Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 234: Return to Treasure Pavilion
As the art of spirit preservation operated, Liu Yu's calm face gradually changed, beads of sweat appearing on his temples and forehead, dampening his robe.
"Ha."
After another two hours, a long breath was expelled, resembling an invisible "qi arrow" that stirred up some dust from the ground.
Liu Yu slowly stopped the hand that was forming the spell gesture and finally opened his eyes.
At this moment, the outside was shrouded in darkness, with the cool moonlight pouring onto the windowsill. The time was already past the third watch.
Feeling the enhanced cultivation and spiritual consciousness, he was secretly satisfied.
He then stood up, left the practice room, and went to the washroom, where he used his magical power to condense a large water orb to start washing his body.
After a moment, once the dirt and sweat from his physical body were cleaned off, Liu Yu entered the bedroom.
He loosened his clothes and lay down on the wooden bed, quickly falling into a deep sleep.
The continuous duels of magic and necessary interactions with his fellow disciples had kept his mind on edge, even for a foundation establishment cultivator, it felt exhausting.
Returning to his cave dwelling and relaxing instantly brought on waves of sleepiness.
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After an unknown amount of time, Liu Yu opened his eyes drowsily. After staring blankly for a while, he gradually regained his alertness.
Looking at the bright sunlight outside and listening to the chirping of unknown mundane birds, his mood seemed to lighten.
Calculating the time with his fingers, he realized it was already close to the fourth watch and he had slept for five to six hours.
He got up, dressed, and left the bedroom, stopping on the grass in front of the loft.
After meticulously completing two sets of "Yuan Yang Body Refinement Fist," his body gradually warmed up, and his consciousness became completely alert.
At this point, it had only been a little more than six hours since he last swallowed elixirs for cultivation, so it wasn't suitable for him to practice again. He returned to the loft, found a Grand Scholar Chair to sit down, and took out the Green Bamboo Alchemical Canon to meditate.
The golden core section of the art of spirit preservation was too profound, and with Liu Yu's current understanding of the Primordial Spirit, attempting to comprehend it resulted in little progress.
Moreover, it was easy to make mistakes, so he had set it aside temporarily.
Without further advancing his understanding of the Primordial Spirit, he didn't intend to meditate on it again, as it was still too early to consider matters related to the golden core stage.
In the past three years, the concealment technique had already been fully mastered and cultivated to perfection, so he didn't need to spend more time on that.
As for the fifth layer of the qingyang skill at the mid foundation establishment stage, Liu Yu had already comprehended it thoroughly, believing that there wouldn't be major mistakes in his cultivation.
Currently, he had started working on the sixth layer at the late stage of foundation establishment, making smooth progress without encountering any issues.
Under normal circumstances, Liu Yu only needed to sleep once a month to feel completely refreshed, and the setting aside of the art of spirit preservation and the completion of the concealment technique had freed up a lot of time.
This allowed him to have some leisure time aside from daily cultivation, practicing spells, nurturing magical artifacts, and comprehending cultivation techniques, to peruse the captured cultivation texts or review insights on spiritual herbs.
So-called cultivating immortality was not just about one's own transformation, but also about the accumulation of knowledge.
Or rather, without sufficient knowledge and insight, some transformations could not be completed at all.
The path of cultivating immortality is not merely a process of accumulating and enhancing magical power and strength as some might imagine; that would be too narrow and ignorant.