[Spend 5 years on meditation to advance the host's talent to the ninth rank?]
[Yes / No]
'Yes!' Theo's eyes closed automatically, and he delved into meditation. He lay on his side there for five years straight without noticing any distractions around him.
Once his meditation session was over, Theo's eyes snapped open in anxiety. He just experienced five years of his life being robbed!
'Wait, did I stay hard for five years? That's some incredible vitality,' Theo gaped when he realized he was still on his side, still hard. 'No, that's impossible. Even if I was hard for so long, Veronica wouldn't keep a plant on her bed, right?'
From there, his imagination and thought process only turned dumber with every moment. 'Or could it be she used me like a pillow to hug at night? I never thought she'd be such a pervert! But at least she took care of my health, right? How did I even survive five years unconscious, they don't have the technology to feed people through their veins. Or maybe Veronica comes here to visit every once in a while, and she happens to be here now?'
Theo's mind was a mess after the first use of his system. He was absolutely certain he had meditated for five years straight without a break.
"Theo? What's wrong?" Veronica asked, surprised. She had been struggling to fall asleep with his hardness pressing against her but was slowly losing hope. The more time passed, the more she wanted to climb on top of him instead of calming down. Now, after a while of silence, the flames started to quell, but now he suddenly moved again.
The young man then stopped moving, realizing something was wrong. If five years truly passed, her response would be much more explosive than 'What's wrong?'.
"How long have we been cuddling?" He asked carefully, knowing it was the best way to know whether five years passed or not.
"I don't know, around half an hour, I think," she estimated.
"Oh, okay, it felt like a short moment with you in my arms," he sucked up to her a little bit, making the woman smile in satisfaction.
'She would be offended if I said it felt like five years, wouldn't she?' Theo chuckled internally at his own joke. 'But that means only a few seconds or minutes passed in the real world… is that the power of the system?'
It seemed like the system had some special space-time powers that were beyond his comprehension.
'Incredible!'
That was the only word he could describe what just happened. The years stored in the system were nothing short of magical. Not only did they pass without affecting the real world, but he could train at his peak condition indefinitely. Five years of true cultivation in the real world wouldn't sum for half of his efforts through the system.
'Let's do it again!'
He nestled himself comfortably and closed his eyes. Now, with the experience of 11 years of meditation, it was even easier to clear his mind and ignore the curvy distractions for some time.
*Ding!*
[Meditation detected. Does the host want to spend 25 cultivation years on meditation?]
[Yes / No]
The price made the poor man clench his teeth. The prices went up exponentially, and the sequence wasn't hard to crack out. The next talent would earn 125, and then 625 years.
'No,' Theo declined, closing the window. There was something else he wanted to know.
'System, learn Void Absorption.'
[Learn the manual to practice level – 25 years]
[Learn the manual to understanding – 75 years]
[Learn the manual to perfection – 250 years]
'Great! It's a huge decrease, seems like the unranked talent is very close to no talent at all,' Theo let out a heave of relief, tingling the woman's neck. She was on the verge of exploding by now. Every time she somehow managed to pull herself together, the rude boy behind her would arouse her again.
The most infuriating part was how easy it was for him to tease her. Every time she felt that big cock moving, she would drool a little in appetite. Every time he talked or breathed on her skin, a shiver would run across her spine.
It wasn't her fault. After forty years of being alone, her body developed a very high sensitivity to the gentle touch of others. Punch her as you might, she would grit her teeth and endure, but she'd break from a loving caress.
Meanwhile, Theo had no idea how many times he had turned on and off the poor woman whose bed he was sharing. Just a simple man playing with a system. He closed his eyes and meditated again, then directly paid the required 25 years.
Being ready didn't help; the young man still felt like 25 years passed in his meditation session. If you would lock someone up and force them to meditate for 25 years, forget it, even just a few years, they would surely lose some of their sanity.
But that's not because of the meditation, it's because of everything in between. Years of inactivity without any human interaction would turn anyone crazy. Theo, however, wasn't inactive. His meditation was active 100% of the time, removing the boredom factor from the equation.
'Phew…' Theo jolted awake when the meditation was over, the memory of the long cultivation running through his mind.
In Theo's opinion, the way the system operated was better than simply increasing his talent with the years used as currency. The experience he had earned this way wouldn't leave him, and now he developed a calm mind that would enable him to think rationally under stress and there were probably other benefits included.
'What if my body matured?' Theo suddenly thought to himself worriedly. Maybe no time passed in the real world, but that didn't exempt his body. But no, his hair was the same as before and his fingernails didn't grow either. That ruled out this scary option.
"Kid! Stop moving! Do you think you can tease me as much as you want?" Veronica suddenly snapped and turned around to face him, her angry angelic face only a few inches away from his on the adjacent pillow.
The source of her anger was stunned, looking at her in confusion. Poor Theo had no idea what he had done wrong as he didn't pay attention to his movements while he was immersing himself in exploring the system.
"You are feigning ignorance now?!" Veronica raged even more from his dumbfounded expression, blushing so hard it looked like a little girl took the blush powder and smeared everything on her skin.
"Mommy, what did I do to anger you?" Theo asked carefully, knowing she'd soften up if he called her the way she liked.
"You…" she looked at him in frustration. It would be one thing if he felt smug about turning her on or guilty for being naughty, but nothing is more annoying than being angry at an unaware someone. "Do you believe I will smack you?" she asked angrily.
"No, you never hit me," Theo shook his head immediately, leaving the woman feel even more wronged.
She could only glare at him now, thinking, 'You didn't have to sell me out, it's just a figure of speech,' she complained in her heart. 'And stupid body, stop getting wet! Nothing is coming in tonight!'
Now, in their new positions, she found the young man more pleasing to the eye than normally, but in a different way. She looked attentively, noticing the outlines of his manly features. She never paid attention to them before, but now she slowly acknowledged he was not a kid anymore.
Still, Veronica thought he could be more mature, but there was something charming in young guys too.
"Mommy, I think feeling your butt for so long gave me enlightenment," Theodor smirked at the older woman, making her blush.
"You brat, we were just cuddling to share warmth, why are you fixated on my butt?" she scolded him, unwilling to admit she was focusing on one particular spot either. Obviously, she thought his words about enlightenment were bullshit. If enlightenment could be achieved by indulging in lust, women's bums were worth their weight in gold.
"It's round and lovely, but I promise I paid attention to all of you, every part is beautiful and sculpted by the gods. It's true though, I really did get enlightenment by feeling your butt on my... you know," he insisted, looking down.
Veronica followed his gaze to the bulge in his lower body, almost hypnotized. "Mm, my eyes are up here," Theo reminded her.
"I just wanted to see how much my little boy had grown…" Veronica's cheeks turned even redder. She had no idea what she was saying anymore.
"I have grown quite a bit, didn't I?" Theodor nodded enthusiastically. He must admit that such a size was more than he dared dream in his previous life. The world dealt him the best hand this time around.
"Forget it, what's that nonsense about enlightenment?" The lady realized she would be at a disadvantage if she didn't change the topic. That horny boy was too shameless in his approach.