Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 152 is the mother.

When that drop of essential oil, whose color was hard to describe, flowed into Du Fan's mouth, its taste was still hard to describe; in short, it had absolutely no medicinal aroma...

However, as it slid into Du Fan's stomach, it suddenly generated a herbal power several times stronger than the Qi Refining Oil. It then quickly transformed into continuous magical power, which roamed wildly through the meridians in his body. This was just the limit that Du Fan could withstand.

Several hours passed, and Du Fan slowly opened his eyes, a look of surprise flashing across his face.

The cultivation power increased by refining just this one drop of ginseng essential oil is equivalent to that of continuously cultivating for more than a month after consuming Qi-refining essential oil.

At this rate, if one continues to consume ginseng essential oil and cultivates day and night, theoretically, one could advance to the fifth level of the Qi Refining stage in just over three months.

Even if there's a minor bottleneck when he finally breaks through, there are still seven months until his appointment with Xiao Yan. As long as he's not too unlucky, there's still a good chance.

Du Fan was in a very good mood. The only trouble was the Pill Dao Competition. He had already made plans to focus on advancing his cultivation level first. After he reached the fifth level of the Qi Refining stage, he would buy a pill refining furnace and practice the art of pill refining.

He didn't actually want to improve his alchemy skills, but rather wanted to learn the basic alchemy techniques. Simply put, he wanted to imitate the various actions involved in alchemy as closely as possible.

Du Fan had already vaguely guessed Xiao Yan's intention: to create a pill that was neither good nor bad, with no medicinal properties, and then add a drop of medicinal oil to it, thus completing the pill's refinement...

As for what kind of pills need to be refined for the Pill Dao Competition, that's just a matter of Xiao Yan's word. Therefore, Du Fan smiled slightly and decided to leave the matter alone for the time being.

Just as Du Fan made up his mind and was about to continue his cultivation, someone he had been thinking about day and night for the past few days arrived.

Chen Ru was still wearing a pink dress, her long hair reaching her waist, her figure slender, and her bright and beautiful face carrying a gentleness that seemed to melt ice and snow. Holding the snow fox, she walked in with light, graceful steps.

"Ru'er, you've finally emerged from seclusion." Du Fan unceremoniously put his arm around the woman's shoulder and walked towards the pavilion in the courtyard.

Chen Ru's beautiful eyes sparkled, and she nodded with a smile. Then, her expression turned somewhat strange, and she stammered:

"Elder Du... Elder Du, I... I really can't bring myself to say it. I'm clearly a year or two older than you..."

"Believe me, I'm definitely older than you!" Du Fan paused, his expression turned serious, and he said with certainty.

"Alright, Brother Du," Chen Ru said through gritted teeth, her expression quite unnatural.

Du Fan was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"You've been in seclusion for so long this time, and I sense that your aura is different from before. Could it be that you've advanced to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage?" After the two sat down opposite each other, Du Fan smiled slightly and asked.

"It's not that fast. I've only stabilized my early Foundation Establishment stage. Once you reach Foundation Establishment, it's extremely difficult to advance to the next level. Countless people in the cultivation world are stuck at the early Foundation Establishment stage for their entire lives."

Compared to the Spring Brocade Pill, a foundation-building elixir, the Spirit Gathering Pill is more suitable for those who have just established their foundation. The Spirit Gathering Oil you gave me is exceptionally pure, and coupled with my decent aptitude, that's why I was able to stabilize my cultivation level in such a short time.

Chen Ru wrinkled her cute little nose and smiled sweetly as she spoke.

"You've described someone with a light spiritual root aptitude as having a decent one! Hey, you can't be so discouraging." Du Fan grinned upon hearing this.

Chen Ru chuckled softly.

The two chatted for a while, and when the topic turned to elixirs and essential oils, the woman's beautiful eyes suddenly flashed, and she abruptly spoke:

"Take me to see the laboratory you mentioned."

"No problem." Du Fan waved his sleeve and immediately stood up.

A moment later, Chen Ru looked at the several sets of instruments working in the laboratory on the second floor of the attic, and listened to Du Fan's animated explanation. She was truly dumbfounded.

Of course, Du Fan was rather vague in his explanation of the Taotie, only saying that it was a rare spiritual material. After all, the matter of the Thousand-Eyed Taotie was too astonishing, and even if he told this woman, it might not be a good thing for her.

Time passed slowly, and Du Fan spoke with all his might until his mouth was dry, but Chen Ru kept her beautiful eyes wide open, completely unable to understand.

"Sigh, never mind. Just know that this is my biggest secret, and I'm telling you everything. Even Vice Alliance Leader Xiao of the Seven Stars Business Alliance doesn't know as much as you do."

Du Fan sighed, but didn't seem to mind. He smiled slightly and led the woman to the living room for tea.

