After the princess

It was time to cultivate. Wei Yuan sat cross legged on the edge of the cliff and started. Soon, he entered his inner consciousness and started to sense Qi around him. He carefully extracted the evil energy out of the air and absorbed it.

After absorbing the evil energy it was time to examine that absorbed energy. This is the only way to understand Qi and reach Foundation Establishment realm. Your strength on the Foundation Establishment realm depends on how much do you understand about Qi.

Hours quickly passed like this for Wei Yuan. He was currently in a deep meditative state. No one disturbed him on this calm territory. He only opened his eyes after 8 hours. Only to eat and drink. He reached the 35th stage of Qi condensation. This speed was not slow but not too fast either. He took his time to understand Qi.

There was another reason. He wanted the princess to enter the inner circle before him. Wei Yuan can stay low key like this with a normal cultivation speed. Almost everyone will think that Wei Yuan is ordinary. Also, what if he enters the inner circle with the princess and they give them the same house again? He wants to avoid that.

Actually, the situation inside the inner circle is different. Everyone can get a better house inside the inner circle as long as they can prove their strengths. Inside the outer circle, everyone is considered trash. Thus, they give them trash. This is different inside the inner circle, trash is trash and genius is genius. Everything depends on your rank inside the inner circle.

Wei Yuan didn't know this and decided to be careful. He's currently eating and thinking about his Qi. He learned many things, but he knew that this is not the end. His learning speed is very fast thanks to his past. He learned something almost every day because he was a cripple. His understanding was deep and learning speed is increased.

His current understanding is more than enough to break through to Foundation Establishment stage, but Wei Yuan wanted more. Currently he is forcefully suppressing his advancement in order to get more time to study. He can't continue like this for long, thus every second is precious.

Wei Yuan ate his food and entered the meditative state again. He decided to not suppress his cultivation this time and just ascend continuously. He started and hours passed like this. His body is motionless, but his mind is working like a machine. He can sense if someone approaches him this and he can avoid cultivation deviation as well.

One day passed like this. Wei Yuan reached the 70th stage of Qi condensation. This big jump surprised even Wei Yuan. He can't continue like this otherwise the elders will force him to enter the inner circle. Wei Yuan decided to stop for a few days.

The princess was on the 53rd stage of Qi condensation when Wei Yuan last saw her. She is now probably around the same stage as him. Taking a day long break is more than enough. Cultivators cultivate every day. Thus, Wei Yuan knew that the princess will surpass him today.

Actually cultivating all day requires a lot of patience. It's the same as studying all day. This also shows that the princess is way faster than Wei Yuan. She was on the 1st stage during the entrance exam and his understanding was zero. Now, he surpassed Wei Yuan who is cultivating for hours every day.

One day passed in the blink of an eye and Wei Yuan resumed his training. He ate a lot of food before he started. Breaking through the last 30 minor stages is not hard, but Wei Yuan wanted to take it easy. He got a lot of food, staying here for 2-3 days is possible. He wanted to break through to Foundation Establishment and stabilize his cultivation on that stage before returning.

Soon, black substances started oozing out of his body. These were impurities. The body is slowly getting cleaner and detoxificated. This is the sign of breaking through to Foundation Establishment stage. The body will get stronger and healthier. The average lifespan of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator is around 150 years.

The maximum is 200 years, the body will get too old after that. There are 10 minor stages on the Foundation Establishment stage. Qi condensation was just a help to understand Qi. Every talented cultivator can go through the 100 stages of Qi condensation in a week or two, but that's not the case with Foundation Establishment.

Foundation Establishment is a hard stage and it can even take two years to reach the next big stage. Those with insufficient understanding can't even breakthrough because they can't handle their Qi. This is why the Qi condensation stage is so important.

Wei Yuan succesfully reached the Foundation Establishment stage after a few hours. Now he only needed to circulate his Qi and stabilize himself on this stage. This will take him around a day . Wei Yuan decided to get rid of the impurities first. He found a pond near the cliff where he washed himself then walked back slowly and started meditating.

Wei Yuan stood up a few hours later. Now it was time to go back and enter the inner circle. He reached the sect 2 minutes later and walked through the mysterious gate. The first thing he checked was the princess. He successfully confirmed that she is already an inner disciple.

Wei Yuan found the elder of the outer circle and the elder confirmed that Wei Yuan reached Foundation Establishment stage. Wei Yuan got a set of new robes and a token. This token is a reward for succesfully reaching the next stage.

Wei Yuan can enter the library with this token and pick a martial arts skill. He wanted this ever since he entered the sect. Martial arts are profound ways to use Qi for fighting. Learning from different martial art techniques is the first step towards creating a new unique technique.