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  "Brother Qingyun, be careful!" Qingyi exclaimed, seeing the spiritual sword thrusting towards Lie Teng's back. Her fists were clenched tightly, and a faint glow appeared in her eyes, which was actually spiritual energy.

  Lieteng let out a cold hum, he had long been prepared for Qingkuai. With a flicker of his mind, Lieteng's spiritual sword flew even faster, slashing down onto Qingkuai's spiritual sword in mid-air. The contained power sent Qingkuai's spiritual sword crashing to the ground, and Lieteng's body was already in front of Qingkuai, his right hand twisted into a claw shape reaching for Qingkuai's neck.

  Qing Yi was caught in mid-air by Lie Tong, his face flushed bright red, his pupils revealing terror. He couldn't believe he had lost again, underestimating Lie Tong or not realizing the change in Qing Yun. At this moment, Qing Yun was no longer the same person who would only flatter and fawn. Lie Tong's right hand poured spiritual energy into Qing Yi's neck, coldly saying: "Since you're looking for death, I'll grant it!" The surging spiritual energy entered Qing Yi's neck, causing his body to convulse, his eyes rolling back in their sockets.

  "Don't..." Qing Yi suddenly shouted out, although angry, but Qing Yi didn't want Qing Yun to kill anyone.

  Lieteng's face sank for a moment, and with a wave of his right hand, he threw Qing Kui out of the small courtyard, coldly shouting: "If there is a next time, you will surely die."

  The young man, Qing Kuai, was lying on the ground convulsing when he suddenly came to and lifted his head, only to find a sharp sword thrust towards him. He was so frightened that his heart skipped a beat. The sword had pierced through Qing Kuai's pant leg, although it wasn't deep, but still, a pained cry escaped from Qing Kuai's lips. After crying out for half a moment, Qing Kuai was stunned and didn't feel any pain afterwards. He looked at the sword, his face turned red, and quickly pulled it out before scrambling to his feet. Taking a few deep breaths, he fearfully stared at Lie Teng before hastily fleeing the scene.

  As Qing Hui left, Lie Teng let out a cold hum and turned to look at Qing Yi. His eyes, filled with killing intent, slowly softened. Suddenly, Lie Teng was shocked in his heart as he sensed the spiritual energy contained within Qing Yi's body. He exclaimed in surprise: "Qing Yi, you've also reached the Gathering Spirit stage?" Lie Teng didn't know much about Qing Yi. From Qing Yun's memories, he only knew that Qing Yi was also cultivating and had been praised by Qing Die after being taught the Puppet Technique. For years, Qing Yi had been eating the spiritual fruits outside the small courtyard to satisfy his hunger. At this moment, Lie Teng felt Qing Yi reach the Gathering Spirit stage, which shocked him greatly.

  From Qingyun's memories, Qingyi had been in contact with cultivation for less than seven years, and Qingyun had never even pointed out the way to Qingyi. Under nobody's guidance, a little girl actually relied on her own enlightenment to reach the Gathering Spirit stage. How high must her enlightenment be? Lie Teng looked at Qingyi in astonishment.

  Seeing Lie Teng's appearance, Qing Yi's mouth corners revealed two small dimples, and his face was filled with a smile. "Qing Yun brother, I broke through half a year ago."

  Lieteng took a deep breath and calmed down, his gaze at Qingyi was somewhat different. If it were in the Longxuan Continent, Qingyi would probably be a genius, even in the Gui Sect, he didn't know how many times better than Qingyun or Qingkui. Lieteng pondered for a moment, thinking that Qingyi still didn't have a spiritual instrument, and said: "Qingyi, let's go, I'll take you to the Cangqi Pavilion to receive your spiritual instrument and low-grade spiritual stone." After finishing speaking, Lieteng controlled his spiritual sword to float in mid-air above his knee, looking at Qingyi and saying: "Come up."

