Chapter 50: Shocking the Outer Gate

  Yan Zhen's hand rose and took out the magic crystal.

  In the midst of the Devil's Crystal, Yan Xiaozi's soul stood still on one side. After seeing the light, she immediately sprang into action. She looked at Yan Zhen and continuously knocked against the crystal wall.

  Yan Zhen connected with the magic crystal through his divine sense.

  "Spare me, spare me." Only to hear Yan Xiaozhi's voice shouting: "As long as you spare me, I'll be your concubine, I'll be your woman, I'll definitely obey you, if you tell me to go east, I won't go west." But at this moment, Yan Xiaozhi was thinking in her heart, this hatred is in my heart, this resentment has entered my bones, I will not rest until I avenge this hatred, as long as the magic crystal comes out, I will definitely kill Yan Zhen without discussion, I must crush Yan Zhen's bones and ashes, destroy Yan Zhen's ancestral grave, and cut off the descendants of the Yan family.

  "You think you can get out, how is that possible?" Yan Zhen laughed and said with a hint of evil in his voice: "You'd better just stay here honestly, become such an exquisite magic crystal beauty, forever young and beautiful, isn't this the dream of you women?"

  "Yan Zhen, you're crazy." Yan Xiaozi cursed in a huff: "How did I not notice how crazy you are before?"

  "You don't go mad, you won't become a Buddha, can't you understand such simple truth? I originally didn't have much personality and wasn't crazy either, my temper was soft, so I mixed it up so badly. Now my personality is eccentric and evil, and I'm getting better and better at mixing it up. This time I called you out to inform you of one thing: I've already advanced to the foundation-building realm."

  "It's impossible!" Yan Xiaozhi cried out in a shrill voice.

  Building foundation! What boundary is that?

  That is the dream realm of all outer sect disciples!

  That is an unattainable realm.

  Building foundation is far superior to the Qi-gathering stage.

  Yan Xiaozhi's greatest dream at the time was to be with a man who had reached the foundation-building stage, she used Yan Zhen as a stepping stone, she used Ouyang Song as a stepping stone, everything was for this.

  But suddenly looking back, the initial abandoned springboard Yan Zhen, actually became her most wanted springboard, this is really not an ordinary irony.

  Yan Xiaozhi shook her head: "No, it's absolutely impossible. How could someone as lowly as you become a Foundation Establishment cultivator?"

  "But that's a fact." Yan Zhen burst out laughing: "Why would I deceive you about the beauty in the crystal, what's the point?"

  Yan Xiaozhi fell silent, she also knew that this was very likely to be the truth, and Yan Zhen's current momentum indeed resembled a cultivator in the foundation-building stage.

  Yan Zhen looked at Yan Xiaozi: "You can stay in the endless abyss of regret, haha haha." Yan Zhen laughed loudly and looked at Yan Xiaozi's furious appearance in the magic crystal for a while, feeling relieved, then threw the magic crystal back into the Xumi ring.

  After finishing this matter, Yan Zhen felt that he should go to Luo Qingming's place to receive his reward. Yan Zhen activated his Eight Steps of the Toad's Lightness skill and headed straight for Luo Qingming's residence in the Secluded Mountain Abode.

  You Shan Ju is a house with a couplet written on it. The upper line reads "Bright moon shining among pines", the lower line reads "Clear spring flowing over stones". In between, there's a horizontal line that says "Mountain dwelling life". This couplet conveys elegance and refinement, but I don't know who wrote it.

  Yan Zhen knocked on the door, and after a moment, Lu Sheng dressed in Confucian attire, with an air of bookishness, Elder Luo Qingming came out to open the door. All that was heard was Elder Luo Qingming saying: "Is there something?"

  Yan Zhen nodded: "Uh, something's up."

  "Let's talk," said Lao Luo Qingming, as he began to brew tea. He liked drinking tea and was accustomed to brewing good tea for his guests.

  "Didn't Elder Luo say that the sect is holding an event recently to see who can advance to the Foundation Building stage the fastest?" said Yan Zhen.

