Ch.15 My Own Path(2)

After a while the spiritual energy around Yucheng settled down as he opened his eyes, feeling the strength coursing through his body he released a deep breath.

"HA!!"

He punched forward as the winds howled, a small sonic boom was heard as his hands collided with the wind.

"Increased by two times."

Yucheng muttered as he felt his power, twice as strong as before. Sitting in the lotus position again, he closed his eyes and sensed his spirit root.

A vast river of spiritual energy flowed through the spiritual root as it nourished his body. The spiritual root was glowing a deep blue color as its hardness and toughness were incomparable to before.

"So this is an Awakening stage cultivator, I wonder how I defeated that outer disciple before."

Yucheng muttered, then he remembered that his own strength was twice as strong as a normal mortal before even becoming a cultivator.

"But I feel like something is missing."

Yucheng frowned as he closed his eyes, looking at his spiritual root he could see the vast river, but also found out that his spiritual root was only half filled.

"I see, So I haven't completely reached the Awakening stage."

Yucheng muttered as he walked inside the small cave entrance again, although he was planning to explore outside he could do it later.

Getting inside he picked up a middle-grade spiritual stone and sat in the lotus position. Thinking of the cultivation technique he had devised when in an enlightenment state.

"It is quite profound, I wonder what rank it is..."

"Well, I can find out in the future... Let's give it a name... Let see.. "

Yucheng started to ponder as he thought of a good name, after all this is the technique he had created so it should have a good name.

"Since it's my own path... seven elements..."

"Ok, This technique shall be called 'Scripture of Seven Paths'!!"

Yucheng exclaimed while nodding his head, it was quite a good name. Well, he thought it was a good name at least.

"Let's truly reach the awakening stage then."

Then he closed his eyes and ran the technique, although he couldn't sense outside spiritual energy due to his lack of spiritual sense.

The technique helped him gather spiritual energy which he could guide after it entered his body.

A trace of silver-colored spiritual energy started to leak from the middle-grade spiritual stone as Yucheng's body absorbed it.

Feeling the spiritual energy in his skin he guided it toward the awakened spiritual root, as he did so the river inside started to riot.

Running the technique in full force he calmed the rived as a vast amount of spiritual energy started to fill the spiritual root.

"Aha!!"

Yucheng couldn't help but cry out as a tearing sensation came, gritting his teeth he focused on practice.

He had suffered the pain of having his internal organs explode seven times this pain was nothing for him.

After all, having the worst spiritual root and still fearing pain when walking the immortal road is degrading the image of the immortal path.

Even though he felt the pain of his veins being filled with magma he continued to fill the spiritual root with more and more spiritual energy.

ROARRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

The roar of a dragon was heard from his body as the river cried out, and his spiritual roots started to extract and contract as it was penetrated by spiritual energy.

More and more silver-colored spiritual energy was released from the middle-grade spiritual stone as almost ten percent of it was used up.

As time went on the pain felt by Yucheng doubled again and again, you could see blood flowing from his mouth as he bit his lips to keep himself sane.

As more and more spiritual energy entered his body the spiritual root started to change, and spiritual patterns appeared covering the entire spiritual root.

Finally, the pain started to disappear as his spiritual roots calmed down. It was filled with spiritual energy encased in the spiritual patterns of heaven and earth.

"Wooo"

Yucheng released a hot breath as he felt his body being strong again, he could feel that his power had increased by twice.

Now with his current strength, he is eight times as strong as a normal human. If calculated this way he is four times as strong as a cultivator in the same stage as him.

"Shit, I have to go through this 108 times."

Yucheng couldn't help but curse and shudder as he remembered the pain he felt before. As for why he has to go through this 108 times.

Well, a human body has 108 spiritual roots spread throughout it, although it is only necessary to awaken 72 spiritual roots to reach the 'Qi period: Bone Strengthening stage'.

But that is only done by mediocre cultivators, although his talent isn't any good since he has found his own path he will create the solidest foundation possible in early stage of cultivation.

"Well, then let's start. After all, time waits for nobody."

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The seasons ended as the months passed by, with no one calculating it a year had passed since Yucheng started on his cultivation journey.

A year,.. A moment for a cultivator and a journey for a mortal.

This amount of time most people don't value and in this period of time Yucheng completed the Root Awakening stage.

In the grand crater left by the last attack of a desperate cultivator, you can see a figure flashing by in a small corner.

BOOM!!

Running at twice or thrice the speed of sound you can see Yucheng appear from one place to another.

It looked like teleportation but that was just in the eyes of a mortal, he can be considered just a somewhat fast Qi period cultivator.

"haa"

Yucheng stopped as he got a gauge of his current strength, well the strength he can exert without breaking his body.

In terms of his true strength, he is 432 times as strong as a normal human. This strength factors in his speed, muscle durability and stamina and other things.

But if he truly fights he can only exert about 40 times the strength of a normal human. It is not because he can't control his strength.

It is because his bones and internal organs can't handle his full strength. Even if they could he wouldn't be able to exert his full strength because his mind couldn't keep up with his body.

Through this, he truly understood the importance of all the sub-stages during the Qi period.

In the Root Awakening stage, a cultivator gains most of his strength, in the Bone Strengthening stage a cultivator's organs and bones will be able to handle his strength.

Then in the Spirit Awakening stage, a cultivator's mind will be able to keep up with his body. Only then will he be able to use all his strength..

As for the Dantina building stage, it doesn't give an increase in strength but just lays a foundation for a higher stage.

"Whoever created this cultivation stage is quite a genius."

Yucheng muttered as he thought of the first person who was able to come up with this and start the age of cultivation.

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