sbdcsierra Chapter 78 Protector, Hungry, Food, Kneading
Chapter 78 Protector, Hungry, Food, Kneading
Zhou Zheng considered himself someone who would never use connections unless absolutely necessary, but now it was clear that the time had come—even after a whole day of arduous training, it would be difficult to easily kill that enormous vengeful demon aura; in other words, it required a lot of skill and was extremely difficult.
While extreme maneuvers are possible, they are unnecessary.
Zhou Zheng didn't consider himself someone who liked to make things difficult for himself, so he directly confronted the protector.
Protector, hungry, nibbling away.
In less than ten minutes, a bolt of lightning appeared in front of Liu Zhen, and a milky white jade pendant appeared on the table.
Liu Zhen picked it up, weighed it in his hand, checked it to make sure it was correct, and handed it to Zhou Zheng: "Here, use it. If you use this carefully, you can make do with it when you're undergoing tribulation." Of course, you can also not use it carefully and replace it with a better magic weapon when your cultivation level is higher.
There's no way around it; we pamper our own geniuses. Since the genius has personally spoken up, we definitely have to make sure it's done.
Zhou Zheng took it; it was a piece of milky-white, top-quality jade pendant, about the size of his palm, carved with... well, I don't have that kind of knowledge. I can only tell it's amazing, but I really don't know anything about the carvings and patterns. Anyway, it's amazing, that's all.
【Name: Jade Lotus】
[Rank: High-grade Golden Core Realm Rare Ornament/Magic Treasure]
Wearing requirements: None
[Attributes: Max HP increased by 230 points, Max Energy increased by 230 points]
【Blessing: Overlapping Waves (Combo attack increased by 4%)】
[Blessing: Rejuvenation (Restores 8% of lost health and energy per second)]
[Description: This is a lotus pendant carved from top-quality white jade. It looks incredibly lifelike, but because the user is illiterate, he cannot appreciate its craftsmanship.]
Zhou Zheng exclaimed in surprise, "There's no barrier to entry? Anyone can use it?"
Liu Zhen was both amused and exasperated: "The people below aren't going to send you ineffective magic weapons. If you were stronger, I could prepare even better ones for you."
Zhou Zhengmei happily channeled his spiritual power into the pendant, then wore it around his neck: "Not bad, not bad, very good."
Having a powerful backer is truly amazing; the stats of just this one magic weapon are equivalent to cultivating two and a half Great Perfection Qi Refining Realm cultivation techniques. Not to mention the terrifying blessing bestowed upon me.
Hiss, this is terrifying, this is terrifying.
Liu Zhen shook his head: "But then again, relying on magic weapons all the time isn't a good idea. If you want to advance, you still have to cultivate diligently."
You can spoil your child, but you can't spoil them too much. You still need to supervise their self-cultivation.
Zhou Zheng: "Brother Liu, what are you saying? Hurry up and bring out that Thunder Floor, I need to train hard for four hours!"
Speechless, Liu Zhen took out the portable lightning-type spirit-gathering array and placed it on the floor not far away, right where Zhou Zheng was sunbathing: "I really want to say, you only repaired it for four hours, where's the diligence?"
Everyone else is risking their lives to cultivate, but your level of effort is nothing compared to theirs. Xu Fan is more hardworking than you, but unfortunately, that kid has limited talent. Xuan Yizi is also more hardworking than you, but unfortunately, that kid's Dao heart has recently shattered, and he's been picking at bricks all over the house.
Xiaoxue is quite hardworking, but her spiritual root is limited. She finds that hard work is not as good as clinging to her husband's leg for dual cultivation. She is very resilient and has a strong belief. She dares to break the conventional constraints and challenge her own limits.
Of all the people in the house, your efforts are the least commendable, yet you've gone on to practice asceticism.
Zhou Zheng sat on the Thunderous Floor, first raising the concentration of spiritual energy, and then happily began to cultivate the water-based Yin attribute internal energy technique, "Breath Regulation Method".
Life would be too boring if it were all about cheating. Life would be too miserable if it were all about hard work.
Therefore, combining cheating with cultivation can be considered a balance between work and rest.
After an hour of meditation, I opened my eyes.
"Huh? Has my talent gotten stronger?"
Energy Limit +10.3
Liu Zhen, sitting on the sofa playing on his phone, looked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xuan Yizi didn't even look up, continuing to painstakingly copy the Daoist canon.
