Chapter 375: Cultivation
Early the next morning, Lin Tian woke up, finished washing up, and turned off his phone to prevent anyone from disturbing his cultivation.
He swallowed a Qi Increasing Elixir and began to meditate with his eyes closed.
After swallowing the elixir, at first, there was no sensation, and Lin Tian’s body slowly absorbed the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
Unfortunately, there was pathetically little spiritual energy in the city, and the absorption rate was extremely slow.
After about ten minutes, suddenly, Lin Tian felt something unusual in his body.
Because the speed at which his body absorbed the Spiritual Qi suddenly doubled.
"This is probably the effect of the Qi Increasing Elixir!" Lin Tian murmured to himself and seized the time to cultivate.
Unfortunately, this speed only lasted for an hour before it slowed down again.
Opening his eyes, Lin Tian understood the effect of the Qi Increasing Elixir.
It increased the absorption speed of spiritual energy, but the effect only lasted for an hour.
Fortunately, with the materials Chen Moxiang procured, he had refined ten pills.
If he consumed all ten pills, absorbing spiritual energy for a day, his cultivation should improve significantly.
Continuing to consume Spiritual Qi Elixirs, Lin Tian persisted in his cultivation.
To the extent that he didn’t even have time for breakfast or lunch.
Not until eight o’clock that night, when all ten Qi Increasing Elixirs were consumed, did Lin Tian slowly open his eyes after the effect of the tenth elixir ended.
Lin Tian’s eyes were exceptionally bright, just like the moon in the dark night.
This feeling, as Lin Tian moved his hands, was filled with a sense of power.
"It seems the cultivation is complete!" Just as Lin Tian was about to get out of bed, a sharp pain surged from his abdomen.
The heart-wrenching pain made him go limp and fall from the bed.
"What’s going on?" Lin Tian hurriedly sat in a meditation posture, closed his eyes tightly, and his consciousness entered his dantian.
At this moment, there was a vortex in his body, as abundant spiritual energy was being sucked into it like a black hole.
Because of the fast absorption rate and the particularly abundant spiritual energy, the scene before him was extremely shocking.
"It seems the abdominal pain is caused by this vortex!" Although Lin Tian knew the source of the pain, he was completely bewildered by the situation.
Because he had no idea what this was?
Nor how to stop this situation from happening?
So, faced with this scene, Lin Tian could only watch, unable to intervene.
Finally, the abundant spiritual energy was completely absorbed by the vortex, which gradually turned into a round Sea of Qi.
This Sea of Qi floated in the center of Lin Tian’s body, slightly positioned towards the abdomen.
"Could it be that I have advanced?" Suddenly, Lin Tian realized a problem.
The drastic changes in his body, could they be due to absorbing too much spiritual energy today, cultivating too aggressively, resulting in an advancement?
As the pain disappeared, Lin Tian opened his eyes once more.
This time, Lin Tian slowly climbed off the floor, sensing the transformation inside his body.
After a moment, Lin Tian smiled slightly: "If I’m not mistaken, I should now be a lower-level martial artist!"
In fact, Lin Tian’s guess was correct; because the sufficient spiritual energy had formed a Sea of Qi, Lin Tian had now truly become a lower-level martial artist.
Since it was too late, Lin Tian could no longer go out and simply decided to sleep, letting his body, which felt somewhat tired from a day of cultivation, rest.
He slept for an entire day and night, awakening only on the third day.
When Lin Tian woke up and turned on his phone, he found it flooded with a multitude of messages.
"Tian, where are you?"
"Tian, why aren’t you answering your phone?"
"Tian, where are you?"
"Tian, don’t scare me!"
The messages were all from Wu Yong; he must have called and, getting no answer, had become worried, thinking something had happened to him.
He immediately called Wu Yong back: "Hello!"
"Tian, are you okay?" Wu Yong asked with concern as soon as he answered.
"I’m fine, why are you so eager to find me?" Lin Tian asked sternly.
"It’s not about me eagerly finding you; you’ve been missing for two days and nights, and I was worried something happened to you!" Wu Yong replied.
"Two days and nights?" Only then did Lin Tian notice the date on his phone and realized he had slept for so long.
"Sorry, I was sleeping!" Lin Tian awkwardly scratched his head.
"Sleeping for two days and nights?" Wu Yong exclaimed incredulously, "Are you a pig!"
"Stop the nonsense, if there’s something to say, say it quickly!" Lin Tian cut to the point again.
"Here’s the thing, I found the company’s address, take a look to see if it works!" Wu Yong said.
"No need to look, if you’re satisfied, that’s enough; if you encounter anything you can’t solve, contact me; remember, now you’re the boss, and you have all the authority!" Lin Tian said straightforwardly.
This sentence showed his full trust in Wu Yong, trusting him to handle everything well.
Of course, he didn’t mention that he wants to be a carefree hands-off manager.
"Alright, the interview is today, I’ll get busy then!" Wu Yong said and hung up the phone.
As Lin Tian put his phone down beside the bed, intending to get up, the phone rang again.
This time, it was Chen Moxiang calling.
"Hello, what’s the matter so early?" Lin Tian was a bit surprised about Chen Moxiang calling him so early.
"There’s something I want to tell you!"
Chen Moxiang paused and continued, "Do you remember the Kanyue City Cultural Center incident?"
"Of course I remember, how could I forget what I did?" Lin Tian replied with a tone of exasperation.
"Now, a large number of cultivators from Sakula Country are investigating this matter; it seems they want to find out who stole the artifact that night!" Chen Moxiang said heavily.
"And then?" Lin Tian still didn’t understand what Chen Moxiang was trying to say.
I’m responsible for the theft, and you handle the aftermath, so why tell me all this?
"Two of our colleagues from the Security Management Institute have mysteriously died; both participated in that night’s operation. I suspect their deaths are related to these Sakula Country cultivators!"
"If it’s related, then arrest them!" Lin Tian again thought Chen Moxiang was speaking nonsense.
"After all, they are foreign friends; without concrete evidence, how can I arrest them? If I’m not careful, this matter will escalate! Because of the artifact theft, the Security Council has already suffered tremendous pressure; if we arrest Sakula Country people, it might cause a diplomatic incident!"
"So what exactly are you trying to say, Mr. Chen?" Lin Tian asked, puzzled.
"I just wanted to tell you to be careful!"
Chen Moxiang’s tone shifted: "I can’t guarantee whether those two colleagues revealed any information before they died, but I know that as people from the Security Management Institute, they would keep secrets to their death. However, it’s uncertain, so it’s better for you to be cautious!"
"Wow..." Lin Tian exclaimed, "When I stole it back then, you didn’t tell me there would be so many consequences!"
"How would I know these things would happen back then!" Chen Moxiang replied with no patience, thinking that if Lin Tian were right next to him, he would surely give him a good scolding.
Just be careful, is it necessary to have so much nonsense?