Careful

"Nothing should happen inside the Dao School, right?"

Zhou Bai frowned, but the string of events since arriving in this world had made him more vigilant. He carefully entered the room.

There, a ball of white fur lay sprawled on the floor—it was Christina.

Zhou Bai instantly unleashed his Primordial Spirit Power and swept it through the entire room.

Only after finding no ambush did he pick Christina up, stroke her head, and ask, "Christina? What happened? Why are you lying on the floor?"

The gray M-shaped marking on Christina's forehead wrinkled together as she woke groggily.

She stared wide-eyed at Zhou Bai and asked in confusion, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Zhou Bai said, "You fell asleep and didn't even know? And the door was open when I came back."

Christina froze slightly, a thoughtful, recollecting look flashing through her eyes. "I remember I was practicing the basic breathing technique, trying to strengthen my Primordial Spirit Power, and then..."

Her eyes widened. "I got drowsy and fell asleep?"

Zhou Bai walked to his desk, picked up a sheet of paper from it, and said, "Looks like someone really did come in."

Two large, blood-red words were written on the paper atop the desk.

"Be careful."

"Be careful?" Zhou Bai asked doubtfully. "Be careful of who? Be careful of what? I've only been here for such a short time. I shouldn't have offended anyone, right?"

Christina's cat head popped up over Zhou Bai's shoulder. Looking at the words on the paper, she sneered. "Hmph, they dared knock me out and sneak in? Damn it, I need to get stronger! Zhou Bai! Hurry up and find me a better breathing technique. I want to raise my Primordial Spirit Value to 99! I want to unlock the Divine Map!"

Zhou Bai rubbed his chin, crumpled the paper, and tossed it into the trash bin beside him.

There was no way to find out who it was now. He could only wait and see.

"The most urgent thing is to raise my cultivation."

In just over ten days, Zhou Bai had encountered countless dangers. At every moment, he felt an immense weight pressing down on his shoulders.

And now, it seemed the Dao School was not as safe as he had imagined.

"Worrying won't help. Keep cultivating. Only with enough strength can you turn passivity into initiative when trouble comes."

With that thought, a trace of determination flashed through Zhou Bai's eyes. He walked over to the sofa and lay down, looking at Christina as he said, "Tina, help me mop the floor."

Christina's cat ears twitched, and she said unhappily, "No time. Don't disturb my cultivation."

"Don't you want a breathing technique?" Zhou Bai said. "If you help me do more chores tonight and let me farm some Laziness Qi Value, I'll get you a breathing technique tomorrow. How about it?"

Christina's tail began to sway. Though she did not want to do housework, the effect of absorbing Spiritual Machine on her own to strengthen her Primordial Spirit Power was indeed mediocre. If she had a better breathing technique, it might improve her efficiency fivefold or even tenfold.

At that thought, Christina stood up with a helpless look. "Honestly, what am I supposed to do with you? As expected, everything still has to rely on me."

Thus, Zhou Bai lay on the sofa and directed Christina through the housework, cleaning every spot in the room that could be cleaned.

Laziness Qi Value +1

Laziness Qi Value +1

Laziness Qi Value +1

They kept at it until midnight. With nothing left to do, Christina curled into a ball and began cultivating her Primordial Spirit Value on her own.

Watching Christina's body rise and fall faintly with her breathing, Zhou Bai lay on the sofa and thought, This cat really is hardworking. I can't fall behind either.

Zhou Bai continued lying on the sofa. After midnight, a new day arrived, and he soon received the 200 Laziness Qi Value from lying down for the new day.

Daoization Degree: 0%

Primordial Spirit Value: 99

Divine Map: Nine Calamities of Heaven and Man

Laziness Qi: 660

After checking his Laziness Qi Value, Zhou Bai looked toward the next star point on the Supreme Unity Disc.

Buzhou—Foundation: Improves the body's adaptability to Spiritual Machine. As long as one can come into contact with Spiritual Machine, it can increase the body's recovery speed and slightly enhance strength and explosive power.

Cultivation method: (directly skipped by Zhou Bai)

Laziness Qi (0/600)

"Good! That's enough." Seeing this, Zhou Bai smiled slightly and instantly injected 600 points of Laziness Qi into it.

Boom! It was as though a tremendous explosion rang out within his body, and the flesh all over Zhou Bai's body began to tremble violently.

Zhou Bai felt as though his body was being crushed apart again and again, then reassembled again and again. At nearly every moment, it was being forged at high speed, constantly advancing toward greater strength.

Every muscle fiber and every nerve seemed to have time accelerated around them, becoming tougher and more resilient at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Only after a full twenty minutes did the changes in Zhou Bai's body slowly cease. He collapsed to his knees on the floor, gasping out great mouthfuls of air.

"I'm exhausted." Zhou Bai slowly rose to his feet. Although injecting Laziness Qi had allowed him to instantly complete the cultivation of the second star point, this was a method of rapidly completing cultivation. It greatly drained his physical and mental energy, so after finishing, he would only feel exhausted rather than be restored to peak condition.

After resting for a little while, Zhou Bai felt as though some of his strength had returned.

He tested his body, hopping a little and throwing a few punches.

"Doesn't feel like my strength increased by much. But that makes sense. It mainly enhances physical recovery speed... That should include stamina recovery and injury recovery, right?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Bai threw a fierce punch. His clothes rubbed together and snapped through the air, immediately producing a crisp crack.

Then he began throwing punch after punch. Amid a series of sharp crackling sounds, Zhou Bai's fists grew faster and faster, as if leaving behind a string of afterimages. Only after several hundred punches did his arms begin to ache and his breathing gradually fail to keep up.

After stopping, Zhou Bai paced around while breathing in and out violently.

Christina beside him was actually blown hard enough for her cat fur to flutter, clearly showing that his lung capacity had also greatly increased.

After taking a few steps, Zhou Bai felt that more than half his stamina had already recovered. He could not help but marvel, "My recovery really has been greatly enhanced. I was clearly exhausted just now."

Having tasted the sweetness of continuously growing stronger, Zhou Bai immediately looked toward the next star point.

Buzhou—Skin: Changes the nature of skin and flesh, enhancing the epidermis's resistance to impact.

Cultivation method: (directly skipped by Zhou Bai)

Laziness Qi (0/1200)

Looking at the required 1,200 points of Laziness Qi, Zhou Bai secretly frowned. It takes more and more Laziness Qi. And it's gone from 300 to 600 to 1,200—it's doubling every step of the way.

Zhou Bai looked at his Auxiliary System interface. Only 60 points of Laziness Qi remained, nowhere near enough for cultivation.

"Just relying on lying down and Christina is too inefficient. I need to find a faster way to farm Laziness Qi."

As he thought, he felt his stomach constantly squirming, waves of hunger washing over him.

"I'm so hungry..." Zhou Bai thought, The Dao School cafeteria seems to be open twenty-four hours a day to serve cultivators, right?

He glanced at Christina, who was cultivating nearby, and Elsa, who was lying on the floor watching him.

Zhou Bai said, "I'm going out for a walk. I'll be back soon. If you're tired, go to sleep first."