Trading system, I exchanged vegetables for golden pills.

Ye Chen went outside and squatted down in front of Da Huang, who was still cultivating.

After Da Huang finished circulating the body-refining technique for the last time, it stopped and grinned at Ye Chen.

"If you want to say something, type it out. Let me see if you've fallen behind on your studies!" Ye Chen said calmly.

The big yellow dog's face stiffened, and it felt a little guilty.

It seems like it hasn't learned to read for a day or two...

Ye Chen snorted lightly: "I know you're focused on body cultivation, but you can't fall behind in your studies, you know? I'll give you a midterm exam next week!"

Dahuang doesn't dislike studying, nor has it ever been afraid of midterm exams, so it didn't feel anything and just nodded its head.

As long as I don't get scolded now, I'll deal with the rest later!

Ye Chen pulled out the giant snake's inner core and shoved it into Big Yellow's mouth: "You're lucky, eat it!"

Da Huang looked completely bewildered, not knowing what Ye Chen had given him to eat; it was as hard as a rock.

However, its owner would never harm it, so Da Huang did not resist and even tried to nibble at it a couple of times.

It tasted pretty good, and after taking a couple of bites, Dahuang was drooling.

Ye Chen did not leave, as he was unsure whether the giant snake's inner core had any side effects.

If we eat rhubarb directly, will it be too nourishing? So we have to stay here and keep an eye on it.

In case anything happens, he can take immediate action.

However, Ye Chen seemed to be worrying too much. After Da Huang swallowed the inner core in a few bites, there was no unusual reaction.

It felt like I just ate a bean cake...

Big Yellow, looking like it hadn't had enough, stared at Ye Chen with its big, round eyes, as if asking, "Is there anything else? If there's anything good, please bring it all out at once. We don't serve food one at a time!"

Ye Chen slapped the dog's head and said irritably, "Try circulating and refining the energy in your body. That's the inner core of a giant snake that's about to transform into a dragon."

Upon hearing this, Da Huang's face also turned serious.

It ignored everything else and began cultivating on its own.

Time flew by and it was already 3:30.

Sure enough, the system notification sounded, saying that there were temporarily tradable items.

He had already scanned and backed up the records, so Ye Chen didn't hesitate to make the trade.

I've got the "Flying Technique"!

After mentally infusing himself with the art of flight, Ye Chen slowly opened his eyes, stood up, and glanced at Da Huang.

At this moment, Da Huang was still cultivating. Although his expression was not very peaceful, he seemed to be alright.

It's just that my skin is a little cracked, oozing some blood, and I'm trembling a bit...

The cracked and bleeding skin is probably caused by the dry weather!

The trembling was probably due to excessive excitement from consuming the supplements.

Ye Chen ignored Da Huang and began practicing the flying technique on his own.

The art of flying was simpler than he had imagined. He only needed to circulate and gather his spiritual energy at the soles of his feet, while simultaneously controlling the weight of his entire body to counteract the spiritual energy.

However, despite its simplicity, Ye Chen tried for more than 10 minutes but still couldn't take off...

His most immediate impression was that this thing was quite tiring on his feet.

If your leg muscles aren't strong enough, you'll probably get muscle strain the next day.

Ye Chen tried for another 10 minutes or so, and this time he successfully "flew" up, but only about 10 centimeters off the ground. He swayed around, just like the first time he ice skated.

Fortunately, Ye Chen had rollerbladed before when he was a child, so he adapted quickly.

Ye Chen tried to move slowly, and although he was still swaying, he didn't fall over.

If he were simply flying, like ice skating, he could move straight forward, but he was trying to achieve a so-called spiritual energy clash.

After trying it himself, he understood why spiritual energy was needed to control weight—it was to make it easier to control the body's movement trajectory.

If a weight of one or two hundred pounds is flying in the air, its maneuverability will be severely limited.

Inertia alone is enough to give you a headache!

It will also consume more energy.

If you accidentally fly too far, wouldn't that be incredibly embarrassing!

After the spiritual energy clashes, as long as one masters and adapts to the force of the clash, the body's flexibility will be greatly enhanced.

It's perfectly acceptable to do things that violate Newtonian mechanics.

Ye Chen employed a two-pronged approach: controlling the spiritual energy in his feet while simultaneously controlling the opposing spiritual energy within his body, thus controlling the weight and direction of his forces.

I didn't dare to breathe too loudly the whole time, for fear of falling.

After practicing for more than an hour and "floating" in the courtyard for more than an hour, Ye Chen finally became a little more proficient and increased his speed to 5 kilometers per hour.

When Da Huang opened its eyes and saw Ye Chen floating around, it was really startled. It jumped three feet high, breaking the dog shed in the process.

Ye Chen slowly stopped, put his hands behind his back, and "floated" to Da Huang's front, looking like a master.

"Have you absorbed it all? How are you feeling? Any breakthroughs?"

Big Yellow sniffed Ye Chen, then looked at the shadow on the ground before it seemed relieved, though its dog face still showed disbelief.

"Woof woof—"

Big Yellow barked twice, as if asking, "Why are you getting cocky?"

Although Dahuang can't speak, Ye Chen has spent a long time with it, and he knows it's about to poop as soon as it sticks out its rear end.

Ye Chen could guess what Da Huang was trying to say.

Ye Chen smiled and said, "Impressive, right? I can fly now, what's commonly known as an immortal, you know?"

Big Yellow rolled its eyes, as if to say, "Is this how you float around, you immortal?"

Ye Chen glanced at it sideways: "What kind of look is that? You're not convinced? If you're not convinced, then fly over and let me see. You still haven't answered my question. What level have you reached in your cultivation?"

Big Yellow looked excited and drew a 5 on the ground with its paw.

Ye Chen's eyes widened in disbelief: "You don't mean to say you've reached the fifth level of Qi Refining, do you? Are you sure you didn't reverse the 2 and 5?"

Logically speaking, Da Huang's cultivation progress should be about the same as everyone else's; he should be around the first level of Qi Refining.

At most, it can only reach level 2 of Qi Refining.

Ye Chen didn't give it too many extra resources.

However, Dahuang didn't miss out on any of the benefits.

Now they're telling him he's reached level 5 in Qi Refining...

Big Yellow nodded proudly, drew another 2 in front of it, and added a "→" pointing to 5.

It means that he broke through from the second level of Qi Refining all the way to the fifth level of Qi Refining!

Ye Chen blinked, and damn it, he regretted it...

I'm starting to regret giving the inner core to Big Yellow...

That's a triple jump! Can a single Orochi core really provide that much healing?!

I should have taken a couple of bites even if it was disgusting.

It was so sour—

Ye Chen thought that the inner core was very nourishing and should be beneficial to Da Huang, so it was normal for him to make a slight breakthrough. He didn't expect it to be such a big breakthrough.

This was truly beyond his expectations.

No one could have imagined that a giant snake's inner core would be so powerful.

What's even more ironic is that Ye Chen has only reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, while Da Huang has already broken through to the fifth level.

Even a dog has surpassed all of them.

Isn't this a classic case of cultivating oneself to the point of being a dog...?

No wonder Ye Chen was so shocked.