Sitting in the lotus position while regulating his breathing, Shenyan could feel the ethereal energy in nature that seems to embody every existence in this world. Shenyan did not think too much and proceeded to absorb this 'energy' into his body.
After a while, he felt a rush in his body as if he were bathing in the spirit energy in the surrounding— it felt quite comfortable and exhilarating but he soon calms his mind to guide this energy to his chest as that was where the [Spirit Core] of cultivators were located. But as he guided the Spirit energy to his chest, suddenly all the energy he had accumulated vanished, surprising Shenyan greatly.
"W-What happened—" Shenyan screamed inwardly, not knowing what happened to all the energy he accumulated as it did not seem to show that he had 'accumulated' the energy like the system said after looking on the screen again.
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The next morning, Wang Lei knocked on Shenyan's door to wake him up as it was quite rare— no, more like never seen him wake up later than he did since he was more diligent than anyone he knows.
"Shenyan, time to wake up!" he shouted Shenyan's door.
After a while, a figure approaches the door and opened it. Upon seeing him Wang Lei was shocked by his appearance as he looks like he had not slept at all last night.
"W-What happened to you?!" Wang Lei hurriedly asked.
Shenyan shook his head before saying, "Nothing, I was just cultivating all night" he said.
"…"
A moment of silence later, he then said "B-But it wasn't working like it said in the cultivation technique." Shenyan said awkwardly. Noticing that the other party still was not talking, he felt strange and he hurriedly open his mouth to say something to clarify his response before hearing his reply.
"Are you crazy, Shenyan? Of course, it won't work when you haven't received guidance from an expect and there is also the matter of comprehending the cultivation technique— wait, when did you even have interest in cultivation?!" After scolding Shenyan for a while, he finally realized the crux of the matter.
He knew Shenyan very well, although he was diligent when it comes to work— waking up before everyone else to clean the restaurant and arrange the tables before everyone wakes up; thus, making work become easier in the restaurant.
Most of the workers appreciate Shenyan because of that, which is why he was confused about why Mister diligent was waking up later than everyone today.
He never would have ever thought that it was because he suddenly developed an interest in cultivation and even stayed up all night trying to cultivate.
Thinking about that, Wang Lei looked at Shenyan strangely thinking, 'this fellow only cares about food and not anything else since he came to start living with us, why did he suddenly develop an interest in cultivation, every time I mention anything about cultivation, he always ignores me saying 'Why should I cultivate?' Now that same person is taking the initiative to cultivate? That is indeed quite strange.' While Wang Lei was thinking about that, Shenyan replied, causing him to snap out of his thought process.
"Uhh…well, I just got interested recently," he said. Avoiding the topic of how he got interested, afraid that Wang Lei would beat him up if he told him that it was because he wanted to try using the spirit pressure that young girl used in the restaurant the other day.
"Is that so?" Wang Lei asked.
"That's right, I just didn't say anything before." Shenyan replied.
"Anyway, come down and let's clean up the restaurant since the sun is almost out" Wang Lei said. He decided to not ask too much since it is almost time for the restaurant to open and the other party did not seem to want to say anything.
"Okay" Shenyan said. Feeling relieved for some reason. Following that, the two of them went down to clean the restaurant and arrange the table.
About half an hour later, they finish cleaning and setting up the tables and proceeding to head upstairs to take a shower.
Shortly after, the other workers also came to the workplace and as they saw everything arranged nicely, they thought it was the work of Shenyan— as everyone knew that only he wakes up and does the cleaning so early in the morning everyday ever since he started working in the restaurant.
After admiring his handwork for a moment, they all went to do their own thing. And so, another day went by just like that. After work, Shenyan decided to ask Wang Lei about cultivation, since Wang Lei seems more knowledgeable about cultivation than he does.
"What? You say you can't gather the spirit energy into your body?" Wang Lei asked, surprise about what Shenyan had said, since it appears that Shenyan had already comprehended the cultivation method from the technique already.
"That's right, although I can gather the spirit energy into my body, it seems to disperse somehow so I have not idea what was going since it didn't seem natural for it to suddenly disperse." Shenyan replied.
Yesterday during cultivation, he suddenly experienced this bizarre occurrence and he tried asking the system about it, but it appears that the system stopped talking to him after that. And so, he had no choice but to seek advice from someone who knows more about cultivation.
"I haven't heard about such a thing before, usually after comprehending the technique it is easier to guide the energy inside your body by regulating with your will towards your chest area but—" he thought about something before saying, "Although I may not know anything about it but it doesn't mean that others don't know either— follow me to the center of North City tomorrow to visit the city library and we can even ask the experts there about your situation."
"Okay." Shenyan immediately replied as he had no choice but to listen to Wang Lei's advice since he must find a solution to his current situation.
After making appointment to go out tomorrow, they both then proceeded to clean the restaurant— addressing the tables that had bits of food on them and washing the remaining plates before heading upstairs.