The Villa returned to normal. Only Mo Xi's room remained trembling slightly as spiritual energy continued to re-gather within it. Mo Xi felt the spiritual energy constantly filling her body, with warm currents flowing through her meridians. Waves of warmth and comfort slowly enveloped her.
About half an hour later, Mo Xi's eyes snapped open. She thrust both hands out to her sides, and a majestic surge of spiritual power erupted like a surging tide.
Bang!!!
The items in the room were instantly sent flying by the shockwave, and the sound of cracking and shattering exploded in the narrow space like a clap of thunder. Mo Xi's pupils constricted, her fingertips trembled, and that violent spiritual power was forcibly suppressed like a back-flowing tide. The moment she restrained her aura, the violent air currents in the room suddenly calmed, leaving only a mess on the floor and a dead silence.
"Mo Xi! Are you okay? What was that noise just now?" An urgent voice suddenly came from the living room.
Ye Guizhou(Father Ye) had clearly noticed the clattering noise coming from Mo Xi's room, so he immediately inquired with concern. A flash of panic crossed Mo Xi's face upon hearing this, but she soon took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed her emotions. She lowered her eyes, her voice steady but carrying a trace of imperceptible tension.
"I just tripped over a table and chair, and some things accidentally spilled onto the floor."
Hearing this, the other party's tone clearly relaxed quite a bit. "Is that so? Remember to be more careful later. Do you need me to help clean up?"
"No need, I'll clean it up myself," Mo Xi replied without a second thought, her tone carrying a hint of finality. Ye Guizhou was silent for a moment but eventually compromised.
A few minutes later, Mo Xi listened carefully, sensing the silence outside the room. "That was close. I didn't expect the commotion from breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage to be so loud."
She patted her chest, secretly breathing a sigh of relief. Looking at the mess in the room again, she couldn't help but click her tongue. "It seems best not to break through in my room next time. The reason I wasn't discovered just now was probably because Sister Acheron helped me in secret, right?"
During her breakthrough, Mo Xi had not lost contact with the outside world. She understood clearly that after hearing such a commotion, her parents would definitely not be as calm as they were now. But now, her parents were clearly unaware of everything that had happened. The only possibility Mo Xi could think of was Sister Acheron in the living room.
'It must be Sister Acheron who used some kind of method to help me hide the commotion of my breakthrough. It's really thanks to Sister Acheron.'
Mo Xi shook her head and began to clean up the mess she had left behind. While doing all this, Mo Xi also took the opportunity to sense her own condition. After absorbing nearly ten Foundation Establishment Stage Monster Cores, Mo Xi had finally successfully broken through.
She felt as if her body had been reforged. Spiritual power far exceeding the Qi Refinement Stage flowed through every inch of her meridians, and it felt as if countless tiny electric currents were wandering throughout her body. Those seemingly slender arms appeared to contain the strength of a thousand pounds, like a crouching tiger ready to explode with earth-shattering power at any moment!
If she encountered those thugs from last time again—without mental interference—she was confident she could defeat them without taking any damage. No! She should be able to completely crush them!
At this moment, Mo Xi was secretly excited, and a smile unconsciously spread across her face. But in an instant, she immediately dismissed the thought. 'No! If I hadn't known about that eerie and unpredictable "Air Slash" in advance, I might still have failed.'
With a firm heart, Mo Xi quickly adjusted her mindset. In an instant, she put away the pride that inevitably arose after her breakthrough.
"Sister Acheron is right, the power ceiling for Ability Users is extremely high. There is no absolute fairness in battle; I cannot develop feelings of underestimating the enemy or self-superiority. I still need to be more cautious and train my combat awareness as much as possible so that I can go further."
Mo Xi showed her usual expression and reflected to herself. After thinking it through, she put away the joy brought by the breakthrough. At most, she had improved her self-preservation ability by a few points, but if she wanted to protect those around her, it was far from enough.
Mo Xi's gaze fell upon the Demon Cores, which were now nearly half gone. She couldn't help but feel a bit of heartache. She smiled bitterly. "I borrowed tens of thousands from Sister Acheron, and half of it disappeared in less than an hour."
This was truly the first time Mo Xi had experienced what it felt like to be rich. Even her cultivation could be accelerated because of it. Unfortunately, what she didn't know was that for anyone else, tens of thousands wouldn't be enough to buy such resources. In short, despite the satisfaction, Mo Xi thought to herself:
'Breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage consumed nearly ten Foundation Establishment Stage Monster Cores. If I were to break through normally, it would probably take me at least one or two months, and that's with continuous cultivation.'
Thinking of this, Mo Xi's expression became somewhat regretful. She couldn't help but stroke her chin and analyze. "Now only half of the Monster Cores are left. To break through to the Golden Core Stage, it will take at least a year or even several years. Next, I really shouldn't be in a hurry to raise my realm; I should follow Sister Acheron's suggestion and train myself instead."
At this moment, Acheron in the living room was watching this scene while eating a peach.
"Has her strength increased? It seems... similar to a Cultivator in novels, she has raised her realm."
Acheron frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then stopped dwelling on it. She turned her attention back to the peach in her hand, taking small, careful bites, eating each one with great seriousness.