Chapter 53: Awakening to His Ow

  Transtor: Krukist

  In the end, Lin Yu gritted his teeth, took out a spirit crystal, and verted its energy into the puter within his Sea of sciousness. Without further hesitation, he clicked on the "tinue Download" option for the Heavenly Cloud Body Refining Art.

  His aura surged wildly. At first, he could still maintain stability, but after half a quarter-hour, his entire body turned red-hot, wracked with pain from head to toe. A strange sensation arose within him—

  He… felt like he was about to shatter?

  Lin Yu was her made of gss nor por, yet this overwhelming feeling stemmed entirely from the fact that the dorogress of the Heavenly Cloud Body Refining Art had exceeded the limits his body could withstand.

  But Lin Yu did not choose to stop. He persisted because he khat since Shuitian was here, the man would not sit idly by and watch his cultivation go awry.

  Shuitian, however, remained indifferent, as if he were an obsessed researcher watg a test subject with great i. His gaze reflected her worry nenly a fasated curiosity.

  A single spirit crystal tained spiritual energy equivalent to a thousand spirit stones. verted into the Heavenly Cloud Body Refining Art's dorogress, Lin Yu's Sea of sciousness immediately dispyed "55%," while his cultivation soared to First Tier, Sixth Stage.

  If wot out, it would surely shake the world. No matter how simple First Tier cultivation was, the fastest recorded breakthrough from Sed to Sixth Stage at Heavenly Cloud Academy had been made by the Heavenly Cloud Kingdom’s sn three hundred years ago!

  That man, born with the kingdom’s fortune, had taken a full half-month to advance from First Tier, First Stage to Ninth Stage. Yet Lin Yu? Ihan half an hour, he had leaped from Sed to Sixth Stage!

  The implications were imme was not just a matter of Lin Yu surpassing that legendary sn in talent!

  Even so, Shuitian’s expression remained unged. Only when Lin Yu’s spirit crystal fully drained and crumbled to dust in his trembling grip did he finally seem to react.

  Fixing his broad, square-eyed gaze on Lin Yu, he her praised nor pitied him, as if he had expected this oute all along.

  “Not bad,” he said ftly. “Take some spirit medie, or your body will colpse.”

  With that, Shuitian rose to his feet ahe hall, entering his private quarters.

  It was as if the man who had just forced Lin Yu to absorb the spirit crystal had never been him in the first pce.

  Lin Yu, now seated cross-legged in the hall, was in excruciating pain, both inside and out. Yet his eyes burned with fervor.

  A small windopeared in the puter within his Sea of sciousness:

  [Detected host’s body damage. Initiate repair?]

  Lin Yu did not immediately choose to repair himself. It was not because his energy was depleted, nor because Shuitian was still in the building.

  It was because, in that moment, a strange realization struck him.

  The puter could increase his cultivation. It could even repair his body.

  If it was this powerful, then as long as he acquired enough spirit stones and spirit crystals, wouldn’t he bee invincible?

  This revetion nearly drove him to absorb all five remaining spirit crystals at once.

  But in the end, he calmed himself down.

  The puter could absorb energy and grant him insights into the Heavenly Cloud Body Refining Art—he could prehend it effortlessly without even reading a single word. Through this so-called "download" fun, he could grow stro an astonishing rate.

  Even if his body could no longer withstand the strain, the repair fun would fix him.

  And this was merely the tip of the iceberg.

  Yet precisely because of this, Lin Yu forced himself to reflect.

  If the puter had already predetermined his growth—if he could download teiques and martial skills at will—then… was he still himself?

  When Situ Deng had sparred with him before, Situ g had worried that Situ Deng might lose his Dao Heart.

  If Lin Yu became entirely reliant on the puter, he would not even possess a Dao Heart to begin with. No matter how powerful he became, he would be nothing more than a puppet trolled by the mae in his Sea of sciousness.

  "The puter is a tool, nothing more. True power es from myself. I must quer the puter, not let it trol me!"

  Determined, Lin Yu swalloirit pill and activated the Heavenly Cloud Body Refining Art’s circution teique to heal his body.

  Inside his room, Shuitian seemed to sehis moment of crity. His lips curled into a rare, genuine smile.

  "At least he has some value," he murmured. "Uanding one's heart is no simple feat."

  —

  The m, Han Ya’s carriage arrived outside the residence. However, Lin Yu did not emerge. Instead, Shuitian stepped out and addressed the elderly woman surnamed Liu apologetically.

  "I'm afraid he won't be leaving today. e ba three days."

  Madam Liu did not appear displeased. She simply nodded befuiding the carriage away.

  Shuitian lingered for a moment, his gaze settling on the reddish-brown horse pulling the carriage. His deep eyes rippled like a stone cast into clear water.

  Then, he chuckled softly auro his quarters. He penned a letter using a spirit-infused brush, and in the instant, the message had already reached the Marquis of the Southwest’s estate.

  —

  At that moment, Nan Zhan was enjoying the sery in the back courtyard with his wife and daughter.

  The past two days had been joyful for him—Nan Ziyan had finally been able to eat solid food agaierday, after Lin Yu’s visit, she had even mao eat half a bowl of rice alongside the braised meat he left behind.

  This was the first time since her illness began that she had eaten without relying on medie!

  For onan Zhan could rest easy, free from his usual worries.

  Then, suddenly, a streak of light fshed through the sky, and a paper e nded gently in his hands.

  Unfolding it, he read the tents and furrowed his brows.

  Letting out a slow breath, he turo his daughter with a relut smile.

  “Ziyan, go pack your things.”

  Qin Caiyun frowned. “A message from Minister ?”

  Nan Zhan nodded. “Lin Yu is staying at Heavenly Cloud Academy for now. Even Minister won’t be able to visit the marquis estate for a while. He suggested that Ziyan stay at the academy for a few days as well.”

  He looked at Nan Ziyan. “You are a student of Heavenly Cloud Academy. Spending a few days there won’t be a bad thing.”

  Though relut to part with his cherished daughter, he uood the y of this arra.

  But to his surprise, Nan Ziyan was overjoyed.

  “Teacher is finally allowio visit Heavenly Cloud Academy? I’ve wao go for so long! I ’t wait to see what it’s like!”

  Her mind was already filled with excitement—what kind of residence would she have at the academy?

  She had heard that her teacher owned a building there. Would she get to stay in it too?

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