Chapter 85 Second stage.

Paul Started to prepare himself for the breakthrough to the next stage the moment he reached the peak of the first stage in both cultivations.

Breaking through the stage bottleneck was always time-consuming and draining for the cultivator as it required his undivided attention on the process until it finished.

Paul had it even harder since he would be attempting a double breakthrough intending to first get through to the lesser mage stage and right after that to reach the bone refining stage.

This was hard to achieve but the benefits were more than worth it.

He tried that in his previous life but failed thanks to the interruption from his youngest stepsister.

Now he knew that it was no accident and she had done it on purpose to hamper his growth as he was raising his cultivation faster than anyone in the family.

Why did he know that?

Because the little brat admitted to it and many other things just before he went back in time.

This time however he would be ready for anything and the ladies would make sure that he would not be interrupted by anyone or anything.

-Lia, and Nia, Guard the gate, nobody comes in until I'm finished.

Paul ordered.

-Yes master.

-Anna, you will be in charge of the mansion when I'm in seclusion.

-Of course, you can count on me.

The girl answered.

Fei Fei, you will guard my room until I'm finished.

-Yes master.

She called him master only when it was important and this was very important not only for Paul but for her as well.

The rest of you can return to whatever you were doing but don't go near my room or even better don't go upstairs until I'm done.

Everyone nodded and dispersed to their assigned tasks.

Paul on the other hand went inside his room and prepared to break through to the second stage in both cultivations at once.

Once he started cultivation he felt an enormous amount of mana entering his body.

While his mana pool was full the mana filled his mana channels and once they were also filled it started to compress inside of him pressuring his mana pool until it started to shrink.

This process was painful but Paul knew that this would happen the more his mana pool shrunk the more mana it absorbed.

Soon his mana pool was back to its original size but all the mana within it was transforming it into something else.

hours went by but for Paul, it seemed that only minutes passed.

He focused solely on the breakthrough erasing anything else from his thoughts and concentrating all his efforts on the transformation that took place inside of him.

This was a crucial moment in the life of any cultivator and his future was dependent on this breakthrough.

If he managed to achieve a perfect transformation then his future cultivation would be easier and many times faster but if he was interrupted or made a mistake during the process then it would be a lot harder for him to cultivate in the future and that he knew from personal experience.

It would be still possible to achieve the higher stages but it would be way harder.

The same principle ruled over the Qi cultivation and he knew that he had to achieve perfect transformation in both to achieve his goals.

Paul started cultivating in the morning and it was already evening when everyone in the mansion felt a wave of energy emanating from the Master bedroom.

-Did he just advance?

Anna who was talking with Fei Fwei asked.

-Yes and he achieved a perfect transformation.

Fei Fei said surprised.

Even she didn't achieve the perfect transformation when she restarted her cultivation.

-Does that mean that he doesn't have a mana pool anymore?

Anna asked curious about the changes that would happen to Paul.

-That's right now he has a mana pond even though everyone is calling it the mana pool for convenience.

Fei Fei focused for a moment and felt a lot of Qi energy gathering inside the room.

-Looks like he started the second phase.

She said.

Paul indeed wasn't wasting any time and switched to Qi cultivation the moment he broke through the bottleneck and became a level 1 lesser mage stage cultivator.

His dantian was full of Qi and so were his meridians but the Qi from his surroundings poured in without any signs of stopping.

His dantian which looked like an inflated balloon started expanding again like it was about to burst at any moment.

However, instead of bursting it soon started shrinking and Paul noticed the small vortex exactly in the middle of it sucking all the Qi energy inside it.

He knew that the hard part had just begun and used all of his willpower to control the amount of Qi that entered the vortex not allowing it to grow to much.

If he allowed it to suck in all of his Qi without controlling it, he would still reach the second stage but he would have to spend a lot of time controlling the vortex and shrink it with every level up which would seriously hamper his ability to cultivate and it would slow him down significantly.

Paul had no desire to repeat the same tedious cultivation on the second stage he had to endure the last time thanks to his sister.

