The remaining five elixirs, he dared not consume them; they must be preserved for emergencies.
Even if he were to enter the Endless Forest, he would need to prepare some Spirit Revitalizing Pills for recovery of Spiritual Power after battling spirit beasts.
After all, his Night Moon Saint Body is unique, suffering the drawback of being unable to recover Spiritual Power during the daytime.
"However, I still have one question. Why can five Spirit Revitalizing Pills nearly increase a full level of cultivation?"
Soon, Ling Chen calmed down.
If everyone progresses at this rate, wouldn't every triple-level Cultivator be able to advance to the fourth level of the Qi Condensation Realm in a month with just five Spirit Revitalizing Pills?
Yet, within the family, there are not a few at the third level of the Qi Condensation Realm.
As he knows, for regular Cultivators, advancing from the third to the fourth level of the Qi Condensation Realm takes at least half a year.
Based on the consumption of Spirit Revitalizing Pills, thirty pills plus the regularly absorbed nature's spiritual energy are needed to advance one level.
One person takes five, another thirty—that's a sixfold difference!
"There's only one possibility then: different people have different absorption effects with the elixirs."
Ling Chen had a realization.
Only such an explanation could account for such a disparity.
Taking five pills, he is equivalent to someone else taking more than thirty pills.
Realizing this point, Ling Chen felt even more reassured.
With such a rate of cultivation, it might not be long before he could rescue his father.
At this moment, it was still morning.
After taking the elixirs, Ling Chen found himself with nothing to do.
Having mastered his Spirit Art, and unable to cultivate Spiritual Power during the day, he didn't dare to frivolously use his Spirit Art to waste Spiritual Power.
Thus, he found he lacked the earlier fulfilment of the Physical Body Realm, instead feeling somewhat empty.
"It looks like, I'll have to reverse my day and night!"
Ling Chen murmured to himself in his heart.
Only by resting during the day and cultivating at night, could he maximize his cultivation progress and strength.
Seeing the sun nearly at its zenith, Ling Chen reluctantly grabbed a thin blanket and went to the courtyard.
"Young Master, you're going to sleep again?"
Ling Wu, who was cooking, looked astonished.
She thought that the Young Master sleeping during the day yesterday was due to the exhaustion of his mind and soul.
She never expected the Young Master to repeat the same today.
Could it be that the Young Master has become lazy since advancing to the Qi Condensation Realm?
With that thought in mind, Ling Wu advised, "Young Master, the Qi Condensation Realm is just the first realm for a Cultivator. Above it, there are higher and deeper realms like the Spirit Sea Realm. You must not slack off!"
Even though she was a maid, she felt the Young Master should not fall into such decay.
Hearing this, Ling Chen revealed a wry smile.
This matter, he really couldn't explain.
"Xiao Wu, I have my own sense of balance."
That was all Ling Chen could explain.
After speaking, he lay down on the lounge chair and began to rest.
The sunlight today was very good; warm on his body, Ling Chen soon fell asleep again.
"Young Master, it's time to eat."
Ling Wu came to call Ling Chen for a meal, only to find he had already fallen asleep.
"Young Master, you!"
Ling Wu was both amused and frustrated.
She had just persuaded Ling Chen to cultivate earnestly, but in no time, he had fallen into the same pattern again.
"Forget it."
Ling Wu shook her head, pulled up the thin blanket a bit, and then left.
Perhaps the Young Master has overexerted himself while cultivating in the Physical Body Realm previously, and now having just advanced to the Qi Condensation Realm, he wishes to rest properly.
Over the next three days, Ling Chen did not leave the house.
He started living a reversed day and night cycle.
Sleeping during the day to replenish energy.
Cultivating at night to enhance his strength.
It must be said, Ling Chen's physique is exceptionally strong and peculiar.
Over three days, Ling Chen had yet another breakthrough, reaching the early phase of the fifth level of the Qi Condensation Realm.
And that was purely relying on nature's spiritual energy!
He hadn't even taken a single elixir!
Regarding Ling Wu sleeping during the day, she really had no words left.
She had advised him numerous times, yet Ling Chen would casually agree before dozing off, almost infuriating her to death.
If it wasn't for her being only in the Physical Body Realm, and not a match for Ling Chen at all, she would likely have laid hands on him already.