"I will keep your secret." Hearing this, Chen Ru was overjoyed and smiled sweetly, feeling extremely satisfied.

"Wait, is Xueying male or female?"

After the two entered the living room, Du Fan glanced around and suddenly noticed that the snow fox was always curled up quietly in front of Chen Ru's chest. He had felt something was wrong before, and now he had found the problem.

"Hmm? I really don't know, how do you determine that?" Chen Ru was about to sit down when Du Fan's inexplicable question left her stunned.

"That's easy."

Du Fan picked up Xueying and, ignoring the fox's resistance, parted its two furry hind legs and stared at it intently.

A fierce hostility flashed in the snow fox's eyes. It cried out and struggled, but its resistance was futile, and it was ultimately seen by the despicable human before it...

The snow fox's face flushed red, its whole body trembled, and it looked as if it were about to die of shame and indignation. Finally, its eyes rolled back, and it fainted from anger...

"It's female, haha... I'm relieved now!" Du Fan suddenly let out a strange laugh.

"Give it to me quickly, Xueying has fainted from anger because of you." Chen Ru glared at Du Fan in annoyance, then quickly snatched Xueying back, gently stroking the downy hair on its head with some tenderness.

Du Fan chuckled, plopped down on the wooden chair closest to Chen Ru, and with one hand, slid down to catch her slender waist. With a gentle push, he placed her on his lap.

With Chen Ru's cultivation level, she had already sensed Du Fan's actions, but with a smile on her lips, she showed no intention of dodging or resisting. However, two blushes of shyness appeared on her jade-like face.

The two drank tea and whispered to each other, and before they knew it, dusk was falling.

After holding the soft, fragrant body in his arms for a while, Du Fan couldn't help but feel a little flutter in his heart.

Especially when his gaze swept over the woman's fair and jade-like skin, and the suffocating fragrance of her virginity, he felt an indescribable heat throughout his body, and even his breathing became much heavier.

Du Fan's gaze gradually became hazy. He brought his lips close to the woman's earlobe and whispered, "Don't leave tonight."

Feeling the scalding heat on her ears and the burning gaze of the man in front of her, Chen Ru's originally snow-white skin instantly turned red, and her body became limp and powerless in an instant. With a slight pant, her mind gradually became out of control.

But at this crucial moment, Xueying woke up at an inopportune time and started squeaking wildly at Du Fan.

Chen Ru exclaimed in surprise. With a slight circulation of her magic power, a cool breeze swept through her body, instantly waking her up. Then, with a graceful turn, she skillfully broke free from Du Fan and got up.

"Brother Du, it's too late, I should go back." Chen Ru composed herself, tidied her slightly messy hair, smiled charmingly, and spoke softly.

The woman's neck was still flushed, and her crystal eyes were filled with a captivating mist.

Although Du Fan was now seven or eight parts clear-headed, a strange ripple still stirred in his heart upon seeing this.

"Alright, I'll take you." Du Fan sighed softly, glared at Xue Ying, and said with great regret.

……

Du Fan escorted Chen Ru to the teleportation array at the foot of the main peak. He had intended for the two of them to teleport together, but the woman used the excuse of saving spirit stones to push Du Fan out the moment the array was activated, and then she teleported away with a light laugh.

Seeing this, Du Fan touched his nose and smiled. He then took out a speed talisman, slapped it on his body, and sped back to the courtyard.

After returning to the villa, Du Fan immediately went to the cultivation room, took a drop of ginseng essential oil, and began to refine it through his internal energy.

……

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, Chen Ru did not come to see him again. Presumably, she was undergoing inhuman hardship under the supervision of the Maple Leaf Sect Master.

Du Fan was not one to be preoccupied with romantic feelings. After a brief moment of disapproval of the Maple Leaf Sect Master, he put his mind to it and began his own cultivation.

For the past two months, he has been training day and night, and apart from collecting the necessary first-level ripening powder, he has not wasted a single moment.

Now, his cultivation has broken through the middle stage of the fourth level of Qi Refining and entered the peak. It is believed that in another twenty days or so, he will be able to try to break through the minor bottleneck of the fifth level of Qi Refining.

This cultivation speed is probably faster than, if not slower than, Chen Ru's back then.

On this day, Du Fan left the cultivation room and went straight to the medicinal field to observe the towering precious tree he had obtained from Hundred Flowers Valley.

To Du Fan's delight, tiny buds were sprouting from the tree's originally bare branches. He knew without guessing that this was thanks to the special fertilizer.

Although it seems that it will take some years for this tree to bear towering spiritual fruits again, he was already very happy and satisfied with the breakthrough that had been achieved in such a short time.

Moreover, he wasn't in a hurry about this matter. After all, it was still a long way off before he was qualified to consume this spiritual fruit, and who knew when that would be.