Chapter 114: Hunger Supplement

July 4, morning.

Facing Facing Cang Luo opened his eyes and slowly woke up, instinctively turning on his phone to check the time—he found it was already past ten in the morning.

"Why did I sleep so late?" Facing Facing Cang Luo muttered to himself in confusion.

The next moment, Facing Facing Cang Luo discovered that Shangyi Huimeizi was sleeping right in his arms, completely naked—and so was he.

Facing Facing Cang Luo was startled—what happened? How did she end up sleeping in his arms?

The instant after, a flood of intoxicating memories surged into his mind; Facing Facing Cang Luo sifted through them, stunned into silence.

Last night, had he been conquering cities and seizing lands? Had he captured the city lord, Shangyi Huimeizi?

The city's defenses collapsed; civilians were displaced; the entire city was flooded; the city lord panicked and was swallowed by the flood...

Facing Facing Cang Luo was dumbfounded—how could he have done something so inhuman?

No, it must have been this Japanese woman seducing me—it was the osmanthus scent! The osmanthus scent doesn't just induce sleep, it also causes confusion, lust, and loss of control...

Facing Facing Cang Luo comforted himself with this thought, then suddenly remembered something else.

Last night, he had felt unbearably hungry—starving to the point of agony—and had consumed a massive number of demon cores...

"Damn it! My demon cores!"

Facing Facing Cang Luo frantically rummaged through his backpack—but found not a single demon core left, not even the crucial fifth-rank demon core of the Shadow Tiger.

"How could this happen?"

Facing Facing Cang Luo was heartbroken—demon cores worth at least two hundred low-grade Yuan Stones had vanished! Wasted by his own hands!

After the heartache, Facing Facing Cang Luo's expression turned solemn—why had he suddenly become so ravenously hungry last night? Even eating demon cores didn't satisfy him.

And why had his demon core assimilation speed increased dozens of times? Was it caused by extreme hunger?

Whatever the cause, why could he absorb less than ten percent of the Yuan energy? And why was that percentage dropping further? Where did the other ninety percent go?

Facing Facing Cang Luo racked his brain for answers and began to internally inspect his body.

The result: his Lower Dantian had once contained nine Yuan Wheels—but now only two remained.

Although the number of Yuan Wheels had decreased, they were far denser than before.

Previously, the Yuan Wheels were entirely gaseous; now, though still gaseous, tiny bubbles had formed within them, showing signs of liquefaction.

Facing Facing Cang Luo knew that the form of the Yuan Wheels gradually shifts from gaseous to liquid as cultivation advances, and finally becomes solid at the Saint Warrior stage—meaning their strength increases over time.

At this moment, Facing Facing Cang Luo could indeed feel that these two Yuan Wheels were stronger than the combined power of the previous nine.

If compared to a car engine, the previous nine Yuan Wheels were like a nine-cylinder engine, each cylinder with a displacement of only 0.5 liters—a total of 4.5 liters.

Now, these two Yuan Wheels were like a two-cylinder engine, each cylinder with at least a ten-liter displacement—power increased several-fold!

Facing Facing Cang Luo was stunned, muttering blankly: "Could it be... could it be that I've broken through? Not only did I successfully advance from Warrior Stage 9 to General Stage, but I also advanced one stage—directly reaching General Stage 2..."

Facing Facing Cang Luo was speechless, unable to understand how he had broken through overnight.

Could it be because of the demon cores?

Previously, even after fully absorbing three second-rank demon cores, he hadn't broken through—was it because the Yuan energy wasn't enough, hadn't reached the limit?

Then, due to extreme hunger, he gained the ability to rapidly assimilate demon cores, absorbing all thirty-plus demon cores—including the Shadow Tiger's—in one go, reaching the limit and breaking through?

Facing Facing Cang Luo believed this was the only possible explanation.

But what caused the extreme hunger?

Suddenly, Facing Facing Cang Luo glanced at Shangyi Huimeizi, still asleep—could it be her fault?

