Chapter 094: Cultivation Space

Lin Yi felt somewhat embarrassed after hearing Jiao Yaizi's words. Since Jiao Yaizi said this, he definitely wasn't dreaming, and a person who is dreaming wouldn't be thinking about whether they are dreaming.

"Then where am I now?" Lin Yi, having ruled out the possibility of dreaming, was a bit puzzled. Where was he now? A moment ago, he was on the bed in Chu Mengyao's villa, but the next moment, he was in this inexplicable place.

"This is the fourth-dimensional space inside the jade pendant." Jiao Yaizi couldn't help but snort coldly: "I really can't believe there's someone as stupid as you in the world, making me wait in the jade pendant for so many years, and you finally came in..."

"What? I'm inside the jade pendant?" Although Lin Yi wasn't a coward, he couldn't help but show a look of shock on his face after hearing Jiao Yaizi's words.

"Yes." Jiao Yaizi frowned. Is this the person with a special connection? This person is really too disappointing...

"How did I get in here?" Lin Yi suddenly thought of an important question. Jiao Yaizi had also mentioned that he had been waiting in the jade pendant for many years, and he had just come in...

"You naturally come in when you sleep." Jiao Yaizi said indifferently.

"Huh!?" Lin Yi was stunned: "It's that simple?"

"What did you think, it would be that difficult?" Jiao Yaizi rolled his eyes: "But I have nothing more to say to you. You haven't slept for so many years... You... You... Using my great-uncle's words, you're too awesome, so awesome that you shine."

Lin Yi was speechless. When he obtained the jade pendant, he also received a cultivation manual called the "Xuanyuan Dragon-Slaying Technique." Since then, he had been cultivating according to the manual, using cultivation to replace sleep, and several years had passed...

"I... I have been cultivating the 'Xuanyuan Dragon-Slaying Technique'..." Lin Yi scratched his head, a bit embarrassed.

"Of course, I know you've been cultivating the 'Xuanyuan Dragon-Slaying Technique.' I can see everything inside the jade pendant." Jiao Yaizi snorted: "But I really admire you. You've been doing useless work for so many years, yet you've still persisted. You're even more awesome than the Foolish Old Man."

"Uh... It's not entirely useless... I've already cultivated to the late stage of the first level..." Lin Yi smiled bitterly.

"Huh?" This time, it was Jiao Yaizi's turn to be puzzled. He suddenly stretched out a hand and placed it on Lin Yi's arm. Lin Yi tried to dodge, but Jiao Yaizi's speed was much faster than he expected, almost like teleportation! However, what puzzled Lin Yi was that although Jiao Yaizi seemed to touch him, he felt nothing, as if a phantom had touched him.

"You managed to break through to the late stage of the first level in such a harsh environment outside? You're quite talented." Jiao Yaizi was somewhat surprised.

"Ha—" Hearing Jiao Yaizi's praise, Lin Yi finally showed a smile. Since meeting Jiao Yaizi, he had either been called a fool or sarcastically praised. It turned out to be a backhanded compliment... This time, he finally received a genuine compliment.

"However... it's a pity!" Jiao Yaizi shook his head regretfully: "You could have reached this level in a few months, but it took you nearly ten years! Your talent is wasted, and you've missed the best age for cultivation..."

"Uh..." Lin Yi didn't expect Jiao Yaizi to end with a blow to his confidence. He was speechless. However, Jiao Yaizi's words made Lin Yi somewhat disappointed. Was he destined not to break through? He couldn't help but feel disheartened: "Do you mean I can't break through the first level and advance to the second level?"

"Break through the first level? Is that your goal?" Jiao Yaizi was stunned, not expecting such a low goal.

"Can I continue to break through?" Lin Yi was also stunned.

"If you had come here ten years ago, without exaggeration, you would have already broken through to the third level!" Jiao Yaizi said regretfully: "However, at your current age, although breaking through to the third level isn't impossible, the older you get, the more difficult it becomes!"

"..." Lin Yi felt like crying. He had been so diligent, but it had backfired! After obtaining the "Xuanyuan Dragon-Slaying Technique," he had started to cultivate hard, but it had led to this situation! If he had known, he might as well have just slept!

"Ah, but don't be discouraged. Although you can't become as awesome as my great-uncle, who roamed outer space, breaking through to the third level is still pretty awesome," Jiao Yaizi, seeing Lin Yi's disappointment, tried to console him: "Who knows, maybe a gene mutation will make you super awesome."

Hearing Jiao Yaizi's words, Lin Yi felt a bit more optimistic. If what Jiao Yaizi said was true, it wasn't bad. Just reaching the late stage of the first level of the "Xuanyuan Dragon-Slaying Technique" had brought him countless benefits. Breaking through to the third level would make him even more powerful. Thinking about this, Lin Yi felt he didn't need to be so greedy.

"Do you mean I have a chance to break through the first level now?" Lin Yi, feeling more optimistic, was naturally a bit excited.

"Of course." Jiao Yaizi nodded: "The energy in this space is several times, even tens of times, stronger than outside. Your cultivation speed here will be several times faster than outside, especially when you're about to break through. Because of the harsh environment outside, the energy is sparse and cannot provide the massive energy needed for the breakthrough, which is the main reason you couldn't break through before."

"Ah?" This was the first time Lin Yi had heard about energy. When he cultivated, he indeed absorbed something similar to true qi from nature, but he didn't know what it was. Perhaps in some martial arts novels, it was called true qi, but Jiao Yaizi referred to it as "energy."

"However, I advise you to stop talking and start cultivating. The mechanism of the stone door was set up by my great-uncle himself. Even if I were the real me, I couldn't force it open!" Jiao Yaizi glanced at Lin Yi and said indifferently: "If you don't want to miss this five-year period, don't waste time."

Lin Yi was shocked! Indeed, the five-year period was about to end, and he hadn't expected to accidentally discover this shocking secret of the jade pendant!

He had originally thought the jade pendant was just a mysterious object that could predict good and bad fortune, but he hadn't expected it to be a cultivation space! And there was someone named Jiao Yaizi waiting for him inside!

From Jiao Yaizi's previous words, Lin Yi had roughly understood that the "Xuanyuan Dragon-Slaying Technique" and the jade pendant were left by Jiao Yaizi's great-uncle. He didn't know what kind of awesome person this great-uncle was, but he knew he had hit the jackpot!