Now This Was the Right Way for This King to Cultivate

"It probably never showed itself before because my strength wasn't up to the requirement, so I couldn't trigger this state."

"And the reason I can activate it now is probably that I've gulped down so many pills lately. My physique and strength finally reached the minimum requirements, meeting the conditions for activating it."

"That must be it!"

Chun Xiaobai slapped his thigh and immediately went over his discovery several times in his head.

Once activated, this state could probably last about thirty seconds before his strength ran dry, followed by that intense exhaustion and hunger.

He had to eat an entire bottle of Qi-Restoring Pills to recover.

He was also certain that this time, as long as he concentrated, he could activate this "rampage" state again!

"It must be my constitution. Definitely!"

Chun Xiaobai grinned so broadly the corners of his mouth nearly reached the back of his head, revealing a mouthful of gleaming white teeth.

"I knew it! This Great King has been gifted since childhood. How could I possibly be a good-for-nothing?"

But on second thought, something still seemed off.

Sure, he had a "rampage" mode, but that didn't seem to solve his fundamental cultivation problem!

"How the fuck am I supposed to fix that?"

He stroked his chin and muttered.

"This Great King's rampage mode needs an ocean of energy to sustain it. I can't spend every future fight as some 'pill-popping Immortal Venerable,' clutching a pill bottle and chugging away while I fight, can I?"

"That would be way too embarrassing!"

"Maybe... I should get a Dual Cultivation Technique?"

"Become a Flower-Picking Bandit. I hear that gets results fast!"

"No, no!" Chun Xiaobai shook his head again.

He was the mighty bandit king of Black Wind Stronghold, destined to become an Immortal Emperor. How could he build his future on women?

That didn't fit his swagger, either!

After pondering for a long while, Chun Xiaobai suddenly rolled his eyes thoughtfully and took a few more spirit stones from his Storage Bag.

Through his [Treasure-Seeing Divine Eye], these spirit stones shone yellow, just like silver fragments.

Only their glow was somewhat brighter than the silver's.

He picked up a spirit stone and tapped it. It was exceptionally hard, but still within his ability to handle.

So he brought over the teapot, poured a cup of water, and placed a milky-white spirit stone in his palm. Gathering all his strength, he slapped it!

Smack!

The spirit stone shattered at the blow, turning into fine powder.

He carefully mixed the powder into the tea, stuck in two fingers, and stirred.

"Glug, glug!" Chun Xiaobai drained it in one go and wiped the corner of his mouth.

"Fuck you. If I can't absorb you, surely I can eat you!"

"Burp!"

After letting out a loud belch, he discovered that he really did feel something!

A warm sensation rose in his stomach, and a tiny trace of the strength he had spent activating "rampage" mode seemed to return.

But the most important thing was that warmth. After activating his [Treasure-Seeing Divine Eye], he could actually see the warm mass emitting a yellow glow as it churned inside his abdomen.

This was something he had never discovered before.

Until now, his [Treasure-Seeing Divine Eye] had only worked on external objects.

When he looked at himself, there was no special color. Everything looked exactly as it normally did.

This was a major discovery!

Chun Xiaobai mulled it over, then took out the Azure Cloud Manual again.

He discarded all the mysterious methods described at the beginning, such as sensing and circulating qi, and only memorized the spiritual power circulation diagram and the incantation.

Then he brought over a bucket of mountain spring water, took out a hundred spirit stones, smashed them all into powder with brute force, and poured them in.

After a stir, the clear mountain spring water instantly became a bucket of milky-white "milk."

"Glug, glug!"

He hugged the bucket and gulped down several huge mouthfuls, then immediately sat cross-legged, staring at the mass inside his abdomen while following the circulation incantation in the Azure Cloud Manual.

He tried to use his gaze to move that yellow glow in his abdomen, pushing it toward his limbs and every part of his body, attempting to merge it into his flesh and blood.

"Holy shit!"

"It actually works!"

Chun Xiaobai's heart filled with joy!

He discovered that as long as he kept his [Treasure-Seeing Divine Eye] fixed on the glow and directed his thoughts at it, he really could move it!

The sensation was exactly like the technique's description of drawing qi into the body.

Although he had only made it move slightly, this was still a tremendous breakthrough!

Then he hugged the bucket again and gulped down several more mouthfuls. Activating his [Treasure-Seeing Divine Eye], he stared intently at the green glow and employed the circulation incantation.

This time, he pushed the glow up to his chest before it was completely depleted.

With the experience of his first two attempts, on his third try, after five trips to the toilet, he finally managed to guide the sensation of that glowing mass into his arms.

He could clearly feel that his arms were a full measure stronger than before!

"Fuck! This has to be the right way for me to cultivate!"

Excitement welled up in Chun Xiaobai's heart, making it race uncontrollably.

He had finally taken the first step toward his dream of immortal cultivation!

At least he had found the sensation of using his thoughts to direct energy.

The mortal martial arts he had practiced before relied entirely on muscle strength. He had never experienced anything as miraculous as controlling another form of energy with his mind.

Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!

Chun Xiaobai took out five hundred spirit stones and, one after another, smashed them all into powder with brute force, mixing them into three large, freshly filled buckets of mountain spring water.

Then he picked up a bucket and began gulping it down in huge mouthfuls.

After drinking, he immediately activated his [Treasure-Seeing Divine Eye], locked onto the dazzling yellow glow in his abdomen, and once again used his thoughts to push it toward his limbs and every part of his body.

Although the yellow glow was depleted each time before he could push it as far as his arms, it still helped.

He could clearly feel a warm, soothing sensation in the muscles, blood, and meridians wherever the glow passed.

This process was clearly tempering his body.

And when cultivators drew qi into their bodies, their first step was to temper their flesh with spiritual qi.

This effect fully met the technique's requirements for the "body-tempering" stage!

He drained all three large buckets of "spirit stone water" made from those five hundred spirit stones.

After a full ten trips to the toilet along the way, he finally managed to push that warm sensation all the way to his arms!

Then he stood, gathered the entire warm current into his right arm, and hurled a punch at the wall before him!

Boom!

A formless fist projection burst from his knuckles and slammed straight into the cultivation chamber's wall!

Bang!

As though struck by a battering ram, the thick wall buckled outward. Cracks spread and rubble fell, then, with a boom, it collapsed into a huge hole!

"Holy shit... was that projecting spiritual power?"

"Fuck yeah! This Great King has finally learned a ranged attack!"

"Hahaha!"

Chun Xiaobai was as delighted as a two-hundred-pound child, dancing and waving his arms on the spot!

An ordinary cultivator at the first layer of qi refining would essentially exhaust all the spiritual qi in their body after launching a single spiritual power attack.

The warm mass of energy he had just gathered was no different; this punch had drained it completely.

Fortunately, his tempered muscles and meridians felt no strain whatsoever.