Journey to Heavenly Spirit City

As time passed, a pale blue glow spread around Lu Chen.

The glow rose and fell with his breathing, brightening and dimming like rippling water beneath the moonlight.

After a long while, he slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and opened his eyes.

A flash of excitement crossed his gaze.

The first thing he saw was an exquisitely beautiful face.

Paired with a set of large, dark eyes that blinked as they stared directly at him.

The two of them were less than a palm's width apart.

"Uh..."

Lu Chen jumped in fright and instinctively leaned back. Surprised, he asked, "Sister Tang Ya, what are you doing?"

Tang Ya planted her Hands on her waist, her delicate brows tightly furrowed as she snapped,

"You still have the nerve to ask? Look what time it is! I've reheated your porridge four times already!"

Lu Chen immediately looked around. It was already pitch-black outside the window. A candle burned on the table, with a bowl of porridge beside it.

"I actually cultivated through the entire afternoon without realizing it?!"

Lu Chen was stunned. He had not noticed the passage of time at all.

He had only felt the soul power within him slowly increasing at a visible rate.

That sensation was like leveling up in a game.

Well...

To be honest, it was a little addictive.

"Little Chen, what cultivation technique are you even practicing? The commotion it caused was even greater than the Mysterious Heaven Technique?!"

Tang Ya leaned close to him, her face full of curiosity.

After making lunch at noon, she had seen Lu Chen cultivating and had not disturbed him. Instead, she had sat cross-legged beside him to cultivate as well.

Yet she had discovered that almost all the soul power in the surroundings had been drawn away by Lu Chen.

Even with the Mysterious Heaven Technique's support, she could absorb less than a fifth of it.

Although different Soul Masters had different constitutions and Martial Souls, resulting in varying soul power absorption speeds.

Lu Chen was simply far too outrageous!

No ordinary soul power absorption method found all over the continent could possibly achieve this.

Seeing Tang Ya's curiosity, Lu Chen did not hide it from her.

"I cultivate the Flowing Water Meditation Method. It suddenly appeared in my mind after I fell unconscious. I don't know where it came from either."

"Something that strange happened?"

Tang Ya could hardly believe it. She pressed on, "How many times can this meditation method increase cultivation speed?"

"It starts at six times. Once mastered, it can reach seven times."

"What! Seven... seven times?!" Tang Ya shrieked.

One had to know that even the Mysterious Heaven Technique only tripled cultivation speed.

This Flowing Water Meditation Method was practically riding a rocket!

Watching Tang Ya's astonished expression, Lu Chen smiled lightly.

"You don't need to be so surprised. If you want it, I can teach it to you anytime.

And this meditation method also comes with a fist-based combat technique. Once you learn it, it can improve your close-combat skills as well."

As for the Mysterious Heaven Technique, what kind of trash was that? It was a crippled version anyway, so it was better off discarded!

"R-Really? You're just giving such a precious secret manual to me?"

Tang Ya found it hard to believe.

Having come from the Tang Sect, she naturally understood how valuable a cultivation technique was.

Even something like the Mysterious Heaven Technique, which offered three times the efficiency, could stir up bloody turmoil across the continent.

Not to mention a Flowing Water Meditation Method that offered six or seven times the speed.

A smile curved across Lu Chen's lips. "It's only a cultivation technique.

With the relationship between us, even if you wanted the stars in the sky, I'd find a way to pluck them down for you."

"Hmph, you shameless rogue. All you know is how to sweet-talk me."

Tang Ya snorted and rolled her eyes, her tone coy as she said,

"I'm telling you, I've grown up. I'm no longer that little girl from back then who could be fooled by your coaxing so easily."

Even so, she still felt a small burst of joy in her heart.

Lu Chen was still the same Lu Chen as before. Although he liked teasing young girls and sometimes spoke nonsense.

He was still the person who cared for her most.

"Oh? Is that so..."

Lu Chen smiled and shrugged, no longer pursuing the subject.

Instead, he invited Tang Ya onto the bed. "Come up. I'll teach you how to adjust your breathing."

The Flowing Water Meditation Method corresponded to the Flowing Water Rock-Shattering Fist and emphasized overcoming strength with softness.

