Xian Ni: The God of Killing Returns, Marries Li Muwan at the Beginning

Lin Che stopped and glanced sideways at Mu Bingmei behind him, asking softly, "Is there anything else?"

Mu Bingmei bit her thin lips, looked at Zhou Ruer, and then glanced at Lin Che. She seemed to have something difficult to say, but didn't know how to express it.

Lin Che glanced at Zhou Ru beside him, patted her shoulder, and said softly, "Little Ru'er, why don't you take a stroll around the neighborhood first, and I'll have a chat with her."

Zhou Ru nodded, mounted Xiao Bai's head, and ran straight off into the distance.

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The Kunxu Realm, a tranquil bamboo grove in the backyard.

Mu Bingmei sat in the chair and personally poured Lin Che a cup of tea. Then she raised her jade-like hand to tidy up the black hair beside her ear.

"I never imagined that in just a few hundred years, you would have reached the third step of the Void Nirvana Realm... while Bingmei is still in the Shattered Nirvana Realm, with no possibility of breaking through."

"The reason I invited you here today is to find a way to break through your cultivation level... I also wish to step into the realm of the Celestial Being."

Lin Che lightly tapped the celadon teacup with his fingertips, causing a faint white ripple of spiritual energy to spread around the rim. His gaze fell on the sparse sunlight filtering through the bamboo tips, and his voice was calm and undisturbed.

"The realm is like a ladder, but it is not the only measure of cultivation. Look at this bamboo forest. New bamboo takes three years to fill a handful, and old bamboo takes a hundred years to become a pole. But when the spring breeze comes, the strength of the new bamboo sprouting is not necessarily inferior to the steady roots of the old bamboo."

Mu Bingmei's fingers tightened slightly as she held the teacup, her jade-colored knuckles revealing a hint of weakness: "What you say, senior, is not that Bingmei does not understand. It's just that I have been trying to cross the chasm between Shattered Nirvana and Empty Nirvana for 372 years."

“Every time I try to break through a bottleneck, my spiritual energy is tangled up in my dantian like a tangled mess, and my sea of ​​consciousness is torn apart by my inner demons. Even my natal magic weapon, the Frost Condensation Sword, has started to crack. I really can’t see a way forward in this torment.”

Lin Che raised his hand and gestured, and a wisp of green bamboo breeze slowly drifted into Mu Bingmei's teacup. The originally calm tea water suddenly rippled with fine patterns, as if countless tiny spiritual veins were flowing within it.

“Look at this tea. If you stir it forcibly, it will only splash out of the cup. But if you gently guide it along its patterns, you can let your spiritual energy merge with your mind.”

"Back when I was trying to break through to the Void Nirvana realm, I was trapped at the peak of Shattered Nirvana for two hundred years. At that time, I was obsessed with accumulating spiritual power, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth until my dantian was swollen and painful every day, but I neglected the compatibility between my sea of ​​consciousness and spiritual power."

"It wasn't until I was enlightened in a mountain stream that I saw the stream winding around rocks and accumulating water in depressions, that I understood the true meaning of the four words 'go with the flow'."

Mu Bingmei stared at the patterns in the tea, a glimmer of light gradually appearing in her eyes: "Go with the flow? Could it be that Senior means I shouldn't force my way through the bottleneck, but should first sort out the disordered spiritual energy within my body?"

"not only that."

Lin Che stood up, walked to the edge of the bamboo forest, reached out and stroked a newly sprouted bamboo shoot, feeling a warm, smooth touch on his fingertips.

“Cultivation is like planting bamboo; it requires both upward growth and deep rooting. Your current problem may seem like a bottleneck in your cultivation level, but it is actually due to an unstable foundation.”

"The Shattered Nirvana Realm is supposed to hone the compatibility between the soul and spiritual power, but in your pursuit of speed, you pushed your spiritual power to its limit too early, causing your soul to fall behind."

"Just like bamboo shoots, if you only push them to grow taller without letting their roots penetrate deep into the soil, a storm can break them."

