Chapter 742 - 740: Six Stars
"Haha, you two are really having fun, playing games together online." Chen Tianlong said with a smile.
"Heh, well, we have no classes. Might as well play for a bit, it’s fine." Zhao Lei replied casually.
"Yeah, you’re right. You guys go ahead and play. I’m a bit sleepy, so I’ll go rest. Just keep it down." After saying this, Chen Tianlong left Zhao Lei’s spot.
"OK, got it." After Chen Tianlong left, Zhao Lei spoke through his headset to Yang Fan in the next room, "Calling Yang Fan, the boss is back. We need to keep it down so we don’t disturb his rest."
"Roger that, we’ll try to lower our voices."
Hearing Zhao Lei’s words, Yang Fan immediately lowered his voice. Among Chen Tianlong’s three followers, he had the lowest status, so he was determined to perform well, hoping that when Chen Tianlong truly became a master, he could also gain some recognition.
After returning to his room, Chen Tianlong closed the door because upgrading and breaking through is dangerous if disrupted by anyone intentionally.
You must know, during a breakthrough, a person’s bodily defense is almost nonexistent. This allows Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to flow into the body without any barriers, which is why someone usually needs to act as a Protector during this time.
However, being in the school and in his dorm, Chen Tianlong felt quite at ease. To be on the safe side, he closed the door—a precautionary measure reflecting a cautious nature.
Chen Tianlong climbed onto the bed and couldn’t wait to take out the Qi Gathering Pill. But then he thought for a moment and decided to have a sip of water first to make swallowing the pill easier since it’s quite large and round. If his mouth was dry, it could get stuck in his throat.
After drinking some boiled water, Chen Tianlong sat back down, then sat cross-legged on the bed and swallowed the Qi Gathering Pill in one gulp. But he knew that the medicine wouldn’t take immediate effect; he’d need to wait at least ten minutes before it kicked in.
So he didn’t rush and instead slowly began practicing his Nine Yang Celestial Dragon Technique.
Surprisingly, within just five minutes, Chen Tianlong could already feel something unusual; a strong flow of Qi began circulating throughout his body.
Yet, it was methodical. It seemed as though this Qi flow was collecting every missing Powerful Qi within his body, relentlessly searching.
About five minutes later, the Qi became increasingly powerful, starting to travel through all his meridians, though not yet abundant.
This was Chen Tianlong’s first experience encountering such a phenomenon. He wondered if the medicine was genuine or poisoned; if it were a fake, he’d be doomed. Since there were no usage instructions, it could be categorized as an uncertified product. If something went wrong, even doctors wouldn’t know what happened.
Therefore, Chen Tianlong could only hope the medicine was safe.
As time passed, the medication’s effects began to fully manifest, with the Qi Gathering Pill rapidly dispersing through Chen Tianlong’s body, filling each meridian with energy. Instantly, Chen Tianlong felt his body warming up, becoming increasingly hot to the touch.
At that moment, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from outside began surging in. Chen Tianlong opened his eyes wide; ordinary people couldn’t see such spiritual Qi fluctuations, but Chen Tianlong, with his Heart Method running at high speed and his eyes closed, could see wave upon wave of near-transparent Qi streaming in through the windows into his body.
The magnificence of this phenomenon was truly invigorating. Chen Tianlong had never felt so much Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi entering his body in such a short amount of time.
The influx was overwhelming, uncontrollable, and without restraint, flooding into his body.
And once this spiritual Qi entered Chen Tianlong’s body, it quickly exited from another place, forming a thick protective barrier around him.
At this moment, as Chen Tianlong sat in meditation, his body began to rise gently into the air, surprising him greatly.
However, at approximately fifty centimeters from the bed, he stopped rising. The current state was such that Chen Tianlong was suspended mid-air, surrounded by increasingly dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. Initially invisible, it began to take on the color of water—though colorless and tasteless, its fluctuation made it faintly visible to the naked eye.
Though surprised, Chen Tianlong realized that the height was such that, even if he fell, he’d land back on the bed, resulting in no harm. This reassured him enough to continue running his Nine Yang Celestial Dragon Technique Heart Method at high speed.
About ten minutes later, Chen Tianlong had reached a fevered pitch in his state, his entire being resembling someone just pulled from a red dye vat—red-skinned all over, seemingly allergic, except for his clothes and hair.
But Chen Tianlong knew it was normal; every time he was about to break through, this happened. It was just more apparent this time.
However, this time was slightly different, which was to be expected.
Previously, Chen Tianlong’s level-ups occurred naturally, using the accumulated spiritual Qi to break through. This time was different; it was a forced breakthrough, using medicine to allow his body to instantly absorb more Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, then convert it to Primordial True Qi within his body.
The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi continuously streamed through the open windows, showing no signs of stopping.
Once a thick protective layer formed around Chen Tianlong, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi ceased outputting. Meanwhile, the newly arrived spiritual Qi slowly settled within Chen Tianlong’s body, filling all his meridians in no time.
At this point, Chen Tianlong felt fully replete, akin to being bloated after a meal; every part of his body was swelling with Qi.
His forehead was covered in beads of sweat, and Chen Tianlong found it difficult even to breathe—it was unbearably uncomfortable.
But just when he thought the pain was unbearable enough, the scene that unfolded next made him want to give up entirely.
His body slowly began to rotate counterclockwise, and the speed gradually picked up.
Initially, Chen Tianlong didn’t think much of it, but as the speed increased, he began to feel dizzy. Eventually, he even felt like he wanted to throw up.
It became too fast, and Chen Tianlong could only see stars, unable to see anything clearly.
At the peak of his airborne spinning, suddenly with a "boom," his body’s rotation began to slow, gradually coming to a complete stop.
His vision blurred, but strangely, the turbulence within him disappeared suddenly, leaving a sense of utmost comfort, and his skin color returned to normal.
"Phew... I finally did it; I’ve broken through again."
Chen Tianlong felt an urge to shout out loud, to express his joy.