I Am Shocked That You Call This Cultivation

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Hu.”

The room was filled with the sounds of breathing. Chen Pingan adjusted his breathing frequency according to what he had learned from the books.

Time ticked by.

At this moment, Chen Pingan felt light and relaxed. It was as if his body had broken free from any restraints.

His body seemed to have been laid flat on a pile of goose feathers. With every move, countless feathers would flutter and caress every part of his body, making him feel extremely comfortable.

“Spirit Qi is no different from oxygen. Simply absorb the Spirit Qi and feel it enter your body as it turns into nutrients for the body.”

Chen Pingan thought to himself as he slowly absorbed the Spirit Qi. He deliberately adjusted the frequency of his breathing and slowed down the abortion of the Spirit Qi as it nourished his internal organs.

Aside from nourishing his internal organs, several strands of Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth also floated into his empty Spirit Sea. Countless Spirit Qi of Heaven and Earth had been devoured but his Spirit Sea was still not yet filled up.

Chen Pingan’s chest began to heave violently, and his breathing became heavier. He no longer controlled the frequency of his breathing and allowed the Spirit Qi to enter naturally. Suddenly, it was like a flood had broken through the floodgates. The Spirit Qi rose to more than dozens of feet tall.

All of the openings on his body, from his pores, nose, mouth, and several acupuncture points on his head, were working to absorb the Spirit Qi of heaven and earth.

The vigorous Spirit Qi in the room disappeared in the blink of an eye. In an instant, the Spirit Qi vortex grew larger and larger, covering the entire Xin Guang Residence!

It wasn’t just the Yang City that was affected. The commotion had even spread to several nearby cities. Thunder rumbled in the sky, and lightning flashed. Every single strike of lightning had the power to destroy an entire city!

The bright sky instantly turned pitch-black as though night had descended. It looked like a storm was about to arrive.

The strange thing was that the black cloud lasted all afternoon, and the storm did not come as scheduled.

“What am I looking at?”

The residents of Xin Guang Residence looked up at the sky. The entire neighborhood seemed to have been cut off from Yang City. There was an obvious dividing line in the sky, surrounded by dense black clouds. Only their neighborhood was brightly lit.

“Look there! Look!”

A resident pointed to a certain building in the neighborhood. A white vortex was faintly discernible above it. It was enshrouded in white mist and looked extremely surreal.

“A vortex created by cultivation?!”

“The expert in our neighborhood must be in that building!”

The residents stared at the phenomenon in the sky in shock. No one dared to approach the building in the neighborhood. If they disturbed the cultivation of this expert, the consequences would be unimaginable!

The vortex in the sky gradually expanded. Not only did it cover the top of the building the expert was in, but it also gradually expanded to the buildings around it.

The vortex grew larger, and the speed at which it absorbed Spirit Qi became faster and faster, as if it was devouring heaven and earth.

Most of the Spirit Qi entered into the vortex and only a small portion of it contributed to the vortex. Although it was only a small portion, the vortex still covered the entire Xin Guang Residence. The density of the Spirit Qi was also more than double that of before.

Many residents in Xin Guang Residence sensed the increase in the surrounding Spirit Qi. A few of them even started to cultivate on the plaza. They could not waste the dense Spirit Qi as they predicted that it would dissipate soon.

In the end, all the men, women, old, and young in Xin Guang Residence were sitting cross-legged and cultivating. It was definitely an unprecedentedly grand occasion.

The various newspapers in Yang City were already extremely busy at this moment. After the previous phenomenon, another abnormal phenomenon appeared again today!

This time, the phenomenon was even more terrifying, spreading to several nearby cities!

The nearby cities had never seen such an astonishing cultivation phenomenon before. Everyone was in a state of panic, thinking that a calamity was coming.

In an instant, chaos erupted everywhere.

There was only a single place that was extremely quiet, where all the chaos in the outside world was isolated. No matter what the phenomenon was like in the outside world, this place remained extremely silent and undisturbed.

“Hu, it’s finally going to be over soon.”

Chen Pingan heaved a sigh of relief. The moment he opened his eyes, the surging Spirit Qi in the surroundings immediately returned to its original position. A small portion of it stayed in the room while the rest of the Spirit Qi floated in all directions and returned to heaven and earth.

“Have I reached the early stage of Qi Refinement Stage?”

After two rounds of cultivation, Chen Pingan had progressed a little further than the elementary level of the Qi Refinement Stage. His current strength should be at the early stage of the Qi Refinement Stage.

Chen Pingan was wild with joy. Compared to when he had just entered the elementary level, the changes after he had reached the early stage of the Qi Refinement Stage were the most obvious.

Now, without even having to rely on his eyes or ears, he could use his Spirit Sense to sense movements within a hundred meter radius. He could even sense the mosquitoes that were flying towards him from behind. He could even sense the residents outside the corridor who were busy cultivating, which surprised Chen Pingan.

Chen Pingan suddenly opened his eyes. What was going on? Was he seeing things?

Were all these residents really cultivating?

Moreover, how could they all be cultivating at the same time?

“Is there something wrong with my Spirit Sense? Or could it be that there’s something I’m not seeing due to the lack of my cultivation?”

Chen Pingan pulled open the curtains with trembling hands. The windows were made of clear glass, and the plaza outside could be seen from his room clearly.

Chen Pingan saw over a hundred residents sitting cross-legged in the plaza. Some of them had ended their cultivation early. Otherwise, there would have been more people cultivating there.

“Was there a special event happening tonight? Collective cultivation?”

Chen Pingan could not understand it at all. Was there a neighborhood culture that he was not part of?

With the window open, he stood quietly by the window as he felt the breeze.

At this moment, knocking sounds came from the door, as well as loud and anxious shouts.

“Young man! Open the door!”

“I brought you soup.”

Chen Pingan didn’t even have time to close the window. He found the voice familiar, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t figure out who it was.

“You can ring the doorbell.”

Banging sounds came from the door. The person outside was surprisingly strong. Chen Pingan wondered if the person wanted to smash down his door.

He opened the door from inside. When he saw who it was, Chen Pingan suddenly couldn’t hear anything and was focused on a single thought.

Did this old man hear what he was thinking in his heart before?

Chen Pingan did not move, his body was stiff, only his eyes were moving.

“Have you been scared silly? Why aren’t you saying anything?”

The old man who said that he was going to make chicken soup for Chen Pingan really did end up bringing over a big bowl of steaming chicken soup.

“Young man?”

“What’s wrong? Say something!”

The old man used one hand to shake Pingan’s body, trying to wake him up.

What was going on?

Was he that scary? The old man couldn’t help but wonder why the young man became so stunned after seeing him.

“Hello. Why are you here?”

Chen Pingan forced out a smile. His smiling face was uglier than his crying face.

“I cooked too much soup, so I brought you a serving. Look at your thin arms and legs. Even a gust of wind can blow you down.”

The old man walked into the entryway as if he was in his own home and placed the soup on the dining table. When he saw the cultivation books on the table, a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

“Were you cultivating just now?” The old man asked casually.

After all, the Spirit Qi in the neighborhood now was especially dense after that powerful cultivator in the neighborhood cultivated and caused a huge commotion.

Chen Pingan was stunned for a moment before recalling that the old man could read minds. Indeed, Chen Pingan could not hide anything from him.

Chen Pingan’s heart skipped a beat and his face turned pale. He stammered, “Yes.”

“That’s right. You are lucky to have met an expert in our district who is currently cultivating. The concentration of Spirit Qi in the area is very high, so cultivating will be much easier..”