I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

"You brat, where have you been running around all day? I haven't seen you in ages!"

"If I hadn't called you so many times, would you even know you were back?"

"He has no manners whatsoever, idles away his days, and you expect me, the head of this hall..."

Yu Xiaoyun noticed his daughter's arrival and began to scold her, but he stopped abruptly as he looked her up and down with disbelief in his eyes.

"Jinghong, you...you've broken through?!"

"How is this possible!"

"Have you perhaps had some extraordinary encounter recently?"

He quickly walked over, circled his daughter once, then pulled her aside to sit down. "Quick, tell me what happened?"

"Dad, I'm very diligent in my cultivation! Who just said I was idle?" Yu Jinghong clung to her father's arm affectionately. "Let me tell you, I met a really powerful person!"

"What kind of powerful person?" Yu Xiaoyun's brows furrowed with wariness. "There are only so many people coming and going in the East Sea. Besides your old man and me, who else deserves your praise?"

"Dad, you're still as narcissistic as ever!" Yu Jinghong smiled sweetly. "I've been stuck at the Lesser Completion of the Earth Realm for so long without being able to break through, and even you can't help me, but he has a way. Don't you think he's amazing?"

"Someone helped you break through?!" Yu Xiaoyun was no longer calm. "To be able to help someone break through to the Earth Realm, could it be that you encountered a Grandmaster?"

"When did a Grandmaster arrive from the East Sea? How come I had no idea..."

"Grandmaster? He doesn't seem to be one!" Yu Jinghong had asked Qin Ge many times what realm he was in and whether he was a grandmaster.

Qin Ge simply said she wasn't that weak, which infuriated her.

In fact, Qin Ge himself did not know what realm he was in, only that he was at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

As for who is stronger or weaker between them and a Grandmaster, he doesn't know, since he has never met a Grandmaster.

Qin Ge has been quite depressed lately. After winning over two beauties with the Yin-Yang Body, Gu Caiwei and Yu Jinghong, his power has increased significantly, but there is no sign of him breaking through to the eighth level of Qi Refining.

He realized that he had some misunderstandings about cultivating immortality; his previous cultivation had gone too smoothly, and he had thought it was too simple.

"Dad, you've met him before. He's the one who dominated the arena that day, Qin Ge!"

Yu Jinghong has been thinking about when she fell in love with Qin Ge these past two days.

She thought it might have been when Qin Ge, in a fit of rage for Su Wenxi, stormed the arena and wreaked havoc, or it might have been when Qin Ge, for Gu Caiwei, single-handedly stormed the dangerous villa in the Pearl of the Sea.

She even fantasized about being Su Wenxi or Gu Caiwei, and her girlish heart was melting.

"It's him?" Yu Xiaoyun scrutinized his daughter. "You're not kidding me, are you? He really has that kind of ability?"

"Tell me, how did he help you break through?"

"This..." Yu Jinghong stammered, her pretty face flushing red. "Oh dear, that's not the point. Anyway, I've broken through!"

Yu Xiaoyun looked at him suspiciously. "That's not the point. Then why are you blushing?"

He realized something and his heart skipped a beat. "You brat, have you been spending all your time with him lately?"

"You don't actually like him, do you?"

"Who...who likes him!" Yu Jinghong's eyes darted around, her face turning even redder. "Dad, please don't ask these questions!"

"How's the investigation into the Pearl of the Sea going? Have any suspects escaped?"

Yu Xiaoyun felt a sense of foreboding. How could he not know his own daughter?

When you lie, your guilty conscience is written all over your face!

He sighed, "Huo Changkun had some informants who weren't killed, but we arrested them all."

"Why are you suddenly concerned about this? The one who broke into the Pearl of the Sea and killed people, could it be that kid Qin Ge?"

"No, really?" Yu Jinghong feigned surprise. "I've never heard of that!"

Yu Xiaotian sighed again, "A daughter is like a tree that cannot be kept at home once she grows up!"

In the afternoon, Yu Jinghong returned to the Qin family.

She went straight to Qin Ge's room, skillfully closed and locked the door, and pinned Qin Ge to the bed.

"What do you want to do in broad daylight?"

"think!"

Qin Ge: "..."

You learn so fast.

"Could you come with me to the Shadow Martial Arts Hall tomorrow? My dad wants to see you." Yu Jinghong suddenly spoke up when she got emotional.

Why did he want to see me? What did you say to him?

"I didn't say anything, except for the fact that I broke through in martial arts. That can't be hidden; he saw it at a glance!"

"How dare you say something like that? You're incredibly shameless!"

"Oh dear, I didn't go into that much detail! Are you out of your mind? How can you talk about something like this?"

"If I see him tomorrow, can I fight him?"

"How would I know? You should ask him!"

"If I win, won't he get angry and gather the Shadow Martial Hall to gang up on me?"

"No, if you're good enough to beat him, he won't be angry at all; he'll be very happy!"

"Is he out of his mind? Does he enjoy getting beaten up?"

"You're the one with the problem! Seeing outstanding younger generations emerge is something to be happy about; that's called having a broad mind and a good character, you know?"

"I don't know." Qin Ge clenched her fingers, her palm feeling soft and delicate. "Then what do you call this?"

"Ugh... take it easy, you jerk!"

......

Seeing how hard Yu Jinghong worked, Qin Ge went to the Shadow Martial Hall with her the next morning. He also wanted to see just how strong a master of the Heavenly Realm really was.

Inside the tea room of the Shadow Martial Hall pavilion, Qin Ge and Yu Xiaoyun sized each other up, each secretly feeling a sense of unease.

Yu Xiaoyun found it strange that even at such a close distance, he still couldn't see through Qin Ge's abilities or sense the fluctuations of his true energy.

Qin Ge felt that even experts at the Heavenly Realm were nothing special.

"What are you doing, staring at each other like that? It's so weird!"

Yu Jinghong broke the silence, feeling a little nervous. She still didn't know why her father had asked Qin Ge to meet her.

"Master Yu, I'd like to have a friendly spar with you. Would you be so kind as to offer your guidance?"

Qin Ge took the initiative to issue the challenge, regardless of what Yu Xiaoyun was thinking. His main purpose in coming here was to see just how strong the Heavenly Realm was, so that he would have a better understanding of the situation.

If Yu Xiaoyun's Heavenly Realm strength is truly as he feels, he wouldn't mind making Yu Xiaoyun happy.

"Alright!" Yu Xiaoyun laughed. He couldn't see through Qin Ge's true strength and was thinking of a reason to fight Qin Ge to test his abilities.

Qin Ge's eyes lit up with an idea. "Just fighting is no fun. We need a prize to make it more exciting!"

"If I manage to win by sheer luck, could Hall Master Yu grant me one request?"

"That's ambitious!" Yu Xiaoyun laughed heartily. "Tell me what it is first!"

Qin Ge was a little surprised that Yu Xiaoyun was so easy to talk to. She glanced at Yu Jinghong, wondering if she had done some pre-existing ideological work on Yu Xiaoyun.

"I have two friends whose martial arts training is incomplete. If this is not resolved, they will probably reach an insurmountable bottleneck soon and will hardly make any progress in their lives."

"If I manage to defeat Hall Master Yu, could you agree to let Jinghong teach them the Shadow Martial Hall's techniques?"

"I can guarantee they will absolutely not tell anyone!"