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Lian Chengyue looked at the youth who had an excited expression on his face, and was sincerely happy for him. Even she did not expect that Hong Ling would actually break through to the late stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi so quickly;

In fact, when they were at Hong Ling's age, some of the disciples from the underworld clans had already broken through to the Qi Refinement into Spirit. It's just that the time it took for the youth to awaken was too short, otherwise it wouldn't have been possible for him to break through to the late stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi just now.

However, to Hong Ling, the late stage of Essence Refinement into Qi was already enough for him to protect himself within the Shiwan Mountain. Even if he encountered a strong level two Demonic Beast, he wouldn't be able to beat them and he could still run away.

"Ah Yue, look, I really broke through to the late stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi, hehe!" Hong Ling said somewhat stupidly, and looked at Lian Chengyue with a smug expression.

Lian Chengyue was speechless. This guy was sometimes deep to the point that it was difficult to reach, but sometimes, he could be so cute and silly. However, when she saw his excited expression, the young girl didn't want to extinguish his enthusiasm.

The two of them stayed in the cave for a long time, and by the time Hong Ling had fully consolidated his cultivation, half a month had already passed.

In the dense forest, a huge brown bear was howling continuously. In front of it, Lian Chengyue stood there quietly with the sharp sword in his hand, and ever since Hong Ling had broken through, the two of them had been inside the Shiwan Mountain for two consecutive months. With both of them working together, Demonic Beast at the Great Circle of the First Stage was no longer their match.

"Hong Ling, I have already injured it, and now, I will leave the task of solving its problems to you!" Lian Chengyue raised his head and said to the teenager who was sitting on the tree trunk above him.

The teenager held the Tail Dog Grass in his mouth as he lightly descended from the tree and muttered, "I got it, I got it, Ah Yue, you are really something. If you can injure it seriously, it would be better to just kill it.

"Cut the crap. Are you going to kill me or not? If I don't kill you, I'll put the caterpillar on your face when you sleep tonight!" Lian Chengyue threatened.

"Kill, why not kill, we have to kill!" Hearing that, Hong Ling felt a chill, it was not because he was afraid of the caterpillars, but because Lian Chengyue dared to touch them, who knows if the next time she would choose something that would make people even more speechless towards him.

Hong Ling did not use his sword. With his current cultivation, killing a full circle first stage Demonic Beast was simply too easy. The young man's body flashed, and before the brown bear could even regain its senses, he threw out a palm mercilessly, causing a light blue vapor to gather in his hand.

"Flowing Water Palm Art!" He shouted as he slammed the bear's chest with his palm.

Boom! The 20 foot tall brown bear was sent flying with a single palm from him. It stood up shakily, roared, flew with four limbs towards Hong Ling, and then opened its mouth and fiercely bit down at him.

Hmph! "The young man snorted, a layer of light blue light slowly enveloping his body, the brown bear had not even reached his body yet, but it had already been struck by his palm. Hong Ling's figure flashed, and flew up once again.

Bang. The pale-blue palm ruthlessly smashed into the brown bear's chest, directly creating a half a foot deep dent on its furry chest.

The brown bear wailed in pain as it was sent flying. It crashed heavily onto the ground, unable to get back up. It struggled as blood poured out of its broken internal organs, while the corners of its mouth kept popping out.

Hong Ling patted his hands, and slowly walked forward, pulling at his tendons and skin, following that he dug out a small Orb. After doing all this, he cleaned up the blood on his hands, and then brought Lian Chengyue deeper into the forest.

"Hong Ling, how much longer before you break through to the great perfection of the Essence Refinement into Qi?" Lian Chengyue couldn't help but ask as he looked at Hong Ling who was currently reclining on a huge boulder by the side of the stream.

"In another half a month, I'll have sensed the barrier at the Great Perfection Stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi. But, if I want to break through soon, I'll need the inner core of a Rank Two Demonic Beast. At that time, I'll have to take a risk and kill a Rank Two Demonic Beast, otherwise, the time for my breakthrough will be even longer!"

Hong Ling knew why Lian Chengyue would ask that, it had already been more than half a year since they went from the Tianhuang City to the Shiwan Mountain, if they did not return, the aristocratic families in the city would come looking for them.

After being out for such a long time, Hong Ling naturally wanted to return, but that would have to wait until he had broken through to the Perfection Stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi. He believed that during the time he had been training in the mountain, the Heaven's Pride from the three great families had most likely reached the realm of Qi Refinement into Spirit.

If he were to return with merely his late stage Essence Refinement into Qi cultivation, it would be a little difficult for him to continue suppressing them. However, if he were to break through to the great perfection of the Essence Refinement into Qi, it would be a different story.

"Hmm? Someone is coming! " Hong Ling's figure flashed, and stood together with Lian Chengyue, staring at the few human figures that were rushing over quickly in the forest.

Among them, three of their cultivation had reached the late stage of the Essence Refinement into Qi and two of them had even reached the great perfection stage. Hong Ling heaved a sigh of relief, as long as the other party was not in the realm of Qi Refinement into Spirit, even if there were many people, they would not be a threat to the two of them.

