The Ninth Ring no longer suited him.
That was the conclusion Luo Chen had reached after a full year of cultivation.
Over that year, he had continually adjusted the opening and closing of his Acupoints, guiding varying amounts of Chaos Energy into his body. He had gradually found his limit and mastered the balance between drawing in qi and absorbing and refining it.
Unfortunately, the concentration of Chaos Energy in the Ninth Ring fell short of what Luo Chen needed to reach that limit!
Yes, the Ninth Ring was exceedingly dangerous in the eyes of ordinary martial artists. But for Luo Chen, now that he knew its environment, it could no longer sustain his cultivation speed at its peak.
A session with all 720 Acupoints open usually lasted three days at most.
After three days, his body could still endure it, but the nearby energy grew so thin that almost none remained.
Luo Chen either had to stop and wait for the surrounding Chaos Energy to gather again, or open only a third of his Acupoints so he could cultivate without interruption.
But the latter gave him, at best, a third of his cultivation speed.
Luo Chen could not accept that.
So he had to change his cultivation environment.
According to the book Gu Xun had given him, and what Xiang Fei had said, Chaos Energy grew denser the closer one came to the tower's center.
Luo Chen pressed on toward the central area.
Along the way, he occasionally encountered martial artists absorbed in cultivation.
There were many of them, each seated on a Cultivation Stone of some size.
Luo Chen did not disturb them. He made a point of going around at a safe distance.
As he neared the center of the Ninth Ring, his steps slowed.
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