The top-level junior sister also wants to act weak today

She stretched, tidied herself, and then opened the second volume. The meditation posture was the same as the first volume, except for some additional exercises.

Since Yan Chuan said that it would take two months to reach the second level and a year to reach the third level, I should find a place with sufficient spiritual energy and practice every minute.

So she found a pen and paper and wrote a message directly to Yan Chuan:

Brother, thank you for teaching me the meditation and breathing techniques. I've mastered them. I'll find a place with abundant spiritual energy in the back mountains to practice on my own. Don't worry.

She gently pressed the note on the corner of the table, looked back at the tidy room, turned around, picked up the scroll of martial arts and the soul-restoring pill, pushed open the door and walked out.

It was early morning outside. The back mountain of Xianyun Sect was bathed in morning light. The surrounding mountains were shrouded in clouds and mist, and the spiritual energy was abundant.

Logically, one could just find a safe and spacious place to practice. But since they were already here, they might as well go to the place where the legendary Lingxu Master ascended to heaven to practice.

So she quickly grabbed a senior brother who was cleaning the courtyard and asked about the specific location of the stone tablet of Venerable Lingxu.

Seeing that it was Jiang Yingxue, the senior brother immediately reminded her, "Junior sister, the Lingxu Monument is located in the Qianling Valley. However, that is also the coldest place in the entire Xianyun Mountains. I heard that you are weak, so I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to go there."

"I just heard that it was the place where the Venerable ascended to heaven, and I was curious. I want to go there when I am better. I wonder if you can tell me the specific location now?"

"Alright." After saying that, the senior brother wet the broom in his hand and began to draw on the ground: "Since Junior Sister hasn't established her foundation yet, she can only rely on walking. If you keep walking along this path, you will reach Qianling Valley in about a day. If you enter from this entrance, there will be a mountain path... That place is very cold and almost no one goes there. If you want to go, it's best to ask Senior Brother Yan to come with you."

After thanking her senior brother, Jiang Yingxue started heading towards Qianling Valley.

The path in the mountains was winding and surrounded by towering ancient trees. Jiang Yingxue walked deeper into the mountain for a long time. After she repeatedly confirmed that there was no one around, she dared to draw her sword and fly towards Qianling Valley.

At the valley's entrance, towering mountain walls surrounded the area from afar. A cold wind howled through the valley, as if the world were shrouded in a thin layer of mist, shrouded in clouds and a fairy-like aura. As Jiang Yingxue stepped into the valley, the grass and trees beneath her feet were stained with a fine layer of white frost, as if the land had been frozen for hundreds of years.

"It really deserves to be the coldest place in Xianyun Sect." Jiang Yingxue couldn't help but sigh.

The air in the valley was cold and pure, with a biting chill, yet also mingled with a rich spiritual energy, as if the spiritual veins of heaven and earth converged there. Since she possessed a single, top-grade spiritual root of the ice attribute, such an environment was a perfect feng shui location for her cultivation.

The entire Qianling Valley appears empty and silent, with the surrounding mountain walls as steep as if they were cut by a knife or an axe, towering into the clouds.

She walked a little deeper, and finally, on the stone wall in the distance, she saw the ancient stone tablet left by Venerable Lingxu.

The body of the stele is like a piece of rock, simple and solemn, with traces of time engraved on its surface. As time erodes the inscription, it is difficult to discern the specific characters. Only the four large characters "Reverend Lingxu" can be vaguely seen, still shining with a faint aura.

Knowing that she had found the right place, Jiang Yingxue quickened her pace, came to the bottom of the stone tablet and began to meditate.

She spread the second volume of the exercises in front of her and began to study, repeatedly pondering the meaning of each word. Then she put the scroll aside, stretched her arms, and began to adjust her posture.

She placed her hands flat on her knees, palms facing up, fingers slightly curled, index finger and thumb tips touching, forming a Tai Chi-like circle. Then, she slowly closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and began to regulate her breathing.

With each breath, she felt the cold air and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth intertwine like water, surrounding her body. With each breath, she could feel the cold yet pure spiritual energy flowing into her body through her nostrils, gradually seeping into her meridians, warm and lingering.

Jiang Yingxue was completely focused, her hands moving slightly as required by the technique, her fingertips gently pressing specific acupuncture points, and her right palm slowly lifting upwards in sync with her breathing, as if drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Her left hand clenched into a fist, her wrist slightly twisted, as if guiding the flow of spiritual energy within her body. Her movements were soft and natural, as smooth as flowing water, and each adjustment of her hand stimulated the flow of energy within her body.

As time passed, she gradually felt the spiritual energy within her body gradually accumulating, like a trickle of water converging into a river, eventually forming a small spiritual energy vortex in her dantian, which began to slowly flow. Her body began to warm up, as if the cold spiritual energy had been assimilated by her internal energy...

Twenty days later, Jiang Yingxue slowly opened her eyes, and what she saw was a world shrouded in silver. A thin layer of snow had already accumulated on her body, and the chill was overwhelming. She shook it gently, and the snowflakes on her shoulders and sleeves drifted through the air like willow catkins.

After feeling that she had reached the second level, Jiang Yingxue quickly took out a small jade bottle from her arms, unplugged it, poured out the soul-restoring pill inside and swallowed it.

The pill slid into her mouth and instantly turned into a warm stream of air, flowing down her throat to her dantian. It seemed as if in an instant, the warm current was like a gentle yet powerful river, rushing through her body.

Her breathing gradually grew longer, her chest rising and falling slightly. As the medicinal power of the elixir spread, her blood flowed more freely, as if every blood vessel was being reactivated. Her limbs and bones were gradually filled with spiritual energy, and every part of her body was filled with strength.

Jiang Yingxue's heart stirred slightly—she could feel the spiritual energy in her dantian transform into a massive vortex, rapidly absorbing the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth. Her cultivation was rapidly being propelled upwards by this force. Waves of powerful spiritual energy poured into her dantian, propelling her cultivation to new heights like a tidal wave.

She could feel the spiritual roots within her body calling her. The spiritual energy in Qianling Valley was already abundant, and with the powerful medicinal properties of the Soul-Restoring Pill she had just taken still lingering within her, when would she achieve a breakthrough if not now?

Jiang Yingxue quickly adjusted her mind, sat cross-legged, and placed her hands naturally on her knees. She gently closed her ten fingers, with the fingertips facing each other, forming an ancient practice hand seal.

Just when Jiang Yingxue was about to break through to the middle stage of the Golden Core Stage, her originally calm heart was suddenly stirred by a strong breath.

The once cold and silent Qianling Valley suddenly took on an eerie air, as if the very breath between heaven and earth had momentarily frozen. The temperature plummeted, dark clouds rapidly gathered in the sky, and dark purple lightning flashed above the valley, exuding an oppressive majesty that made her heart tighten.

She glanced up at the sky... She had almost forgotten that after the Golden Core stage, every advancement required a risky thunder tribulation. Fortunately, she was hiding in the valley, so her breakthrough wouldn't attract attention.