Returned to his residence, Ling Chen began experimenting in his room.
Although he already had over a dozen spiritual power circulation paths in his mind, he still needed to confirm whether he had truly succeeded in cultivation.
"Thunder Sound Fist!"
Ling Chen bellowed, as the spiritual power inside him followed the circulation path in his mind, finally gathering in the fist of his right hand.
"Boom!"
With a step forward, Ling Chen fiercely struck out with his fist. Immediately, a deep, thunderous sound emanated from the air, followed by a burst of dazzling black light from his fist, much brighter than the usual spiritual power he used.
"A fist as swift as lightning, a sound like thunder! Indeed, it's the Thunder Sound Fist!"
Ling Chen's face lit up with excitement.
"Mystic Yin Palm!"
"Azure Sky Claw!"
...
Ling Chen tested each spiritual power circulation path in his mind. Without exception, he could easily execute both low and middle-grade spirit arts, whether they were movement techniques or attack spiritual techniques.
In just two hours, he managed to master over a dozen spirit arts. This speed, if known, would probably scare many people.
You should know that for an average cultivator, mastering a single spirit art could take at least a day or two, and some even several months.
However, for Ling Chen, it took mere hours to learn over a dozen spirit arts!
However, after executing only about half of these spirit arts, Ling Chen had to stop because the spiritual power in his body was nearly depleted.
Since he could only perceive nature's spiritual energy at night, he had no way to replenish his spiritual power during the day.
Having a variety of spirit arts but lacking the spiritual power was enough to make Ling Chen feel like crying without tears.
His unique physique did allow rapid cultivation; in just two nights, he had advanced to the late second level of the Gas Condensation stage, and his spiritual power was even comparable to the third level of Gas Condensation.
But this drawback was too obvious!
Unable to cultivate during the day? How could he possibly manage?
Other cultivators, after exhausting their spiritual power, could rotate their spiritual techniques to recover. But even with spiritual techniques, he had no place in the daytime.
He couldn't sense nature's spiritual energy at all—how was he supposed to cultivate?
"No, I need to find a way to solve this! Otherwise, once my spiritual power is exhausted, won't I be just like in the Physical Body Realm?"
Ling Chen felt the scant remaining spiritual power inside him and his brain started working rapidly.
"Besides refining nature's spiritual energy to replenish spiritual power, I can also use elixirs or spiritual liquids. Previously, when I was in the Physical Body Realm and used Body Tempering Spirit Liquid for cultivation, it seems it was mostly done during the day. That means I can take elixirs or spiritual liquids."
Ling Chen pondered.
"Never mind elixirs for now, I can't afford those. But I could try using spiritual liquids."
With that thought, Ling Chen rushed out of his room and came to the door of Ling Wu's room, knocking.
Since reaching the peak of Physical Body Realm, he had given all his spiritual liquids to Ling Wu.
After all, spiritual liquids were basically useless for someone at the peak of the Physical Body Realm.
"Young Master, you're back? Did the Family Head say anything?"
Ling Wu looked at Ling Chen, worry flashing in her beautiful eyes.
On the day of the awakening, the Family Head had treated Ling Chen very poorly. She was worried that the Family Head had said some harsh words to him again.
"I am fine."
Ling Chen smiled. "Xiao Wu, that Body Tempering Spirit Liquid, could you give me some?"
"Ah?"
Ling Wu was stunned.
Of course, she knew that the Body Tempering Spirit Liquid was useless for someone at the peak of the Physical Body Realm.
But she quickly responded with a smile, "Sure." Saying this, she took out a bottle and handed it to Ling Chen.
That Body Tempering Spirit Liquid was originally given to her by Ling Chen. As a maid, she had no right to use it. Though she was unclear about what the Young Master wanted it for, she still promptly handed it over.
"Alright! Don't worry, I will return it to you!"
After saying this, Ling Chen couldn't wait any longer and left, leaving Ling Wu with a stunned expression.
Upon returning to his room, Ling Chen immediately took out a drop of Body Tempering Spirit Liquid and swallowed it.
In the Physical Body Realm, the Body Tempering Spirit Liquid transforms into a special, gentle energy that refines the entire physical body from skin and flesh to viscera and bones.
