Chapter 14

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Zhang Youwei was slightly stunned when he heard this, and his body tightened. He quickly turned his head and said in a low voice, “Sir, how did you…”

At this moment, this outstanding entrepreneur in his forties was like a child who had done something wrong. He lowered his head and stood respectfully.

After all, Luo Xiu had let him cultivate in the shop.

As for him, not only was he slacking, but he was even ambitious enough to try flipping through the books in the cultivation technique section.

He naturally knew that he was in the wrong.

However, to his surprise, Luo Xiu did not reprimand him. Instead, he glanced at the books on the bookshelf and asked, “When you were flipping through the books just now, did you have a cultivation technique that you’re interested in?”

“Ah?” Zhang Youwei was slightly stunned. For a moment, he actually could not answer.

Because when he was flipping through those books just now, he did not look at them carefully at all.

Basically, he took out the books and tried opening them. When he saw that they could not open it, he immediately stuffed them back. He did not even get a good look at the titles of some of the books.

How could he remember which cultivation techniques were there?

Seeing that Zhang Youwei was stammering, Luo Xiu sighed and said, “Zhang Youwei, do you still remember why you spent so much money to buy [The Basics of Spiritual Energy Circulation]?”

When Zhang Youwei heard this, his shoulders trembled slightly, and he lowered his head, “It’s to survive.”

“Since it’s to survive, why are you distracted? You haven’t even mastered the spiritual energy circulation yet, and you want to look at the cultivation technique. It’s fine if you want to read it. I know you’re curious. But you did not pour your heart into it. I’ve told you before that the cultivation techniques I wrote would choose cultivators, but you don’t care about them at all. You just want to know whichever one you can open. In this case, how would the cultivation techniques be interested in you?”

After saying that, Luo Xiu turned around and walked back to the counter.

His words truly meant that he wanted to teach Zhang Youwei.

After all, although Zhang Youwei’s talent was mediocre, he was still Luo Xiu’s first disciple in this world. Giving him a few pointers could also be considered as fulfilling the responsibility of a master.

As for whether Zhang Youwei could comprehend the rest, it would depend on his own destiny.

After Zhang Youwei heard Luo Xiu’s words, he lowered his head and didn’t say anything. He was filled with regret.

Indeed, he had originally started cultivating for the sake of survival.

For this reason, Zhang Youwei had stayed up all night to cultivate the basics of spiritual energy circulation.

Now, seeing that his good friend Xu Pingqiu was actually able to open the immortal cultivation technique, he was jealous and became over-ambitious.

Looking at Luo Xiu as he walked away, Zhang Youwei felt a burst of gratitude. If not for Luo Xiu’s words, he would have almost gone astray. After all, Luo Xiu had said that the basics of spiritual energy circulation could protect him from death.

If he did not put in the effort to cultivate, everything would become pointless.

Right now, saving his life was the priority!

After thinking this through, Zhang Youwei hurriedly walked toward the place where he cultivated.

Halfway there, he suddenly thought of something and turned around. He bowed three times towards the cultivation technique books on the shelves and said in a low voice, “I’m really sorry. I was a little anxious just now. That’s why I didn’t look at you guys carefully. I did not mean any disrespect. I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

After apologizing so sincerely, Zhang Youwei finally left the cultivation technique section.

After returning to his training spot, Zhang Youwei found that Xu Pingqiu had already stopped cultivating and was listening to Luo Xiu’s guidance.

“When cultivating the spiritual energy circulation, you must have no distracting thoughts in your heart to be able to bring out the greatest effect. When you can cultivate until you enter your sea of consciousness, you can be considered to have mastered the spiritual energy circulation.”

Although Xu Pingqiu was curious about what the sea of consciousness meant, he did not ask further. Instead, like a respectful student, he bowed and nodded, “Yes, sir. I will definitely work hard.”

After practicing last night and today, Xu Pingqiu found that his usual back pain seemed to have completely recovered.

His whole body seemed to be ten years younger!

This strong feeling made him respect Luo Xiu even more.

At the same time, he was also looking forward to whether he could start practicing the [Lightning Controlling Technique for Beginners] if he successfully entered the sea of consciousness and mastered the spiritual energy circulation. At that time, would he be able to casually summon lightning like the cultivators from the legend?