The osmanthus scent? Could the osmanthus scent not only induce sleep but also cause hunger?

Or was it conquering cities and seizing lands? During conquest, heavy physical exertion caused hunger?

Facing Facing Cang Luo thought the latter was more likely—it better aligned with the law of energy conservation, and his extreme hunger had only begun during conquest.

The fiercer the conquest, the hungrier he became!

To confirm this, he only needed to test it again—but he couldn't test it only on Shangyi Huimeizi, or he couldn't fully rule out the osmanthus scent. Still, the answer was almost certain.

After sorting it out, Facing Facing Cang Luo chuckled: "What kind of ability is this? Conquering cities and seizing lands causes extreme hunger—and grants rapid demon core assimilation? Can it rapidly assimilate pills or spirit herbs too?"

Absorbing Yin to replenish Yang?

No! He absorbed the energy of demon cores—not Shangyi Huimeizi's energy.

For now, let's call it... 'E饿补'—'Hunger Supplement'.

Facing Facing Cang Luo frowned in thought—'Hunger Supplement' was incredibly powerful, a method to rapidly increase cultivation—but its drawbacks were equally severe.

For demon cores, he could absorb less than ten percent of the Yuan energy, and he suffered from diminishing returns.

Facing Facing Cang Luo remembered that the later he absorbed, the less Yuan energy he gained—once, a single demon core yielded only two percent, wasting ninety-eight percent!

Speed increased, but quantity dropped.

Gain comes with loss!

Facing Facing Cang Luo shook his head, unable to feel joy—'Hunger Supplement' had too many restrictions: it required massive resources and a female partner!

A bit bizarre...

A female partner was easy—Yichun Courtyard had plenty... but would ordinary women work?

Even if ordinary women worked, where would he get the resources?

He did a hundred days' worth of work but only earned five days' pay—what a loss!

Better to stick to steady, day-by-day cultivation—for now. Wait until he became rich before using 'Hunger Supplement'...

Wait—does this mean he can't casually conquer cities and seize lands anymore?

Even if a woman came to him willingly, he could only watch? Otherwise, he'd starve to death?

Facing Facing Cang Luo felt tragic—his sexual happiness had been stripped away!

With a sorrowful sigh, Facing Facing Cang Luo stopped thinking about 'Hunger Supplement' and began testing the abilities granted by General Stage cultivation.

At General Stage, one can condense Yuan energy into Gang Qi.

Facing Facing Cang Luo instinctively knew what to do; the moment the thought arose, the Yuan Consciousness in his mind surged instantly, reaching his Lower Dantian to drive the Yuan Wheel.

The two Yuan Wheels, bearing water bubbles and formed from his Martial General Stage 2 cultivation, spun rapidly; under Facing Facing Cang Luo's internal vision, their momentum was far more formidable than the nine gaseous Yuan Wheels from his previous Warrior Stage 9 cultivation, swirling up layer after layer of Yuan Power.

Facing Facing Cang Luo mobilized two streams of Yang-attribute Yuan Power from the Meiti Shengong to condense separately on both arms, beginning to temper the meridians of his arms from bottom to top; the meridians must be tempered first before Qi can be condensed.

Most martial artists temper the meridians of their hands and feet first, because hands and feet are a martial artist's most basic weapons, capable of holding weapons, and by attaching Qi to weapons, they can increase the weapons' power.

Next comes tempering the meridians of the head and chest; these two areas are the body's greatest weaknesses and must be well protected.

About half an hour later, Facing Facing Cang Luo felt the meridians from his palms to the middle of his forearms begin to tingle, begin to burst, begin to heat up...

Facing Facing Cang Luo let out a muffled groan and suddenly exerted force with both hands; in an instant, the area from his palms to the middle of his forearms was wrapped in a thick layer of opaque orange-red semi-transparent gas, as if he were wearing boxing gloves.

The Qi had been successfully condensed!

At the same time, the meridians had been tempered successfully, but only for the first pass; they would need to be strengthened with further tempering in the future.

