Chapter 12 - Magical Space

He decided to use these items once he got back as it would take a while before he was able to refine all these items and use them. He then remembered that he had a Magical Space in his Third Spirit, he then activated it and was sent to an entirely new dimension.

Right now he was in the entrance of Star Dou Forest and there was a huge pagoda right behind him. He first entered this pagoda to check what was there. He found out that, here time flowed faster compared to the outside world and there was also a greater density of Spirit Power inside this place.

When he tried to go to the upper floors he was obstructed by a special force and he couldn't go any further. He gave up and understood that he could only enter when he reaches the Grandmaster Realm. He found that after entering the pagodas first floor the entire's space's time flow was affected along with the spiritual density.

He found that he was unable to cultivate in this place at all and could only practice his abilities, techniques, and professions he could also adjust the time flow in this place while the maximum ratio was dependent on his current spirit rank.

The time flow was nearly 100 times that of the outside world, whereas the spirit density was close to 180 times that of the outside.

He then exited the place as he was quite tired from all that happened today. He saw that it was barely a minute since he left so he confirmed the change in time flow. Seeing that it was already late in the evening he just went to sleep.

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Four days later,

After getting his spirit ring he and grandmaster left the next day itself, it took them a total of four days before they were able to come back to Nuoding City.

After coming back the change he noticed was every one of the students were calling Xiao Wu, as Elder Sister he knew that this would eventually happen with her personality so he just let it be.

He then kept all his stuff back at the dorm before leaving to Spirit Hall in Nuoding City. He only showed his Blue Silver Grass and didn't show his Samsara Eye in order to avoid all the problems he would face later on.

They were shocked that a kid who was only 6-years-old had a spirit rank of 18. They wanted to convince him to join the spirit hall but he refused straight out saying that he got all this only because of his teacher and he wouldn't join them as it would be unfair to him.

They couldn't say anything more as they knew that his application for joining the Spirit Hall was already rejected due to him having Blue Silver Grass as his Spirit. They could only curse at their past self and regret at their decision.

A lot of girls tries to woo him but with the restriction set by Renxue, he couldn't do anything about that so he just maintained a friendly relation with them which improved his image further.

But these few months he never slacked off and continued to build his foundations and also cultivated slowly to reach the 20th rank. Though he was able to reach it earlier than he had expected he didn't get a spirit ring to it and only continued to train as he normally did.

He didn't use any of the Heavenly Herbs since he felt that it would be more useful if he used them before going to the Far Northern Plains. He didn't stop his cultivation either though his rank never rose, he still felt his Qi become purer and also flowed more smoothly compared to before.

As time passed with only two weeks before the vacations Tang San took an early break from school, stating that he was not feeling well and wanted to go home.

After he was given permission to go home he left the next day itself, grandmaster didn't stop him as he knew that Tang San must have some important reason to do so as he was not the type to laze around.

Though Xiao Wu also wanted to come along he said that he would take her with him next year. According to what Xiao Wu told him, her mother was still alive only that she was seriously injured and was taking treatment due to which she couldn't go and meet her for a while, he was actually surprised to hear that as that would mean Bibi Dong had failed to kill her and she had escaped from them.

He decided to help her out in the future when she tells her about her origins. He knew that this was a s_e_n_s_i_t_i_v_e topic for Xiao Wu and decided to wait for her to tell him about this.

After an entire day's worth traveling he had finally reached Holy Spirit Village, he went and greeted Old Jack to let him know about his return. Old Jack was worried that he had returned early but after hearing that he was given permission to go home early he was a little relieved.

When he went back home he found a letter saying that his father was sorry about not giving him enough love and that he hoped that he would lead a normal life and would be happy. Reading the letter he was a little sad and tears came up on the corner of his eyes, though he knew that this would happen he still couldn't stop tears from flowing through his eyes.

After cleaning up his home he went to the mountain peak he would usually go to when he practiced his Red God's Eye and took out the three herbs he had Nine Heart's Lotus, 81-Petals Buddha Lotus and the Golden Blood of Life.

He decided to first take in the Nine Heart's Lotus followed by the 81-Petals Buddha Lotus and then finally the Golden Blood of Life. He decided to follow the basic cultivation method. Body, Spirit, and Life this was he would first improve his Body with the Nine Heart's Lotus and then his spirit by improving his meridians with the 81-Petals Buddha Lotus and his Life with the Golden Blood of Life.