Thinking of this, Xu Pingqiu was full of energy. He immediately returned to his position and began to seriously practice the basics of spiritual energy circulation.

Throughout the whole process, he didn’t say a word to Zhang Youwei because he knew that this was the only way to get rid of his distracting thoughts.

Seeing this, Zhang Youwei felt guilty again. The gap between him and Xu Pingqiu was too big.

Xu Pingqiu had clearly cultivated a little later than him, but he had already been completely surpassed by Xu Pingqiu.

Whether it was in terms of talent or attitude, he had lost to Xu Pingqiu.

Thinking of this, Zhang Youwei began a new round of cultivation with a sense of shame and determination.

As for Luo Xiu, after the two of them entered a meditative state, he flipped his hand and took out three medicinal pills.

These three medicinal pills were the most basic and simplest youth retaining pills from the Avenue Alchemy.

Among the three pills, two of them were shiny black. They seemed to be of good quality. However, the other one was dull in color. It was slightly inferior.

Looking at these three pills, Luo Xiu shook his head.

No, he really needed to cultivate more of this Avenue Alchemy.

Even this most basic youth retaining pill could be of defective quality. This meant that he still needed to cultivate diligently.

Thinking of this, Luo Xiu once again entered his sea of consciousness and began to alchemize pills again.

Only after he had cultivated this youth retaining pill to the point of perfection would Luo Xiu begin to alchemize other more powerful pills.

Even Luo Xiu, who had excellent aptitude, deeply understood that the path of immortal cultivation absolutely could not be underestimated. Every step needed to be taken by oneself in a down-to-earth manner.

…

Another day passed.

When the twilight gradually darkened, Zhang Youwei and Xu Pingqiu finally withdrew from their cultivation state.

The two respectfully stood in front of Luo Xiu and reported their cultivation progress.

Xu Pingqiu was the first to speak, “Sir, I feel that I’m about to enter the sea of consciousness. But every time I’m close to entering, I feel like there’s another thick barrier that I can’t break through no matter how hard I try.”

Luo Xiu nodded slightly and said, “This is very normal. Don’t worry, you just need to continue to focus on your cultivation. Cultivation requires accumulation.”

Hearing this, Xu Pingqiu nodded slightly and seemed to be deep in thought.

Luo Xiu’s gaze turned to Zhang Youwei. Zhang Youwei suddenly became nervous again and stammered, “I… I also feel that my body has become much more relaxed today. But I didn’t feel like I’m about to enter the sea of consciousness like Old Xu said.”

Luo Xiu heard this and nodded, “Just practice diligently.”

Then, there was nothing else to say.

Zhang Youwei understood that he still had distracting thoughts in his heart. At least, he was not as attentive as Xu Pingqiu. He could only make up his mind to practice diligently after he went back.

“It’s already late today. The two of you should go back and rest.”

The two of them nodded. Just as they were about to go out, Zhang Youwei took out his phone and glanced at it. He was slightly stunned.

It turned out that his wife, Li Ru, had returned from abroad early with their daughter. The reason for her early return was very simple. It was because she had heard from the nanny that Zhang Youwei had cancer.

For the entire afternoon, Zhang Youwei had set his phone in silent mode so that he would not be disturbed.

Now that he saw that there had been so many missed calls, he panicked. How was he going to explain it to his wife when he got back?

It would have been fine if the cancer had been cured, but now that he had only been cultivating for two or three days, it was definitely not completely cured.

Zhang Youwei was reluctant to let his wife and daughter worry for him. He was really in a difficult situation.

Luo Xiu noticed this and asked, “Zhang Youwei, did you run into any trouble?”

Zhang Youwei nodded, then shook his head awkwardly. He was a little ashamed because he was not focused on his cultivation today. How could he have the nerve to talk to Luo Xiu about these things?

Luo Xiu saw that Zhang Youwei did not speak. He thought for a moment, handed over a black pill and said, “This pill is for you.”

Zhang Youwei was slightly stunned when he heard this. Then, he said in ecstasy, “Is this a pill that can treat my illness? !”

“No.”

“Then this is…”

“The youth retaining pill.”

Zhang Youwei was once again stunned on the spot.

Could it be that this young shop owner even knew that his wife had returned?

This was too godly!