Cheat Cultivator's Ascension

"This is…" feeling the things happening inside her body, Hong Lian couldn't help but feel surprised, the fact that she can't even mobilize her spirit and soul making her feel really weak and vulnerable given how less she cultivates her body.

The same thing can not really be said when it comes to Astaria though, being a martial artist before she is a cultivator, the body is her main weapon, a concept of self that she had carried through even when transitioning to become a cultivator, not allowing a single day pass that she don't exert her physical body without using any spirit qi at all.

What is even more surprising when it comes to this Heaven Severing Sand is its diminished effects when it comes to Su Xiaotian, who is clearly quite surprised as well given that even in his memories of the past timeline, this sand is still something that affects him quite significantly even when he already awakens his three talents.

'Is this the difference of awakening them earlier?' he thought to himself as it is the only reason that he can think of, the reason why he is also not that affected by the Heaven Severing Sand that clearly suppresses his strength quite a bit even when he is already an Ascension Realm expert in the previous timeline.

Meanwhile, while it is true that she can see through the circulation of qi within the body of anyone using her senses, the immortal-like young man's body makes her senses so disoriented that she wonders whether he can still circulate his qi despite being in contact with the Heaven Severing Sand, a guess that she gets right but fails to recognize as she thinks that the properties of the Heaven Severing Sand are something absolute under the Celestial Level.

"How is it? Amazing right?" seeing the looks on their faces, Tang Jianxue smiles in satisfaction for some reasons unknown even to her, something that her long-time sworn sister notices and causes her to helplessly smile as she shakes her head.

"This… what sort of test are you intending to do with this, Aunt Jianxue?" looking at the headmistress of the Dao Seeking Mountains, the maidenly beauty, Hong Lian, couldn't help but look at her in wonder before she asks, her question being answered by the mature beauty immediately.

"Little Lian, cultivators can't only know the Dao and have strong will but not a strong body right? After all, it is the vessel which holds everything, spirit, soul, even the very existence of a cultivator in place, so a good vessel is a must~" Tang Jianxue said with a smile on her face as she patiently explains, the words she said just now something that was passed on to her by her own master, and her master merely receives such words from her master as well and so on, making this passage something that has gone through the whole history of the Dao Seeking Mountains.

"It's all about the body cultivation of the participants huh…" smiling as she gets a feel of how strong she is with pure physical prowess alone, the empress-like beauty, Hua Xian'er, said as she clenches her fist, a small sound of explosion followed by a wave of air spreading from her palm as she do so, surprising even her as she never had this kind of strength when she is still in the Pedestal Establishment Realm originally, showing just how much her talents improved from her rebirth.

"Little Xian'er is right, the last trial will be one that tests purely the physical prowess of everyone by walking through a field scattered with Heaven Severing Sand that creates a natural formation, meaning no one can ever use their soul and spirit inside the field" Tang Jianxue explains, pausing for a while before adding in another thing, the thing that makes this part of the trial all the more interesting.

"Of course, doing just that can be something so boring, hence we take it upon ourselves to make this third trial a bit more interesting~~ as for the details about that, you will find out on the day of the trials~" the headmistress of the Dao Seeking Mountains mischievously said, refusing to elaborate any further no matter how they plead her for it, the only one not really joining in on this being the immortal-like young man, who seems so confident no matter what surprise got thrown into him during the time of the trials.

"You seem to be really confident, Nephew Xiaotian?" noticing the expression of composure in the young man's face, Tang Jianxue commented on it, seemingly quite curious as to why he is still wearing that kind of expression despite the certain difficulty of the third trial.

Hearing her words, the immortal-like young man merely smiles at her, said smile causing the mature beauty to pause for a bit before she snaps back to reality, the young man already starting to open his mouth in an attempt to explain, said explanation something that the mature beauty didn't quite expect in some way.

"Auntie Jianxue, if there's something that I am quite proud about, it is my physical prowess, the proof to that being my mother here…" Su Xiaotian shamelessly said with a cheeky smile on his face before giving a peck to his mother's forehead, the black-haired goddess-like motherly beauty couldn't help but feel a bit shy as she just accepts her beloved son's move silently albeit happily.

"T-that… that is not what I am t-talking about…" the mature beauty said with a hint of embarrassment appearing in her face as she attempts to clarify, only for her to be caught even more off guard as the immortal-like young man, the son of her long-time sworn sister, replies to her words again, this time making her choke on air as she heard it.

"Is it not? Mom always saw how I cultivate so she really is pretty clear of my physical prowess, is that not what you are talking about Auntie Jianxue?" Su Xiaotian asked with the same cheeky smile still plastered on his face, his words causing him to be looked at by the headmistress of the Dao Seeking Mountains in a new light, branding him as someone really shameless and quite good with his words.
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"You… you're good, Nephew Xiaotian" she replied as she concedes defeat, helplessly sighing as she never expected that this young man is not only talented in terms of cultivation, but also someone really good with his words.

'What should I even expect when he managed to woo all those girls, including his own mother…' she thought to herself before looking at him once again, the young man merely accepting her praise with a modest smile on his face before he replies to her, his cheeky reply causing her to feel like he really is way too similar to his mother, her long-time sworn sister.

"You wanna check how good I am Auntie Jianxue?" he said ambiguously as he cracks his fist, his words clearly pertaining to something else yet his actions seemingly showing her that he wants her to test his martial prowess, causing her to feel really overwhelmed by the nature of this young man, something that only his mother made her feel.

'They're really mother and son…' she thought to herself as she helplessly shakes her head, thinking that this is going to be a long, yet enjoyable days.