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C16 A Valid Reason?

After looking at the Level-10 stone's dust pile, Chu Zhongtian could only helplessly stop cultivating. If he tried to cultivate by relying solely on the scattered Qi, without support from any external item, his improvement rate would take a steep fall.

Actually, he had already tried that. Cultivating without relying on any external help, I mean. Not long after entering Level-2, he tried to absorb the scattered Qi using only his talent; as a result, he felt like he was trying to watch a 4K movie with a 2G connection.

After enjoying a 5G connection, the 2G experience almost made Chu Zhongtian lose it. He just couldn't accept the snail's pace of Qi accumulation.

The slow improvement walk could've given him internal demons, so he could only stop helplessly.

Chu Zhongtian got up, stretched his arms and legs, and then began walking around the cave.

He decided to move his joints a bit and use that time to think.

Since Chu Zhongtian had no spirit stones to assist him, he pondered how to return to the Chu Family.

From the day he ran away from Qi Yiloong to the day he became a Level-2 Qi Refiner to the present day, a month had passed.

In simple words, it had been a month since any human saw an alive Chu Zhongtian. Perhaps those people from the Chu Family had long thought that he had died in Endless Forest. If he suddenly returned to Luolin Town, he had to give those who thought he had died a convincing reason for his wellbeing.

Apart from that, Chu Zhongtian was no longer the useless trash who couldn't cultivate; instead, he was someone who went from trash to Level-2 Qi Refiner in a month. This kind of cultivation speed far exceeds his peak Level-8 talent. Should he inform the higher-ups of his family about this matter?

This matter was another thing that worried Chu Zhongtian to no end. The only reason he could cultivate now was thanks to his “copy-paste” ability—an ability he got due to his transmigration. A power that could shake the heavens shouldn’t be disclosed so easily, right?

Other than him, this kind of heaven-defying ability absolutely couldn't be known by a second person.

However, if he didn’t tell his family about the ability, he couldn’t return to his house. Then, he would’ve to cultivate by relying on himself in the future. He would have to fight for all the resources he needed. And if he encountered some life-threatening danger, he would’ve to deal with it on his own.

‘No!’

Chu Zhongtian quickly rejected this idea. Cultivating alone in the cruel and competitive environment of the Eternal Continent was simply too unrealistic. Let alone gathering cultivation resources—he might even struggle with survival!

Even those famous experts who seemed to be lone rangers actually had powerful forces behind them. Otherwise, they would have died in the hands of some other guy who belonged to a sect.

Furthermore, apart from spirit stones, pills, and divine weapons, a cultivator also needed high-grade cultivation methods.

Take Taixuan Heart Sutra as an example. After becoming a peak Body Refiner, Chu Zhongtian would’ve to rely on the third level of the Taixuan Heart Sutra to break through further. However, the Chu Family patriarch, Chu Tianyun, had a firm grasp over the third level of this cultivation method. So, if he went rogue, how could he cultivate any further?

Chu Zhongtian had to inform his family that he could cultivate again and reveal his extraordinary talent to attract the attention of the higher-ups of his family. At that time, Chu Zhongtian could have it all, be it higher grade cultivation methods, advanced martial skills, or a massive amount of cultivation resources,

As for the assassination plots from other forces, Chu Zhongtian wasn't afraid of them. If a cultivator wanted to stand out from the crowd and reach the apex, they had to swim through a sea of blood. If he cowered in the face of some unknown assassination, he would probably amount to nothing in his entire life.

Furthermore, the higher-ups of the family would not let a peerless genius like Chu Zhongtian be in danger: they would secretly protect him for sure.

What Chu Zhongtian needed now was a valid reason that could explain his newfound cultivation.

"That's right, Meridian Protection Pill!" While thinking about a convincing reason, Chu Zhongtian recalled a pill that the Chu Family alchemist mentioned.

Back then, after Chu Zhongtian became a cripple due to some battle’s aftermath, the Chu Family tried everything they could to heal his meridians. After all, they couldn’t just let a peak Level-8 talent go to waste. In the entire Qi Country, a talent like that was hard to come by even in a hundred years.

As long as someone with such a top-tier talent didn’t do anything stupid—like getting caught in the aftermath of some battle—they were bound to become a peak Body Refiner. Furthermore, even a breakthrough to the realm after the Body Refining realm wouldn’t be difficult for them.

Back then, not only was Chu Zhontian talented but he was also considered quite mature for his age. Otherwise, the higher-ups and patriarch of the Chu Family wouldn't have allowed someone from a branch family to cultivate the Taixuan Heart Sutra—something only the patriarch cultivated.

After Chu Zhongtian's meridians were damaged, the Chu Family also sought help from their resident alchemist. After much research, he discovered a pill that could wholly heal Chu Zhongtian’s meridians.

The Meridian Protection Pill was a low Level-7 pill. The ingredients needed to refine it weren't very precious. With the Chu Family's strength, they could’ve easily collected the herbs. However, to refine these ingredients into a Meridian Protection Pill, one had to be a Level-7 alchemist.

Let alone the Qi Country—one couldn’t find a Level-7 alchemist even in its surrounding ten kingdoms!

Only a stronger dynasty would have a Level-7 alchemist. Unfortunately, the Chu Family's resident alchemist was a mere Level-9 one, so he couldn’t refine the Meridian Protection Pill.

Chu Zhongtian thought about it carefully. He felt that this excuse was enough to convince everyone. So he put down his worries and started thinking about how to return to the Chu Family safely.

Whenever he went out to gather fruits, he confirmed that the path was safe. So, Chu Zhongtian was confident that he could cross Level-9 strange beasts’ territory safely.

It was the Level-10 beasts’ territory that gave Chu Zhongtian a headache. Why? Well, for starters, when the Chu Family experts entered the Endless Forests, they barged in with sheer brute force. Since they had simply killed all the Level-10 beasts they had encountered, there was no safe route that Chu Zhongtian could pick now.

With Chu Zhongtian's current strength and lack of combat experience, he was no match for a beast of the same realm. Not to mention, within Level 10 beasts’ territory, there lived some even stronger strange beasts.

Although the Strange Beast in Endless Forest was very dangerous, as long as Chu Zhongtian encountered the docile ones or didn't provoke the powerful ones, he could still escape with his life. However, the most dangerous thing in the Endless Forest wasn’t the beasts but the humans.

Cultivators who entered the Endless Forest all had their lives on the line, so they were as ruthless as one could be. If Chu Zhongtian encountered them, he would definitely lose his life.

"Forget it! I don't want to think about it anymore. Whether I can return alive or not will depend on my luck." Chu Zhongtian could not predict the dangers he would encounter, nor could he come up with a safe route, so he decided to take it one step at a time.

"Next, I need to learn some martial skills. That way, I’ll have a bit more confidence.”

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