Lu Shang didn't slack behind, that same day of his awakening, at night he had already made up his mind to start cultivation.
His eyes were closed with his heart calm as a flowing sea with his full concentration on cultivation.
He started to follow the instructions he read in the clan library about how to cultivate. This time he wasn't in a rush to absorb the spiritual energy into his body.
He started by allowing his body to become relaxed, he wasn't going to give room for another failure.
After like 10 minutes of staying in a relaxed state. He breathed down in relief before deciding to carry on with the new instruction.
The information about the book started to creep into his head.
'As a first-time cultivator, you have to make sure your martial core is good and stable. Then the absorption of spiritual energy to help you cultivate will become much easier.'
He checked his body and found out that his martial core was in perfect condition and had nothing to worry about. His martial core was calmly floating within his body.
His mind was extremely calm; he wasn't ready to lose focus, and he was going to do anything within his capability to make sure he succeeded. This was his determination. He proceeded to the other instructions.
'You have to focus your mind and attention on it and wait until the spiritual energy has completed its path before allowing yourself to absorb it.
There are two ways to do it: either by absorbing in a sitting position or by focusing on your cultivation. The best way to be able to absorb the spiritual energy from the yin or yang-qi source into your body is to focus your body in a sitting position and focus the light at the top of your head, and the spirit source will connect to you, and merge with your body.
There are several advantages when this method is used: not only does it help increase spiritual energy by channeling the spiritual energy into your body, but it also prevents you from getting injured from excessive power absorption.'
He silently goes through the instructions in his head without missing a single detail.
"This step in cultivating is one of the critical steps that will determine whether a first-time cultivator is going to succeed or not, if the person fails the martial core of the person will blast out due to the backlash making the person unable to cultivate in his lifetime. The first time I tried, I failed woefully but luckily my martial core didn't shatter. Instead, my consciousness was drawn to a strange place" Lu Shang silently pondered in his heart, his face displaying an extremely serious countenance.
Very swiftly Lu Shang began to sense the spiritual energy that was beginning to seep into his room which made him shocked. 'How can I feel the spiritual energy so quickly?' He questioned himself but he couldn't find any answer relating to his heart question.
Unknown to Lu Shang that his sensory abilities to sense spiritual energy was incredibly strong after what his body had passed through in his first trial and also fighting against the heart demon. Even those young cultivators that had spent years cultivating, their sensory ability isn't as powerful as his.
Without wasting any second of his time, he started to absorb the spiritual energy into his body slowly by slowly without rush.
Lu Shang began to feel a slight pressure of the spiritual energy around him. He felt as if his body was within a sea of spiritual energy.
He felt as if his body was about to leave his control but how will he allow such to happen? 'I rule control of my body' he said in his thoughts with gritted teeth before forcefully regaining control over his body.
He could feel the spiritual energy surging through his entire body while supplying his body with strength.
20 minutes later.
He was still concentrating on his cultivation without intending to stop anytime soon.
"Awn.." Lu Shang exhaled and flexed his body. Crackling sounds could be heard from within as his bones shifted. This was the sign that his body structure had been rearranged to be perfect for cultivating since he wasn't yet a cultivator.
A thunderous pounding sound could be heard thumping according to a strange rhythm inside his body, his bones and inner organs were violently shaking from the pressure of the spiritual energy. At this moment, Lu Shang could feel the immense qualitative transformation of his own vitality.
Cold sweats started to form on his forehead, he was passing through terrible pain.
Abruptly clenching his fist, a loud booming sound echoed out. This was the feeling of his body being completely filled with strength.
Suddenly, a bright light was released from his body that covered his entire figure.
His body began to float in midair, blood flowed out of his mouth, and he could feel pain across his body, making him more worried: "Does this mean that I have failed again?" He questioned himself.
He started to feel a slight headache, and all of a sudden, he was beginning to feel dizzy. 'What is wrong? Is this a sign of another failure' An helpless look spread across his face as he felt helpless to stop whatsoever was making him feel dizzy.
He tried to prevent himself from sleeping, but it looked like something was making him fall unconscious. He finally fell asleep out of exhaustion.
Immediately after he fell asleep, strange things started to happen to his body. His heart started beating wildly, making him feel weird.
Something inside him seemed to explode; it must have been a blast of chi (spiritual energy).
5 hours later, he forcefully opened his eyes.
"Did I fail?" he immediately questioned himself and then began to observe himself.
'Crack'
A breaking sound rang out from his heart region. A little crack appeared on his martial core.
'No, never is it going to happen again.'
Lu Shang couldn't help but feel the biting cold of winter gnawing on his soul at the thought of failing in his second attempt.
At that moment, a hideous expression of pain and suffering appeared on the face of Lu Shang.
With determination in his heart, he started to absorb the spiritual energy around him into his body but this time the spiritual energy he was absorbing was 10 times of the one he absorbed earlier.
Soon, his martial core was covered in cracks but he wasn't afraid but he persevered on with pain running through his heart.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!" Suddenly a thunderous sound was heard from within his body which caused the expression on his face to turn to a bitter one.
"BOOM!..... BOOM!.... BOOM!..." The continuous thunderous sound ranged out from his body.
RUMBLE!