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nUnbelievable

nQiao’er stood beside Zhou Yun and called out to him sweetly.

nHer originally angry face with round eyes immediately revealed a sweet smile.

nHer slightly childish voice was heartwarming.

nQiao’er greeted, “Brother Zhou Yun!”

nThe people around them were ready to answer her greeting, but realized that they were not being called. In the end, they resisted the urge to make a sound.

nEveryone present wanted to be on the receiving end of her greeting.

nZhou Yun replied, “Yes, why are you here?”

n“I’m here to see Brother Zhou Yun. I’m afraid that someone will snatch you away! Many people wanted to be cultivation companions with you before this!” Qiao’er said casually.

nQiao’er’s words made Zhou Yun laugh.

n“That was in the past. Look at me now. No one will like me!”

n“How could that be!”

nWhen Qiao’er heard Zhou Yun’s dejected response, she frowned and retorted, “Brother Zhou Yun is still so attractive! You’re even better than were back then!”

nAt this point, Qiao’er’s pretty face immediately blushed.

nEveryone present saw Qiao’er’s embarrassment, and countless people glared at Zhou Yun.

nAll of them gave him dead stares.

nIt was as if they wanted to take him down with them.

nLooking at Qiao’er’s flushed face, the fire of jealousy in their hearts burst forth.

nZhou Yun looked at the bashful Qiao’er and recalled a scene from their past.

nHe had saved her on his way to Spirit Valley.

nAt that time, he was about to go to Spirit Valley to find a master.

nCoincidentally, both of them encountered two bandits on the road.

nHe had relied on his strong body to save Qiao’er.

nHe carried Qiao’er all the way to the valley.

nFortunately, Qiao’er’s talent had caught the eye of an elder of the valley, and they were accepted into the sect.

nQiao’er directly became an inner sect disciple, while Zhou Yun started out as an outer sect disciple.

nFrom then on, whenever Qiao’er could, she would come find him.

nZhou Yun was lost in his thoughts when he suddenly felt his sleeve being tugged at.

nHe turned around. He saw Qiao’er’s bright eyes smiling excitedly at him. Her eyes were curved like crescent moons and they were twinkling brilliantly.

n“Brother Zhou Yun, take this!” Qiao’er said in a low voice as she secretly stuffed a small cloth bag into his sleeve.

nZhou Yun felt as though a cat’s paw was scratching his sleeve.

nHer dainty hand caused Zhou Yun’s heart to itch, and he quickly caught her hand.

n“There’s no need for that this time!”

nZhou Yun stuffed the item back into her pocket.

nJust as Qiao’er was shoving spiritual stones into Zhou Yun’s sleeve, she suddenly felt her small hand being wrapped by his large hand.

nHer face immediately turned red.

n“Alright,” she said.

nZhou Yun immediately rejected the cultivation resources that Qiao’er had given him. After all, she had helped him out a few times before.

nAlthough her aid was appreciated, he could not rely on her too much.

nFurthermore, he knew that Qiao’er had already broken through to the intermediate of foundation establishment stage.

nShe needed much more resources than he did.

nThe cultivation resources of the entire sect were decreasing.

nQiao’er probably didn’t have much cultivation resources left.

nShe might have saved up all of this by herself.

nShe would probably need more.

nHe couldn’t continue to be a burden to her.

n“Alright then!”

nQiao’er pouted with a sullen face.

nShe thought to herself, “He must have found someone else, and he doesn’t need my help anymore. He thinks that I am annoying!”

nZhou Yun naturally did not understand her feelings.

nIf he did, he would probably not know whether to laugh or cry at her antics now.

nHe merely turned down her offer. He didn’t expect her to overthink this much.

nAt this moment, Su Wanyi walked over and said, “Zhou Yun, how are you? I’ve always heard Qiao’er mention you. As expected, you look good.”

nSu Wanyi waited for the two of them to chat for a while before she walked over and took the initiative to greet Zhou Yun.

n“Hello, Senior Sister!” Zhou Yun quickly turned around and greeted Su Wanyi.

nThe latter had seen Qiao’er’s little antics and shy expression just now.

nAnyone with a discerning eye could tell that Qiao’er liked Zhou Yun, to the point that they could no longer be separated.

nShe came over because she wanted to get to know Zhou Yun and see if he was a suitable partner for Qiao’er.

nAfter all, Qiao’er was like a younger sister to her.

nShe did not want her sister to be bullied.

nNaturally, she wanted to see how Zhou Yun was.

n“From the looks of it, are you developing your alchemy skills?”

nSu Wanyi took the initiative to mention pill refinement, bringing their conversation back on track.

nIn fact, she had witnessed the entire process just now. Zhou Yun had no prior knowledge of alchemy, but he wanted to use three sets of herbs to produce three pills.

nFrom her perspective, this was a gamble.

nThis was because no newbie could refine a pill with zero knowledge on alchemy.

nTherefore, she was not very optimistic about Zhou Yun’s chances.

n“Yes, I want to learn alchemy,” Zhou Yun answered Su Wanyi’s question with certainty.

nQiao’er said, “Oh, yes, Brother Zhou Yun. We came here because we saw that there were many people here. We didn’t expect to see someone mocking you the moment we arrived!”

n“Ignore them!”

nZhou Yun smiled indifferently, not taking it to heart at all.

nAfter Su Wanyi heard his reply, she sank into deep thoughts.

nShe was not optimistic about Zhou Yun’s chances.

nMoreover, Zhou Yun’s reputation preceded him.

nMost of the people in the sect knew that he was the outer sect disciple who had been stuck at the first layer of Qi cultivation for a year without making any progress.

nAs she thought of this, she looked at Qiao’er.

nShe looked meek as she stood beside Zhou Yun.

nShe sighed internally as she told herself, “Fine. I am just doing this to help Qiao’er.”

nShe was extremely fond of Qiao’er.

nHelplessly, she took out a basic level alchemy manual from her sleeve and handed it to Zhou Yun.

n“Take this book. You can read it when you’re free.”

nZhou Yun took the book in confusion.

nHe picked it up and saw that the book was called Alchemy Classic Notes.

nZhou Yun was overjoyed. This was precisely what he needed the most now.

nShe really came through in his hour of need.

n“Many thanks, Senior Sister!”

nZhou Yun picked up the manual and was about to open it when a squeal of excitement interrupted him.

nHe turned his head and saw Qiao’er looking at him in astonishment.

n“Qiao’er, what’s wrong?”

nSu Wanyi and the others also looked over.

n“Brother Zhou Yun, you… You’ve broken through?”

nQiao’er’s words caused everyone, including Su Wanyi, to turn their attention to Zhou Yun.

nHis entire body was overflowing with spiritual Qi.

nHe emanated an abundance of spiritual Qi.

nThis was clearly a state that could only be achieved at the fourth or fifth layer of Qi cultivation!

nOnly then did everyone notice that Zhou Yun had already advanced to the fifth layer of Qi cultivation.

nEveryone present was shocked.

nDidn’t the rumor claim that Zhou Yun was stuck at the first layer of Qi cultivation for a long time and couldn’t break through?

nWhat was going on?

nEveryone stared at him in disbelief.

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