Chapter 336: Chapter 207: I Admit, I Have Character Flaws
to prevent his Qi and Blood from draining even faster.
But Jiang Man still grew thinner at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Sensing this, he began to practice the Simple Body Refining Technique.
He hoped to replenish his Qi and Blood as quickly as possible.
At that moment, his Golden Core was spinning, causing immense amounts of Qi and Blood to evaporate from his body.
The speed was so fast that even the Flawless Glaze Pill couldn’t keep up with replenishment.
But it was barely managing.
「Three days later.」
Jiang Man had lost a significant amount of weight, and the Flawless Glaze Pill was being absorbed by his body without him even needing to circulate its power.
The speed was extreme.
「Five days later,」 the Flawless Glaze Pill was completely gone. Jiang Man began taking the Chao Yuan Glaze Pills.
He had a decent number of Elixirs—fifty-six of them.
They had cost him sixty thousand Spiritual Source.
’I hope they’re enough.’
Otherwise, his Middle Stage of Golden Core Cultivation would be drained down to the Early Stage of Golden Core.
Fortunately, that feeling of clarity persisted. He just needed to endure this.
「One day later.」
Fifteen Elixirs were gone.
The draining force hadn’t changed much.
「Three days later.」
A total of fifty Elixirs had been absorbed.
The draining force had lessened by more than half.
On the fourth day, the Elixirs were all gone.
The draining force still remained, though it was not strong.
Finally, Jiang Man took out the Chao Yuan Shaoyang Pills and continued to consume them.
The effect was poor.
He could only manage two before he couldn’t take any more.
They simply weren’t being absorbed.
He could only quickly practice his Body Refining Skill.
But it was far from enough.
Jiang Man’s body began to waste away rapidly as his Qi and Blood were continuously absorbed.
「The fifth day.」
Jiang Man was so emaciated that even Old Huang wouldn’t have recognized him.
His Middle Stage of Golden Core Cultivation was in jeopardy.
It threatened to drop at any moment.
Fortunately, only a tiny bit of the draining force was left.
He could barely hold on.
At this, Jiang Man finally breathed a sigh of relief. ’I need to leave as soon as possible, or my Qi and Blood will run out.’
He did a quick calculation. It had been almost ten days.
Mid-August.
’It might be a bit late for me to go down now.’
’I wonder if I’ll even see anyone else.’
In his current state, he couldn’t defeat anyone he might run into.
But these stairs were absurdly long.
He had been walking for three days and still hadn’t reached the bottom.
’This is a little strange.’
’An Array?’
He looked around but saw no trace of any Array.
’Or have I been trapped in an Illusion Array from the very beginning?’
Jiang Man hadn’t noticed anything amiss, so he continued walking down.
「Another three days passed.」
Nothing changed.
Late August.
Twenty-six days after entering, Jiang Man still hadn’t reached the bottom.
’Could this be a test of my character?’
He focused his senses but detected nothing at all.
On the thirtieth day, Jiang Man saw a road marker. Inscribed on it was: Turn back to leave.
Jiang Man didn’t hesitate.
’Since I’m already here, I have to see what’s inside.’
’Going back out is a prison of its own anyway.’
Before moving on, however, he touched the road marker.
[Not worth mentioning]
So Jiang Man paid it no mind.
But after taking a few more steps, he suddenly froze.
’Who knows how long it will take to keep going down? Isn’t that just a huge waste of time?’
’Since going back is a prison of its own, I might as well just cultivate right here.’
His Body Refining Skill couldn’t be improved quickly, so his only option was to learn the Simple Observation Method.
This was also taught to him by Zhao Qiu. ’That man was a good person.’
「Four days later.」
He reached the Ninth Layer of the Simple Observation Method.
With that, he circulated his Cultivation Skill to absorb the Flawless Chao Yuan Dingshen Pill in his body.
「A month later.」
It was the end of September.
The first Gourd for his Spirit was thirty percent full.
’At this rate, it will take a hundred days to advance.’
’Simple Skills really are slow.’
However, just as Jiang Man was about to continue his Cultivation, a second road marker appeared.
It read: "Another ninety-nine steps down will lead to the Second Layer."
Jiang Man was a little surprised.
’So this really is an Array Barrier?’
’It seems I just needed to wait it out.’
Ninety-nine steps down, Jiang Man did indeed see a stone door.
CREAK!
He pushed the stone door open.
Light soon spilled out.
Inside was a massive burial chamber. In its center sat an ancient, unadorned coffin that looked like it had been there for ages.
And at the edge of the coffin, a man turned to look at him.
An acquaintance.
It was Ji Yifei, the one whose master was an Elder.
Jiang Man had once rescued him from the sea.
Seeing the newcomer, Ji Yifei jumped in fright.
The man was nothing but skin and bones, his aura dim and turbid, giving off a horrifying feeling.
’And how did he get here so quickly?’
’The convergence of the Arrays takes about two or three months to fight through, and the descent takes another two months.’
’It should be another month or two before the first group of people can get in.’
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