After the breakthrough, Xu Chunniang did not stop practicing, but continued to practice the technique, introducing the violent spiritual energy into the spiritual vein and dantian, continuing to increase her own cultivation.
She stopped only when her cultivation level had reached the ninth level of the Golden Core and could no longer improve.
At this moment, the violent spiritual energy hidden in her flesh and blood and the spiritual energy in the spiritual veins in her body reached a wonderful balance.
The two sides do not interfere with each other, yet are interdependent.
Xu Chunniang seemed to have some understanding. The so-called external training of the body and internal training of the spirit, physical training and Dharma training, are two different systems of practice.
The dual cultivation of body and technique seems to be taking two paths at the same time, but in fact, the two are contradictory yet complementary to each other.
After the Water Forbidden Land, she never encountered any other Five Elements Forbidden Lands, so her progress in physical cultivation lagged far behind that of magic cultivation.
To some extent, it also affected the progress of cultivation.
It was not until half a year of tempering the body with spiritual energy that the progress of physical cultivation caught up, and it fed back to the inside, which led to the loosening of cultivation and a breakthrough to the realm of golden elixir perfection.
After reaching the perfection of the Golden Elixir, Xu Chunniang had an unprecedented sense of power, as if she was standing on the top of a mountain, able to pick stars with her hands and look down on all the other mountains.
She calmed herself down and walked out of the cave.
Sun Muyun, who had been waiting outside for more than two months, heard the faint movement coming from the cave and hurriedly stepped forward and stood aside.
After catching a glimpse of a figure coming out of the cave, he did not dare to look closely and bowed his head respectfully.
"Greetings, Fairy. My elder sister has to go back to the clan for important matters, and asked me to wait here for you to come out of retreat. Fairy, do you want to continue renting this top-ranked body-building room?"
Xu Chunniang shook her head. The top-level body-building room could increase the strength of spiritual energy to thirty times at most. She could already adapt to this intensity now, so there was no point in staying there any longer.
"Are the two spirit beasts I brought with me still in the body-building room?"
“In reply to the fairy, Senior Lingshu is still in the Yellow Body Tempering Room, and Senior Linghu entered the Earth Body Tempering Room two months ago. They will not come out in the short term.
As for the rental fee, Senior Linghu has already paid one year's fee in advance."
Xu Chunniang nodded slightly. It seemed that Xiaojuzi and Xiaobai would practice in the body-building room for a while longer.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Sun Muyun plucked up the courage and spoke out the words he had already prepared.
“The fairy’s spirit beast is still in the body-building room, and the next few months will be a good time to go out to sea.
If the fairy finds this Ximing Island boring, why not take a fleet to go hunting? If you miss these few months, you will have to wait another half a year."
Hearing this, Xu Chunniang was somewhat moved.
After half a year of body tempering, her body seemed to contain endless strength, making her want to find some sea monsters to practice with.
Going out to sea for hunting sounds like a good choice.
But why choose to go to sea in these months
Sun Muyun observed the expression and explained at the right time.
“There are spiritual storms in Ximing all year round. Once a cultivator is caught in it, he will lose limbs at best, or be torn into pieces by the spiritual storm at worst.
Only from April to September each year will the spiritual storm weaken significantly."
As Sun Muyun spoke, a hint of fear flashed in his eyes.
“No one knows how these spiritual energy storms come about, or what the rules are.
Even a Jindan cultivator with high cultivation level like the fairy would be killed if he encountered it."
Xu Chunniang seemed to be thinking about something. As early as two years ago, she had heard people talking about the spiritual storm and magnetic turbulence in the Western Sea.
It seems that these rumors are not groundless.
"Since the spiritual energy storm weakens from April to September every year, do you know to what extent this spiritual energy storm will weaken?"
A thoughtful look flashed in Sun Muyun's eyes, and he said uncertainly.
“I’ve heard from the elders in my clan that when the spiritual energy storm has not weakened, it can easily tear apart a Jindan-stage cultivator.
Even the strong men in the late Jindan stage were unable to fight back."
Xu Chunniang frowned. This spiritual storm was indeed extremely threatening.
This was not good news for her.
"After it weakens, how powerful is the spiritual energy storm?"
"It is about one-fifth of the usual strength. Although the weakened spiritual energy storm still poses a considerable threat, it is not fatal to a Jindan cultivator.
Therefore, the monks on the island will take advantage of these months to form a fleet and go out to sea to hunt sea monsters."
At this point, Sun Muyun boldly recommended himself, "If the fairy wants to go to sea, I can help introduce the fairy to join the Sun family's fleet."
Xu Chunniang pondered for a moment and did not rush to agree, but asked back.
"Do you have to join the fleet before you can go out to sea?"
“Senior, you are not from Ximing, but you may not know that in addition to the spiritual energy storm, Ximing also has primordial magnetic turbulence and many Nascent Soul monsters.
Although the two tribes signed an agreement, there were many restrictions on these Nascent Soul monsters.
But Juku Island is too remote, and Ximing is not under the jurisdiction of Jiaohuang Palace. It is easy to encounter accidents if you go out to sea rashly."
Having said that, Sun Muyun paused for a moment and continued.
"Each family's fleet will be equipped with at least three to five Nascent Soul cultivators to prepare for unexpected events."
A fleet led by several Nascent Soul cultivators can usually return safely unless they are too unlucky.
After thinking this through, Xu Chunniang had a rough idea in her mind.
"What are the requirements for joining the fleet?"
“There are many fleets. In addition to the fleets formed by various aristocratic families, there are also fleets formed by some independent cultivators, and their requirements are different.
Take our Sun family fleet as an example. In addition to paying a sum of spirit stones, all cultivators on board must be at least at the Golden Core stage. "
Sun Muyun then cited the rules of other noble families and some independent repair fleets, and finally added.
"In short, you must obey the captain's orders on board and must not stand idly by when you encounter danger."
Xu Chunniang nodded and asked, "When will your Sun family's fleet set off?"
She had a good impression of Third Sister Sun. It didn't matter which fleet she chose, so she simply chose the Sun family's fleet.
Sun Muyun was delighted.
"My dear, my Sun family's fleet will depart in two days. With your cultivation level, you only need to pay ten high-quality spirit stones for the fare to board the ship."
"Okay, you lead the way."
As she spoke, Xu Chunniang casually took out a few medium-grade spirit stones and threw them to Sun Muyun.
Sun Muyun held the spirit stone, but his face showed a look of rejection.
"The fairy is a distinguished guest of the Sun family, and also a benefactor to me and my elder sister. What I have done is insignificant, so how can I ask for the fairy's spirit stone?"
"It's just a few mid-grade spirit stones, which is nothing."
Hearing this, Sun Muyun had no choice but to accept the spirit stone and walk in front to lead the way.
After leaving the Sun family’s valley, the two headed west.
Before reaching the beach, you can see from afar dozens of ships of various shapes parked on the sea.