I Cheated While Cultivating

Chapter 69: They Haven\'t Had Time to Do Anything Yet

Though everything around doesn’t seem like it is in reality, the feeling it imparts is incredibly real.

Whether it is executing the Palm Thunder Method or the sensation of Inner Qi circulating, even the rumble of thunder and the flash of lightning, all are extremely real and vivid.

There is just one thing, however, that pains Zhou Heng’s heart.

Even the feel of gold is so real, so distinct.

Every time he unleashed a Palm Thunder, he felt as though he truly “burned away” an ounce of gold.

Too heart-wrenching!

Too real!

However, with such a mountain of gold placed here for Zhou Heng to “burn,” his proficiency in the Palm Thunder Technique also soared rapidly.

He didn’t need to worry about the consumption of materials at all and could fully focus on executing the Palm Thunder.

Furthermore, normally his speed in casting Palm Thunder was actually very slow, requiring at least a moment to hold the gold and prepare.

Under ordinary circumstances, it simply couldn’t be used in actual combat.

This was certainly related to his proficiency in Palm Thunder, but it should also be related to his Taoist Formulas talent, or rather, his Spiritual Root talent.

His Spiritual Root talent should not be considered poor, or else he wouldn’t be able to learn Palm Thunder.

But neither could it be said to be outstanding.

However, after gaining the base attribute of +1 to Spiritual Root, Zhou Heng immediately noticed a significant difference when casting Palm Thunder.

Forming seals and channeling Inner Qi became much easier, and the Inner Qi paths required to construct the Taoist Formulas also became much faster!

The speed of casting the spell directly went from the original fifteen minutes to less than five minutes.

This was a monumental leap in progress.

The difference between high and low talent is so huge, the effect of base attributes is indeed trickin’ awesome!

This made Zhou Heng even more excited about what kind of against-the- heavens reward the Silver Luck Bag, that’s bursting with luck, would contain?

If he opened up a “Spiritual Root +100,” would casually glancing at the sky and then the earth directly turn him into an immortal??

Just thinking about it gets me a little excited!

But the most reliable thing to do is to make the most of the time and earnestly practice the Palm Thunder, as this authentic dreamscape might not last for long.

Such opportunities are rare indeed!

Boom!

Thunderous roar!!

The echo of thunder reverberated in this genuine dreamscape, deafening, and streaks of golden thunder danced in the ether, piercing through the hazy fog, shimmering with the light that eradicates all malevolent spirits.

Zhou Heng’s speed in deploying the Palm Thunder grew faster, from five minutes gradually to four, and then down to three and a half!

Faster and faster!

Faster and faster!

Until the time it took to cast it approached three minutes!

“Congratulations! Due to your dedicated cultivation of the ‘Palm Thunder’ Technique [Eighth Rank], proficiency has reached ‘Intermediate,’ deepening your comprehension of the similar Taoist Formula ‘Golden Book of the Five Thunder Righteous Methods’ [Sect Fifth Rank], proficiency +0.0000133.”

Zhou Heng’s eyes lit up; he had finally improved the proficiency of Palm Thunder to Intermediate, making its power even more formidable!

It also made his casting speed even faster, now reduced to within three minutes.

Zhou Heng estimated that once proficiency reached Advanced, it should be possible to shorten it to within a minute.

If he achieved Perfection, he might be able to reduce the casting time to a few seconds, or even about a second.

To become a true master of quick casting!

Pfft!

Why does this sound a bit off!?

Moreover, Zhou Heng hadn’t expected that leveling up Palm Thunder to the intermediate level would grant a proficiency bonus to the Fifth Rank Sect’s Taoist Formulas; no such mechanism existed in the realm of Martial Arts.

Although the proficiency bonus gained this time was minute, it was still far more efficient than what Zhou Heng could achieve through his own comprehension. It truly was an unexpected joy.

“Could it be because Palm Thunder is derived from the Golden Book of the Five Thunder Righteous Methods?” Zhou Heng speculated in his heart, feeling this was highly plausible.

“If so, should I seize the opportunity to advance the proficiency of Palm Thunder to an advanced stage, even to great achievement, or even perfection, it is possible that my understanding of the Golden Book of the Five Thunder Righteous Methods would greatly improve!”

