Chapter 36 – Quarrel
After thinking about it, he took out the mysterious bead and began his first closed door training.
Time flew by so quickly, and in the blink of an eye, two years had passed. During those two years, Wang Lin was either cultivating or practicing his attention-seeking technique, but he didn’t feel lonely at all.
Even though it had been two years in the real world, in reality, he had been in closed-door training for 13 years.
The spiritual energy here was extremely rich. He was deeply impressed. Although it couldn’t compare to liquid spiritual energy, every time he waited in the real world, he found the spiritual energy at least twice as dense as outside the back mountains.
Starting from the second layer, his cultivation became extremely slow. After cultivating in the dream realm for over six years, he reached the limit of the second layer. He then began to try to break through to the third layer. After numerous attempts, he finally succeeded.
However, what confused and depressed him was that over the next seven years, even though he had reached the peak of the 3rd layer, he couldn’t enter the 4th layer, no matter how hard he tried. It wasn’t because he lacked spiritual energy. He felt a mysterious force stopping him every time he reached a critical point.
And this third layer of Qi Condensation is also strange. Unlike the first or second layers, where once one reaches the peak, one can no longer condense spiritual energy.
Although Wang Lin felt like he had reached his limit, the third layer seemed limitless. If he continued cultivating, his spiritual energy would continue to increase and his body would continue to transform.
This caused Wang Lin to be extremely shocked, but no matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn’t find an answer.
Today, all the snow water had been used up. He only had one gourd containing spiritual energy liquid left. That gourd had been with him for a long time. It was one of the three gourds Wang Lin had buried in the mountains. He had used two of them to make the tenth cloud appear in the bead, and remembering that he had nearly died the last time he drank it, he had been very careful with it and stored it in his storage bag.
After hesitating for a moment, Wang Lin didn’t take out the gourd. Based on his calculations, the amount of spiritual energy within the gourd had already reached a terrifying level. He could always use it after reaching a higher level of Qi Condensation.
He stood up and stretched. He walked to the lever and pulled it. With a roar, the stone door opened. The sunlight entered the cave and blinded Wang Lin. After getting used to the light, he stepped out of the cave and took a deep breath.
Looking down, there were many people chatting in the valley. It seemed that many of these people found their cultivation boring and had come to socialize.
After a moment of contemplation, he activated a technique to conceal his cultivation level down to the first layer of Qi Condensation. He waved his sleeve and leaped forward. His body slowly floated down to the ground.
During his 13 years in the dream world, he had completely mastered the technique of attracting attention. He no longer even needed to chant; he simply had to exert his will to use it.
As it was now, he was using the attention-grabbing technique on his body. While it could be said that once the attention-grabbing technique reached a certain level, it was possible, but that was only if one moved slowly. When moving quickly, it would become difficult.
But Wang Lin felt very confident now, that even if he had to fly fast, he wouldn’t lose control. Without more than 10 years of practice in the attraction technique, this would have been impossible.
But who has the time to practice these low-level techniques for 10 years? All cultivators are racing against time. If they have the time, why not practice some high-level techniques?
In order to avoid attracting attention, Wang Lin slowly landed in the valley. Just as he landed, he heard a voice mocking him. “The sun really does rise from the west. Even that trash, Wang Lin, has reached the first layer of Qi Condensation and can finally climb down the cliff without any help.”
Wang Lin turned his head. He stared at Wang Zhuo indifferently. There were also several people sitting next to him. They were all inner disciples.
A white-clothed youth, aged 24 or 25, laughed. “Wang Lin, you shouldn’t be here. You should be mingling with the honorary disciples at the chores house. At least there, you can feel high and mighty, but here, you’re the worst of us all.”
Wang Lin scanned with his divine sense. Wang Zhuo, like himself, had reached the peak of the third layer, and the young man in white had reached the peak of the fourth layer. He could break through at any moment.
Wang Zhuo said proudly, “Wang Lin, you were indeed smart two years ago. You knew you weren’t my match, so you just gave up. But believe me, trash will always be trash. You’ll never be my match. I was the best newcomer two years ago, what are you?”
The white-clothed youth beside him laughed. “Junior brother, go get me some water from the stream over there. Your senior brother is in good health, so I might give you some pointers.” As he spoke, he threw a bottle. It landed at Wang Lin’s feet.
Wang Lin remained silent and stared at the white-clothed youth.
The white-clothed youth said, with a look of disdain, “What’s the meaning of this? You want to fight? Let me tell you, second apprentice-brother has already said that inner disciples cannot fight each other. If you don’t act properly, don’t blame me for teaching you a lesson.”
“Enough. All of you shut up!” A shout rang out from the cliff. A moment later, a shadow flashed past like lightning, revealing the figure of apprentice-brother Zhang. He frowned and glared at everyone, then growled, “Wang Zhuo, Sun Hao, you two haven’t cultivated, yet you’re here bullying a junior who’s only at the first layer of Qi Condensation. Is this really interesting?”
The two of them’s expressions changed rapidly. They quickly shot Wang Lin a nasty look and snorted softly. After that, they said nothing more. They were clearly afraid of Brother-in-law Zhang.
Apprentice Brother Zhang’s gaze turned to Wang Lin and he said in an equally harsh tone, “Wang Lin, you shouldn’t have come, but since you’re here, you should cultivate well. In the world of cultivation, strength is everything.”
Wang Lin nodded. He hesitated for a moment and then asked, “Brother Zhang, I have a question. After reaching the peak of the first layer of Qi Condensation, why, no matter what I do, can’t I break through to the second layer?”
Wang Zhuo snorted and said, “With your talent, don’t even think about reaching the second layer in your life!”