Though this technique was rare, Lu Chen did not care much about it.

After all, aside from this, he also possessed the meditation methods for the Whirlwind Iron-Cleaving Fist and the Heartburst Liberation Fist.

Since the Flowing Water Fist could be used through the circulation of soul power, the other two techniques naturally could as well.

The next day, sunlight streamed through the window and into the room.

Using the sunlight, Tang Ya looked around the house where she had lived for half a year once more, her heart filled with emotion.

Although the memories of those six months were full of pain, this small home had become the motivation that kept her going.

"Let's go!"

Outside the door, Lu Chen waved to Tang Ya.

Tang Ya took a deep breath and answered with a smile, "Mm." Then she turned and followed him.

She quickly caught up to him. "Wait for me, Little Chen!"

Sunlight poured down, gradually swallowing their figures as they walked side by side toward Heavenly Spirit City.

On the ancient forest road, a breeze swept up several fallen leaves.

"Little Chen, that Flowing Water Meditation Method is incredible!

Even though last night was my first time circulating it, I could clearly feel the soul power in my body increase by a huge amount.

I think I won't even need another month. In just half a month, I'll be able to reach level 22!"

Along the way, Tang Ya chattered excitedly, gesturing wildly as she described her experience from the previous night.

It was the first time she had felt the increase in her own soul power so directly.

As for the Mysterious Heaven Technique? What kind of trash was that?

Get lost!

"Only level 22..."

Lu Chen frowned slightly. "As expected, an unawakened Blue Silver Emperor is still trash."

In the original story, Tang Ya had only reached Soul Elder around the age of fourteen, completely unable to keep up with Shrek's first echelon.

Afterward, with no other choice, she had gone to the Holy Spirit Cult for "further studies" before finally catching up.

Yet she had still wasted far too much time in the early stages.

How can I raise Tang Ya's strength faster...? Lu Chen pondered inwardly.

For the time being, there was no way to evolve Blue Silver Grass into the Blue Silver Emperor.

That place was on the Sun Moon Continent, far too far away.

It seemed he would still have to awaken Tang Ya's Dark Blue Silver Grass attribute.

That was Tang Ya's true cheat.

Having a cheat and not using it would make him an idiot!

As for the side effects...

Lu Chen possessed Ultimate Light himself and could completely purify the evil aura.

There was no need to worry about Tang Ya falling into darkness and becoming an Evil Soul Master.

"Huh, Lu Chen, what's wrong? Why are you spacing out for no reason?"

Seeing that Lu Chen had remained silent for so long, Tang Ya tilted her head and curiously moved close in front of him, her nose nearly touching his cheek.

"Nothing. I was thinking about how to draw the Body Sect's attention."

This place was too close to Shrek City, so Lu Chen did not intend to let Tang Ya awaken her Dark Blue Silver Grass yet.

Hearing that, Tang Ya curiously asked, "Why do we need to attract their attention? Can't we just go directly to the Body Sect's headquarters?"

In her impression, the Body Sect's headquarters should be like the Tang Sect's, located within some major city.

For example, Heavenly Spirit City right before them.

Lu Chen smiled helplessly. "You're thinking too simply. The Body Sect's headquarters isn't in the city.

And besides... when have good things ever delivered themselves to your doorstep?"

Since he wanted to be valued, he naturally needed the Body Sect to come looking for him themselves.

It would be best if Du Bushi came personally!

Only then could he skip over all the sect's rules and directly obtain core resources.

"If they aren't in the city, then how are we supposed to attract their attention?" Tang Ya became even more confused.

Lu Chen smiled faintly. "As one of the continent's foremost sects, aside from its core disciples with Body Martial Souls, the Body Sect also has a group of outer disciples without Body Martial Souls.

These disciples generally handle the sect's operations and search for fresh blood with Body Martial Souls.

We only need to catch their attention."

As the sect that would later become the Heaven Soul Empire's guardian sect, the Body Sect's reach might not extend across the entire Heaven Soul Empire.

But major cities like Heaven Dou City and Heavenly Spirit City definitely had branch offices.