Yang Ling's womanhood started healing after she dual-cultivated with Cheng Chong; it took only a few minutes for her to return to being virgin again.
After taking a bath and getting dressed, Yang Ling noticed Cheng Chong drinking tea. Upon seeing her, he smiled and said to Yang Ling, "Have a seat, girl. I want to talk to you before I let you choose a sword from my weapon storage room."
Yang Ling nodded, and Cheng Chong served her tea. She took a sip from the tea and asked, "What do you want to talk about?"
Cheng Chong smiled and said, "I want to offer you an opportunity. You are very talented. You are wasting your time in this martial house. I know some elders from the scorching sun sect. "I can introduce you to them, and they will assist you in joining the scorching sun sect."
Yang Ling thought about what Cheng Chong said, then she said to him, "Give me some time to think about it." If I feel that I am really wasting my time here, I will ask you to help me join the scorching sun sect."
Cheng Chong frowned when he heard her answer, but he nodded to her and then thought to himself, "I need to take it slowly with her in order for me to change her mind."
He then stood up and said, "Follow me; I will let you choose any sword you want from the weapon storage room."
Yang Ling smiled and nodded to Cheng Chong; she then followed him to the weapon storage room.
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In The Weapon Storage Room
When Cheng Chong and Yang Ling entered the weapon storage room, Yang Ling quickly walked towards the swords section.
She saw many different types of swords; there were long swords, short swords, heavy swords, and many more.
Her gaze then settled on a long sword; the hilt was golden in color, the sword's blade was silver, and the sword didn't have a guard. She then turned to Cheng Chong and said, "I want this sword, elder."
Cheng Chong smiled and nodded. "You can take it."
Yang Ling stored the sword in her space ring and said to Cheng Chong, "I think I will be leaving now, elder farewell."
Cheng Chong nodded, then he escorted her to the exit, and Yang Ling left his dwelling.
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With Yang Ling
Yang Ling heard the sword spirit voice in her head after she left Cheng Chong dwelling: "Girl, we need to talk." Go to your dwelling as soon as possible."
Yang Ling was confused when she heard what the sword spirit just said, but she nodded her head, and she quickly headed to her own dwelling.
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Yang Ling's dwelling
When Yang Ling entered her dwelling, she was surprised when she saw Ji Min waiting for her and looking at her with narrow eyes. Ji Min was extremely annoyed. She then asked Yang Ling, "Where were you?" I have been waiting for you for hours."
When she heard Ji Min's question, Yang Ling blushed, and when Ji Min saw her blushing, she sighed. She then handed her a space belt, saying, "This space belt contains all the herbs you requested from me."
When Yang Ling heard what Ji Min said to her, she gave her a beautiful smile and said to her, "Thank you, sister Min, I appreciate your help."
Ji Min dismissively waved her hands and said, "No problem, but next time, don't make me wait for hours; I hate waiting."
When Yang Ling heard this, she chuckled nervously. She then bid farewell to Ji Min and went to her room.
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Yang Ling's room
When Yang Ling sat cross-legged on her bed, the sword spirit appeared in front of her and said seriously to her, "Listen up, girl, I will be frank with you. While you were dual-cultivating with that man, something unexpected happened."
When she heard this, Yang Ling was surprised and looked questionably at the sword spirit. She then asked her, "What do you mean, sword spirit?
The sword spirit then looked at Yang Ling in the eyes and stated, "When you were dual-cultivating with that man, you didn't only absorb his Yang vital essence; you also absorbed some of his cultivation talent, his soul power, and some of the essence of his spiritual veins."
Yang Ling was speechless, and she asked, "How can this be possible?"
The sword spirit gazed deeply into Yang Ling's eyes and responded to her question, saying, "Your chaotic phoenix bloodline was absorbing the cultivation talent, soul power, and essence of his spiritual veins while you were dual-cultivating with that man."
Yang Ling's eyes widened, and the sword spirit continued her explanation. "Your chaotic phoenix bloodline simulated the soul power and cultivation talent that it absorbed in you. Your soul and cultivation talent have grown significantly, but that's not the only improvement. The half of the spiritual veins essence that your bloodline absorbed was simulated into your mutated spirit, which caused your mutated spirit to evolve."
When Yang Ling heard this, she was astounded and about to say something, but the sword spirit raised her hand, stopping her silence and continuing her explanation: "After your bloodline absorbed the essence of that man's spiritual veins, it grew stronger and more purer than before."
Yang Ling smiled when she heard this, and she thought to herself, "I am getting stronger; soon I will get my revenge on the Yang clan."
