The atmosphere in the courtyard suddenly seemed to have turned awkward.
"You sure came early. Are you here just to remind me that it is time to keep my promise and leave this Hong clan territory for you?" Hong Jun's mother pointed out the situation without any intention of hiding it.
"Yes!" To Su Qingqin's surprise, her husband, on the other hand, appeared respectful with his words, but she didn't see any shred of respect in those eyes.
"Let me see!" The eyes of the woman before her turned blue, and she could see nothing but coldness in those eyes. She shivered slightly, as she could tell this woman was scanning them unscrupulously. Clearly she didn't take them seriously.
Looking at the man beside her, he was indifferent to this. It was as though the woman's actions had nothing to do with him.
She felt as though someone was stripping her naked and checking her out, but her husband was actually indifferent.
It was just that she was not a normal person and could see deep in those indifferent eyes a hint of extreme coldness had accumulated.
It was the first time she had seen this kind of coldness in the eyes of someone.
"It seems like I can understand why this guy doesn't want to stay with this kind of person in the same place. She doesn't treat the two of us like the same kind at all."
When Su Qingqin just realized this, she heard Hong Jun's thoughts.
"Wife! This should be your first lesson! These Qi cultivators are not good things. They probably don't put us in their eyes. The most dangerous are those that have a blood relationship with us. But this doesn't matter; in a few decades we will settle this score."
When she heard this line of thought, her heart shuddered slightly.
Even in her previous life, as much as she cultivated to a high level, her tolerance was nothing compared to Hong Jun's.
She now understood the source of that coldness.
"Woman! The moment you walk out of this place, you can never come back. If you do, then you can't blame me for forgetting the karma of giving birth to me!" He didn't say it, but he thought of it.
Su Qingqin was able to confirm this and remained silent.
After a while, when the blue eyes stopped scanning them, the woman showed a smile for the first time.
"Okay! You indeed chose to marry and didn't deceive me. Don't worry, I'll leave right away and won't disturb you in the near future." She said with a strange laugh.
'Huh! She just retreated like that?' Su Qingqin didn't get what was going on. She thought it was going to be troublesome, but it wasn't.
Only then did she hear Hong Jun's thoughts and realize things were far from simple.
"Hehe, of course you still plan to come back in the future. It is a shame; just give me a decade, and this place will be a forbidden zone for any Qi cultivators." He thought.
She indeed walked into the house and came back dressed in a white fairy dress.
"Take Secretary Wen with you. He has no place here!" Hong Jun saw she was about to leave and reminded her without any second thought.
"Okay!" She took a step forward, and her figure blurred, appearing in the little hut not far away from the bamboo house.
Hong Jun just watched two people soaring into the sky and vanishing. He felt refreshed as he watched his birth mother in this life vanish on the horizon.
Phew!
"This devil has finally been chased away." This time he didn't think it but said it.
Su Qingqin looked over with a strange expression.
His eyes looked at the courtyard and felt it looked good, but the gathered spiritual energy wasn't good. He couldn't see it but could tell somehow.
Taking Su Qingqin's hand, he walked through the courtyard and went to the other side.
He looked into the sky, feeling some sense of freedom wash over him.
"I wondered what was missing after reaching the narrow cleansing stage; now I see." He sat down, looking at the rising sun and the phantom completely vanishing.
It was at this moment that his body grasped the breathing method he had observed from the beast phantom tattoo on his leg.
With just an inhalation, his body shriveled slightly.
He didn't seem to realize this and made the second breathing movement, and his skin turned dry. Eyes sunken, bones visible.
Feeling this, he opened his eyes and pulled a red marble-like object.
He didn't waste time and opened his mouth before swallowing it.
He continued to use the breathing method, and the blood core he had swallowed erupted.
Vast blood energy was unleashed from the blood core, and a bloodthirsty look appeared in his eyes.
The remnant spirit of the snake appeared in his spiritual sea wanting to replace him.
He didn't need to do anything, as in his spiritual sea, a massive, vast creature was present, breathing with the same method Hong Jun used.
He had visualized this creature all the times he observed the breathing method without realizing it. He was also able to grasp the method because of successful visualization.
The snake phantom that appeared with strong resentment and killing intent was frozen in place after its eyes looked towards the phantom.
The next moment, it was pulled towards the massive creature without the ability to resist.
The moment it was close, it started collapsing until it turned into nutrients for the creature.
As the breathing method continued to operate, changes suddenly happened to Hong Jun's body too.
A terrifying force was spreading to every corner of his body, and the shriveled body that was almost about to resemble a corpse was recovering.
Hong Jun's body was trembling uncontrollably.
The energy continued to every corner of his limbs, making him feel a stronger power awakening inside his body.
The blood vessels in his body kept contracting along with the flow of blood.
His body started to heat up; it was as though he was in a furnace.
Under this terrifying heat, his body was undergoing reorganization.
The muscles around his body became more solid, but his figure seemed to have not changed much on the outside.
It was just that if his clothes were removed, Su Qingqin would be shocked to discover that her husband's body was curved like a sculpture, especially the muscles.
The muscle lines had become more and more clear while blood flowed in his body hotter.
His spirit had been enhanced, and this was all from the spirit of that rank two snake creature.
The person that was able to see the shocking change in Hong Jun's entire temperament at this moment was Su Qingqin.
She could feel massive pressure being emitted from Hong Jun's body.
She just didn't understand how this guy gained enlightenment from watching the woman leave.
The heat inside Hong Jun's body seemed to have turned into a fire burning energy from the blood core to strengthen his blood and Qi.
The grass and vegetation a few meters around him were starting to show signs of being burnt by flames.
The temperature around him was rising.
Impurities were being discharged from his body and burned before they could even land.
Finally, when the blood core was completely consumed, he stopped.
"Interesting! I can't continue in with marrow cleansing, but my body is already far stronger than before." He realized it wasn't easy to get another blood core.
It was just that the snake meat couldn't be consumed and digested faster.
Opening his eyes, he clenched his fist and felt he was terrifying compared to before.
"This is Qi and blood!" He was shocked.
When he stood up, Su Qingqin felt he was different, like a monster in a human body.
"Now that we have gotten rid of this trouble, it's time to implement my plans!"