Luo Qing was really very familiar with Jiu Lian, they had known each other for many years, and she had never seen such an expression on Jiu Lian's face. In her memory, her Shifu Jiu Lian had always been very composed, and had long been destined to be the successor of the Dong Yan clan. So as the future leader of the Dong Yan clan, Jiu Lian was naturally cultivated from a young age, it was almost impossible for her to show embarrassment or shyness...

  "You, you......" Lu Qing's eyes widened and her mouth opened wide as she pointed at Jiulian, "You really......"

  "Need to be so surprised?" Jiulian quickly recovered.

  "Surprisingly, Shī Jiě, when you were still in the Dongyan Clan, there were countless people pursuing you. Even in the Heibai Academy, many fellow disciples didn't know your background or origins, but every day, many pursued you. You never looked at anyone!" Lù Qīng said in surprise, "How did you end up looking at him? As a small tribal disciple, he won't be of much help to you when it comes to taking over the Dongyan Clan."

  Jiulian furrowed her brow, revealing a displeased expression.

  "I didn't mean anything else, it's just you..." Lu Qing shook his head.

  "Ji Ning's tribe of origin is indeed weak, but he himself has tremendous potential." said Jiu Lian, "You should know that there are some individuals who don't need to be judged by which tribe they come from, because they alone can surpass entire strong tribes."

  Jiulian's eyes had a hint of expectation, "And... choosing a Dao companion, is even more in line with the heart's feeling, he gives me a very good feeling."

  "Really choose him as her Dao companion?" Luo Qing looked at Jiulian.

  "No rush." Jiulian shook her head, "The lifespan of a cultivator is long and the dao companion affects one's whole life. Of course, we need to observe more, feel more, I've only been in contact with him for over three months, it's still too early to talk about being dao companions."

  All those who fall in love will get married after one or two years.

  Cultivators... Some of them entangled with each other for hundreds of years before finally becoming Dao companions, that's all!

  "If it gets out that the future leader of the Dongyan clan has chosen a Dao partner, tsk tsk!" Luo Qing sighed, "It will definitely cause a huge stir in the cultivation world!"

  "I choose my own partner, who else can interfere?" Jiulian said calmly.

  Lu Qing felt Jiulian's determination and said, "Sister, you've made up your mind, so I won't persuade you anymore. You can still improve your lotus magic here and observe your future Dao partner. As for me, I'm completely useless here... I plan to leave at dawn tomorrow and venture out for a year or two before returning to the Black and White Academy."

  Jiulian's face turned red with shame, and she pulled on Lu Qing's hand: "Qingqing, we agreed to come out and make a name for ourselves together, it was my fault."

  "No big deal, Shifu chose a Dao companion, as her junior sister, I naturally support it." Lu Qing smiled.

  On the second day, Lu Qing left under Ji Ning's escort.

  Ji Ning and Jiu Lian were still living a very peaceful life on Ming Xin Island, occasionally discussing the Dao.

  "Huh?"

  One midnight.

  Ji Ning, who was originally sitting cross-legged in stillness, had a sudden movement in his heart and revealed a hint of joy, "It seems that the five months of discussing the Tao with Ninth Sister Jiu Lian has also improved a lot in the mutual generation and restraint of 'water and fire', and finally understood the last bit of the bottleneck, and can break through to the tenth level of the Red Bright Nine Infants Chart."

  "In." With a flicker of intention, a bear's skull phantom suddenly appeared in the room, opening its huge mouth and swallowing Ji Ning who was sitting on the bed.

  Ji Ning just disappeared like this.

  Inside the main hall of the Water Palace.

  In the grand hall, on one of those huge cushions, Ji Ning appeared and casually chose a cushion, directly sitting down cross-legged.

  "Ji Ning little kid, how did you come back so quickly?" said Hei Se Lao Niu as he looked at Ji Ning.

  "He's about to break through." Huang Mao Da Xiong suddenly appeared, "If he breaks through in his house, it will probably destroy his house directly. Better be careful... Naturally, coming to my cave is the safest."