Xiaoxue held a watermelon in her left hand and a steamed bun in her right, taking bites of watermelon and steamed bun while admiring her husband's handsome face.
Zhou Zheng scratched his head: "My cultivation talent seems to have improved a bit, by about 19.42%. I don't know if it's because I wore a magic weapon, or because I cultivated the Rejuvenation Technique to the late stage, or simply because I have profound magical power, or perhaps it's the help of my inner demons... or maybe all of the above, which has led to a significant increase in my cultivation efficiency."
Liu Zhen was stunned: "Why are you using round numbers? Don't you feel uncomfortable?"
Zhou Zheng: "No."
Liu Zhen changed his position and continued playing the game: "Just do the divination yourself, don't ask me about such a small thing."
For most people, a one-fifth increase in cultivation talent would be a tremendous stroke of luck. But for Zhou Zheng, it was nothing out of the ordinary. He could cultivate lightning techniques through sheer willpower even without a lightning spiritual root, so a one-fifth increase in talent was hardly surprising.
Zhou Zheng divined for a moment and found there was no danger. He was too lazy to investigate the reason further. He had too much good fortune on him and really couldn't tell which factor had taken effect.
Zhou Zheng stroked his chin: "It's still a bit slow. It takes more than 9 hours of hard work to complete the cultivation. By then it will be 10 p.m. again. We need to speed things up."
My gaze fell upon the adorable, sunny little girl who was eating melon seeds and steamed buns.
Xiaoxue, with white crumbs of steamed bun hanging from the corner of her mouth, pointed blankly at herself: "Me? Can I speed you up? How do I speed you up?" My dear, you look like you're diligently practicing your inner strength. Can I speed you up?
Zhou Zheng chuckled and beckoned with his finger.
Xiaoxue happily put down her watermelon and steamed bun, wiggling her little bottom as she ran over and knelt beside the Thunder Floor: "Hehe, I'm here, I'm here!"
Zhou Zheng hooked Xiaoxue's chin and ate the crumbs of steamed bun from the corner of her mouth: "Don't waste food. Come and sit here, and we can continue our dual cultivation."
Xiaoxue blushed and nodded obediently, "Yes."
Liu Zhen looked at the couple with envy and took out a futon from his storage ring, throwing it over to them.
Zhou Zheng took the prayer mat and helped Xiaoxue sit down, palms facing each other.
Although I possess a lightning spiritual root, a portable spirit-gathering array, favorable timing, and talent bonuses, my dear little baby can still grant me an additional 60% speed boost! What's this talk of enduring hardship in cultivation? What hardship? I won't endure hardship; I'll focus on accumulating speed boosts in cultivation!
This way, you can gain 16.48 energy per hour, and it will take about 9.1 hours to fully restore the energy limit of the Breathing Technique, easily triggering the active effect of internal skills and greatly enhancing energy recovery ability and energy limit.
However, things went even more smoothly than expected. At 7 p.m., after five hours of arduous training, Zhou Zheng activated the active effect of his internal skill.
【Name: Breathing Regulation Method】
[Rank: Second-tier, lower grade (maximum level is Foundation Establishment Realm)]
Current level: 3
[Internal Skill Attribute: Water-based Yin Attribute]
[Description: It can preserve youth and maintain a youthful appearance and body (much more effective than the Youth Preservation Pill)]
[Learned after training: Breath Regulation Technique (Restores Personal Energy)]
[Current Attributes: Maximum Energy increased by 82.4 points, Energy regenerated by 2 points per second]
[Active Internal Skill Effect: Restores 10% of the user's maximum energy per second, up to a maximum of 35 energy points]
[Note: Something that ordinary cultivators would hardly imagine is that Zhou Zheng's real reason for practicing this technique was simply because it was fun. Even without practicing it, he could defeat the vengeful demon energy... But, practicing this new technique is really fun, and he figured it out in just 6 hours.]
Zhou Zheng grinned from ear to ear: "Although it's still far from the 150 energy limit, it's awesome!"
I originally thought it would take a long time to cultivate, but perhaps because of the Rejuvenation Technique, I was able to cultivate the active internal energy effect in just 6 hours.
My current maximum energy is 658.7 points. My innate energy recovery is 3 points per second. My character trait recovers 1% every 6 seconds. My Blood Burning Technique conversion ability is 36 points of energy per second. My active internal skill effect recovers 35 points per second.
It is now recovering 4505.8 points per minute.