The sword spirit then said, "One last thing I need to tell you while you were dual-cultivating with that man: I notice you couldn't absorb all the Yang vital essence; some of them were about to disappear, so I sealed them in your body. I advise you to start absorbing them as soon as possible."
Yang Ling was confused and asked, "Why couldn't I absorb all the Yang vital essence when I was dual-cultivating?"
The sword spirit closed its eyes and then said to Yang Ling, "To be honest, I am not sure, but I have a theory. My theory is that you have only partially awakened the heavenly phoenix constitution. If you did, you won't have to worry about stabilizing your cultivation when you cultivate using your spiritual veins, and you will also be able to absorb all the yang essence when you dual-cultivate.
Yang Ling nodded to the sword spirit and said, "I understand I am going to start absorbing the Yang vital essence now."
The sword spirit nodded and said, "Good, but remember to only raise your Spiritual Yuan cultivation rank to the 9th layer of the beginning realm, because you will need to stabilize your cultivation before breaking through realms."
Yang Ling nodded her head in understanding, and the sword spirit disappeared inside her body.
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Yang Ling closed her eyes and focused on her mutated spirit. She was shocked when she saw the mutated spirit had changed into two swords.
One of the swords was the holy sword she was familiar with, but the other was a long crimson sword; it had a black hilt with a black sword guard, and crimson flames were dancing around the sword's blade.
Yang Ling then asked herself loudly, "What with this flaming sword? Is this caused by the evolution of my mutated spirit?"
Yang Ling then heard the sword spirit's voice in her head: "That is right? After your mutated spirit absorbed some of that man's spiritual veins essence, it evolved, and the crimson long sword you see in front of you is the result of your mutated spirit's evolution. This long sword is called the Yang Flaming Sword."
Yang Ling nodded her head in understanding. She then looked deeply at the Yang Flaming Sword for a few seconds and thought, "Well, I will try and comprehend the Yang Flaming Sword later; I better start absorbing the Yang vital essence that the sword spirit sealed for now and breakthrough to the 9th layer of the beginning realm."
Yang Ling then said to the sword spirit, "Sword spirit, I'd like to start absorbing the Yang vital essence that you've sealed." How can I start absorbing it?"
The sword spirit started answering Yang Ling's question, "First, you need to learn how to access your spiritual veins." "Accessing your spiritual veins is now very easy for you because you have learned how to access your mutated spirit."
"The process of accessing your spiritual veins is simple: follow the fiery aura instead of the holy aura you always followed to access the mutated spirit."
"I will slowly release the Yang vital essence that I sealed, and you will begin absorbing it into your spiritual veins."
After Yang Ling heard this, she nodded her head in understanding and followed the sword spirit instructions.
Yang Ling was surprised when she noticed her Yuan Spirit cultivation realm was at the 5th layer of the beginning realm. She then said to the sword spirit in surprise, "Sword spirit, I am at the 5th layer of the beginning realm in my Yuan Spirit cultivation path. How is this possible?"
The sword spirit mocked, "Of course, you dual-cultivated with someone in the earth knight realm and possessed the Yang fire spiritual veins; you will naturally advance your cultivation by leaps and bounds."
Yang Ling calms her beating heart and says to the sword spirit, "Sword spirit, please release the Yang vital essence you sealed; I want to absorb it."
The sword spirit nodded and said to Yang Ling, "Alright, you'll feel a warm sensation in your abdomen when I release some of the Yang vital essence for you to absorb. And remember to stop cultivating when you reach the 9th layer of the beginning realm, because you will need to stabilize your cultivation and build a firm foundation for future breakthroughs."
Yang Ling nodded her head in understanding. After that, the sword spirit released some of the Yang vital essence energy, and Yang Ling started absorbing it.
After Yang Ling absorbed the Yang vital essence for 5 minutes, Yang Ling began making significant advancements in her cultivation.
the 6th beginning realm, 7th beginning realm, and 8th beginning realm.
After a full hour of cultivation, Yang Ling successfully advances to the 9th layer of the beginning realm.
When Yang Ling finally made her breakthrough to the 9th layer of the beginning realm, she smiled and said to the sword spirit, "It's time for us to go to the four volcanic forest."
The sword spirit nodded and said, "Yeah, I am also interested in investigating the reason behind the disappearance of the cultivators; we might discover something interesting in there, but before investigating this matter, you will need to make a breakthrough to the Knight Ascension realm."
Yang Ling nodded, departed from her dwelling, and left the martial house.