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Chapter 156 - 140 [After the Madness, Half-step Innate]_2

Chapter 156: Chapter 140 [After the Madness, Half-step Innate]_2

A moment later, Ye Fan arrived at the forest in the wealthy district and saw that the forest was as quiet as ever, empty of people. He leaped forward, becoming a phantom as he entered deep into the forest, walking to the base of a tree as thick as a water barrel.

Ye Fan sat cross-legged under the tree, collected his consciousness, his eyes watching his nose, his nose watching his heart. Once his mind was as still as stagnant water, he suddenly took a deep breath.

"Swoosh——"

With that breath, the air in front of him turned into a stream and surged into his mouth, making his whole body swell like a puffed-up toad. At the same time, streams of air began to form, circulating around his body.

After the air streams entered Ye Fan’s body, he did not control the streams to circulate along the "small cycle" as usual but instead, following the inspiration from last night’s dual cultivation with Su Yuxin, directly controlled the streams to rush toward the first acupoint of the "Grand Circulation" route!

The next moment.

In Ye Fan’s perception, the stream quietly breezed past the invisible barrier in front of the first acupoint and charged into the "Grand Circulation" route.

Success!

Ye Fan felt a burst of joy in his heart.

Soon after, he clearly perceived that after the air streams followed the route of the Grand Circulation, the vital energy in his body was more exuberant than before, and the Essence Qi it spurred also subtly changed.

Although the change was small, Ye Fan captured it.

This discovery filled Ye Fan with great joy!

He knew that if the vital energy in his body was vigorous and the essence Qi dense, then the Power converted would be stronger, transitioning from Dark Force to Gang Jin.

Once he fully stepped into the Early Innate Realm, the Power transformed from Essence Qi would become Gang Jin, and its might would skyrocket by more than tenfold!

After the great joy, Ye Fan quickly controlled his consciousness to become focused again, continued with his meditation, controlling the stream to enter his body, cleansing his body and generating Essence Qi, before expelling the remaining impure air and impurities from his body.

This cycle repeated over and over again.

Before he knew it, the Power in the nine major acupoints in Ye Fan’s body was replenished, not to mention the quality of the Power had also changed.

Ye Fan was very clear about this: circulating the air streams along the Grand Circulation route was the first step into entering the Early Innate Realm, also known as Half-step Innate.

Only when the Power could circulate along the Grand Circulation route could one truly step into the Early Innate Realm.

Understanding this, Ye Fan stopped meditating and, with a thought, decided to make a full-powered assault on the Early Innate Realm!

Whoosh!

With a move of his mind, the stored Power in the nine acupoints surged out as if summoned, converging together like a torrent, storming toward the first acupoint of the "Grand Circulation" route with an unstoppable momentum.

Just like before, as the Power charged toward the acupoint, it was as if an invisible gate stood outside that acupoint, blocking all the Power outside, preventing it from advancing any further!

The barrier of the Early Innate Realm once again stopped Ye Fan’s assault!

Realizing this, Ye Fan was unwilling to give up and again controlled his Power for another attempt.

Once, twice, three times...

After the fifth failure, Ye Fan had to give up.

He knew he had to completely break through his mental blocks and catch up with his spiritual cultivation to break the barrier of the Early Innate Realm.

"It seems that to break through the Innate Realm, I still need new inspiration," Ye Fan said. As he spoke, he suddenly opened his eyes, stopping the meditation, and the streams of air around his body instantly dispersed.

"Try the attack power of Half-step Innate!"

Although he had failed to breakthrough to the Early Innate Realm again, Ye Fan was not discouraged; instead, he decided to test his current attack power.

Hu!

Without hesitation, Ye Fan’s right fist swung out swiftly like lightning, unleashing its full force against the water-barrel-thick tree beside him.

"Bang——"

A dull sound echoed as the Power contained in Ye Fan’s fist exploded like an erupting volcano, bursting in an instant and bombarding the trunk, cracking like firecrackers with a continuous pop-pop noise.

With the explosion of Power, a fist-sized black hole instantly appeared in the trunk, while wood chips flew about and cracks spread out from around the black hole like a web, dense and intricate.

"Crack——"

Seconds later, as the cracks multiplied and grew, a crisp noise came from the trunk, which then collapsed thunderously onto the ground, smashing the surrounding little trees and even creating a crater on the ground.

Seeing this, Ye Fan couldn’t help but inwardly marvel at the tyranny of Gang Jin—his body’s power had not fully transformed into Gang Jin, but the might of this punch was far greater than before.

