The surrounding clamor grew louder and louder.
Yet Jiang Ye remained quietly hovering half a foot off the ground, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.
He was checking the newly updated data on the game panel with great interest:
【Current Character: Bai Zhirou】
【Character Cultivation: Early-Stage Foundation Establishment】
【Special Physique: Seven-Color Glazed Sword Heart】
【Talent: Femme Magnet (Green)】
Just at this moment,
a familiar, refreshingly comfortable warm current surged into his four limbs and hundred bones.
The corners of Jiang Ye's mouth curled into a faint arc.
He chuckled in his mind,
“After hoarding experience for so long, this flex rightfully belongs to me!”
Bai Zhirou: “?”
You're doing this again?!
Was showing off just now not enough for you?!
Jiang Ye ignored Bai Zhirou's internal complaints. He casually lifted his foot and took a step in midair.
BOOM!
As that single step landed!
The aura around “Bai Zhirou,” which had only just stabilized at Early-Stage Foundation Establishment, instantly skyrocketed!
It recklessly crashed through the threshold of the early stage, settling firmly at the 【Peak of Early-Stage Foundation Establishment】!
The surrounding audience of disciples instantly erupted into unbelievable gasps of shock.
“To reach the peak of the early stage right after breaking through?! Isn't her foundation way too terrifying?!”
Midair.
The higher-ups, who were still reeling from the shock of the 【Chaos Planting Green Lotus】 phenomenon...
...now stroked their beards while looking at the commotion below, showing reserved and appreciative smiles instead.
To make up for his earlier composure loss, Song Changfeng assumed the posture of a knowledgeable, grand expert, evaluating slowly:
“Mm. For a monstrous genius capable of triggering a world phenomenon like 'Chaos Planting Green Lotus,' using the lingering aftershocks of the world's feedback spiritual energy to push through a sub-realm in passing...”
“While rare, it isn't surprising that a peerless genius of her caliber can accomplish it.”
“This girl has a solid foundation, being neither arrogant nor impatient. Very good, very good...”
However.
Before his final “good” could fully leave his lips—
Jiang Ye looked at the experience bar that was still frantically climbing on the panel.
He slowly lifted his foot once more.
And in midair, took a second step.
BOOM!!
The aura around him erupted like a volcano once again!
The true qi within his body roared wildly as the realm bottleneck of Early-Stage Foundation Establishment was torn apart like paper!!
【Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment】!
“Gah—”
The gasps of the entire crowd were instantly cut off as if choked by an invisible giant hand, getting stuck squarely in their throats.
Every single one of them was slack-jawed, their lower jaws collectively dislocating in stupor.
High up in the sky.
The hands of several higher-ups currently stroking their long beards twitched violently.
“Hss!”
They yanked out several strands of beard hair by accident!
Breaking through two realms in a row?!
Taking a single step just crossed ten years of painstaking cultivation for an ordinary cultivator!!
However, as the higher-ups of the sect, they had to maintain their old faces!
Song Changfeng coughed dryly twice, forcibly suppressing the overwhelming shock in his eyes. With his hands behind his back, he forced himself to continue commenting:
“Ahem... c-cough. Accumulating over time and unleashing all at once, breaking through two realms consecutively.”
“Several centuries ago, this seat also heard of such peerless geniuses emerging in the Eastern Continent...”
“It is barely... within reason. Elders, do not make a fuss. Remain calm.”
The surrounding elders wiped cold sweat from their brows, forcing smiles as they agreed:
“The Sect Master speaks truly...”
“Basic operations, just basic operations...”
Just as this bunch of pretenders was frantically building up their mental endurance...
...Nangong Yue watched these old guys put on airs, the smile at the corners of her mouth widening.
Pretend? Go ahead and keep pretending.
Midair.
Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow as he watched the experience bar continue to surge upward.
Exceedingly smoothly... he took a third step!
BANG!!!
A violent surge of Killing Sword Intent soared straight into the firmament!
The aura belonging to Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment exploded once again! It rocketed all the way to the peak!
【Peak of Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment】!
Silence.
A dead, absolute silence.
One could hear a pin drop across the entire sect secret realm.
The True Disciples below... had forgotten how to breathe, their minds completely blank.
And high up in the sky.
The mindset of those "pretenders" who had just been trying to stay composed completely collapsed!
