Chapter 54: After the retreat, I became a cat man.

After that, Chao Jianxue and Yu Wei sat next to each other in the morning and evening exercises. Fortunately, they were brothers, so no one would suspect that they were close.

The two practiced sword together on the moon-viewing platform. The grass was lush and the birds were flying. Their wrists sometimes overlapped and sometimes confronted. After each sword practice, Chao Jianxue had an epiphany and understood some sword moves.

In their spare time, they secretly dated near Wuwei Sect - yes, Chao Jianxue felt that "tryst" was too bad, and "date" sounded more serious.

Many things will become completely different when done with the person you like.

Chao Jianxue felt that he was so happy every day that he didn't know what to do.

After about a few months, he became even happier.

Because he vaguely found that his Nascent Soul had signs of improvement, it was time to retreat and practice for a while.

Yu Wei prepared all the things he needed for his retreat, and asked, "Brother, do you need me to accompany you?"

Chao Jianxue thought seriously for an hour, and finally said, "Not at all." He also had to walk independently, and he couldn't rely on Yu Wei for all his cultivation.

So with a heroic and high-spirited attitude, Chao Jianxue carried his bag and entered his cave.

Yu Wei's figure was isolated outside as the door closed, and the light suddenly disappeared. Chao Jianxue raised the ball of light pinched by spiritual power and looked at his cave.

He had arranged it himself before, with blankets, beds, and several boxes of snacks sealed with spiritual power. In short, he felt very safe and could continue his retreat.

I thought it would take some time before I could get to the point, but I didn't expect that the state would come so quickly.

Chao Jianxue had already laid a solid foundation for the Wuwei Sect's skills and Qianli Mingxin Method. Once he sat down with a calm mind and began to turn the spiritual power around his body, the two skills complemented each other and operated non-stop.

He knew that his Nascent Soul was stimulated by the thunder tribulation of the Spiritualization Stage, and he needed to practice hard to fully consolidate it to the early stage of the Nascent Soul.

In the quiet darkness, Chao Jianxue put aside all distractions and concentrated his mind. He was completely unaware of the passage of time, as if he had become a tiny speck of dust in the darkness.

He could feel that his body seemed to have turned into a plant, and the spiritual power was flowing in the branches and veins, prompting tender fresh buds to grow slowly upwards little by little.

This was a very wonderful experience, more real than the spiritual power surge he felt during his previous practice. Everything around him seemed to be changing.

He could even gradually hear the slow squeezing of stones in the stone wall of the cave. A little further away, there was the wind blowing the trees outside the cave, and the sound of tiny insects chirping. This was the sound of all things in the world.

Chao Jianxue listened attentively, and his body couldn't help but relax, feeling the advancement of the Nascent Soul in his purple mansion. The tender branches that continued to sprout upwards gradually saw an inch of warm light like the golden sun.

Success is coming soon.

He calmed down and focused on the golden sun.

Just as he was about to pass through, his body suddenly felt heavy and he opened his eyes.

He was in that cramped and terrifying space again.

His body could move.

Chao Jianxue's heart beat hard a few times, barely suppressing the feeling of despair and exhaustion, and looked around.

The cold and narrow bed, and the several plastic hoses that emerged from the machine were like iron chains that could tie up a heart that longed for freedom.

It was a place that was once very familiar, but it was the first time to see it from this angle.

Chao Jianxue couldn't help but reach out and touch the thin white bed sheet. It was very cold. The moment he touched it, the empty loneliness was like a man-eating abyss that wanted to pull him in.

Chao Jianxue immediately let go of his hand.

He felt a little cold and trembling, and uttered two meaningless syllables "ah ah" in his mouth, trying to add some human touch to this dead and terrifying space.

It just came out of his throat, just like the dry wind blowing out of his throat.

Chao Jianxue's face turned pale and she grabbed her throat.

The nauseating feeling of the hose being inserted into her throat came back.

He dry-heaved, causing pain in his entire throat, and tears of rationality flowed from the corners of his eyes.

Looking at the clothes he was wearing, they were no longer Xuanzhenjie clothes, but a blue and white striped hospital gown.

Chao Jianxue was stunned and felt cold all over.

Was everything fake?

Xuanzhenjie and Yu Wei were both fake, and did he just have a dream in the ward?

He only felt that he was pulled back to the bed, and two faceless nurses held him down and put on a mask. He kicked his legs and struggled, but he had no power to fight back, just like a fish on a chopping board.

Where is his cultivation!

Where is his strength?

Chao Jianxue opened his eyes wide, the bright white light in front of him was dazzling, and he felt that he had no strength at all, and even struggling and breathing became difficult.

The machine beside his ear beeped.

"... Heart rate is too fast... Sedate!"

No!

Chao Jianxue breathed heavily, his heartbeat seemed to jump out of his chest, and the fear and despair of dying swept his mind.

Calm down! Calm down!

He was in seclusion, this was the inner demon that he had to overcome to ascend to the Nascent Soul stage!

Don't forget this...

calm down!

Chao Jianxue tried to open his eyes as wide as possible, his eyes were bloodshot, trying to see everything happening in front of him. The nurse was pulling a syringe and connecting another hose.

