Crossing the Cultivation Realm: Two Souls Coexist

The first ray of sunlight in the morning shone through the gap in the window paper and fell on Hu Qing.

In the room, Hu Qing sat cross-legged on the cushion given by the national teacher. After a night of practice, he felt that the spiritual energy in his body was flowing more smoothly.

Suddenly, a warm current surged from his dantian, like breaking out of a cocoon, and his realm finally showed signs of a breakthrough.

Hu Qing's eyes suddenly opened, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

He could feel the qualitative change of the spiritual power in his body, and the barrier of the middle stage of Qi Gathering was broken at this moment.

However, Hu Qing's joy did not last long, because the spiritual power in his body was still being absorbed.

The mysterious petals and black fragments silently absorbed his spiritual power every day.

Ever since the black fragment entered his body, the petal started to behave badly and absorbed his spiritual power along with the fragments, forcing him to allocate some of his spiritual energy to them every day.

Hu Qing stood up, walked to the window, opened it, and let the fresh air and warm sunshine fill the room.

He took a deep breath and calmed himself down. Although his realm improvement was affected by the two foreign objects, he was not angry because the petals had saved his and Gu Yang's lives.

At this moment, Hu Qing suddenly realized that the Gu Yang in his body seemed to have changed.

He closed his eyes and looked inward at his dantian, and found that Gu Yang had reached the initial stage of foundation building without him knowing when.

This surprised Hu Qing, and at the same time he felt a little guilty. He had been so busy with his career these days that he had forgotten to keep an eye on Gu Yang's condition.

Hu Qing was a little anxious. Gu Yang had already established his foundation, but why hadn't he woken up yet? It had been almost three months since Gu Yang fell into a coma.

Hu Qing used the spiritual power to nourish Gu Yang's soul. Gu Yang began to tremble slowly and his brows began to frown.

Just when Hu Qing thought Gu Yang was about to wake up, the petals flashed with light and actually absorbed all the spiritual energy from Gu Yang.

At this time, Hu Qing couldn't help but understand that the petal was the cause of Gu Yang's long sleep. He summoned the petal and began to communicate with it using his spiritual power, but there was no response.

Hu Qing was a little skeptical and continued to cover Gu Yang with his life-giving spiritual power, while keeping the petals outside his body.

For a moment, Hu Qing didn't react. All the spiritual power in his dantian was absorbed by the flower petals through the air. He began to lose weight and became extremely weak.

It seemed that this was the petals' punishment for himself. Hu Qing had no other choice but to take out a medium-grade spirit stone from his storage bag and start absorbing it.

When the third medium-grade spirit stone turned into powder, Hu Qing's body returned to normal, and the spiritual power in his body reached the peak of his dantian, making him extremely comfortable.

He took the petal back into his body, cursed inwardly a few times, and prepared to pack up. He got up and went to the magistrate to "borrow" kerosene.

When Hu Qing walked out of the room, a tempting fragrance hit his nose.

He saw that Qingyin had already placed a sumptuous breakfast on the dining table. The food was steaming hot and looked particularly tempting.

Hu Qing felt warm in his heart, knowing that he had indeed been practicing for too long and had missed breakfast time.

Qingyin looked up and saw Hu Qing, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

She felt that Gu Yang's appearance seemed a little unusual, but she couldn't tell exactly what had changed.

Perhaps because Hu Qing had broken through, his overall temperament had improved and he appeared more energetic.

After the two finished breakfast, Qingyin started to get busy. She decided to go to the market to buy some fresh vegetables and meat to prepare for emergencies at home.

Hu Qing also planned to go out. He needed to go to the county government office and ask the magistrate to borrow some kerosene for the hot air balloon.

Hu Qing arrived at the county government office, but found that the magistrate was not in the place where he usually handled official business.

He asked a passing officer and learned that the magistrate was receiving a distinguished guest in the side hall.

So Hu Qing sat down on a chair next to the main hall and waited patiently.

Soon, a beautiful woman walked out from the side hall. Her face was slightly flushed and her clothes were a little messy.

When her eyes met Hu Qing's, a hint of shyness appeared on her face, her body twisted unnaturally, and she hurriedly left the county government office.

Immediately afterwards, the magistrate also walked out of the side hall, with a faint scent of heather on his body.

Hu Qing's nose moved slightly. He was a cultivator, and his senses were much sharper than those of ordinary people.

When the magistrate saw Hu Qing sitting there, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face. He cleared his cough and tried to hide his emotions.

Hu Qing stood up and said to the magistrate with a smile, "Your Excellency the magistrate is in excellent health. You have a visitor this early in the morning."

The magistrate's old face turned red. He knew what Hu Qing meant, but he didn't say much. He just laughed dryly twice.

The two men immediately began to talk, and Hu Qing explained his purpose, hoping to borrow some kerosene.

After hearing this, the magistrate pondered for a moment and said, "Sir, you don't know that it takes time to mine this kerosene. It usually needs to be transported from other places to defend the city. The city's reserves are limited, so we have to buy it from other places."

Hu Qing understood the meaning of the magistrate's words and placed five silver coins on the table.

"I won't make it difficult for the magistrate. Is this enough?"

The magistrate was overjoyed. He had not expected Hu Qing to be so generous. He immediately ordered his men to prepare kerosene and invited Hu Qing to wait for a moment.

The two men started chatting in the main hall. The magistrate asked about the latest progress of Hu Qing's hot air balloon flight. The atmosphere of their conversation gradually became harmonious, and the previous awkwardness also dissipated.

After a while, five barrels of kerosene were ready. Hu Qing thanked the magistrate and left the county government office with the kerosene.

When he turned the corner and approached his home, he unexpectedly found a figure squatting at the gate of the yard.

Hu Qing quickened his pace and took a closer look. It turned out to be Sun Dajun.

Sun Dajun squatted by the threshold, seeming a little hesitant.

Hu Qing greeted him with a hint of curiosity in his tone: "Sun Dajun, why are you here? Why don't you go in?"

Sun Dajun stood up, scratched his head awkwardly, and replied, "Mr. Gu is not at home, only Miss Qingyin is here, I...I feel embarrassed to go in."

After hearing this, Hu Qing couldn't help but feel a little funny, but at the same time he also appreciated Sun Dajun's politeness and respect.

He patted Sun Dajun's shoulder and said with a smile: "It's okay, let's go in, Qingyin won't mind."

So Hu Qing brought kerosene and Sun Dajun into the house together.

Qingyin was busy in the yard. When she saw Hu Qing coming back, a happy smile appeared on her face.

She explained Sun Dajun's situation to Hu Qing: "Sir, Young Master Sun came to see you. I told him you were out, and he waited at the door and refused to come in."

Hu Qing nodded, indicating that he understood, and then turned to Sun Dajun and said, "Sun Dajun, come in, let's talk in the living room."

Sun Dajun followed Hu Qing into the living room. After they sat down, Hu Qing began to ask Sun Dajun why he came.