Yan Lei will probably need some time.
He needs to recover from his injuries before going to the Secret Realm.
While waiting for news from Yan Lei, Su Bai kept an eye on the movements around Seven Stars Mountain.
"It's about time, isn't it?"
After muttering a few words, Su Bai suddenly felt the surrounding air become a few shades heavier.
...
Looking in the direction of Seven Stars Mountain, Su Bai's eyes seemed to cross the distance, seeing all the way from Danfu Pavilion to Xingluo Mountain.
The Spiritual Qi in the Market here hadn't changed.
But high-level Cultivators all inexplicably felt a stone pressing on their hearts.
Then they all looked thoughtfully towards Seven Stars Mountain.
They knew that a Cultivator was attempting to Breakthrough to a higher Realm.
The Spiritual Vein of Seven Stars Mountain is a third-tier Spiritual Vein.
The Spiritual Qi is sufficient.
So the Spiritual Qi in Xingluo Market hasn't changed, but if one were to go to Seven Stars Mountain, they would find that the originally dense Spiritual Qi seemed to be drawn, beginning to converge towards a certain peak.
The convergence point was within the Xu Family's secret chamber.
Xu Changge, after years of secluded Cultivation, finally began to attempt her Core Formation Realm Breakthrough.
Upon realizing that Xu Changge had begun her Core Formation Realm Breakthrough.
Su Bai put down everything she was doing and immediately returned to Seven Stars Mountain.
She did not go to the Xu Family.
Xu Changge's Master was probably helping her as a Protector there.
She went to her own courtyard.
Although both families were on the same mountain range, there was still some distance between them.
Su Bai here would not disturb Xu Changge.
Standing in her courtyard, Su Bai closed her eyes, carefully sensing the flow of Spiritual Qi around her.
As well as the commotion caused by Xu Changge's Breakthrough attempt.
Being on Seven Stars Mountain, Su Bai could feel more details.
After all, Seven Stars Mountain has a Formation that separates the Inner City from Seven Stars Mountain.
But the Xu Family should also have a Formation.
"Could the Spiritual Pressure caused by merely attempting Core Formation be felt even from the Inner City, a hundred miles away...?"
Then the situation should be similar when I Breakthrough to the third stage of Body Refining.
Should I hide my identity and Breakthrough in the Market, or find another place?
After thinking it over, the only convenience of hiding her identity and Breaking through in the Market was being able to utilize the Spiritual Qi of the third-tier Spiritual Vein.
But afterwards, she would inevitably be investigated.
After all, a Loose Cultivator forming a Golden Core would not be allowed to act freely; at the very least, their identity must be known.
After much deliberation, Su Bai finally decided to prepare more Medicinal Pills and Spirit Stones and go to the Outer Sea to Breakthrough.
The only trouble was that she might encounter interference from Sea Yao Beasts.
But it wasn't a big problem.
She would use a Formation to hide herself beforehand, and place Puppets to guard her during the Breakthrough.
As long as she Breakthrough to the third stage of Body Refining, everything would be fine.
The difficulty of Breaking through to Core Formation is very high, requiring one's Cultivation to condense into a Golden Core.
After Xu Changge began her Core Formation Realm Breakthrough.
The Spiritual Pressure emanating from Xingluo Mountain grew stronger day by day.
This situation lasted for nine days.
After the ninth day ended, a powerful Spiritual Pressure emanated from Xingluo Mountain, continuously spreading outwards.
But very quickly, the Formation of the Seven Stars Mountain Range activated, blocking the Spiritual Pressure and preventing it from continuing to spread towards Xingluo Market.
Soon, the Spiritual Pressure was retracted.
Feeling the sensation that had just swept over her, it was clearly Divine Sense.
It was Xu Changge's Divine Sense.
She had successfully Breakthrough to Core Formation.
After Breaking through to Core Formation, Xu Changge did not appear; she should still be in the secret chamber stabilizing her Realm.
Su Bai now also had a general understanding of the Core Formation Breakthrough process.
After quietly leaving Xingluo Mountain.
