Upon first encountering Zhang Pianpian within this mysterious realm, Zhang Yu was taken aback. His initial understanding, gleaned from the clear imprint of the talisman, was that this nascent power of the Path Seed would manifest a spiritual world cave mansion uniquely his own. Yet, the unexpected reality was a shared dwelling with Zhang Pianpian.

Facing her queries, Zhang Yu found himself momentarily at a loss for a plausible explanation. To utter terms like ‘Path Seed,’ ‘Feather Book,’ and the like was out of the question. Having resided in Kun Ru for several years and spent considerable time with Fu Ji, Zhang Yu had come to grasp that his Feather Book, even with the potential unlocked by the Evil God’s stimulation, was an anomaly, something even Fu Ji had never encountered. Mentioning the Feather Book to other Evil Gods would likely brand him a charlatan attempting a novel deception, let alone explaining it to Zhang Pianpian at this moment.

Thus, Zhang Yu could only stammer, “I… I don’t know how it happened. I was planning to head to Hammer Heart Residence to study, and as soon as my consciousness entered the spiritual world, I felt drawn to this place. When I regained my senses, I found myself here!”

Zhang Pianpian listened, her mind falling into deep contemplation. She harbored no doubt about Zhang Yu’s words, for this was the Taiqing Realm! It was a spiritual world cave heaven of a caliber far beyond what someone of Zhang Yu’s cultivation realm could possibly stumble upon through ordinary means. Moreover, from her knowledge, Zhang Yu was utterly oblivious to the intricacies of the spiritual world’s network and its various access methods, a complete novice in this regard.

*Could it be a bloodline connection? Because of Zhang Yu’s ties to my bloodline, perhaps…*

*Or is it because the karmic threads between us have forged a link in our divine souls?*

*Or perhaps, it was the Taiqing Realm itself that made the selection?*

Possibilities surged within Zhang Pianpian’s mind, yet none seemed to fit perfectly, so she temporarily set aside her doubts.

“Never mind!” Zhang Pianpian gazed at the current Zhang Yu, a sudden thought stirring within her. “That you can come to the Taiqing Realm… perhaps it is also a good thing!”

Zhang Yu, filled with curiosity, asked, “What exactly is this place? And what is it for?”

Zhang Pianpian explained, “This place is called the Taiqing Realm, a spiritual world cave mansion left behind by a senior master of immense cultivation!”

“A spiritual world cave mansion! It’s a personal virtual space opened up within the spiritual world!”

“And the Taiqing Realm is of an extremely high grade. The master of the cave mansion possesses the highest authority here and can shield against external prying and interference, even from True Gods, without exception!”

Zhang Yu’s eyes brightened. “That is to say, whatever we say or do here, even True Gods will not know?”

Zhang Pianpian nodded, continuing, “I inadvertently learned of this cave mansion! It took quite some effort, but I became the master of this place!”

“However, it is fortunate. You can also utilize the convenience of the Taiqing Realm for learning and cultivation!”

Zhang Pianpian pointed at the Daoist hall before them. “This Taiqing Realm was originally meant to be of a grander scale, with four main paths – East, South, West, and North – encompassing a total of thirty-six halls and seventy-two courtyards!”

“However, with my current strength, I can only temporarily activate this central Taiqing Hall!”

“Only when my talisman cultivation advances further and I expend considerable spirit coins to purchase spiritual world space to expand this Taiqing Realm can I gradually restore this cave mansion’s full might!”

As she spoke, Zhang Pianpian had already led Zhang Yu into the grand hall.

“Even so, for you currently, this Taiqing Realm still has a great use, namely, time acceleration!”

“Here, you can accelerate your thoughts to achieve an effect where 1 second in the external world is equivalent to 20 seconds in this realm!”

Hearing this, Zhang Yu’s heart filled with joy. “Twenty times time acceleration?”

He knew that the spiritual world services provided externally generally offered a maximum of 10 times acceleration, and the cost was prohibitively high, making daily use impossible for him.

Zhang Pianpian nodded. “I will teach you how to bring external files in here, and you can learn within this realm afterward!”

She saw Zhang Pianpian’s fingertips dance rapidly through the air, like a dragon or snake in motion, drawing a red talisman that Zhang Yu could not comprehend.

The next moment, the red talisman swam into Zhang Yu’s palm. With a thought from Zhang Yu, the interface of his Remnant Demon Pupil floated into existence.

Zhang Yu said, “Later, store the things you want to learn in the Eye Shell!”

“After coming to the Taiqing Realm, as long as you activate this talisman, you can extract documents from the Eye Shell to here!”

Zhang Yu immediately tried it, extracting the engineering geology textbook he had studied that day.

The next moment, with a slight flash in his hand, a secret manual appeared. Opening it, he saw it contained the content of engineering geology.

Zhang Yu suddenly remembered his various cultivation techniques and asked, “Sister, can I cultivate my various gongfa here?”

Zhang Pianpian pursed her lips. “The spiritual world is the world of the mind, especially under 20 times acceleration. Your consciousness will be accelerated by 20 times. Could your physical body in the external world also follow this 20 times acceleration?”

“With the physical body and spirit out of sync, how can you cultivate?”

“Unless it is a pure gongfa that only involves your spirit and not the physical body, not spiritual energy, not other external factors, only then is it possible!”

Zhang Yu knew he had asked a redundant question. If such cultivation were possible, it would have been feasible long ago in the external spiritual world services offering 10 times acceleration!

