I Just Wanted To Live but I Somehow Became Better Than the Protagonist

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I Just Want to Live Well, but I Surpassed the Protagonist – 26 Crystallization

A week later.

Qin Shimeng was in her own exclusive retreat room. The spiritual energy in her body had already reached its peak, the tenth level of the Foundation Establishment stage. Her foundation was extremely stable. If she wanted to continue cultivating, she had to break through to the Crystallization stage.

“Sigh… I never thought I would be able to reach this level in such a short time.” Even the extremely confident Qin Shimeng was a little nervous at this moment. After all, this was her first time crystallizing, and she didn ‘t dare to tell her people. Otherwise, those people would really spread the news throughout the entire Eastern Continent. By then, a group of people would come to the Qin family to see her, a 17-year-old Crystallization stage cultivator.

Qin Shimeng hated being onlookers like an animal.

After preparing all the medicinal pills and Juling array that would consolidate her Crystallization stage cultivation, Qin Shimeng sat in the center of the array and began to prepare to break through. Before breaking through, she suddenly remembered something and took out a strange- looking stone, placing it beside her.

In fact, Qin Shimeng was very suspicious of the origin of this stone. Could it be some kind of evil object? Would it destroy her dantian and Qi sea when she crystallized? But if Ye Yong wanted to harm her, why would he give her such a high-level heart technique?

Puzzled, Qin Shimeng still decided to trust Ye Yong and do as he said.

She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and began to advance toward the Crystallization Realm.

Forming spiritual qi crystals was quite difficult. Some cultivators with poor talent might not be able to do it in their entire lives. However, Qin Shimeng possessed the awesome Immortal-grade heart technique, coupled with her extremely high talent, and doing so was a breeze for her. It was as natural as water flowing downstream.

Just when she was compressing her spiritual qi again and again, preparing to crystallize it, the stone beside her suddenly seemed to sense something and emitted a glow.

The light enveloped Qin Shimeng’s body with lightning speed. She let out a soft cry and was knocked to the ground by a force.

Her beautiful hair was a little disheveled, making her look pitiful as if she had been injured. However, if one looked closely, they would find her eyes filled with surprise and joy.

There was no doubt that she had successfully crystallized. Normally, when ordinary cultivators crystallized for the first time, they would only have three spiritual crystals in their dantian and qi sea. Those with better talent might have four.

However, she had a full eight!

Not eight abdominal muscles, but eight spiritual crystals.

What did eight spiritual crystals mean? It was one more than a cultivator at the fourth level of Crystallization.

One had to know that she was only at the first level of Crystallization now. If she used the right spells and spiritual techniques, defeating a cultivator at the fourth level of Crystallization would not be a problem! Even if she encountered a cultivator at the fifth level of Crystallization, Qin Shimeng was confident she could give them a fight.

Fighting four levels above her! How terrifying!

When she reached the tenth level of Crystallization, how many spiritual crystals would she condense? How powerful would her Golden Core be when she reached the Golden Core Realm?

“What kind of fortuitous encounter did you have? And why are you so nice to me?” After her mood recovered slightly, Qin Shimeng picked up the stone. It had been somewhat shiny before, but now it had completely dimmed and truly become an ordinary stone that could be found anywhere.

Looking at it this way, the perfect Foundation Establishment Pill she had taken out in exchange for such a magical stone was a great bargain. No wonder Ye Yong had been unwilling to tell her the function of this stone.

If she had known, Qin Shimeng definitely would not have accepted it. Because that was her personality. She did not easily accept help from others and was a strong woman who relied on herself.

After taking a few deep breaths, Qin Shimeng sat down cross-legged, took a medicinal pill, and consolidated her cultivation.

After running the heart technique for a few cycles, she felt her foundation was solid. Time had already passed for a month. Qin Shimeng opened her beautiful eyes and took out an exquisite necklace from her storage ring, putting it on.

This was the intermediate Shielding Device that Ye Yong had given her. Compared to Ye Yong’s shielding system, this external Shielding Device was undoubtedly much more expensive, but not by much. It only cost 500 Reversal Points.

