Chapter 466 - 234: Goodnight Mom, See You Tomorrow.

Chapter 466: Chapter 234: Goodnight Mom, See You Tomorrow.

Xie Yuan closed the door to his room and began to cultivate inside.

He sat cross-legged on his bed and felt waves of pressure from the air in the room.

This pressure was like a current from the bottom of a deep lake—ubiquitous and incredibly heavy, but only perceptible when cultivating.

Under the immense pressure, Xie Yuan felt as though his body’s Blood Qi was trudging forward under a heavy load, requiring ten times the effort to circulate.

However, while he was actively circulating his Blood Qi, the crushing force from the surrounding pressure caused it to accelerate on its own, surging ceaselessly, just like cultivating at the bottom of a body of water.

Between these two opposing forces, the speed at which his Blood Qi circulated and was refined became several times faster than usual!

Xie Yuan felt the Blood Qi inside him practically boiling and roaring. If his constitution and foundation hadn’t already been remolded into that of a Martial Dao genius by the Celestial Cyan Fruit, his meridians would not have been able to withstand it.

Fortunately, his physique was powerful enough and his meridians resilient enough. After gradually adapting to this torrential speed of Blood Qi circulation, it was time to reap the rewards.

Xie Yuan furrowed his brow and focused his power, manipulating his Blood Qi to continuously flow through his body. He refined its essence to nourish his muscles, bones, organs, and skin, sensing the slow and steady improvement.

The amount of Blood Qi required to advance each minor stage within the Qi and Blood Metamorphosis Realm was enormous. Although Xie Yuan could only feel a minuscule improvement during his current cultivation session, compared to his usual slow accumulation, this was already a massive gain!

If he were to cultivate in this environment for several days, his realm would show significant, visible progress.

And if he were to do so for half a month or a full month, he could definitely break through a minor checkpoint within his realm.

Xie Yuan’s current cultivation level was, by all accounts, only in the early stage of the Qi and Blood Second Transformation Realm.

Without the aid of heavenly treasures suitable for his realm, and with normal accumulation, even at his speed, it would still take him at least two more years to break through to the Qi Blood Third Transformation Realm.

This was already an astonishingly fast pace compared to others. After all, the Qi Blood Third Transformation Realm was the normal limit for the human body’s Qi and Blood metamorphosis. Those with insufficient talent couldn’t even touch this threshold, and even many so-called geniuses required five, ten, or even more years of accumulation.

Reaching the Third Transformation Realm in two or three years was a speed that ordinary Cultivators could barely imagine, a dream they coveted. But if he cultivated here, it wouldn’t even take that long; his pace could be boosted even further.

Sensing the constant progress in his cultivation, Xie Yuan circulated his Blood Qi while cross-legged for a long time before standing up on the bed to practice the Arhat Stances.

There wasn’t much floor space in the small bedroom, so he might as well stand on the bed. With his sense of balance, it wasn’t a problem anyway.

’The ceiling in this room isn’t very high, either. I’m a little worried I’ll hit my head if I stand up straight... This house is just too small and old.’

Fortunately, the Arhat Stances were static poses. Although a more open area would be better, the space requirements weren’t that demanding.

Xie Yuan stood on the bed, sometimes in a golden rooster stance, sometimes in a half horse stance, manipulating his Blood Qi to flow through specific parts of his body along unique pathways, training his entire frame step by step.

After practicing it once, Xie Yuan blinked and summoned his panel for the second time here.

[Golden Bell Shield · 5th Layer: (1457/10000)]

Seeing that the progress for his Golden Bell Shield had increased by nearly fifty points after just one session—the equivalent of several days of past effort—Xie Yuan slowly exhaled.

"This progress in my cultivation must be real. Other things can deceive me, but the panel and math won’t. Because with math, if you don’t know, you don’t know, and the panel is my kin—ahem."

"Since the panel and math won’t lie to me, the numbers on the panel definitely won’t either."

Xie Yuan had a strange feeling that the panel could not be affected by illusions.

If it showed his progress here, then the progress was real, even if he was cultivating within a hallucination.

Next, Xie Yuan cultivated the Cloud Mountain Sword Intent Scripture and the Life-Nourishing Art in succession, then performed a set of the Eight Trigrams Mountain-Shaking Fist.

The progress of his Inner Power cultivation methods was just as astonishing. Normally, cultivating one’s inner breath was a very slow process. However, the progress of his Sword Intent Scripture, which was already matched to his realm, was growing as quickly as his Blood Qi. As for the Life-Nourishing Art—a lower-level art but one that was empowered by the Sword Intent Scripture—it progressed at a breakneck pace. The speed was so unlike that of a normal Inner Power art that Xie Yuan became worried he was about to suffer from cultivation deviation. He had to stop several times to ensure everything was fine before continuing.

He felt as if he were drawing nutrients, energy, and Spiritual Qi from the illusory Profound Water. This environment at the bottom of the lake was practically a Pocket World grotto-heaven, which was what supported such rapid cultivation without making him feel drained of his vital essence and blood.

’At least I don’t need to make up for it by eating more. It’s not like we have any spare food at home anyway...’ Xie Yuan was still thinking about household matters.

’Under the heavy pressure of the Profound Water, my progress with combat techniques is also great. Although not as exaggerated as my nourishing and training methods, it’s clearly on a different level than on land. It’s a shame I don’t have a sword, so I can’t practice my primary art, the Cloud Dragon Nine Forms. I can only practice some fist techniques and see if that helps. I have to hold back in this small room, too.’

He shut the door and trained from noon until evening. During this time, a worried Wang Yafang knocked on his door twice, but both times she was answered by Xie Yuan’s resonant voice telling her he was fine.

Considering her son wasn’t a little boy anymore, she didn’t disturb him further.

By the end of the day, Xie Yuan had confirmed that he could cultivate here, and the effects were surprisingly good. He felt a sense of satisfaction from his training, but his feelings were also complicated.

He originally had no desire to cultivate here at all, wanting only to immerse himself in the normal life of the past.

But perhaps that was too weak of him. Reality—even the reality within this illusion—was forcing him to wake up.