Chapter 24: An Unusual Spiritual Root—Different from the Norm?
Lin Chen sat cross-legged, spirit stone in hand, beginning to circute the Evergreen Art.
Thin threads of spiritual energy streamed from the stone, flowing through his palm into his body, coursing along his meridians.
After about half an hour, he successfully completed a small circution of the Evergreen Art.
Opening his eyes, Lin Chen’s heart leapt with joy.
“As expected, with the help of spirit stones, I can still cultivate on Blue Star!”
He carefully sensed the changes—his dantian indeed held a noticeably stronger amount of spiritual energy.
This proved that cultivation on Blue Star was possible for him!
For Lin Chen, this was fantastic news.
In the cultivation realm, he practiced a breathing technique to efficiently raise his martial realm.
Here on Blue Star, while there was no natural spiritual energy, he could still use spirit stones to cultivate and enhance his immortal cultivation.
In effect, he had double the cultivation speed—while others cultivated seven days, he could make the same gains in half the time.
Even as a dual cultivator in martial and immortal arts, Lin Chen’s progress wasn’t hindered at all.
He looked thoughtfully at the spirit stone in his hand.
Spirit stones were different from ambient spiritual energy.
The tter carried various elemental attributes, requiring cultivators to filter and extract what matched their spiritual roots to make progress.
But spirit stones contained pure, neutral energy, which could be absorbed directly to raise one’s cultivation base.
“In that sense, using spirit stones is actually more efficient than drawing energy from nature.”
“The only downside… is the cost.”
Lin Chen sighed. Luckily, he still had over a hundred spirit stones—enough for the near future.
A night of cultivation passed.
—
The next morning, Lin Chen looked at the spirit stone in his hand, now turned to dust, and frowned slightly.
“Just one night used up a whole spirit stone?”
“That consumption... feels off.”
According to common knowledge, a single spirit stone should st a first-stage Qi Refining cultivator for ten days.
But for him, it barely sted one night?
“Huh? The spiritual energy in my dantian…”
Just as he was feeling confused, he suddenly noticed—his dantian was much fuller than before.
Even the amount of energy he could control had increased significantly.
“This… doesn’t seem like just an early Qi Refining stage.”
Hiss... “At this rate, I might reach Qi Refining Stage Two within a week!”
Lin Chen was stunned.
To break through a whole stage in just a week—even with spirit stones—that was simply unbelievable.
“My cultivation speed… doesn’t seem like it belongs to someone with dual roots.”
“Even a cultivator with true-grade roots would take at least two weeks to break through!”
Lin Chen was surprised. It seemed like his spiritual root was not normal.
However, he knew too little about the Immortal Cultivation World and still didn’t understand what kind of root he had.
But he could be certain—it wasn’t just a common Earth-Wood dual root.
“Still, even though my cultivation speed is incredible, the expense is no joke.”
He felt a bit helpless.
If he needed a full spirit stone every day just to cultivate at the Qi Refining first stage, what would happen once he reached higher realms?
Wouldn’t the cost skyrocket?
Even as the disciple of a peak master, his spirit stones might not be enough…
“Looks like I’ll need to explore artifact forging on my next trip back to the cultivation realm.”
“I don’t need to master it—just enough to give a reasonable expnation for the weapons I bring to Daxia.”
Lin Chen made a mental note.
—
By noon, Lin Chen brought a lunchbox his aunt had prepared and went to the hospital to visit Lin An’an.
“Big bro~”
An’an called out sweetly when she saw him.
Smiling, Lin Chen handed over the food.
Compared to a few days ago, her complexion looked much better.
Clearly, the nutritional serums she had been receiving were improving her condition.
“Big bro, can I not eat this? I want burgers and fried chicken…”
An’an pouted as she stared at the bnd porridge, veggies, and boiled egg in the box.
“No way. You’re still recovering. Once you’re better, I’ll take you to eat whatever you want.”
Lin Chen shook his head firmly.
As he spoke, he took out a Bone-Washing Pill.
“An’an, take this medicine—it’ll help your recovery.”