A small figure transformed into a sword light, flying towards the seaside.
She was going to find an uninhabited place to Breakthrough to the third stage of Body Refining.
Su Bai knew the direction the fleet had originally departed from.
She had also heard from Yan Lei where the Outer Sea Secret Realm was located.
So she didn't fly in that direction.
Instead, she chose another direction.
She flew continuously for a full month.
By distance, this place was even further than the Nascent Soul Secret Realm.
Of course, being so far, the number of Sea Yao Beasts encountered also increased.
One such Sea Yao Beast, resembling a seahorse, leaped out of the sea, attempting to attack Su Bai who was flying in the air.
But as soon as the seahorse jumped out of the water, a sword light flashed.
It was instantly split into two halves.
At this moment, Su Bai was carrying a heavy sword box on her back, holding the Dragon-Subduing Sword, which was almost as tall as herself.
"This should be far enough."
The Sea Yao Beasts appearing here were all around the Middle Stage of the second tier.
Flying deeper would easily lead to encountering third-tier Sea Yao Beasts.
And there were hardly any Cultivators here.
Throughout her journey, except for occasionally encountering a Loose Cultivator in the first ten days, she didn't see a single Cultivator for the next twenty days.
After roughly choosing a location, Su Bai plunged headfirst into the sea.
Swimming from the surface to the seabed, Su Bai was like a fish.
It was just that there were quite a few Sea Yao Beasts around.
Some seemed to be harmless if not provoked, but there were also some that were extremely aggressive, yet in front of Su Bai, they all only required one sword strike.
After diving to the seabed, Su Bai formed hand seals.
"Earth Evasion Art!"
A faint earthy yellow light glowed around Su Bai, and after her feet sank into the seabed mud, she didn't struggle at all, directly drilling into the mud.
She descended all the way.
Su Bai counted silently.
She only stopped after descending nearly ten miles deep.
Then she carved out a hollow space around her.
And began to set up Formations.
In addition to the Formations for her own protection and concealment, she also set up a Gathering Spirit Array using Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
After everything was ready, Su Bai embedded a glowing luminous pearl into the rock wall to provide illumination.
Only then did she take out a Pill Furnace and begin Alchemy.
This time, she couldn't rely on a Spiritual Vein to Breakthrough her Realm.
She could only rely on the Gathering Spirit Array and Medicinal Pills.
Preparations had to be sufficient.
This time, she directly used thousand-year Spirit Medicine for Alchemy; Su Bai was not stingy with herself at all.
Three months later.
Su Bai was surrounded by various bottles and jars; her speed in refining thousand-year Spirit Medicine was getting faster and faster, what originally took a month to refine now only took five days.
"The Medicinal Pills are ready, and although the Gathering Spirit Array consumes a bit, it's not a problem. Everything is prepared!"
With a wave of her hand, Su Bai took out twenty Puppets from her Storage Pouch. All twenty Puppets emanated a powerful Spiritual Pressure; upon closer inspection, it was discovered that all these Puppets were High Grade second-tier existences.
The Puppets were also ready.
Finally, Su Bai's figure disappeared within the rock cave.
When she reappeared, a cluster of bamboo forest had appeared beside her.
Thousand-year Azure Cloud Thunder Bamboo!
And it was a bamboo forest!
After the Azure Cloud Thunder Bamboo appeared in the rock cave, powerful thunder Spiritual Qi and wood Spiritual Qi immediately filled the entire rock cave.
Flashes of electricity occasionally flickered across the thunder bamboo.
When the electric light struck the rock wall, it directly shattered a piece of rock.
This showed the ferocity of the Azure Cloud Thunder Bamboo.
And Su Bai had always been Cultivating by absorbing the Azure Cloud Thunder Bamboo!
"Let's begin the Breakthrough."
After speaking, Su Bai sat beneath the Azure Cloud Thunder Bamboo and began to circulate her Cultivation Technique.
Allowing the thousands of lightning bolts from the Azure Cloud Thunder Bamboo to strike her body.
At the same time, Su Bai's aura began to deepen.
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