Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 34: Zhen Yunqi’s Breakthrough

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Two figures clashed on the open ground. One of them defending calmly while the other one attacking with executive sword moves, which destroyed the grass and leaves around them.

However, even with such an attack, the beautiful attacker remained dissatisfied.

"Grr! Why is it so hard to train this sword technique?" Li Mei complained with a pout as she once again failed to control the sword move, which resulted in the destruction of grass and leaves around them.

Although it looked good and powerful, this resulted in the loss of lethality in attack by more than thirty percent.

She couldn’t help but feel aggrieved and frustrated.

Watching her like this, Ye Chen shook his head slightly.

"Xiao Mei, it’s not hard to learn this sword technique; it’s just you are too dumb," he stated with a straight face.

Although Li Mei knew he was doing this on purpose, she still couldn’t help but become angry at this.

"Humph! Who knows if you are lying about the so-called Earth-grade sword technique?" She shouted with annoyance and started to attack again.

Seeing this, Ye Chen just smiled and continued to defend against her while giving her pointers.

It had been a week since he had moved to her room. Although their relationship hadn’t gotten further, Li Mei was slowly getting used to his teasing and cheeky tricks.

Of course, this was not all they did in the past week. They also cultivated breaking through the fifth stage of Qi gathering.

After this, they started to train in martial arts given by Zhen Yunqi.

Ye Chen also had the two-earth grade martial arts from fishing, so he didn’t hesitate to learn them before teaching them to her.

Honestly, Li Mei was a genius at martial arts, but with Ye Chen, a monster with divine ability of comprehension standing before her, she felt minuscule.

Especially since Ye Chen mastered the whole two earth-grade martial techniques within a day, and for her it had been almost a week, yet she only learned three sword moves and barely mastered the few parts of movement technique, and this was with him teaching her.

If not, she wouldn’t be able to master any of the martial arts in a week.

Because of this, she felt frustrated and sometimes wondered if she was really dumb.

Fortunately, there was progress; if not, she would be really depressed, thinking her talent was low.

If anyone knew what she was thinking, they would probably spit out blood with grievance.

One had known that mastering the martial arts wasn’t an easy feat. Even the yellow-grade martial arts took one week to a few months to master.

As for the earth grade, it took one month with a high level of comprehension. If someone achieved an epiphany, then they could completely master it within a week or two.

Although Li Mei didn’t master everything, it was still enough to cause a commotion around the world.

It’s just that she didn’t know this, and Ye Chen had no intention to tell her because he liked her to be naive.

It was really cute to see her getting embarrassed, anxious, panicked, and scared. If he told her she was a genius, then she would feel proud, and he wouldn’t be able to see her cute expressions.

Li Mei didn’t know his thoughts; if not, she would really complain and throw tantrums.

In this past week she had been teased and bullied by him a lot.

She felt like a weak rabbit who was put on the dinner table of a big bad wolf.

But the wolf had no intentions to eat her and would only show its fangs to scare the rabbit.

This made her relieved but also frustrated.

Sometimes she even thought how good it would be if he could just eat her; then she wouldn’t have to worry about anything.

But of course, it was just a thought, and she will never say such a thing to him.

"Let’s take a rest and recover before training again," Ye Chen announced, putting away the sword in his hand.

He wasn’t tired at all, but for Li Mei, it was a different matter.

She was using her spiritual Qi continuously, and although he helped her recover, it was still tiring.

Li Mei was used to such breaks, so she didn’t reject and nodded.

Just as she was about to say something, her eyes widened, and her gaze became fixed on the retreat room.

Ye Chen also looked over after discovering the spiritual Qi flowing there rapidly and creating a vortex.

This vortex was massive, almost as big as the whole courtyard.

"Senior brother, what’s happening?" Li Mei inquired anxiously.

It had been a week since Zhen Yunqi entered the retreat.

Although she knew nothing would happen to her, she was still anxious.

It was at this moment she felt two hands wrapping around her delicate waist.

"Don’t worry; Yunqi is breaking through the next realm; there will be no problem," Ye Chen assured her with confidence as he embraced her.

Hearing him Li Mei put her worried heart down, but her eyes remained on the retreat room.

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Just as Ye Chen said, Zhen Yunqi was really breaking through the next realm.

The reason it took her a week was because she didn’t consume the ice lotus immediately.

In the first two days, she stabilized her cultivation and made sure there were no problems or flaws left.

She was a cultivation freak and also a perfectionist. There was no way she would feel happy if a flaw was left, so she didn’t mind wasting her time.

Moreover, the breakthrough in the big realm wasn’t something that could be taken lightly, so she was extremely careful, hence why it took her almost a week to have a breakthrough.

At this moment, a thundering boom sounded from her body, and she opened her eyes with a smile.

"Nascent Soul Stage! I finally broke through," she muttered with joy.

For a cultivation freak like her, only such a breakthrough could make her happy; however, this happiness didn’t last long when she examined her Yin physique.

She wasn’t Li Mei and could understand the benefits of this physique and why Ye Chen gave it to her willingly.

"Humph! Little brat, dare to have ideas on me; just wait until I deal with you," she thought with a pout.

Although she was annoyed, there was no anger. After all, Ye Chen was weak as a chicken in front of her.

Moreover, it’s not like he really asked her to do anything yet; what if she misunderstood him? Hence, she left this thought behind and walked out of the retreat room.

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"Senior brother, it has been a while. Why isn’t Master out yet?" Li Mei asked with a worried look as she saw the vortex disappearing.

But even now the door of the retreat room hasn’t opened, and her master’s figure was nowhere to be seen.

Watching her like this, Ye Chen rolled his eyes at her.

"It takes time to finish the breakthrough, not to mention she might be consolidating her current realm, so stop worrying," he reminded her as he pinched her soft cheeks while keeping her in his embrace.

Li Mei was already used to his physical actions these days, so she wasn’t embarrassed so much.

Moreover, she was worried for her master, so she stopped thinking about this.

At this moment, the door of the retreat room opened, and Zhen Yunqi came out with a calm face.

When she saw her naive disciple lying in the embrace of Ye Chen, she became a little stunned.

"Master, congratulations on breaking through," Li Mei hurriedly greeted her with a red face as she escaped from Ye Chen’s embrace.

Watching her like this, Zhen Yunqi chuckled and patted her head.

"My good disciple, there is no need to be embarrassed about such things. If you want to lie in your senior brother’s embrace, feel free to do so. I will cheer you up from behind," she suggested with a smile.

"M-Master!" Li Mei couldn’t help but shout with a resentful look.

She didn’t expect her master would tease her like this as soon as she finished her breakthrough.

However, Zhen Yunqi ignored her and looked at Ye Chen.

"Thanks for giving me the ice lotus; it really helped me," she expressed with gratitude.

In response, Ye Chen just shrugged at her.

"You don’t need to thank me; by the way, your body is exhausted; it would be better if you take rest and recover now," he suggested, knowing the side effects of physique transformation.

Zhen Yunqi also understood this, so she didn’t deny it and nodded.

"I am planning to do that; it’s just the ’Mystic Pond’ will be opening soon, and we will leave tomorrow, so there are a few things I need to handle personally. It won’t take too long, so there will not be any problem," she replied, and after saying a few more words, she took her leave.