My stomach isn't feeling well, I want to take it easy

The reverence in Mu Rong Xue's heart overflowed into her words. In the end, she even walked ahead, looking like she wanted to follow him in cultivation.

Seeing Mu Rong Xue's exquisite back view, the corner of Chen Ping'an's mouth twitched. He had no choice but to follow her.

Half a day later.

Night fell.

In front of a small stream.

Because it was too dark to travel, the two could only make a fire and spend the night there. Mu Rong Xue took the opportunity to heal her injuries.

After an hour, Mu Rong Xue's injuries had mostly healed under the effect of spirit pills. She then began cultivating.

She had been stuck at the peak of the Taming Hunger realm for quite some time, bottlenecked and unable to break through no matter what spirit pills or other methods she tried.

She cultivated a water-elemental technique, and her grandfather told her there were two ways to break through her current situation. 

One was through gradual accumulation until she could naturally break through one day.

The other was to have a spiritual epiphany. For cultivators of water-elemental techniques, the way to gain insight was by contemplating water.

If she could gain such an epiphany, she would definitely be able to break through smoothly.

However, she had been contemplating water and cultivating for months without any sign of epiphany. 

This made her want to travel, thinking a change of mood might help her break through.

But she never expected to be pursued and almost die if not for encountering Chen Ping'an on this trip.

Tonight the moonlight was nice, shining on the nearby stream with a waning moon floating on the water's surface. 

Mu Rong Xue stared at the water for a long time without the slightest sign of insight, instead starting to feel drowsy...

Chen Ping'an sat by the fire feeling bored. 

He had wanted to chat with Mu Rong Xue to improve their relationship a bit. 

That way, he could use this connection to join Mount Kai Sect.

Thinking it over, his eyes lit up as he took out his water flask and looked towards Mu Rong Xue. "Miss Mu Rong, would you like some water?"

Hearing this, Mu Rong Xue suddenly remembered there was a powerful expert beside her. In her current situation, she could ask him for guidance!

Thinking of this, she hastily said, "Senior, this junior has encountered a problem in her cultivation. My cultivation has been stuck at the peak of the Taming Hunger realm with no signs of breaking through. I'm at a loss, so I hope the Senior can provide some guidance."

The corner of Chen Ping'an's mouth twitched. He had wanted to chat with Mu Rong Xue, but suddenly didn't want to anymore.

Beauty, is your brain still not working properly? I really am just an ordinary person. You can ask me about rabbit breeding problems, but how would I know anything about cultivation issues?

"Ahem, how would I know about that? Why don't you have some water, Miss Mu Rong, and study it more carefully yourself?" Chen Ping'an said with an awkward smile.

Hearing Chen Ping'an's words, Mu Rong Xue felt disappointed. But the next moment, her eyes suddenly widened.

No, that's not it!

The Senior isn't saying he doesn't know!

His guidance is in his words!

Drink water!

That's right, it's drink water!

I've been doing it wrong all along. It's not about contemplating water for insight, but drinking water for insight!

She hurriedly took out her own flask, drank a sip, then closed her eyes. 

After a while, she took another sip and closed her eyes again.

In just ten breaths, she exhaled loudly, a tornado of air spiraling out of her mouth. 

Her aura rapidly increased several times!

At that moment, she opened her eyes, filled with shimmering starlight that fell upon Chen Ping'an.

She suddenly stood up and knelt on one knee, giving Chen Ping'an a deep bow. "Thank you, Senior, for your guidance!"

Seeing this scene, Chen Ping'an was dumbfounded again.

Only one reaction image could express his current mood:

A little kid with a bunch of question marks above his head.

What happened? 

I didn't guide you at all!

"This won't work, this beauty's brain is getting worse..."

Chen Ping'an felt Mu Rong Xue's brain definitely still wasn't working right.

The next day, Chen Ping'an and Mu Rong Xue continued on their way. 

Along the road, Chen Ping'an noticed that Mu Rong Xue following behind him kept staring at him intently. 

Her face was full of reverence, eyes shimmering with starlight, staring at him in a way that made him uncomfortable.

After breaking through to the Condensing Pellet realm, Mu Rong Xue was in a great mood. To repay Chen Ping'an, she didn't know how to reward him. 

If she could offer herself, she would absolutely choose that.

Another half day later, the two finally arrived at the foot of Mount Kai. 

Standing at the mountain's base, Chen Ping'an gazed up at the towering peaks with amazement.

His expression was like that of a country bumpkin entering the city and seeing skyscrapers for the first time. 

These were the tallest mountains Chen Ping'an had ever seen. 

White clouds swirled around the middle of the mountain, completely obscuring the summit. 

And on the mountainside were jade-like pavilions, with celestial cranes soaring amongst the peaks.

An ethereal atmosphere shook the soul.

Chen Ping'an couldn't help asking, "This is really Mount Kai Sect?" 

Seeing Chen Ping'an's surprised expression, Mu Rong Xue smiled wryly and nodded. 

She had already imagined Chen Ping'an's thoughts—he must be thinking how unbelievable it was for such a crude place to be used as a sect's abode.

"Senior, you still haven't said what business you have at our sect," Mu Rong Xue changed the subject.

She didn't feel it was appropriate to ask about this during their journey, as they weren't very familiar then. 

But after a day and night together, she felt Chen Ping'an was very easy to get along with.

Now that they had arrived at the sect, she dared to ask.

Seeing the opportunity, Chen Ping'an carefully said, "Actually, I came here wanting to join your sect."

Hearing this, Mu Rong Xue's beautiful eyes widened in shock. "Ah?! Senior...what did you say?!" 

Seeing how astonished Mu Rong Xue looked, Chen Ping'an felt his chances of joining Mount Kai Sect were doomed.

It did seem presumptuous for an ordinary person to want to join the sect.

But you don't need to be that surprised.

Even so, Chen Ping'an repeated himself and prepared to say he would be fine just doing chores at the sect.

But to his surprise, Mu Rong Xue became overjoyed and quickly said, "Senior, I'll take you to see my father right away!"