Transmigrated as Investment Banker in Cultivation world

Chapter 44: Ignorance is a bliss

David watched Mary with interest as a small cyclone formed around her, causing her hair to dance wildly in the air. He had never seen a person breaking through to the Foundation Building Realm.

"Breakthrough! Hmmm." David slowly said as if remembering something important.

Mary Suin, a woman with heaven-defying potential, was breaking through to the Foundation Building realm, and he hadn't invested anything in her other than a few things that were worthless.

"Some clothes and a few cups of coffee." David's heart was filled with immense regret. He was like a person who had missed the opportunity to ride the ticket to the moon when he had the chance.

"Damn it," David muttered in his head and sighed. It wasn't all over for him; he still had the chance.

David turned his head and looked at the vermillion-haired Ruby, who was staring at the air with an empty gaze. Suddenly, her eyes flashed, and she looked in David's direction, specifically at Mary, who was about to break through. Then David's gaze landed on Sebastian, who was coming in his direction with a plain face.

However, David didn't realize he had escaped a disaster. If he was able to look inside his Spiritual Space, he definitely wouldn't be thinking the same.

Inside his Spiritual Space, minor cracks had started to appear everywhere. The reason for it was simple: it was expanding too fast, far surpassing the speed of a Foundation Building Realm cultivator.

You have to keep in mind that at the Foundation Building Realm Rank One, an average cultivator's spiritual space was barely 100 meters wide in length, and David's spiritual space had already surpassed a kilometer in length.

The Yin and Yang symbols in the middle of his Spiritual Space were like a black hole, sucking mana out of the atmosphere and pumping it inside David's spiritual space, providing the nutrition to his spiritual space to grow at an insane speed.

Below the symbol, a small black sea of liquified mana had formed.

The inside of the space was showing clear signs of collapse as there were no laws to support it.

And here he was feeling regretful. Truly, ignorance was bliss.

"Heed my command," Mary whispered in a low voice.

The mana resonated at her words as if answering her call. Its haphazard movement ceased and gathered above Mary's head in the form of a huge sword.

"Open," Mary muttered in a calm tone and swung the sword that was many times larger than her body.

The sword moved like a pillar of light and struck the gate.

The impact caused the space around the gate to shake.

In the next moment, it opened with a bang.

It was like a floodgate had been opened. Black-colored mana started to pour out of the gate, rushing toward every part of her body, nourishing and strengthening it.

Pushing her toward a higher realm of existence.

Her skin shriveled and started to fall off like leaves during autumn. New skin started to replace it at a rapid rate, more shiny and smoother than before. Her internal organs also had a blackish glow to them.

After fifteen minutes, the flow of mana from the gate thinned but didn't stop.

"She successfully broke through," Sebastian said in a low voice while looking at Mary.

His eyes had a tinge of amazement in them. He thought he would be the first to break through. Her happy-go-lucky attitude had caused him to underestimate her.

David didn't need to hear his words; he could feel a gentle flow of energy flowing toward him from a thin thread connected to Mary's.

This was a clear sign of her successful breakthrough.

Ruby also looked at her with unknown emotions in her eyes.

"Oh! 300 meters in length," Mary muttered, her voice filled with joy.

Her Spiritual Space was three times larger than the average Foundation Building Realm Rank 1.

However, you might think it was just three times larger. What's there to feel happy about?

It was just the beginning. Every time she broke through in the Foundation Building Realm, this small difference would turn into an enormous one.

At this time, Mary was standing in front of a huge ball of light. This ball of light was her Crystallization of Life, nearly occupying one third of her spiritual space.

From time to time, the ball released wisps of black gaseous mana inside her spiritual space.

Mary looked at her Crystallization of Life in amazement and awe.

Even at the peak of her power, she was not able to understand the mysteries behind these miraculous existences.

However, the battle was not over yet.

Suddenly, Mary opened her eyes and looked at the sky with some hidden emotions.

Her tribulation was about to come, but it wasn't anything to worry about as it was just a small test from the universe or heavens to see if she was worthy of the Crystallization of Life she had received.

If she failed the test, her Crystallization would be snatched from her and given to someone more worthy of it.

David looked at the dark clouds gathering above them with curiosity.

"Do you need help?" David asked while walking towards her. Mary only smiled at his words and didn't say anything.

It was impossible for anyone else to help. If they could help each other during tribulations, so many experts wouldn't have to fall.

"Congratulations, Mrs. Mary," Sebastian also spoke, his voice filled with appreciation.

"Thank you, Sebastian." Mary smiled, showing her pearly white teeth.

"You know it's not polite to look at others' tribulation."

"Now get back!" Mary yelled in a loud voice as strong winds started to blow around her.

At her words, David's eyes flashed in understanding.

During the tribulation, the weakness of a cultivator's Crystallization of Life was revealed as the heavens directly used the method most effective in countering it.

Boom!

Thunder flashed, and lightning struck the tree around her burning it to ashes.

Mary gaze remained calm and undisturbed at this scene.