The Legend of Fangren

Chapter 121 Fourth-Order Awakening

Little did people know that although Fang Shi seemed to be lying comfortably in the chair, his body was actually somewhat out of his control, as if he were drunk, but without any discomfort.

Back on the mountain, his master had also refined profound energy into wine and fed it to him, and it was in the same situation. Could it be that this fourth-grade pill was too high-level, causing him to "get drunk"?

Regardless, we are still in the proprietress's room, so we must not fall asleep and lose face.

Fang Shi struggled to open his eyes, and just as he was about to see Zhu Huan'e's face clearly, she reached out a hand to him and touched his face, sending a sweet and warm feeling through him.

Fang Shi, who was already drowsy, couldn't hold on any longer and finally fell into a deep sleep.

"Sigh, it seems there really isn't any magic weapon."

Seeing Fang Shi slump in the chair, Zhu Huan'e sighed and withdrew her hand, letting go of her obsession.

This isn't the first time I've been disappointed after being stuck in a rut for so many years.

She called Dan Tong over. Dan Tong entered and, looking around, asked in confusion, "Boss lady, what's wrong with this customer—"

The guys downstairs were gossiping just now, saying that the landlady has always been devoted to alchemy and had no interest in anything else. Now, after being stuck at a bottleneck for several years, she has finally shifted her focus and is finding it increasingly lonely in her empty room.

In retrospect, I was overthinking it. The landlady is still the same landlady, focused solely on alchemy.

Zhu Huan'e said, "Take him to the guest room next door and wait patiently at the door. When he wakes up, come and call me."

"Yes." Dan Tong struggled to lift Fang Shi onto his back, glancing at the sky outside the window.

He thought to himself, "Looking at how soundly he's sleeping, I wonder when he'll wake up. Does the landlady want this young master to stay overnight?"

Well, if that's really the case, should I stay obediently at the door or slack off and go fishing?

It's really hard to figure out, let's just wait and see.

Dan Tong gave the guest room, which hadn't been used for who knows how long, a quick cleaning, then tossed Fang Shi onto the bed and stood guard outside. It was fine this way; there were many guests at night, and being able to take a nap here was a nice thing.

After Fang Shi fell into a deep sleep, his consciousness returned to the Lingtai space.

Unsure of what was happening outside, he felt uneasy, wondering if the landlady might be lusting after his good looks and harbor ill intentions—well, that was unlikely; in his mind, only He Zi was a possibility.

Sure enough, this kind of question is not something someone who has been single for two lifetimes should be thinking about. Instead of thinking about that, it's better to take a good look at what changes have occurred in the body after swallowing the fourth-tier pill.

Based on past experience, his body's sudden "hibernation" usually indicates that he has reached a critical point.

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This critical point is naturally the breakthrough.

As everyone knows, with his unique cube-shaped physique, his breakthroughs are different from others. For example, he skipped the second-stage Nourishing Breath Realm directly. That's why he awakened the Yin Profound Aspect: Book of Knowledge shortly after breaking through to the first-stage Body Cultivation Realm, thereby unlocking the recipes for various items and cubes. Strictly speaking, these are all "Mystic Artifacts" given to him by the Book of Knowledge, and the various powers are the Mystic Techniques that come with the Mystic Artifacts.

For others, in addition to accumulating enough experience, each level requires a breakthrough in the underlying principles, commonly known as a bottleneck.

Fang Shi, on the other hand, doesn't have this feature. Just like his own simple and unadorned stats, he only needs to accumulate enough experience to automatically advance to the next stage and awaken new abilities.

Thinking about it this way, could it be that the fourth-tier pill had too much profound energy, just like Master's wine, which directly energized him to the next level?

"Hiss—if awakening the Yin Profound Aspect means I've reached the third rank, then am I currently breaking through to the fourth rank, the Condensing Spirit Realm?"

That's nonsense. For cultivators in the Xuan Realm, the breakthrough from the third to the fourth level is not as simple as the breakthrough of the third level for those who came before. Forging a Xuan weapon is only the first step. Then, one must build a spiritual platform and a Qi pool, cultivate the outer circulatory system, and integrate the power of natural Xuan Qi to make the Yin Xuan form continuously manifest. Only when all of this is completed can one reach the Qi Gathering Realm.

To enter the initial stage of the Concentration Realm, one must wait until the Yin Profound Appearance manifests and takes shape, and then nurture the "External Mixed Spirit".

What is the external mixed spirit? It is naturally the yin-yang counterpart of the internal mixed spirit within the human body.

All beings in the mystical realm who possess strong Yin and Yang characteristics will also possess strong Yin and Yang characteristics in the mixed spirit realm.

Although the Yin and Yang of the beasts and spirits are strong, they do not blend together. They lose their spirit when they are mixed, so they have little intelligence and much violence.

Although the Yin and Yang of the mixed spirits of the human race are integrated, they are not strong, so they have more intelligence but less external ability.

In the third stage of human cultivation, cultivators cultivate the inner and outer circulation of qi and strengthen the yin and yang mystical aspect. Although they have gained some external abilities, they still only have a physical form and no spirit.

The laws of heaven and earth are formed naturally. The mysterious form is the form itself, so how can it lose its spirit? A form without spirit is ultimately just a superficial appearance, lacking any inner substance.

Therefore, the state of concentration is the cultivation of the Yin and Yang of the mixed spirit.

Alright, getting back to the main topic, Fang Shi in the Lingtai space stomped his feet, shook his head, pondered for a while, and finally shrugged and asked himself.

What does all that has to do with him?

Could it be that, just like when he was at the second stage, he didn't need to cultivate the inner and outer mixed spirit that others had to painstakingly cultivate?

Oh my god, with Master not around, he doesn't know who to ask. Let's see if the fourth-tier has awakened any new abilities, everyone.

Looking back: First tier—the power of dissolution, second tier—the power of refining experience and profound energy, third tier—recipes and inventory, so what will the fourth tier be? These abilities seem to be related to the blocky characters in the game, but in fact they also correspond to the abilities of each realm of a cultivator.

Perhaps it's feasible to deduce this by working backward from the cultivation methods of the Concentration Realm.

During the training, the elder once said that after a fourth-level cultivator cultivates the Mixed Spirit, the inner Yang Mixed Spirit can brighten the mind and eyes and enhance the senses, while the outer Yin Mixed Spirit can greatly enhance the power of the Mystic Weapon and allow the use of more Mystic Techniques.

"So, my inexplicable sense of smell for medicinal pills might be a sensory amplification due to my approaching breakthrough."

That's not a big deal. Fang Shi is currently stuck in the Lingtai space and can't get out. There's only so much stuff in front of him that he can't sense any changes.

So, what kind of ability related to the cube-shaped man would the amplification artifact of the Vulva Mixed Spirit fall upon him?

Fang Shi slapped his forehead and came to his senses.

"Isn't this just enchanting?"

The concept of enchanting is actually easy to understand. It's similar to magic runes in the mystical world, which can add extra effects to the objects they are attached to.

As for the source of enchantments, Fang Shi's first thought was the enchanting table block, but so far he has not found any material that can serve as "diamonds" in the recipe.

Therefore, we will skip over traditional enchanting for now, as there are many other ways to obtain enchantment books in the game.