AFK Cultivation, Strength Surges!

Immediately after, the cultivation progress bar before Chen Changqing's eyes vanished, replaced by three little golden figures floating in his vision.

"Three little golden figures?"

Chen Changqing's face filled with surprise.

He had just been agonizing over the fact that there was only one AFK little golden figure—which of the three techniques should he prioritize for AFK cultivation?

Who would have thought that three little golden figures would suddenly appear?

What left Chen Changqing even more incredulous was this.

At that moment, the three little golden figures were each performing their own duties.

The first little golden figure held a wooden sword, swinging it through the air, cultivating the Sword Control Technique!

The second little golden figure's fists roared like thunder, lightning flickering, cultivating the Thunderclap Divine Fist!

The third little golden figure sat cross-legged, spiritual energy swirling around it, cultivating the Nine Revolutions Qi Cultivation Technique!

"Holy crap! It can do that too?"

Chen Changqing's eyes went wide, and then he was ecstatic.

"This is awesome!"

"I don't even have to worry about which technique to AFK cultivate first anymore."

"All three techniques are AFK cultivating at the same time—efficiency maxed out!"

Chen Changqing was thrilled.

But right after, doubt crept into his mind.

"Will AFK cultivating three techniques at once affect the cultivation speed of each one?"

"Or is there no conflict at all?"

"Besides that, can this AFK Cultivation System add even more techniques to cultivate?"

"What's the maximum number of techniques that can be AFK cultivated at once?"

"... "

For a moment, Chen Changqing's thoughts were in a whirl.

"Forget it."

"Better not overthink it."

"After all, I don't have to put in any effort."

"I'll just wait to collect the AFK results."

After thinking it over, Chen Changqing let out a long breath, then leisurely kept watch at the Mountain Gate.

Before he knew it, it was already the fourth ke of You Shi.

Chen Changqing stretched lazily, closed the Mountain Gate properly, and headed toward his dwelling.

Once back at his place, without a word, he lay down on the bed, pulled the covers over himself, and went straight to sleep!

For Chen Changqing, Cultivation? No way!

He would never cultivate in this lifetime!

Just as Chen Changqing fell asleep, Ran Hua silently arrived outside the window.

He had planned to sneak a peek at how Chen Changqing cultivated.

Why had he been able to break through to the Qi Refining Realm so quickly?

But what Ran Hua never dreamed of was this.

Through the small gap in the window, he saw that after Chen Changqing returned from closing the Mountain Gate, he was snoring away in deep sleep.

"This?"

"He's asleep?"

Ran Hua was stunned, his mind reeling.

"Could it be... Senior Brother Chen is cultivating in his dreams?"

Suddenly, this thought flashed through Ran Hua's mind.

But after mulling it over, he couldn't help but let out a self-deprecating chuckle and muttered softly, "I'm probably so obsessed with breaking through that I'm going crazy."

"There's no one in this world who can cultivate just by sleeping."

"Maybe Senior Brother Chen really did just have a breakthrough from accumulated effort."

Then, Ran Hua shook his head helplessly with a sigh, and reluctantly left.

Time slipped by silently.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

On this day, Chen Changqing stretched lazily, sat up from his bed, and yawned with a languid air.

"I've been AFK cultivating for over a month now."

"It's about time to collect the results of that AFK session."

With that thought, Chen Changqing quickly contacted the system.

"System, claim the AFK cultivation rewards!"

Soon, the system's response echoed in his mind:

[Ding!]

[AFK Time: 30 days.]

[Practiced Sword Control Technique ×300 times!]

[Practiced Thunderclap Divine Fist ×300 times!]

[Practiced Nine Revolutions Qi Cultivation Technique ×300 times!]

[Claim AFK cultivation results?]

"Claim!"

Without overthinking it, Chen Changqing directly selected the option.

"Boom, boom!"

In an instant, the three Little Golden Figures before him came to a sudden halt.

Immediately after, three brilliant beams of golden light burst forth from within the Little Golden Figures, shooting out from the system panel and surging into Chen Changqing's body!

With the extraction of the AFK results from Nine Revolutions Qi Cultivation Technique, Chen Changqing's cultivation base skyrocketed.

Originally at the first layer of Qi Refining, he directly broke through two realms, stepping into the third layer of Qi Refining!

Within his dantian, Nine Thousand Essences swirled like a river of stars, three times the amount of an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator!

"A single month of AFK cultivating Nine Revolutions Qi Cultivation Technique actually pushed my cultivation straight to the third layer of Qi Refining!"

"With the support of a full Nine Thousand Essences."

"!"

Chen Changqing was so excited his face flushed red from the thrill.

At the same time, the extraction of the Sword Control Technique AFK results caused all the essential principles of control to flood into Chen Changqing's mind.

To Chen Changqing, it felt as if those principles were deeply ingrained, as though they were innate.

The next moment, Chen Changqing raised his hand and waved.

An ordinary iron sword in the room floated up, its blade gleaming with a cold light!

Full of enthusiasm, Chen Changqing prepared to try sword flight.

But what he didn't expect was—

As his spiritual energy poured in, the iron sword immediately began to hum and tremble.

"Bang!"

A crisp sound rang out, and the iron sword actually shattered!

"Damn! This piece of junk can't handle spiritual energy?"

Chen Changqing cried out in shock.

Only then did he realize that the Sword Control Technique required a true Dharma Artifact to support it; ordinary mortal iron simply couldn't bear the circulation of spiritual energy!

In the world of cultivation, Magical Artifacts were divided into four major grades:

Dharma Artifact, Magical Artifact, Spiritual Treasure, Immortal Artifact.

Dharma Artifacts were what ordinary cultivators used, quite common.

Magical Artifacts were considered superior Dharma Artifacts.

As for Spiritual Treasures, they were generally only possessed by cultivators at the Golden Core realm and above.

And the highest grade, Immortal Artifacts—

As the name implied, they were treasures left behind by immortals.

Usually, they were items that served as a sect's foundation!

"Looks like I'll have to find a way to get myself a Dharma Artifact," Chen Changqing muttered to himself, having originally wanted to try sword flight and such.

"Since sword flight isn't possible for now, I might as well go test the power of Thunderclap Divine Fist."

Just now, when he extracted the results of his AFK cultivation, the Thunderclap Divine Fist was included among them.

After a month of system AFK cultivation, this fist technique had already reached minor success.

With the extraction, all the essential principles for executing the Thunderclap Divine Fist flooded into Chen Changqing's mind.

At the same time, the trajectory of essence energy within his body when performing the fist technique became instantly familiar to Chen Changqing, as if he had practiced it hundreds of times.

Next, Chen Changqing didn't linger in the room any longer. Instead, he moved to the back of his dwelling.

At this moment, a small mountain peak stood before him.

"Huff!"

Chen Changqing took a deep breath, instantly gathering the Nine Thousand Essences within his body into his fist, then executed it according to the principles of the Thunderclap Divine Fist.

"Boom!"

With one punch, thunderous light exploded!

"Bang!"

The next moment, the massive boulder blocking Chen Changqing's path shattered instantly.

In an instant, rocks flew through the air, and dust filled the sky!

"Hiss..."

"Such power—one punch splits a mountain!"

"Terrifying beyond words!"

Even Chen Changqing himself was startled.