Chapter 231: The Cultivation World

This??

It really just directly increased!!

The potatoes I grew myself are truly heavenly treasures!!

After Lu Yuan came to his senses, he immediately stuffed half of the potato in his hand into his mouth.

Then, an extremely pure and powerful surge of spiritual energy flowed into his body.

Lu Yuan felt that his cultivation realm was rapidly increasing along with this powerful surge of spiritual energy.

After taking that bite, Lu Yuan felt his body instantly become full.

Not that kind of full.

Just full.

The spiritual energy inside Lu Yuan's body could no longer be contained.

As expected, after Lu Yuan took another bite, he finished the potato in one go.

Lu Yuan then felt that this extremely pure spiritual energy had directly dissipated.

Hmm……

His aptitude is too poor to quickly refine spiritual energy, and besides, Lu Yuan is currently at the Qi Refining stage, the first level of cultivation.

At this level, the body cannot store much spiritual energy.

However, this thing can also serve as a health pack or something, like the fairy beans in Dragon Ball.

In the future, when fighting other cultivators, if they battle for three days and three nights until their spiritual energy is exhausted, wouldn't Lu Yuan pulling out two potatoes and nibbling on them be like a full health revival?

After all, this thing is stronger than pills; at most you can only eat a few pills, and besides developing tolerance in a short time, pills also have a harsh nature.

But potatoes, Lu Yuan can eat them whenever he wants.

That's right……

This thing…… is not what Lu Yuan imagined!

Lu Yuan imagined cultivation as flowing white robes, a wave of the hand returning ten thousand swords to the sect, fighting until the last thread of blood, then pulling out a pill, laughing loudly twice, taking it, and turning the tide with a sliver of blood.

How cool.

But the reality is…… Lu Yuan will pull out two roasted potatoes to gnaw on.

This damn……

Too pathetic……

After thinking it over…… forget it, a black cat or white cat, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat.

In the end, Lu Yuan didn't eat this potato either.

Knowing this thing is useful, Lu Yuan prepared to give one to his wife to see what condition such a powerful person would be in.

Moreover, most importantly, Lu Yuan still needs to go check out this Holy Body!

It sounds pretty strong.

When the time comes to take it out and use it, if it somehow triggers a heaven‑earth phenomenon……

If Lin Fusheng and the third uncle saw it, that would really be hard to explain.

Immediately, Lu Yuan stood up and said:

"Well, Grandpa, Third Uncle, I have something to do, I'll go first."

Huh??

Lin Fusheng was just about to raise his wine cup to clink with Lu Yuan's.

As a result, after Lu Yuan stood up, he took the remaining potato and ran off directly.

Lin Fusheng blinked, glanced at the doorway where Lu Yuan had already disappeared, then turned his head to the third uncle and said:

"I wonder… has something happened to Yuan'er's family? Why does he have to carry a rotten potato when he leaves?"

The third uncle then shook his head and said:

"Probably not……"

The third uncle knows Lu Yuan's family situation better than Lin Fusheng does, knowing that this son‑in‑law of his has a three‑courtyard residence and two shops.

He shouldn't be so poor as to have to eat potatoes, right?

Or could it be that the shops lost badly?

The third uncle hasn't visited Lu Yuan's house recently, so he really isn't clear about it.

…………

Lu Yuan rode his vehicle not to the shop in Huangcheng, but instead found a deserted corner outside the city.

After parking his bicycle, Lu Yuan then opened his system interface.

Then he took the Holy Body out from the system's storage.

That's right, he took it out.

It was a cluster of golden light.

Just like the Orchid Heart he gave his wife earlier.

Speaking of which, this system really gives everything useful, exactly what Lu Yuan currently needs.

That Orchid Heart—back then Lu Yuan didn't understand what it was, so he just gave it to his wife.

Otherwise, if he had Orchid Heart plus Holy Body plus the Heart of Dao, Lu Yuan would have soared straight away!

But giving the Orchid Heart to his wife was fine; after all, she's his wife, and Lu Yuan will bring her along to cultivate in the future.

Now that he has these potatoes, lacking the Orchid Heart is also okay.

If talent is lacking, potatoes can make up for it.

Just eat potatoes hard and it'll work.

Anyway, this thing isn't a sweet potato; eating too much of it doesn't make you fart.

Looking at the ball of golden light in his hand, Lu Yuan had no hesitation and directly slapped it onto his forehead.

Instantly, Lu Yuan's body flickered with golden light.

