Over the next seven days, Sui Qi still couldn't find any clues, so he simply stopped thinking about it and began guiding Wen Jingshu step-by-step to shed her bones and transform her immortal root.
“Shushu, what I am about to tell you is very important. You must remember it well.”
Sui Qi adopted a serious and solemn expression. Looking at him, Wen Jingshu unconsciously sat up straight.
Sui Qi said, “The spiritual energy around here is not actually spiritual qi, but immortal qi. Under normal circumstances, without an immortal root and immortal bone, it is impossible to refine immortal qi.”
“We refer to cultivators who use spiritual power to cultivate as spiritual cultivators. After arriving in the Immortal Realm, you need to cleanse your marrow to transform your bones and spiritual roots into immortal bones and immortal roots. Circulate your immortal qi and carefully sense your tailbone.”
Upon hearing this, Wen Jingshu mobilized her immortal qi to sense it. Sure enough, she discovered that her tailbone was completely different from her other bones.
Her tailbone glowed with a warm, jade-like white light, shimmering softly.
Sui Qi explained, “Immortal bones are cleansed marrow bone by bone, while the immortal root is grown anew after being destroyed. Your wood spiritual root wasn't shattered; it was successfully cleansed and transformed into a wood immortal root.”
“From what I can see of your current immortal bone and immortal root... if nothing goes wrong, they are both top-tier. As long as you maintain your current standard, finish cleansing all your immortal bones, and grow your immortal root to ten inches, your aptitude will be supreme.”
“In the Immortal Realm, cultivators with dual dantians and dual spiritual roots are everywhere. You don't need to hide your hidden dantian in the lower realm because others can't detect it anyway, but once you ascend to the Immortal Realm, you must use the 《Spirit Concealment Art》 to conceal one of them. Otherwise, it would be no different from running naked in the streets.”
“I will now teach you the 《Bone-Shedding Art》, the 《Root-Transforming Art》, and the 《Spirit Concealment Art》. If you encounter immortal qi in the lower realm in the future, refine as much of it as you can.”
Being one step ahead of others was always a good thing.
Techniques like the 《Bone-Shedding Art》 and 《Root-Transforming Art》 were not rare in the Immortal Realm; almost every ascended cultivator would receive them.
Although the 《Spirit Concealment Art》 was not as easy to obtain, Sui Qi was born into a great clan, so this technique was no different from common cabbage on the roadside in his eyes.
Hearing Sui Qi's words, even the most slow-witted person would know this was a massive opportunity. Wen Jingshu immediately focused her mind and received the three techniques.
Wen Jingshu knew that if Sui Qi wanted to kill her, it would be easier than crushing an ant, so she did not doubt his goodwill in the slightest.
With Sui Qi's guidance, combined with Wen Jingshu's monstrous comprehension and aptitude, she actually managed to successfully shed her second immortal bone in just seven days.
Even her immortal root had faintly grown a tiny bit.
“If you had been born in the Immortal Realm, how could I have ever held the top spot on the Heavenly Pride Board?”
Looking at Sui Qi's exaggerated praise, Wen Jingshu rubbed her nose.
Her aptitude was indeed excellent, but she was not arrogant enough to take Sui Qi's words literally.
As of now, her evaluation of Sui Qi could be summed up in four words: utterly unfathomable.
According to him, he had come to the divine ruin to find something. He had found it, but then he couldn't get out.
She would never believe that he could venture into an unknown secret realm alone to find something without courage and capital that far exceeded ordinary people.
Seeing that she clearly didn't believe him, Sui Qi ruffled her hair again. “You kid, you're not cute at all.”
Wen Jingshu replied, “Being cute won't raise my cultivation.”
Sui Qi was speechless.
Forget it, he had nothing to say to this little old-fashioned girl.
Sui Qi thought about his usual demeanor.
Forget it, didn't he also act cold and aloof in front of outsiders? It was just that he had been cooped up for too long, and upon meeting a harmless little child, he had accidentally let his true nature slip.
“Forget it, forget it. I should focus on figuring out how to get out of here.”
