ey were, forming a spectacular giant whirlwind!The nearby five elements violently expanded! Even Su Han's soundproofing magic array added to her office showed signs of instability!Strong enemies had c...Chapter 254: True Difficulty in Cultivation

"How about Rainjia and Little Yizǐ share a room" Mingkan suggested without waiting for their response.

"No!" Both Zhao Yanzi and Xie Rainjia answered simultaneously.

Xie Rainjia was originally trying to accommodate Zhao Yanzi's wishes, but Zhao Yanzi's attitude made her slightly annoyed as well. Knowing that Zhao Yanzi wouldn't agree for her to have a separate room anyway, she clearly stated her position.

Their refusal left Grandma somewhat surprised; from her perspective, Xie Rainjia was gentle and Zhao Yanzi cute - they should be getting along just fine.

"Then how are you going to sleep" Grandma hesitated before asking.

Hao Ren bent his head to clear the table without joining in on this discussion. Clearly, putting Zhao Yanzi and Xie Rainjia together would result in a chemical reaction; even though Zhao Yanzi didn't regard him as her "affianced husband," she still cared about Hao Ren's ownership and usage rights.

"Let me sleep with Grandma then, and I'll leave Little Zi to herself. If we share a room, it might disturb each other," Xie Rainjia said.

Grandma was just going to nod in agreement when Zhao Yanzi called out, "Grandma! I want to sleep with you!"

Determined to counteract everything Xie Rainjia wanted, she walked up the stairs straight to Grandma's side.

Xie Rainjia had no choice but to concede half a step. "Alright then, I'll take the middle room."

The middle room was Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang's bedroom, a spacious one that she originally intended to give Zhao Yanzi as a good gesture.

Zhao Yanzi felt that if Xie Rainjia were sharing a room with Grandma, it must be to get something from her. She had to stay close to Grandma to ensure her demands wouldn't be met.

In Hao Ren's eyes, perhaps he was like a doll - one she placed beside her bed and didn't treasure after staring at him all day long. But if her parents' friends came with their children who wanted to take the doll away, she would suddenly become nervous.

"Alright then. Rainjia will sleep in a room next to Ren's; if you have any issues, just find Ren. I'll spend the night well with this little girl," Grandma said, pinching Zhao Yanzi’s rosy cheeks.

Hearing this made Zhao Yanzi uneasy again. If she slept with Grandma, wouldn't Xie Rainjia be free to go to Hao Ren What if she went looking for him in the middle of the night

But having already agreed to share a room with Grandma, she couldn’t retract her decision now and could only swallow her anger.

"Alright then, you should all wash up and go to bed early," Grandma said, sensing tension.

"Mm-hmm, I’ll help Hao Ren clear the table," Xie Rainjia headed towards the small dining room.

Zhao Yanzi gritted her teeth at Xie Rainjia, feeling like she wanted to pounce down the stairs.

Xie Yujia didn't care about Zhao Yanzi's reaction and walked directly to Hao Ren's side, helping him tidy up the bowls and chopsticks.

"Come on, Ah Zi. Let's go inside. Grandma will tell you a story." Grandma stretched out her hand to pull Zhao Yanzi towards her room.

Zhao Yanzi looked up at the kind face and felt slightly aggrieved in her heart.

"If Ah Ren bullies you in the future, just tell me. I'll teach him a lesson for you."

Grandma gently rubbed Zhao Yanzi's tender little face, which was like dough, leading her into the room.

In the dining room, Xie Yujia, who moved quickly and deftly, soon tidied up all the bowls and chopsticks. She washed them clean in the kitchen, dried them thoroughly, and put them away, everything going smoothly without a hitch.

"It's getting late; I'm heading back to bed now. I have class tomorrow." Wiping her wet palms with a small towel, Xie Yujia said.

"Uh... Alright." Hao Ren looked at her but didn't know what else to say.

Xie Yujia slowly turned around and headed towards the staircase. With light footsteps, she was followed by the sound of a softly closing door.

Looking out into the tidal night sea outside, Hao Ren sighed slightly as he closed the cabinet and went upstairs to rest.

Zhao Yanzi and Grandma were talking in their room, but they were separated by two rooms. Moreover, with windows and doors closed, even Hao Ren's sharp hearing couldn't make out what was being said. He didn't want to go to the door to eavesdrop either, so he left it at that.

Opening a small gap in the window, Hao Ren let some sea breeze blow inside, bringing with it natural moisture. Then sitting cross-legged on the floor, he silently practiced Sword Image Technique. This technique draws on the spiritual energy from heaven and earth to replenish one's own spirit energy while achieving a basic condition of elemental balance. Now that Hao Ren had opened up four meridians, he was just one step away from reaching the Tremor stage.

He didn't know that in Xie Yujia's room next door, after returning and taking a shower, she also sat cross-legged to practice cultivation.

Xie Yujia’s cultivation method differed from his, but the principle was similar. She used the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish herself; this was actually a common cultivation approach for human cultivators.

A wave of spiritual energy began gathering within a five-kilometer radius, gradually converging above the small villa. Then it condensed into refined elemental energies, appearing as tiny points of light flying towards Xie Yujia's room!

