Gao Wu: A centenarian old man, many children and good fortune! Chapter 065

In the early morning, soft sunlight streamed through the enormous French windows, illuminating the cozy basic training room in the manor, specially prepared for Li Xiuying.

Li Xiuying sat cross-legged on the soft practice mat, eyes closed tightly, a slight frown on her brow, and fine beads of sweat trickling down her forehead. She was engaged in her daily, unyielding Foundation Establishment cultivation.

It had been over half a year since Xiao Yan opened the path of cultivation for her. In these past six months, Xiao Yan had spared no effort. Various gentle, nourishing, and body-improving precious medicinal baths were never interrupted. He acquired the detailed explanation of the Military Foundation Establishment Guidance Art, the most suitable foundational art for ordinary people circulating within the Alliance. He even invited military experts specializing in basic physical training to tailor a training plan specifically for Li Xiuying.

Li Xiuying herself put in unimaginable effort. She dedicated almost all her available time, enduring the stinging pain of the medicinal baths, the soreness of stretching her tendons and bones, and the tedium of repeating monotonous movements again and again. What sustained her was not just her husband’s love and encouragement, but also the deep-seated desire within her not to fall behind, and a strong obsession to stand shoulder to shoulder with her husband.

However, the gap in talent was ultimately an insurmountable chasm. After more than half a year, although her physical fitness had significantly improved and her qi and blood were much more vigorous than before, she was still missing that faint, elusive opportunity to draw in true essence and step into the threshold of a quasi-warrior.

Then, this morning, as Li Xiuying, as usual, circulated the Military Foundation Establishment Guidance Art, guiding the already quite robust qi and blood within her body to flow slowly along specific routes.

Suddenly!

It was as if quantitative change had led to qualitative change, or as if the accumulated medicinal power within her body had completely melted at this moment!

She felt a sudden warmth in her lower abdomen, at her dantian! An unprecedented, extremely faint, yet exceptionally clear warm current, like a tender sprout breaking through the soil, quietly began to grow!

This warm current was completely different from the pure qi and blood power she had felt before! It was more condensed, more agile, carrying a strange property… as if it could resonate with certain energies between heaven and earth!

True essence! This was true essence!

Although it was only a tiny wisp, so weak it seemed it could extinguish at any moment, this was indeed the雏形 of true essence! It was the mark of breaking the mundane barrier and stepping into the threshold of cultivation!

Li Xiuying’s body trembled violently! Immense surprise instantly spread throughout her body like an electric current!

She could hardly believe it! The bottleneck that had plagued her for over half a year, causing her countless times of frustration and despair, had actually… actually been broken by her at this moment?!

She suppressed the wild joy and excitement in her heart, carefully and cautiously, following the guidance of the cultivation art, trying to control this nascent, extremely precious wisp of true essence!

Although the process was still clumsy and difficult, like a babbling infant, she could clearly feel that as this wisp of true essence slowly flowed, her body was undergoing some miraculous transformation! Her meridians seemed to have widened slightly, and her internal organs also received an unprecedented nourishment!

When she finally completed an extremely slow and difficult minor circulation cycle, slowly finished her cultivation, and opened her eyes, the long-accumulated pressure, grievances, unwillingness, and anticipation in her heart burst forth like a breaking dam!

She could no longer control herself, suddenly stood up from the practice mat, even forgetting to put on her shoes, and rushed out of the training room barefoot, tears streaming down her face. Like a wounded little bird, she directly threw herself into Xiao Yan’s arms, who had just finished his morning exercise and was about to enter the house!

“Husband—!!!” She buried her face deeply in Xiao Yan’s strong chest and burst into loud sobs. Her cries were filled with the excitement of overcoming hardship, the catharsis of releasing grievances, and… the immense joy of finally being able to somewhat catch up to her husband’s footsteps! “I… I succeeded! I felt qi! I… I can cultivate too! Woo woo woo…”

Xiao Yan was momentarily stunned by his wife’s sudden action, but feeling her violent trembling and her joyous sobs, and then sweeping her body with his perception, sensing the faint but real true essence fluctuations within her, he instantly understood!

His heart, too, surged with genuine joy and relief!

He hugged his wife tightly, gently patting her back, feeling her excited emotions at this moment, and softly comforted her: “Silly girl, why are you crying? Success is a good thing! I knew you could do it!”

He knew how much sweat and effort his wife had put in for this day. This success held extraordinary significance for her!

This was not just a breakthrough in cultivation, but also the liberation of her deep-seated anxiety and inferiority! It also meant that she finally had the foundation to better withstand his power, and the barrier between them caused by the disparity in strength was being gradually mended.

Xiao Yan was genuinely happy for her.