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He wanted to escape from this smell as soon as possible and Ryan's first option was to leave the pocket dimension, but he dropped the idea as soon as he thought about it. He wasn't sure if the outer world is safe at this moment, and with his current condition he won't be able to fight or run away in case he encountered any trouble.

He was holding his breath, afraid of sniffing that horrible smell again when an idea popped up inside his head.

'System, recycle everything inside the pocket dimension.' Ryan finished speaking when a white light filled the entire space. The process didn't last last long as everything returned to normal.

[Recycling completed. You have received 30 SP.]

Ryan breathed in the fresh air from the pocket dimension and felt relaxed. Even though the amount of system points he received was negligible, he didn't feel sad since what he recycled was waste anyway.

He sat in the middle of pocket dimension and entered meditation state. His goal was to heal his body completely and stabilize his cultivation base, since he just broke through, he needed to get used to his new strength.

Thankfully, they body refinement solution had healing effects. It was a requirement that every body refinement cultivation resource must have, since body refining result in injuries most of the times, and sometimes those injuries became grave enough to endanger the cultivator's body and life.

However, in case the cultivator didn't use a resource like what Ryan did and resorted to using another way, he would require a healing medicine or pills. But, some cultivation resources won't cause any damage to the body, instead they could aid in body refining without any problems like heavenly treasures.

Luckily for Ryan, his body refinement technique had a special effect that allow him to heal faster than others.

Each cultivation technique could bring certain benefits. For example, some body refinement technique could grant the cultivator a huge increase in defense compared to other ones. Meanwhile, some cultivation technique grant the cultivator special abilities like regeneration, immunity to poison, speed, etc.

Nevertheless, the benefits brought by the cultivation technique vary according to different factors. For example, the cultivation technique grade and the element that each cultivation technique use, since defence is a speciality that belongs to elements like; earth, metal and others. Meanwhile, speed is related more to wind, light and all the other elements that affect speed and the way that the cultivator uses them.

And Ryan didn't need to worry about his cultivation technique speciality, since it was an all rounded cultivation technique that allows him to increase his power in all aspects. And regeneration is a special ability that he received as he cultivated this cultivation technique.

Meanwhile, energy gathering cultivation technique affect the temperament more compared to the body, since the cultivator is required to cultivate his spirit during the process.

Just like Ryan, he wasn't the type of guy that is brave enough to fight a snake in a life or death situation since he would be too scared to retaliate against dangers. Nor was he the type of guy that gain excitement from fights.

The reason why he survived ao far was mostly due to the change in temperament and mindset, it was something he noticed as he spent more time in this world.

As the effect of his cultivation helped him so far, Ryan wasn't concerned about it. Since he was safe and the changes only brought him benefits rather than harm he didn't try to resist the changes.

Unlike other techniques, where the cultivator could turn into a demon that live like a bloodthirsty creature, causing bloodshed wherever they go and discard all morals and integrity. Meanwhile, some cultivation technique could cause the cultivator to lose his feelings, thus becoming an unfeeling person.

These kinds of cultivation techniques are extreme, which is why they are rare compared to normal ones. And most of the times, such special cultivation techniques bring special benefits, like achieving instant increase in strength, lifespan and faster cultivation.

Nevertheless, Ryan's cultivation technique didn't bring him any problems so far which is why he didn't care much. Since cultivation depends on the will and resolve, some cultivators could avoid such changes.

...

Half a month went by, and Ryan decided to leave the pocket dimension.

His injuries have completely healed while his cultivation base have stabilized.

Ryan felt that he could achieve another breakthrough in his energy gathering cultivation, but he held back. Since he knew that the longer he held back, the more benefits he could achieve during cultivation.

At this moment, Ryan felt that he won't have any problems even if he encountered another snake. He was confident in his strength after he finished cultivation, but nevertheless, he didn't become arrogant.

The scene of the wolf pack replayed in his mind and Ryan shuddered, even though he ran away. Ryan felt that some of the wolves that were chasing him were much stronger compared to the others.

Maybe they were mid-level first-stage magical beasts or even higher, which was why he felt more danger from them. Luckily for him, the wolves didn't seem to master the ability to climb trees like him which was why he lived.

...

Somewhere in the Shadow forest.

Above the ground, the space seemed different compared to the other places, it was unstable as if something was controling it when suddenly a figure appeared out of thin air and the space returned to normal.

Ryan went outside the pocket dimension, he transformation into shadow before he left. Once he was in the outside world, Ryan checked his surroundings vigilantly.

Even though he became stronger, he decided to keep his guard up all the time. Since he wasn't sure what kind of crisis could he encounter next.

He looked around and saw nobody, the moon was high in the sky. The forest was Dark, with the moonlight illuminating the place. It was his first time entering the forest during nighttime, and Ryan felt the gloomy atmosphere shrouding the entire forest.