If there were still many human cultivators left in the mortal world today and they saw this scene, they would certainly think a core formation stage cultivator was cultivating here!

Directly converting the chaotic spiritual energy from heaven and earth into pure elemental energies outside the body before absorbing them inside is something only a core formation stage cultivator can achieve - it's an unprecedented transformation method.

This, however, was simply the effect of the Life talisman inscribed on Xie Yujia’s guiding heart armor by the old woman in the shantytown...

The Life talisman steals a fraction of the vitality from heaven and earth to use for oneself. Xie Yujia directly condensed the spiritual energy from heaven and earth into the most refined essence, forcefully drawing it into her body. This was undoubtedly an extraordinary神通that defied the heavens!

And the reason why the old woman planted such a powerful "Life" talisman in Xie Yujia wasn't because she had excellent talent as Hao Ren imagined; rather, her talent was extremely poor.

A quarter of spiritual energy. She can absorb that much, which is already the limit! This means that another four-fifths of the pure spiritual energy could only be wasted and returned to nature.

Ironically, Xie Yujia lacked experience. Staying at Hao Ren's house, she was afraid of sea breezes blowing in, so she tightly shut all windows due to the high salt content that could damage her furniture.

In this way, most of the extremely pure spiritual energy coveted by cultivators was blocked outside the window! Only a part of it managed to seep through the small gaps and turn into barely visible rays, penetrating into Xie Yujia's body!

Across the wall in Hao Ren’s room, he secretly practiced cultivation. The dragon pearl inside his body acted like a miniature engine, desperately absorbing surrounding spiritual energy.

A vast amount of lingering spiritual energy outside Xie Yujia's window managed to enter Hao Ren’s open window!

The density of the spiritual energy in the room instantly became incredibly thick, almost rivaling that of the ninth layer of heaven!

Hao Ren felt a shiver run through his body. An enormous amount of unrefined spiritual energy was directly absorbed into his body via the dragon pearl.

Even inside the芥子空間 (Jièzǐ Space), Xiao Bai could sense the change in the concentration of spiritual energy and rolled around frantically. Normally, the Jiézǐ Space had an array formation effect, with spirit energy being two to three times denser than outside, yet now Hao Ren's room was four times denser!

Hao Ren was immersed in a state of forgetting both self and surroundings and completely ignored Xiao Bai’s agitation inside the Jiézǐ Space.

"Bang!" The key acupuncture point on the dragon pearl finally opened, entirely due to the thick spiritual energy that had burst through!

It was like a vortex created by an engine's airflow forcefully carving out a hole in the dragon pearl!

The earthquake level! That is, the period of forming a golden core for cultivators!

A golden core formed, heaven and earth changed!

Meanwhile, above the villa, the weather had already been affected by Xie Yujia's activation of her soul talisman.

The fully awakened dragon pearl frenziedly devoured surrounding spiritual energy to replenish its depleted essence. These acupuncture points were evenly distributed in all directions on the dragon pearl and interlinked!

This was a natural small array formation! A spirit-attracting array!

This was one of the innate abilities released by the dragon pearl of Dragon Clan cultivators, also the key to their rapid progress!

Chirp chirp chirp

Xiao Bai rolled around in a panic inside the Jiézǐ Space.

Hao Ren felt completely refreshed after his accomplishment and shot out a beam of sword light toward the gap in the window.

This white sword beam soared into the sky, disappearing into dark clouds. In an instant, it flew hundreds of kilometers away!

Endless spiritual energy. It seemed to be at Hu Ren's disposal!

The feeling of having successfully cultivated the Golden丹 (Dan) is completely different from that of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Sensing Little White's restlessness in the芥子空間 (Jiǎozǐ Space), Hu Ren finally let it out.

Little White, eager to jump out, raised its nose and absorbed the refined spiritual energy in the room with all its might!

Bang!

A flame erupted from Little White's four paws! Its spirit energy was instantly full again!

And there was a small patch of fur on each of its four paws that turned golden!

It successfully advanced to a level one靈獸 (Ling Shou)!

In the room next door, Xie Yujia sighed, "Ah, this cultivation is really hard. I haven't felt anything even after half a day."

Sadly lying down on her back, she helplessly pulled up the blanket and gave up on practicing.

She had no idea that the abundant spiritual energy she attracted, she only absorbed less than one percent of it. The majority of it re-dispersed into the universe while a small portion was taken advantage of by Hu Ren, who in turn used a fraction of that for Little White!

Upon reaching the earthquake level, which is equivalent to the Core Formation stage, Hu Ren did not dare be negligent and hurriedly continued to practice the分光劍影決 (Fēnguāng Jiàn Yǐng Jué) to consolidate his realm.

However, Little White, sensing the rapid dissipation of a large amount of spiritual energy, howled desperately but could do nothing about it!

This abundant supply of spiritual energy would allow Little White to advance from a level one靈獸 (Ling Shou) to a level two within just a few more minutes.

After a quiet night had passed, Hu Ren heard the sound of knocking on his door: "Jia du jia."

Sitting cross-legged and taking a deep breath, he opened his eyes. “Who is it”

"It's me, I've made breakfast for you guys," Xie Yujia's clear voice rang outside.

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