Chapter 625 - 301: Ji Lingruo’s Troubles

Ji Lingruo has been a bit troubled lately.

Her senior brothers and sisters always leave Lotus Peak from time to time to eliminate evil and guard the way.

While she can only silently cultivate on Lotus Peak, secretly thinking that once she breaks through the Condensed Water Realm, she wants to join the Exorcism Bureau and embark on adventures with them.

In fact, her progress has almost reached an astonishing level.

While she was in Chuyun City, she was just a little demon of the Through Meridian stage, without any demonic aura, and You Su didn’t even realize she was a demon cultivator.

And now, with her eighteenth birthday approaching, she already has one foot over the threshold of the Condensed Water Realm. In terms of talent, she is even a year ahead of You Su, enough to leave the prodigies of the Profound Sky Sect feeling ashamed.

Of course, this cannot be separated from her diligent cultivation. Overall, her ups and downs have lasted even longer than her meditation time.

However, the root of her troubles also lies here; for normal people breaking through the Condensed Water Realm, a three to five-day retreat is normal, ten days to half a month is the top limit. But since she started showing signs of breakthrough, it has been nearly twenty days without success, causing her great anxiety.

She mentioned her situation to He Shutong and the Third Elder, but after they examined her body, they found nothing unusual.

This situation is very rare; if it were a human cultivator, it would basically indicate a failed breakthrough. But Ji Lingruo is a demon cultivator after all, not comparable to human cultivators, and her Demon Pill is well-endowed, with her energy climbing steadily, showing no signs of failure.

To reassure the young girl, the Third Elder not only prescribed medicines like Gold Thread Mother-of-Pearl and Five-Color Danggui to stabilize her Demon Pill but also invited a great demon from the Zhongyuan Continent to analyze her situation.

This great demon is at the stage of Feather Transformation Perfection, with the true form of a Six-armed Spirit Monkey, and is a veteran of the Star Shining Divine Mountain Exorcism Bureau, with broad experience and deep insight.

Even so, she was extremely surprised by Ji Lingruo’s condition.

"This Demon Pill... is truly yours?"

Ji Lingruo lay on the bed, looking fearfully at the bright eyes of the elderly demon woman, then nodded emphatically.

The Third Elder stood quietly at the side, also showing caution, understanding the reason behind the elderly woman’s question.

She had heard of the demon race’s circumstances; though seemingly unified and civilized on the surface, the beastly nature of the demon race has not completely faded. The Demon Pill is different from the spiritual platform humans build later, as it is a congenital item.

A top-grade Demon Pill is very likely to be contested by powerful demons, leading to acts of killing infants or exterminating clans, thereby perpetuating the strength of strong tribes and the weakness of weak ones, solidifying the hierarchy far more severely than among humans.

"Do you dare swear that this Demon Pill wasn’t snatched by your Snake Race?"

The elderly woman stiffened her face, extremely stern.

"Senior, even if my Snake Race is weak, we would never raise a sword against the weaker. As for those truly treacherous demon acts, you know better than I."

Ji Lingruo furrowed her delicate brows, her expression earnest, completely unwilling to let anyone tarnish the Snake Race’s reputation.

Even though the seizure of Demon Pills has been explicitly forbidden, the ones who can enjoy the benefits of such rules are often the rule makers themselves. None can restrain the actions of the grand clans that have stood atop Star Shining Divine Mountain for hundreds and thousands of years.

"It’s not that I look down on your Snake Race, but for you to still manage to hide yourself possessing this Demon Pill despite the Snake Race’s decline is truly impressive."

The elderly woman sighed lowly, seemingly helpless about the demon race’s situation, then smiled comfortingly and continued:

"Your Snake Race has languished for a long time; I thought it would just fade away, yet not only did such a brilliant talent like your sister emerge, but you are hidden even deeper. It seems your Snake Race has hope for revival as well."

Even within the Snake Race, few knew the eldest lady’s former Demon Pill was actually taken from that useless second lady, let alone demons from other races.

"It certainly will." Ji Lingruo nodded, "Senior, is my inability to break through due to the Demon Pill?"

"Correct. The quality of a Demon Pill is judged by the purity of its color, and this Demon Pill of yours, its blue purity is the finest I’ve ever seen, not only pure like crystal, without any impurity but also extremely spiritual, naturally attracting Profound Qi."

The elderly woman marveled in astonishment and continued, "This Demon Pill can assist you greatly in cultivation, but its transformation difficulty is also higher. During these breakthrough days, have you continually felt your Demon Pill’s appetite is enormous, feeling exhausted after meditation, yet your Demon Pill remains unsatisfied?"

Ji Lingruo’s beautiful eyes sparkled brightly, nodding frequently: "Exactly, exactly! It feels like no matter how much Profound Qi I refine, it can’t satisfy it! It’s not only my Demon Pill; my appetite has been large recently too, needing to eat much at every meal to feel full. Is this normal?"

"Your appetite is also large?" The elderly woman asked in amazement.

"Yes, yes, sometimes I wake up in the morning feeling nauseated and often feel a tightness in my chest. Is this normal?"

Ji Lingruo was not shy in sharing all her symptoms.

The elderly woman looked surprised, feeling the symptoms described by the young girl didn’t seem like a breakthrough, but rather akin to pregnancy...

"Do you... have a partner?"

Among those present, they were all women, naturally understanding immediately.

Ji Lingruo blushed, lowering her head slightly and nodding.

Actually, when she described the symptoms to the Third Elder, the Third Elder had already suspected it might be a pregnancy.

At that time, she was very nervous, telling the Third Elder that her belly had grown larger, previously flat but now slightly plump.