After all, it was something that concealed one’s cultivation and did not play much of a role in battle. If one encountered a powerful enemy, they would still be killed in one move. If one encountered a weak enemy, even if they were underestimated, they could still pretend to be a pig to eat a tiger and win in the end. Therefore, the outcome would not change.

According to Ye Yong, as long as she wore this necklace, others would not be able to detect that she had broken through to the Crystallization Realm.

With a nervous heart, Qin Shimeng walked out of the courtyard and arrived at her mother’s residence.

Qin Shimeng’s mother was a woman of few words and very quiet. Her cultivation was not high, only at the eighth level of the Golden Core Realm. However, Qin Shimeng always felt that her mother’s cultivation was not just this.

“Mother.” Qin Shimeng greeted her mother, Bu Yue.

“You’ve come out of seclusion.” Bu Yue was writing something. She looked very similar to Qin Shimeng, equally stunning and ethereal, but more mature and charming. Outsiders had always been puzzled about how Qin Feng, such a coward, could marry Bu Yue, a woman whose appearance was impeccable.

As for Bu Yue’s background, no one could say for sure. In any case, 17 years ago, Qin Feng suddenly returned with Bu Yue and the newborn Qin Shimeng, claiming that they were his wife and daughter. He did not even hold a wedding .

After arriving at the Qin family, Bu Yue did not care much about anything. She stayed in her residence almost every day. Even though she and Qin Feng were supposed to be husband and wife, Qin Feng had never spent the night with her and rarely even visited her. She had also never asked about Qin Feng, as if their marriage was fake.

“At this age, being at the tenth level of Foundation Establishment is not bad. But don’t be proud, because there are always people better than you.” Bu Yue said to Qin Shimeng.

Mother did not see through my cultivation?

Qin Shimeng did not expect that a small necklace could actually deceive a cultivator stronger than her.

“Yes, daughter will remember.”

After chatting with Bu Yue for a while, Qin Shimeng left her mother’s residence.

Bu Yue’s attitude toward Qin Shimeng had always been like this, not like a biological daughter at all. She did not seem to care much about her. It was only during the Body Tempering Realm that she had put in some effort, helping Qin Shimeng cultivate the Iceheart Physique.

Over the years, Qin Shimeng had long been used to her mother’s indifference. The reason she had come to find Bu Yue after leaving seclusion was because she felt that even if the necklace failed and her cultivation was discovered, her mother would not spread it everywhere like the other clansmen.

However, the necklace had proven to be effective, so Qin Shimeng went to the Qin family’s Scripture Hall without any concerns, preparing to choose some Earth-grade scriptures to practice.

Because Qin Shimeng’s breakthrough was very fast, being at the tenth level of Foundation Establishment meant she was half a step into the Crystallization Realm. Therefore, the Qin family’s elders tacitly allowed Qin Shimeng to read the Earth-grade scriptures.

The young men of the Qin family looked at Qin Shimeng’s back with admiration in their eyes, while the women glared at her with jealousy.

They hated Qin Shimeng very much. Not only was she beautiful, but she also had high talent. In the past two months, she did not know what fortuitous encounter she had obtained, but her cultivation had skyrocketed. They could not even catch up to her.

Moreover, after Qin Shimeng dissolved her engagement with Ye Yong, she had even more pursuers. The male gods that these young women admired were like licking dogs in front of her. The key was that Qin Shimeng did not even bother to pay attention to them , which made them so angry they were about to explode.

But they had no choice but to swallow their anger because Qin Shimeng was already at the tenth level of Foundation Establishment. She was a key training target of the Qin family. In a few days, when the Tianluo Sect recruited disciples and Qin Shimeng entered the Tianluo Sect, she would become a core disciple. The gap between them would only widen.

As women, why did Qin Shimeng get all the good things? Just because she was pretty?

Qin Shimeng ignored the gazes around her. Right now, she only wanted to choose a suitable cultivation method to increase her combat power.