Bring a scumbag girl to bully me, and you are afraid of using modern weapons.

In order not to damage the things inside, Xie Jinglan carefully cut the skin bit by bit.

As layer after layer of stone skin was cut open, she gradually felt the fluctuations of spiritual energy inside.

There are indeed spirit crystals in here.

After a while, the piece of waste turned into a red crystal as big as her fist, emitting rich spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy was so rich and pure that Xie Jinglan only took a few deep breaths, and it was as if the essence of heaven and earth was absorbed into her body. She could clearly feel the spiritual energy being transformed into spiritual power, flowing along the meridians, and finally converging at her dantian.

At this moment, she felt a strange fluctuation coming from her dantian, and she knew that this was a sign of an impending breakthrough!

She was delighted and immediately sat down cross-legged, placing her palm on the spirit stone. She concentrated on absorbing the spiritual energy within, then gradually guided the spiritual energy flowing into her body to converge towards her dantian...

In less than three quarters of an hour, she advanced to the late stage of foundation building.

However, this was just the beginning. The spiritual energy in the spirit stone continued to flow into the body, and the internal skills also started to operate on their own, carefully controlling the newly transformed spiritual power.

As time passed, her cultivation continued to rise.

Suddenly, a powerful energy wave broke through the current realm and entered the state of great perfection.

But Xie Jinglan didn't stop there. She felt hope for advancement, and she continued to absorb the spiritual energy from the spirit stone with all her might, circulating the influx of spiritual energy through her limbs and bones, surging through her meridians...

She sat here for more than two hours, until dawn, when she finally broke through the bottleneck and successfully advanced to the early stage of Jindan!

When Xiao Jinzi and the little squirrel came over, they saw that Xie Jinglan was completely enveloped in a ball of dazzling golden light. The light was so bright that it illuminated the surrounding space into a red light.

"She actually advanced to the early stage of Golden Core?" The little squirrel was very surprised, his eyes widened. He just went to soak in the water for a while, and this woman actually advanced here?

From the middle stage of foundation building, he suddenly climbed to the early stage of golden elixir. Such a talent for cultivation can be said to be against the will of heaven.

"The master is good, isn't she? It's just that for some reason, she started practicing late." Xiao Jinzi said.

Xie Jinglan let out a long sigh and ended her practice.

She looked inside her dantian and saw a golden elixir emitting golden light, like a small sun floating in her dantian, continuously releasing powerful energy.

She felt the unprecedented powerful force in her body, and her heart was filled with joy and confidence.

Seeing her open her eyes, Xiao Jinzi jumped over and said, "Congratulations, Master, for your successful promotion."

"Yeah." Xie Jinglan raised the corners of her mouth high.

In the 21st century, she was unable to break through the Golden Core Stage. Unexpectedly, after traveling back this time, she broke through in just a few months, taking another solid step on the path of cultivation.

She believes that she will continue to move towards higher levels.

"Fortunately, it's not too bad." The little squirrel praised proudly.

"This is all thanks to that spirit stone." Xie Jinglan pointed at the spirit stone that had turned black.

The little squirrel was even more surprised when he saw it.

Just one spirit stone allowed her to advance several levels?

Then why has it not seen any effect after absorbing spirit stones for so many years?

What would happen if she were to go to Middle World?

Xie Jinglan smelled the odor emanating from her body, which was the impurities discharged from her body, and flew towards the spring pool.

More than two quarters of an hour later, she finished washing and came out of the space, and saw that it was already bright outside.

Seeing that Qi Yue'er was still sleeping soundly, he opened the door and went out.

Hearing the movement from her side, the door of the east wing opposite opened and Beitang Yuan, wearing a mask, walked out.

"Lan'er..." Beitang Yuan was surprised to see the different aura emanating from her. "You advanced?"

"Yeah." Xie Jinglan nodded slightly.

She deliberately concealed her breath, but he still saw it.

"It's a bit cold outside, come and sit here!" Beitang Yuan opened the door and let her in.

Zhu Yichen also got up early, changed back into his original clothes, and sat on a small couch, "Junior Sister Lan..."

Sensing the different aura around her, he was stunned for a moment, and his usually cold and indifferent face now revealed a hint of disbelief.

"Early stage of golden elixir?"

"Thanks to the spirit stone I got last night." Xie Jinglan told them everything about her cultivation with the spirit stone last night.

"You've advanced several levels with just one spirit stone! Junior Sister, your talent is truly incredible!" Zhu Yichen was genuinely surprised. "I'm willing to admit defeat."

He has made rapid progress since he started practicing and has been called a cultivation genius with extraordinary talent. Last year, he was promoted to the middle stage of the Golden Core at the age of nineteen. Few of his peers can reach such a level.

But Xie Jinglan's talent is even more of a miracle. She awakened her spiritual veins only a few months ago, and yet she was able to advance repeatedly in the competition. She is a true genius in cultivation.

In just three or four months, he actually reached the early stage of Golden Elixir.

"Senior brother, I told you that Lan'er is not an ordinary girl!" Beitang Yuan looked at Xie Jinglan, his eyes full of pampering and pride.

Zhu Yichen looked at him and smiled. This junior brother never got close to women and rarely spoke. The appearance of Xie Jinglan made him become a different person.

"We are lucky. The little squirrel is an ancient spiritual beast from the Middle World. It ran to Guangyuan Continent to avoid its enemies because it was injured. I contracted it." Xie Jinglan told them about the contract with the little squirrel.

Hearing her words, Beitang Yuan and Zhu Yichen were surprised again.

"I didn't expect there really is a middle world? So, besides our Guangyuan Continent, there is another continent."

While the three were talking, the innkeeper and Fusheng came in with a food box in their hands, probably bringing breakfast.

When the shopkeeper saw their appearance, he was stunned.

If this wasn't his home, he would have thought he had come to the wrong place. "Who are you..."

"Boss, this is our true appearance. Because of some things, we can't show our true faces to others." Xie Jinglan explained to him.

"I understand." The shopkeeper nodded in understanding. "In this Mincheng, almost everyone wears a mask."

He says one thing to one person and lies to another, including him.

Some people, when facing the powerful, are fawning and servile; but when they meet the weak, they become arrogant and domineering.

This hypocrisy and cunning has become Mincheng's unique law of survival.

"Boss, we are the ones who have caused you trouble!" Zhu Yichen also spoke.

"It's not your fault. They are just using this as an excuse to extort a little money from us. We are used to it." The shopkeeper shook his head helplessly.