Hours went by and it was already the morning of the next day but Paul still used every ounce of his willpower to control the vortex growth, allowing only a small amount of Qi to be sucked into it at a time.

It was hard work, demanding all of his attention.

While he was focusing on his breakthrough, a group of people came to the mansion unannounced and demanded to see the person renting it.

-Call the person renting this place.

A young man said with arrogance.

-Master is in seclusion, and no one is allowed to enter the mansion, If you want to speak to the master come back in a few days.

Lia who was on guard duty said calmly.

-I don't care if he is in seclusion or if he is screwing his wife, call him out here right now.

The man was not used to hearing no as the answer and started losing his cool.

Hearing his words Lia was furious in an instant.

During the last week, she experienced a better life than she had ever dreamt of and it was all thanks to her new master who treated her and the rest of the slaves more like friends or even as family than slaves.

And now this scoundrel she had never seen before dared to insult her master in front of her.

If not for the master's orders to be civil and not attack unless she had to defend herself or the mansion, she would have killed this bastard on the spot.

Lia wistled and a moment later Nia came running.

-What's going on and who are these people?

She asked looking at the scene.

-I have no idea, they never introduced themselves and just demanded to see the master not caring that he was in seclusion.

Lia explained the situation.

-Go call sister Anna and Sister Fei Fei to deal with this.

She added and Nia moved as fast as she could to find the two ladies.

Previously Paul named the two of them ladies of the house so they had almost the same authority as he did and were exactly the people that should solve this problem.

-What's the hold-up?

The young man demanded with irritation in his voice.

-I just sent my friend to bring the ladies of the house to talk to you so have some patience.

Lia said without any emotion in her voice but the glint in her eyes was not friendly and she was ready to beat the shit out of this guy and his friends if she needed to.

-I don't want to talk to some women, I want to see the man that rents this place.

The young man said angrily.

-That is impossible as he is in seclusion right now.

Fei Fei said approaching from behind Lia.

She left Anna, Lan, and Yin to guard the room while she came to see what was the problem.

Seeing a stunningly beautiful woman approaching all the young men in the group were mesmerized and surprised to find such a goddess here but soon they regained their senses.

-You are the lady of the house?

The man asked much more politely since he could feel that Fei Fei was a stage three cultivator while the strongest in their group was only stage two.

-Yes, I am, What brings you here and why do you want to see my master?

Fei Fei asked in a neutral tone.

-We want to rent this place for an event like we do every year so we want to talk to your master about him vacating the mansion as soon as possible.

The young man said arrogantly.

-Then you are out of luck because my master rented this place for two months and we won't be leaving until that time passes or the owner throws us out but that would require her to pay us a substantial amount for breaching the contract.

Fei Fei informed the young man like she was talking about the weather.

She disliked his attitude and saw no reason to be courteous to an arrogant and stupid kid who had no idea that he was not the center of the universe.

-Do you know who I am?

The young man asked, furious at the woman's nonchalance.

-I don't because you don't even know enough etiquette to introduce yourself.

Fei Fei answered making the young man dumbfounded.

He never thought that someone would dare to humiliate him like this, much less a woman.

-I'm Luo Kang the second son of the city lord.

The young man introduced himself.

Fei Fei thought for a moment as the surname rang a bell but she had a hard time remembering.

-Who is Luo Mo to you?

She finally remembered and asked.

-He's my Grandfather, why do you know his name?

The young man was not so arrogant anymore hearing his grandfather's name being mentioned by this woman.

-That's great, now you can go and tell him that you just wanted to kick out Madam Fei from her mansion and even if you don't then I will go to visit him later.

Now get lost before I lose my patience.

She said angrily while releasing some of her mana to intimidate the bunch of young men.

They wisely decided to not stick around since the woman evidently knew the city lord's father and even mentioned his name like she was a friend.

Just as the bunch of young men went away she felt a ripple from the direction of the main house.

-You did it, Paul, you are now fully at the second stage.

She said with a warm smile on her face and genuine happiness in her eyes.