Chapter 28

Six days had passed by, and Timothy was still not moving. His parents on the second day, were told by the guard what exactly he was doing and so they just asked that the guard sat next to him to not only train as well, but to make sure nothing would go wrong. Since Timothy had not stopped, it must have meant that he was close to advancing once more and the last thing they wanted was for this chance to slip their son by.

They would usually be very worried about their son, but since one year before this, their opinions began to shift as well as contentment concerning Timothy and his path. It was more than clear that Timothy had a higher talent for cultivation compared to his father, so him putting his all into cultivating was seen as a great thing by his parents. Especially since most children his age would not spend too much time on cultivating or training and would use their clan's wealth for pills and elixirs to make up for it.

As the sixth day came, the hired guard Martin stood in place making sure that not a single person could get close to Timothy. Luckily, by the fourth day, the majority of the village was back to normal and Timothy was on the side of the training grounds that the guards used so no one had an issue with this.

Timothy remained in a statue-like state during this entire time and did not show any signs of advancing to the next level of his cultivation or even wanting to move from where he had been sitting cross legged. However, in the middle of the afternoon on this sixth day, an explosive force of energy began to radiate from Timothy's body as he shouted extremely loud as if someone had been stabbing him to death.

With Energy Refinement, the cultivator would need to learn early on to take in the natural energy around them properly so as to not destroy their bodies in the process of cultivating. In Timothy's case, this was the first time he had spent so much energy circulating without stopping, and so he was still inexperienced which had caused him to scream so loudly.

Master Sei wanted to enter into Timothy's mind once more in order to help him, but because of the explosive nature of this energy that was merging with Timothy's body, even if it costed a single second, it would be enough for the energy to destroy his body and would make Timothy a complete cripple. Therefore, he could only watch on while asking the heavens to look after his disciple.

The screams caused many of the nearby experts to head over, but they did not lessen as the explosive energy from Timothy's body continued to increase. This was turning extremely bad, but Master Sei and Martin still felt that Timothy could get through this tribulation. This went on for two minutes until finally, Timothy stopped shouting and a large ball of pure nature energy that was green in color was floating above his body for everyone to see, including Master Sei.

"Stupid brat, if I knew that you had the Bronze Body physique, I would not have been so worried!" Master Sei said to himself since Timothy currently was unable to hear anything around him, let alone his master. The Bronze Body physique was a special physique that allowed the descendants of a humanoid that was said to be an ancient golem who was capable of eating entire worlds!

Usually when a cultivator had a specific type of physique, they would only be able to take advantage of it, if they had a high elemental affinity for an element that matched said physique. For example, those with the Black Dragon physique who had a high elemental affinity of the fire element, were able to absorb that particular nature energy much faster.

With the Bronze Body physique, as long as Timothy had a high elemental affinity for the earth element, it would allow him to absorb a large amount of natural energy before it turned into a ball which would then enter into his body and instantly cause him to advance in level. Unfortunately, this meant that Timothy would have to go through this level of pain for quite some time until his Body Refinement cultivation was high enough to protect his body from such pain.

And so as predicted by Master Sei, the green ball floated down until it entered into Timothy's mouth as if he was trying to literally eat the ball of pure nature energy. Once Timothy swallowed it, deep breaths could be heard from him as Martin rushed over to help him in any way that he could. No matter if it was some of the elders who were present, or the guards, not a single person present who were cultivators understood what had just happened. However, it was clear that Timothy broke through once more.

"Martin, how long has it been since I have begun that process?" Timothy asked his guard as he was lifted off the ground and carried off towards his home within Boulder Village. "Even though I broke through, it feels as if I will need at least one day of rest before I could return to normal and begin getting used to using my newly acquired power."

"Young master, it has been only six days. When I was a mercenary, it took me several years to go from Elementary level two up to Elementary level three. You should be proud of the speed of your progress, even though your original plans were once again halted." Martin couldn't help but to reply.

During these past six days, Martin realized that there were over thirty Advance stage cultivators within Boulder Village, many who were considered elders of their respective clans. However, during his talks with these elders who were inquiring about Timothy, he also realized that if Timothy were to break through, he would be in the top five of the youngest generation of cultivators within the village with his strength alone not counting his techniques and combat experience.