Chen Ze glanced at the sky outside. Dawn had fully broken. He stood up and stretched lazily.
"Cultivation is a little addictive, but I still need to rest."
After cooking and eating some Spirit Rice, Chen Ze dropped onto the bed and fell asleep.
Right now, aside from Spirit Stones, he lacked nothing else.
But in a few days, once the spirit herbs matured, he would no longer lack Spirit Stones either.
Chen Ze still considered his cultivation too low. It was not yet time to wander around recklessly.
He would first raise his cultivation. Once he had the ability to protect himself, he could venture outside.
Though lying low was not Chen Ze's style, when it was time to lie low, he still had to lie low.
He would definitely return to the Qingyun Sect.
He could not promise anything else, but at the very least, he had to seek justice for the original owner. That would count as doing right by this body.
After waking from his sleep, Chen Ze felt refreshed and full of energy. "It's time to continue cultivating."
Chen Ze resumed cultivating and did not stop until late at night.
The thug, who had been lurking in the shadows and waiting for an opportunity, had long since grown impatient.
For two days straight, he had watched Chen Ze's home without pause.
Chen Ze did not leave during the day, and his room remained brightly lit at night. Bit by bit, Chen Ze's patience was being worn away.
"I refuse to believe you can go without sleep every single day."
Though the thug did not know what Chen Ze was doing, his goal was to silently abduct Chen Ze. He had to complete this task.
And so, another three days passed.
Chen Ze spent the entire day cultivating, sleeping only a few hours during the daytime each day.
Finally, through Chen Ze's unrelenting efforts, his cultivation broke through to the Qi Refining Third Layer.
Over these three days, Chen Ze had continuously practiced the Ignition Art. After raising it from perfection to Grandmaster-level, the required number of uses no longer doubled.
Instead, he needed to use it 5,000 times to fill the Grandmaster level. Even after using the Ignition Art nonstop for three days, he had only used it 3,000 times.
Name: Chen Ze Cultivation: Qi Refining Third Layer 8/100 Talent: Earth-element Low-grade Spiritual Root Cultivation Method: Xuantian Record (Proficient) 44/200 Spells: Ignition Art (Grandmaster) 3200/5000 Breath Concealment Art (perfection) 600/1600 Earth Shield Art (Proficient) 1/200 Heart Piercing Stab (Proficient) 1/200 Myriad Things Space: Level 1
After looking over the Attribute Panel, a satisfied smile curled onto Chen Ze's lips.
"The Breath Concealment Art really can be kept active at all times."
Through his nonstop cultivation, Chen Ze had also made a small discovery.
The upgraded Breath Concealment Art could not only conceal his aura; it could even perfectly hide his cultivation.
He simply had not yet tested it on anyone, so he did not know how effective it was.
Moreover, the Breath Concealment Art could remain active indefinitely while consuming very little Spiritual Energy.
Most importantly, while the Breath Concealment Art remained active, the Attribute Panel gained 1 point of proficiency after every period of time.
Chen Ze checked the Myriad Things Space again. The ten spirit herb plants in the Spirit Field had all fully formed.
What they lacked now was simply age. Once they had aged enough, all of these spirit herbs could be sold for money.
After examining the Myriad Things Space and withdrawing his consciousness, Chen Ze looked outside. The sun had already set, and the sky was gradually darkening.
"My cultivation has already broken through. I can't keep cultivating with day and night reversed like this."
Realizing that such a routine was unhealthy, Chen Ze decided he should change it.
Constantly reversing day and night still felt somewhat harmful to his body.
After cooking and eating some Spirit Rice, Chen Ze lay quietly on the bed with his eyes closed, preparing to sleep.
When the thug, who had been secretly watching Chen Ze and waiting for an opportunity, saw the lights in Chen Ze's room suddenly go out, he could not help cursing, "Fuck!"
He had waited all these days for Chen Ze to turn out the lights and sleep at night so he could quietly seize him.
But Chen Ze had simply refused to sleep at night these past days. He had never gotten a perfect opportunity and had delayed making his move.
He had previously suspected that Chen Ze might not be home, but he had seen Chen Ze fetching water in the courtyard during the day several times.
He could only continue waiting for an opportunity. Today, he had finally reached his limit. He decided that no matter what, he would act tonight.
He had even specially bought Knockout Drug, intending to knock Chen Ze unconscious directly tonight even if he still refused to sleep.
Yet now the lights in Chen Ze's room had actually gone out. Not only was he surprised, he was furious, as though he had been toyed with.
The thug looked at the Knockout Drug in his hand, which he had specially spent one Spirit Stone to buy and which was supposedly highly effective even against cultivators.
He decided to remain cautious. He had been cautious for so long already; if anything went wrong at this moment, all his previous efforts would go down the drain.
"The seller said this drug can even knock out cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Realm."
"Let's see whether you die today, brat."
Beneath the mask concealing his face, the thug wore a sly expression.
The thug stealthily made his way toward the house where Chen Ze lived, moving nimbly without making a sound.
When he reached Chen Ze's front door, he quietly slipped the Knockout Drug through the gap beneath it.
Then he crouched outside the door and silently waited for the Knockout Drug to take effect.
Inside the room, Chen Ze had decided to change his routine. Since he had already slept during the day, however, he lay in bed unable to fall asleep no matter what he did.
But Chen Ze had a method. Whenever he could not sleep, he only needed to close his eyes, relax his entire body and mind, focus all his attention on the breath passing through his nose and mouth, and he would slowly drift into sleep on his own. The quality of that sleep was exceptionally good as well.
This was a method Chen Ze had often used before transmigrating whenever insomnia kept him awake, and it had always worked remarkably well.
Yet tonight, Chen Ze had lain in bed using this method for an hour, and he still did not feel the slightest bit sleepy.
"Why can't I sleep? This method used to work every time!"
"Could it be because cultivators need less sleep and do not need to sleep that many hours each day?"
Chen Ze had read novels before that mentioned how some great cultivators could cultivate endlessly without sleeping or resting.
When they meditated and cultivated, the Spiritual Energy within their bodies was abundant, and their bodily functions were also stimulated. Thus, whether they slept did not matter. Cultivation itself was rest.
"But I'm not some great cultivator yet. I'm only a rookie little cultivator. I can't do that."
"No, until I reach Foundation Establishment, I have to plan my cultivation time every day.
Wanting to sleep but being unable to is far too unbearable."
Chen Ze screamed inwardly.
Helplessly, Chen Ze continued emptying his mind and focusing on his breathing.
He had to sleep.
Just as Chen Ze was groaning over nothing, he suddenly sensed something unusual.
There seemed to be a different scent in the air.
It was somewhat fragrant.
"Something's wrong."
Chen Ze did not act rashly. He sat up from the bed, held his breath, and focused his mind. The Breath Concealment Art had been continuously concealing his aura.
He discovered a wisp of smoke drifting through the room. Holding his breath, he silently got out of bed.
Following the direction from which the smoke drifted, he slowly approached the door of the room.
"Knockout Drug?"
Chen Ze saw something on the ground emitting smoke, like the mosquito-repellent coils he had used in his previous life.
Without time to think, Chen Ze directly stored the Knockout Drug inside the Myriad Things Space.
The fragrance of the Knockout Drug in the room slowly dispersed as well.
Only then did Chen Ze have time to think. Who is trying to harm me?
His mind sifted through every person he had met with lightning speed.
Who could it be?
Before you continue