Reversing the Milky Way

"Oh? So, that kid is going hunting with Yu Qing'an?" After saying that, Zhao Haiming held a bowl of tea, gently swirling the tea in the bowl with the lid while blowing away the steam rising from the bowl.

Village Guard No. 1: "That's right. When I saw them come back, the guy named Bai Cheng seemed to be injured, and there was a lot of blood on his clothes."

Village Guard No. 2: "That's right, we saw with our own eyes that Bai Cheng was covered in blood, and his appearance was horribly gruesome."

At this moment, beside Zhao Haiming was a noblewoman dressed in gorgeous clothes. She looked to be around forty years old. This was Yu Qingwan, Zhao Haiming's wife and Zhao Bo's mother.

After listening to the village guard's description, Yu Qingwan turned to Zhao Haiming and said, "Master, aren't we being a little too nervous? Even if Bai Cheng has three heads and six arms, he can't defeat our son within a month. Besides, he's not even at the Body Refinement Realm yet. Aren't we overthinking this?"

Zhao Haiming took a sip of tea. His face did not show any joy because of Yu Qingwan's words. He knew about Bai Cheng's situation. However, the only thing he was worried about was Yu Qingan. He had fought with Yu Qingan before. Although they were both at the Great Perfection of Body Refinement, he was far inferior to Yu Qingan in terms of both strength and physical strength.

Although he himself lacked the physique to cultivate spiritual energy, he had also never witnessed Yu Qing'an using it. Despite both being at the Great Perfection of the Body Refinement Realm, he couldn't fathom what the difference might be between them. This was precisely what Zhao Haiming feared, lest Yu Qing'an possess some other formidable method that would allow Bai Cheng to defeat his son, Zhao Bo, within a month.

Then, at Zhao Haiming's signal, he waved his hand, dismissing the two village guards. At this moment, Zhao Haiming put down his teacup and slowly said to his wife beside him, "I'll go buy a few more Body Tempering Pills tomorrow so that Bo'er can improve further. And you, while I'm away, you must supervise our son's cultivation. If he relies solely on Body Tempering Pills to advance, he'll run into big problems sooner or later."

After finishing her conversation, Yu Qingwan said impatiently, "Yes, yes, yes. Our son is doing them a favor by liking Yu Qing'an's daughter, after all, we have Liu Yuntian backing us up."

Zhao Haiming frowned upon hearing this and said, "When I went to the Liu family mansion in Wuling Town a few days ago, they always welcomed me. However, after the Supervisory Bureau found out that our son had maliciously beaten an ordinary person who did not cultivate, Liu Yuntian has been keeping his doors closed to visitors ever since."

He then glanced at Yu Qingwan beside him and said irritably, "This is all your fault. You've been spoiling him in the village. After all, I still have a say in Yu Family Village. But you let him act so recklessly in Wuling Town. Isn't that a clear sign that he doesn't respect the Supervisory Commission? What kind of institution is the Supervisory Commission? It was established by the Emperor of Huoyun Kingdom. Even the mayor of Wuling Town has to listen to him. If you keep spoiling him like this, he'll get into trouble sooner or later."

After hearing this, Yu Qingwan comforted him, "Oh, Master, calm down. Don't worry, after we deal with that brat Bai Cheng, I'll make our son behave himself."

After listening to Yu Qingwan's words, Zhao Haiming's expression softened somewhat.

...

For the next two weeks, Yu Qing'an continued to take Bai Cheng out frequently, but unlike before, Bai Cheng was always deathly pale when they returned in the afternoon. During this time, through Bai Cheng's continuous training, he was able to increase his endurance from ten minutes to an hour.

He then realized that his body had adapted to the water pressure at the periphery of the waterfall, so he tried to move towards the center of the waterfall. However, he could not hold on before he reached the center, because he felt the pressure on his body suddenly increase several times over. This feeling was the same as when he first stepped into the waterfall, and he had reached his body's current critical point.

He knew it was impossible for him to enter the center of the waterfall now; if he did, his body would surely be destroyed by the powerful current. So he continued his cultivation in the area between the outer edge and the center of the waterfall.

As the water flowed, his body gradually became stronger.