Looking at the Qi that resembled boxing gloves, Facing Facing Cang Luo frowned; he had just tempered the meridians of both arms, yet only the meridians from his palms to the middle of his forearms had been tempered successfully, while the meridians from the middle of his forearms to his upper arms remained untempered.

Can a Martial General Stage 2 cultivation temper only this much of the meridians?

Facing Facing Cang Luo didn't think too much about it; wondering what he should use to test the power of the Qi, he subconsciously looked up at Shangyi Huimeizi.

What should be done with this woman from the Eastern Sea? She actually dared to steal a mobile phone!

Kill her?

No! She is, after all, his woman now; he couldn't bring himself to do it.

Looking at Shangyi Huimeizi, Facing Facing Cang Luo couldn't help but smile; he hadn't expected that Shangyi Huimeizi was still a virgin.

Didn't she say she had a favored senior brother? I think his name was Lin Zhiping?

Could it be that she used the scent of osmanthus to knock him unconscious whenever they slept?

As he watched, Facing Facing Cang Luo dispersed the Qi; he truly couldn't bring himself to do it, so he decided to let nature take its course.

After the Qi dispersed, Facing Facing Cang Luo lost interest in testing the power of the Qi; thus, he took out his mobile phone, preparing to check the news to avoid falling out of sync with Earth, and to wait for Shangyi Huimeizi to wake up.

With a joyful mood, Facing Facing Cang Luo opened Weibo, thinking that since the broadcast had been off for a day, the fans must be anxious; unable to see his live stream, they probably couldn't even eat.

I should post a Weibo first to notify everyone that the live stream will continue this afternoon.

Facing Facing Cang Luo thought happily, but the moment he opened the comment messages on Weibo, his face instantly darkened.

Tens of thousands of Weibo comments were all cursing him; no, to be precise, they were jealous of him, but the words were extremely harsh.

Yesterday, Facing Facing Cang Luo had posted two Weibo updates; one of them was a photo of him and Shangyi Huimeizi. His intention was to post it as a memento, and also to let his compatriots on Earth see what the girls of the Yuan Martial Continent looked like.

However, the netizens on Earth had actually misunderstood that he had taken liberties with the girl.

The reason for the misunderstanding was that the netizens noticed that the clothes Shangyi Huimeizi was wearing actually belonged to Facing Facing Cang Luo.

Facing Facing Cang Luo just couldn't understand it; wasn't it simply that her clothes had torn, so he had changed her into his own clothes?

That is very reasonable!

How did it become that I was taking liberties with her in your eyes?

Your thoughts... are far too filthy!

Facing Facing Cang Luo thought speechlessly, then suddenly froze; now it seemed to be confirmed?

He... had indeed taken liberties with Shangyi Huimeizi.

Uh... should I post a Weibo to explain?

With a solemn expression, Facing Facing Cang Luo thought for a while, then tightly embraced the sleeping Shangyi Huimeizi; next, he opened his mobile phone camera and snapped photos frantically in rapid succession!

After taking the photos, Facing Facing Cang Luo selected a few and posted them to Weibo...

"Hehe! Make you angry, make you die of jealousy; how dare you curse me?"

Facing Facing Cang Luo sneered; he didn't care what turmoil this Weibo post would cause after it went out; if they wanted to curse, let them curse.

Damn it! Even picking up a girl requires people to point fingers; so annoying!

At this moment, because Facing Facing Cang Luo's movements were too vigorous, Shangyi Huimeizi opened her hazy eyes and woke up.

Facing Facing Cang Luo looked at her and said awkwardly, "Sorry for waking you up."

Shangyi Huimeizi didn't react immediately; she rubbed her eyes, and upon discovering that she was being held in Facing Facing Cang Luo's arms, her body trembled violently as she recalled the madness of last night.

Then, she curled her body up and glared angrily at Facing Facing Cang Luo, her eyes filled with indescribable rage, but soon her body relaxed.

Then, she stared at Facing Facing Cang Luo and said softly, "Lord Cang, from now on, I am Lord Cang's person..."