Even, in Ye Fan’s view, if he had possessed such power during his confrontation with Yang Qing, he would not have needed to evade constantly to deplete Yang Qing’s power; he could have taken him on in a frontal clash!

Once the barrier was broken and he completely stepped into the Early Innate Realm, converting his inner strength into Gang Jin, killing Yang Qing would be like slaughtering a chicken!

"Early Innate Realm, when will I be able to break through?"

At these thoughts, Ye Fan couldn’t help but secretly ask himself, his eyes revealing a hint of anticipation.

No martial artist doesn’t wish to become stronger.

Ye Fan was no exception.

He had been at the Postnatal Great Perfection for two years already and was truly impatient to break through to the Early Innate Realm!

Later, Ye Fan buried that anticipation deep in his heart, then walked out of the woods alone and returned to the Su Family’s No.2 Villa by the original path.

In the Villa’s first-floor hall, Mrs. Su was busy in the kitchen as usual.

"Ye... Xiao Fan, you’re back."

Upon seeing Ye Fan enter, Mrs. Su poked her head out and greeted him with a smile. She was about to address him as Mr. Ye, but quickly corrected herself in time to Xiao Fan.

"Yes." Ye Fan nodded with a smile and asked, "Auntie, do you need any help?"

"No need, you go take a shower upstairs, then call Yuxin down for breakfast together."

Mrs. Su spoke, her face revealing a hint of mirth— after all, even Hu Jun, who slept in the gatehouse, heard Su Yuxin’s moaning; how could she, sleeping next to Su Yuxin’s bedroom, not have heard?

Noticing Mrs. Su’s smile, Ye Fan didn’t face her with the same composure he showed towards Hu Jun. On the contrary, he felt somewhat guilty, not daring to meet Mrs. Su’s eyes. He mumbled a response and went upstairs.

In the bedroom, Su Yuxin slept in because of the excessive physical exertion last night, but when Ye Fan pushed the door open and entered, she seemed to hear the sound and slowly opened her eyes.

"Awake?" Ye Fan said with a smile as he approached the bedside.

"Yes."

Su Yuxin nodded gently, trying to sit up, only to suddenly feel a pain emanating from her mysterious garden.

Amidst the pain, Su Yuxin wasn’t alarmed, as it’s normal for a woman to feel pain after her first time, especially considering how wild she and Ye Fan had been the previous night—it would be strange if it didn’t hurt.

"How... how come there’s so much dirt?"

Aside from the pain, Su Yuxin spotted the red rose that symbolized a woman’s first time and saw the black dirt on the sheets, asking with a puzzled face.

"It all came from your body," Ye Fan said with a smile.

"Ah..."

At his words, Su Yuxin gasped, shocked, "How can there be so much dirt in my body? Could it be... could it be because of that strange illness?"

"No, everyone’s body has dirt; compared to normal people, martial artists have less, so their constitution is a bit better."

Ye Fan shook his head and explained, "Last night, when we did that, I employed a special cultivation technique. Not only did it cure your disease, but it also improved your constitution and stored inner strength in your body. This means that now, you can also be considered a martial artist, and your strength isn’t bad either."

"Um... "

For Su Yuxin, martial arts were as esoteric as a heavenly book—completely incomprehensible. Hearing Ye Fan’s words left her momentarily stunned.

"If Jin Emperor knew, he’d probably want to die out of envy."

Coming back to her senses, Su Yuxin didn’t realize the advantages this could bring her; instead, she thought of how Su Jindi was always eager to learn martial arts from Ye Fan and couldn’t help making a jest.

"He doesn’t know you’ve become a martial artist, but he probably knows about the other things," Ye Fan said with a wry smile.

"Ah—"

Startled, Su Yuxin nervously asked with a tense face, "How... how does he know?"

"Last night you were too loud," Ye Fan explained.

Whoosh!

As Ye Fan’s words fell, Su Yuxin’s cheeks instantly blushed red, and she felt an overwhelming urge to find a hole to crawl into and never come out again.

"By the way, my senior sister asked me to see her this afternoon. Are you going?" Ye Fan, seeing Su Yuxin’s embarrassment, deliberately changed the subject.

"No... no, I’m not going."

Su Yuxin replied with a flushed face, hiding her entire self under the quilt, not even daring to glance at Ye Fan.

Seeing this, Ye Fan knew Su Yuxin was shy and couldn’t help but smile as he left the bedroom, though his thoughts were occupied: My senior sister called for me; could it be because the old man has found news about my parents? (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation ticket, monthly ticket; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)