Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

After the thunderclouds dispersed at Zhexue Peak, the world returned to calm.

Cui Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

In the next instant, he moved swiftly and landed on the Jade Lotus Platform.

With slender fingers forming hand seals, strands of gentle spiritual energy flowed into Yu Luoning's body, repairing the hidden injuries left by the lightning tribulation.

At this moment, Yu Luoning slowly let out a breath.

Her eyes were clearer than before, and her whole body was cleansed by the spiritual mist, as if she were a celestial being descended to earth.

In addition to the physical changes, his mind became increasingly clear.

As the snow fell on the mountaintop, she could see clearly the trajectory of every single snowflake drifting down.

Is this the Purple Mansion?

Cui Xiu looked at her, a slight smile playing on her lips: "I knew you could do it."

Yu Luoning smiled, "That's all thanks to your encouragement these past few days."

Cui Xiu is definitely a qualified master. During this period, he not only personally instructed her in the cultivation techniques, but also shared his primordial yang energy with her without reservation after the dual cultivation.

Various spiritual herbs and fruits were fed to her as if they were free; without them, she would never have been able to break through so quickly.

It should be noted that even the ancestor of the Feng family was only at the Purple Mansion level.

Yu Luoning was filled with a myriad of emotions.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but slowly open her palm.

She gently clenched her fist, and from the inside out, a spiritual power several times stronger than before surged within her body.

The feeling of having control over that power made Yu Luoning even more excited.

She looked intently at Cui Xiu. "Am I amazing right now?"

Cui Xiu glanced at her and laughed, "Give me a punch."

Yu Luoning nodded, stood up, and blasted a huge hole in the ice mountain in the distance. Ice shards flew everywhere.

Yu Luoning herself was stunned; she had only used one-tenth of her strength just now.

Cui Xiu: "That's right, this is the true power of the Purple Mansion. Those supernatural abilities that you couldn't unleash before can now truly show their effects. As your cultivation level increases, their power will become even stronger in the future."

Upon hearing this, Yu Luoning was suddenly jolted. She stared blankly at Cui Xiu, opening her mouth but not knowing what to say.

Cui Xiu chuckled lightly, "What? You think you can hide your secret from me?"

Yu Luoning was exposed, and an awkward smile immediately appeared on her face.

What Cui Xiu saw was probably the skill she had copied, and she couldn't see the portrait of handsome men in her sea of ​​consciousness. After all, even Bai Rongling's soul search didn't detect anything unusual about that thing.

Thinking of this, Yu Luoning breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Just then, Cui Xiu suddenly raised his head, his deep purple eyes gazing at the sky, his eyebrows slightly raised.

Yu Luoning followed his gaze and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Cui Xiu slightly curled the corners of her lips, "Nothing much, just a bunch of fat sheep."

Fat sheep? Yu Luoning didn't quite understand.

At the same time, outside the barrier of the Dongbao Continent, a celestial ship hundreds of feet long slowly approached the barrier, the flying ship resembling a sky city.

On the deck, more than ten figures stood silently, each exuding an aura far surpassing that of cultivators from the Eastern Treasure Continent. On either side of the flying boat, a huge white character shone brightly in the brilliant sunlight.

A disciple of the Bai family looked down at the continent below and frowned slightly.

His tone was full of disdain, "This is the Eastern Treasure Continent, yet its spiritual energy is so barren."

He heard someone chuckle and pat his shoulder, "If it weren't for Young Master Jiu, I would never have come to a place like this in my entire life."

Another person whispered, "I heard there's a boundary guardian here, named Cui Xiu, what's his name again? He's incredibly arrogant. He probably hasn't seen anything good before, demanding an Aurora Spirit Stone from each person entering the boundary? What an outrageous demand."

Someone chimed in, "Exactly! If you ask me, we should just storm in. Do you think the Bai family is afraid of them?"

At this moment, the Bai family patriarch slowly opened his eyes and said calmly, "Be careful what you say. The Heavenly Dao has its own rules here, and we cannot break them."

After speaking, the Bai family patriarch waved his sleeve, and more than ten fist-sized, shimmering aurora spirit stones disappeared into the center of the formation.

In an instant, a gap appeared in the spatial array blocking the flying ship, and the entire immortal ship officially entered the Eastern Treasure Continent.

At this moment, the sky above the once calm and peaceful Dongbao Shangzong seemed to have cracked open.

With a piercing buzzing sound, the entire protective formation began to shake.

Immediately afterwards, a flying boat appeared in everyone's sight.

At this moment, everyone in the entire Dongbao Upper Sect looked towards that Saint-level flying boat.

"What is that?"

"What a huge flying boat! Its grade must be quite high."

"These people are so arrogant! They just parked right above our heads?"

At the same time, Sect Leader Cheng Min frowned deeply.

