Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]-Chapter 63: Zhen Yuan’s Cultivation

"Ayuan, I have thought about it."

"Thought about what?"

"From the book plot, there is one to one and a half years until the main protagonist finds the red-veined loquats. Within this one year, I need to do four things."

"What four things?"

"First, train my alchemy to the third level. Second, improve my weapon refining to the third level. Third, become a level three spiritual chef. Fourth, learn a martial art."

When he heard this, Zhen Yuan frowned.

"What about the gravity tower and the soul training tower?"

"I refined the grape bees’ royal jelly so I don’t need to stabilise my cultivation. However, body training cannot be ignored. I plan to go to the gravity tower after we return from grabbing the red-veined loquats."

"As for the soul training tower..., I don’t think I need it."

"What do you mean?"

"The original Shen Xu had to train his soul power to the third level. However, I am a book traveller. I estimate my soul power is already at or close to the fourth level. The soul training tower is not useful to me."

"You may be right but we still have to make sure. It’s rare to encounter a soul training opportunity."

"I know." Shen Xu nodded.

"Also, we have ten drops of low-grade soul water. If the soul tower is useless to both of us, we will share the soul water."

"Good." The double agreed.

"Xiaoxu, you have forgotten some things." Zhen Yuan said, removing a storage ring from his storage bag.

"This is?" Shen Xu asked.

"It’s what I got from Qiao Fei."

"The poisoner refiner?" Shen Xu asked and Zhen Yuan nodded.

"There is a poison inheritance and some poisonous weeds. You can find a chance to study them."

"Thank you." Shen Xu happily accepted the storage ring.

"What else have I not taken into account?" The double asked.

"The Academy’s year-end assessment." Zhen Yuan said and quickly continued.

"We have been in the Academy for three months. After another nine months, we will need to take the assessment."

"Don’t worry, I have enough time." Shen Xu said.

Although space-time was still ten days inside and one day outside, Shen Xu felt he had enough time to accomplish everything he planned.

After all, nine months was two hundred and seventy days outside but almost eight years in the space.

"The original Shen Xu had a foundation in alchemy and poison refining. As for me, I have a foundation in weapon refining and cooking. As long as I work hard, eight years may just be enough time to accomplish what I need." Shen Xu said.

"Don’t overwork yourself."

"Don’t worry."

"What kind of martial arts do you want to learn?"

"I will know it when I see it." Shen Xu chuckled and Zhen Yuan smiled.

"What about you? What’s your plan?"

"I plan to read in the Academy library for another month. After that, I will retreat to comprehend some laws. When I come out, I should have already advanced to the mid-stage of the golden core realm."

"Speaking of cultivation, you promised to explain yours." Shen Xu said and Zhen Yuan nodded with a solemn expression.

"Xiaoxu, how does your dantian look?" Zhen Yuan suddenly asked.

Hearing the question, Shen Xu was surprised but soon answered.

"My dantian looks like a lake and the qi is the water. After I advanced to the foundation establishment realm, a ten-coloured pagoda appeared above the lake."

When he heard this, Zhen Yuan smiled and rubbed his wife’s hair.

"Congratulations on building a purple-grade foundation." He said and the double chuckled in happiness.

However, he didn’t dwell on this.

Rather than his cultivation, he was more interested in Zhen Yuan’s cultivation.

"What does my dantian have to do with your cultivation?" Shen Xu asked.

"Your dantian looks like a lake but mine is different." Zhen Yuan said and began to explain.

"Rather than a lake of qi, my dantian has pillars- one hundred and eight silver pillars, and nine golden pillars."

Shen Xu was shocked when he heard this.

After all, the original book had never mentioned such an odd situation.

"The pillars are arranged in a circle. The outer circle is made of silver pillars while the inner one has golden pillars. In the centre of the golden pillars is my drop of qi."

"I see." Shen Xu nodded and urged the man to continue.

"I have come to understand that the silver pillars correspond to my cultivation. Each cultivation realm has four silver pillars. At the moment, eight silver pillars are fully lit and the ninth is only partially lit. After I comprehend enough laws, the ninth silver pillar will fully light up and the tenth will begin glowing with a dim light."

"The ninth silver pillar corresponds to the early stage of the golden core realm and the tenth corresponds to the mid-stage?"

"Exactly." Zhen Yuan smiled.

"What about the golden pillars?"

Hearing this, Zhen Yuan shook his head.

"Those are still dim. I don’t know what conditions are needed to light them."

"Is that so?" Shen Xu frowned.

"Maybe it’s not the right time." Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu had to agree.

"You may be right. Continue."

"Everything in the world has laws and these laws appear as silver runes. Xiaoxu, you can think of the silver runes as characters in a language."

"However, there is one difference. Languages have finite characters but the world law doesn’t. The world goes through endless changes and has infinite possibilities. As a result, there are infinite laws in the world."

"If there are infinite laws, then there are infinite silver runes to comprehend. Does that mean your cultivation is endless?"

"I don’t know." Zhen Yuan sighed.

"The first pillar needed one hundred silver runes to light up but the requirements for each pillar have been exponentially growing. Fortunately, the silver runes are everywhere. As long as I don’t live in isolation, my cultivation is not a problem."

"What about the memorising you mentioned before?"

"I can memorise runes but memorising doesn’t improve my cultivation. Only comprehending can affect my cultivation." Zhen Yuan said and then continued.

"Do you remember the jade water?"

"Mmmh."

"In my eyes, the jade water has three hundred and six silver runes. I memorised the runes but I haven’t comprehended their meaning. Only when I comprehend their meaning can it add to my cultivation and affect the silver pillars in my dantian."

After hearing that, Shen Xu finally understood.