Lord Tianxing had once saved her life and adopted her, instructing her to take good care of Ling Chen.
However, seeing the current state of Young Master Chen, she was truly anxious in her heart.
Even if the young master wanted to hit or kill her, she couldn't stand by and watch him continue to degenerate like this.
On the fourth day, Ling Chen once again lay down on the lounge chair and fell asleep.
Ling Wu could not bear it any longer and was about to wake Ling Chen.
Just then, a majestic voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard: "Is Ling Chen here?"
Hearing this, Ling Wu did not dare to delay, hastily opening the main gate and welcoming the Law Enforcement Team in.
The Law Enforcement Team consisted of six people, led by a young man in black clothes, who was also from the younger generation of the Ling Family.
As the six of them entered, they saw Ling Chen asleep on the lounge chair, almost popping their eyes out.
"Sleeping during the daytime?"
The young man in black trembled with anger.
His Ling Family was one of the three great noble families in Guangling City, never before had such an incompetent disciple emerged!
Such a prime time, yet wasted like this, not being used for cultivation?
Ling Chen, he was certainly familiar with, once considered a genius that would rise within the Ling Family.
On the day of awakening, he was also in the Awakening Hall to witness, but saw Ling Chen fail the awakening and faint.
It was later heard that Ling Chen suddenly succeeded in awakening on his own, possessing a five-star talent.
This time he came after hearing someone report that Ling Chen was secretly learning Spirit Art, but he did not expect to see such a disgraceful scene!
"Ling Chen!"
The young man in black roared angrily.
In this roar, he also utilized his Spiritual Power, like a clap of thunder, exploding right next to Ling Chen's ear.
"Who?"
Ling Chen finally woke up, opened his eyes, and looked towards the newcomer with confusion.
Ling Wu was so scared that she shuddered.
The other five members of the Law Enforcement Team remained silent as cicadas in winter, understanding that their team leader was truly furious this time.
Ling Chen wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and quickly stood up, facing the young man in black, and said: "Greetings to Enforcement Officer Xiao!"
This person was named Ling Xiao, reportedly with the cultivation level of the ninth stage of the Condensation Realm, a noteworthy figure in the Punishment Hall's Law Enforcement Team.
Also among the younger generation, he was someone quite fearsome.
What was fearsome was not his cultivation level, but his cultivation talent was only five stars.
Despite that, his cultivation level was no weaker than other geniuses of eight or even nine stars!
"What were you just doing?"
Ling Xiao questioned coldly.
He really hadn't seen such a wasteful individual before, with such good time not used for cultivation but instead sleeping soundly; he truly had seen it now.
Ling Chen paused, then responded: "Sleeping!"
"Is this the time to sleep?"
Ling Xiao roared in frustration.
Ling Chen had previously carried the hopes of the entire Ling Family, but ended up failing the awakening outright. Now, he didn't know how he had succeeded in awakening, though he only had five-star talent, surely he shouldn't be so self-destructive?
He himself had five-star talent, but now just past twenty, he had reached the ninth level of the Condensation Realm, nearly touching the threshold of the Spirit Sea Realm.
What he despised the most were these individuals who wasted their talents!
"Oh, I didn't rest well last night,"
Ling Chen explained.
He had been cultivating all last night; he really hadn't slept.
"Still dare to talk back?"
Ling Xiao glared.
He now somewhat doubted the claim made by Ling Fei that Ling Chen had secretly learned Thunder Sound Fist. How could such a lazy person successfully cultivate Spirit Art? Moreover, this guy had only awakened seven days ago.
Ling Chen smiled and chose to remain silent.
He knew very well that no matter what he said, the other party wouldn't believe him, so there was no point in wasting words.
Seeing Ling Chen silent, Ling Xiao's anger somewhat subsided, finally realizing his own mistake?
"Fine, let this matter pass for now, but if I catch you again, I will not forgive you!"
Ling Xiao coldly huffed.
Being the captain of the Law Enforcement Team, he naturally had the power to punish. For a youth like Ling Chen, he had plenty of ways to discipline. For example, directly stopping the distribution of Spirit Revitalizing Pills, stripping the monthly allowance, and so on.