226 An Unexpected Breakthrough 4 (1/2)

With a sizeable amount of time left open to freely waste and a pleasant abode of silence awaiting her perusal, the young girl returned her mind into the sea of perception.

An Fei attempted to make herself as comfortable as she could, ignoring the awkward and mixed typhoon of sensations racing through her lower abdomen as much as possible.

From the visualization's purview, her physique had not changed since her entry into the Foundation Establishment Realm of mortal cultivation.

Though the baptism of golden light continued to seep into her body each night she spent in the Sanctum, the spiritual essence merely accumulated, but didn't transform its environment.

Perhaps it had yet to reach the maximum threshold required for it to urge her physique to adapt?

An Fei numbered the increasing questions in her heart as she continued to scour her body from top to bottom with a scathing gaze.

The young girl rubbed at the base of her chin with her eyes closed, her fingers anxiously splayed on the bedsheets.

She wasn't currently privy to any martial arts techniques that could drastically enhance her hearing to be able to eavesdrop on Shen Ming Yue's footsteps from a long distance away.

Granted, the Sanctum's Archives of Time were bound to possess not just a few techniques that empowered the primal senses of a practitioner, but An Fei had never sifted through any such book.

”Then, a supposed breakthrough into the next realm of cultivation?”

The young girl mused, her mind drifting along the blackened abdominal region on the mental visualization.

An Fei's consciousness roamed from one conjecture to another, finding that the plausible circumstance of an unintentional breakthrough was the most reliable.

…though all of her previous breakthroughs in the path of cultivation was unintentional and imposed by the Sanctum's whims…

The mortal world with its unforgiving shackles had suppressed her abilities to remain the same after the night's endeavors, prompting An Fei to question her conjecture of a supposed breakthrough for not just a single time.

With a moment of deliberation, the young girl elected to perform a small experiment.

Breathe deeply, the air filling the lungs to their maximum capacity and easing the strain on the heart.

Exhale, and concentrate on a specific entity – to search for their presence in the vast world.

For a breath of time, to breaths, and infringing upon the third, An Fei suddenly heard the gentle hustle and bustle of a large volume of people crammed into a small region of space not unlike that of packed sardines.

The young girl froze in shock, before her mind flickered with disbelief.

An Fei glanced towards the window towards her right, but discovered that it was closed.

The curtained windows prevented the sunlight from breaching into the room in all of its glory and splendor.

However, a constant stream of voices continued to stream into the young girl's ears, confounding her from head to toe.

”A phoenix dress imported from the Banshou Province, and was designed by the exquisite Mister Fan!”

”Here, we have a simple and plain hanfu from Cloud Moon Silk, the treasure approved by Jiang'an. Look at the delicate strains of fabric and the embroidered designs!”

”Not only does our shop have clothing made of Cloud Moon Silk, we also possess a few crafted treasures of Floating Gold Silk – from the archaic spiritual beast, the Golden Silkworm…”

A clothing store?

The young girl's eyebrows lifted in surprise; what was Shen Ming Yue doing in a clothing store this early in the morning?

As An Fei glanced upon her delicate body lightly covered underneath the blankets, she could her the youthful girl's soft and elegant voice echo in her ear.

Surely, she wasn't…

”My little sister didn't seem to be in possession of a few exquisite dresses,” Shen Ming Yue's voice was hesitant, as if she were in deep contemplation.

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”Furthermore, she seems to have liked deeper and more subdued colors… though the phoenix dress is indeed beautiful and staggering, it doesn't seem that it would fit…”

Pch.

A short burst of laughter escaped An Fei's throat, but was accompanied by a ruthless sneeze that wormed its way into her airways.

Patting her slightly sore nose, the young girl felt a strain of warmth race throughout her heart at the words that continued to drift into her ears.

This Shen Ming Yue, ah…

”However, since I can listen to Shen Ming Yue's activities from such a far distance away, I most probably did succeed in the breakthrough, huh?”

An Fei swiftly returned to a solemn mood as she submerged herself into the mental visualization.