Throne of Seals: Underworld Priest, Demon Nightmare

Chapter 33 Evidence of Crime? Li Xin Breaks Through to the Fifth Rank!
Soon, Li Xin's body trembled, and a golden light suddenly shot out from her chest, slowly rising into the air and becoming a golden pillar of light.

At the same time, a golden pillar of light slowly rose, revealing the increased innate spiritual power that Li Xin had been able to enhance.

It turns out that her innate spiritual power was only 60, but under the effect of talent suppression and sharing, it quickly broke through the 70 mark and eventually reached a full 78 points!
（楚子宸与李馨的先天内灵力相差35点，折半为17.5点，60+17.5=77.5，四舍五入为78点）
When the effect of talent suppression sharing ended, Li Xin felt an unprecedented surge of potential within her body, as well as 78 points of innate spiritual power symbolizing a bright future. An indescribable joy instantly overwhelmed her.

With an innate spiritual power of 70, he possesses the physique of an angel of light and is very likely to break through to the ninth rank in the future, becoming a Divine Knight!

Chu Zichen's help changed her future destiny!
The worries and sense of urgency that had arisen in the past due to a lack of talent vanished at this moment, replaced by boundless anticipation for the future and deep gratitude for Chu Zichen before him.

"Commander, thank you!!"

This expression of gratitude could not even begin to convey the slightest bit of her excitement.

Overwhelmed by extreme joy, Li Xin acted impulsively, and her body reacted involuntarily—

She darted forward and, before Chu Zichen could react, tilted her head back and planted a quick, firm kiss on his right cheek!
A clear, bright red lip print was instantly imprinted on Chu Zichen's cheek.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The warm touch of the lip print hadn't faded yet when Chu Zichen froze.

The moment Li Xin made that move, her joy was instantly cooled by a bucket of ice water, turning into immense shock and panic.

She shuddered as if electrocuted, took a step back, and her cheeks turned bright red in an instant, even the tips of her ears were so red they looked like they were about to bleed.

"I...I...I'm so sorry, Commander!" Li Xin's voice stammered, filled with helplessness and regret. "I...I was just too...too happy, and in a moment of impulse...I...I didn't mean to! Really!"

She stood there helplessly, twisting the hem of her clothes with her fingers, wishing she could disappear into the ground.

Oh my god! What did I do?! I actually kissed the team leader!
If Cai'er finds out...

"Ahem." Chu Zichen cleared his throat, recovering from his initial shock. "Sister Li Xin, I understand how you feel... It was an accident, just an accident. Don't worry about it too much, let's just pretend it never happened."

“…Mmm.” Li Xin lowered her head even further and responded with a muffled sound, the blush on her face showing no signs of fading.

"Then let's go back."

"Wait, wait... I'll wipe the marks off your face for you."

Just as Chu Zichen was about to go back, Li Xin realized what was happening and hurriedly called him back.

He can't take the "evidence of the crime" left on his right cheek back with him, or he'll be in big trouble if Cai'er and the others find out!
Chu Zichen nodded and quickly stopped.

Li Xin took a deep breath, suppressing her pounding heart and the heat on her face, and frantically searched her body.

She first tugged at her sleeve, wanting to wipe herself with her military uniform, but then felt it wasn't clean enough; then she looked for tissues or a handkerchief, only to realize that she didn't have the habit of carrying these things with her at all.

In the end, she could only bite her lower lip, and with a trembling hand, carefully wipe the red mark on Chu Zichen's cheek with her fingertip.

Only after confirming that the two bright red lip prints had completely disappeared did Li Xin withdraw her hand with a sigh of relief.

"It should be... about time..." Her voice was so soft it was like a mosquito's hum, and she didn't dare to look Chu Zichen in the eye.

"Let's go then." Chu Zichen cleared his throat before returning to the barracks with Li Xin, though the atmosphere was undeniably a little awkward. Inside the barracks, everyone else was engrossed in their cultivation and didn't notice the little incident that occurred when they left.

Li Xin sneaked back to her and Li Xuefei's bed like a thief, immediately closed her eyes, sat cross-legged, and pretended that she had never left. However, her bright red ears and violently heaving chest betrayed her inner turmoil.

Chu Zichen returned to his and Cai'er's bed. When he returned, Cai'er's long eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her purple eyes, which were as clear as amethyst.

"Zichen, where did you and Sister Li Xin go just now?"

Cai'er's voice was calm and even. Although she hadn't left her bed, she had sensed with her keen perception that Chu Zichen and Li Xin had left the barracks together earlier.

Chu Zichen didn't hide anything from Cai'er and told her about signing the servant contract with Li Xin and helping her raise her innate spiritual power to 78 points, but he automatically omitted the little accident at the end.

"Mm." Cai'er nodded gently, without asking any further questions, and quickly closed her eyes again, entering a meditative state.

Chu Zichen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then sat down cross-legged and continued his spiritual energy cultivation.

……

At the same time, after her innate spiritual power increased significantly, Li Xin clearly felt that her spiritual power cultivation speed and her absorption speed of external light elements had both made a qualitative leap.

Her already somewhat loosened fourth-tier bottleneck has become even more severely loosened.

Taking this opportunity, Li Xin made a bold attempt to break through.

She didn't know how much time had passed when, while she remained in a state of stillness and cultivation, her whole body trembled violently. A rich aura of light suddenly spread out from her body, and a golden halo rose above her head, eventually converging into a pale golden cloud of light.

This is the Ascension Cloud, which represents advancement. The Ascension Cloud only appears when breaking through to a higher level.

"Sister Li Xin, you...you've broken through to the fifth rank?"

Li Xuefei, who was standing nearby, was immediately awakened by the noise and let out a surprised sound.

Upon hearing this, Wang Yuanyuan and Chen Ying'er opened their eyes, ended their cultivation, and gathered together to congratulate Li Xin.

"thank you all!"

A bright and charming smile appeared on Li Xinying's pretty face, which was full of youthful vigor.

Level five!

She finally broke through to the fifth rank and became a Sky Knight, and her strength underwent a rapid transformation!
All of this is naturally thanks to Chu Zichen. If he hadn't helped her greatly improve her innate spiritual power, it probably wouldn't have been so easy for her to break through to the fifth level with her original cultivation speed.

Even a drop of water in need deserves a spring in return; she will remember this great kindness and virtue and will surely repay him in the future.

"Dong Dong Dong!!"

Just then, there was another urgent knocking on the door outside the barracks. It was a new order from the Exorcism Pass command headquarters.

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(End of this chapter)