'I suddenly feel the pressure more clearly now that Zhao Wei has broken through. With him basically having the same cultivation base as mine, my chances of winning against him have now become nonexistent.' Bei Moi mulled over the sudden news with a hardened expression.
His competitive spirit was roused even more and he felt a sense of urgency to also increase his own cultivation and practice his skills to the limits.
Subconsciously, Bei Moi felt that even doing all that wouldn't simply be enough to completely suppress Zhao Wei.
His efforts had to be maximized and infinitely more than Zhao Wei's.
In his own understanding even though they shared the same level of talent, Bei Moi had a feeling that someone like Zhao Wei couldn't be evaluated merely by the measure of potential.
Bei Moi found such people to be extremely terrifying and unpredictable.
Even though Bei Moi knew about Zhao Wei's monstrosity more than anyone, it didn't mean that his will to fight had been extinguished.
In fact, he was extra motivated!
A man should never lose hope in the face of impossibilities or almost insurmountable odds.
After Master Hai Yun gave them the Broken Moon Breath Returning Pills, he also shared some of his insights about cultivation and, more importantly about the Ascended Realm.
The realm that both Bei Moi and Zhao Wei were going to ultimately have to break through was the Ascended Realm and having prior knowledge about it, especially from a True Spirit Realm expert, was undoubtedly a very valuable experience.
Even for someone who was already an Ascended Realm expert like Quan Chen, he knew that cultivation insights from Master Hai Yun were priceless.
In essence, from the True Spirit Realm onwards, Martial Dao Practitioners were closer to Heaven and Earth and their understanding of the introductory levels of cultivation was solid.
As someone who had expansive knowledge but no relative experience, Zhao Wei also benefited from the lecture.
No one was truly omniscient after all.
From an omniscient point of view, every regressor or transmigrator would surely think that they know everything about the past, present, and future, not knowing that the advantages they have are subject to erosion due to the butterfly effect or unforeseen threatening external factors.
How can a frog in a well understand the events beyond the well?
Even true omniscience felt almost like a paradox to Zhao Wei.
The lecture only continued for about three hours and after that, Master Hai Yun dismissed them.
Bei Moi went to his cultivation abode with a new perspective as if he was evolving intellectually.
He could also feel that his next breakthrough was imminent and with the help of the two Broken Moon Breath Returning Pills, reaching the Ascended Realm and condensing the True Force within two months wasn't impossible.
Quan Chen also felt that with how his juniors were going, he was soon going to be left behind due to the differences in their talent level and focus.
He directly went into closed-door meditation.
As for Zhao Wei, he simply knew that he could do limitless things in a day but time and physical limitations existed for a reason to the current him.
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Back at the Secluded Hill, Zhao Wei's Inner Court Residence,
An extremely handsome man with lustrous flowing black hair could be seen sitting like a lotus Bodhisattva near a garden of flowers.
Chrysanthemum flowers had just begun blooming beautifully in the garden and Zhao Wei couldn't help but sit in admiration of them.
"Hmm, what a wonderful smell." Zhao Wei inhaled the fresh air before closing his eyes to savor the invigorating scent of nature.
"The future progression of the «Primordial Stellar Energy Body Refining Arts», I think should be categorized under the chapter system as seen by its evolving aspect." Zhao Wei muttered to himself as a multi-colored butterfly fearlessly fluttered its wings around him before landing on his outstretched index finger.
"Currently, I should be at the First Chapter corresponding to the Consolidated Realm. The illusory stars inside my cells have experienced an exponential increase from 100 million to nearly 500 million. I wonder what type of changes I would incite after reaching or surpassing 1 billion illusory stars." A gust of cool wind blew past Zhao Wei's body and the multicolored butterfly used the currents to fly freely, unrestrained, before landing on the purple-white petals of a chrysanthemum flower.
Zhao Wei had already opened all the hidden 351 acupoints together with the basic 108 acupoints; they totaled 451 acupoints. This number was certainly significant but Zhao Wei still felt that something was missing as if the number of acupoints he had opened were only the tip of the iceberg.
The intuition was strong and Zhao Wei couldn't just ignore it. Even so, Zhao Wei couldn't actively seek after what he couldn't actively see or understand.
He just lacked the perfect opportunity to unveil the mysteries behind the acupoints.
Acupoints aside, Zhao Wei had also unclogged all of his vital meridians and special meridians to further facilitate the overall fluidity of his immense inner strength.
"My cultivation speed is good but the ultimate cheats of cultivation progression are ultimately pills, haha. If I don't pursue the Dao of Alchemy to the extreme, then I will surely feel regrets."
"What I lack, I shall take it from the heavens through the Great Dao of Alchemy. It would be a pity if I don't become the Unrivaled Medicine God, Pill God of a Generation, or even the Alchemy Emperor hehe." Zhao Wei chuckled lightly as he removed the medicinal jade case hidden within his clothes.
Without hesitation, Zhao Wei gently opened the case before taking one pill between his slender fingers.
He then closely scrutinized the fragrant pill under the light of the sun before mercilessly popping it into his mouth like candy.
Due to the superiority of his physique, the pill didn't have to reach his Dantian before it began being absorbed by his body.
The medicinal power was circulated all around his body, through his blood vessels and meridians. It felt intoxicating and refreshing.
His body technique «Primordial Stellar Energy Body Refining Arts» passively acted on its own, slowly increasing the illusory stars within his body cells.
The "Moon" in the Broken Moon Breath Returning Pill attributed to the yin aspect of the pill which was a perfect tonic for the technique.
Kacha!
His cultivation base broke through to the Ninth Realm of the Consolidated Realm before solidifying at the beginner level.
'It seems the amount of energy needed to have successive breakthroughs is going to be experiencing a massive increase from here on,' Zhao Wei lightly mused as he scratched his chin.
"The remaining pill isn't going to help me reach the peak of my current realm but it can do something about my body cultivation progression." Zhao Wei played with the remaining pill between his fingers.
The amount of energy contained within the Broken Moon Breath Returning Pills was extremely potent and turbulent but it seemed rather tame in Zhao Wei's body.
Yum!
The last pill finally entered his mouth.
'The Dao of Popping Pills is rather weak here.' Zhao Wei smiled as his cells actively devoured the medicinal power of the pill into nothingness.
If an Alchemy master saw him playing around with pills like that, especially the Broken Moon Breath Returning Pills, they would surely consider Zhao Wei an absolute freak!
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