Reborn with a Space: Building a Fortune Amidst Famine

Chapter 1370: Advancement

Su Yuanyuan shook her head, "No, our family left right after the Dual Cultivation Ceremony ended. We felt there was something beneficial in this rain, so we slowed down and opened the protective shield."

"You’re lying. The Elder said he was going to look for you when he left."

"If the senior doesn’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do. I’m just a small Foundation Establishment cultivator; if Elder Bai wants to find me, I think it would be an easy task?"

Actually, everyone in the Independent Practitioner Alliance here believed that the matters of Elder Bai had nothing to do with this Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Because there was no trace of the Elder’s presence on the Spirit Boat.

But Bai Xinghe disagreed. Anxiously, he looked at Infinite Daoist Monarch, "Elder, can you calculate it?"

Infinite Daoist Monarch shook his head, "I can’t. There’s no trace at all, like they’ve vanished into thin air."

The two were communicating through secret transmission, so others didn’t know what they were saying.

Suddenly, the sky looked like it was about to collapse.

And it was accompanied by rumbling thunder.

"Withdraw your spiritual power, let the two little ones come out."

As soon as Liu Xiaozhu spoke, Su Yuanyuan immediately took action. Using the Capture Technique, she swiftly retrieved Qi Hao and Qi Xuan.

The thunder was closer now, almost right overhead.

"Martial Uncle, you don’t need to place the Array Plate; Qi Hao and Qi Xuan, stay with the elders and don’t move." Su Yuanyuan quickly instructed, already starting to throw top-grade spiritual stones into the array plate.

All of them were high-level cultivators, even if they didn’t necessarily understand array formations, they’d seen plenty before and couldn’t help but admire how thoroughly this young female cultivator understood array formations.

Su Yuanyuan kept feeding Spirit Stones into the formation, and the Spiritual Energy inside it was now so concentrated it could liquefy.

Only then did she stop, worriedly looking inside the array.

Liu Xiaozhu felt the two little ones clinging to his vestment robe, and he was suddenly overwhelmed by a desire to have children. This feeling of being depended on by little ones was really wonderful.

Bai Xinghe watched, seething with hatred, suddenly throwing a spiritual artifact toward the array.

Chen Xue Man had already warned Su Yuanyuan, who might not catch it, but had to do something.

A small Foundation Establishment female cultivator dashed towards the spiritual artifact, and Liu Xiaozhu noticed it too. But he wasn’t as fast as Su Yuanyuan.

Just as the spiritual artifact was about to hit Su Yuanyuan, a handsome man suddenly appeared in mid-air. He gently pinched the artifact, instantly turning it into powder, and Bai Xinghe spat out blood.

Su Yuanyuan angrily glared at Bai Xinghe, astonished that he dared to use a spiritual artifact.

When cultivators are advancing, they’re most afraid of being disturbed by spiritual energy as that could provoke the heavenly tribulation, doubling its intensity.

Liu Xiaozhu immediately bent down, "Greetings, Elder."

Zhu Huai’en nodded, not speaking or acknowledging anyone, and directly entered the array set up by Su Yuanyuan.

Su Yuanyuan tried to follow him in but was stopped by Liu Xiaozhu who shook his head at her.

Before long, he came out. Looking at Qi Hao and Qi Xuan, he said, "You two are my disciples."

"Mother, this is my Master," Qi Hao said excitedly.

"He’s my Master too," Qi Xuan added.

Su Yuanyuan was momentarily stunned but quickly realized this was the Elder of the Xuantian Sect. Although she couldn’t be sure which Elder, Qi Hao and Qi Xuan being accepted under the Elder’s guidance surely guaranteed their future.

She quickly bowed, "Thank you, Elder."

"No need for formalities."

Su Yuanyuan didn’t have the energy to focus too much elsewhere right now; Tan Shaoting was at a critical moment, and she didn’t expect he’d enter Core Formation so quickly.

She anxiously watched the array there; she wasn’t worried about the safety around her anymore. With the Elder of the Xuantian Sect present, who dared make a move?

Su Yuanyuan was extremely sensitive to spiritual energy, and the fluctuations were now even greater. She was very anxious but could do nothing, not daring to act rashly for fear of affecting Tan Shaoting.

Tan Shaoting was at a crucial point, with enough spiritual energy in his meridians and dantian, it wasn’t his first Core Formation so he knew what to do. Running the cultivation technique to break through the barrier between Foundation Establishment and Golden Core.

Once, twice, until the fifth time, he finally broke through, and now the dantian was swiftly forming a Golden Core Pill.

He adeptly ran the cultivation technique, absorbing more spiritual energy from outside.

The Golden Core formed in the dantian, and the heavenly tribulation descended.

Su Yuanyuan anxiously clenched her fist, the sight breaking her understanding.

"Don’t worry," Liu Xiaozhu comforted Su Yuanyuan.

"Martial Uncle, Tan Shaoting hasn’t prepared anything."

"There’s no need, believe in him."

Su Yuanyuan said nothing because the second heavenly tribulation had already descended, not giving a moment’s respite.

Tan Shaoting had already accepted these two heavenly tribulations. They felt light, not causing much harm.

Could this be an illusion? Until the third, fourth, and fifth heavenly tribulations descended, he could finally tell he hadn’t been wrong; they weren’t that severe.

Infinite Daoist Monarch watched the figure in front, still the same, no longer the young lad from before, but still as when they first met.

Qi Hao and Qi Xuan were nervous, but their Master reassured them not to fear, their father would be fine. Yet, this was their first time seeing someone struck by thunder.

It was already the twenty-sixth heavenly thunder - the Three-nine Thunder Tribulation?

Su Yuanyuan continually prayed in her heart, until the end of the twenty-seventh heavenly tribulation, when the gloomy sky suddenly revealed a rainbow.

Everyone witnessed the anomaly in the sky, as a Golden Qilin trotted in on flames.

Only now did Su Yuanyuan relax; she knew that with the appearance of such a phenomenon, Tan Shaoting had succeeded in Core Formation.

Xingtian was sour, thinking about the deceased Elder of their Independent Practitioner Alliance, how Heavenly Cry allowed someone from Xuantian Sect suspected of the Elder’s death to advance; what was going on? It was so unfair.

He regretted it; if he had cultivated then, surely he could’ve made progress, but dealing with those matters had caused him to miss the opportunity.

Tan Shaoting saw his wife’s expression, hadn’t yet stabilized his cultivation and exited the array.

"Yuanyuan, I’m fine."

Su Yuanyuan nodded vigorously, "That’s good, as long as you’re fine, good."

Tan Shaoting knew it wasn’t the time to consolidate his cultivation.

Quickly returned to the array, not wanting to appear in such a disheveled state. Previously, it was just to reassure his wife.

Su Yuanyuan now truly felt at ease. With the presence of their senior now, they had backing.

She bowed deeply towards Zhu Huai’en, "Elder, you came just in time. A cultivator from the Bai Family was bullying us; no matter how I explained it, he wouldn’t listen, and tried to scare my husband just now. Please, Elder, make a judgment."

No one expected Su Yuanyuan to react this way. Was she the same young female cultivator who dared confront all the high-level cultivators earlier?

Zhu Huai’en nodded, "Alright."

Then he looked at Infinite Daoist Monarch, waiting for him to make a stand. If he didn’t take action, Zhu Huai’en would intervene.