Chapter 403: Chapter 161: Third Mother, Is It Really You? (6k)_3
Lu Yaoyao suddenly let out a sly laugh, then looked around and lowered her voice: "I had a dream, dreamed that you showed great power, even the Demon Emperor was suppressed by a mere snap of your fingers."
Zhou Qing couldn’t help but reach out to touch her forehead, asking suspiciously: "Have you been feverish from closing yourself off too much lately?"
"Don’t change the subject, the dream felt very real. So, when did you break through to Nascent Soul? Are you really an Earth Vein Foundation Establishment cultivator?"
Lu Yaoyao asked seriously.
Recently, she had been attempting to break through the threshold of the Nascent Soul Realm in seclusion. Even though it felt within reach, there was still a sense of lack in both spirit and strength.
She knew she was missing a crucial opportunity to cross that step.
Moreover, she was cultivating the Heavenly Dao Qi Foundation Establishment, which demonstrated just how difficult it was to break through to Nascent Soul.
Reflecting on her recent experiences with a calm mind, she finally understood some things she had once overlooked.
Her father had his Golden Core shattered, then silently broke through to Nascent Soul, and now easily killed three top talents from Cangyan Daoist Palace. It all seemed so effortless.
This was something human Foundation Establishment cultivators couldn’t possibly accomplish.
Adding to that some information she knew, her suspicion grew stronger.
The more she thought about it, the more off it felt, so she hurried out of seclusion and ran over.
Facing Lu Yaoyao’s questioning, Zhou Qing just chuckled.
"I am undoubtedly a human Foundation Establishment warrior. As for the breakthrough, hasn’t everyone heard about it? I accidentally entered an ancient relic with my master and consumed a Spirit Pill there. Just luck!" Zhou Qing said.
Lu Yaoyao shook her head: "The Demon Emperor is at the Spirit Severing Realm. Do you think someone at human Foundation Establishment can suppress them in the future?"
Zhou Qing shook his head: "Of course not. But you were dreaming."
Lu Yaoyao grew anxious, opened her mouth to speak, but didn’t know what to say.
Seeing Lu Yaoyao’s expression, Zhou Qing’s face was filled with a smile, but he had to admit, this girl’s questioning gave him a warning.
Most Earth Vein Foundation Establishment cultivators can only barely reach the Golden Core Realm. Some lucky ones can use Nascent Soul Formation Pills to advance further, but that is their limit.
Like Yan Xiaohu, he used Earth Vein Foundation Establishment and Nascent Soul Formation Pills to condense the fourteenth-ranked Frenzied Nascent Soul.
The Nascent Soul boost temporarily increases cultivation by one minor realm in battle without any side effects.
Because the Nascent Soul awakened the Nascent Pattern, it even has a thirty percent chance to touch upon the Divinity Transformation Realm in the future.
As a human Foundation Establishment cultivator, the combat prowess Zhou Qing displayed in recent years was indeed hard to explain and suspicious.
From now on, he better be careful.
After figuring it out, Zhou Qing laughed: "Just luck, like last time in Spirit Skull Mountain, who would expect it to have natural Thunder Liquid and a Suanni..."
Before he finished his sentence, his face suddenly changed, and he immediately walked out of the courtyard.
Outside, on a tall tree, a woman was silently standing.
Her graceful figure and flowing robe exuded an aura that kept people at a distance.
Her silver hair fell like frost and snow, gleaming coldly in the dusk, a few strands fluttering in the wind adding to her ethereal presence.
A layer of veil covered her face, making it indistinct, with only her eyes exposed, resembling deep blue icy pools, unfathomable.
At her feet, ice crystals spread quickly, covering the entire tree in a blink, making Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao shiver involuntarily.
Who is this woman?
How did she get in here?
Why didn’t the Taiqing Sect have any warning at all?
Zhou Qing discreetly pulled Lu Yaoyao behind him, frowning slightly.
"You two, have you been to this place?" The woman glanced at them indifferently, her red lips slightly parted, and her voice chilled to the bone as if coming from the Nine Nether Cold Abyss.
A scene emerged above them.
The place was none other than the Ghost City.
"Brother Zhou, look at her hair—" Lu Yaoyao’s eyes lit up, and she spoke excitedly.
Zhou Qing was speechless, thinking that this was not the time to talk about hair.
The woman’s restrained yet terrifying aura suggested she might be a mighty warrior at the Spirit Severing Realm. Whether they could survive was still uncertain.
He could only step forward to greet her: "Greetings, immortal. We have indeed been to that place."
The woman, who had heard Lu Yaoyao’s words, instinctively looked at her hair, then said: "Did you see who took this?"
The scene above changed to a red token.
Zhou Qing’s heart leapt. The woman squinted her eyes, directly stepping forward on her ice lotus.
Seeing this, Zhou Qing realized the situation was dire and quickly said: "I didn’t see who took it, but someone showed us a picture of it yesterday, so it looks familiar. Is this token valuable?"
Upon hearing this, the woman immediately asked: "Who showed it to you?"
Zhou Qing then recounted what had happened with Ke Shu and the others.
"Interesting!" The woman turned around, lightly touched the space before her, and disappeared.
Zhou Qing frowned.
Lu Yaoyao, however, seemed very excited and immediately took out a mirror to compare her eyebrows and eyes.
The more she looked, the more similar it seemed, especially the silver hair, which was almost identical.
"Could it be her?"
Lu Yaoyao asked excitedly: "Brother Zhou, who is she? I think I can totally accept it."
"How would I know who she is? And what’s with you being able to accept?" Zhou Qing glanced at Lu Yaoyao suspiciously.