Yue Lan giggled softly as she told him, “Don’t worry, the time flows differently inside here than the outside world, since this is your first time here, I changed the time so after you leave this place only 10 minutes or so would have passed outside.”
She paused to let him digest it as she looked at him with a mischievous smile on her face, “You don’t need to worry so much about time, you have plenty of that left. So show me what you wanted to show before.”
Shen Yuan stood in his tracks as he listened to her, he felt his lips twitching as he made a fool out of himself in front of Yue Lan again, he took a deep breath as he contemplated the time-dilation cultivation chambers for a bit.
He thought of various ways to use it, he shook his head as he thought, ‘I will think about it later, let’s ask her what this is, I think it might be that but…hmm need to be sure.’
He looked around the bed and picked up the tree branch with leaves in it again, he grabbed the base of the branch with both hands and swiped one of his hands on the stick.
All the leaves dropped on the ground as if it was only a bare stick now, “So, I wanted to show you what I comprehended in my last cultivation session, it seems like my sword mastery was polished as well somehow.”
He infused his intent in the stick, making it as sharp as a sword as he swung it on the lower side of the bed.
Slashing it cleanly in two, the result was beyond even his own expectations as he didn’t expect to make such a clean cut.
“Congratulations, Shen Yuan, you have comprehended the first level of Sword Intent. That’s really impressive considering your cultivation base as most of the people start learning about intents much later in their cultivation journey.” Yue Lan praised him sincerely as she didn’t expect him to learn it so soon and even reach the first level of Intent in it.
“But it’s now due to your sword mastery magically increasing but your Dao Heart strengthening due to the extreme pain you underwent before, it metamorphosed your Sword Masters into Intent.” she only told him about how he managed to master the first level Sword Intent to dispel his confusion.
Shen Yuan nodded his head in realization, “Dao Heart is so mystical, even aiding one to comprehend Intents.” He muttered to himself.
“Dao Heart is one of the most essential things a cultivator needs to be successful and transcend one tribulation after another. Otherwise, it’s too easy to stay from their path if they don’t have an indomitable Dao Heart.” She lectured him about the Dao Heart again as she truly wanted him to realize the importance the Dao Heart has for a cultivator.
Shen Yuan also listened patiently to her, agreeing with her but not understanding fully how it can illuminate the path for a cultivator.
Before he could ask more about it Yue Lan spoke first, “Alright, you have been here for long enough, off you go.”
She waved her tiny paws and sent him outside of the chamber.
Everything went dark for Shen Yuan as when he opened his eyes, he was back in his bedroom.
The room was cleaned without a speck of dust remaining. Shen Yuxin, Huo Rong, and Bing Rong were sitting at the table and talking with each other when they suddenly turned their heads and looked toward Shen Yuan.
Shen Yuxin was nicely dressed in purple robes, looking regal and elegant, Huo Rong was still wearing her signature red robes while Bing Rong was wearing icy blue robes.
Shen Yuan smiled lightly looking at his family, at this moment he truly thought that all the suffering of the past was worth it after reuniting with his family.
Before Huo Rong and Bing Rong could even ask what had happened last night, Shen Yuxin’s eyes winded in shock as she came in front of Shen Yuan before any of the others could even react.
“H-how d-did you managed to break through from the 5th level of Qi Gathering Realm to the 3rd Level of Foundation Establishment Realm in only 10 minutes??? How is this possible?” Her eyes were filled with visible confusion as she couldn’t comprehend how he managed to cultivate so quickly.
Even the top most geniuses she knew needed to take a few months before they could cultivate this fast, and not to mention all of them had trash foundations not worth mentioning.
Now what she feared the most was his foundation becoming unstable.
Shen Yuan smiled softly looking at her anxious expression, he hugged her to calm her down. Their bodies pressed against each other.
Shen Yuxin also took a deep breath of his scent as she tried to calm down.
Shen Yuan spoke while patting her back, “You don’t have to worry, Mom. I haven’t ruined my foundation, in fact, I dare say you can not find another individual with a stronger foundation than me throughout the world.”
In the end, his voice held a hint of arrogance, but it was warranted as he knew his foundation was truly something else. Not even the greatest geniuses of the ages can come close to his Dao Foundation.
Shen Yuxin looked at her son suspiciously, having a hard time believing what he said since he had only been missing for a few minutes.
Just then her mind flashed as she blurted out, “Wait, don’t tell me you were in a time dilation chamber? Yes, that must be it. It doesn’t make sense otherwise.”
Shen Yuxin spoke to herself as she thought that she had come to a possible outcome.
Shen Yuan raised his eyebrow in surprise, not expecting his mom to hit the mark at once, nevertheless, he spoke in agreement, “Yes, Mom, you are correct. It was indeed a time dilation chamber. But as for how long I cultivated for? Even I don’t know since I didn’t take notice of time.” He shook his head as he finished speaking.
Meanwhile, Huo Rong and Bing Rong looked at him with shock-filled gazes, not expecting him to cultivate so fast. But they also nodded in understanding after hearing about the time dilation chamber.
Even though they have never experienced it themselves, they have heard legends about such cultivation adobes.
Yue Lan then manifested into reality in her cute cat form.
“Nyah~” she purred cutely as she looked at the gathered family.
“Oh yeah, Yue Lan, you must know for how long I was there.” Shen Yuan looked at her and asked, by this time he was used to having her around and coming and going at her own whims.
“Nyah~ you were inside the Dual Cultivation Chamber for quite a few weeks.” She didn’t talk about how he spent the majority of the time testing due to his injuries.
It would needlessly worry Shen Yuxin and the others, Shen Yuan also gave her a grateful nod to show his appreciation.
He didn’t want his family to know about his deeds and what title the system gave him.