The Nine Hearts Lotus was a Pink Lotus with Nine Petals on it, it had a green stem and the way to ingest it was to eat the petals one by one and finally the stem right after the last petal is ingested.

He took a lotus sitting position and Started to rotate the Forbidden Heaven Technique, he then started to ingest the petals one by one and when he finally ingested the stem a hot feeling passed though his body.

It was a very pleasant sensation and started to get warmer and warmer, he didn't stop rotating the cultivation technique as he knew that this was a very long process and he had to bear through it or it would cause severe side effects which may even cripple him later. Soon when the heat reached an unbearable state it stopped before it started to cooldown soon he returned to his normal body temperature.

Then his body was enveloped in a cooling sensation, it was very pleasant especially after the intense heat he had experienced. But just like the heat, it became so cold that it became unbearable. But just at that point, it stopped and he began to warm up.

This was how the Nine Hearts Lotus improves a cultivators physique, it heats and cools the body at a very slow pace alternatively until his body is unable to bear it. A total of nine – nine cycles which means, 81 cycles takes place he would have to intake a petal at every nine cycles gap and increases the heat and cold with every cycle.

This takes place at an extremely slow rate so the cultivator should have a firm will in order to endure the process and must never stop revolving his Qi. Since these two herbs are extremely compatible with the Mysterious Heaven Technique and with his improved, Forbidden Heaven Technique he would reap even more benefits than anyone else who absorbs them.

Even a person cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Technique wouldn't have as many benefits as him who cultivated the improved version, the Forbidden Heaven Technique.

Soon he had completed the 80th cycle, but the 81st cycle was different from the rest where the heat and cold cycle would depend on his will power and would keep increasing until his will is about to break but it would continue to cool his body to the exact proportion as it heats his body and he would have to bear through the cold and if he fails to do so he could even die in the worst case and crippled in the best.

Soon the cycle started and it was slowly heating up his body, he was continuously revolving his Forbidden Heaven Technique and was also nearly at his limit before he passed out. In his mind sea, Daydream was extremely anxious at this stage. Before he started absorbing the petals he had already informed Daydream about the entire process and all the danger associated with it.

Tian Meng (a.k.a Daydream Iceworm) had placed all hid hopes onto Tang San, he knew that this would benefit him if he is able to bear through it but he still couldn't stop being worried about him. He knew that if he succeeds in this last cycle it would surely help him in the future and it would also help his own plans.

Soon nearly Four hours passed by and Tang San was almost reaching his limit. Just when he was about to pass out due to the pain his body stopped heating up, right now his body was so hot that it was nearly melting the rock he was sitting on. Even the previous cycles only lasted for a few minutes at most so lasting this long would surely prove how strong his will was.

Soon his body started cooling down and after the same four hours it reached the normal body temperature and before he could even take a short breath his body now started cooling down soon nearly three hours and 55 minutes later Tang San's body was now covered in a thick layer of frost, it was similar to the heat he was emitting previously and had nearly frozen the nearby surroundings.

Just a few more minutes and he was able to finish the process, he was so stressed right now that he could pass out any minute. Soon it reached the four-hour mark and he had completed the process. In another four hours, the cold in his body started to decrease and his body was slowly warming up after it reached the normal body temperature his body produced a great amount of Qi which permeated through his entire body.

Due to the heating and cooling process, his body was tempered to the extremes. The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot also followed a similar process but it didn't temper the body to such extreme and only gave immunity to ice and fire and his blood to ice and fire poisons.

The Nine Heart's Lotus on the other hand only focused on tempering the body. It hardened his bones, strengthened his muscles, inner organs, skin and even his hair. It also cleansed his entire body of any impurities this also improved his blood flow and Qi circulation to an extent.

Now that his body was tempered to the extremes the Qi which was produced throughout the process along with the Qi from the lotus started to move to every part of his body from his hair to his toe nails.

His previously tempered body was now being slowly quenched by the Qi, this was the final process and also the most relaxing one. He could feel that his body was slowly changing and was much stronger. He could even compare to any of those Beast Spirit Masters and may even be stronger than them in a physical confrontation.