Inside Renhui School in Wuling Town, a woman two years older than Yueling approached her, who was resting her chin on her hand, gazing out the window. This woman was also the daughter of a villager from Yujia Village, named Yang Guilan, and her father was a farmer in the village.

Seeing Yue Ling's blank expression, Yang Guilan asked, "Yueling, you've been looking downcast for over half a month now. Are you worried about that Bai Cheng in your family?" Upon hearing this, Yue Ling turned around, and the hesitation on her face vanished.

Then he said, "Tch~, who cares about that idiot?"

After seeing the change in Yue Ling's face, Yang Guilan immediately understood.

Then, he jokingly said, "Oh~ Could it be that you like that guy named Bai Cheng?" Upon hearing this, Yue Ling hurriedly retorted, "What...what...what are you talking about?" As she finished speaking, a nervous expression appeared on her face, and she even stammered a little.

Just then, another man approached and said, "Yueling, I haven't seen that Bai Cheng in a long time. I remember he used to come pick you up often, didn't he? Why hasn't he come to pick you up since he was attacked by Zhao Bo that day? Could he really be injured?"

The person speaking was Huang Tao, the son of Huang Hansheng, the owner of the butcher shop in Yujia Village.

At this moment, Yu Qing also came over and said, "I'm really sorry, it's my family's responsibility. Usually, when a message is posted on the village bulletin board, it has to be reviewed by someone selected by the village chief before it can be posted. Later, because the workload was too heavy, it was handed over to the managers on the east and west sides. Zhao Haiming posted the notice privately because of this convenience of his position."

Yu Qing paused for a moment, then said, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Brother Bai Cheng lately. The competition is in less than ten days. Can he... handle it?"

After hearing Yu Qing's words, Yue Ling's expression turned slightly sad. She looked out the window and said softly, "It should work, right?" Even after saying this, Yue Ling wasn't sure. After all, apart from herself, she hadn't heard of anyone else who could go from an ordinary person with no foundation to the Body Refinement Realm within a month. However, Yue Ling wasn't arrogant because of this. Despite being only fifteen years old, she was a true disciple of Yu Qing'an.

And on the other side.

Bai Cheng was cultivating under the waterfall. The huge flow of water had already submerged him, and from the outside, it was impossible to tell that a person was hiding in the water under the waterfall.

Bai Cheng's brows were tightly furrowed, his teeth clenched, his eyes focused and resolute. The skin on his shoulders was already festering from the impact of the powerful current. His eyebrows twitched incessantly, his expression revealing the immense pain he was enduring. Suddenly, his eyes snapped open, he braced himself with his hands on the ground, bent his arms, and sprang up. After leaping, he twirled several graceful arcs in the air before landing smoothly on his feet.

At this moment, blood was continuously oozing from the broken skin on his shoulder, and the blood slid down his arm to his fingers. Then, as the blood droplets from his fingers grew larger, they fell to the ground.

But Bai Cheng remained completely unfazed, casually plucking a Candlelight Grass and popping it into his mouth. This was commonplace for him; he had experienced this countless times in the past two weeks.

And so, after feeling the slowly rising medicinal power in his stomach, Bai Cheng's shoulder stopped bleeding, and after a short while, his skin healed. He then went to the water's edge to wash away the blood. He was about to enter the waterfall to cultivate again when Yu Qing'an emerged from the pool in the distance.

Yu Qing'an: "Bai Cheng."

Bai Cheng turned around and slowly walked forward to ask, "Is it already afternoon?"

Because Bai Cheng couldn't tell the time in this dark cave, he had thought he was looking for some periodic spiritual plants. However, the light emitted by the spiritual plants in the cave also made it impossible for him to tell the time. He could only tell the time when Yu Qing'an appeared in the afternoon. This was because Yu Qing'an would come here to pick up Bai Cheng after picking up Yue Ling from the school. The school never delayed dismissal, so Yu Qing'an's arrival time was always pretty much the same.

At this moment, Yu Qing'an suddenly called out to Bai Cheng: "Wait a minute."

Bai Cheng also asked in confusion, "Hmm?"

"It's been a long time since I've tested your strength. There are only five days left until the competition. Let me see how strong you've become." After saying that, Yu Qing'an put down the Spirit Storage Pearl in his hand and then made that familiar gesture towards Bai Cheng.

