Chapter 1691

Zhu Yanyi sighed. "I didn't mean to hide it. This person is so mysterious. I feel she is not from this world." She gave a bitter smile. "This feeling gets stronger. It feels like real things will happen."

Yan Aohan looked at Zhu Yanyi deeply. "Ani, your inner energy reached Lin Dan. Your senses are very sharp now. Your premonitions are often true. This is what cultivators call foresight."

Zhu Yanyi was surprised. She never knew Lin Dan did this. "I didn't know entering Lin Dan would be like this."

Yan Aohan smiled gently. "Don't worry. It is a good thing. But this world has little spiritual energy. Breaking through later might be hard."

Zhu Yanyi smiled. "It doesn't matter. I let nature take its course."

"Don't worry," Yan Aohan said. "The Saint Academy has plenty of spiritual energy. Ani, I didn't expect you to reach Lin Dan so fast. Since you are here, I must tell you some things. Remember them."

Zhu Yanyi nodded. "Tell me."

Yan Aohan looked at her seriously. "Ani, do you believe in gods?"

"Yes." Zhu Yanyi answered firmly. She truly believed. She had lived a past life, visited the Underworld, and seen Guanyin appear. If she didn't believe that, what could she believe?

Yan Aohan knew she believed. "Ordinary people divide spirits into humans, ghosts, and gods. But the real division is the Mortal Realm, the Cultivation Realm, the Immortal Realm, the Demon Realm, and finally the God Realm. This is for the living. When people die, they go to the Underworld."

Zhu Yanyi knew about the Underworld. "So, simply put, there are humans, ghosts, demons, immortals, and gods."

Yan Aohan nodded with a smile. "Yes. But few know these divisions relate to the Cultivation Realm."

"Is the Cultivation Realm like in novels? Cultivating to the extreme makes one an immortal?" Zhu Yanyi asked.

"Almost. Cultivation means refining one's true self. It includes Immortal Cultivation, Demon Cultivation, and Ghost Cultivation. If one ascends successfully, they become an immortal. Demons cultivate further to become gods." Yan Aohan looked serious. "Ani, I tell you this because you are at Lin Dan. You are a rare Martial Cultivator. You cultivate your true self through martial arts."

"Strictly speaking, you are already a cultivator. Your Lin Dan equals the early Golden Core stage in cultivation."

"Let me explain the basics. Normal cultivation has nine stages: Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Formation, Void Refinement, Void Movement, Mahayana, and Tribulation. But you are a Martial Cultivator. Your stages are: Refining Essence into Qi, Refining Qi into Spirit, Refining Spirit into Void, and Refining Void into Dao."

"Your Lin Dan equals Refining Spirit into Void. When you reach Void Refinement, you will enter Refining Void into Dao. Then you can ascend to become an immortal."

Zhu Yanyi looked at Yan Aohan, then thought. "You mean I am already a type of cultivator?"

Yan Aohan nodded slightly. "Yes. You are a rare Martial and Heart Cultivator."

"I know Martial Cultivation. You mean my inner energy cultivation. What is Heart Cultivation?" Zhu Yanyi asked.

"Did you forget your inner energy improves with your state of mind?" Yan Aohan said. "Heart Cultivation uses mental breakthroughs to raise your power. Like you. The good part is no heart demons. Each breakthrough tempers your soul. The bad part is it gets harder later. Mental breakthroughs depend on chance, not just practice."

Zhu Yanyi didn't care. "I don't mind how my power grows. I never planned to break through this way."

Yan Aohan smiled. "Your casual nature allows this. Don't change. I tell you this so you know you are different from ordinary people."

Zhu Yanyi was stunned, then understood. She knew the concept of cultivators from her past life novels. She never thought it was real. But she wasn't too surprised. Since becoming the Medical Buddha Girl, she knew this world had unexplainable things.

Still, facing reality was shocking. She looked at Yan Aohan. "Aohan, are you a cultivator too?"

"I am not." Yan Aohan smiled mysteriously. "I might have been one before. But not now."

Not now, but was before. As his partner, Zhu Yanyi heard the hidden meaning. She looked at him, wanting to know more. Yan Aohan just smiled. "Wait until you reach Void Refinement and ascend. Then you will know who I am."

Zhu Yanyi ate some rabbit meat and nodded. "You told me this because I reached Lin Dan."

Yan Aohan never underestimated her smarts. "Very smart. Yes. I didn't expect you to reach Lin Dan so fast. Your breakthroughs rely on your mind. But since you did, I must tell you. Besides, when the Hell Gate opened, you should know this world is full of strange things. Nothing to worry about."