The grand expert masks on their faces shattered onto the floor instantly!
The usually silent Peak Master of Dao Mystic Peak actually blurted out a curse:
“Who the fuck undergoes Foundation Establishment by taking a stroll and breaking through three realms in a row?!”
“Does she think breaking through realms is like crossing door sills?! One step per breakthrough?!”
Song Changfeng completely lost his cool as well.
What rumors of the Eastern Continent hundreds of years ago? That was all made up on the spot just to brag!
Not to mention breaking through three realms in a row right in front of them!! This made no fucking sense at all!
At this moment, Wei Zhaoyuan, the Peak Master of Beast-Taming Peak, felt his scalp go completely numb.
He was already secretly planning how to ease the tension between himself and this girl.
After all, this growth speed was way too terrifying!
Although Nangong Yue was also shocked, as someone who believed she knew Bai Zhirou's "secret," she was already somewhat mentally prepared.
However, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't suppress the smirk on her lips.
Under the dazed gazes of the crowd...
Jiang Ye finally stopped taking steps.
It wasn't that he didn't want to keep flexing, but rather that the experience he had hoarded was finally burned out.
Clearly, the higher one went in Foundation Establishment, the more experience was needed to level up. That saved experience was just enough to boost him to the peak of the mid stage.
However, falling just one step short of pushing straight into Late-Stage Foundation Establishment...
...made Jiang Ye, a person in the late stages of OCD, feel extremely annoyed.
He shook his head in dissatisfaction, his breathtaking face filled with regret and helplessness.
Looking at “Bai Zhirou” in midair with that expression of “Sigh, I'm so useless, I couldn't max it out directly”...
...the crowd felt a surge of blood churning in their chests, almost spitting up a mouthful of old blood!
Wait... sister?!
You took one step per realm breakthrough!
Going straight from Early-Stage Foundation Establishment all the way to Peak Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment!
You passed other people's decade or even decades of hard cultivation as easily as drinking water!
And after all that, you're sitting here looking regretful and unsatisfied?!
Have you considered the life and death of your fellow disciples down here who suffer through bitter cultivation every single day?!
This is literally rubbing salt into the wound!
On the Sword Peak Dharma Boat.
After their shock passed, the True Disciples looked at one another, bright and proud smiles breaking out across their faces.
Gu Changqing glanced with a grin at Qi Linger, whose height only reached his shoulder, and teased,
“Junior Sister Qi, it looks like Junior Sister Bai will be surpassing you real soon.”
Qi Linger rolled her eyes, warning through gritted teeth,
“...Don't force me to slap you on the happiest day of my life.”
Gu Changqing continued to seek death:
“Hehe, maybe Junior Sister Bai will break through tomorrow just by taking a walk...”
Before he could finish speaking,
Qi Linger launched a direct “Rocket Headbutt,” striking his chin with precision.
With a muffled thud,
Qi Linger clapped her hands and turned back to look down at “Bai Zhirou.”
Meanwhile, back where they stood, only a figure holding his chin and rolling back and forth across the deck remained.
...
After flexing this hard, Jiang Ye felt completely refreshed, his mind clear and satisfied.
Right at that moment,
his game panel popped up two more notification windows:
【Game Save Point Function Unlocked!】
【Game Alchemy System Unlocked!】
Looking at these two pop-up windows, Jiang Ye's eyes gradually widened, and the corners of his mouth began to curl up uncontrollably, harder to suppress than AK recoil.
“Hehehe...”
His sinister laughter echoed over the mountain peak once again.
Everyone was already used to this unhinged laugh.
They simply assumed she was unable to contain her inner ecstasy after breaking through three realms in a row.
The crowd could completely understand.
Who could hold back if something like this happened to them?!
Many disciples even muttered to themselves inwardly:
“Just laughing a few times is already showing extreme restraint. If it were me, I'd get a massive banner and beat drums and gongs while running three laps around the entire Azure Mystic Sect!”
In their shared consciousness, Bai Zhirou suddenly laughed along, feeling completely out of options.
However, what no one knew was...
...Jiang Ye was certainly not happy just because he leveled up a few sub-realms.
After all, grinding monsters and leveling up—isn't that basic operation for a player?
What truly excited him was that he had recovered another portion of his own "divine power"!
This was the true authority of a player!
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