Addicted to Cultivation

As Lin Xiao began cultivating the "Original Essence Heart Sutra," he felt his Spiritual Power circulating exceptionally smoothly throughout his body!

All the absorbed Spiritual Qi seemed to flow gently and freely through the meridians without any obstruction.

It was as if, once he began practicing and circulating this mental cultivation method, the method would operate autonomously within his body according to his will.

For the first time, Lin Xiao experienced what it felt like to be completely at ease in cultivation!

Each time he circulated the mental technique, he felt a strange yet comfortable tingling sensation surge through his heart!

This feeling suddenly made him unable to stop cultivating.

No one can stop him from cultivating!

In the blink of an eye, dusk had fallen outside the main hall.

Lin Xiao, who was cultivating inside the main hall, was completely unaware of what was happening.

Outside the door, eight people and a chicken peered inside with some concern.

Seeing Lin Xiao sitting in the center of the main hall, completely absorbed in his cultivation, everyone felt a little worried.

No one dared to go in and disturb him; they could only observe his condition from outside the door while discussing the situation.

Qin Jianghe peered into the doorway while asking everyone:

"What should we do? Brother Xiao didn't eat lunch, and the sun is about to set. He's going to go hungry!"

Liu Yunan then said:

"I don't know. I've never seen Brother Xiao cultivate before, so why is he suddenly cultivating all the time today? Could something have gone wrong with his cultivation?"

Jiang Youfu was more carefree. He stuffed the last handful of fried rice from his pocket into his mouth and chewed, saying:

"Impossible! How could anything happen to Brother Xiao? My Brother Xiao couldn't possibly have anything go wrong. He must be really into his cultivation right now."

Sun Yigao, who was standing to the side, carefully observed Lin Xiao's condition. Seeing that the Spiritual Qi around him was orderly and he didn't seem to be in any bad shape, he pondered for a moment and said:

"Perhaps Fuzi is right. Let's not disturb him. It's just a meal. Let's wait until he wakes up."

Upon hearing this, Yang Jinshu quickly chimed in:

"I'll go home and make some food later, then I'll put it next to Brother Xiao so he can eat as soon as he opens his eyes."

Everyone thought this was acceptable, since there weren't any better options anyway.

Qin Jianghe then said:

"My house is closest to his. I'll go tell Brother Lin Yun and Uncle Lin in a bit, and then we can go down the mountain."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned and left.

Before leaving, Jiang Youfu squatted down and patted Xiaoluan's chicken head, using the unfamiliar "Hundred Beasts Spirit Speech" to instruct him:

"Xiaoluan, you need to keep a close eye on Brother Xiao. If anything happens to him, come down the mountain and call us right away."

Xiaoluan:

"Giggle!"

He didn't know if Xiaoluan understood, but he certainly didn't understand what Xiaoluan was saying.

But he also stood up and nodded to Xiaoluan in a seemingly serious manner:

"Okay, keep an eye on Brother Xiao, we're heading down the mountain."

Then everyone went down the mountain together.

That evening, Qin Jianghe went to the Lin Household to tell Lin Dayou and Lin Yun.

Lin Dayou was initially worried when he heard that Lin Xiao was alone on the mountain with only a chicken for company, and he planned to go up the mountain to check on him.

But Lin Yun persuaded him to stop.

Lin Yun said to him:

"Father, don't worry. Our sect is surrounded by a defensive barrier. Ordinary people can't even get into our sect's territory. Brother Xiao is very safe inside."

Upon hearing this, Lin Dayou was puzzled:

What kind of barrier?

Lin Yun pondered for a moment, then explained to him:

"You can think of it as an invisible, intangible, and extremely hard shield surrounding our sect. No one but members of our sect can get in."

Lin Dayou felt somewhat relieved.

Lin Yun turned and went into the house, rolled up his bedding, carried it on his back, and came out to say to Lin Dayou:

"Father, I'll go up the mountain tonight to keep Erlang. I'll sleep on the floor by his side, so don't worry."

Lin Dayou quickly went to Lin Xiao's room and carried out Lin Xiao's quilt as well, draping it over Lin Yun's back as well.

"Take his blanket too. It gets cold on the mountain at night; you two can share it."

Lin Yun then carried his own roll of bedding and Lin Xiao's quilt up the mountain.

Upon arriving at the mountain, Lin Yun quietly entered the sect's main hall, trying his best not to make a sound and disturb Lin Xiao.

He laid out his bedding on the ground next to Lin Xiao, and since he had nothing else to do, he began to meditate and cultivate.

Lin Yun didn't stop cultivating until the moon was high in the sky, when he felt increasingly sleepy.

Feeling the chill of the mountain at night, Lin Yun was worried that Lin Xiao would catch a cold sitting like that, but he was also afraid of disturbing Lin Xiao, so in the end he could only wrap Lin Xiao's blanket around him without touching him.

I figured this would keep me a little warmer.

After finishing, Lin Yun lifted his blanket, lay down, and fell into a deep sleep.

Lin Xiao, engrossed in his cultivation, was completely unaware of his surroundings. He was fully immersed in the mental cultivation method, and the unimpeded flow of Spiritual Power made him feel extremely comfortable and at ease.

He seemed to understand something with each phrase of the mental cultivation method, and then the Spiritual Qi in his body would follow his understanding, flowing through his meridians and trickling into his Dantian.

In a daze, it seemed as if a Daoist voice was faintly echoing in Lin Xiao's mind.

Night quietly crept across the tranquil mountains.

As dawn breaks, the first light of day appears.

As darkness and light intertwined, he slowly opened his eyes with the first rays of dawn.

The first thing their bright, shining eyes saw was the tightly closed palace gate directly in front of them.

During cultivation, the five senses, which seem to be isolated from the outside world, are opened, and various energies from reality surge in from all directions.

Lin Xiao noticed the sound of breathing from the sleeping person beside him. He turned his head and saw Lin Yun huddled under the covers with only half of his head showing.

Lin Yun was frowning, his upper body huddled under the covers, but his legs were exposed to the air, his toes curled up as if he were freezing.

Lin Xiao chuckled and gently pulled off the blanket that was covering his upper body, then covered him up completely again.

In his sleep, Lin Yun felt his previously aching legs suddenly relieved, and he ran freely in his dream.

[Ding--Congratulations, host, you have advanced to the Qi Refinement Seventh Layer]

The notification sound in his mind startled Lin Xiao for a moment.

Unexpectedly, after only half a day and one night of practicing the "Original Essence Heart Sutra," and even with the assistance of auto-cultivation, my cultivation level increased by two levels in such a short time!

Lin Xiao was quite puzzled.

Is this the difference between S-class and A-class?

Is the difference really that big...?

He thought about it and realized it might not be true.

Or rather, it's not entirely a difference in the level of the cultivation technique.

Lin Xiao thought about it carefully.

He didn't have much cultivation experience; he mostly relied on the auto-cultivation function and rarely cultivated on his own.

He would only go to the training room to join everyone when he was really bored and had nothing else to do.

Currently, his comprehension of the "Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction" is still at 24/100.

Suddenly, a thought struck him: what a possibility it might be.