"Wait a moment."
Suddenly, Lin Qingchen sensed something. She immediately calmed her mind and assessed her own condition.
In an instant, Lin Qingchen abruptly lifted her head, looking at Su Jue with an expression of disbelief.
Seeing Lin Qingchen's reaction, Su Jue understood that this silly girl had finally realized what had happened.
He couldn't possibly help her and then have to remind her about it as well.
It wouldn't feel right to beat someone up and then claim it was to help them.
"What? Are we comparing who has bigger eyes?"
Looking at Lin Qingchen's wide eyes, Su Jue replied casually.
"You just helped me?"
Lin Qingchen looked at Su Jue with a complex expression. She wasn't stupid; she could clearly feel her channels were flowing smoothly.
There was no blockage when her spiritual power circulated. This was a sign of breaking through to Foundation Establishment!
Thinking back to where Su Jue had struck her, wasn't it precisely where her channels were blocked?
Now, under Su Jue's fists and kicks, they were cleared!
Lin Qingchen didn't believe it was a coincidence because every strike from Su Jue landed exactly on her blocked channels.
She thought, if she were usually beaten like this, she wouldn't be able to lift her arms.
Yet, despite the pain, she felt more invigorated with each hit, and her spiritual power moved more freely.
It was clear that Su Jue had helped her clear her channels.
Putting away his sword wasn't to look down on her, but because a weapon couldn't clear her channels!
"Consider it an apology."
Su Jue replied.
No matter what, he saw the little girl's concern for their master.
Such a junior sister wasn't taught in vain, and Bai Ruxue was his woman, so it was a reward for this little girl.
"Thank you... Senior Brother."
Lin Qingchen bit her lip lightly, her gaze filled with emotion.
"Break through, I'll guard you."
Su Jue said, turning away to prevent Lin Qingchen from being distracted during her breakthrough.
He stood with his hands behind his back, facing away from Lin Qingchen.
Hearing this, Lin Qingchen didn't waste any more words and immediately sat cross-legged on the ground.
The surrounding spiritual energy was instantly drawn to her, continuously pouring into her spirit platform.
As she operated her cultivation method, her entire body was filled with white spiritual energy. Feeling the smoothness of her channels, her dantian gradually filled with spiritual energy.
While Lin Qingchen was excited, she also felt a deep sense of gratitude towards Su Jue.
Just as she was about to break through.
"Oh no."
Lin Qingchen's brows furrowed slightly as she suddenly felt discomfort, a sensation coming from her body.
Waves of pain emanated from her body, causing her to clench her teeth.
The earlier battle with Su Jue had been too much for her body.
Now, on the verge of breaking through to Foundation Establishment, her physical frailty could easily hinder her progress, possibly leading to a failed breakthrough!
The next second, Su Jue appeared behind her.
"Channel your spiritual energy, focus on breaking through, leave the rest to me."
Su Jue placed his hands on Lin Qingchen's back, transferring his spiritual power into her body.
His spiritual power, unlike the natural spiritual energy, was gentle and controlled.
Su Jue's method was to use his spiritual power to heal Lin Qingchen, trying to make her immune to the pain in her body.
The intense pain was fading, and the gentle spiritual power was soothing her injuries.
Lin Qingchen gave Su Jue a grateful look and calmed her mind!
Spiritual energy uncontrollably spread around her, completely enveloping her.
At this point, Su Jue could stop transferring spiritual power.
The breakthrough was imminent.
The next second, with a dull sound, the spiritual energy gathered and gradually dispersed into the world.
Lin Qingchen, who had been enveloped in spiritual energy, reappeared in Su Jue's sight.
But this time, she was no longer at the peak of body refinement, but at the initial stage of Foundation Establishment!
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"I've reached Foundation Establishment!"
Lin Qingchen looked at Su Jue excitedly.
"Congratulations."
Su Jue smiled slightly.
"Thank you, Senior Brother!"
Lin Qingchen stood up and said earnestly.
Su Jue waved his hand: "No need to be so formal, consolidate your foundation well.
After reaching Foundation Establishment, future cultivation is neither easy nor difficult.
Heaven rewards diligence, the harsh Dao of the Great Path, I hope you can stay true to your original intention and forge ahead."
Lin Qingchen respectfully bowed: "Yes, Senior Brother!"
But when Lin Qingchen looked up, she found that Su Jue's figure had already disappeared.
On the scene, besides her somewhat tattered clothes and the blood at the corner of her mouth, there were no traces of the battle.
"Senior Brother..."
Feeling the faint burning pain from her hip, a blush appeared on Lin Qingchen's pretty face.
***
Night fell.
Inside Su Jue's residence on the Main Sword Peak.
"System, extract system rewards!"
Su Jue sat cross-legged inside the room.
[Host, would you like to fuse with the Sword Embryo Heart, Immortal Medicine Golden Elixir, Dharma Form Fearless Before Gods and Demons, or extract the Heaven-Slaying Sword?]
"Too many, let's do it one by one."
Su Jue knew well the principle of not biting off more than he could chew. He decided to take it slow, as they were all in the system space and would belong to him no matter how long it took.
[Understood, first, fuse with the Sword Embryo Heart!]
Su Jue closed his eyes, carefully sensing the changes within his body.
Suddenly, a warm current flowed through his channels, finally converging on his heart.
The next moment, his beating heart suddenly stopped.
Su Jue's pupils contracted sharply, an indescribable feeling of despair surged from his heart.
Pain swept through his spirit platform, and before Su Jue could do anything, his heart resumed beating.
However, upon internal inspection, Su Jue found that his heart was no longer a bright red color.
Instead, it was a transparent white, looking crystal clear, like a work of art.
This was the Sword Embryo Heart!
Each time this white transparent heart beat, an imperceptible energy expanded into his channels.
The channels expanded by this energy were becoming stronger bit by bit, and the flow of spiritual power was becoming smoother and more abundant!
He could clearly feel that even if he didn't practice, his spiritual power wouldn't deplete, and he would naturally break through upon reaching a certain level!
It was like an idle cheat, he didn't need to do anything, just idle and he could become stronger and level up!
But that wasn't the most outrageous part.
Su Jue could feel that the Sword Embryo Heart was extremely sensitive to swords.
He extracted the White Snow Sword given by his master, and the moment he held the long sword, his body underwent another transformation.
The Sword Embryo Heart controlled all the spiritual power in his body, continuously channeling it to the hand holding the sword.
This was extremely terrifying.
Because no matter how strong one was, it was extremely difficult to unconsciously or consciously mobilize all the spiritual power from every part of the body to concentrate in one place.
At least reaching the level of a Great Emperor was required.
For example, if Su Jue could shatter a giant rock with one sword strike, now he could at least shatter three giant rocks or even more with one strike.
The effect of the Sword Embryo Heart increased with its own strength.
Having the Supreme Sword Body and extremely high cultivation talent, Su Jue was already immune to the power of such special constitutions.
Unexpectedly, the Sword Embryo Heart truly amazed him!
He could cultivate even while sleeping, and then unleash three times the power with a single swing compared to before.
Terrifying indeed!
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