Ning Fa returned to Small Bamboo Island with Xiao Yu.
As soon as they sat down, Liu Qinghui arrived.
Without a word, the woman began to undress.
Ning Fa quickly pulled her back.
Was this woman a maiden of purity or a woman of lust? Why was she so impatient? Xiao Yu was still inside the house.
At that moment, Xiao Yu poked her head out.
She glared with her large eyes, looking at the two of them in disbelief, clearly sensing the ambiguous atmosphere between Ning Fa and Liu Qinghui.
Her eyes began to burn with the fierce flames of gossip.
Liu Qinghui looked at Ning Fa with a slight frown.
Dual cultivation with Ning Fa had become an important part of her cultivation.
She found that after dual cultivating with Ning Fa, even without taking the Long Yang Pill.
The Yin Cold Qi within her body was very stable, and it was even constantly refined.
This was extremely beneficial for her cultivation of the Channelling Maiden Yin Art.
Now that this young girl had appeared in Ning Fa's room, wouldn't it be very troublesome for them to dual cultivate in the future?
"You go back first. I'll find you later," Ning Fa said.
Liu Qinghui glanced at him, her eyes seeming to say, Don't break your promise.
Then, she gracefully departed.
Watching her retreating back, Ning Fa scratched his head.
His relationship with Liu Qinghui was rather complicated now.
Although the two of them "went to Mount Wu" every few days.
Both parties knew that there was no love involved, only lust.
Or rather, "lust" wasn't quite accurate; it was more like mutual benefit.
They both understood this point, yet they maintained a tacit understanding.
Liu Qinghui needed him, and Ning Fa also needed to enhance his Water Element Dao Mark by having intercourse with her.
"Uncle Fa, were you two..."
Xiao Yu's eyes widened, her face full of a gossipy expression, even crossing her index fingers.
"Adult matters are not for children to ask about," Ning Fa said, rolling his eyes impatiently.
Xiao Yu pouted, "I'm not a child anymore."
Ning Fa glanced at Xiao Yu, seeing that she had grown into a graceful and beautiful young woman, as lovely as a flower.
She truly wasn't a little girl anymore, but a charming and delightful young lady.
It seemed inconvenient to let her live in the same courtyard as him.
Especially since Ning Fa had many secrets.
With this thought, Ning Fa directly moved dozens of feet away and chose a suitable spot.
Using local materials, he spent half a day building a smaller green bamboo courtyard.
Looking at the small green bamboo courtyard, Ning Fa nodded with satisfaction. He said to Xiao Yu, "Xiao Yu, you'll live here from now on. There's also a dedicated alchemy room. In a few days, I'll get a set of auxiliary restrictions that can provide a fire source and offer protection when you're refining pills."
"Ah, I'm not living with Uncle Fa anymore?" Xiao Yu said with some disappointment.
Ning Fa said impatiently, "Don't you know the difference between men and women?"
Afterward, Ning Fa spent some time introducing alchemy common sense to Xiao Yu.
He also left her some jade slips and classics, letting Xiao Yu study them on her own.
Ning Fa specifically instructed her to inform him immediately if she noticed any abnormalities in her body.
Another year passed.
On this day, a thunderous roar erupted from Ning Fa's green bamboo courtyard.
Xiao Yu, who was refining Grain Abstinence Pills in her own residence nearby, jolted.
She abandoned her pill refining and hurried towards Ning Fa's location.
When she arrived, she found Liu Qinghui already standing at the entrance of Ning Fa's green bamboo courtyard, her expression grave as she hesitated to proceed.
The green bamboo courtyard was covered by a layer of emerald green light, and countless illusory green bamboo shadows flowed within the light barrier.
It was clear the formation had activated all its restrictions.
"Sister Qinghui, is Uncle Ning okay?" Xiao Yu asked Liu Qinghui, her face full of worry.
Ning Fa hadn't introduced much about his relationship with Liu Qinghui before.
