Valentina also became aware of the situation, her sight falling on her two teammates.
Paulina hesitated for a second before revealing.
"I think I might have experienced it before."
Drakarion nodded, his earlier light-hearted attitude nowhere to be seen.
Eryndor asked, trying to gain clarity on the situation.
"You are saying you might have experienced this feeling you get when you encounter an extraordinarily powerful anomaly?"
Drakarion shook his head.
"We have never encountered such an entity, at least our memories say so. What we mean is, we remember the feeling."
Paulina interjected.
"Remember may be the wrong word as well. It’s like our body, or rather, our existence, remembers that feeling of being pressured.
"No, it’s not the same as remembering. This wasn’t in our memories either.
"However, when you finished talking about it, it’s like our entire being inexplicably resonated with your words. Like we have gone through something similar."
Drakarion loudly agreed with her.
"Yes yes, this, I meant this. Paulina is far more articulate than me. This is what I felt as well."
Eryndor and Valentina were stunned speechless, before the former hesitantly spoke up.
"Memory modification?"
Paulina shook her head.
"I told you, this doesn’t seem to be related to our memory at all. It was simply our very essence recalling the feeling you spoke about. As if it had happened in the past."
Eryndor didn’t press on the issue of memory modification, but clarified what she explained.
"So what you want to say is that whenever this event took place, it didn’t register in your memory. Like you have no recollection of it but your existence does?
Drakarion hesitated, but nodded his head.
"Could it be when you were asleep?"
Valentina asked.
Paulina shot her an exasperated look while replying.
"Do you think we wouldn’t wake up if our existence was going through this feeling? Or if we were in the presence of such an entity?"
Eryndor shrugged.
"Fair."
He agreed with Paulina’s answer. But then, what was the issue here?
Drakarion shook his head.
"We don’t seem to be heading anywhere. Let’s drop it until we get further information on this."
Everyone nodded at that, except Eryndor who sniggered.
"Some wisdom coming outta your mouth eh? Did something happen while I was gone? Dropped on your head maybe?"
He didn’t wait to experience the result of his taunt, running to his room and closing the door as he heard the laughter of women and Drakarion’s footsteps chasing after him.
"Just you wait." The Martial Artist yelled from outside his door.
Of course, it was all in good faith. Maybe later he would be beaten up in good faith as well.
Dropping all the items in his hand on a nearby chair, he first took a shower and changed into a new pair of clothes before sitting cross legged on the bed.
I should first start with the Meridian Expansion pill.
It was a pill the size of a parrot’s egg, larger than the regular pills.
One just had to place it in their mouth and begin circulating their practice technique.
The absorbed Qi wouldn’t contribute to the progression of your cultivation realm but would rather be drawn towards the walls of the meridians to help with expansion.
That’s all one had to do, or rather, actively do. For the rest, the person just needed to endure the pain which came with meridian expansion.
This chapt𝓮r is updat𝒆d by ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom.
Can my Passive Regeneration help with this as well?
Well, it was time to find out.
He popped the pill into his mouth and began circulating his Qi through the big circuit of meridians.
Only when the first revolution was completed and Qi was absorbed did the pill in his mouth begin melting.
He felt the Qi head towards the walls of the meridians, bringing with it the expected pain.
According to the information, it should’ve kept on increasing with each round of circulation of Qi, but as expected, a cooling sensation spread through his meridians.
Passive Regeneration is fucking amazing at these times.
Exhaling his breath, he continued circulating his Qi.
By the time his second round was about to be completed, the pain brought about by the first round had completely vanished.
Which means for the rest of the expansion, I’ll only have to endure pain equivalent to what one feels after just a single circulation.
And it was indeed like that, for the rest of the session, his pain from the previous round would already fade away by the time the next round was about to be completed.
Finally, the pill completely melted away after an hour.
Now, this brought about a minor problem. A temporary drop in his cultivation stage.
Stages in the Qi Gathering realm were based on the percentage of Qi stored in the meridians.
With the expansion of meridians, that percentage would obviously drop.
Imagine this, there was a bottle with markings on it, with water being filled up to the sixth marking.
But after the bottle’s size was expanded, obviously the water inside wouldn’t likewise increase in quantity.
Therefore, the amount of water which was previously enough to reach the sixth marking, was now only enough to reach the middle of the fourth marking.
The same had taken place in reality, as Eryndor’s cultivation dropped to the middle of stage four.
Fortunately, power systems were a mystical thing in itself which didn’t follow the rules of reality. Eryndor wouldn’t need to invest much effort in climbing back to his original realm.
As he continued circulating his Qi, an absolutely high amount of Qi was absorbed with each revolution.
In approximately thirty minutes, he was back on stage six of Qi Gathering realm.
Letting out a deep sigh, he gazed at the USB of enhanced cultivation practice technique.
Time to move on to that.
Growl
His stomach suddenly growled in hunger.
Alright, I’ll have something first.
After he was done eating the noodles he made for himself, he headed back into his room.
Of course, he couldn’t escape the good faith shown by Drakarion. It didn’t really hurt, obviously.
Seating himself on the chair, he plugged the USB into his laptop, reading to learn the Breath of Lightning God.