"I am Cangwu City's Li Clan's Li Tan. I am leading a few clan members to train within the Shiwan Mountain. May I know your names?"

Amongst the five of them, the person in the lead had obviously sensed the auras on Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue, so he did not dare to be careless. He took the initiative and released his good will to the two of them.

Most of the young people who could walk freely within the depths of the Shiwan Mountain were the heaven's pride level experts of the various great families. However, this pair of young men and women, no matter if it was their aura and temperament, both surprised Li Tan.

Even though Li Tan came from a large clan, he knew that there was always someone above him. He did not dare offend anyone within this Shiwan Mountain.

When Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue saw that Li Tan had taken the initiative to introduce them, they did not treat him coldly either.

"I am Hong Ling, my friend, Lian Chengyue!" His tone was gentle, neither servile nor overbearing, giving others a feeling of a cool breeze caressing their faces.

Li Tan nodded his head, and pulled everyone behind him to greet them. Although the heaven's pride level experts of Tianhuang City could not compare to their Cangwu City, they definitely could not underestimate them, and he, the Cangwu Li Clan was one of Cangwu's aristocratic families, so he naturally did not dare underestimate them.

"Big Brother, why are you being so courteous to two cultivators who are younger than us? You want me to say, why don't we just directly get them out of this area?"

"Li Yuan, don't be so presumptuous! We're all martial cultivators, how can you be so rude!" Li Tan saw Li Yuan standing behind him talking impudently, and immediately scolded him in shock.

Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue were sitting by the side preparing food, and upon hearing what was said, they frowned. However, the two of them did not say anything in the end.

"Ah Yue, wait for me over here. I'll go find some seasonings and I'll be back soon!"

After these past few days of hard work, the young lady had long mastered and mastered these things. However, she was not familiar with the few fruits used as seasonings in the forest, so she could only let the young man pick them for her.

"Mm, okay, be careful!" Lian Chengyue gave him a sweet smile as she helped him tidy up his somewhat messy clothes.

Hong Ling nodded and slowly walked into the forest, looking for some familiar seasonings.

Lian Chengyue watched him enter the forest before returning her gaze to the bonfire in front of her. Her current favorite thing to do was to play with some food, even though there were very few methods of cooking other than roasting meat in the mountains, she was already very happy.

Li Tan and the others sat on the rocks by the stream and had already started to set up their tents. They had prepared a lot of things and had also brought some dried food, but it was almost impossible for them to cook by themselves.

Lian Chengyue did not care about them, she and Hong Ling's camp was more than 100 feet away, and was not worried that there would be any conflicts, but, even if she did not take the initiative to cause trouble, it did not mean that the other party would not take the initiative to find her.

Li Yuan was an outstanding younger generation member of the Li Family. Ever since he was young, he relied on his talent of being able to break through the fifth stage of World Barrier and was used to running rampant in the family. When he saw Hong Ling and Lian Chengyue, he naturally developed a kind of disgust for the youth.

Honestly speaking, the temperament of a noble young master made him very unhappy, so when Li Tan took the initiative to show goodwill to the youth and Lian Chengyue, he felt that he was being twisted.

However, although Li Yuan did not like Hong Ling, he was very interested in such an unparalleled beauty like Lian Chengyue. From the day they went camping until now, every single movement and every frown of the girl had captivated him.

He saw Hong Ling enter the forest, then mysteriously walked out, and slowly arrived in front of Lian Chengyue.

As a descendant of a Venerable family, coupled with the fact that he was born with a good set of skin, Li Yuan believed that his woman's fate was good. In his opinion, a peerless beauty like Lian Chengyue should naturally be owned by him.

"This fellow, Li Yuan, has gone to the corner again!" A Li Family disciple said with a smile. They were already used to this sort of thing.

"How long do you think this girl will take Li Yuan to take care of her?"

"A Rank 1 inner core … I bet not more than an hour!"

"I bet two, no more than a quarter of an hour!"

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Lian Chengyue flipped the wooden lot over in her hands with interest. Under her meticulous barbecue, the two bear paws had already become yellow, and a layer of oil was sizzling out of them. Not long later, as long as Hong Ling brought the seasoned berries and herbs back, and spread them on his palm, then grilled them for a while, it would be done.

Lian Chengyue was very confident in her skills right now, but when she lifted her head to see if Hong Ling was back, a figure blocked her sight. That person extended his hand, wanting to grab the wooden lot in her hand.

"Miss Lian Cheng, I, Li Yuan, see your friend abandon you and leave you here with this bear paw. I really can't bear for you to suffer. I have no ill intentions in coming here to help you!"

Li Yuan revealed a smile that he thought was extremely enchanting as he said this in a gentle tone. He believed that with his temperament, this Lian Chengyue would definitely not be able to escape from his grasp.

Lian Chengyue slowly placed the bear's paw back on the grill. A cold light flashed in her eyes, and with a clang, the longsword in her spatial ring was pulled into her hands.

"Scram!"

The young lady's voice was like a winter snowstorm, bringing with it an ice-cold chilliness and killing intent.