not be able to relieve the pain.

The flaws in the technique are becoming increasingly apparent.

No, this matter can't be delayed any longer. I need to speed up what I need to do.

With this thought in mind, he ended the dual cultivation and turned to sleep.

The next day, early in the morning, Fourth Sister still hadn't appeared. So Yun Chuan first went to Liu Mengshen to ask her if she had any way to contact Fourth Sister, as he had broken through and wanted to tell her the good news.

The latter naturally had a way. Soon, accompanied by a blue wind, the spider demon Zhu Yunqing appeared and showed undisguised shock at his rapid breakthrough.

Yun Chuan naturally attributed all the credit to Liu Mengshen, who had indeed been sending him spirit stones recently, so he readily accepted all the credit.

Although Zhu Yunqing was still somewhat surprised by this, she felt she could accept it and was somewhat at peace with herself. She then gave Yun Chuan many instructions on cultivation details, admonishing him that cultivation is measured in years, or even decades, so there was no need to rush. Being too hasty might lead to an unstable foundation and cause him to suffer in the long run.

Yun Chu'an agreed to everything. Afterwards, his fourth sister gave him a Qi Gathering Pill as a congratulatory gift and then left.

After that, he went to work as usual. Today, he tried to optimize his charging process again, and the effect was obvious. His efficiency in charging spirit stones improved further. Now he can fully charge one spirit stone in fifteen minutes, and he can charge nearly fifty spirit stones a day.

However, after experiencing Liu Mengshen's terrifying efficiency of earning two hundred spirit stones a day, he no longer valued this small amount of income. So he didn't work a whole day. After the sun began to set, he took his things to the bandit camp and drank, gambled, and played around with his "brothers" there.

For the past twenty-odd days, unless he was absolutely unable to leave, he came almost every day, drinking heavily, gambling, and feasting with the bandits. He was nothing more than a short-sighted and unambitious vulgar man. His behavior after suddenly becoming rich overnight showed no remarkable qualities.

At first, the bandits respected him greatly because of his status, and were even wary of him, fearing that he would get into trouble, so they kept a considerable distance from him.

However, as time went on, when he took the initiative to exchange spirit stones for money and then lost the money to them in gambling time and time again, the bandits inevitably lowered their guard and became friends with him.

Many people couldn't help but feel a little contempt for him, looking down on him even more: no wonder, they had seen far too many spoiled brats like him before they even embarked on the path of cultivation.

As bandits, they most enjoy kidnapping and robbing people like this. In their eyes, Yun Chu'an was no different from those fat pigs they could slaughter at will, so how could they possibly have any respect for him?

As a result, Yun Chu'an became increasingly familiar with these people. In the process, he also gained a fairly good understanding of the hundreds of people in the camp.

Chapter 20 A Self-Inflicted Wound

Among these bandits were some clever individuals, such as the one-eyed bandit leader and his close associates. They were meticulous and cautious in their speech. Even though he appeared so depraved and utterly hopeless, they remained respectful and discreet towards him, keeping their distance and refusing to take even a penny more from him.

However, since they had already become outlaws, such people were ultimately a minority.

Most robbers are drunkards who are drunk all day long, gamblers who lose money every day, and greedy misers. They are short-sighted and pleasure-seeking. With a little planning, they are willing to sacrifice big for small gains to help them achieve their goals.

Okay, we've gathered enough information, so now it's time to take action.

That night, after returning from the bandits, lying in his coffin, Yun Chu'an considered the power and joy he had gained. After confirming that everything was in order, his plan slowly unfolded.

……

"Big, big, big!"

"Small, small, small!"

That night, in the bandits' camp, in a tent lit by dim candlelight, several disheveled, shirtless bandits were gambling around a square wooden table.

Yun Chuan was inside. Although he hadn't taken off his clothes, his chest was open, which was about enough. The strong smell of sweat and alcohol lingered in the air, but he was completely unaware of it.

His face was flushed, his eyes were glazed with drunkenness, and he looked like a complete madman. He joined the others in shouting at the dice cup in the center of the table, "Small, small, small!"

Snapped--

The dealer opened the dice cup, and the six dice inside had four, five, and six points facing up, totaling fifteen points, which was undoubtedly a big win.

Immediately, those who had bet wrong sighed in despair, while the rest burst into laughter, shouting, "Give us the money! Give us the money!"

Yun Chu'an readily agreed, unfastening the pouch at his waist and handing over a few pieces of silver. However, the others did not behave the same way. One tall, bald bandit, who had almost lost all his money, stood there with a dark expression, not uttering a word.

"I'm going out to take a piss," the bald man muttered, turning to leave. The winners immediately jeered, "Hey, are you trying to renege on your bet?"

The dark-faced robber immediately cursed, "When have I ever cheated you out of your money! I'm just going out to take a piss, I'll be right back!"

After saying that, he turned and hurriedly left. Little did he know that behind him, Yun Chu'an's eyes suddenly sharpened.

But then, he regained his drunkenness and chuckled as he said, "I'm going out to take a piss too."

With that, he hurriedly went out. He had already paid the money readily, so the other bandits didn't stop him and shouted as they prepared to enter the next round of gambling.

So he and the desperate bandit went outside, stood by a clump of grass, took out his weapon, relieved himself, and said with a smile, "Not so lucky tonight, I've lost seven hands in a row, haha!"

He was referring to himself, but he was also referring to the other person. Tonight, he deliberately bet the same way as the other person every time, so the number of times he lost meant that the other person had also lost a few times.

The bald bandit had a gloomy face, but he didn't get angry: "Hmm, no rush, we'll win it back later."

Yun Chu'an laughed loudly: "Yes, we'll win it all back sooner or later. Haha, to tell you the truth, I've prepared enough stakes to bet tonight."

As he spoke, he picked up his spirit stone pouch and shook it gently: "Hehe, let me tell you a secret, in just these few days, I've already accumulated three hundred spirit stones here. I could never spend them all in a lifetime, haha!"