Without hesitation, she swallowed the pill like candy, then began sipping the porridge obediently.
Watching her eat, Lin Chen’s heart ached a little.
Though her complexion had improved, years of illness had left her frail and skeletal.
“The Bone-Washing Pill purifies the body and marrow… it should gradually improve her constitution.”
He made a mental note to prepare a separate supply of such pills just for An’an.
After spending a while longer in her room, Lin Chen left with Li Nian for the training facility.
Aside from raising his martial cultivation, he was also continuing to learn martial techniques from Li Nian and Lin Jianhe.
When Li Nian heard Lin Chen was learning the Lin Family Three-Bde Technique, he was genuinely surprised.
Even with his experience, he found the technique to be quite high-level.
Especially the “Vibrating Bde” move—it was a sophisticated application of force, uncommon for basic martial arts.
Li Nian felt the Lin technique was very well-suited for a beginner like Lin Chen and didn’t teach him any other martial arts for now.
He simply advised him to practice more and master the Three-Bde Technique as soon as possible.
Two days passed just like that.
Until the Fourth Night After Returning to Blue Star
After a full day of martial arts training, Lin Chen returned home, physically exhausted.
…
Closing the door behind him, he took out a Bone-Washing Pill.
“Seven days have passed, and the pill toxins in my body have cleared. Time to take another one…”
For someone like Lin Chen, who could travel between two worlds, he could take two Bone-Washing Pills in the time a normal person could only take one.
Once swallowed, the pill once again filled his body with a warm current.
After an hour of cultivation, Lin Chen could feel his physical strength and constitution improve yet again.
Vitality Points: 24!
The Bone-Washing Pill had increased his vitality by 2 points, and he had also taken a Blood-Essence Pill earlier, which added 1 point.
He was now only 6 vitality points away from reaching the 30-point threshold required to become a High-Level Martial Artist.
“A few more days of cultivation in the Cultivation Realm should be enough.”
“This speed… even I’m shocked!”
Even Lin Chen himself couldn’t help but be astonished.
From a Martial Trainee to a Mid-Level Martial Artist, he had progressed in less than half a month on Blue Star.
Of course, for Lin Chen, that equated to about a month of actual experience thanks to his dual-world cultivation.
Even so, the speed was exceptional.
This wasn’t just thanks to his ability to traverse two realms—it also came down to his own talent and hard work.
As night deepened, Lin Chen didn’t go to sleep. Instead, he continued his Qi Refining cultivation.
In the past few days, he had consumed several spirit stones, and his progress toward Qi Refining Stage Two was already about halfway there.
Two Days Later
Upon waking, Lin Chen gnced at the countdown on his left arm:
46 hours, 57 minutes.
It was now the sixth day since his return to Blue Star, and in less than 48 hours, he would be traveling back again.
Just moments ago, Wang Xinyu had informed him that the country had once again convened a high-level meeting to discuss the exploration of the Cultivation Realm.
So, escorted by Li Nian, Lin Chen headed once more to the military base.
At the same time…
Inside the Martial Pace, the highest-level conference room in Daxia.
Wang Lishan stood at the podium, presenting the items Lin Chen had brought back from the Cultivation Realm.
Seated below him were more than a dozen powerful martial experts, their auras profound and unfathomable. Some top officials unable to attend in person were connected via communication devices for a remote conference.
“Everyone, I believe the country still doesn’t pce enough importance on Lin Chen—or the Cultivation Realm!”
“The facts have made it clear: the Cultivation Realm holds unimaginable potential for the development of martial arts in Daxia!”
Wang Lishan spoke with conviction, then took out a pill and held it up:
“This is called a Bone-Washing Pill… According to research by the Martial Research Institute, it has miraculous effects on improving martial potential!”
“According to our tests, ordinary martial artists with average aptitude can enhance their potential by one or even two whole realms after taking several of these pills.”
“For instance, a martial artist originally limited to the Warrior level may, after using Bone-Washing Pills, have the potential to reach Grandmaster—or even General-level!”
The moment Wang Lishan finished, a wave of shocked murmurs swept through the room.
(End of Chapter)