However, the intelligent Xiao Yu had long since noticed that the two of them had a very unusual relationship over the past year.
She had seen Liu Qinghui emerge from Ning Fa's residence flushed with happiness more than once.
Liu Qinghui hesitated for a moment before replying, "Your Cousin Uncle... seems to be breaking through the bottleneck of Qi Condensation level seven."
But she felt very strange inside, as if the commotion Ning Fa was making while breaking through his cultivation was a bit too much.
At this moment, inside Ning Fa's residence.
Ning Fa's entire body was covered by a cocoon-like light shield radiating a Five-Colored Spiritual Light.
Minute five-colored arcs of electricity danced upon it.
The next moment, the cocoon-like light shield completely shattered.
Ning Fa's naked body was revealed.
It was as lustrous as jade, slender, and perfect.
Ning Fa sat up and clenched his fists.
He felt as if explosive power resided within him.
The corners of his mouth turned up, and he let out a hearty laugh.
He had finally advanced to Qi Condensation level seven, becoming a Late Qi Condensation cultivator.
The process had been incredibly arduous.
Even though he had been mentally prepared beforehand, the difficulty of breaking through still exceeded his imagination.
Even after consuming all the Tier 2 spiritual items Ning Zhongjiu had sent him earlier, he still hadn't managed to advance.
Even when the family later sent three more Tier 2 spiritual items, he was still just a little short of breaking through.
But fortunately, Ning Fa had extremely good luck and refined a Jade Dragon Pill with a single Dao Mark.
With the aid of this pill, he finally broke through to Qi Condensation level seven.
As expected, just like when he broke through to the Qi Condensation mid-stage before, his body once again underwent a transformation akin to washing his marrow and cutting his tendons.
Coupled with the boost from advancing to the Late Qi Condensation stage.
His physical body, divine sense, and magical power had all greatly strengthened.
Ning Fa carefully felt the changes within him.
At this moment, he had cultivated fifteen Lesser Thunder Sources within his body.
In terms of total magical power, it was likely several times that of a typical Peak Qi Condensation cultivator.
In terms of divine sense, his current divine sense range had approached a hundred zhang.
This was almost half the divine sense strength of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
And his physical body now possessed a strength of fifteen hundred jin.
After Ning Fa tested it, even a typical Mid-grade Magic Artifact could no longer injure him.
He could even withstand a High-grade Magic Artifact for a while.
It could be said that with his current pure body-refining techniques, he could contend with a Late Qi Condensation cultivator.
His strength now was at least more than three times what it was when he participated in the Heir Competition.
Among Qi Refining cultivators, it would be difficult for anyone to be his match.
However, whether he could defeat that Witch, Ning Huarong, Ning Fa pondered for a moment and felt he was still a bit short.
This was not a gap in magical power or cultivation techniques, but a gap in combat experience.
After all, Ning Huarong was battle-hardened. Although he had watched many Imprint Pearls, it was ultimately more theoretical knowledge.
But even if he couldn't defeat that Witch, Ning Fa believed he could still escape.
After all, he was still a body cultivator, and he had already begun cultivating the third level of the Illusory Demon Art.
He could use the Illusory Demon Steps to perform a very powerful escape technique, and Ning Fa was even confident that he could escape from a Foundation Establishment cultivator using this technique.
Ning Fa took out a set of blue robes and put them on.
Then he took out the Thousand Mile Talisman given to him by the First Elder and wrote a short message on it.
Earlier, the First Elder had instructed Ning Fa to inform him as soon as he advanced to Late Qi Condensation.
Soon, a reply appeared on the Thousand Mile Talisman.
"Very good! Come to Changning Mountain to see me."
Ning Fa rubbed his chin.
It gave him the feeling that the higher echelons of the family had been waiting for news of his advancement to Late Qi Condensation.
This left Ning Fa somewhat puzzled.
But to be honest, if it weren't for the family's strong assistance this time, he wouldn't have been able to advance to Foundation Establishment so quickly.