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One of the four major families, the Zhang Family, was situated right beside the Treasure Pavilion.

Zhang Ze was the young master of the Zhang Family, the only son of the family head, Zhang Yong.

Among the younger generation in Nanhuang City, his talent was also among the top ranks.

At the age of nineteen, he had already reached the Fourth Layer Cultivation of the Qi Gathering Realm.

"Er Gouzi, why has the plaque on the mansion next door been changed?" Zhang Ze rode atop a tall horse, glanced at the mansion next to the Zhang residence with a brand new plaque, and asked.

Leading the horse in front, Er Gouzi turned at the question, "Young Master, it seems that Elder Yan has bought this place!"

"Oh? Elder Yan? Could it be that he\'s planning to become our neighbor?" Zhang Ze\'s eyes narrowed into slits. Elder Yan was the most prestigious figure in Nanhuang City.

Although his cultivation was not the first in Nanhuang City, if one were to talk about status and power, even the lord of Nanhuang City could not compare to him.

After all.

The Treasure Pavilion was spread throughout the entire Great Qian Dynasty!

Countless young talents dreamt of apprenticing under Elder Yan, but within the vast Nanhuang City, no one could catch his eye, so everyone set their sights on Lin Bingxin.

Zhang Ze was also among Lin Bingxin\'s suitors.

"Young Master, look, isn\'t that Miss Lin?" Exclaimed Er Gouzi all of a sudden.

"Hmm?"

Zhang Ze was startled and looked eagerly ahead, only to see Lin Bingxin walking out from that residence. He was about to approach when he saw a handsome young man following close behind her.

Seeing the young man conversing happily with Lin Bingxin, Zhang Ze\'s expression instantly turned gloomy, "Who is that kid? He seems very familiar with Bingxin? Er Gouzi, bring the horse over!"

"Yes, Young Master!"

Er Gouzi quickened his pace.

In front of the residence.

Xiao Yi said with a smile, "Please give my regards to Elder Yan!"

"Don\'t worry, I\'ll remember!"

Lin Bingxin nodded faintly, the inherent coldness in her, as if a millennia-old ice, tough to melt, "Take good care of Qingzhu after you get back, she hasn\'t had it easy!"

"I will!"

Xiao Yi responded, recalling the way Fang Qingzhu rested her head on his shoulder and fell asleep, he couldn\'t help but feel a pang of heartache.

Lin Bingxin suddenly saw Zhang Ze on his tall horse, rushing over quickly. Her face slightly changed as she quickly said, "I have something else to do, I need to leave first!"

Before the words had even finished.

She was already running away like a trail of smoke.

Xiao Yi: "..."

What did she see that made her run so fast?

Xiao Yi looked in Zhang Ze\'s direction.

Seeing Lin Bingxin speed up her departure at the sight of him, Zhang Ze did not give chase. Instead, he rode his tall horse to a stop in front of Xiao Yi, intending to figure out the relationship between this young man and Lin Bingxin!

As their eyes met.

Zhang Ze gently slapped his palm with the riding crop in his hand, his eyes narrowed into slits, emitting a dangerous light, "You look quite unfamiliar, just arrived in Nanhuang City, haven\'t you?"

Xiao Yi responded indifferently, "Less than a month!"

"Less than a month?"

Zhang Ze nodded slightly, "Although Nanhuang City isn\'t big, its waters run deep. One careless move and you could drown. There are certain things you shouldn\'t do, and certain people you shouldn\'t mess with. Do you understand?"

Xiao Yi furrowed his brows, "If you have something to say, just say it!"

Zhang Ze stopped playing with the riding crop, leaned forward slightly with his elbow propped on the saddle, "Lin Bingxin is the woman I\'ve taken a liking to, you\'d best stay away from her. I tend to lose measure when I get jealous, and it wouldn\'t be out of the ordinary for me to beat someone to death over it..."

"Uh..."

Xiao Yi suddenly realized. So he was being mistaken for a rival in love?

He didn\'t bother to explain. Innocence speaks for itself, and sometimes the more you explain, the less clear things become. Giving Zhang Ze a smile that was not particularly polite, Xiao Yi turned and walked towards the interior of the residence.

Zhang Ze looked intently at the vermilion gate, squinted his eyes, and said, "Er Gouzi, I\'m about to break through to the Fifth Layer of the Gathering Qi Realm. During this period, have someone keep an eye on this place. If he has nothing to do with Bing Xin, then all is well. But if he dares to pursue Bing Xin, once I come out of seclusion, I will flatten this courtyard!"

"Young Master, rest assured, I know what to do!" Er Gouzi said respectfully.

......

Inside the courtyard.