At this thought, Zhou Heng’s heart surged with even more excitement.

The Golden Book of the Five Thunder Righteous Methods was a set of Taoist Formulas he had been eager to learn.

Gathering Qi of the Five Organs’ corresponding Elements, condensing Yin and Yang, intertwining to form the seeds of thunder, unleashed, the practitioner becomes one with heaven and earth, commands thunder and lightning, strides through fire and wind, with boundless power.

Just thinking about it was suave—totally awesome!

If this were combined with the “Golden Radiance Blanketing the Sky” mystical effect he had just drawn, and dressed in a Taoist robe to boot, that would simply be the appearance of an Immortal descending to earth!

Being strong is temporary, but coolness lasts a lifetime!

Such a combination of a strong and handsome Taoist Formula like the Golden Book of the Five Thunder Righteous Methods, of course, must be learned as soon as possible!

“Continue cultivating Palm Thunder!”

Full of anticipation for the future, Zhou Heng grabbed another handful of gold from the mountain, mobilized his Inner Qi, and performed Palm Thunder.

Wang Tong squatted outside the window of Zhou Heng’s room, suddenly feeling a void in his body, as if he had lost something, and the whole person immediately felt drained.

He knew that the mysterious being that had recently taken up residence in his body had departed and infiltrated Zhou Heng’s dreams.

The idea of infiltrating someone else’s dreams was unimaginable to the original Wang Tong.

But after encountering this mysterious being, even the most bizarre phenomena no longer seemed strange to him.

Even those high and mighty geniuses on the People’s List, or the unparalleled masters on the Earth List, in the eyes of many from the martial fraternities, didn’t seem all that impressive to him.

Compared to the mysterious being dwelling within him, they were inconsequential!

“With Senior Xuan Yang taking action, Zhou Heng is as good as dead. Qingqing, I will avenge you!” Wang Tong’s eyes were filled with a dark and murderous intent as he looked at Zhou Heng.

At this time, the “Yin Spirit” referred toby Wang Tong as Senior Xuan Yang had already crept to the edge of Zhou Heng’s dreams.

For a “Yin Spirit” of his level, entering the dreams of a Ninth Rank Warrior was effortless, as easy as blowing off dust.

This was because at the Lower Third Rank, apart from a few with innate, exceptional Divine Souls or Seventh Rank experts who had merged some of the natural laws of heaven and earth at their peak, no one could remain lucid in their dreams.

Under such conditions, after the Yin Spirit infiltrated the dream, it could do anything without resistance or harm.

It could act with impunity.

Even though Xuan Yang’s current state was extremely poor, so fragile that even an ordinary Seventh Rank ghost might be stronger than him, he had absolute confidence in the realm of dreams.

However, confident as he was, Xuan Yang did not act recklessly.

Upon reaching the edge of Zhou Heng’s dream, he specially extended his Divine Sense, penetrating the fringe to conduct a rough surveillance and understanding of the dream within.

All he saw was a dense, foggy mist shrouding everything, as if Zhou Heng’s dreams consisted only of this mist, with no other entities.

Such a situation was not unfamiliar to Xuan Yang.

Many people’s dreamscapes are not fixed; they often consist of multiple scenes blending together, crisscrossing, and quite chaotic.

This foggy mist was actually an expression of the disordered nature of dreams.

For Xuan Yang, this posed no problem; he simply needed to enter the dream, locate Zhou Heng’s consciousness, and proceed to interrogate or implant a psychological suggestion.

“It took me a great effort to find a Pure Yang Body. I cannot let this opportunity slip by, nor waste the effort of this fragment of soul-will residing within that waste, Yu Shang,” Xuan Yang scorned Yu Shang in his mind, then proceeded to breach the edge of Zhou Heng’s dream and enter as a “Yin Spirit”!

Boom!!

The moment he entered Zhou Heng’s dreamscape, a series of rays filled with the most resolute and Yang power, greatly restraining to Yin Spirits, thundered down!

They came down dense and fast, like a torrential downpour!

Xuan Yang was instantly stunned, mouth agape, before he could act, he was overwhelmed by the golden sea of thunder in an instant!