An Yiqing helplessly watched Old Jin and Xiao Hei showing off in her arms, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.
"How many days have I been in seclusion?"
Woof~ Master, you’ve been cultivating for twenty days!~ Xiao Hei affectionately licked An Yiqing’s fingers and spoke obediently.
Twenty days? That long?
An Yiqing was slightly taken aback. This period of seclusion had lasted longer than she had expected. If she converted the time within the space to the outside world’s time scale, then almost four days had already passed.
"Master, your strength has improved, that’s great!" Xiao Hei rolled over and cooed.
It was only then that An Yiqing realized she had finally broken through her bottleneck!
She was now a martial cultivation expert at the Peak of the Innate Realm!
She clenched her fist tightly and felt the power coursing through her limbs and bones. An Yiqing was overjoyed and her thoughts gradually drifted to the sensations during her focused cultivation.
It turned out that when one becomes a powerful being, they could meld with the heavens and the earth, easily manipulating air and dust. As the saying goes, a flying flower can injure a man, and a true expert could defeat their enemy with just a blade of grass or a bloom.
Such a feeling was wonderful, and An Yiqing eagerly looked forward to experiencing it again during her next breakthrough.
"Master, try out your strength!" Old Jin licked his paw and said lazily.
An Yiqing nodded her head, put down Old Jin and Xiao Hei, and walked out of the bamboo house.
It was still the same Stone Forest in front of the bamboo house, still the same rocks. An Yiqing had once witnessed her own breakthrough and Transformation into the Innate Realm here. As her strength grew step by step, her attacks on the rocks became more and more fearsome. From initially splitting rocks with a palm, to later pulverizing them to ash, her strength had soared dramatically in just six short months.
Shaking off the sentiments in her heart, An Yiqing adeptly circulated her Inner Breath. In an instant, she felt her body filled with tremendous power, in stark contrast to when she was at the mid-level of the Innate Realm!
It turned out, the difference between the Peak and the mid-level of the Innate Realm was so vast.
An Yiqing steadied her heart and her piercing gaze fell on a large rock not far away. She flipped her right hand, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, and a fierce gust of wind struck ferociously towards the rock!
In just a moment, a loud boom sounded, and An Yiqing, together with Xiao Hei and Old Jin, all held their breath, their eyes wide as they watched the large rock for any change.
However, one second passed, then two seconds passed, and that incredibly large rock was still in its place, without the slightest movement.
"What’s going on?" An Yiqing blinked twice, puzzled.
If her strength had improved, why couldn’t she even smash a rock?
As An Yiqing, Xiao Hei, and Old Jin looked at each other in bewilderment, a sudden change occurred.
A "crackling" sound came, and An Yiqing looked intently to find, to her astonishment, that the previously immobile rock began to melt like an iceberg, gradually turning into muddy water with bits of stone and gravel.
"Uh..." An Yiqing’s eyes widened as she dumbfoundedly watched this miraculous scene before her.
The rock, more than a meter tall, made "crackling" noises as it began to melt like an iceberg, with the rock becoming muddy water, the mud mingled with many pieces of gravel and stone.
Then, within a few seconds, the huge rock as tall as an eleven or twelve-year-old child, disappeared rapidly, leaving only mud and debris scattered on the ground!
An Yiqing took a deep breath and looked at her hands in amazement.