Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 116 - 116 115 Qi Cultivation Level 9 - Part 1

116: Chapter 115 Qi Cultivation Level 9 – Part 1 116: Chapter 115 Qi Cultivation Level 9 – Part 1 Su Ming looked at the light barrier that had appeared out of nowhere around Lu Chuan and a bad premonition rose in his heart.

He then struck out with a palm towards the light barrier.

Ripples appeared on the light barrier as if absorbing all of Su Ming’s strength, and it quickly returned to calm.

Su Ming furrowed his brows and said, “What the hell have you done?”

Lu Chuan explained, “This is a formation.

All you need to know is that with it in place, you can’t get close to me.

No matter how strong you are, you can’t hurt me in the slightest.”

After determining that he could not defeat Su Ming with his current strength, Lu Chuan came up with this countermeasure.

He said he needed to break the seal, but in fact, he used this time to create a small formation.

Of course, having just fought Su Ming, the spiritual power in his body was nearly depleted, and naturally, he could not sustain the formation.

But the Catalysis Essence just happened to be the source of power for the formation, and maintaining this formation only required a tiny portion of the Catalysis Essence’s power.

This was where Lu Chuan, as a cultivator, had an advantage over a martial artist.

Su Ming stared at the light barrier around Lu Chuan for a few seconds, then began to attack furiously, but all his moves were like hitting cotton, causing no damage to the light barrier.

After confirming he truly could not break the formation, Su Ming said annoyedly, “So what, you can only stay in this three-square-meter space.

I can keep you tied up here indefinitely.

I don’t believe you’ll never come out!”

Lu Chuan laughed and sat down on the ground, “Then just wait here.”

Then he twisted his hand gestures, drawing a portion of the power from the Catalysis Essence and channeled it into his body.

He planned to break through right here on the spot.

Once he attained Qi Cultivation Level 9, he wouldn’t have to worry about not being able to defeat Su Ming.

Su Ming didn’t realize what Lu Chuan was doing; he thought the guy just sat down to close his eyes and recover from his injuries.

“If you want to drag this out, then this young master will keep you company.

I want to see how capable you are, daring to mess with me like this!” Su Ming declared.

After speaking, he also sat down and began to recover.

After one day had passed.

Lu Chuan sat within the formation, frenziedly channeling the power of the Catalysis Essence.

Soon, his aura began to converge, eventually settling into calmness.

He opened his eyes, a few degrees brighter, and a curve formed on the corner of his mouth.

“The power of the Catalysis Essence really is extraordinary.

Not only did it allow me to break through to Qi Cultivation Level 9, but it also healed my injuries.

It’s time for me to consider breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.”

Lu Chuan looked at the remaining Catalysis Essence.

He had only used a small portion of the power of this drop of Catalysis Essence for his breakthrough, and the rest was enough to support his ascension to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

After a moment of thought, he absorbed all of the remaining Catalysis Essence into his body and stored it in his Dantian.

This action also caused the formation to lose its power support and instantly dissipate.

Su Ming, who was sitting to the side, immediately got up upon seeing this and glared at Lu Chuan, “Kid, you finally can’t hold on anymore?

Hand over the Catalysis Essence quickly, or I’ll have to make my move!”

Lu Chuan’s face was calm, and he said with a smile, “Well, you can try if you must.”

Su Ming showed a trace of confusion and thought, how did this kid suddenly become so confident?

Without hesitation, he moved swiftly towards Lu Chuan and threw out a palm carrying the force of thunder.

Lu Chuan, with an unconcerned flick of his hand, lightly deflected Su Ming’s palm, then threw out a punch that landed on Su Ming’s belly.

Bang!

Su Ming’s body instantly flew out, sprawling on the ground like a frog.

He quickly got up from the ground, looking incredulously at Lu Chuan, exclaiming, “How did your strength suddenly increase so much!”

Lu Chuan, smiling, said, “Because I’ve made a breakthrough.”

Su Ming said, “That’s impossible!

Even with a breakthrough, based on your previous strength, you shouldn’t be this powerful!”

A cultivator’s breakthrough is not the same as a martial artist’s breakthrough…

Lu Chuan waved his hand offhandedly, “If you don’t believe me, forget it.”

After speaking, he turned around and walked away.

Although Su Ming had snatched the Catalysis Essence, Lu Chuan did not plan to do anything to him.

After all, even though that guy talked tough, he had never really intended to kill him; during their previous encounter, he had held back quite a lot, obviously only wanting the Catalysis Essence.

Therefore, that punch was already Lu Chuan’s way of punishing Su Ming.

Su Ming, seeing Lu Chuan about to leave, immediately rushed up to stop him, “You’ve already made your breakthrough with the Catalysis Essence, can’t you give me the rest?”

Lu Chuan, speechless, thought to himself how shameless this fellow was, “First, the Catalysis Essence was found in a mine of the Wu family, and that mine now belongs to me, so the Catalysis Essence is mine by right.

Secondly, I didn’t hold it against you for trying to rob my Catalysis Essence, which was already quite face-saving of me, don’t push your luck.”

Su Ming immediately made a sycophantic plea, “Hey, look at what you’re saying.

