"Huh?"
Zi Linling was dumbfounded. Her heart skipped a beat, and even her soul trembled slightly.
Elder Du, who had a soul contract with her, naturally sensed her change.
Coupled with the question she had just asked, he vaguely guessed something.
"You don't mean to say that after you broke through to the Qi Induction Realm, your dantian had no qi vortex, do you?"
Zi Linling gave a bitter smile; the answer was self-evident.
Elder Du's eyes widened. He twitched his goatee and exclaimed in surprise, "You're not joking, are you? What's wrong with having no qi vortex?"
Zi Linling shook her head with a bitter smile and said, "There is indeed no qi vortex, but there is... there is..."
She really didn't know how to say it.
Elder Du grew impatient. "What is it? Hurry up and tell me!"
Zi Linling said helplessly, "You'd better see for yourself!"
Elder Du was stunned and submerged his soul into Zi Linling's dantian.
Fortunately, they had a soul contract, so Zi Linling's dantian did not reject him.
But when Elder Du saw Zi Linling's dantian, he almost died of fright!
"Chaos Purple Qi! How can there be Chaos Purple Qi in your dantian?"
"What Chaos Purple Qi?"
Zi Linling was startled. She had never heard of Chaos Purple Qi before!
"It's the purple spiritual energy floating above your dantian!"
Elder Du was so angry that his goatee was about to fall off.
Was this girl trying to bully him, an old man who knew nothing?
"So this thing is called Chaos Purple Qi!"
Zi Linling suddenly understood and then said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Look..."
Before Zi Linling could finish speaking, Elder Du's startled cry sounded in her mind again.
"Purple Void Token? Where did you get it?"
Zi Linling said incredulously, "The Purple Void Token you mentioned, could it be the Patriarch Token of the Zi family?"
"The Zi family's Patriarch Token? Your Zi family really has the nerve to say that. That's the proof to enter the Purple Void Heaven!"
Elder Du felt his heart could not take it anymore.
How could such a coveted treasure be like common cabbage to Zi Linling?
"Purple Void Heaven? What is that?"
Zi Linling felt like an illiterate in the cultivation world.
"I'll tell you later. You won't understand even if I tell you now," Elder Du said impatiently.
Zi Linling felt her breath turn sour. What was this? Teasing her?
"Huh? What's this? A small sprout is actually growing here. Girl, what are you planting? And you're planting it in your dantian!"
Elder Du finally noticed the small sprout, but he thought Zi Linling had planted it.
Three black lines instantly appeared on Zi Linling's face. "You old geezer, what nonsense are you talking about? Would you plant something in your own dantian for no reason?"
Elder Du was stunned and asked, "You didn't plant it? Then how did it sprout?"
Immediately, he seemed to realize something and said, "Could this be that thing you mentioned?"
"So what if it is? Old geezer, do you even know what's going on?" Zi Linling said somewhat exasperatedly.
After all, she was a girl. In front of strangers, she had to hide her true feelings and pretend to be inscrutable to protect herself.
But in front of her own people, she didn't need to pretend, so she naturally revealed her truest self.
Elder Du was stunned and then burst into laughter.
"Old geezer, what are you laughing at? Do you even know or not?" Zi Linling became even more exasperated.
"Haha... ha... your dantian is really strange. It's actually... haha! It's like soil, and it can... haha! It can even grow sprouts!" Elder Du seemed almost out of breath. He rubbed his aching stomach and said intermittently.
This time, Zi Linling was somewhat ashamed and angry. "Old geezer, if you dare to laugh again, I... I'll... I'll..."
Elder Du finally stopped laughing and asked, "You'll what?"
Zi Linling gritted her teeth and said, "I'll put the Nine Spirit Ring into the droppings of a Winged Illusionary Tiger!"
It had to be said that this threat was foolproof against Elder Du.
Elder Du thought of the Nine Spirit Ring stained with dung and shivered. "Girl, I was just joking. Do you have to be so cruel?"
"Who asked you to make fun of me?" Zi Linling said stubbornly.
Elder Du quickly compromised. He withdrew his soul from Zi Linling's dantian and then said with a serious expression, "Girl, I've never seen such a situation before. I don't know if it's good or bad!"
"It would be great if my master was here. He's truly an immortal old man, and perhaps he's seen this situation before!"
Zi Linling rolled her eyes. "You also said, 'perhaps.' And your master, do you know where he is? Is he still alive?"
Elder Du was taken aback by her question.
Yes, he had spent a thousand years in the Nine Spirit Ring. Was his master still alive? He didn't even know!
Thinking of his master, Elder Du's mood became a bit low.
Zi Linling naturally sensed it. She wanted to comfort Elder Du but didn't know what to say.
Some things ultimately had to be figured out by oneself. Elder Du had lived for thousands of years. As the saying goes, 'old people are sophisticated.' He must understand these principles.
Zi Linling thought about it and planned to examine her dantian again to study that sprout.
Just then, Elder Du's voice came.
"Alas! When people get old, they tend to overthink. Master has lived for tens of thousands of years; he should be more perceptive than me." Su Dan Novel Network
Elder Du shook his head and continued, "Alright, you sense it first. If it has no adverse effect on your body, then don't worry about it for now. When you have a chance to see Master in the future, I'll ask him for you!"
Zi Linling nodded. "That's the only way!"
She sensed it as Elder Du had instructed and found no abnormalities, so she gave up the idea of studying it further.
Of course, she and Elder Du communicated through soul power and divine sense.
Zi Linling opened her eyes, and a purple light flashed quickly.
The spiritual energy vortex above her head had already disappeared after she broke through to the Qi Induction Realm.
Long'er saw that Zi Linling had finally opened her eyes and quickly rushed forward, saying, "Sister, you were awake for so long, Long'er was so scared. If it weren't for the normal contract sensing between us, Long'er would have summoned you through the contract."
As Long'er spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.
Zi Linling lovingly stroked Long'er's little head and smiled. "Don't be afraid, Long'er. Sister is fine now, aren't I?"
After the secondary awakening of her bloodline, Long'er had grown a bit taller, but she was still a child. With Zi Linling's comfort, she broke into a smile. "Sister, Long'er will tell you a secret!"