Lin Che gathered a wisp of pale golden spiritual energy at his fingertips and slowly poured it into the bamboo shoot. The bamboo shoot sprouted branches and leaves at a speed visible to the naked eye, but suddenly stopped just as it was about to grow into a new bamboo, and fine cracks began to appear on the bamboo.

"You see, this is the consequence of being impatient for quick success. After I realized this back then, I gave up on trying to break through to Nirvana and instead went into seclusion to sort out my soul."

Every morning, absorb the essence of the morning dew to nourish the sea of ​​consciousness; at night, observe the movement of the stars to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth, and gradually merge the restless spiritual energy within the body with the soul.

Three years later, when I tried to break through the bottleneck again, my spiritual power was as responsive as my own, my inner demons crumbled before my sea of ​​consciousness, and I naturally broke through to the Void Nirvana Realm.

Looking at the bamboo shoot that was on the verge of breaking, Mu Bingmei felt a sudden sense of relief, as if the long-suppressed frustration had been blown away by the bamboo breeze.

"Does the senior mean that what I should do now is to stop trying to break through the bottleneck, first consolidate the foundation of the Shattered Nirvana Realm, and allow my soul and spiritual power to achieve perfect harmony?"

Lin Che withdrew his spiritual power, and the bamboo shoot gradually returned to its original state, only with a more composed vitality than before.

"There is never a shortcut to cultivation. If you can calm your mind and use the Mind Cleansing Mantra to cleanse your sea of ​​consciousness every day, use the cold air of the Frost Condensation Sword to quench the impurities in your spiritual power, and then supplement it with morning dew and moonlight to nourish your soul."

"Within ten years, the soul and spiritual power will reach a state of perfect harmony. At that time, the breakthrough to the Celestial Realm will be as smooth as a boat going with the current, without any further obstacles."

Mu Bingmei stood up, bowed deeply to Lin Che, and the confusion in her eyes faded away, replaced by a determined light.

"Thank you for your guidance, senior! I was previously obsessed with the level of cultivation, but I neglected the essence of cultivation. Today, after listening to your words, it is like seeing the sun after the clouds have parted. From now on, I will definitely calm down and hone my foundation, and no longer be impatient for quick success."

Lin Che looked at the rekindled light in her eyes and nodded slightly: "The most precious thing on the path of cultivation is to find one's way back from the wrong path."

"Since you have this awareness, your future achievements will surely be limitless. Please drink this cup of tea. I have infused it with a wisp of spiritual energy to help you temporarily suppress the disordered spiritual energy in your body. Consider it a gift from me."

Mu Bingmei picked up the teacup and drank the tea in one gulp. A cool spiritual energy slid down her throat into her body, instantly calming the restless spiritual energy in her dantian, and her sea of ​​consciousness became clearer than ever before.

When she looked at Lin Che again, her eyes held a newfound respect.

"Senior, not only is your cultivation profound, but your mind is also clear. I have learned a lot from you today. If I have any questions about cultivation in the future, I hope you will not hesitate to give me your guidance."

Lin Che smiled and waved his hand, looking in the direction Zhou Ruer had gone, his voice tinged with relief: "It's good that you understand."

"The path of cultivation must ultimately be walked by oneself. I merely pointed you in the right direction when you were lost. It's getting late, and Xiao Ru'er must have had enough of sightseeing. We should head back."

Mu Bingmei nodded in agreement and walked out of the bamboo forest with Lin Che.

Sunlight filtered through the bamboo tips, casting dappled shadows on the two figures, seemingly foreshadowing a new turning point in Mu Bingmei's cultivation journey.

Mu Bingmei watched Lin Che leave, pursed her thin lips, and said softly, "It's true that even withered trees can sprout again in spring, but a person can only be young once more."

"Back then, he was merely in the Nascent Soul stage, but now even I have to address him as 'senior.' Heh heh heh, truly a cruel twist of fate." (End of Chapter)