708: Chapter 474 708: Chapter 474 Tang Feiyang didn’t sit on the bed but on the floor mat instead.
In his haste, he didn’t bring any food, but for the sake of cultivation, it didn’t matter to him if he didn’t eat or drink for days and nights.
It was a cultivation spirit.
As long as he could break through in his cultivation, he would forget about hunger.
If he were to eat, it would signify the end of his cultivation, so there was no need to eat here—better to eat outside.
Unlike those in the Cultivation World, they didn’t consume Bigu Pills, which would make one feel as full as if they had eaten a real meal.
Even if they were to take such pills, they wouldn’t be as effective as they were for the people of the Cultivation World, unless they took a Life Spirit Pill and a Spiritual Root grew inside their bodies.
Then, after that, they could purchase medicines from the Cultivation World for their practice.
First, Tang Feiyang took a Nourishing Soul Pill, which enhanced his soul, ensuring that the subsequent changes to his body would not harm his soul, but would elevate it alongside.
Feeling the pill dissolve in his mouth, a warm current flowed to every part of his body, and he immediately started his cultivation technique.
He circulated the warm current through every acupoint in his body before guiding it towards his head.
Tang Feiyang felt his soul in the sea of consciousness become clearer.
After taking the pill, his sea of consciousness formed, now containing liquid and becoming wider.
He knew this is how those in the Cultivation World could use their Divine Sense to perceive distant things, guard against enemies’ stealth attacks, and detect dangerous figures approaching.
If others were to use stealth or probe, he could also know who it was.
Tang Feiyang was eager to know how far he could sense with his Divine Sense.
But he suppressed this curiosity; he still had another pill to take and did not stop cultivating.
Holding back his excitement, Tang Feiyang poured another pill from a different bottle into his mouth.
Tang Feiyang felt an unprecedented sense of comfort throughout his body, a feeling of strength generated from within.
This comfortable flow stimulated vitality throughout his body, so he once again circulated his cultivation technique, spreading the flow throughout his system.
He continued the cycle again and again, keeping the flow moving as taught by the records left by his ancestors.
As long as he fully absorbed this flow, until the Spiritual Root emerged in his body, he would have the opportunity for the root to grow in a body that previously lacked it.
If a person failed to circulate it properly, it indicated that their body was too weak.
Tang Feiyang was confident that such a Supreme Elixir would enable his body to grow a root, for he was young and, among the younger generation of Confucianism Tao, he was the eldest apprentice and the one with the greatest ability and comprehension.
Time passed by unnoticed, the cycles of circulation went on and on, and he couldn’t tell how long each cycle took.
In the dimly lit, secluded chamber, without discerning day from night, he focused solely on cultivation.
“Bang bang bang”
Tang Feiyang heard the sound of his meridians unblocking, one after another, as the governor and conception vessels all opened.
Eventually, the flow transformed into Spiritual Energy circling in the Dantian within his body.
Having not yet fully developed his Dantian, as the energy entered and remained there, it completed his Dantian.
Tang Feiyang began to notice, even with his eyes closed, the bright light traveling through the air.
He had heard that once the sea of consciousness and the Dantian were formed, the Spiritual Energy flowing through the air would be absorbed into the body like specks of light, entering the meridians and then spreading throughout the entire body.
He had read such knowledge in books before, out of curiosity about his family’s cultivation methods and those of other cultivators in the Cultivation World.
In the black market outside, it was possible to acquire the cultivation methods of Cultivators.
Those methods required a test of the Spiritual Root.
Without a Spiritual Root, even if one possessed these methods, Qi Refining could not be accomplished.
If the Spiritual Root was poor in quality, reaching the Qi Refinement Realm would also be difficult.
Tang Feiyang rejoiced that this time, the Nourishing Soul Pill had cultivated a sea of consciousness in his mind.
The Life Spirit Pill had also completed his Dantian.
He could feel the Spiritual Energy gathering and entering his body, which meant his Qi Refinement Realm was going to form in anticipation.
Lost in his pleasant mood, Tang Feiyang lost track of time as his body remained energetic, not feeling hunger, and he focused on increasing his strength.
Unaware in his chamber, Chief of Staff hadn’t attended court for one or two days, and even the King hadn’t appeared at the palace, allowing his disciple to take over for the Chief Eunuch.
The other civil and military officials couldn’t see the King or Chief of Staff during their scheduled meetings, and people from their faction went to inquire, learning they were in closed-door cultivation.
When Tang Feiyang didn’t show up at the academy for two days, at first, his fellow students relished in the freedom without the eldest apprentice around.
As days passed without the eldest apprentice returning to the academy, even the teachers were in the dark.
The students started to speculate whether the eldest apprentice was on a mission or had encountered a significant event.
Some students, whose family members were officials, learned that the Chief of Staff also hadn’t attended court.
They thought that if they couldn’t find the father and son, perhaps they could reach their family members?
Curious, they went to his home for a visit.
But they found out that both the Old Master and Old Madam were in seclusion, and so were the wife and the Chief of Staff.
Tang Feiyang’s sister was also unaware of the situation; she only knew that her older brother was also in seclusion.
Unable to gather information, those seeking answers could only wait silently.
Tang Feiyang’s cousin, the girl who loved wearing red, learned about her cousin’s seclusion and was tempted to barge into his courtyard room to discover the reason for his retreat.