Chapter 357: Where’s the pause button? (1/2)
Chapter 357: Where’s the pause b.u.t.ton?
Translator: Stardu5t Editor: Kurisu
Upon hearing Venerable White's words and realizing that there was nothing wrong with his body, Song Shuhang sighed out of relief in his heart. At the same time, he had a dream-like fantasy feeling in his heart.
Second Stage True Master Realm? I am about to enter the Second Stage Realm???
The qi and blood in all five apertures within his body combined into one, opening up his dantian while turning into true qi. He was becoming a Second Stage True Master—the first enemy in Song Shuhang's memory, 'Altar Master', was precisely a Second Stage True Master.
At that time, Song Shuhang could still remember distinctly that even though Altar Master was severely poisoned by Medicine Master, when the western monk, a First Stage Dragon Gate Realm, fought against Altar Master, he was unable to put up a fight against him. With a light strike from Altar Master's palm, where true qi was gathered and concentrated, all of the western monk's defenses were shattered, forcing the western monk to flee within the train.
Even though Song Shuhang had the talisman treasure given to him by Senior Seven Lives Talisman in his possession, he still had to use two 'sword talismans' as well as one evil-warding talisman to fight the Altar Master. The difference between a first and a second stage cultivator was that big.
Now, he was actually about to step into the Second Stage Realm?
As he was thinking, the qi and blood energy within Song Shuhang's five apertures continuously flowed to his lower abdomen and forcefully filled up the embryonic form of the 'dantian'. Afterward, he just had to wait for the rest of his qi and blood to flow into his dantian and change from illusory to real, becoming true qi. Then, Song Shuhang would have officially stepped into the Second Stage True Master Realm!
There wasn't any heavenly tribulation when a cultivator got promoted from the First Stage Realm to the Second Stage Realm.
Or rather, when the qi and blood energy within the five apertures transformed into a dragon gate, that was the 'heavenly tribulation'.
And after the First Stage, every time a cultivator increased his rank to the next stage, he would undergo a different kind of heavenly tribulation based on his personal attributes. It was not only a test for him but also a training for the cultivator's body. The power acc.u.mulated by undergoing a heavenly tribulation was a good helping hand to bring the cultivator to a higher realm.
Just as Song Shuhang was immersed in the feeling of promotion to the next realm, Venerable White, who was next to him, said, ”Shuhang, before you completely promote to Second Stage True Master, do you want to consider pausing the promotion, slightly delaying the process?”
”Delaying the process?” Song Shuhang looked puzzledly at Senior White. But deep in his heart, he knew that if Senior White suggested that, it was definitely good for him. Hence, he asked, ”Senior White, could it be that my process of being promoted to the next realm is too fast, and my will is not too firm yet? And since my mental state is not ready for the next realm, I need more time to train my mental state for a while more before getting promoted to the Second Stage?”
”...” Venerable White.
A moment later, Venerable White didn't know whether to laugh or cry as he said, ”Shuhang… xianxia novels, movies, and whatnot are fun to watch and laugh about. But, don't take the contents for real.”
”...” Song Shuhang.
”Pfff~” Yu Jiaojiao who was observing broke out in a melodious laughter. If the upper half of her body could be transformed into a human body, her laughter would definitely be a 100 times cuter.
”Cough.” Venerable White coughed and explained, ”Previously, didn't I mention to you the Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Sect's lost technique, the ❮Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Technique❯?”
Song Shuhang's eyes immediately lit up. ”The technique that could create a pseudo innate true qi even after missing the best time for cultivation practice?”
Venerable White smiled slightly and nodded. ”Shuhang, you have already missed the best age for cultivation practice and lost the 'innate true qi' from your mother's body. In the future, before you get promoted to the Fourth Stage Innate Realm, your speed would be much slower compared to other cultivators who have that innate true qi, and you would also have to consume a lot more resources. But if there were a way for you to gather that pseudo innate true qi, the difference between you and those cultivators with the innate true qi would decrease greatly. Sharpening your axe will not delay your job of cutting wood, what is your choice?”
”I choose to wait!” Song Shuhang called out without hesitating—only a fool would yearn for short-term pleasure; one ought to plan long-term. ”However, Senior White, I don't know how to pause the process of promoting to the Second Stage, where's the pause b.u.t.ton?”
”Don't be anxious.” Venerable laughed. ”And you don't have to worry, within ten days at most, I'd be able to bring the lost technique of 'Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Sect' to you. You won't have to wait for too long.”
Venerable White was full of confidence. From the looks of it, it seemed as though he'd already made some progress with regards to the 'Thirty-Three Divine Beasts' Sect's technique'? This was the formidable power of a Seventh Stage Venerable!
Yu Jiaojiao looked at Song Shuhang and secretly came to the conclusion that his luck was quite good—this was one of the pros of having good relations with a Venerable.
”Almost there.” As he was speaking, Venerable White reached out with his palm and a layer of dark earth-type aura appeared on it. Thereafter, Venerable White struck Song Shuhang's abdomen with his palm.
In the next moment, the link between the qi and b.l.o.o.d.y energy within Song Shuhang's five apertures and the embryonic dantian was cut off. The process of his promotion to the Second Stage was forcefully cut off by Venerable White. But such a sealing technique was very special—even though he cut off his promotion to the next rank, it did not inflict any harm on Song Shuhang's body.
Eh, is this the 'Qi Storage Expanding Technique? Yu Jiaojiao thought as she saw Venerable White executing the hand technique.
The hand technique that Venerable White chose to pause Song Shuhang's promotion process with was the 'Qi Storage Expanding Technique' that cultivator sects used on extraordinarily gifted core disciples when they got promoted to the Second Stage.
They made use of the special technique to pause the process of being promoted to the Second Stage. Then… before the seal of the 'Qi Storage Expanding Technique' disappeared, the disciples would take advantage of it to fill up their five apertures with qi and blood again.
When the seal of the technique disappeared, the disciples would be able to channel the new qi and blood energy within their five apertures to the embryonic dantian once again.
In this way, the disciples affected by 'Qi Storage Expanding Technique' would have a newborn capacity in their dantian that was much bigger than that of the disciples who got promoted in one go.