  Qing Yi heard this and looked at Qing Yun with joy, quickly running over, suspiciously glancing at Lie Teng, one foot stepping on the Ling Jian, her body slightly tilted, trying to get on the sword. Lie Teng saw this and walked onto the flying sword, pulling Qing Yi up, the somewhat unaccustomed Qing Yi tightly hugged Lie Teng's right hand. Lie Teng urged the Ling Jian to slowly rise into the air.

  The first time she soared into the sky, Qing Yi's small face was filled with excitement. Her two bright eyes kept looking at the smaller and smaller courtyard, feeling the refreshing cool breeze. Qing Yi exclaimed in surprise: "Qing Yun brother, Qing Yi has finally flown." Qing Yi hugged Lie Teng's right arm and shouted, her hair blown up by the gentle wind, her face full of joy. Lie Teng's face had a smile, slowly flying towards the Cang Qi Pavilion, Qing Yi's gaze looked at Lie Teng's smiling face, but his smile slightly stiffened, his eyes becoming distant.

  "Brother Qingyun..." Qingyi called out softly. Lie Teng turned his head to look at Qingyi, puzzled and asked: "What's wrong? Is it too high?"

  "Not... Qingyun Gege" Qing Yi shook her head, her gaze firmly fixed on Lie Teng.

  "What's wrong?" Lie Teng asked in confusion.

  "Brother Qingyun, I want to stay by your side forever, okay?" Qingyi's voice suddenly became tense, but her face was full of determination and hope.

  Lie Teng smiled lightly and nodded. With Lie Teng's consent, the joy on Qing Yi's face became even more intense.

  Not long after, Lie Teng slowly descended in front of the Cang Qi Pavilion. The two black-clad youths were still sitting at the entrance, but this time their gaze towards Lie Teng was somewhat different. Lie Teng brought Qing Yi to the Cang Qi Pavilion and greeted the two before entering. As they walked through the alley, the old man with white hair and beard who was in charge of distributing Ling Jian and Ling Shi was still there.

  "Qingyun has seen Master Bo." Lie Teng said respectfully.

  "The young servant had seen the old man before." The young servant also called out hastily, his eyes full of curiosity sizing up the old man.

  The old man seemed even older, slowly raised his head, and looked at the two with turbid eyes. Finally, his gaze fell on Lie Teng's body, saying: "Yes, why didn't you come to collect the Ling Stone on time?"

  "Master Shibo, Qingyun has been cultivating and forgot about time, that's why he didn't come to pick you up." Lie Teng replied truthfully.

  The old man nodded, his eyes fixed on Qingyi, and said, "Not bad, you've reached the Gathering Spirit stage at such a young age. Come get your spiritual tool." Before Qingyi could respond, the old man turned around and walked into the room. Unlike a year and a half ago, the old man's waist was more bent, his body less agile, as if he were an ordinary person about to enter the yellow earth, which slightly moved Lie Teng's heart, as if he had seen the deceased emperor before his ascension.

  In less than a moment, the old man walked out, holding a low-grade spiritual sword and two low-grade spiritual stones. He said to Qing Yi, "Press your handprint on this." He placed the spiritual sword and stones on the counter, took out a piece of paper, and put it on the counter.

  The clever girl in a blue dress bit her finger and squeezed out a drop of fresh blood, which she used to make a small handprint on the paper with writing.

  "This is a low-grade spirit stone." After giving the spirit sword and a low-grade spirit stone to Qing Yi, the old man handed another low-grade spirit stone to Lie Teng.

  Lie Teng took over and respectfully bowed, asking: "Master Shibo, Qingyun has something he hopes Master can enlighten him about."

  The old man chuckled and said, "Oh? Let me point it out? Speak."

  "In the past year and a half, I have absorbed enough low-grade spirit stones to fill my dantian with spiritual energy, but why haven't I broken through to the second layer of gathering spirits yet?" Lie Teng asked respectfully.

  "Oh? So soon?" The old man looked at Lie Teng in surprise, then after a moment of contemplation, he said: "Heh heh, it's not just about filling the Dan Hai with spiritual energy to break through. Why do you think each level of cultivation is divided into six grades?"

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