  Yan Zhen finished speaking, and Luo Qingming Lao said: "Yes, there is such an activity. This time it seems that Song Ting will win, after all, he has been promoted to the ninth rank of Qi Refining for several years, with deep accumulation, and also got the help of Zhu Ji Dan. However, you don't have to be discouraged, at your age, reaching the ninth rank of Qi Refining is already very impressive. In the future, continue to work hard, you are extremely talented, and your future is bright."

  Yan Zhen heard Luo Qingming's words and found himself comforted, but Yan Zhen suddenly became speechless with tears and laughter: "No, I mean, I've already advanced to the Foundation Establishment realm."

  Yan Zhen only heard Lao Luo Qingming's tone change from being nonchalant to suddenly becoming serious: "You, what did you just say?"

  "I said, I've already advanced to the Foundation Establishment realm." Yan Zhen repeated helplessly.

  Yan Zhen had just finished speaking when Luo Qingming's hand shot out like lightning, grasping his arm. His hand swiftly caught the pulse on Yan Zhen's wrist and infused a stream of spiritual energy into his body. After a long while, Luo Qingming said in a somewhat dazed tone: "You...you've actually advanced to the Foundation Establishment realm! How is this possible so quickly?"

  Yan Zhen indeed understood the reason for Luo Qingming's loss of spirit.

  In the cultivation world, unless you're a top-notch talent, you'll typically need to progress from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment realm in nine steps, which takes at least a year and a half. Even top-notch talents need around six months to a year, but now I've gone from the ninth step of the Qi Refining stage to the first step of the Foundation Establishment realm in just one month - this promotion speed is too fast!

  His promotion method was simply at the speed of light. Looking through the history of Qingfeng Xianmen, I'm afraid there aren't even one or two precedents for someone who has reached the foundation stage as quickly as him.

  No wonder Old Luo was shocked and felt unbelievable.

  Yan Zhen was shocked and only after a long while did he stammer out: "How is it possible for you to advance to the Foundation Building stage so quickly?"

  Yan Zhen was taken aback and lost his smile, of course he couldn't reveal his own secret, so he just casually said: "Good luck, huh? You've advanced to the Foundation Establishment realm this quickly."

  Then Luo Lao Lao said, "This is not a matter of luck, there's no luck in this, but everyone has their own secrets. I also misspoke earlier and won't pry into your secrets again."

  Then, Yan Zhen received a reward of thirty inferior spirit stones for this event, which made him earn a lot.

  Luo Zhanglao said, "I'll prepare a document for you right away to help you apply to enter the inner gate."

  To enter the inner gate, one needs to have an application form. Yan Zhen naturally knew this and nodded her head: "Then thank you, Luo Elder."

  After chatting for a while, Yan Zhen left Lao Long's residence in You Shan Ju.

  ……

  Luo Qingming immediately began preparing the application materials for Yan Zhen to enter the inner door. As he prepared, he found that Yan Zhen's recent performance was indeed very seductive.

  "Three months ago, Yan Zhen was still in the fourth stage of Qi Refining."

  Recently, he had advanced to the 9th layer of Qi Refining stage.

  Then there was something even more shocking. Yan Zhen actually advanced from the 9th layer of Qi Refining to the 1st layer of Foundation Establishment, this progress was even more exaggerated.

  Not only that, Yan has really practiced the eight-step method of catching cicadas, and the eighth step is not easy to practice. Those who can master it outside are not ordinary people.

  Moreover, Yan's swordsmanship had truly reached the level of Sword Origin, grasping the essence of the sword.

  As Luo Qingming wrote more about Yan Zhen's information, he couldn't help but take a deep breath. This Yan Zhen was indeed a freak, and once such a person entered the inner circle, it would stir up what kind of storm, truly worth looking forward to.

  The first volume of the outer gate has come to an end, and next will be the inner gate volume. The protagonist will also enter a larger stage in the inner gate. The inner gate volume is sure to be very exciting.