He exerted so much force that the veins in his neck bulged, and his skin was soaked in the red of despair. It

was too real, whether it was the pain, the heartbeat, or the sound... If... If the Xuanzhen Realm was just a dream he had, and now he was awake, what should he do...

This time there would be no Yu Wei, only him.

Is he crazy?

Chao Jianxue clenched his teeth, and suddenly felt that the ward was too cramped to breathe.

All his struggles were useless, and all his hopes were shattered...

Shattered...

But in his peripheral vision, he suddenly saw a window.

Outside the window, green leaves were lush, swaying in the golden sunlight.

Are there windows here?

No, he remembered vividly that the ward where he was locked up was surrounded by white walls.

So this was an illusion!

Chao Jianxue suddenly jumped up, and all the needles between his elbows were pulled out. The sharp pain made his body feel consciousness all of a sudden.

This was his inner demon, the demon of despair and loneliness.

He turned over and jumped down, stepping barefoot on the cold ground, with thin traces of blood flowing down his arms.

The nurses who had trapped him just now had changed their appearance at this time, and they looked like two unclear and intangible chaos.

Chao Jianxue stretched out his hand and pulled out a sharp and bright sword from nothingness, Ming Qianli.

Although he was still wearing a blue and white striped hospital gown, he was completely at peace. With a sword in hand, he was fearless.

He slashed with his hand, and the two chaos in front of him simply dissipated.

Then, the white walls on all sides began to approach him, as if to trap him to death inside and crush him into hopeless ashes.

Chao Jianxue, who had been lying here, had such a fantasy. He imagined that one day, this place would collapse, and the ceiling would fall down on him, breaking every painful bone in his body.

But now, he turned his head and looked at the only window view. Outside, the weeds were lush and the sun was shining.

Chao Jianxue pulled out all the tubes connected to his body, took a step, and ran towards the window view with big strides. His back broke the glass, making a loud shattering sound, and then he fell.

Chao Jianxue rolled on the ground and immediately got up from the ground.

It was still that dark and safe place. He had indeed jumped out of the illusion.

After checking the purple mansion again, he found that the foundation of the Nascent Soul had been built. He succeeded.

Therefore, when breaking through a realm, one should experience the inner demons that one fears the most. Once one has passed through them, this realm will be completely stable.

Before he could be happy, he felt a sharp pain in his left elbow. Chao Jianxue lit up the spiritual fire and saw that he had just tried to save himself. He had struggled to get rid of the blood and pain brought by the needle. He had caused it himself.

He saved himself in time.

"Huh——" Chao Jianxue rubbed the wound in fear and moved his ears.

"..." Wait...

something seems to be wrong.

He still sat on the ground and reached out to touch his head -

the furry touch, the soft toughness, and the feeling that it was obviously connected to his head...

What is this!

"Fuck me!" Chao Jianxue jumped up and rummaged through the boxes to find the mirror he had put away.

Fortunately, he had arranged all his belongings in the cave, and there really was a mirror.

After finally finding the mirror tremblingly, Chao Jianxue made a lot of psychological preparation and quickly opened it to take a look.

On his head, between his hair, two black things that looked like cat ears emerged. As he was frightened, the cat ears moved.

What is this!

After the retreat, he became a cat man!

But surprisingly, it was still very nice to touch. Chao Jianxue touched his ears for a long time, staring at himself in the mirror blankly.

In a moment, he remembered another important thing and hurriedly looked down behind him.

Fortunately, the tail did not grow out.

But what's wrong with this pair of ears!

The fur is black and shiny, and it is very soft and elastic. He unconsciously touched it for a while, and his ears became sore, so he couldn't help shaking.

So, his demon body is a black cat!

Because of the improvement of his cultivation and the inner demon he just experienced, the seal was unstable, which revealed the demon side.

Chao Jianxue was struck by lightning, and it was difficult to choose between the two emotions of "actually quite cute" and "why did it grow cat ears".

In short, he couldn't go out with this pair of ears.

Then, Chao Jianxue used all his skills.

Since they are his own ears, he can always retract them by himself.

He did not dare to stop for a moment and tried, and finally retracted the cat ears before it was completely hopeless.

He lifted his hair and made sure that there was no trace of them. Then he stood up and prepared to go out in fear. But it would not be good to go out like this. What if the ears were only retracted temporarily?

So Chao Jianxue tried a few more times and confirmed that he would only show his demonic appearance when he used his spiritual power excessively. This experiment delayed his exit from the cave for several days.

After he was sure that everything was OK, he pushed open the door of the cave.

The long-lost sunlight made it difficult for him to open his eyes.

He stopped as soon as he took a step.

Yu Wei stood a few steps away from him, as if he had hurried over, with the ends of his hair slightly messy.

He looked at Chao Jianxue's appearance and smiled: "I came here when I heard there was a commotion here. Congratulations, senior brother, on coming out of retreat."

Chao Jianxue's mood suddenly became light and he wanted to say to Yu Wei, you know, I overcame my inner demons by myself. From now on, the past will no longer become a nightmare that traps him, he has already escaped from it.

"Brother, you know, it has been almost a year." Yu Wei continued to say with a smile.

Chao Jianxue almost stumbled and fell.