One piece is comparable to one-third bowl of spirit rice; eating too much will make you so full you can’t walk!
Lin Huanhuan was greatly shocked. Demonic beast meat contained a massive amount of energy, and the plate in front of her was already piled high with all kinds of dishes, stacked almost to the ceiling.
Just as she was about to politely refuse, she saw Dong Yuner moving swiftly, adding even more food to her bowl in an instant. It was like pouring oil on the fire!
“How infuriating!”
Thankfully, she still had the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, or today would have been truly disastrous.
You Yuelan looked at them with some confusion, thinking this was a way to increase favorability, and also added a lot of food to Lin Huanhuan’s bowl.
At this point, Lin Huanhuan could only start eating quickly, tears in her eyes.
“Finally finished.”
The meal ended amidst an invisible clash of blades, and Lin Huanhuan let out a long sigh.
Dong Yuner was now slouching in her chair, eyes vacant, mouth slightly open, her face a picture of utter defeat.
‘How is she this amazing? When did Miss become such a big eater? Why didn’t I know? This can’t be real, right?’
After eating, You Yuelan, feeling a bit sleepy, asked calmly but with a hint of anticipation:
“Huanhuan, can I sleep with you tonight?”
Dong Yuner, who had just finished clearing the dishes and was about to leave, stopped in her tracks at these words. Her ears perked up slightly, eager to hear how Huanhuan would respond.
‘How could I possibly agree? Otherwise, I’d blow up right now.’
Lin Huanhuan twitched the corner of her mouth and shook her head with a smile.
“I have some other things to do tonight and need to be alone. Can you sleep by yourself?”
“If that’s how it is… okay.”
Although You Yuelan was a bit disappointed, she still nodded, wearing an expression of small-animal contentment. It was oddly adorable, like a large-sized pet.
Lin Huanhuan couldn’t help but reach out and pat her head.
Seeing this, Dong Yuner’s jealousy surged like an endless fountain. She pressed her lips together and stared at Lin Huanhuan without speaking.
Lin Huanhuan smiled helplessly and patted her head too.
Only then did the clouds on Dong Yuner’s face dissipate, turning into bright sunshine.
“You’re so grown up, why are you still acting like a child?”
“I… I’m not! It’s clearly Miss who wanted to touch. I just went along with it. I wasn’t jealous at all.”
“What an obvious lie. Whatever you say, then.”
Lin Huanhuan lay on her bed, lifting her eyes to the night sky outside the window.
“How nice. From now on, I’m free and unfettered. It should be fine to just coast from here, right?”
The threat of death was temporarily gone. There were still more than five years until the Final Death. The most dangerous stage was already behind her, and she could probably just muddle through the Final Death with a fake death.
“Life at court in the future doesn’t sound bad either?”
Lin Huanhuan said this to herself, but after a moment, she frantically shook her head, dismissing this absurd and ridiculous idea.
“What a joke! I finally transmigrated into the Cultivation World. Through my own efforts, while staying true to the Original Work, I handled a series of crises and gained so much. How is coasting any different from giving up everything?”
She raised her hand and smiled slightly at the lines on it.
“Now that I’ve come to such a wonderful world and have such a perfect start, how could I be content without climbing to the peak and truly experiencing the view from the top?”
“And that’s not even mentioning the immediate future. You Yuelan is still waiting for me to save her. Going to Yisheng Valley in half a year to find that kind of pill is going to be tough. After all, I won’t be the only one going. Even just the Lingyun Sect is sending a large group, plus several other sects. It’ll be a mixed bag.”
“So the top priority is to break through to Late Foundation Establishment. Only with stronger strength can I deal with whatever happens in Yisheng Valley. If I had already been at Late Foundation Establishment, fighting Xuan Yin True Person wouldn’t have been so hard.”
The stage from Early Foundation Establishment to Late Foundation Establishment can be smoothly broken through as long as one has enough cultivation time and sufficient resources. There isn’t a very obvious bottleneck, nor is there any need to take pills to break through.
In fact, for practically all realm breakthroughs, using various types of pills is not recommended. Although that allows for a quick breakthrough, it usually leads to a weak foundation and hidden problems. In the end, it takes even more time to repair that foundation, making it more of a loss than a gain, except in special circumstances.
As the daughter of the Lin Family Head and one of Golden Core True Person Song Zhuying’s direct disciples, Lin Huanhuan had always had ample cultivation resources. She had basically never experienced a shortage.
The reason she hadn’t broken through to Late Foundation Establishment was simply that her breakthroughs had come too fast, and her cultivation time couldn’t keep up.
Under normal circumstances, Lin Huanhuan would only need another one or two months of cultivation to smoothly reach Late Foundation Establishment. It wasn’t very difficult.
But breaking through to Peak Foundation Establishment would be tough.
The cycle of day and night passed, and in the blink of an eye, a night was over.
Lin Huanhuan slowly opened her eyes. A glint of golden light flashed and disappeared. She gradually finished her cultivation, exhaled a stream of turbid air, and felt her cultivation base had advanced by another fraction. She couldn’t help but say:
“So this is what they mean by ‘In cultivation, time loses all meaning.’ It feels like I just entered meditation a second ago, and in an instant, it’s already daytime.”
The morning light was faint, and a hint of fish-belly white appeared on the horizon.
A faint scent of bamboo filled the air.
Lin Huanhuan walked out like this and immediately saw a young girl practicing swordsmanship in the small courtyard.
She wore a tight training outfit, her black hair tied up. The long sword in her hand moved now fast, now slow, with hidden killing intent seemingly lurking within.
As if sensing her gaze, the girl stopped her sword and stood upright, smiling at her.
“Good morning, Miss. Why are you up so early again today?”
Lin Huanhuan returned the smile.
“I should be the one asking you that. Every time I wake up, I see you here practicing your sword. You’re really diligent. I just got up a little earlier, that’s all.”
Dong Yuner smiled nonchalantly, without any hint of the embarrassment that should come from secretly overworking.
“After all, my talent is still a bit inferior to Miss’s. To be able to keep up in the future and not be left behind, I have to train twice as hard.”
Hearing this, Lin Huanhuan opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but the words wouldn’t come out.
Because she knew that in the face of such matters, saying anything was useless.
Even if she repeatedly promised not to abandon Dong Yuner, if her strength couldn’t keep up, Dong Yuner would surely be consumed by internal turmoil.
The only answer to this situation was for Dong Yuner to never fall behind, to always maintain strength close to hers, or even surpass her.
Only then would Dong Yuner feel at ease and stop having so many wild thoughts.
After understanding all this, Lin Huanhuan nodded and joked:
“Alright then. Since you’re working so hard, I can’t slack off either. From now on, I’ll get up early to cultivate too. I don’t want to become a good-for-nothing who can only survive by relying on you.”
“That doesn’t sound so bad?”
Dong Yuner muttered under her breath.
“What did you say?”
Lin Huanhuan didn’t quite catch it.
“Nothing, nothing.”
Dong Yuner quickly denied it.
Just as Lin Huanhuan stepped out of the small courtyard, she saw Huyan Yazhi rushing up to her in a fluster. The moment she saw her, a look of surprise appeared on her face.
“Huanhuan…”