Impossible, Absolutely Impossible!

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

The deeply shaken women muttered to themselves.

Breaking through to Dou Huang required an enormous amount of energy. They believed the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion had it.

But breaking through two stars in a row in just over ten minutes—

Even a monstrous genius blessed by the heavens could not possibly do such a thing.

Moreover, as one's cultivation rose, the meridians would expand accordingly to accommodate more Dou Qi.

One had to know that meridians were incredibly delicate. Expanding them required a long period of adaptation.

Even the slightest expansion of the meridians would cause tearing agony within the body.

If, as Cang Lan had said, he had suddenly risen two stars, then he should have endured the excruciating pain of his meridians being torn apart.

How could Cang Lan possibly withstand that kind of pain, which was difficult to endure even through gradual cultivation, when he had advanced so abruptly?

Wait...

The women suddenly realized something!

Thirty Thousand Times Cultivation Speed—over ten minutes was equivalent to hundreds of thousands of minutes.

That was nearly a year's worth of time.

And Cang Lan also had a Heaven-tier Cultivation Method!

With nearly a year, breaking through two stars was not impossible!

Besides, Cang Lan had ultimately sworn that he and diligent cultivation were irreconcilable enemies.

Ordinary people wished they could cultivate diligently.

Yet he feared cultivation as if it were a ferocious tiger?

From this, it was clear.

This breakthrough might really have cost Cang Lan half his life!

Could this be true?

Even after sorting out their thoughts, the women still refused to believe it!

"You handsome cheating bastard, serves you right for hurting!"

"You really deserved it!"

At that moment, the women felt unbalanced.

Extremely unbalanced!

They even wished they could take Cang Lan's place and suffer several minutes of cultivation pain in the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion!

After all, that was undeniably a shortcut to cultivation!

An undeniably great opportunity.

Yet the opportunity they could only dream of—

Was being openly despised by Cang Lan!

Seriously, the more people compared themselves to others, the angrier they became!

Tang Huo'er: Damn it... where exactly is the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion?

I just want to try it and see whether breaking through two stars in a row really hurts that much!

Feng Qing'er: Even a Magical Beast's body could not endure consecutive breakthroughs in such a short time. How did he do it?

Could he be a Magical Beast too?

Qing Lin: Cang Lan is so amazing!

If only... he could take me away!

Five days quietly passed!

The Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion was tranquil and peaceful, as though it had been forgotten by time.

Let the outside world remain as noisy as it pleased; he would simply do as he pleased.

In all his charm, he remained untouched by worldly strife.

There could not have been a more fitting description for Cang Lan at that moment!

Cang Lan sat with his eyes closed, concentrating like an old monk in meditation as he regulated his breathing far away from the Nine-Colored Spirit Nurturing Lotus.

It took him a full five days to completely ease the lingering pain left behind by his sudden rise to Three-star Dou Huang!

"Phew~"

"I've finally recovered!"

Cang Lan slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath of stale air.

Five days!

It took five days of grueling endurance to pull his shrimp vein back from the brink of snapping.

After this inhuman experience, Cang Lan sincerely never wanted to cultivate by himself again!

The energy between heaven and earth was vast and mixed to begin with; it could not be directly absorbed into the body for use!

The Nine-Colored Spirit Nurturing Lotus also gathered battle qi from within a hundred-mile radius, increasing cultivation speed tenfold.

Cultivating here—

If it went well, his strength increased and his entire body ached.

If it went poorly, his shrimp vein snapped, and it was time to lay out the funeral feast right where he stood!

He still had a long life ahead of him. For the time being, he had no intention of racing against time!

Rising to his feet, Cang Lan looked out. The place where he had originally cultivated had already been claimed by the Nine-Colored Spirit Nurturing Lotus, becoming a shimmering expanse!

The dense energy of heaven and earth had been drawn in by the divine lotus, gathering into a vast ocean.

The divine lotus floated atop the rippling water. Its three-foot form emitted a radiant glow, like a speck of starlight in the night—rather tiny!

Not far beyond the lake formed from condensed battle qi, One thousand five hundred figures stood in orderly rows, surrounding the magnificent lake.

"As expected of a divine object. It can directly liquefy battle qi!"

Looking at the spectacular sight before him, Cang Lan sighed inwardly and summoned his diary to write.

What a pity... such a pity!

The energy within a hundred-mile radius had been drawn over by the divine lotus, forming a lake like a treasure trove awaiting development.

But for now, he could only look at this treasure, not touch it!

Even if he wanted to touch it, he had to wait!

Only a natural treasure could refine the energy of heaven and earth.

"Can't you just write it outright?!"

"What's such a pity?"

When the women saw the new entry, they were already prepared to enjoy the gossip, eagerly anticipating some explosive news from Cang Lan.

And yet... he wrote six characters, and that was it?

Such a pity!

No... he was just infuriating!

At that moment, the women waiting before their notebooks wished they could connect directly to Cang Lan's mind and read every secret he knew in one go.

That way, they would not have to painfully wait for Cang Lan to update it!

And they would not have to worry that something might happen to him one day.

Then the rest of the story would be gone for good!

"Write already!"

The women kept urging him in their hearts, nearly grinding their pearly teeth to pieces.

At first, they had merely treated Cang Lan's Secret Diary as something to read after meals to pass the time.

Now, however, their most immediate feeling was that they had been hooked by Cang Lan's secrets.

If they went a day without reading it, they felt miserable all over!

Once they learned one juicy bit of gossip, they wanted to know more, as though they had become addicted.

Even knowing that Cang Lan was a fickle flirt could not stop their desire for gossip.

The women even wanted to learn from the diary what would happen to them in the future!

If they had known where the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion was, they would have already set off for it.

Finally, under the women's relentless urging for an update, Cang Lan's secret emerged only after endless calls, still half-hidden behind a pipa!

Emmmm... can someone bring me some paper? It's urgent!!!

The women: !!!???

^{▃}^

Paper?

What exactly was Cang Lan doing instead of updating his diary?

More than ten minutes passed.

He was actually asking for paper in his diary?

The women were utterly dumbfounded, exclamation marks and question marks practically colliding above their heads.

They couldn't make sense of it.

What had Cang Lan been doing these past dozen minutes?

"Could it be..."

As the women kept guessing, their faces inexplicably flushed crimson, and complete images of Cang Lan directly appeared in their minds.

"Wah—"

"How could he do that in my mind..."

"So evil..."

"Get out of my head already..."

Their faces were as intoxicatingly red as wine. They circulated the Dou Qi within their bodies, trying to drive the wicked thoughts from their minds!

Yet the more they tried not to think about it, the more Cang Lan's figure danced through their thoughts!

Until, in the end!

Some of them simply gave up resisting!

And thought about it openly.

Meanwhile, within the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, Cang Lan stared blankly while holding a Dragon-patterned golden pen.

To refine the lake formed by the gathered Nine-Colored Spirit Nurturing Lotus, he had to wait until his clone found the Exotic Flame Plaza.

So, he turned his attention to the rewards.

Over the past five days, he had obtained four blue rewards and one black reward!

This pen was the black reward!