Chapter 240: Death (2/2)
Alex was back to body cultivating on top of the ship under Ma Rong's supervision. He didn't need it, but having someone look after him why he was cultivating was still very much appreciated.
Ma Rong kept on watching him for a while and asked a question that she had in her heart for a long time.
”How long has it been since you cultivated normally?” she asked.
”Hmm… normally? Let's see… I have cultivated my Qi for a single time since I could do body cultivation,” he said.
”Hmm… do you find body cultivation better than Qi cultivation?” she asked. She was genuinely curious about body cultivation.
”Not really,” he said. ”It's both the same. At least with Qi cultivation I don't have to feel this pain, and it doesn't get slower as you get stronger,” he said.
”Oh, sounds like body cultivation is not as good as Qi cultivation. Then why do you keep on body cultivating? You can just cultivate your Qi too. I can look after you,” She said.
”Uh… you remember the first time you came to teach me? The thing I said that morning you found me in the room?” he asked.
”Hmm?” Ma Rong didn't know what he was talking about. It was before she had unlocked her spiritual sense, so it took her a while to remember.
”Ah, that time I found you asleep? What about it?” she asked. She remembered the first time she went to his house to give him his alchemy lessons, and he was in one of the rooms, asleep.
”You see… I still fall asleep when I cultivate and… I don't know when I stop doing it,” he said.
”What? You haven't fixed that yet?” she asked.
”I don't know how to, master. I keep falling asleep. At first, I thought that was normal, but it seems that it is not. I don't know what to do,” he said.
”You should have let me know that way earlier,” Ma Rong said. ”Alright, Cultivate right now and I'll try to see what the problem is.”
Alex nodded and asked Pearl to stop cultivating.
”That's enough for today, Pearl. You can go back now,” Alex said.
”Meow?”, Pearl woke up from the cultivation and went back to his beast space in Alex's arm. Ma Rong waited for Alex to start.
Alex knew he was in safe hands, so he sat in a relaxed posture and closed his eyes. He started breathing in and out slowly, and soon the cultivation method kicked in.
<Sun God's Divine Yang Body increasing cultivation speed by 500
<Starry sky Qi Absorption method's Night bonus increasing cultivation speed by 200
<Obtained 200 Qi>
And, as usual, Alex fell into a trance and lost consciousness.