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Xue Mo looked at the cyan and bluish dual-colored orb and saw how they found a balance, but not soon after, the cyan one took over the blue color and slowly consumed it. With that, the purity of the cyan in the orb had increased to another level.

'This is it,' Xue Mo thought with excitement. His eyes were shining in anticipation of the new cultivation power-system he was creating.

He had merged the properties of the Qi Energy cultivation power-system, which concerned absorbing the energy into the body and the Arch energy power-system that could let him get a better purity of the energy and created the True Arch power-system.

In the first realm, called the True Arch Sensing realm, he used external cultivation, also called Mana cultivation. Its properties lay in purifying stuff and added it into the mix. This allowed the True Arch energy to cleanse itself and expel the Mana.

In the first realm of True Arch Sensing, the cultivator would have to purify his energy and then slowly absorb it to strengthen the body.

Xue Mo had created this to take advantage of the Arch energy power-system and the Qi Energy power-system that he had extensively researched. This would allow cultivators to immerse themselves in purifying the energy and enhance their senses and take it to a higher degree. Also, the life span increases in the process.

This could not just increase the purity and concentration of energy, but the absorption of it to help the body get accustomed to it would grant it benefits that weren't less than body cultivation. Furthermore, because the cultivator would let the energy permeate the body and enhance it, its purity would allow the cultivator to attune himself to the True Arch Energy better.

Lu Yao had waited on the side, her eyes not leaving the orb in Xue Mo's hands. She saw how it slowly lost the blue luster from Mana and how the cyan color gradually became brighter, and the aura coming out from it was purer.

She knew that Xue Mo was a genius, yet this had made her admire his talents even more. Even if he was a million-year-old cultivator, creating a new power-system within less than half a year of work wasn't something anyone could do.

Xue Mo was staring at the orb with intense eyes, and once the last trace of Mana left it, he carefully let it approached his body and slowly absorbed it. His body was never filled with any kind of energy other than his Shadow Soul Pressure. Yet because he had created this body, he made sure to make it void of impurities, which helped to absorb the True Arch energy.

As soon as the energy entered Xue Mo's body, it automatically started circulating inside his body through the meridians and the blood vessels. Xue Mo created his whole body just for cultivation, so any other obstacles cultivators had to clear before starting was nonexistent for him.

"Hmm," Xue Mo had unknowingly released a moan. The energy was revitalizing his body and changing it. Finally, after more than two and a half years, Xue Mo had started his cultivation path again.

Lu Yao had heard the moan and looked at him weirdly. She was thinking, 'Is it that comfortable? Or is he just acting to make me try it?' Either way, Lu Yao was also curious about cultivation. Xue Mo had created a whole system (Infinite Darkness), wasting his only wish for it. So, it must be worth it.

Lu Yao followed the exact steps that Xue Mo did, and with the orb clearing itself from Mana, she let it approach the place that her body was supposed to be. However, she didn't know if it would be in that place since she was currently in the form of a fox.

Approaching her body, she let the orb slowly enter. A sudden pulse originated from Lu Yao's body, which didn't appear when Xue Mo had started sucking the energy sphere. Her body wasn't like Xue Mo's. After all, he had made sure to create a flawless body for cultivation, but Lu Yao's body was a mortal. And no matter how special she was, she was a mortal, nonetheless.

Her body's reaction to the sudden intrusion of energy was violent, and the purity of that energy didn't help. She started shaking, and her skin was slowly excreting black dirt and impurities, while black blood slowly left using her orifices.

Xue Mo knew what would happen as he had expected countermeasures, and the fact that this would happen didn't escape his calculations. From the moment he had researched this, he had made sure to check for every possibility that would occur, and this one was one that he was happy to see.

What was happening to Lu Yao was something that happened to everyone who cultivated the Qi Energy power-system. This was a sign of the body getting used to the energy, but unlike others where this process took more than a few times to finish, Lu Yao seemed almost done from the first try.

Lu Yao also knew that this would happen from what Xue Mo told her. She had expected this and had closed her eyes not to let the filth enter it. The room was soon filled with a disgusting smell, with it, Lu Yao's white and beautiful fur became black.

Xue Mo held his hand to his nose and told her, "you need a bath," with an exaggerated voice.

Seeing that she didn't move, he continued. "NOW!"

Lu Yao didn't listen to him. She knew that he didn't truly care, and neither did she. Lu Yao continued making orbs of energy and allowing them to be absorbed into her body, letting it slowly change and improve with every new sphere. It seemed that she felt the same comfortable feeling Xue Mo felt and wanted more.

Seeing Lu Yao cultivating hard, Xue Mo smiled before doing the same. They were cultivating, and from how fast they were making energy and absorbing it, their speed would astonish everyone who saw them. They were geniuses.

The reason they could condense orbs of energy was because of Xue Mo's Mana external cultivation technique. With its manipulation of Mana, they could wrap Arch energy from the atmosphere and condense it into the orb form they absorb. They would even be faster if they naturally absorbed the energy, but Xue Mo's new cultivation method was better and more beneficial.

They had stayed in their room cultivating for a month. Xue Mo had already informed Hiari and Myzer of them going into seclusion, so no one disturbed them.

After a month, Xue Mo and Lu Yao exited their room; their aura was extraordinary. Although, due to the Shadow Soul Pressure exuding out of Xue Mo, no one noticed. However, people still felt a difference when they walked past them. Their teacher Xue Mo seemed even more impressive than before.

Hearing that Xue Mo and Lu Yao had exited seclusion, Hiari and Myzer came to welcome them, with them, Dominic and the others who learned under Xue Mo also came.

"We greet Master Mo," The duo assassin chortled. They hadn't advanced in their cultivation this month since their source and edge that helped them before couldn't be accessed without enough contributions. They were only allowed because of Xue Mo before.

The Pagoda was for people in the Qi sensing realm, and they had already stepped into the Qi condensation realm.

Dominic was the strongest, and although he also couldn't feel Xue Mo and Lu Yao's cultivation, he felt a difference that he couldn't pinpoint. He didn't think much about that anyway. He just thought it wasn't his place to do that.

"Teacher Mo, welcome back," Dominic started. "I hope you and Senior Yao had good seclusion."

Xue Mo just looked at him with the same look that he had used when he was teaching, and seeing the kind face made the others feel bad for being wary of him. "We indeed have, thank you for your concern."

Although he did not need the act anymore, Xue Mo thought that he might need to use them for further experiments, so Xue Mo kept the persona he created.

"We came out to tell you something." Seeing the serious look Xue Mo was giving him, Dominic straightened his back and waited for him to continue.

Everyone was silent as they also wanted to know what took Xue Mo out of his seclusion. To make things more dramatic and let them take him more seriously, Xue Mo stayed silent for a few more seconds. However, after a whole minute, he felt that it was enough, and he revealed.

"I want to take all the Qi sensing pills you have!"

Hearing the grave voice Xue Mo used, and how serious he was, the others were baffled. Dominic was also the same. He just looked at the serious Xue Mo and uttered the only thing someone in that situation could.

"Huh?"

Seeing Dominic confusion, Xue Mo was patient and repeated,

"I want all the Qi Sensing pills that you currently have."

Still, neither Dominic nor the others understood why. Using all the courage he had, Declan stepped forward, and hesitantly asked, "w-why?"

Xue Mo again stayed silent and looked at Declan with a look that was slowly turning cold. After another minute of making Declan sweat bullets and almost lose balance from fear, Xue Mo spoke,

"Because I said so."