Bai Cheng smiled knowingly when he saw Yu Qing'an's action, because he could clearly feel that he was now a completely different person from half a month ago. Just looking at the way he emerged from the waterfall, half a month ago, Bai Cheng wouldn't have dared to even imagine it.

Bai Cheng then removed the wrist guard from his arm. Yes, he had been wearing this wrist guard all this time, and now he was completely used to its weight. When he put it on, it felt like he was wearing ordinary clothes. Then, he bent his right arm back to gather strength, placed his left arm flat in front of him, bent over slightly, and assumed an attack stance.

Then Bai Cheng slowly said to Yu Qing'an, "Uncle Yu, I'm coming."

Having said that, he slowly rotated his right foot thirty degrees to the right, sinking it deeply into the ground. Using his waist as leverage, he swiftly swung his right hand forward. It seemed as if an invisible force was contained in front of Bai Cheng's fist. In the damp cave, the water vapor in the air was sliced ​​apart by this force, instantly splitting into two streams of water vapor that spread out to the sides along the trajectory of his fist.

Yu Qing'an was startled by this display of strength, but he remained standing there, hands behind his back, like a statue. Just as Bai Cheng's fist struck Yu Qing'an's chest, the feeling of being against a wall still emanated from Bai Cheng's fist.

With a loud, muffled thud, the mist around Yu Qing'an was dispersed by the power of Bai Cheng's punch, and the sound of Bai Cheng's attack echoed throughout the entire cave. Then, Yu Qing'an's eyebrows twitched slightly, and a smile slowly appeared on his face as he said, "Not bad, about 5,500 jin. Congratulations, you have reached the early stage of Body Refinement Realm, Bai Cheng."

Bai Cheng breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, but he hadn't expected that his punch still wouldn't make Yu Qing'an take a single step back. At this moment, he was incredibly excited. If he were still on Blue Star, he would be invincible.

However, he wasn't very confident facing Zhao Bo, who was in the mid-stage of Body Refinement, since their strength was twice as great. He believed that if he had another month, he would definitely break through to the mid-stage of Body Refinement, but he didn't have time now. He could only intensify his cultivation in the next few days and improve as much as he could.

After Bai Cheng quickly tidied up, he left with Yu Qing'an.

Just then, at the top of the waterfall, a pair of vibrant emerald green eyes were fixed on the direction Bai Cheng had left in. After seeing Bai Cheng and his companions depart, it slowly turned and walked away. Upon closer inspection, its paws were covered in snow-white fur, and each step it took left a faint, plum blossom-like footprint. From these footprints, luminous seedlings of spiritual plants slowly sprouted.

Bai Cheng and Yu Qing'an then went ashore from the woods north of Mirror Moon Pool. Yu Qing'an had a habit of hunting a wild animal every day, so today was no exception, but he already had a new idea in mind. He then turned to Bai Cheng and said, "Now, it's time for you to work. Go into the forest and hunt a wild animal. Remember, don't go too deep."

Bai Cheng readily replied, "Don't worry, Uncle Yu, I'll be right back." Then, Bai Cheng immediately ran into the forest.

Before long, Bai Cheng saw a wild boar. The boar was covered in black fur and was about the same size as the ones Bai Cheng had seen on Earth.

"You're the one," Bai Cheng muttered to himself before swiftly charging towards the wild boar. The boar, seeing Bai Cheng approaching, immediately turned and ran. However, Bai Cheng now had a slight speed advantage; his running speed surpassed that of most ordinary animals, making chasing a wild boar a piece of cake. With a powerful leap, Bai Cheng launched himself into the air and raised his right fist to strike the boar.

At this moment, the wild boar also looked back and saw a fist slowly growing bigger in its field of vision, and then everything went black.

A few minutes later, Yu Qing'an saw Bai Cheng slowly walk out from the forest entrance, carrying the wild boar he had just seen.

Upon seeing this, Yu Qing'an raised an eyebrow and said, "Not bad, very fast. It seems you're ready to be a hunter."

After hearing this, Bai Cheng replied, "Not at all. If it weren't for Uncle Yu, I'd probably still be an ordinary person."

After saying that, the two headed towards Yu Family Village.