In the vast cleansing pool, only Zi Linling remained.
The surging spiritual energy poured into Zi Linling's dantian like a long snake.
The nascent world within her dantian, nourished by the spiritual energy, continuously extended deeper.
Mountains and rivers, deserts and hills, all rapidly grew.
The small three-colored tree became increasingly crystalline, with spiritual energy droplets rolling on its leaves, looking utterly charming.
"Eh, there's actually a rookie at the peak of the Postnatal realm here!"
A man's voice, full of obvious curiosity, sounded out at an inopportune moment.
It turned out that the realms below the Saint King realm of the Tian Yuan Continent were uniformly referred to as the Postnatal realm in the Tian Ci Continent. Only by breaking through to the Emperor realm did one enter the Prenatal realm.
And it was only in the Prenatal realm that one could truly be considered a cultivator, embarking on the path of cultivation.
Simply put, those in the Postnatal realm were merely slightly stronger ordinary people lingering outside the door of cultivation, while the Prenatal realm was the true beginning of cultivation.
Zi Linling's current cultivation, at first glance, appeared to be at the peak of the Saint King realm, or the peak of the Postnatal realm, which was precisely why the man found it strange.
"Hey, are you from the lower realm?"
As the voice faded, a figure appeared.
A handsome boy, around fifteen or sixteen years old, materialized above the cleansing pool.
"Whose unruly child is this, so impolite!"
Zi Linling frowned, casting an displeased glance at the boy before diligently continuing to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy.
She found that the nascent world in her dantian was like an insatiable gluttonous beast, greedily gulping down the spiritual energy.
If it weren't for her curiosity about what such a rude man looked like, she wouldn't even bother to look at him.
Seeing herself ignored, the unruly child's handsome brows immediately furrowed.
He raised his voice, indignantly saying, "Hey! I'm asking you a question, didn't you hear me?"
Zi Linling simply closed her eyes, pretending not to hear.
It was better to absorb spiritual energy quickly than to deal with an impolite, unruly child!
The unruly child pouted and huffily said, "Hey, are you mute?"
"You're the mute, your whole family are mutes!"
Zi Linling opened her eyes and retorted unhappily.
The unruly child brightened, saying, "So you can talk! I knew it, you look so good, it would be a waste if you were mute!"
Zi Linling glared at the unruly child and said, "Rude brat, go wherever it's cool!"
Of course, this was also because she sensed that although the unruly child was impolite, he had no malice.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have just retorted a couple of times.
"Hmph! You're the brat! I'm already fifteen, I'm an adult!"
The unruly child retorted heatedly, as if his tail had been stepped on.
Zi Linling rolled her eyes at him, "What does it matter to me whether you're an adult or not? I'm busy now, I don't have time to bother with you, go play somewhere else!"
"You!"
The unruly child's chest heaved with anger, but in terms of verbal sparring, he was no match for Zi Linling.
"What 'you'! Go play in the mud somewhere else!" Zi Linling said unhappily.
The unruly child hopped in frustration, "You play in the mud! I'm already an adult, I..."
"Alright, alright, little brat, I'm busy, I don't have time to play with you!"
Zi Linling interrupted the unruly child before he could finish.
The unruly child's hair stood on end with anger, and he roared, "My name is Xuanyuan Zhe, not little brat!"
"Whether you're Xuanyuan Zhe or Xuanyuan Wan, what does it have to do with me?" Zi Linling said, rolling her eyes.
Xuanyuan Zhe? Xuanyuan Wan?
Xuanyuan Zhe was momentarily confused, frozen in place.
Zi Linling, too lazy to bother with him, focused on absorbing the spiritual energy from the cleansing pool.
A few breaths later, the cleansing pool was nearly empty, and Zi Linling walked out contentedly.
Xuanyuan Zhe finally reacted and shouted angrily, "You stop right there!"
Zi Linling ignored Xuanyuan Zhe, as she needed to find Ye Lingyuan and the other two.
"Hey! I'm talking to you, are you deaf?"
Xuanyuan Zhe angrily blocked Zi Linling's path.
Zi Linling chuckled unhappily, "Firstly, my name is not 'Hey', and I don't like impolite brats. Secondly, just because you're talking to me, does that mean I have to talk to you? Thirdly, why should I stop just because you told me to?"
"..."
Xuanyuan Zhe was speechless.
Zi Linling glanced at Xuanyuan Zhe indifferently and walked around him.
In her eyes, Xuanyuan Zhe was just a spoiled child, so she wouldn't bother arguing with him.
"Wait!"
Xuanyuan Zhe, watching Zi Linling's receding back, called out anxiously and chased after her.
Zi Linling continued forward, with no intention of engaging with Xuanyuan Zhe.
She had already released her spiritual sense, searching the vicinity for Ye Lingyuan's whereabouts.
Originally, they had a communication stone between them, but she had just discovered that it was no longer functioning.
Therefore, she had to resort to a more rudimentary method of searching. Su Dan Novel Network.
Xuanyuan Zhe caught up to her, grabbed her arm, and said, "You are so rude! I told you to wait, and you acted as if you didn't hear me? You call me impolite, but I think you're even more impolite."
Zi Linling frowned and stopped, deep in thought.
This was not because of Xuanyuan Zhe's words, but because she couldn't detect the auras of Ye Lingyuan and the other two.
Her spiritual sense was comparable to Ye Lingyuan's.
Now, being unable to sense their auras was significant. It meant either Ye Lingyuan and the others were too far away for her to sense, or their auras were being masked by something, such as... a formation.
So she was considering whether to go directly to find the three of them or wait for them to return.
Seeing Zi Linling's furrowed brows, Xuanyuan Zhe thought she was still annoyed by his rudeness.
He quickly explained, "I don't mean to not call you by name, it's just that I don't know your name!"
"Zi Linling!"
Zi Linling said faintly.
"What?"
Xuanyuan Zhe was surprised.
Firstly, he hadn't heard clearly, and secondly, he hadn't expected Zi Linling to tell him her name so easily.
Zi Linling rolled her eyes at him and turned back towards the cleansing pool.
She decided to wait here for Ye Lingyuan and the other two to come to her.
"Why are you only talking halfway?"
Xuanyuan Zhe shouted after her.
Zi Linling retorted unhappily, "It's clearly you who didn't hear clearly, and you're blaming me?"
Xuanyuan Zhe awkwardly touched his head and said, "You can't blame me for this, who told you to speak so directly?"