48 Chapter 48 Upheaval in the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth

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'Boom'

The fourth stage of Low Level!

Fifth Stage of Low Level!

Althea broke through to the fourth and fifth stage of the Low level consecutively. Although Althea was calmly sitting, inside she was deeply shocked. 'How could one breakthrough continuously like this?', thought Althea.

Even Ethaan who was watching by the side was slightly surprised. 

Just as Althea was thinking about consolidating her foundation, suddenly her spirit seed again started to absorb the spiritual energy madly. All the spiritual energy inside the Baro Clan territory was sucked clean by her.

A while later Althea slowly opened her eyes. "Congratulations on your breakthrough", said Ethaan with beaming eyes. 

Althea broke through to the midlevel. Her current strength now was the third stage of midlevel. It is equivalent to skipping a whole realm because previously her strength was only the third stage of low level. If this news goes out, people might vomit blood out of anger and frustration. If cultivation was this easy, many people wouldn't be stuck at low and midlevel. 

"Thank you", Althea nodded and smile. She was obviously happy but her smile immediately froze and looked stiffly at Ethaan. 

Ethaan knew what Althea was thinking, "if you are worried about your foundation being unstable then you don't need to worry. I can see that your foundation is solid, you only need to spend a little time to consolidate it"

Continuous breakthrough is not a good thing as it can make one's foundation unstable. Cultivators who depend on Alchemical pills or treasures to break through in the shortest time tend to have a weak foundation because cultivation is not something to be hastened. To break through to the higher realm, one needs to have a solid foundation or else a person will face a bottleneck and might never be able to advance further and the cultivation will be stagnated. Cultivation needs time and hard work, merely borrowing the strength from external things wouldn't make a true expert.

But Althea jumped a whole level yet her foundation is still solid and she only needed a little time to consolidate it! No matter how one looks at it, it sounded like a joke but the one who said this was Ethaan and even she could feel that her foundation is not weak. The worry inside Althea's mind was finally settled.

"The reason why you could break through continuously but still have a solid foundation can be credited to your unique spirit seed. Unlike others, you possessed all the spirit lights and not to mentioned that you have been stuck in the low level for six years so it is not surprising that your foundation is solid", explained Ethaan.

Althea listened to Ethaan's reasoning and agreed to it. "Why is there a commotion outside the courtyard?"  Althea asked perking up her ears.

"When you were breaking through, you caused upheaval in the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth", Ethaan said.

"What?", Althea stood up immediately. Causing an upheaval in the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth is not something anyone is capable of. It is said that only those people blessed with high innate talent and those gifted with natural endowments can come across this when cultivating. Althea has only read about it in books and heard a little about it. But to think that she caused an upheaval in the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth, this piece of information was like a bolt out of blue. 

"You don't need to be surprised about it, having a spiritual seed that has all the spirit lights, it is normal", looking at the surprised Althea, Ethaan smiled and said.

"Cover up your mid-level aura and go out to met them", said Ethaan. Althea understood what Ethaan meant and immediately used the flame dragon energy to shield her actual cultivation level. If she were to go out with her actual strength then, those people outside might view her as a ghost for skipping the whole level. On the outside, her strength was now the Fifth stage of low level.

Althea couldn't help but thank her lucky stars for giving her the Flame Dragon which could shield her actual cultivation level. 

Althea went out of the courtyard and saw many people standing and discussing among themselves. Hruth and Furiana were also standing at the front along with several other clan Elders and experts. Noticing that Althea had come out, everyone quiet down and stared fixedly at her. Even though many eyes were on her, Althea was unfazed and maintained a calm composure. In her past life, she had stood above thousands of experts, to Althea, facing the whole of the Baro clan's experts is nothing to her. 

Seeing that it was Althea who came out, sounds of gasps were heard. 'Did this good for nothing cause the upheaval ?'  everyone had the same question inside their head but no one dared to raised or asked any questions in front of Hruth because they knew that their clan leader was very protective of his granddaughter.

"Althea!" Furiana was the first to react as she hurried towards her daughter and immediately grab her hand while sizing her up. It was not only Furiana but everyone was sizing her up at the moment.

"Mother, I am alright. I just broke through to the Fifth stage of the low level", said Althea patting her mother's hand.

"Althea, weren't you at the third stage of Low level!", asked Hruth. With that, everyone perked up their ears, eagerly waiting for her to speak.

"When I was training in the mountains, I came across some fortuitous encounter and got some treasures. I was just absorbing that and it helped me break through to the fifth level" since she cannot tell them the truth, Althea decided to lie with a straight face.

Everyone thought that it is reasonable. As for what treasure she got, no one asked her because everyone has their secrets, and asking it would be infringing on one's privacy. But then a voice sounded, "Breaking through to fourth and fifth stages at one go is quite rare" It was Elder Wend.

If they knew that Althea had skipped a whole level then they would probably jump in fright.

"At first, after I broke through to the fourth stage, I was about to start consolidating my foundation when suddenly something happened. All the spiritual energy started to rushed towards me resulting in me breaking through to the fifth stage as well. Oh.. by the way, why are so many people gathered here", Althea blinked her eyes innocently and asked.

'Isn't your reaction a little too late, lass', thought the crowd.

"Someone capable of causing an upheaval in the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth appeared in the Baro Clan!"

A thunderous voice sounded. Everyone turned their heads to look in the direction of the voice.

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