After saying this, Sui Qi took a deep breath, planning to practice drawing a talisman in mid-air first.
Wen Jingshu watched as Sui Qi made a stroke in mid-air. Before she could speak, she froze in place.
Drawing talismans in mid-air—something she wouldn't even dare to dream of—was happening right before her eyes?
As Sui Qi made his final stroke, the space hummed, and a subtle spatial fluctuation rippled out. Reacting instantly, Sui Qi scooped up Wen Jingshu.
“Hold on tight, we're leaving!”
At that moment, Wen Jingshu was still thinking: So it wasn't that Sui Qi lacked talent in talismans; it was just that my talisman paper was too trashy!
After a brief second of dizziness, the two of them appeared in the restricted area of the Wuling Sect.
They looked up, meeting the eyes of Wen Shuyi, Beili, Xu Haoguang, and Wen Shuyi's three Dao protectors.
Seeing outsiders, Sui Qi instantly shed his casual demeanor and said coldly,
“Little girl, do you know these people?”
Astonished by the youth's sudden transformation into an aloof, untouchable figure, Wen Jingshu nodded blankly. “I do.”
Upon hearing this, Sui Qi waved his hand, and Wen Jingshu floated gently from his arms to land right in front of Wen Shuyi.
“In that case, farewell.”
With another wave of his hand, a rift appeared in the sky, gradually widening. Through the rift, everyone could see the scene inside.
There stood majestic mountains, shrouded in clouds and mist. Immortal islands floated in mid-air, and exotic, never-before-seen beasts strolled by leisurely.
A dense, almost tangible wave of immortal qi drifted through, making everyone yearn for it instinctively.
Sui Qi cast a cold glance at them, then leaped back into the Immortal Realm.
Only Wen Jingshu saw four of his fingers beneath his robe waving in a rhythmic pattern, seemingly saying goodbye to her.
Amused by his two-faced behavior, Wen Jingshu genuinely felt that he had a good character and was someone worth befriending. She mouthed the words,
“Seventh Brother, wait for me. I'll find you in the Immortal Realm.”
Sui Qi understood her meaning, and the corners of his mouth curled up in satisfaction.
It was only after Sui Qi disappeared and the rift leading to the Immortal Realm closed that the group finally snapped out of their daze.
Wen Shuyi first inspected Wen Jingshu from head to toe, asking, “How do you feel? Are you hurt?”
“I brought a lot of healing pills. Tell me if you feel uncomfortable anywhere.”
As she spoke, Wen Shuyi began pulling out handfuls of pills.
Seventh-Grade and Eighth-Grade pills were like common cabbages, and there were even two Ninth-Grade pills.
Wen Jingshu stopped Wen Shuyi's unintentional display of wealth and said,
“Don't worry, Sister, I'm fine.”
“That immortal was trapped there, and I stumbled in by accident. It just so happened that I had something he needed to break out of his predicament, so he brought me out with him.”
“You have no idea, Sister. When I first entered, that immortal almost killed me. It really scared me to death.”
Wen Jingshu dramatically clutched her own neck with both hands, and the others believed her words without a shadow of a doubt.
He was an immortal, after all, who looked down on them like ants. It was truly her great fortune that she hadn't been crushed to death.
Seeing Wen Jingshu return completely unscathed, everyone let out a sigh of relief.
They were truly terrified that Wen Shuyi, this grand figure of the pill dao, would lose her mind and hire a horde of experts to slaughter them.
After Wen Shuyi took Wen Jingshu away, Xu Haoguang and Beili went into a brief secluded cultivation.
Seeing an immortal and the Immortal Realm for the first time had affected their state of mind to some degree, so they urgently needed to meditate and adjust.
Left alone with her sister, Wen Jingshu hid nothing from Wen Shuyi. She passed on the 《Bone-Shedding Art》 and the 《Root-Transforming Art》 that Sui Qi had taught her, and also taught her the script of the Immortal Realm.
Finally, she handed over all the miscellaneous books from the Boundary-Breaking Bead to her.
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