Exchanging Pointers (2)

Having no intention of getting into a mouth-to-mouth argument with Xia Xuan-Xuan, Yanglin gracefully pushed the door into his broken hut and left it open. Obviously, he was inviting Xia Xuan-Xuan to come in and witness him doing something others assuming it was futile.

Seated on top of the hard bed where he usually sleeps, Yanglin focused his mind and entered his meditation state in minutes. This brought the Realm Vessel out as it hovered between his two palms and started to absorb the Spiritual Energy available inside the broken hut.

It seems that there was some truth behind Yanglin's words. The Spiritual Energy that already gathered inside the verdant little peak was already half-full from when it came out.

"How - How can this be happening? Even my mother had difficulties entering this state of mind on her first try... And this guy can enter the meditation state just by sitting here for a few minutes?" Xia Xuan-Xuan's eyes were almost falling out from her socket after witnessing how easy it takes Yanglin to get into that state.

The fact was just like what Yanglin has said earlier. There is no such thing as a wasted effort in cultivation. The only thing that would be affecting them from success or failure was the person's state of mind.

Exactly half an incense stick of time later, the process of creating a foundation pill has finally been completed.

Of course, since an outsider has no right to check what was inside a Realm Vessel, Xia Xuan-Xuan could only feel that the procedure was completed, but not the results.

Yanglin opened his eyes minutes after the completion process and waved his hand past the Realm Vessel's projection. A beautiful bead with white light was placed on Xia Xuan-Xuan's palm to show her the proof that cultivation was more than just following what others said blindly.

"Now, do you believe what I've just said?" Yanglin smiled and went to the table at one of the corners to pour himself some tea. But he soon realized that the pot and also the kettle were empty.

Embarrassment came to him just as fast as his confidence. Realizing that he had nothing to drink inside the house, Yanglin quickly went outside with a bucket and withdrew some water from the nearest water well.

But when he was back to the broken hut, Xia Xuan-Xuan was no longer there. She was long gone after Yanglin left his home with the water bucket.

'Ah... She took my Clarity Foundation Pill with her...' Yanglin sighed. Looks like he'll have to refine for another one to have a collection of ten Clarity Foundation Pills in his Realm Vessel. This will be his preparation to start practicing the Obsidian Body Technique.

On that particular night, it seems that both youths were putting all their attention into their cultivation. Except for coming over to grab a few buns and boiled tubers for his dinner later, Yanglin isolated himself in seclusion to stabilize his cultivation.

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<<Finally! I have a body again!>>

The Reliance System was happily flying inside the Realm Vessel. Yanglin then entered the small independent realm intending to speak with it again.

"Are you happy now?" Yanglin asked.

<<Very happy. I know I can rely on you from the first time I met you. Looks like my eyesight did not disappoint me this time.>>

Said the Reliance System.

"I think you know what I want to ask, correct?" Yanglin smiled. Resting himself on top of the one and only boulder in this verdant peak, Yanglin smiled at the Spiritual Soul Infant.

<<I can see that you have already chosen one of the Body Tempering Technique from the broken library. Although the quality was barely acceptable, it was better than having nothing.>>

<<Shall we go along with the flow and get your body ready for the Obsidian Body Technique? If you have any uncertainty in your mind, shoot them out now.>>

The Reliance System clapped its small little hand and brought the Obsidian Body Technique into the independent realm. The strings of the book were cut apart and turned into a few wheels of paper hovering between them. The dozen of Clarity Foundation Pills soon transformed into golden threads that penetrate the paper pages word by word.

It seems that the dozen of pills were only enough to digest close to an entire page of the Obsidian Body Technique. The mantra formed by the golden threads soon came to Yanglin's body and started to drill itself into his flesh. Each mantra created by the golden thread seems alive as it attached itself to Yanglin's bone and flesh.

Once the mantra attached itself to Yanlin's body, a heart-curdling pain struck his physical and spiritual body as he clenched his teeth together to prevail against the pain.

"Urgh... Ah!!!" he couldn't help but screamed his lungs out. This was the first time he was put to suffer such pain from head to toe.

But there's no other choice except persisting until the mantra has successfully drilled and latches onto his body to strengthen his flesh, bone, and marrow.

A stench was coming out from Yanglin by the time the body tempering process was completed. It seems that everything was partially related to fate as the bucket of water that lost its purpose has now found itself helpful once again.

Pouring the water over himself to wash the impurities away, Yanglin cleaned himself and took the chance to work on his hairstyle and change to a set of clean clothing.

On the following day, his fresh look shocked even Madam Xia and her daughter. Even they find it hard to believe that there would be a day Yanglin would look this sophisticated and charming without the need of wearing high-quality clothing.

"Daughter, your mother thinks... Marrying little Yang won't be too bad either... Was he not obsessed with you? What about the two of you get engaged before going to Guangming Peak next year?" Madam Xia said.

Even she finds Yanglin good-looking after he had a quick touch-up.

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"Y - Yanglin!" with a blushed cheek, Xia Xuan-Xuan came to Yanglin's broken hut. It was on her to-do list each morning. But today, she was here with a plate instead.

"Huh? What brings you here? Didn't I grab some extra last night so I can cultivate peacefully without disturbance?" said Yanglin.

"I - I have something to ask you! It's about the content of the Spiritual Gathering Technique I've chosen!" Xia Xuan-Xuan randomly selected an excuse for her to get inside his house.