The Entry-plundering Demon Hunter

Chapter 349: Chapter 311: That Apprentice of Mine Is About to Enter the Star Tempering Realm?

[Current Realm: Tier Four, Star Seven]

[Qi and Blood: 99.99%]

”What’s going on?”

’I’m only short 0.01% of Qi and Blood. Why can’t I get it to go up?’

Early in the morning, Lin Yi stared at his personal panel, feeling increasingly puzzled.

It had been like this for two or three days straight.

Ever since his second day in Lishui City.

Lin Yi had noticed his Qi and Blood had stagnated.

It was different from before, when he could break through to the next realm as soon as his Qi and Blood value was full.

But this time, there was no breakthrough.

It was as if he was stuck at a bottleneck, unable to advance even a single step.

Moreover, he could feel that the origin energy in his body was already saturated.

All of his apertures were filled to the brim.

There was even a sense of the origin energy overflowing...

Unable to find a reason, Lin Yi decided to go wash his face in the bathroom first.

Today was the day they were returning to Songshan City. They would be leaving directly by train later.

A short while later, when Lin Yi walked out of the bathroom, his mind was completely preoccupied with the problem of his realm.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK—

He had just sat down on the sofa,

watching Xiaoqi devour large mouthfuls of Demon Beast Meat,

when suddenly, there was a knock at the door.

Lin Yi went to open the door and found Wei Nan standing outside, grinning cheekily.

”Come on, let’s go downstairs and get something to eat. We need to get ready to leave!”

Lin Yi nodded. ”Okay, you guys go ahead. I’ll come find you after Xiaoqi is done eating.”

”Alright, we’ll head down first then. Don’t forget your room key when you leave!”

Lin Yi murmured his agreement and closed the door.

As Xiaoqi grew larger, its appetite had also become increasingly terrifying.

Before, a few pieces of Demon Beast Meat were enough for a single meal.

That slowly increased to a dozen or so pieces.

Now, a single meal for Xiaoqi consisted of at least a full kilogram of Demon Beast Meat.

And this was definitely not its limit; its appetite could still grow.

However, despite its massive appetite, its realm was also constantly improving.

Xiaoqi’s realm had already reached Star Six, and it looked like it was about to break through to Star Seven.

At its current level, Xiaoqi was more than capable of holding its own.

You might have hit a bottleneck!

Suddenly, a spiritual thought entered his mind.

Lin Yi glanced down at it. ”A bottleneck?”

That’s right. To continue cultivating past Star Seven, you have to reach the Star Tempering Realm. Did you think the Star Tempering Realm was just another realm? It requires enduring the agony of tempering...

Hearing Xiaoqi’s words, Lin Yi fell into deep thought.

”In that case, how can I break through?”

Xiaoqi, who was still eating, looked up at Lin Yi.

You could go to Dragon Tiger Mountain and ask the Elder Celestial Master. Maybe he can help you!

Lin Yi: ”Good idea!”

...

After Xiaoqi finished its meal,

Lin Yi packed his things and went down to the first-floor restaurant.

Wei Nan, Zhou Qi, and the others had already packed and were sitting there waiting for him.

Only when they saw Lin Yi arrive did they go to get their food.

The hotel offered a complimentary breakfast.

Previously, they would eat breakfast here every day after returning from Demon Hunting.

Just as he always did, Lin Yi used his room key to enter.

He grabbed a few things to eat and sat down.

”You guys go back first. I need to make a trip to Dragon Tiger Mountain!”

Lin Yi said, looking up at them.

Wei Nan and Zhou Qi froze, then exchanged a look.

”Right, you should go to Dragon Tiger Mountain to see the Elder Celestial Master. It’s been over half a month since you came down the mountain!”

”Senior Brother Lin, don’t tell me you’re going into seclusion for another breakthrough?” Shen Mengyi said with a smile.

Lin Yi paused and glanced at her.

”You know too much. I might actually be about to break through!”

”Damn, don’t break through again! If you keep it up, we’ll never be able to catch you!”

Wei Nan said with a look of mock despair.

The others couldn’t help but laugh.

After they finished breakfast,

Lin Yi went to the train station with them.

Only, Lin Yi was going to Dragon Tiger Mountain alone, while Wei Nan, Zhou Qi, and the others were heading directly back to Songshan City.

”Once you get to Dragon Tiger Mountain, remember to give us a call!”

”Don’t make us worry!”

Wei Nan couldn’t help but remind him.

Lin Yi nodded. ”Don’t worry. You guys too, be safe on the road!”

After saying their goodbyes, they parted ways and boarded their separate trains.

...

Dragon Tiger Mountain.

The Elder Celestial Master sat in his Cultivation Room.

He wasn’t always so eccentric that all he did was play cards.

He only played a few rounds when he was occasionally idle and bored.

Most of the time, he sat in the Cultivation Room, meditating and cultivating.

At his current realm, advancement depended solely on personal talent and effort.

But breaking through to another realm was far easier said than done.

It had taken him two hundred years to barely reach the Divine Abyss Realm.

For him, he could already see the end of his path in Martial Arts cultivation.

Even if he spent the rest of his life cultivating with all his might, he might not even be able to touch the threshold of the Heart Communication Realm.

However, the Elder Celestial Master had a healthy perspective.

To him, what really counted as a long life?

What level of cultivation was truly considered high?

He had lived to a ripe old age and was perfectly content.

The Elder Celestial Master didn’t pursue higher realms; he only sought peace of mind...

Suddenly, his tightly closed eyes snapped open.

He quickly performed a divination with his fingers and couldn’t help but gasp.

He then hurried to his feet and walked out of the Cultivation Room.