Zhang Yu secretly thought, *It seems the greatest use of this place for me is still for learning knowledge!*

*Good, I lack time to learn many courses in the artifact refining system. From now on, I will come to this Taiqing Realm to learn!*

*I wonder what power the Great Clarity Realm will possess after this Taiqing Talisman is promoted to the second level!*

Suddenly, Zhang Yu thought of another problem. “Sister, you said last time that when connecting consciousness to the spiritual world, it’s best not to exhibit that black gongfa!”

“What about here?”

“Can I operate the heart method of the Immeasurable Heart Inner Law Body here?”

Zhang Pianpian nodded. “The Taiqing Realm can shield against external perception. It doesn’t matter if you operate this heart method here!”

Speaking of which, Zhang Pianpian’s gaze shifted, and she thought, *Speaking of which, that Immeasurable Heart Inner Law Body seems to be a gongfa purely for training the spirit and thought!*

*I can try cultivating it here to see if there’s an acceleration effect!*

Zhang Pianpian had previously looked over this black gongfa, but though she was truly busy, she never had the time to give it a try.

At this moment, with the Taiqing Realm’s 20 times acceleration, Zhang Pianpian simply sat cross-legged in the Taiqing Great Hall and began cultivating the Immeasurable Heart Inner Law Body!

In a flash, half the night had passed. When Zhang Yu opened his eyes, he felt his thoughts in his mind surge like electricity, his thinking speed far surpassing the past!

And after this half night of cultivation, his Immeasurable Heart Inner Law Body had also broken through to the 20th level in one go, achieving the effect of one heart with four uses!

“It really accelerated!”

“This 20 times acceleration of the Taiqing Talisman, plus the Immeasurable Heart Inner Law Body, this pure spirit gongfa, and my Feather Book’s effect of leveling up as long as I cultivate a certain number of times, stacked with the cultivation efficiency improvement of the Great Learning Saint Body’s gongfa!”

Zhang Yu’s spirit was shaken. “Under this multiple stacking, it allowed me to elevate the Immeasurable Heart Inner Law Body from the 11th level to the 20th level at once!”

*Should I try other heart methods?*

But Zhang Yu thought for a moment and realized it was pointless.

The main reason was that his current heart methods, whether it was the Remnant Ox Shed Body Mind Art or the Immeasurable Heart Inner Law Body, were already the strongest heart methods he could learn.

Even if he were to relearn other heart methods, he would fundamentally have no opportunity to use them!

Moreover, many heart methods involve the physical body, or spiritual energy, or Gang Qi and other external factors. There are not many heart methods that can be accelerated and cultivated in the Taiqing Realm, and they are all methods that Zhang Yu would not use!

*If I really need to use it, I’ll just spend an evening cultivating here!*

*The greatest effect of the Taiqing Realm for me next is still learning!*

Feeling his current state of one heart with four uses, Zhang Yu smiled slightly, thinking, *One heart with four uses, plus 20 times acceleration, isn’t learning here for one day equivalent to 80 days of learning for me before?*

Zhang Yu knew his learning ability wasn’t particularly strong, but with this 80 times learning efficiency, he believed it was absolutely more than enough for him to learn the courses in the artifact refining system and civil engineering system!

Turning his head to look at Zhang Pianpian beside him, he found that his sister had also stopped operating her heart method, smiling and saying, “Indeed useful. I have already advanced the Immeasurable Heart Inner Law Body by 7 levels. It seems it won’t take several days to push this gongfa to the 20th level!”

Zhang Yu listened and secretly clicked his tongue. *With so many things aiding me, it would still take me several days in the outside world to elevate the Immeasurable Heart Inner Law Body to the 11th level!*

*Sister, relying solely on this Taiqing Realm, elevated it by 7 levels in such a short time?*

Zhang Pianpian looked at Zhang Yu, her heart filled with even more emotion. Firstly, the loan of 50 spirit coins allowed her to unseal the Taiqing Realm in advance!

Secondly, this heart method of the Immeasurable Heart Inner Law Body can greatly improve the efficiency of her learning and research of talismans!

*No, not just learning and research!*

*Multiple thoughts operating in parallel allow me to display talismans with multiple efficiency in the spiritual world! This is an extraordinary strengthening!*

*From now on, whether I am fighting in the spiritual world or earning money, my efficiency will be greatly improved!*

Thinking of this, Zhang Pianpian exhaled. “Little brother, you have truly helped me a great deal again this time!”

Zhang Yu smiled. “Between us siblings, of course we should support each other on the path of immortality and advance together!”

Zhang Pianpian paused slightly at his words, then nodded seriously. “You are right. On the path of immortality, you and I will ascend together!”

The next moment, Zhang Yu exclaimed, “Not good, what time is it?”

He looked at the time, thinking, *I missed the communication time I agreed on with Ah Zhen!*

*Ah Zhen was taking exams all day yesterday and said she would exchange final grades with me this evening!*

Looking at Zhang Yu’s hurried departure from the spiritual world, Zhang Pianpian smiled slightly and continued to cultivate the Immeasurable Heart Inner Law Body.

In the dormitory!

Zhang Yu’s consciousness slowly returned to his body, feeling a cold, soft object resting upon him.

The next moment, as Zhang Yu removed his spiritual interface cover, he saw Le Mu Lan sitting on his body.

Le Mu Lan, who had been in closed-eyed meditation, felt Zhang Yu’s movements and immediately opened her eyes, looking at Zhang Yu and saying, “I saw you in the spiritual world, so I didn’t disturb you!”

“Is it time for the magical power infusion today?”

At the same time, Zhang Yu looked at Bai Zhen Zhen’s constantly flashing icon. He pointed at Le Mu Lan and said, “You stay still by the side obediently. Remember, when I communicate next, don’t make any movements or sounds, understand?”

Le Mu Lan nodded obediently and sat beside Zhang Yu.