About half a minute later, everything returned to normal.

Lu Yuan's outward appearance showed no difference from before.

But Lu Yuan knew he now had a holy body, because he could feel it.

During this process, there was no pain or discomfort.

As that ball of golden light just now flowed into his body, Lu Yuan felt as if his body had been opened up and expanded.

A proper expansion.

Originally, after eating the potato, he felt his body brimming with spiritual power, but now it had almost vanished in an instant.

Put simply, it was as if Lu Yuan went from a 300‑ml soda can to a 2.5‑L super‑size cola bottle.

Most importantly, Lu Yuan felt his body rapidly refining the spiritual power he had just gained from the potato.

As for raising one's cultivation realm, there are actually just two steps.

First step.

Obtain spiritual power from heaven and earth, refine it into one's own body, turning the heaven‑earth spiritual power into one's own.

Second step.

Use the spiritual power within one's body to raise one's realm.

That's how simple it is.

These two steps, no matter what, must be carried out by the cultivator himself.

And once Lu Yuan had a holy body, it was basically like auto‑training in cultivation.

Just eat your fill of potatoes each day, then wait for the holy body to cultivate on its own.

As for whether the holy body has any other abilities, Lu Yuan isn't sure, but he will surely find out gradually later.

After sensing the holy body, Lu Yuan then rode his vehicle toward his family's shop.

It was just mealtime now; Lu Yuan hadn't eaten yet, so on the way he bought three big basins of mutton soup and several dozen baked buns.

Lu Yuan's family shop provides meals; having bought the food himself, his wife wouldn't need to worry.

Upon arriving at the shop, Lu Yuan discovered that his wife and her party had already started eating.

They had just begun; Lu Yuan glanced over and saw the staff's meal was fine—there were vegetables and steamed buns made of two‑flour dough.

That's pretty good, after all, the canteen at Bing Jia Chang at noon offers no better treatment.

After Lu Yuan arrived, he divided the mutton soup he was carrying.

The embroidery girl in the back and the front‑desk waitstaff each got a basin.

Lu Yuan then ate upstairs with his family.

Lu Yuan set down the mutton soup, opened the window, and said:

"Lunch is over; take a two‑hour nap, then open the window to air things out—the mutton soup smells strong, so I'll light some incense."

Su Liyan ladled mutton soup for her husband while nodding repeatedly.

Su Liyan was very happy that her husband had come to eat lunch with her.

Su Liyan's personality is not like Gu Qingwan's; Su Liyan still has the gentle, soft nature of a petite woman.

She simply likes being with her husband.

If permitted, Su Liyan would hate to be apart from her husband even for a day.

After Lu Yuan finished opening the window and sat down, before his wife could even mention how this morning's business went, he took out the wrapped potato from his pocket and handed it to her.

It was still warm; Lu Yuan had kept it tucked in his pocket the whole time he came.

Su Liyan is different from ordinary people; she is a cultivator, even more formidable than Lu Yuan.

In almost an instant, Su Liyan saw that the potato contained spiritual power.

Su Liyan stared at her husband, somewhat astonished.

Lu Yuan, meanwhile, kept nodding at his wife, indicating she should try eating it.

Besides them, there was also the mother‑in‑law and the Jade Lan little sister; some things weren't convenient to say in front of those two.

Su Liyan understood at once, opened her cherry lips, and took a bite.

Afterward… there was no need for his wife to say anything; Lu Yuan already felt it.

After all, Lu Yuan is no longer an ordinary person; he is a proper first‑stage cultivator.

His wife's body, at that very moment, suddenly burst forth with a throbbing surge of spiritual power!

This is due to the essence of spiritual power from the potato flowing in.

Hmm…

Indeed, this potato is a genuine heavenly treasure; not only can he eat it, but his wife can too.

Lu Yuan had previously thought that only because he grew it himself was it so powerful, perhaps it could only be eaten by him.

Now he sees that isn't the case.

In that case, Lu Yuan felt relieved…

Next comes proper cultivation; Lu Yuan will study the 《Dao Heart》.

Once he has the Dao Heart, his cultivation speed will increase.

But what about his wife…?

The 《Dao Heart》 simply cannot be used by his wife.

…

After lunch, the two of them put together a few long benches to make a small bed, snuggled together, and took a nap.

Su Liyan lay in her man's arms and whispered:

"Brother, I want to buy a few sets of sofas for the second floor, so guests will be more comfortable when they come, and besides, when you come for lunch later, we'll have a place to lie down~"

Huh?