This time, however, it was markedly different.
The gentle energy in the Body Tempering Spirit Liquid unexpectedly transformed into a thread of Black Spiritual Power. Without using any Spiritual Technique, it easily morphed into Spiritual Power and surged towards the Spiritual Power nebula within his Dantian.
"It really works!"
Ling Chen's eyes lit up.
This meant he could indeed cultivate using the Body Tempering Spirit Liquid. However, the amount of Spiritual Power was too little. Even if he consumed the entire bottle of Body Tempering Spirit Liquid, it would only restore about one percent of his Spiritual Power.
"How much Body Tempering Spirit Liquid would I need to fully replenish my Spiritual Power?"
Ling Chen looked dejected.
Furthermore, he was presently only at the second layer of the Qi Condensation Realm. As his cultivation level increased, the amount of Body Tempering Spirit Liquid required would probably reach an astronomical figure!
"It seems quite far-fetched to think that I could recover my Spiritual Power solely through Body Tempering Spirit Liquid."
Ling Chen shook his head and said, "Do I really have to use those exceedingly expensive Elixirs?"
For cultivators in the Qi Condensation Realm, there were Elixirs specifically for restoring Spiritual Power, known as Spirit Revitalizing Pills. As for the price—about ten Gold Coins each.
Currently, Ling Chen's fortune amounted to roughly one hundred and twenty Gold Coins, savings accumulated over several years. That would be enough for only twelve Spirit Revitalizing Pills.
Out of necessity, Ling Chen had to leave his residence again and go to the family's Spiritual Medicine Hall, where he spent thirty Gold Coins to purchase three Spirit Revitalizing Pills.
Of course, when buying the Spirit Revitalizing Pills, one inevitably endured all kinds of mocking and ridicule.
However, Ling Chen didn't mind.
Back in his room, looking at the Elixir in his hand which was red all over and emitted a peculiar fragrance, Ling Chen licked his lips and cautiously nibbled off a tiny bit.
It was said that even though Elixirs contained refined nature's spiritual energy, they were still different from the Spiritual Power inside a cultivator's body.
He couldn't be careless, as excessive nature's spiritual energy from the Elixir could burst his body!
After all, he hadn't cultivated any Spiritual Technique!
Despite this, Ling Chen felt somewhat confident; after all, he had previously swallowed the Body Tempering Spirit Liquid. Although there was a difference between the Spirit Liquid and the Elixirs, they were somewhat similar. Therefore, his Night Moon Sacred Body should be able to refine the Elixir!
The tiny piece of Elixir instantly transformed into a stream of pure Spiritual Energy upon entering his mouth and surged into his viscera.
Just to be safe, he quickly mobilized the Spiritual Power in his Dantian to envelop the incoming Spiritual Energy, ensuring that even if the Spiritual Energy behaved erratically, it wouldn't cause too much damage to his body!
After the Spiritual Energy entered his body, there was almost no reaction, and it almost instantly turned into a stream of Black Spiritual Power, merging with his Protective Spiritual Power.
"Phew!"
Ling Chen exhaled deeply.
His Night Moon Sacred Body was exceptionally peculiar and incredible; it could directly refine the incoming Spiritual Energy into Spiritual Power without any need for a Spiritual Technique, truly beyond astonishing.
Next, Ling Chen, his face grimacing from the pain of the cost, swallowed the Spirit Revitalizing Pill.
"Boom!"
The Spirit Revitalizing Pill immediately transformed into pure nature's spiritual energy, and in just a few breaths, it all turned into Black Spiritual Power.
"That fast?"
Ling Chen was extremely surprised.
He had heard that normally, cultivators needed to spend half a two-hour period to fully refine a Spirit Revitalizing Pill, and that included the use of a Spiritual Technique. Yet, it took him only a few breaths, wasn't this efficiency difference a bit too vast?
"If that's the case, as long as I have enough Spirit Revitalizing Pills, wouldn't my Spiritual Power be virtually inexhaustible?"
Ling Chen was excited.
Of course, that was just wishful thinking; currently, he only had the pitiful amount of two more Spirit Revitalizing Pills.
"It seems I need to figure out a way to make some money!"
Ling Chen started scheming.