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She glanced at her storage bag, which was about to run out of supplies, and decided to give it a try.

Besides the possibility of other powerful creatures lurking in the soil, the main concern with earth escape techniques is suffocation. Fortunately, Lin Yitang had learned the Turtle Breathing Technique in the spell class at Thousand Peaks.

She held her breath, activated her earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to escape into the earth), and transformed into soil, sinking downwards.

The black bear monster was angrily attacking the ground above, but Lin Yitang instantly arrived at a very deep underground location, leaving the black bear with only a few feet of pit in the ground.

Unable to reach Lin Yitang, the black bear demon had no choice but to leave in resentment.

Lin Yitang breathed a sigh of relief deep underground; the thrill and excitement she had just experienced left her with lingering fear.

She couldn't believe that she had actually escaped from a fourth-tier demonic beast! The fear of being on the brink of death still made her shudder when she thought about it.

When Lin Yitang relaxed, she felt spiritual energy surging within her body, as if it were breaking through some kind of constraint, rushing and crashing in her dantian.

It turns out that after experiencing a life-or-death moment and consuming a large amount of Five-Cauldron Begonia, her cultivation level had reached the edge of the eighth level of Qi Refining, and she was about to break through!

Lin Yitang suppressed the urge to break through, first digging a large space underground, and then using spiritual energy to create a small channel upwards for breathing.

Then, she quickly set up restrictions and barriers, creating a simple but safe cave for herself.

With everything prepared, Lin Yitang sat cross-legged and began to guide the spiritual energy within her body.

The spiritual energy surged like a tide, washing over her meridians and dantian. A sharp pain shot through her, and Lin Yitang gritted her teeth, her clothes soaked with sweat, struggling to control the spiritual energy as it flowed towards her cultivation barrier, sensing the changes within her body.

Finally, at a certain moment, a crisp sound came from the dantian, as if something had shattered. Immediately afterwards, the surge of spiritual energy became even more turbulent.

Lin Yitang's cultivation level is rapidly improving! She can feel that her spiritual energy is becoming purer and her strength is becoming greater.

"Phew..." Lin Yitang let out a long sigh, slowly opened her eyes, and joy shone in them.

She has only been in the cultivation world for ten months, yet she has already broken through from the fifth level of Qi Refining to the eighth level, getting closer and closer to becoming the female lead.

Breaking through three levels in a year is such an astonishing speed that no one would believe it if you told them.

Even at the peak of his original self, he only broke through two levels in a year!

Moreover, since this breakthrough occurred at a critical moment of life and death, the cultivation level was already stable without needing to be consolidated, allowing even more time for improvement.

Lin Yitang was calculating the next five months. The harvest of the past two days was enough to make the Five Cauldrons Crabapple bloom with a hundred flowers, each comparable to a high-grade Qi Nourishing Pill. Breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining within five months would definitely not be a problem.

Thinking of this, Lin Yitang couldn't help but laugh. But as she laughed, she couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

This time, she took a real hit from a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator and almost didn't make it back. Even with Fan Niannian's potion, she was still seriously injured.

She quickly stopped thinking, took out another bottle of healing potion, and swallowed it in large gulps. Fan Niannian had given each person three bottles of healing potion before setting off, and although she was reluctant to use them all, she had no choice but to use them all.

After the effects of the three bottles of medicine were absorbed, Lin Yitang was finally able to look somewhat normal.

The spirit chicken was sheltered inside her clothes and luckily escaped injury. This actually surprised Lin Yitang a bit; she had thought the spirit chicken was going to be crushed into a pancake.

After taking a few more healing pills to recover, Lin Yitang finally set off to return to the formation.

When she followed her memory back to the formation, she saw that all four people inside looked worried.

Fan Niannian's face was filled with worry, and her tone was full of resentment: "You didn't come back all night, and we thought you had been eaten by a monster. We were just thinking about whether to go and rescue you."

Lin Yitang smiled wryly, thinking to herself that she had almost been eaten, but she only said, "It took some time to find the spirit chicken, I'm very sorry."

Suddenly, Song Hang exclaimed, "Senior Sister Lin, how did you break through?"

Now Song Hang has changed his way of addressing Lin Yitang from junior sister to senior sister.

Lin Yitang smiled and said, "It's nothing, no need to make a fuss. It's just that I fought against so many demonic beasts during this mission, and I gained some insights, so I broke through."

Everyone was utterly stunned by these words. It's important to understand that even geniuses like the inner disciples take one or two years to break through to the next level; Lin Yitang's breakthrough speed was truly freakish.

Senior Brother Wei inhaled and said, "However, your breakthrough speed is truly astonishing. Three levels in a year, just like Ye Qiuli from Danfu Peak. I remember before Ye Qiuli came to the sect, you were known as the number one genius of Taique. It turns out it was true."

Upon hearing this, Fan Niannian, Song Hang, and Senior Brother Liu all stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Song Hang stammered, "Really...really? Senior Sister Lin was once the number one genius?"

Senior Brother Wei nodded and said, "Yes, back then, the new disciples of your year were all quite young and might not remember it well, and only a few people knew about this title."

Fan Niannian muttered, "Even I didn't know. It seems I've been cultivating for too long."

Song Hang was still in shock and asked, "Then...then why was Senior Sister Lin expelled from the inner sect?"

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered that he had also been present at the event, and fell silent.

In fact, during the many days he spent with Lin Yitang, Lin Yitang was indeed a good person with a righteous heart, not someone who would harm fellow disciples or have a dark heart.

This somewhat overturned Song Hang's preconceived notions. He had always heard people from Danfu Peak talk about Lin Yitang and believed them, but the reality was quite different after getting to know her.

He couldn't help but apologize to Lin Yitang: "I'm sorry I misunderstood you before. I didn't know what you were really like, I just thought you had ulterior motives..."

Lin Yitang smiled and said, "It's okay, it's all in the past, and I don't care what others think."

Song Hang felt even more ashamed and said, "Then the rumors that Senior Sister Lin framed Ye Qiuli were all just rumors, right? Even the last time was actually a misunderstanding?"

Lin Yitang nodded and said, "It's okay. The reason these things spread is because I'm too weak. That's how it is in the cultivation world. Weak people are easily bullied. If I weren't weak, these rumors wouldn't exist."

Fan Niannian and Senior Brother Wei all nodded in agreement.

As dawn broke and the mist in the forest gradually dissipated, the group packed their bags and embarked on their journey home.

At Fan Niannian's suggestion, the group decided to search for spiritual plants and herbs on their way back to the village.

The mountains are rich in spiritual energy, and in addition to the abundance of low-level monsters, low-level spiritual herbs can also be found everywhere.

Common examples include the Purple Leaf Grass, used to refine Qi-Nourishing Pills and Spirit-Nourishing Pills; its leaves are pale purple and shimmer in the sunlight. There is also the Jade Mushroom Grass, used to refine Spirit-Returning Pills and Healing Pills; its stems are upright, its flowers are pure white like jade, and it has a pleasant fragrance.

In places rich in spiritual energy, one can even find good spiritual herbs for refining Qi-Nourishing Pills.

The group walked and gathered herbs along the way, snapping them up without hesitation whenever they found suitable ones. Lin Yitang, in particular, became a herb-gathering fanatic; anything imbued with spiritual energy could not escape her grasp.

She not only picked wildflowers and weeds imbued with spiritual energy, but also insects and trees. She would even scrape off some soil imbued with spiritual energy when no one was looking.

They practically dug three feet into the ground.

Thanks to everyone's tireless efforts, their storage bags gradually filled up. They only returned to the village when the sun had set and they could find nothing of value left.