Xiao Yi returned to Fang Qingzhu\'s bedroom and looked at the figure lying in deep sleep on the bed. Seeing the faint teardrops hanging on her long eyelashes, Xiao Yi felt a twinge of heartache: "Qingzhu, with me here, I will absolutely not allow anyone to hurt you again!"

Huff!

He exhaled a long breath of turbid air.

Xiao Yi returned to his own bedroom and sat cross-legged, taking out the bottle of medicinal pills Elder Yan had given him.

Qi Gathering Elixir, a low-grade second-tier medicinal pill.

Each pill was worth a hundred taels of silver, and consuming this pill could double the speed of absorbing the world\'s qi for three hours. There were ten pills in this bottle.

That was enough for someone at the Tenth Layer of the Physical Body Realm to break through to the Qi Gathering Realm.

The cultivation practice in the Qi Gathering Realm was entirely different from the Physical Body Realm. The Physical Body Realm involved guiding the qi of heaven and earth to cleanse the body, strengthen the Qi-Blood, and temper one\'s foundational constitution, whereas the Qi Gathering Realm required locking the qi of heaven and earth within oneself.

To form a qi vortex in the dantian, allowing the absorbed qi of heaven and earth to gather within the vortex. With each minor breakthrough, the vortex gains an additional layer.

Ten layers of qi vortexes stack together, complementing each other to form a loop, evolving into a Qi Sea.

Once the Qi Sea is cultivated, the qi is abundant and concentrated, without dispersing.

This allows one to wield various Divine Skills, which are beyond the Qi Gathering Realm, in the Shentong Realm.

"Let\'s break through to the Qi Gathering Realm in one go!"

He threw the medicinal pill into his mouth, and a fresh stream flowed through his surroundings, his spirit unbelievably focused. His pores seemed to open completely, and his sensitivity to the qi of heaven and earth became much sharper.

With the Xuan Gong in operation, Xiao Yi instantly became a bottomless pit, voraciously absorbing the world\'s qi around him.

The beginning is always the hardest.

Condensing the first layer of qi vortex in the Qi Gathering Realm is the most difficult; usually, even strong practitioners take at least a year and a half to condense a qi vortex, transitioning from the Tenth Layer of the Physical Body Realm into the Qi Gathering Realm.

Under the acceleration of the Qi Gathering Elixir, it was not until the morning of the third day that Xiao Yi successfully condensed a qi vortex, stepping into the cultivation of the Qi Gathering Realm First Layer.

Only when the effects of the Qi Gathering Elixir wore off did Xiao Yi continue to channel qi into the God Sealing Seed within his qi vortex.

Boom boom boom!

One after another, the God Sealing Seeds were fully activated.

One.

Two.

Three…

Under the assault of all the qi contained within the First Layer of the Gathering Qi Realm, Xiao Yi managed to activate a total of fifteen God Sealing Seeds. Together with the original five, he now had twenty God Sealing Seeds within his body!

The qi, transformed by the God Sealing Seeds into the power of god sealing, fed back into his body.

Xiao Yi\'s cultivation soared to a new level, completely stabilizing his realm at the First Layer of the Gathering Qi Realm.

Immersed in his cultivation, Xiao Yi didn\'t know that.

At the moment when he broke through to the Qi Gathering Realm and activated a total of twenty God Sealing Seeds, a magnificent nine-colored light suddenly appeared in the sky above the mansion. The light, like a bridge, covered a hundred meters in radius.

Thousands of birds gathered around the nine-colored light and did not disperse for a long time.

Basking in the nine-colored light, they looked just like numerous colorful phoenixes and divine luan birds.

Suddenly there was a long howl from inside the mansion, "Hahaha, I have finally broken through to the Fifth Layer of the Gathering Qi Realm!"

Before long.

A message spread throughout the entire Zhang residence: "The Young Master has broken through to the Fifth Layer of the Gathering Qi Realm. The heavens have displayed a nine-colored light, and myriad birds gathered without dispersing. This is a heavenly phenomenon celebrating the Young Master\'s breakthrough!"

"The Young Master is mighty, he has actually attracted a heavenly phenomenon, it\'s truly miraculous!"

The Zhang Family rejoiced.

The patriarch of the Zhang Family, Zhang Yong, was so excited that he set up an altar and prepared abundant offerings to worship the ancestors. He also sent out invitations to the major families and powers of Nanhuang City: "To celebrate my son\'s attracting a heavenly phenomenon, we will hold a grand banquet tomorrow evening..."

As for Xiao Yi, the cause of the heavenly phenomenon, he was currently sitting with Fang Qingzhu, enjoying simple congee and dishes, in perfect harmony.

Both ears deaf to the world outside the window...