Chapter 2004: Chapter 1964: Foundation Establishment Stage First Layer, Middle Phase

After lunch, it was already past five in the afternoon.

Normally, it’s almost time to eat dinner, but surprisingly, they just finished eating now.

Having just eaten their fill, they couldn’t possibly return to the villa so quickly and instead headed to the seaside.

Ye Qiu planned to take a walk along the beach and get some fresh air.

Cao Long and Young Master Zhou also drove over to join them.

Upon arriving at the Golden Coast in Qinhuangdao, they realized that this time of day was quite crowded; most people were here to watch the sunset.

The direction of the sunset and Sunrise over the Sea is certainly different, but both are equally beautiful, especially with the great construction of the seawall here.

Ye Qiu held Liu Lingxiu’s hand as they walked in front, while Lin Xiang, Cao Ling, and Xiaomai followed behind, although Lin Xiang was mainly taking pictures.

Having previously heard in Malaysia that the scenery across various places in Huaxia differs greatly, returning to the country, she found it to be true. Perhaps it’s a kind of heartfelt love for Huaxia; now, Lin Xiang finds herself truly starting to fall in love with Huaxia, much like how she was slowly drawn to Ye Qiu initially.

Now, if she were to return to the Malaysia where she lived for over twenty years, she might start feeling a bit out of place.

Malaysia is situated in a tropical rainforest, mostly characterized by high temperatures and rain all year round, often feeling humid, but in Huaxia, especially in the north, there are distinct seasons. Although summer is also hot, it does not rain as often as it does in Malaysia.

Lin Xiang planned to take more photos to post on her Facebook for her friends back home to see.

Besides, she would send them to her parents and others, of course.

The main reason is to assure them there’s no need to worry; she’s doing well now.

The worst part is she feels sometimes as if Ye Qiu deliberately ignores her.

"Ye Qiu, what do you think that place across is?" Liu Lingxiu asked.

"You couldn’t have forgotten your geography knowledge that quickly, right?"

Feeling embarrassed, Liu Lingxiu stuck out her tongue; actually, you can’t see what’s on the other side here, only the endless ocean.

"Across the ocean is Dalian."

However, even during clear days with good weather, without encountering fog at sea, due to visual limits of humans and the earth, one cannot see across.

It’s about two hundred kilometers straight ahead from here; taking a boat wouldn’t take long, but it’s unknown if there are boats available.

From past five in the afternoon to past seven at night. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

After finishing their walk, Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu prepared to return to the villa, while Cao Long and Young Master Zhou were off to play some other project.

Since Ye Qiu was with the four ladies, naturally they wouldn’t call Ye Qiu over.

No matter how beautiful the ladies outside are, they’re probably not as dazzling as Cao Ling.

Upon returning to the villa, the three women went upstairs to shower first, while Ye Qiu watched TV downstairs until past nine in the evening, and then went upstairs to shower.

He planned to cultivate tonight.

He’s about to have a breakthrough soon.

If it weren’t for delaying due to Cao Ling’s beauty last night, he might have broken through last night.

After showering, Ye Qiu sat alone in the room, which also had a computer and internet access, but he didn’t find it interesting.

Now Ye Qiu found the best angle for the moonlight to shine in and sat there to start cultivating.

Meanwhile, after the four women finished showering and returned to their rooms, Liu Lingxiu and Xiaomai shared one room and were whispering instead of resting quickly.

Lin Xiang, alone, was also organizing her photos, not resting quickly either.

And then there’s Cao Ling by herself in the room; for some reason, once evening arrives, she feels unusually restless.

Usually, she never felt this way.

Now Cao Ling realized it’s all because of Ye Qiu.

Why hasn’t he come yet?

It’s already past ten at night, this jerk isn’t coming?

Or did he go to Liu Lingxiu?

Cao Ling couldn’t figure it out.

She played with her phone into the late night, never seeing Ye Qiu’s shadow, thinking Ye Qiu really wasn’t coming tonight.

This jerk, so fickle; she should have known better than to give herself to him so quickly.

That’s what Cao Ling thought.

Meanwhile, Ye Qiu was cultivating; the continuously absorbed Moonlight Essence through the Primordial Five Emperors Technique coursed into his body’s meridians, transforming into Spiritual Energy.

Ultimately, this Spiritual Energy gathered in the Dantian, transforming into True Qi.

As time passed, more and more True Qi accumulated there, initiating a process from quantitative to qualitative change, occurring at the moment when his cultivation approaches a breakthrough.

Suddenly, Ye Qiu felt a booming sensation in his mind, accompanying the feeling of a collapsing ocean dam, as if boundless seawater surged in.

In actuality, it was the explosive response of the gathered True Qi; Ye Qiu vaguely saw the lotus-like thing in his Dantian again.

Except now, it appeared more visible.

Originally, this lotus seemed like a seed sprouting, now slowly growing new shoots, appearing as something lotus-like.

Ye Qiu felt an unprecedented comfort throughout his body, opening his eyes to discover it was already past four in the morning.

Just now, he knew his cultivation had broken through once more.

From the Early Stage of the First Layer of Foundation Establishment, he broke through into the Middle Stage of the First Layer of Foundation Establishment.

Actually, Ye Qiu knew that for cultivators, entering the Foundation Establishment Stage signifies the start of Immortal Cultivation.

According to Ye Qiu’s intention, he wanted his aura to quickly return enough to make the Storage Ring sense the presence, allowing him to retrieve the Immortal Pills within, speeding up his cultivation further for a faster Ascension back to the Heavenly Court Imperial Medical Bureau.

But now Ye Qiu knows, haste makes waste, even if he wants to speed up further, it’s likely impossible.

Having just broken through cultivation, Ye Qiu’s mood was still very good, sensing the sweat from the breakthrough, Ye Qiu went directly to the bathroom for a shower.

Meanwhile, in another room, Cao Ling tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep; for some reason, it felt like something was missing.

Before, she would never be like this; now she realized her mind was full of Ye Qiu’s image, but upon opening her eyes, he wasn’t there.

What is this jerk doing?

Cao Ling thought about calling or texting Ye Qiu, but felt embarrassed, as if being too casual.

While Ye Qiu was showering, just finished, he heard his phone’s message alert, looked at it discovering it was a call from Cao Ling.

Ye Qiu was puzzled, why wasn’t Cao Ling sleeping so late.