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Immediately following this, the cultivation progress bar before Chen Changqing vanished, replaced by three small golden figures manifesting in his field of vision.

"Three small golden figures?"

Chen Changqing wore a look of astonishment.

He had originally been agonizing over the fact that there was only one idle golden figure, wondering which of his three techniques he should prioritize for idle cultivation.

Who would have thought that three golden figures would appear all at once?

What Chen Changqing found even more incredible was this:

At this moment, the three golden figures were each attending to their own duties.

The first golden figure held a wooden sword, brandishing it through the air as it practiced the Sword Control Technique!

The second golden figure's punches were like thunder, flickering with electric light as it practiced the Thunder Fist!

The third golden figure sat cross-legged, surrounded by spiritual energy as it practiced the Nine-Turn Qi Refining Art!

"Holy crap! It has this function too?"

Chen Changqing's eyes widened, followed by a surge of wild joy.

"This is awesome!"

"I don't have to worry about which technique to prioritize for idle cultivation anymore."

"With three techniques being cultivated simultaneously, the efficiency is maxed out!"

Chen Changqing was incredibly excited.

But immediately after, doubts began to arise in his heart.

"Does cultivating three techniques at the same time affect the speed of each one?"

"Or is there no conflict at all?"

"Besides that, can this idle cultivation system add even more techniques?"

"What is the maximum number of techniques that can be cultivated simultaneously?"

"..."

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

"Forget it."

"Better not think too much about it."

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

"I'll just wait to reap the rewards of the idle cultivation."

Thinking this, Chen Changqing let out a long sigh of relief and continued to keep watch at the mountain gate in a leisurely manner.

Before he knew it, it was already 6:00 PM.

Chen Changqing stretched, locked the mountain gate, and headed toward his living quarters.

Upon returning to his room, he didn't say a word; he simply flopped onto his bed, pulled up the quilt, and went straight to sleep!

As far as Chen Changqing was concerned:

Cultivate? That was impossible!

He would never cultivate in this lifetime!

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

He had intended to sneak a peek at how Chen Changqing practiced, hoping to understand why he could break through to the Qi Refining Realm at such a rapid pace.

However, what Ran Hua never dreamed of was this:

Peering through a small crack in the window, he saw that after Chen Changqing had returned and locked the gate, he had simply fallen into a deep sleep.

"This?"

"He's asleep?"

Ran Hua was stunned, his mind reeling in confusion.

Could it be... that Senior Brother Chen cultivates in his sleep?

Suddenly, such a thought flashed through Ran Hua's mind.

But upon second thought, he couldn't help but laugh at himself, muttering quietly:

"I must be obsessed with breaking through."

"Who in this world can cultivate while sleeping?"

"Perhaps Senior Brother Chen is truly experiencing a breakthrough after a long period of accumulation."

With that, Ran Hua shook his head and sighed helplessly before dejectedly taking his leave.

Time slipped away quietly.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

On this day, Chen Changqing stretched his back, sat up from his bed, and let out a lazy yawn.

I've been idling in cultivation for over a month now.

It's about time to claim the results of the idle training.

With that thought, Chen Changqing immediately connected with the system.

"System, claim idle training results!"

Soon, a response from the system echoed in his mind:

[Ding!]

[Idle time: 30 days.]

[Practiced Sword Control Technique × 300 times!]

[Practiced Thunder Fist × 300 times!]

[Practiced Nine-Turn Qi Refining Art × 300 times!]

[Do you wish to extract the idle cultivation results?]

"Extract!"

Chen Changqing didn't overthink it and chose to extract immediately.

"Boom! Boom!"

In an instant, the three small golden figures before him suddenly came to a halt.

Following that, three brilliant beams of golden light erupted from the system panel within the bodies of the three golden figures, instantly surging into Chen Changqing's body!

With the extraction of the Nine-Turn Qi Refining Art results, Chen Changqing's cultivation base advanced by leaps and bounds.

Originally at the first level of Qi Refining, he broke through two realms in succession, stepping into the third level of Qi Refining!

Within his dantian, nine thousand strands of essence qi flowed like a galaxy, three times the amount of an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator!

"One month of idling the Nine-Turn Qi Refining Art actually boosted my cultivation straight to the third level of Qi Refining!"

"With the addition of a full nine thousand strands of essence qi."

"Incredible!"

Chen Changqing was incredibly excited, his face flushed with exhilaration.

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

To Chen Changqing, it felt as if those principles were deeply branded into his mind, as if he had been born with them.

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

An ordinary iron sword in the room hovered into the air, its blade glinting with a cold light!

Chen Changqing was full of enthusiasm, ready to attempt sword-flight.

However, to his surprise, as he poured his spiritual energy into it, the iron sword immediately began to hum and tremble.

"Bang!"

With a crisp sound, the iron sword shattered!

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

Chen Changqing exclaimed in shock.

He then realized that the Sword Control Technique required a true magical tool for support; ordinary iron could not bear the circulation of spiritual energy!

In the world of cultivation, magical treasures were divided into four major grades:

Magical Tools, Dharma Treasures, Spirit Treasures, and Immortal Artifacts.

Magical Tools were used by ordinary cultivators and were quite common.

Dharma Treasures were considered superior to standard Magical Tools.

As for Spirit Treasures, they were generally only possessed by cultivators at the Golden Core stage or higher.

And the highest grade, Immortal Artifacts.

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

They were usually the foundation-protecting relics of a sect!

"It seems I'll have to find a way to get a magical tool."

Chen Changqing muttered to himself, having originally intended to try out sword-flight and the like.

"Since sword-flight is out for now, I'll go test the power of the Thunder Fist instead."

Just now, he extracted the results of his idle cultivation, which included the Thunder Fist.

After a month of the system's idle cultivation, this fist technique had already achieved minor success.

As he extracted it, all the essential principles for executing the Thunder Fist flooded into Chen Changqing's mind.

At the same time, Chen Changqing instantly became familiar with the circulation path of the vital energy within his body when performing the technique, as if he had practiced it hundreds of times.

Following this, Chen Changqing did not linger in his room any longer, turning instead to head behind his residence.

At this moment, what appeared before him was a small mountain peak.

"Hoo!"

Chen Changqing took a deep breath, instantly gathering the nine thousand strands of vital energy within his body into his fist, then unleashed them according to the principles of the Thunder Fist.

"BOOM!"

With a single punch, lightning erupted!

"BANG!"

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

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

"Hiss..."

"This power—a single punch to split a mountain!"

"Terrifying!"

Even Chen Changqing was startled by his own strength.