Two Realms

If the feeling of cultivation speed x10 was like being massaged by little hands... 

...then the feeling of cultivation speed x10,000 was like an authentic Thai massage – the kind where the masseuse stepped on you.

From the moment he began the cultivation, Chen Shaojie could feel the spiritual Qi around him surging towards him wildly. The spiritual Qi turned into countless pairs of thick and powerful feet and started madly stomping on him.

Something like that should have been an excruciating experience, but because the purity of the spiritual Qi in the grass hut was so high, it was not the case. A single inhalation of the spiritual Qi sent him into ecstasy. He did not feel any pain at all.

And, after the first breath, when the feeling of ecstasy was just about to slightly subside, he could follow up with another breath.

Nine shallow exhalation and one deep inhalation, nine shallow exhalation and one deep inhalation, nine shallow exhalation and one deep inhalation...

While maintaining a continuous cycle of exhalation and inhalation, Chen Shaojie felt light and soft, as if he was floating on a cloud. It was an extremely comfortable sensation.

He kept breathing and kept feeling good. The comfortable sensation felt endless.

Cultivation could really get someone addicted. Furthermore, once you get addicted, you would probably never quit.

While Chen Shaojie was controlling his breathing, he could not help feeling a little worried at the same time. Now that he had experienced such an amazing feeling with the Grandmaster, how could he live after returning to the lower court?

He had already gotten addicted to the Grandmaster. What should he do?

Suddenly--

Chen Shaojie felt his body jolt. He was suddenly filled with energy...

The feeling was difficult to explain. It was as if there was originally a layer of glass shell encasing his body, and the glass shell had suddenly shattered, allowing his body to break free from some kind of barrier.

Chen Shaojie had no idea what was happening. He only knew that every moment of the spring night was worth a thousand gold, so he must cherish it and continue to enjoy himself off the Grandmaster.

And it was very rare to find spiritual Qi of such high purity - at least nothing like this could not be found in the lower court - so he must suck in as much of it as he could.

The feeling of pleasure continued...

After a while, Chen Shaojie felt his bones starting to itch. It was a kind of itch that definitely could not be scratched away with the hand.

He could not help but twist and turn in an attempt to alleviate the itchy feeling.

But it was to no avail. The itch got stronger and stronger. It accumulated in his body little by little, more and more... But right before the moment when the itch got so bad that he felt like it would erupt...

Suddenly...

Chen Shaojie once again felt his body shake. The itchy feeling disappeared all of a sudden, and he was once again filled with power.

The feeling this time was very similar to the previous one. There was no way to explain it precisely, but it felt as if a layer of glass shell that had originally wrapped around his bones had suddenly shattered, allowing his body to break free from some kind of barrier.

Chen Shaojie did not understand what was going on, nor did he try to understand it. In any case, many parts of his body had been shattered today, and he could not immediately figure out all the details.

At that moment, he only wanted to cultivate, to keep breathing in, to keep having a great time in the Grandmaster's grass hut until the sun rose.

　　...

Chen Shaojie did not know how much time had passed.

He suddenly felt a stick knocking on his head.

The force was not strong, but it was enough to force him to break out of the state of cultivation.

The first thing Chen Shaojie saw when he opened his eyes was Grandmaster Qing Zhu. The old man was holding a bamboo stick in his hand and sizing Chen Shaojie up with a curious look on his face.

Chen Shaojie subconsciously rubbed the back of his head.

It was a little painful. There was a small bump there.

The weapon used to commit the crime must be the bamboo stick, and the culprit was... wasn't it obvious?

"I didn't expect you to have some talent in cultivation, kid."

Grandmaster Qing Zhu stroked his beard while looking a little puzzled. "But why does your entrance test result state that you possess no trace of spiritual root and have very low potential?"

Chen Shaojie had no answer to that, so he could only play dumb. "I don't know either... but here, the spiritual Qi is so dense that I have a much easier time cultivating than I normally do."

"It's because of the spiritual Qi of this place?"

Grandmaster Qing Zhu shook his head, "No, no, it doesn't matter how dense the spiritual Qi is. You don't have any spiritual root, so how can you sense and absorb it?"

Chen Shaojie did not say anything. When he saw the Grandmaster thinking, he hesitated. Should he go back to cultivating and take the opportunity to take in a few more breaths of spiritual Qi?

He could not help it. Once you get addicted, that was all you would be thinking about. Your body would not lie.

"Maybe..."

Grandmaster Qing Zhu suddenly walked over to him and started pinching his body.

"What are you doing, Grandmaster?"

Chen Shaojie was a little flabbergasted. He had no idea what the Grandmaster was trying to do.

After pinching his body for a while, Grandmaster Qing Zhu fell in deep thought. "That's strange... It doesn't feel like it. It doesn't feel like it at all..."

The Grandmaster was thinking again. Chen Shaojie did not dare disturb him, so he turned his head to the window to take a look outside. He found that the sky was already bright. It was a brand new day.

Sure enough, joyous times always went by especially fast...

Chen Shaojie thought back to the joy of last night's cultivation. He really wanted to experience it again.

"Ah, whatever, I can't figure it out. In any case, you sure have profited nicely from your visit to my grass hut, kid."

Grandmaster Qing Zhu returned to his senses and looked at Chen Shaojie. "Tut-tut, you broke through two consecutive realms of the Qing Yu Body Forging Technique. You'll probably break through the last realm in half a year's time and get promoted to the upper court."

Huh?

Chen Shaojie was stunned and felt a little confused. 'I actually broke through the first two realms of the Qing Yu Body Forging Technique?'

The Qing Yu Body Forging Technique was the most basic skill of the Qing Yu Immortal Sect. Every disciple of the Qing Yu Immortal Sect would practice this skill as soon as they joined the sect.

The skill was divided into three realms: Bronze Skin, Iron Bones, and Mineral Digestion.

The use of the Qing Yu Body Forging Technique could easily be deduced from the name of these three realms: it would help the disciples develop a good physique, so that they could eat well and not get tired from work too easily. This would lay a solid foundation for future development.

Only after completing the Qing Yu Body Forging Technique could a disciple join the upper court to practice other skills and spells, becoming a true disciple of the sect.

The Qing Yu Body Forging Technique was, to put it plainly, an entry ticket.

However, for the servant disciples who had mediocre talents, the entry ticket was not so easy to obtain.

The Qing Yu Body Forging Technique may be a basic skill, but few servant disciples could successfully achieve all three realms.

Take Wu Fulai, the veteran servant disciple, for example. He had been cultivating the Qing Yu Body Forging Technique for more than ten years now and had only broken through to the Bronze Skin realm. He was still miles away from breaking through to the Iron Bones realm. Mineral Digestion was probably beyond his reach.

From this, it could be seen that cultivation depended a lot on talent.

For people without talent, every step was a mountain to climb. Their path was filled with thorns.

Before Chen Shaojie transmigrated over, the original Chen Shaojie's talent level was unbelievably bad. The most he could do was absorb some spiritual Qi to warm his body. It could not even be considered cultivation.

What Chen Shaojie did not expect was that, after last night - of course, basking in Li Xuejiao's glow had helped too - he actually broke through the two realms of Bronze Skin and Iron Bones in one go!

A 10,000-fold increase in cultivation speed was actually this powerful?

He broke through two realms in one night... If he were to stay a few more nights here, wouldn't he ascend to the heaven?

Thinking of that, Chen Shaojie could not help but look at the Grandmaster with starry eyes.

At the same time, he gulped involuntarily.