Chapter 24 - Tourist Shocked Local Men by Eating Metal Plate for Breakfast to Boost Bedroom Strength
After Dinner
Fu Tong was mentally exhausted. He spent the whole day chatting and accompanying the lovestruck maiden. He wished he could return to the old days, sitting in front of a computer all day.
Collapsing on the stone bed with barely any cushion, he missed the soft and warm cotton bed in Celestial City's mansion. He also missed his wife and her fluffy tails.
Having too much free time on his hands, Fu Tong was bored. He sat up and checked the storage ring, which Ji Guoli had given him. Two million spirit stones piled into a small mountain, emitting transparent smoke.
These spirit stones contained less Qi than karma coins. One of the coins contained more than 50 million combined spirit stones' worth of Qi. However, anybody who absorbed Qi from a karma coin would be cursed, and they would be forced to serve the King of Karma River. The service length depended on the number of coins used—One thousand years of service for each coin consumed.
On the other hand, spirit stones supplied a low amount of Qi but incurred no side effects, making them a risk-free energy source.
Not every immortal or saint was aware of this fact or the side effects. This information could only be obtained in the sage realm, which transcended karma.
Fu Tong opted for a long game. He put all karma coins in a separate storage ring and withdrew a spirit stone from Ji Guoli's ring. While sitting in a lotus position, he put the finger-sized blue stone into his mouth and kept it on his tongue.
Inhaling a mouthful of air through his mouth, he absorbed Qi from the spirit stone by breathing. After sucking Qi gas into his lungs, he exhaled white fume through his nostrils as though he was smoking.
As Qi gas from the spirit stone entered his lungs, Qi cells within him flocked to his organs and blood circulation system, bringing raw and pure energy to his dantian, which strengthened it and increased Qi volume inside him.
In addition, a droplet of ethereal liquid manifested in his sea of consciousness, full of bookshelves and records of the immortal realm's martial arts, techniques, and information.
Every minute, one drop of ethereal liquid was added to the sea of consciousness while his dantian grew in size. Every lap of blood circulation gave birth to new Qi cells and expanded his maximum energy.
Sensing immediate growth and progress, Fu Tong was absorbed in meditation.
An hour quickly passed. But from Fu Tong's perspective, he felt like it had only been a few seconds. He opened his eyes and spat a black rock—The remains of a used spirit stone.
He tossed the empty battery away and picked another spirit stone. Repeating the process, he put the new rock in his mouth and resumed meditating.
Just like that, Fu Tong spent all night cultivating like a proper cultivator.
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The sun emerged from the horizon, but Fu Tong remained in the bedroom. He tossed the 10th used spirit stone and took a short break. He massaged his sore tongue and grumbled.
'Should I use the other cultivation method? But absorbing Qi through the skin is inefficient, and it leaves behind impurity. Eating them is also bad. I don't wanna get constipation.'
Fu Tong thought of adding more INT and WIS to his stats so that he would automatically acquire information, skills, and techniques from the saint realm or the sage realm. He was also wary of the penalty mission, which might incur if he abused the command console system.
Playing around with the penalty system, Fu Tong chose not to increase his INT or WIS attribute, but he decided to spawn a cultivation manual from the higher realm, which might not violate the Laws of Causality. He summoned the command console and began typing with his voice.
/spawnitem Manual_Eight_Thousand_Drops_of_Purity
Spawning items from the command console didn't require complicated code. Most debug tools allowed admins or game moderators to use basic commands like these to control the environment of the game or spawn items.
As soon as Fu Tong applied the line, the command console automatically closed, and a white plate, made of otherworldly white gemstone, manifested on his lap. He smirked and inspected it.
There was nothing on its surface or behind the plate aside from its smooth and slippery texture. Its corners were also as sharp as a knife, but it deformed when Fu Tong touched its edges.
He deeply inhaled, steeling his heart. Opening his mouth, he took a bite of the gemstone and tore it like a piece of tofu. Chewing the white substances and swallowing them, he prayed.
'Please work.'
It took Fu Tong 10 minutes to eat everything. After gulping down the last piece of blank manual, he dropped his body on the bed, waiting for the effects to hit.
This manual contained a cultivation method from a saint realm. However, it was deemed a low-tier method among the saint-grade manuals due to its absurd training conditions.
First, the practitioner had to consume the plate, which contained the cultivation method. After that, they would acquire the training method through their cursed dream.
Those who practiced this cultivation method would fall asleep automatically every midnight or at a set time. They would find themselves in their sea of consciousness and would be forced to battle their heart demons. They would stuck there until their heart demons were defeated for good.
It sounded easy, but in real practice, the process was annoying. Everybody who tried this method for the first time would get stuck in their sea of consciousness for days, months, or years. However, those with high INT, WIS, and LUCK could shorten the time.
As Fu Tong thought of the manual's inconvenient cons, he fell asleep. His mind was sent to the sea of his consciousness, where all his knowledge, skills, and the library from the dream were contained.
Fu Tong opened his eyes and found himself in the void. The bookshelves full of data collection hovered still while a couple of books, which contained information about the skills and abilities he had used this week, were floating freely in the area.
Not wasting time, Fu Tong looked around, searching for a lurking heart demon, impurity, or anomaly. He had done this so many times in the game, and he knew what to do.
After a quick look, he spotted a small puddle of Pure Liquid Qi, which he had gathered from spirit stones. It glowed in white light, brightening the void. Fu Tong estimated that it would take a while for them to condense into a real sea and reinforce his mental defense.
It didn't take long for him to locate lurking heart demons. 200 meters away from him, a dark shadow silhouette of Jin Yu stood still, trapped in a bird cage, and gazed at him with teary eyes. In front of the shadow was the team of villains and protagonists from the third chapter.
Xiao Han Ce, Yuemei Xie, Yuemei Wuxin, Meng Tianrui, and two youths held their best weapons and were ready to trample on Fu Tong.
It seemed that he needed to subdue these men first.
'Consider it a warm-up before I fight them for real, I guess.'
All the books in the bookshelves were ejected as Fu Tong withdrew the memory to himself. With a wave of his hands, two shining-white halberds manifested. He held the weapons and opened his arms.
At that moment, the six men charged at Fu Tong.