Chapter 2

Next day....

Chu Xuan opened his eyes early in the morning just like he always did, the routine was engraved in every single cell of his body and not something that he could (not that he wanted to) change.

After getting up, he freshened up to make any lingering sleep leave his eyes and got on to his morning physical training. He had made a point not to miss a single one since he had started it since it was necessary for him to do.

The body of Chu Xuan was not very strong naturally and could be considered weak in comparison to everyone in the clan. He did not want to have a weak body since he had realised that a weak body could not have enough strength to support the formation of the core in the dantian.

Generally a cultivator never had this particular trouble since the spiritual energy in the world strengthens the body with each breath, but for Chu Xuan, since he had decided to refine his body with the void energy he had collected, he had blocked all the pores of his body and made it impossible for the energy to enhance his body thus making it weaker than the children his age.

Void energy while being a high level energy was not actually very good in enhancing physical strength since it was mostly a space attributed energy.

Thus physical training was very important for Chu Xuan atleast until the refinement of his body was complete.

"Right! Now that the body refinement is complete, I should probably open my pores since it will be impossible to cultivate without it." He thought as he started his exercise. The physical exercise did not actually increase his strength since last year he had noticed but since he had been doing it since he could remember, it helped in gaining a meditative state.

As he started he slowly opened his pores so that he could absorb the spiritual energy. As if on a stimulant, the energy rushed in his body and started circulating in each and every part of his body. His body absorbed every scrap of energy like a thirsty traveller in a desert who had been given a lake and the overall physique of his body was being enhanced. A black tar-like substance started to exclude from him as he was continuing with his physical routine. Chu Xuan didn't notice any of it as he had been in a trance or as it was called "the state of comprehension".

He continued in this stated for about 3 hours. When he emerged from the state he could feel himself being covered in the clack and gross substance which stuck to his skin.

He quickly ran to a bath and washed up and scrubbed off every single spot he could find.

When he came out of the bath he sat himself in the mirror and saw that his skin had become as soft as a baby and his complexion had become fairer. His hair and eyes stood out even more than before and made him look more handsome than before.

He was surprised as he didn't expect this to happen, he checked his body through his internal sense to check for the changes in his body.

He was shocked to see that his physical strength had been tripled and his bones had be refined to be as strong as metal. His outer appearance hadn't been changed except for his complexion so nobody could really tell his physical strength by just seeing him. He didn't have a bulky frame packed with muscles but a rather lean frame with muscles which were built for use in combat not just looking good.

Anyone who would see him would underestimate him for being weak and he could gain an advantage on them.

He chucked for the state for his dantian to see if there was any change and he could see that he had broken into the 2nd level of the spirit realm.

"This could be considered a stroke of good fortune. I have about 5 years till the start of the events, since in the first chapter Chu Feng was said to be 15 years old and had been stuck at the 2nd level of the spirit realm due to not having sufficient energy to feed to his bloodline. I guess I have 5 years to make sure that I surpass Chu Feng since it would be a waste if I were to be weaker than him. If I remember correctly he had broken through 2 consecutive levels and reached the 4th level due to him absorbing a saint spirit grass given by Chu yue." He mused and he contemplated on his goals. "Ok, its been decided ! I have to reach atleast origin realm in 2 years then work my way up the origin realm. I need to have my sights to the upper realms not the backward azure continent which is the weakest region in the weakest section of the ancestral martial lower realm" declared Chu Xuan as he fired up his resolve to become the strongest cultivator of the upper realm."

"I haven't read much beyond chapter 2000 but Chu Feng's father had said that Chu Feng's mother had come from beyond the star field containing the Chu heavenly clan's upper realm so I need to be strong enough to venture there in the future"

"Well it's too far away for me to think about it now I should just focus on reaching martial lord realm before 20 so I can go to the eastern sea region"

After saying this he decided to cultivate to stabilise his cultivation to set a firm foundation and decided to meet Chu Feng after he had stabilised his cultivation since he should be doing the same after getting struck by the seven coloured lightning.