Chapter 24

Today's First Update!

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After collecting a lot of spring water from the mountain spring, he returned to his room and began to make spirit spring water. In the evening, he locked the door and tied a rope to it, with the other end tied to his arm, so that he would immediately notice if the door was opened.

After drinking several large mouthfuls of spring water, a warm current surged within him, and Wang Lin immediately grasped the bead and entered the dream space.

In the boundless dream, Wang Lin sat cross-legged, breathing in and out. The luminous bodies around him emitted soft beams of light when Wang Lin closed his eyes to cultivate. The light spots fell on him, quietly and silently penetrating his body. Wang Lin was completely unaware of all this.

After about a day, the spirit energy in his body from the spring water dissipated completely. However, this time, he clearly felt a difference in his body. In the past, after drinking the medicinal soup, although a warm current would appear in his body, it would eventually dissipate completely over time.

But this time was different. Although it still dissipated, a trace of it remained in his body. Although it wasn't much, it gave Wang Lin great confidence. He pondered for a long time, unable to figure out the reason, and finally attributed the mystery to the mysterious bead.

Because he couldn't leave the dream at will and couldn't replenish the spring water, Wang Lin tried breathing exercises for a long time. He eventually discovered that this dream was different from the outside world. Outside, when he practiced breathing, although he didn't feel the sensation of spiritual energy entering his body like ants climbing, after a month of persistence, he found that he felt refreshed and comfortable every time he meditated.

But here, after the spirit energy from the spring water dissipated and he practiced breathing, he didn't feel that comfortable sensation. Instead, if he meditated for too long, he would feel shortness of breath and chest tightness.

After a moment of contemplation, Wang Lin vaguely had a guess. Perhaps everything was related to the spirit energy. There was no spirit energy in the dream space!

The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was correct. He frowned and muttered to himself, "If only I could bring the spring water from outside into the dream."

Thinking about this, he suddenly felt a stirring in his heart and looked down at himself, his face showing a puzzled expression.

He was wearing the red clothes of an inner disciple, which puzzled Wang Lin. He quickly felt the place in his chest where he kept his storage bag and found that it had disappeared.

"The clothes can appear in the dream space, but the storage bag cannot..." He thought for a while and decided to experiment after he left to see what items could be brought into the dream and what could not.

Time passed quickly, and after twenty-five hours, the tearing sensation reappeared, and Wang Lin woke up in reality.

He still had a question in his mind: why could he only last for two and a half hours each time. With this question, he poured the spring water into a gourd and put it in his pocket, preparing to enter the dream.

But this time, no matter how long he stared at the bead, he didn't feel any drowsiness. Wang Lin was startled and then thought carefully for a long time, suppressing his worry, and closed his eyes to practice breathing.

Gradually, his breathing became steady, and the earth's spirit energy was continuously absorbed into his body, dissipating while also accumulating a trace. However, this was still far from the first layer of the Qi Condensation stage.

A day passed as he practiced breathing. During this time, he would occasionally pick up the gourd of spring water and drink the spirit energy water to maintain a sufficient level of spirit energy in his body.

In addition, he repeatedly held the stone bead, trying to enter the dream, but he was never successful.

When night fell again, he opened his eyes and could faintly feel that the trace of spirit energy in his body was slightly more. If it were any other time, he would have been very excited, but now, he was restless. He picked up the stone bead again and stared at it. Suddenly, drowsiness surged, and Wang Lin's face showed a look of joy. He quickly averted his gaze, and after a while, the drowsiness subsided slightly.

He stood up, stroked his chin, and pondered in the room for a long time, recalling the details of his previous four entries into the dream. In the end, he discovered a problem.

The first two entries were consecutive. The third entry was after observing the oil lamp for more than two hours. The fourth entry was after a whole day.

From this, he deduced that there was a certain limit to entering the dream. The safe method was to wait at least two and a half hours between each entry to ensure success.

After solving this problem, Wang Lin began to prepare to experiment with what items could be brought into the dream. He gathered many things for this experiment, including three gourds: one with the remaining dew, one empty, and one with spring water.

He also put the broken stone bowl fragments in his pocket, along with sweet potatoes, clothes, and other items, all wrapped around his body. Only then did he stare at the bead and enter the dream.

In the dream, Wang Lin immediately checked his body. The sweet potatoes, clothes, and stone bowl fragments were all there, but the three gourds and the storage bag were missing.

Puzzled, he suddenly thought that there was no spirit energy in the dream space. A thought arose in his mind: only ordinary items, or items without any spirit energy, could be brought into the dream.

The three gourds and the storage bag all contained some spirit energy, so they couldn't be brought in.

Sighing lightly, Wang Lin became troubled. If he couldn't bring the gourd in, drinking a few mouthfuls of spring water before entering the dream wouldn't be enough for him to cultivate here.

Thinking about this, he suddenly felt a stirring in his mind, as if he had grasped something important but couldn't quite put his finger on it. This ambiguous feeling immediately made him fall into deep thought, pondering and organizing his thoughts.

After a long time, his face showed a look of joy as he realized the key to the problem. The spring water was full of spirit energy and couldn't be brought in, but after drinking it, it didn't disappear in the dream.

In other words, this wasn't an absolute rule. If he could think of a way, he might be able to bring the spirit energy water into the dream.

After waiting for twenty-five hours, Wang Lin immediately left the room and wandered in the mountain, gathering a few wild gourds and returning quickly.

He believed that the reason the previous three gourds couldn't be brought into the dream was that they had been filled with dew for a long time, causing them to contain a certain amount of spirit energy.

Now, using freshly picked gourds to hold the spirit energy water, he might be able to deceive the dream and bring them in.

After two and a half hours, Wang Lin, with four gourds hanging from his body, entered the dream. The moment he entered, he immediately checked his body and was pleasantly surprised to find that all the gourds were there.

Opening one, he found that the spring water hadn't disappeared. He took a sip and found that it still contained spirit energy. Excited, Wang Lin drank a large mouthful and sat cross-legged, beginning to cultivate with full concentration.

Each time the spirit energy in his body dissipated, he immediately drank a few mouthfuls of spring water. Gradually, a trace of spirit energy slowly accumulated in his body, gradually changing his constitution and approaching the first layer of the Qi Condensation stage.

The luminous bodies around him again turned into light spots, silently penetrating his body.

With Wang Lin's spiritual root talent, if he didn't have the mysterious bead or the spirit energy liquid, it would take him several years to successfully reach the first layer of the Qi Condensation stage. If he had the Spirit Transformation Grass, it would take at least thirty to fifty years.

Sun Dazhu's month of medicinal soup shortened this process. Wang Lin accidentally dissipated his cultivation, removing the Spirit Transformation Grass, but even so, it would take about ten years to cultivate. But now, with no lack of spirit energy and the dream space that increased time tenfold, the first layer of the Qi Condensation stage was within reach.