Chapter 252: Dual Cultivation (1/2)

Ma Rong shook a little when she heard the question. It seemed she found the question a little too hard to answer.

”I can't tell you right now. You will find out on your own someday. You naturally finding out what is happening is the best we can hope for,” she said.

Alex was now even more intrigued. 'What does she know? And why is she trying to hide it from me?' he wondered.

”Still, Master, I can't go into cultivation knowing I might end up being late tomorrow. Why don't I just cultivate body?” he said.

”Don't worry. Just go and cultivate. If nothing else, I can guarantee that you will wake up on time,” Ma Rong said.

”That's a lie right, Master? There have been many times when I woke up at random times,” Alex said.

Ma Rong saw that the conversation was going nowhere, so she said, ”If you don't wake up on time, then it will be on me that you couldn't take part in tomorrow's competition. I will take the blame. Now go and do as I say.”

Alex finally saw that she was really serious about this. He nodded and left to his room. He sat down on his bed and started wondering.

'Why is she not telling me this? Is something wrong with me? Is this a disability? Do I have a short lifespan? What is it?' From Ma Rong's expression and tone of voice, he knew that it wasn't anything good.

However, he was unable to tell if it was anything bad either. He thought of many possibilities, but in the end, none of them fit the situation.

'Sigh, I guess I will do as she says,' he thought and called out Pearl. The moment Pearl came out, he told him to stay quiet and sneaked a glance at Wan Li who was busy reading his book.

Alex put Pearl into his robes and told him to start cultivating. Pearl didn't meow once at all and started cultivating. Soon, light spilled out of his robes and numerous cuts started appearing all over his body.

Wan Li accidentally caught sight of that and nearly screamed. ”Brother Yu, are you okay? What happened to you?” he said, clearly concerned about his situation.

He immediately brought out a bunch of pill bottles and started flipping through them to find ones that would help Alex at the moment.

”Don't worry about me, Brother Wan. This is my cultivation method. I'm fine,” Alex said.

”A-are you sure? You have so many cuts all over you,” Wan Li said.

”Yes, I am sure. Please get back to your reading,” Alex said. He then thought of something and said, ”I'm going to meditate now, so, please don't bother me overnight, okay?” he asked as politely as possible.

”Sure, Brother Yu,” Wan Li said and got back to his studies.

Alex started to meditate. He took a deep breath to start his Qi cultivation, but the pain made it hard to focus. It was nearly impossible to blank out his mind when he had to constantly keep on feeling the pain.