Chapter 286
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Chapter 286: Breaking Through to Open a House (Part 1)
In the quiet room, Wang Chen suddenly opened his eyes while sitting cross-legged on the cushion.
He rose and made his way into the outer room.
There, a message crane fluttered in through the half-open window and hovered gracefully before him.
Wang Chen reached out and caught the message crane, unrolling the letter of crane paper to read its contents.
A look of delight immediately spread across his face!
Without a moment’s hesitation, he left his home and hurried to the Four Seas Trading Association.
The letter from the crane was a notification that the spirit pills he had ordered had finally arrived.
Wang Chen had been waiting for these two spirit pills in the City of Ten Thousand Cultivators for nearly half a year!
At the Four Seas Trading Association, he was greeted once again by Manager Jin.
Manager Jin ushered Wang Chen into the VIP room and instructed someone to bring out the spirit pills.
The two spirit pills were each encased in spiritual jade bottles. Wang Chen uncorked one of the bottles, and a wave of refreshing spiritual energy wafted out, invigorating his senses!
The Four Seas Trading Association’s reputation was impeccable, and after confirming the quality of the two elixirs, Wang Chen promptly paid the remaining thirty thousand spirit stones to complete the transaction.
“It’s fortunate that you placed your order early…”
Manager Jin remarked with a sigh, “The price is no longer the same now!”
With the spirit pills securely in his possession, Wang Chen felt a surge of satisfaction. “What’s the current price?” he asked.
Manager Jin smiled warmly. “Our association is willing to buy them back for an additional five thousand spirit fragments per pill.”
Wang Chen raised an eyebrow. “For both pills?”
Manager Jin nodded. “For both, it’s ten thousand spirit fragments!”
Wang Chen was taken aback.
If the Four Seas Trading Association was willing to pay an extra five thousand spirit fragments per pill, they would undoubtedly sell them to others for at least ten thousand more.
This meant that the spirit pills, which had cost thirty thousand spirit stones, would now fetch at least forty thousand!
The price was staggeringly high.
Sensing Wang Chen’s astonishment, Manager Jin explained, “The prices of the two main ingredients used to craft the spirit pills have skyrocketed, and they’re expected to rise even further soon.”
Wang Chen nodded thoughtfully.
He mused to himself that if he used one spirit pill to break through to the Purple Palace, he could hold onto the extra one for a while longer and potentially recover most of his investment by selling it later.
These weren’t just elixirs; they were practically financial assets!
Upon returning home, he summoned Ye Feifan to his side.
“Master!”
Having practiced the Pure Yang Technique for nearly half a year and regularly consumed the Dragon-Tiger Strengthening Soup, Ye Feifan’s physique had grown noticeably stronger. He stood tall and proud, exuding a formidable aura.
“I’ll be entering closed-door cultivation in the cave dwelling for some time,”
Wang Chen told him. “Focus on honing your martial arts while I’m away.”
Although Wang Chen never formally recognized Ye Feifan as his disciple, he always believed in completing what he started. Before leaving, he made sure to take care of the little guy and conclude their bond.
In fact, Ye Feifan was an excellent apprentice, dedicated to learning martial arts and held Wang Chen in great respect.
He also had a talent for martial arts, having managed to start practicing the Pure Yang Technique and even mastered a set of Ordinary Boxing Techniques taught by Wang Chen within just a few months.
He had a promising future for advancement to the innate stage!
Ye Feifan was taken aback: “Master, how many days will you be gone?”
He suddenly had a feeling that once Wang Chen left, he would never return!
Wang Chen said, “I don’t know either. I will come back after my closed-door cultivation is over.”
Even though Wang Chen sensed the opportunity for breaking through to open a house half a month ago, he was not yet one hundred percent confident.
This time at the North Mountain Cave Dwelling, Wang Chen first needed to adjust his state to the best before taking the spirit pill to break through to the Purple Palace realm!
As for how long it would take, he truly had no idea.
Ye Feifan looked pitiful: “Then, I will cultivate well and wait for you to come back home.”
Wang Chen smiled and patted his head.
After explaining everything to Ye Feifan, Wang Chen left home once again, heading to the North Mountain Cave Dwelling.
This time, he rented a cave dwelling at the Initial Stage of the Purple Palace!
Renting a cave dwelling at the Initial Stage of the Purple Palace was significantly more expensive than one at the high-level Qi Training stage, costing five hundred spirit fragments per day.
It was truly outrageous!
However, in order to advance to the Purple Palace, Wang Chen accepted that he had to pay, even if it meant spending a thousand taels of gold or a thousand spirit stones.
The spiritual energy in a Qi Training stage cave dwelling was insufficient to support breaking through to open a house.
Saving on spirit stones might lead to a failure at critical moments, which would be a tremendous loss!
Since Wang Chen was also uncertain about how many days he would need for his advancement, he put all his spirit stones as a deposit with the cave management.
The fees would be deducted daily until it was all gone!
Wang Chen had been preparing for this significant advancement for a long time.
He wanted to achieve success in one go!
Upon entering the Initial Stage of the Purple Palace Cave Dwelling, Wang Chen experienced the sensation of “drunken spiritual energy” once more.
He took two days to fully adapt to the cave’s environment.
Then, he began to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
Sensing heaven and earth was a crucial step before breaking through to open a house.
Although it was his first attempt to break through to a higher realm, Wang Chen had already reviewed many experiences shared by Purple Palace cultivators and even consulted his master Changchun in the past.
Thus, Wang Chen felt confident and proceeded step by step with great calmness.
After entering a meditative state, he lost track of time and once again sensed the opportunity to break through.
This feeling was extremely marvelous, as if his soul was about to leave his body but was blocked by an invisible barrier.
The Tianzhong bone, under the impact of his spiritual strength, became even more loose and began to vibrate.
At the same time, the spiritual energy surrounding him naturally flowed into Wang Chen’s within (one’s body).
His cultivation level, which had not increased for a long time, started to rise gradually.
His power soon reached the limit that his dantian could contain!
Now was the moment!
Wang Chen suddenly opened his eyes, waved his hand, and brushed away the stopper of the jade bottle in front of him.
A spirit pill, the size of a longan, flew out into the air, radiating a clear and pure spiritual light.
In the next moment, Wang Chen opened his mouth and inhaled the spirit pill.
As it touched his saliva, it instantly transformed into spiritual essence and flowed into his abdomen.
The overwhelming medicinal power quickly covered Wang Chen’s five organs and penetrated his meridians, reaching every part of his body.
All the pores on his body opened up, greedily absorbing the external spiritual energy.
At this moment, Wang Chen entered a state of "Spiritual Transformation."
This meant that his skin, muscles, tendons, and blood were completely soaked in spiritual energy, with impurities within him expelled through sweat, making him feel as light as if he were ascending.
This sensation was incredibly pleasurable, making one wish it could last forever!
But if one fell into this bliss, the breakthrough would surely fail.
Many cultivators who reached perfect mastery in Qi Training had fallen during the breakthrough due to being trapped in “Spiritual Transformation.”
However, Wang Chen’s mind remained completely steady. He mobilized his power and spiritual strength simultaneously, launching a final assault on the great heavenly opening.
Once, twice, three times…
For reasons unknown, Wang Chen’s Tianzhong bone was exceptionally tough and stubborn; it resisted his impacts even though it had loosened almost to the point of detaching.
After the eighth attempt ended in failure, Wang Chen acted without a moment’s thought and summoned the Cultivation Panel.
Level up!