  Ji Ning sat cross-legged, his monk's robe fully tucked into his body.

  "Let's get started."

  Since he had already grasped the key, Ji Ning directly activated the Red Bright Nine Revolutions Diagram's technique.

  Wow! Wow!

  Ji Ning's back suddenly lit up with the Tai Yin and Tai Yang divine patterns, dazzlingly bright, instantly connecting with the two Supreme Stars - Tai Yin Star and Tai Yang Star - in a distant, isolated void, separated by unknown spatial obstacles. The Tai Yin Star and Tai Yang Star immediately transmitted a strand of Tai Yang True Fire and Tai Yin True Water.

  From the ninth heavy crossing into the tenth heavy is a big boundary crossing.

  Each time a major boundary is crossed, it receives the assistance of Taiyin Star and Sun Star, causing the divine body to undergo another transformation.

  "The breakthrough of the Nine-Heaven Diagram's grand boundary is not ordinary." Huang Mao Xiong looked at the lotus leaves and flower petals condensing around Ji Ning, a vivid and lifelike lotus flower was born, wrapping around Ji Ning. "Each time, there is assistance from the Taiyin True Water and Taiyang True Fire. Such a divine body has the potential to control the Taiyin True Water and Taiyang True Fire in the future."

  "From the earthly fire cold, first rise to the young fire young water, then break through to the sun true fire sun true water." The black-colored old cow next to him shook his head, "Too far away, only a few young immortals and young gods have the hope of controlling the sun true fire and sun true water, and it's just a possibility."

  A cultivator must first conceive the earthly fire.

  Afterwards, step by step, constantly improving, after going through hardships, there is hope to control the true fire of the sun at the time of ascension!

  "It's settled then." said Big Yellow Bear.

  Indeed.

  That lotus flower wrapped around Jining had gradually become transparent, and the true water and fire inside had been completely absorbed by Jining's body. As the transparent lotus slowly bloomed, it revealed Jining inside, whose body was perfect in every detail, this was a divine demon physique!

  Ji Ning opened his eyes and found that he was wearing a beast skin cloak on the surface of his body, which was made in the same style as the one his mother had made for him at first.

  "It's broken through." Ji Ning revealed a smile.

  Majestic divine power.

  The surging power in the body!

  At the ninth level, it is only comparable to the early stage of the Wanxiang Divine Demon's cultivation. At the tenth level, it is already comparable to the late stage of the Wanxiang Divine Demon's cultivation! What's important is... every three levels there is a major boundary, and each time crossing a major boundary is the most difficult. Crossing minor boundaries is much easier, as long as the absorbed Taiyin and Taiyang powers are sufficient to break through.

  So from the 10th floor to the 12th floor, there won't be any bottlenecks.

  "I have the Wanxiang Houqi's divine body, and I've also grasped the third form of the 'Three Chi Sword'! " Ji Ning thought to himself, "And with the Divine Ability 'Plucking Stars', my current strength is far superior to when I was in the Great Desolate Swamp. If I were to encounter a Dragon Whale Demon at the Yuan Shen stage again, I'm confident that I could withstand it head-on."

  "Compared to Hei Ying's senior brother, I'm afraid there won't be much difference." Ji Ning thought with joy.

  As for the cultivation of divine demon body, Blood Shadow Shixiong is already at the perfect stage of Wanxiang, while I am only comparable to the late stage of Wanxiang, slightly inferior.

  But it's divine! I've become much stronger myself.

  Again assisting with swordsmanship...... "With such strength, I can completely contend with the Yuan Shen Dao. Even if I'm not a match for them, I'll have a way to escape." Ji Ning thought to himself.

  "Alright." Yellow Fur Big Bear said.

  "Senior." Ji Ning looked over.

  "Fundamental improvement, overall strength naturally improves." Huang Mao Da Xiong said, "If you go to the third floor of the War God Temple again now, even if you don't use a bow and arrow, you have a 100% chance of winning in close combat."