Outside the Dongbao Continent, there is an array set up by Cui Xiu. Any cultivator from outside the region who wants to enter through normal channels must pay an Aurora Spirit Stone.

The fact that this enormous vessel could approach so close without any hindrance was startling even to Cheng Min, who was used to seeing big scenes.

He looked closely and saw more than ten people standing with their hands behind their backs on the deck of the flying boat.

A dozen or so people mean a dozen or so Aurora Spirit Stones.

It should be known that the energy contained in a single Aurora Spirit Stone is enough to equal the spiritual energy consumption of a small sect for a year.

Cheng Min's heart pounded wildly, and she couldn't calm down for a long time.

He swallowed hard, thinking to himself, "Senior has really struck it rich this time."

Meanwhile, the chief elders of the other seven peaks seemed to have sensed the disturbance and gathered at the main peak.

The heads of all the peaks, including Beast Taming Peak, Pill Cauldron Peak, and Talisman Peak, were present. In addition to the elders, the core disciples and true disciples of their respective sects also gathered together.

They all looked solemn, their eyes filled with vigilance, as if facing a formidable enemy, and privately they were making all sorts of speculations.

Elder Lei couldn't help but ask, "Sect Master, from which continent do these foreign invaders come?"

Cheng Min pointed to the side of the majestic flying boat, where a large white character was engraved.

Cheng Min said, "The Bai family."

Elder Lei waited for a long time, but didn't hear the next sentence.

He stared at the huge characters, speechless for a moment, and almost lost control of his expression, rolling his eyes.

"Sect Master, I'm not blind. I'm asking you, who are they? Why are you saying a word to me?"

As Elder Lei finished speaking, a deathly silence instantly filled the air.

Cheng Min replied indifferently, "It's nothing, because I don't know either."

Everyone's expression was blank.

However, no one could laugh.

The enemy's aggressive approach raises questions: is it a prelude to war or something else? Everyone is wary.

Cheng Min took a deep breath, and with a sway of her body, she stood in mid-air opposite the huge immortal ship. The two were only a dozen meters apart, and the only thing blocking their way was the dazzling protective array of the sect.

Cheng Min's expression was stern as he said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoists, what brings you here from afar?"

At this moment, the old man standing at the very front of the flying boat deck was none other than Bai Xuanjun, the patriarch of the Bai family.

Bai Xuanjun had snow-white hair and an air of otherworldly grace, leaning on a dragon-headed cane that seemed to emit a faint dragon's roar.

She spoke slowly, her voice enveloped in spiritual energy, reaching everyone's ears: "May I ask if the Dongbao Sect has a disciple named Yu Luoning?"

At this moment, all was silent, and everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Yu...Luoning?"

"That's right."

Cheng Min was silent for a moment, then said, "There is no disciple with the surname Yu, but there is a disciple with the surname Luo, named Luo Ning."

Bai Xuanjun frowned slightly.

Then, she slowly raised her hand, and a lustrous crystal in her palm glowed faintly.

The next moment, a ripple spread through the void, transforming into a massive curtain of light.

Within the light screen, a woman of unparalleled beauty and ethereal elegance suddenly appeared.

Upon seeing the portrait on the light screen, Cheng Min's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

He pointed at the screen and said, "You...are looking for her?"

"Exactly."

Bai Xuanjun smiled slightly, "To be honest, the reason I've come to the Eastern Treasure Continent in such great numbers today is to propose marriage to your sect for the sake of a good-for-nothing junior in my clan. The woman in this painting is named Yu Luoning. If I remember correctly, she should be a disciple of your Eastern Treasure Sect."

Wait, a marriage proposal?!

Cheng Min couldn't help but blink, her mind going blank for a moment.

Even the elders and disciples who had expected a fierce battle with a powerful enemy were dumbfounded.

"This woman is destined to be with my Bai family. Today, I have come specifically to ask for the hand in marriage of my youngest son, Bai Rongling, to Miss Yu Luoning."

Bai Xuanjun spoke again, his tone relaxed and composed, as if he were determined to succeed.

Of the nine realms, only the Eastern Treasure Continent is the most barren.

The Bai family is one of the top three elite families in Changming Sacred Domain. Not to mention anything else, just take Xiao Jiu Bai Rongling, who is stunningly beautiful and has always been groomed as the future patriarch of the family.

If this woman hadn't inherited the Dao of Ten Thousand Emotions and hadn't taken over Xiao Jiu's body in the secret realm, the Bai family patriarch would never have agreed to this marriage.

It can be said that the moment the Bai family came to Dongbao Continent to propose marriage, the marriage was already a done deal.

But at that moment, the situation changed drastically.

Suddenly, a dark crack tore open in the void, and Cui Xiu led Yu Luoning out of the crack slowly.