The only minor drawback is that I can only activate one active internal skill effect at the moment. However, since I have already mastered the Rejuvenation Divine Power, replacing the active internal skill effect of the Rejuvenation Technique won't have much of an impact. It's just that I'll have less passive life force recovery.
[Xiaoxue's cultivation gains: Energy limit increased by 14 points, Fire Spirit Root increased by 1 point]
Zhou Zheng did the math: Xiaoxue's dual cultivation with him increased attribute points by 2.5 per hour, and even with amplification, it was only 2.8 per hour. Compared to himself, a monster who increased attribute points by 16.48 per hour, the poor little sun's progress was indeed slow.
Of course, compared to ordinary cultivators, Little Sun's progress is already incredibly fast.
Little Sun only needs to cultivate with himself for 126 hours to cultivate a Qi Refining Realm technique to the Great Perfection. Moreover, as he continues to cultivate, his spiritual root will slowly increase, and the time required for cultivation will become less.
Huh? Why is it that ordinary cultivators can't reach their full potential even after a lifetime of cultivation?
Zhou Zheng blinked and looked at Xiaoxue.
Xiaoxue asked curiously, "Sweetie, what's wrong?"
Liu Zhen looked over: "What's wrong?"
Xuan Yizi stopped writing: "Master Zhou, have you finished your cultivation? Hmm? Do you have any questions?"
Zhou Zheng: "Oh, I just did the mental calculation. It takes 21.4 hours to fully master a Qi Refining Realm cultivation technique. If I cultivate with Xiaoxue, it will take her 126 hours to fully master it."
Xuan Yizi looked troubled, but still forced himself to continue listening: "And then?" What's so special about me only reaching the mid-stage of Qi Refining after decades of hard work? It just means I can endure hardship, right?
Liu Zhen's hand trembled slightly, but he maintained his composure: "And then?" I know you've improved rapidly, and I know your talent has increased, but isn't this a bit outrageous? Didn't you say it would take two and a half days to complete the training? How come it's only taken 21 hours?
You can't really be thinking about spiritual roots, can you? You can't be thinking about spiritual roots that allow you to do whatever you want.
Zhou Zheng looked at Xuan Yizi, whose face was now ashen, as if he had eaten excrement.
Zhou Zheng looked at Liu Zhen. Although Brother Liu tried his best to remain calm, his hands were trembling incessantly.
Zhou Zheng looked at the adorable little sun, Xiaoxue. The little sun's eyes were full of admiration and love. She didn't listen to anything at all and just wanted to kiss him.
Zhou Zheng explained, "Actually, it's just the effect of many things combined. Without these things, I would still have to work hard for two and a half days to complete my cultivation."
Xuan Yizi: "...I meant 'then what,' not 'Versailles.' Do you think others can achieve this kind of cultivation effect just because they have these enhancements?"
Liu Zhen nodded: "Yes, I want to hear what happens next, not to see you think you're approachable but are actually a master of arrogance." You think saying you can reach the peak of Qi Refining in two and a half days isn't scary?
Zhou Zheng: "It's nothing. I was confused right after I finished my cultivation, and I wondered why ordinary people can't cultivate their spiritual roots in a lifetime. Then I realized it was because of the limitation of spiritual roots. Finally, I realized that with my talent and ability, even if I were to compare myself to others, I could only refine my own little darling spiritual root. I really have no way to refine others."
"Sweetie, what do you think of the Five Elements Heavenly Spiritual Root? Do you like it?"
Xiaoxue had already uncontrollably pressed herself against him: "I like it, Bo'er!"
What are you babbling about? Handsome, give me a kiss!
Zhou Zheng wiped the drool off his face and realized that he didn't need to explain anything to Xiaoxue anymore. She hadn't listened to anything and just wanted to kiss him.
What are the Five Elements Heavenly Spiritual Roots, what is the boundless path to immortality? In her eyes, none of them are as important as her kiss. This little cutie is purely love-struck.
Liu Zhen looked at Xuan Yizi: "Do you like the Five Elements Heavenly Spiritual Root?"
Xuan Yizi nodded vigorously, his eyes full of expectation: "I like it."
Can I also have this kind of spiritual root? I want to.
Liu Zhen said regretfully, "It's a pity you're not a young girl, you're quite old, and you don't play those kinds of games." You see, some people can get the Five Elements Heavenly Spiritual Root for free even without doing anything.
Good fortune is a fickle thing.
Xuan Yizi: "..." I've discovered that Liu Leigong, you're not always a good person.