Spirit Condensation Realm Fourth Level! Bedrock Realm Fourth Level!

After cultivating for a day and a night, Wang Lang slowly opened his eyes. Feeling the growth of Qi within his body, he couldn't help but do some calculations.

If his active cultivation last night was like working a job, then the King Kong Qi and Righteous Qi that grew within him after a night of hard work only amounted to about one unit of profit.

In contrast, the passive bonus from the orange trait Innate Qi was like collecting rent while lying down, yielding five units in the same amount of time.

"Working hard to meditate all night, and the profit is less than just breathing and lying down all day? Isn't my effort looking pretty foolish then?"

Wang Lang grumbled inwardly, then began to consider a solution.

He examined his existing four traits, his gaze finally landing on the purple trait [Intentional Blast Punch].

This trait allowed him to accumulate resentment by enduring damage.

Ever since he obtained this trait, especially after being "warmly welcomed" by that female ghost in the Ten Thousand Souls Tomb, He still had a considerable stockpile of resentment accumulated within him.

Thus, his plan was clear: since active cultivation yielded low profits, he needed to make up for it in other ways.

However, his physical body was becoming increasingly robust with the enhancement of Innate Qi.

The resentment gained from ordinary pain and damage had become negligible, comparable to the meat from a mosquito's leg.

To continue accumulating resentment, he had to be ruthless with himself.

He had to actively seek out extreme environments and temper his body in a way that was almost self-mutilation.

Originally, sitting in cultivation yielded only 1 unit of profit. If he actively entered an extreme environment, though the process would be painful, The profit could be [Resentment +1], [Qi +1], [Physical Body Strength +1], directly boosting the comprehensive profit to 3!

A great deal!

With this thought, Wang Lang no longer hesitated and pushed open the door.

The sky was bright, and the little white fox was nowhere to be seen in the courtyard. He didn't pay it any mind.

That little thing's chatterbox attribute was maxed out; he really didn't want to talk to it much.

Not far from Listening Waves Mountain Manor, there was a wide river called the Dadu River.

The river water flowed rapidly day and night, with countless treacherous currents and whirlpools. Ordinary boatmen dared not venture onto it easily.

Wang Lang arrived at the riverbank, feeling the moisture in the air and the immense power of the flowing water. He nodded:

"This is it. The water pressure is great, and the current is swift. It should have some effect."

He leaped into the river. Instead of circulating his techniques to resist, he purely used his physical body to confront the power of nature.

He sank into the deep water, using a massive rock to press himself down. Holding his breath and concentrating, he let the river water and immense pressure fiercely compress and scour his body.

Simultaneously, he circulated the Vajra Subduing Demons Sutra - Spirit Condensation Chapter.

Compared to sitting in cultivation, this method of subjecting every inch of his skin and every bone to immense pressure

Was indeed significantly more effective in terms of Qi growth and body tempering.

At the same time, it could accumulate some resentment.

He couldn't die anyway, so he'd just train himself to death!

Wang Lang steeled himself and directly entered a long-term AFK cultivation mode at the bottom of the river.

One day, two days... Time flowed by unnoticed amidst the rush of the water.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the little white fox Su Yao, who had been wandering around Listening Waves Mountain Manor for several laps, gradually became anxious from her initial leisure.

"Where is he? Where did Langzi run off to? He wouldn't have secretly run away because he found me too talkative, would he?!"

After finally following the scent to the Dadu River, she saw Wang Lang like an underwater sculpture, Unmoving in the turbulent currents, his aura almost blending with the river water.

"This... this is the cultivation method of humans?"

Su Yao was dumbfounded. She had never seen such a way of cultivating.

Sensing the constantly strengthening aura around Wang Lang, Su Yao blinked her fox eyes and thought, "Since I'm already here... why not give it a try too?"

After much hesitation, she also tried cultivating in the shallow waters by the river, imitating Wang Lang's posture.

And so, day after day, Wang Lang was like a prisoner at the bottom of the river, while Su Yao practiced alongside him by the bank.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye.

One day, Su Yao accidentally looked down and saw her reflection in the water. The entire fox froze instantly.

In the reflection, her originally slender body had visibly thickened by a whole ring, her muscles bulging with clear definition, as if her fur concealed explosive power.

Su Yao looked at her much more solid silhouette in the water, her mouth twitching uncontrollably: "..."

She finally understood why Wang Lang, who claimed to be a scholar, had a physique as robust as a humanoid ferocious beast.

The side effects of this cultivation method were just too outrageous!

"This... is the price of gaining power?!" Su Yao wailed inwardly.

Although the side effects of this cultivation method were somewhat startling, the results were undeniable.

She had been stuck in the late First Tier for a long time, but after three months of hellish sparring, she had actually broken through to the peak of the First Tier, just one step away from condensing her Demon Soul True Body and entering the Second Tier.

The Second Tier for demons was equivalent to the Spirit Condensation Realm for human Qi Refinement cultivators. The core was condensing the demon soul, and their strength would undergo a qualitative leap.

Su Yao sighed, glanced at Wang Lang, who was still motionless at the bottom of the river, and decided to ignore the guy who didn't seem to cultivate like a normal person. She then went into the forest by herself to find fruit to fill her stomach.

As she searched, she muttered to herself, "What kind of monster is this Langzi? How can he go months without eating or drinking?"

"I remember Mother saying that to achieve complete辟谷 (abstinence from grains/food), one must cultivate to at least the Third Tier..."

Meanwhile, at the bottom of the river, Wang Lang sank his consciousness into his personal panel.

Looking at the data on it, the corners of his mouth curled into a satisfied smile.

To have made such progress in just a few short months was nothing short of miraculous.

One must know that for ordinary Qi Refinement cultivators, after entering the Spirit Condensation Realm, each breakthrough to a minor realm required several years or even longer of painstaking effort.

This was because the growth of the spirit and the refinement of divine sense were by no means easy tasks.

And the Bedrock Realm of Body Refinement was even more difficult, with each breakthrough requiring massive amounts of Blood Essence to support it.

Ordinary body cultivators either slowly wore away at it over time or had to rely on medicinal diets and baths to frantically replenish resources.

But Wang Lang had no such worries.

The triple-attribute effect of [Innate Qi] had turned him into an unstoppable machine for getting stronger.

The pressure from the extreme external environment not only failed to hinder him but instead became the best catalyst for accelerating his body and Qi refinement.

"As expected, cheating... no, it's the combination of effort and talent that yields the greatest efficiency."

Wang Lang thought, extremely satisfied with his progress.