Chapter 129: Realm Breakthrough?!! (4/10, Autumn Subscription!)

Niu Niu huffed and turned around to leave, and Fang Yue sent a message over.

"The Flowing Thorn Spear Technique is an advanced version of the Basic Thorn Spear Technique that the Instructor teaches for free. Once you've learned the Basic Thorn Spear Technique, remember to come find me to buy the manual."

Niu Niu:!!!

"Aba aba!"

Watching the indignant Niu Niu go find the Instructor, Fang Yue snickered and returned inside the Guard Station.

He was waiting for night to fall, then he would eat the Woodless Fruit and see how much his internal force could increase.

The result was that before night even arrived, someone suddenly came online.

"Ye Ge! I'm here!!"

Fang Yue glanced at the name—Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu.

This guy, coming online at this hour—could it be that he only logged into the game after finishing his meal?

After thinking for a moment, Fang Yue sent a message over: "Have you eaten dinner yet?"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu saw the content of this message and immediately shuddered.

The good mood from just having logged into the game vanished in an instant; terrifying memories surged up wildly in her mind, and her face went deathly pale in a flash.

"J-just finished eating…"

"Hungry?"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu wanted to say she wasn't hungry, but strangely, even though she had eaten her fill in reality, the moment she entered the game, she became ravenously hungry.

Feeling depressed, she had no choice but to tell the truth.

"Hungry."

"Mm, I've had someone prepare food. Come to the Guard Station."

"…Ye Ge, can I not eat?"

"How could that be allowed! A person is iron, rice is steel; skip one meal and you'll be starving!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's eyes welled up with tears.

So moved, truly moved!

Ye Ge, please, could you stop concerning yourself with my eating habits…

"Why aren't you replying? You sound so listless!"

"I-I am! I'm full of energy, I'll be right there!"

After this message ended, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu didn't send any more messages over.

After a while, Fang Yue saw Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's figure hurrying over from afar.

And at this time, the sky had already grown dark.

"The next room over, a whole table packed full of food. I even hired a chef to sleep inside. Once you're done eating, wake him up and have him stir-fry and cook."

"Th-thank you, Ye Ge!"

"Don't make such a mournful face. You don't know the blessings you have. With your talent, so many people would envy you and never even get the chance."

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu clearly didn't understand how good her talent was, and Fang Yue wasn't the type to lecture people. He waved his hand and let her go in.

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu had expected another night of miserably eating steamed buns, but what she saw was a table full of hot dishes, and she was instantly stunned.

"Ye Ge!"

She excitedly shouted toward the outside of the room.

"What?"

"So-so many! So many dishes I've never seen! They smell amazing! And they're hot! Wow… delicious! Delicious, delicious!"

Fang Yue rolled his eyes.

"If it's good, eat more. You're late, and I'll call a stop to it."

"Yes!!"

As long as it wasn't something tasteless like steamed buns, she was actually quite willing to eat—at least at the beginning she was willing.

But once she was about seventy or eighty percent full, her enthusiasm noticeably dropped. Even smelling the fragrance of the full table, she couldn't eat much more.

She quietly poked her head out to take a look, only to find Fang Yue sitting cross-legged on the floor in the next room. Walking out like that would definitely get her caught.

"Does Ye Ge really have to guard against me like he's guarding against a thief to stop me from sneaking away…"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu went back in dejection, slowly taking bite after bite, as drowsiness gradually crept over her.

And just as Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep, Lin Ling happened to arrive at the Guard Station. Seeing the situation inside, she leaned against the main gate, glanced at Fang Yue who was meditating, looked away, yawned, and quietly stayed put.

……

The next room over.

Time rewound five minutes. After Fang Yue had someone go call Lin Ling, he took out the Woodless Fruit and ate it.

Contrary to expectations, the Woodless Fruit was juicy and tender, with a hint of sweetness—the texture was quite pleasant.

A sweet, tasty fruit like this—even without any effect of increasing internal cultivation—would probably be very popular as an everyday snack.

After a few bites, the Woodless Fruit was completely eaten clean by Fang Yue. He even licked his fingers, cleaning off the remaining juice—who knows, it might add a little extra effect!

Once the Woodless Fruit had fully entered his stomach, Fang Yue soon felt a cool sensation spreading outward from his belly.

A qi sensation similar to Internal Breath immediately flowed throughout his entire body.

His pupils contracted slightly. Fang Yue was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly sat cross-legged on the ground, using his internal force to guide this cool qi sensation and circulate it throughout his body.

One cycle, two cycles, three cycles…

Fang Yue was immersed in this cultivation, completely unable to perceive the outside world.

He only felt the Internal Breath within his body increasing, increasing, still increasing!

That cool qi sensation seemed inexhaustible, flowing within his body, transforming into Internal Breath, nourishing his dantian and nurturing his flesh.

The concept of time was fading; only that cool sensation kept stimulating Fang Yue to continuously circulate the Heavenly Circuit.

Fang Yue didn't know how long had passed; he only felt that cool qi sensation gradually lessening.

When this cool qi sensation had diminished until it could no longer be felt, and no longer appeared at all—

Fang Yue finally stopped cultivating and slowly opened his eyes.

At the first glance, Fang Yue felt something was different.

He discovered that the room's arrangement before him had become much clearer.

It was clearly nighttime; only by moonlight and the Human Soul Torch's glow outside was the room's furnishings illuminated.

But in Fang Yue's eyes, everything was so clearly visible, as if his night vision had improved considerably.

Most importantly was the change in clarity—as long as he focused his spirit, he could see fine details, and even felt as if the flow of speed around him had slowed down.

This feeling was like someone who had worn glasses for years, viewing the world through Gaussian blur, suddenly taking them off and regaining HD vision, seeing the world with the naked eye—an extremely wondrous sensation, with the illusion that everything around him was within his grasp.

"You... broke through to a new realm?!"

A startled, shocked voice suddenly came from the doorway.

Fang Yue looked up and immediately recognized the person as Lin Ling.

His expression was shocked and stunned, completely frozen, seemingly unable to believe what was happening before his eyes.

Because he actually couldn't discern Fang Yue's strength level! That qi sensation emanating from the inside out was actually stronger than his own!

Lin Ling was already among the outstanding practitioners close to the Acquired Third-Rate Stage, only a step away from Xian.

And the Aura Fang Yue now radiated was stronger than his own—wasn't that a breakthrough to the Third-rate Realm?!

"How could he break through? How could he just break through like that?!"

"This, this this this, how is this possible!"

"What is with this monster-like talent!"

Lin Ling could hardly believe his own eyes; one must know that he himself was only at the Acquired Third-Rate Stage.

He usually hadn't skimped on the various auxiliary cultivation pills, and occasionally bought rare medicinal ingredients and rare fruits from merchant caravans to consume.

Although they weren't as monstrous as the Wumu Fruit's ten years of cultivation, those precious fruits could still add a year or two of cultivation, and accumulated over time it was quite a bit.

(End of chapter)