Dual Cultivation: A Carefree Journey Through Another World, the Empress Falls into My Hands

Suddenly, Chu Yunfan noticed the storage ring on his hand.

Only then did he react.

"How stupid of me! Isn't a storage ring a treasure?!"

After figuring this out, Chu Yunfan immediately took off the storage ring on his hand, then found a thin rope, threaded it through the storage ring, and hung it around his neck, covering it with his clothes.

After dealing with the storage ring, Chu Yunfan then examined Wang Lijun's corpse.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered that there was a well in the courtyard, so he carried Wang Lijun's body and walked towards the door.

However, just as he was about to throw Wang Lijun's body into the well...

He suddenly noticed that Wang Lijun had something that looked like a cloth bag hanging from his waist.

"Huh! Is this a storage bag?"

A storage bag is a spatial treasure one level below a storage ring. The space inside is much smaller than that of a storage ring, generally only a few to a dozen cubic meters.

Moreover, storage bags are not as convenient to carry as storage rings.

However, storage bags are simpler to manufacture and much cheaper, making them popular among lower-level cultivators.

After checking, Chu Yunfan discovered that the bag on Wang Lijun's body was a storage bag.

"Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected bonus!"

Chu Yunfan hung the storage bag on his waist, then disposed of the body and went back to his room to sleep.

Logically speaking, storage bags are low-level spatial treasures, while storage rings are high-level spatial treasures. Storage bags can be placed inside storage rings.

However, Chu Yunfan considered that he would inevitably take things out of his storage ring in public in the future. If he didn't carry a storage bag on his waist to attract attention, people would easily guess that he had a storage ring, which would easily arouse envy.

While storage bags are also valuable, they are far less tempting to others than storage rings.

Nothing happened that night, and Chu Yunfan slept soundly through the night.

Early the next morning, he left Moshan City and headed towards the Qingyun Sword Sect.

However, Moshan City is very far from Qingyun Sword Sect, about 10,000 kilometers away, which is equivalent to a quarter of the way around the Earth.

Of course, this distance is relative to Chu Yunfan.

In fact, 100,000 kilometers is just a short distance on a map of the entire Qingyun Continent.

This "short stretch of road" was a considerable challenge for Chu Yunfan.

Although the route that Nalan Xue marked for him was mostly safe, it inevitably passed through some mountains and forests.

The mountains and forests of the Azure Cloud Continent are teeming with all sorts of demonic beasts.

The ranks of demonic beasts are divided into nine ranks.

From lowest to highest, they are: Tier 1 monsters, Tier 2 monsters, Tier 3 monsters, Tier 4 monsters, Tier 5 monsters, Tier 6 monsters, Tier 7 monsters, Tier 8 monsters, and Tier 9 monsters.

The corresponding human cultivation levels are, in order: Martial Beginner Realm, Martial Master Realm, Martial Grandmaster Realm, Martial Venerable Realm, Martial King Realm, Martial Emperor Realm, Martial Saint Realm, Martial Emperor Realm, and finally, Martial God Realm.

Chu Yunfan's current cultivation level is at least the initial stage of the Martial Beginning Realm.

In other words, any random monster picked out of the mountains would have a cultivation level that is at least as high as Chu Yunfan's.

Fortunately, Chu Yunfan possessed the treasured longsword given to him by Nalan Xue, which helped him defeat various monsters along the way.

In addition, Chu Yunfan also found a suit of armor in Wang Lijun's storage bag.

This armor has strong defensive capabilities; even a typical first-tier demonic beast cannot break through its defenses.

As a result, Chu Yunfan successfully avoided several life-threatening crises.

Of course, throughout the journey, Chu Yunfan consistently absorbed and refined the power within the demonic beasts, as well as the essence of the sun and moon at sunrise, sunset, noon, and dawn.

Moreover, during this process, he also absorbed a considerable amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth into his body.

As a result, his skills improved significantly.

In just one month, his cultivation level rose from the first stage of the Martial Beginning Realm to the third stage of the Martial Beginning Realm.

Besides his cultivation level, the essence of the sun and moon that he absorbed during this period also cleansed the impurities in his body and improved his cultivation aptitude.

After all, when he was on Earth, he inhaled too much polluted air and ate too much unhealthy food.

The meridians in the body have long been completely blocked.

According to the Qingyun Continent, this condition is considered a useless physique that makes cultivation impossible.

Fortunately, the wonders of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic gave Chu Yunfan hope for cultivation.

Of course, all of this was done automatically when Chu Yunfan was practicing the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic. He himself was unaware of this, only knowing that every time he practiced, impurities would be expelled from his body.

Besides the improvement in cultivation and physique, Chu Yunfan is now able to contend with mid-stage first-tier demonic beasts entirely on his own strength.

A mid-stage first-tier demonic beast corresponds to a human cultivation level between the fourth and sixth stages of the Martial Beginning Realm.

As for his methods of fighting against the monsters, Chu Yunfan relied on Xingyi Quan, which he frequently practiced on Earth.

The so-called Xingyiquan mainly emphasizes the two words: form and intention.

The "form" refers to imitating the movement characteristics of various animals to form the moves of boxing. It has no fixed routine and emphasizes spontaneity and adaptability.

Therefore, the moves are complex and diverse, often leaving the enemy bewildered and unable to defend against them.

Of course, the overly casual nature of Xingyiquan also leads to another characteristic.

That is, its power depends entirely on the practitioner's comprehension. The more one comprehends and the deeper one's understanding, the stronger the power of Xingyi Quan will be.

Conversely, the power of Xingyiquan is very weak.

It can be said that it is weak when facing the weak and strong when facing the strong.

Of course, form is secondary; the essence of Xingyiquan lies in its meaning.

After all, Xingyiquan mainly relies on imitating animals.

Each animal has its own unique characteristics, or spirit, which is called "intention" in Xingyiquan.

The so-called meaning can only be understood intuitively and cannot be expressed in words.

Simply put, meaning refers to the inherent characteristics of various animals.

For example, the tiger's regal and domineering presence, the bear's immense strength, the snake's agility and versatility, the crane's graceful flight, and the leopard's swiftness like the wind.

During this month, Chu Yunfan made great progress in Xingyi Quan by fighting various monsters in real combat and by dissecting their corpses to study their internal structures.

As his cultivation and strength improved, Chu Yunfan became engrossed in battles with various demonic beasts. He could have reached the Qingyun Sword Sect in twenty days, but he stayed in the mountains for an extra ten days.

Today, Chu Yunfan has finally arrived on the territory of the Qingyun Sword Sect.

After making some inquiries, Chu Yunfan learned that the Qingyun Sword Sect recruits disciples at a fixed time, which is the last ten days of March each year.

However, Chu Yunfan was lucky because today happened to be the last day of March.

In other words, if he had arrived a day later, he would have had to wait until next year.

"Luckily, I managed to say goodbye to my brothers in the mountains in time!"

Chu Yunfan patted his chest with lingering fear, then immediately rushed to the registration office for Qingyun Sword Sect's disciple recruitment.