Hide in The Immortal Cultivation World, Strike Hard in the Martial World
Chapter 247 - 139: Operating Foundation Establishment_2

But even that couldn't stop her from advancing one level every year.

She had been practicing the Turtle Breathing Technique...

If she continues at this pace, it's hard to say who will reach Foundation Establishment first between the two of them.

Chen Yi was feeling a bit of a headache,

But thankfully, the little girl was relying on Chen Yi more and more,

Half a year ago, when she had broken through to the Fourth Level of Qi Cultivation, she seemed to have realized something. The information about the Immortal Cultivating World wasn't a secret,

She might have found out about her physique on her own,

After realizing the magnitude of the sacrifice that Chen Yi was willing to make for her, she came to terms with many examples of premature deaths,

Moreover, she began to wholeheartedly admire Chen Yi's medical skills,

She trusted that Chen Yi was a wise person, and she didn't have any hesitation about giving him the Ice Jade Essence Liquid that she might produce in the future.

She even felt a twinge of anticipation...

The only thing that she was slightly unhappy about was that Chen Yi wouldn't allow her to learn advanced offensive spells, which seemed to waste her powerful Ice Essence Mana,

However, being born with the Ice Essence Cold Physique made her the natural recipient of ice's favor. Even without deliberate practice, she was able to instinctively cast ice-attribute magic after grasping a bit of the ice essence.

With her Fourth Level Qi Cultivation, the power of her ice magic was close to that of the Sixth Layer. And this was while practicing the Turtle Breathing Technique, which was a water-attribute method, not an actual ice method.

She didn't tell Chen Yi about this, anyway, she believed Brother Chen would handle anything. She promised to be obedient and not to reveal her ice-attribute talent in front of others.

"Chirp!"

The Purple Sand Mink appeared and handed a letter to Chen Yi,

As soon as it entered Chen Yi's room, it covered its eyes with its little paws,

The master was treating the maid's injuries again.

At some point, the master said that treating through clothes was not as effective,

He instructed the maid to lay down and expose her back. In this way, the healing effects seemed to be better.

The little Sand Mink didn't dare look at the ice-smooth curve of her back, fearing that if it stepped on it carelessly, it would slip, it was too slippery.

Chen Yi was not a reckless person. He felt that he had roughly finished the treatment, so he withdrew his hand, took the letter, caught the little mink, and tossed it out.

Over the years, the sand mink had gradually recognized the power of Chen Yi's alchemy, and increasingly sought to please Chen Yi.

It did have high-quality bloodlines and theoretically could become a second-tier Great Monster.

But over the years, it became stuck after turning into a first-tier peak monster and could not find the breakthrough to the next stage.

To break through to the second Tier, it would still need the master's help.

It wondered if the master had brewed the second-tier pill to help in breaking through. If not, obtaining a second-tier demon beast pill with the same attribute would also do!

The Sand Mink felt a bit depressed.

Chen Yi opened the three letters one by one.

Three years ago, when he had stabilized in Wangyue City, he had sent letters to his friends and Zhao Chengjing telling them about his situation.

But because he was currently in the far east of Spirit Mist Marsh, a long distance from Spirit Fish Island and the Qinglong Island, it took several months for letters to be sent back and forth, making communication difficult.

Of the three letters, Chen Yi first read the two from Spirit Fish Island. One was from Liu Huo, and the other was from Zhao Chengjing.

Three years ago, after the three of them left Qinglong Island, Zhao Chengyu closed himself off to focus on Foundation Establishment,

He finally succeeded three months ago. The Zhao Family rejoiced and decided to host a grand banquet as soon as Zhao Chengyu emerged, to demonstrate the strength of their newly advanced family member.

This letter was written by Liu Huo the day after he learned of Chengyu's breakthrough. A magical bird courier brought it to Chen Yi three months later,

The letter announced a grand celebration of Chengyu's Foundation Establishment that would take place on Zhao Family Island in a year, and Chen Yi was invited to attend.

Getting this news, Chen Yi was genuinely happy for Zhao Chengyu,

However, for some reason, Liu Huo didn't seem too excited in his writing, suggesting there might be some hidden issues.

He added that he would explain the detailed situation when Chen Yi arrived.

Chen Yi put away his smile, suspecting that Chengyu's breakthrough might not have gone smoothly. Otherwise, why would it take a year to consolidate his cultivation after a typical Foundation Establishment?

Zhao Chengjing's letter was more mundane. She asked about Chen Yi's situation and when he would return to see her. Although three years might not seem long for a cultivator, her field had accumulated a lot of nutrients, waiting for Chen Yi to cultivate.

However, she only briefly mentioned these romantic matters,

In her letter, she mostly complained about being entangled in family affairs and not having much time for cultivation. Her improvement in cultivation was extremely slow in the past few years. She didn't know when she would manage to establish her foundation.

She didn't have much confidence in her own Foundation Establishment and feared she might fail to fulfill the promise she made to Chen Yi.

Chen Yi understood. After he left, the family only had one superior alchemist, Zhao Chengjing. And since she wanted to leave, the family naturally gave her a heavy task in alchemy,

Moreover, as her cultivation level reached the ninth layer of Qi refining, she had to deal with more family management matters,

Slowly, Zhao Chengjing's interests were deeply entwined with the family's, and it became difficult to separate them.

This time she wrote to Chen Yi, it was rather to reminisce and complain. Chen Yi guessed in another ten or twenty years,

Zhao Chengjing might not have the initial intention to elope with him,

This was the ploy of the family's slow-boiling frog. Even if Zhao Chengjing knew about it, she couldn't break it. She was born into the family, and as she rose higher within it, she carried more burdens and responsibilities.

Moreover, unlike Chen Yi, she didn't practice the Turtle Breath Technique to preserve her youthful appearance forever.

As she got older, she might think less about love and more about power, benefit, and the development of the family.