Chapter 418: Breakthrough to the Reincarnation Realm
Hong Qingyun had a face full of gratification. Hong Mingyue indeed was his most beloved granddaughter; she was much better compared to her unambitious father and brother.
"However, Ming Yue has one condition; she wishes to decide on the engagement after the Imperial Examination," Hong Qingyun did not oppose this request from Hong Mingyue. In his view, his granddaughter's current strength made her a surefire candidate to clinch first place in the Imperial Examination.
But Hong Mingyue did not think so.
Ye Lingyue and the Sky Demon Bei perished together. They died in the Xingxiu Cave, a fact Hong Mingyue remembered vividly. However, she always felt as if Ye Lingyue hadn't truly died.
The other might even return to Daxia before the Imperial Examination.
That woman, wielding Yi God's Void-breaking Bow, shone so brightly, how could such a person die so easily?
Of course, this bizarre feeling had never been mentioned to anyone by Hong Mingyue.
As for Luo Song, he was ecstatic upon hearing that Hong Mingyue was willing to marry him.
There were only about two months left before Daxia's Imperial Examination.
Moreover, the Hong Residence had just completed a funeral, indeed it was not suitable to go ahead with a celebration directly.
Luo Song immediately decided to return to the Three-Life Valley once, to notify his mother and his father, who was still in secluded cultivation, about his engagement to Hong Mingyue. He also made an agreement with the Hong Residence, to bring the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir and propose formally after one month.
And all these events happening in Daxia were conveyed to Ye Lingyue through Feng Xun.
"Hong Mingyue is actually going to marry a scum like Luo Song?" one day, after Ye Lingyue finished her cultivation, she lay on a stone couch with her hands under her head, listening to Feng Xun's voice from the Phoenix Token.
Although Ye Lingyue despised Hong Mingyue, she had to admit Hong Mingyue was a woman with considerable ambition and insight, whose talent far surpassed other offspring of the Hong Residence.
Such a person, to succumb to family pressure and marry Luo Song, was indeed a bit of a waste.
Thinking thus, Ye Lingyue felt somewhat fortunate. If she had been born in Marquis Mansion, she probably would have already been a victim of a political marriage.
"Luo Song may be scum, but he is a well-connected one. Right now, the Hong Residence and the Three-Life Valley visually appeal to each other like a match made in heaven. I heard that the Heavenly Armor Sect is looking for trouble with the Hong Residence; at this time, forming a tie with Three-Life Valley might make the Heavenly Armor Sect think twice," analyzed Feng Xun, hearing Ye Lingyue's voice.
Through the exchange via the Phoenix Token, Feng Xun's words also picked up some of Ye Lingyue's bad habits.
Previously, Feng Xun would never casually label someone as 'scum.'
"Heh~ The relationship between Hong Residence and Three-Life Valley won't last long," thought Ye Lingyue, remembering the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir that she had tampered with.
If she wasn't wrong, part of the reason Hong Mingyue was willing to marry Luo Song included that Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir.
She was eager to witness what would happen to Hong Qingyun after he consumed that Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir.
The Hong Residence must collapse, and as for Hong Mingyue, she wouldn't have the slightest sympathy.
Life in Cave Number One was boring, thankfully, Feng Xun kept her entertained daily with news from the outside, preventing Ye Lingyue from feeling weary.
The two chatted for over an hour until Ye Lingyue gradually felt sleepy.
"Feng Xun, starting from tomorrow, I might temporarily be unable to contact you."
Feng Xun was silent for a moment.
"Are you planning to enter the Chaos Heaven and Earth Array?"
Ye Lingyue responded with a hum.
For that bizarre Chaos Heaven and Earth Array in Cave Number One, Feng Xun had already learned of its origin from Ye Lingyue.
Previously, after much deliberation, Ye Lingyue had decided to temporarily postpone taking the Elixir Pills.
She planned, once her cultivation was a bit more stable, to directly take the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir, challenge the Reincarnation Realm, and then enter the Chaos Heaven and Earth Array.
If Hong Qingyun knew that Ye Lingyue casually planned to use the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir, which he had obtained at the cost of selling his own granddaughter, to challenge the Reincarnation Realm, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit three liters of blood.
After cultivating for a full month, with just one month left before the Daxia Imperial Competition, Ye Lingyue also felt that the Primordial Power within her body had thickened quite a bit, and it was almost time to take the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir and attempt to challenge the First Layer of Heaven and Earth Tribulation.
Feng Xun had also received an invitation from Emperor Xia; in ten days, Xiahou Qi would be officially crowned as the Crown Prince. With the affairs at Feng Residence almost settled, he too planned to depart soon to return to Daxia.
"I will wait for you in Xia Capital," Feng Xun said. Ye Lingyue did not reply, just a faint sound of breathing was heard; it was unclear if Ye Lingyue had heard him or not.
Perhaps times of day spent cultivating had tired her out, and she had fallen asleep, similar situations had been encountered by Feng Xun several times before.
Placing the Phoenix Token over his heart, Feng Xun peacefully lay down, using her breathing as his pillow to fall asleep.
On the thirty-first day entering Cave Number One, Ye Lingyue formally began challenging the Reincarnation Realm.
Cave Number One in Xingxiu Cave, though secluded, had a level of Primordial Power similar to Ye Lingyue's Third-level Hongmeng Heaven. Moreover, the red fruits on the trees contained mysterious powers; cultivating here for one day was comparable to several months outside.
Ye Lingyue could feel that, in the past month, the Chaotic Primordial Power within her body had more than doubled.
If this were to be considered the normal Primordial Elixir Realm, her cultivation would have already reached the Great Primordial Dan Realm.
Seated cross-legged on the stone couch, inhaling and exhaling the Primordial Power within the cave, Ye Lingyue swallowed that Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir.
The Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir, an Eighth-grade Elixir, had the medicinal strength equivalent to ninety-nine Ordinary Reincarnation Elixirs.
Once the elixir entered her stomach, Ye Lingyue felt her body shake.
Her entire bloodstream seemed as if it was instantly ignited, furiously surging.
Muscles and bones throughout her body clamored as the Primordial Power within Cave Number One crazily surged towards Ye Lingyue's Dantian and body.
The powerful medicinal effect of the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Elixir, like a vortex, devoured all surrounding Primordial Power, sucking it into Ye Lingyue's body.
Sweat cascaded down like a waterfall, her clothes soaking wet, her skin displaying a sickly red color.
The powerful medicinal force made Ye Lingyue feel as though her body was going to burn up; she could not endure any longer and suddenly jumped into the spring.
The cool spring water provided a momentary relief for her body.
"Cold, so cold."
After the frenzied heat, came a wave of coldness.
That chill, emanating from within her body, instantly froze the raging hot blood in her vessels.
Ye Lingyue's lips lost all color, and the water beneath her also formed a thin layer of ice.
This process of alternating cold and heat made Ye Lingyue feel a torment worse than death.
For an entire day, Ye Lingyue was tormented, lying on the ground with not a trace of Primordial Power left in her body; it was even more exhausting than a life-and-death struggle she would have on a normal day.
She didn't even have the strength to lift her eyelids.