  Ji Ning smiled: "Then I'll go and try to break through the fourth floor now, maybe I can make it?"

  "It's possible to get through, but the chances are less than one in ten." Huang Mao Xiong said, "When your Divine Demon Body Refining reaches the 11th level, you should have a 30-40% chance of success. If your sword skills improve further, your chances will be even higher. To get through the fourth floor of the War God Temple... generally, one needs to possess the strength to defeat a Yuan Shen Daoist."

  Ji Ning listened and silently shook her head.

  Three Lifespan Tao Enters A.

  The threshold set for the successive masters of the cave mansion is too high, and even a freak like myself feels overwhelmed. The poor Yunhua Xian was forced to become a loose immortal for many years before finally breaking through the seventh layer and obtaining an extremely powerful celestial-grade treasure. Unfortunately, it's too late now.

  "No rush, next time we'll conquer the fourth floor of the War God Temple." Ji Ning smiled and said, "This time my divine demon body refinement breakthrough, I'd say it's broken through to the Wanxiang level."

  The yellow-haired big bear nodded: "Right."

  "Then I can go back to the Treasure Hall and choose another treasure." Ji Ning's eyes burned with excitement.

  "Of course, you have at most three chances to choose, and each time you choose a treasure, be careful, as once chosen, it cannot be changed." Huang Mao Da Xiong said, "Let's go, go to the Treasure Hall and take your time to choose."

  Half a time later, another treasure was chosen and Ji Ning quietly returned to the Winged Snake Lake with greatly increased strength. No one knew that Ji Ning had left the Winged Snake Lake for a short period of time before, nor did they know that Ji Ning's strength had greatly increased at this moment.

  Time flies.

  It's been a year since Jiulian arrived at Winged Snake Lake.

  Distant Anping City, in the Black and White Academy.

  "Green green master sister, green green master sister." On a mountain peak, a young man wearing black clothes shouted loudly.

  "Liuyun Shixiong rarely comes to Little Sister's place." A tall and slender girl in a silver robe, Lu Qing, walked into the courtyard, looked up and smiled as she spoke.

  A young man in a black suit directly descended from high above and landed in the courtyard.

  "Please sit down, Brother Liu Yun," said Luo Qing.

  The black-clothed young man also sat down, smiling: "I heard that Junior Sister Qingqing has returned from her travels, so I came to visit... I remember that Junior Sister Qingqing, you left with Junior Sister Jiulian, but it's been a year and you've returned, yet Junior Sister Jiulian hasn't come back?"

  Luo Qing hesitated for a moment before saying: "Chen Jin!"

  Hei Sè Huá Fú's young disciple was taken aback, Chen Jin being his real name, but generally, Qing Qing Shī Mèi would address him as 'Liú Yún Shī Xiōng'. But now addressing him by his real name... probably something important.

  "You, me, and Ninth Sister Lian all came to Anping City together." Lu Qing said in a low voice, "You and I are also clear about Ninth Lian's background."

  Chen Jin nodded: "Of course I know."

  "At first, when Jiulian Shijie was in the Dongyan clan, you were always pursuing Jiulian Shijie. Jiulian Shijie brought me to Anping City's Heibai Academy, and you also entered Heibai Academy... I know, your infatuation has never changed." Lu Qing said.

  Chen Jin smiled: "Although Jiulian never nodded, I will wait, wait for ten years or a hundred years, slowly waiting."

  "There's something... " Lu Qing gritted his teeth and said, "I think I have to tell you."

  "What's wrong." Chen Jin smiled, and Lu Qing looked so difficult to speak, could it be that he wanted to pursue himself?

  Luo Qing took a deep breath: "Jiulian Shizi has chosen her Dao companion."

  Chen Jin was taken aback.

  "What a pity, it's not you." Lu Qing looked at him.

  The sudden thunderstorm left Chen Jin somewhat dazed.