Upon hearing his wife's words, Lu Yuan grinned and said:

"This shop, you're the boss; you decide how to handle it—no need to tell me about such small things."

His wife knowing how to spend money—this is indeed a good thing.

Su Liyan obediently nodded in her man's arms.

Lu Yuan was more curious about that potato; seeing no one upstairs, everyone downstairs, he then said:

"How do you feel after eating that potato? Has your realm risen a lot? Do you feel like you're about to break through?"

After hearing her man's words, Su Liyan involuntarily shook her head and said:

"There has been improvement, quite a bit, but..."

"The feeling of being close to a breakthrough is still somewhat far off."

"Since breaking through from the first stage to the second, I've discovered that advancing from the second to the third stage requires far more spiritual energy..."

Listening to his wife's words, Lu Yuan nodded slightly.

Normal—just think of this thing as a game level.

For example, in a game where the max level is 175, you can reach level fifty or sixty in a day, which seems like you've completed a third of the total levels.

But actually, the higher you go, the more exaggerated the experience needed per level becomes; the experience required for each level increase grows geometrically.

The final five levels from 170 to 175 might take a year to gain.

Cultivation is much the same.

The further you go, the harder it gets, and besides, my wife still lacks a cultivation method, so she'll still struggle.

But fortunately, we have the potato.

Now Lu Yuan is pondering where to plant his next potatoes.

This kind of thing definitely can't be planted in a greenhouse; after thinking it over, Lu Yuan decided to plant it in his own large estate.

That's not a three‑courtyard, three‑exit manor, huh? He simply turned the whole backyard into a greenhouse.

From now on, my wife and I will eat potatoes every day!!

Eat them wildly!!

Of course, cultivation isn't just about techniques; there are also immortal arts.

The technique given by the system can only be used by Lu Yuan alone, so the immortal arts are probably the same.

If my wife lacks immortal arts, then merely possessing a cultivation realm is useless.

Not impressive—she can't beat those who have cultivated immortal arts.

But… after thinking it over…

If we can't win, we can't win—who says cultivation is all about fighting and killing?

We cultivate for longevity, to live longer.

It's not to fight others.

So it doesn't matter; as long as I get my wife a technique, we're good.

……

At two in the afternoon, the shop reopened.

Lu Yuan rode his bicycle straight to his large estate.

This large estate is currently occupied by Third Uncle; after Lu Yuan plants there, he can just have Third Uncle look after it.

Anyway, those potatoes last time were also planted by Lu Yuan himself, but the later care was done by Third Uncle.

Lu Yuan intends to do the same this time.

……

Around five in the afternoon.

The grand lecture by the Three Assistants at the Guozijian has ended.

At this moment, the Three Assistants' faces all showed a pleased smile.

Today's lecture was a great success.

The hall was packed, seats filled to capacity!

Of course, what made the Three Assistants feel happiest was...

Originally, Qingbei University was supposed to start classes today, but it didn't.

As for why,

Do we even need to say?

It must be because the three of us gave the lecture; he, Lu Yuan, knowing he couldn't manage, delayed the opening by a day.

At this time, the Three Assistants were in a very good mood.

After seeing off the officials from various departments, the Three Assistants tidied up and prepared to head back.

Looking at the Guozijian crowd below who lingered unwilling to leave, the Three Assistants, beaming, wanted to say that such grand events would continue, perhaps annually.

But before he could speak,

the crowd at the scene all knelt down together.

The Cabinet Three Assistants stared, bewildered, at this sight.

What is this?

Time flew like a white colt passing through a gap, and another three months passed in a hurry.

From the previous late spring to early summer, in a blink it became scorching midsummer.

And the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty rose as swiftly as the temperature of this midsummer.

During this period, many, many things happened.

Lu Yuan also didn't know where to start.

But the most important thing now is……

Great Northwest Desert.

A huge oil well was discovered!!

The oil sample transported back from the Great Northwest has arrived today.

Lu Yuan today is going to the imperial palace to see whether this is indeed the kind of oil he was looking for.

At the same time, the sky over the Great Zhou Dynasty's territory suddenly twisted in space, and then a spatial wormhole appeared.

A radiant flying ship shot out instantly.

Standing at the front of the flying ship was an extraordinarily beautiful woman, appearing to be in her thirties or forties.

The woman's name was Ji Lingxiao.

She was once the number one fairy of the cultivation world!

(End of chapter)