We’ve come to know each other through fighting; knowing each other means friendship, and friends don’t split things between ‘yours’ and ‘mine.’ You have leftovers, so it’s perfectly reasonable to give them to me, right?”

Lu Chuan, taking it with humor and helplessness, said, “I’ve never seen anyone as shamelessly thick-faced as you.”

Su Ming chuckled heartily and said, “What’s face worth compared to making a breakthrough?

How about this, if I make a breakthrough, I can promise you one request, whatever you ask.”

“Sorry, I don’t need it,” Lu Chuan replied and walked past him, heading towards the direction of the Wu family mine.

He had pursued Su Ming into this forest, running for what must have been over ten kilometers—this place could already be considered a deep, old forest, and it would take quite some time just to walk out of here.

Su Ming was still planning to stop Lu Chuan.

It was at that moment that the figures of three individuals in black robes rapidly approached from this direction.

Lu Chuan looked up to see that the three were elderly men with gray hair, each emanating a powerful aura, none of them any weaker than Su Ming, giving the impression that they were three Peak Grade 9.

“How come there are suddenly so many experts here?” Lu Chuan wondered to himself.

On the side, Su Ming cursed inwardly, “Damn it, how did these old bastards get here so quickly!”

Having said that, he immediately planned to run away.

However, the three elders were very fast and soon had Su Ming encircled.

“Su Ming, you can’t escape, surrender now and come back with us to the sect to confess your crimes!” the leading elder said coldly.

Su Ming retorted, “I haven’t done anything wrong, why should I go back with you to confess?

You three old geezers better get lost quickly, otherwise not a single one of you will live to return!”

The leading elder snorted coldly, “Arrogant!

Since you’re so uncooperative, don’t blame us for being impolite!”

At this point, Lu Chuan suddenly spoke up, “Um…

capturing him has nothing to do with me, can I go?”

The leading elder glanced at Lu Chuan and asked, “What are you doing here?”

Lu Chuan replied, “This guy stole something of mine, and I was merely retrieving it, that’s all.”

After a moment’s thought, the leading elder said, “Then please leave quickly, or else if you get caught up in this, we won’t take any responsibility.”

“Alrighty!” Lu Chuan smiled, and with a sympathetic glance at Su Ming, he turned his head.

Su Ming ignored Lu Chuan, his mind racing as he contemplated how to escape from these three tenacious elders.

Lu Chuan, however, was somewhat surprised.

He had thought this thick-skinned guy would try to drag him down too, but it seemed this person wasn’t so shameless after all.

But he didn’t plan to help; after all, he and the man were strangers, and not kicking someone while they were down was already quite decent of him.

“Judging by the strength of these three elders, this guy’s chances today seem slim,” Lu Chuan thought to himself.

Without much hesitation, he turned and left the area.

Before long, a fierce battle erupted in the direction of Su Ming and the three elders, creating a great commotion.

As Lu Chuan walked away, he muttered to himself, “I hope you’re lucky enough to keep your life.”

After walking a few kilometers towards the direction of the ore vein, Lu Chuan suddenly heard some shouting not far away.

“Su Ming brother!

Su Ming brother!

Where are you?”

Following the sound, Lu Chuan quickly found a girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old.

The girl was looking around anxiously, continuously calling out the name Su Ming.

Lu Chuan approached and asked, “Little sister, who is Su Ming?”

The girl sized up Lu Chuan and replied, “Su Ming is my brother.

He hasn’t been home for several days, and I’m worried about him, so I came looking.”

Lu Chuan considered this and asked, “Is he the one in all black clothes, with a fringe, and a particularly thick face?”

The girl nodded and said, “The clothes and the fringe are right, but as for a thick face…”

Lu Chuan was fairly certain that the Su Ming the girl mentioned was the same man who had stolen his Catalysis Essence.

He thought for a moment and asked, “Is that man your real brother?”

The girl shook her head, saying, “He is just someone who stayed at our home, we haven’t known each other for very long, but…”

Lu Chuan interrupted, “Then stop looking for him.

That guy is not a good person.”

Upon hearing this, the girl’s eyebrows shot up in anger as she shouted at Lu Chuan, “That’s nonsense!

Su Ming brother is the kindest person in the world.

Without him, I probably would’ve been violated by now.

On what basis do you say he’s not a good person!”

Lu Chuan’s face was full of surprise, not expecting such a strong reaction from the girl.

Could I have misjudged him?

He hesitated and then asked, “Could you tell me about the good things your Su Ming brother has done?”

The girl spoke earnestly, “Half a month ago, I came to the mountains to pick mushrooms.

I ran into some guys in black clothes.

They saw I was alone and harbored malicious intentions, saying they would take me back to their sect to be their elder’s dual cultivation cauldron.

I was terrified at the time, but Su Ming brother suddenly appeared and rescued me.”

“Not only did he send me home, but upon seeing the difficult life my grandfather and I were living, he also gave us money and severely chastised the bully in the village who had always had designs on me.”

“If Su Ming brother isn’t a good person, then are there any good people left in this world!”

The girl looked at Lu Chuan with an indignant face, as if Lu Chuan had insulted the person she valued most.

After hearing the girl’s story, Lu Chuan fell silent.

Looking at it this way, this guy didn’t seem to be such a bad person after all.