As the mountain breeze blew gently, he looked up into the distance.

Faintly, between the blue sky and white clouds, he thought he saw the indistinct image of a magnificent white tiger.

But the white tiger had not yet fully manifested.

Without a certain level of cultivation, and without looking very carefully, it would be truly difficult to see anything at all.

Just then, a Little Daoist walked over.

”Grandmaster!”

”Mm, go and summon your martial uncles.”

”Tell them I have important matters to discuss with them!”

”Yes, Grandmaster!”

The Little Daoist quickly bowed, not daring to delay.

He hurried over and entered a room.

Then, he made the phone calls.

While he waited, the Elder Celestial Master continued to gaze at the celestial signs in the distance.

Only then, with his brow tightly furrowed, did he walk back toward his small courtyard.

A short while later, four people—three men and one woman—arrived at the courtyard one after another.

They were all disciples of the Elder Celestial Master.

”Disciple greets Master!”

”Master, you’ve come out of seclusion?”

”Master...”

The Elder Celestial Master looked at the disciples before him.

His gaze swept over each of them.

”Zhong Yan!”

”Present!”

Zhong Yan quickly stepped forward and bowed.

The Elder Celestial Master nodded. ”In a moment, I need you to prepare the Star Tempering Room.”

”Yes, Master... wait, the Star Tempering Room? Master, is one of my senior brothers about to have a breakthrough?”

Zhong Yan had just bowed when he immediately reacted.

The Star Tempering Room, the Divine Abyss Room, and the Heaven-Reaching Room were all places on Dragon Tiger Mountain where disciples went into seclusion for breakthroughs.

Only disciples on the verge of a breakthrough were qualified to enter them.

However, among the Elder Celestial Master’s current disciples,

there wasn’t a single one who truly met the conditions to use these rooms.

And they had lain unused for who knows how many years.

For the Elder Celestial Master to suddenly ask Zhong Yan to prepare the Star Tempering Room today...

Didn’t that mean someone was about to have a breakthrough?

The Elder Celestial Master nodded. ”Your junior brother, Lin Yi, will be arriving on the mountain shortly!”

”If my calculations are correct, he is about to break through to the Star Tempering Realm!”

”What?”

After the Elder Celestial Master finished speaking,

the other senior brothers and the senior sister were all incomparably shocked.

The Star Tempering Realm?

That was a realm they had all dreamed of reaching.

Among the martial brothers, the most talented one was Zhong Yan.

He was currently only at Star Seven, and while it seemed he was just one step away from the Star Tempering Realm,

in reality, taking that final step was harder than ascending to the heavens.

How could Lin Yi be about to break through to the Star Tempering Realm so quickly?

’His talent is a little too freakish, isn’t it?’

”Master, although we’ve never met our little junior brother... I heard that when he first came to become your disciple, he was only at the Five-Star Realm. How can he be about to break through to the Star Tempering Realm after being down the mountain for only half a month?”

The one who spoke was a refined-looking middle-aged man in his fifties.

He asked, sounding rather puzzled.

As soon as he finished speaking, the others nodded in agreement.

His words were already putting it mildly. To break through two consecutive realms in just half a month after leaving the mountain...

...and now he was even breaking through to the Star Tempering Realm? What on earth had he been eating to have such explosive growth in such a short time?

The Elder Celestial Master shot him a glance.

”Enough talk. Just do as you’re told!”

”Yes, Master!”

Zhong Yan quickly reined in his usual carefree personality.

He bowed hastily and excused himself.

Then, the Elder Celestial Master turned to the others.

He assigned them tasks one by one.

Now, all of Dragon Tiger Mountain, from top to bottom, was busy preparing for Lin Yi’s arrival.

「Approaching noon.」

Lin Yi walked out of the train station.

Outside, numerous taxis were parked, their drivers all trying to solicit customers.

”Hey, young man, where are you headed?”

Lin Yi had barely taken a few steps before a driver stopped him.

He glanced at the driver. ”Dragon Tiger Mountain!”

”Dragon Tiger Mountain? You mean Dragon Tiger University, right?”

”That’s right. Are you going?”

”Yeah, I’m going. Get in and wait, we just need one more person and then we can go. I’ll just shout for one more!”

Lin Yi: ”...”

”Forget it, I’ll find another cab!”

”Hey! No, wait, young man, just wait a little bit, we can leave right away!”

The driver turned and pointed at his taxi.

As a result, Lin Yi glanced in the direction he was pointing.

There was a line of a dozen or so taxis parked there.

Not a single one was full. The most occupied taxi had only one person inside.

This was a common trick used by taxi drivers.

They tell everyone they’re just one person short, when in reality, they’re the only one there.

After you get in, who knows how long you’ll have to wait before you can actually leave.

Lin Yi was short on time and wanted to get to Dragon Tiger Mountain immediately.

So he shook his head, refused, and went to hail a cab from the roadside himself.

Watching Lin Yi walk away, the taxi driver curled his lip in disdain.

”Little prick, can’t even stand to wait a minute. Serves you right...”

Before the driver could finish,

he suddenly felt a piercing pain in his mind, as if he’d been stabbed with a needle.

BOOM! His whole mind went blank.

His consciousness blurred.

Then, a voice drifted over.

If you dare to be so insolent again, the lesson won’t be this light.

The taxi driver looked back, his face filled with terror.

He saw Lin Yi glance back at him with a smile.

In that instant, the taxi driver didn’t dare say another word. He didn’t even dare to solicit customers anymore.

He scrambled back toward his own taxi.

After jumping in, he slammed on the accelerator and sped away.

Without daring to even look back...