After Bai Yunsheng and Lei Jiangxue took a bath together and decided to start their relationship over from scratch, the girl left for her job as the mayor. Although you couldn't tell from her face, you could see that her gaze had become softer and her presence less oppressive.
Bai Yunsheng himself walked into the backyard and sat down in the lotus position, taking a deep breath.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xiao Ran playing with Lei Jiangxue's sleeping white tiger tail.
Seeing this, Bai Yunsheng chuckled and closed his eyes.
"Well... The martial arts tournament will start in three weeks, and I need to get stronger before then!"
With these thoughts, Bai Yunsheng recalled all the cultivation methods from the xianxia novels of his past life, Lin Fan, as well as some parts of his sister's novel.
"Even though Zhou Yulong is living his third life and perhaps not only his life, the butterfly effect will only affect future events. So the structure of the world, techniques, artifacts, etc. will remain the same!"
Bai Yunsheng concentrated and faintly felt a warm energy inside himself.
"In this world, every person has "Three Cores" regardless of whether you are a cultivator or not!"
"The Dao Core is an intangible sphere in the abdomen that is responsible for your strength, which is essentially the most common cultivation in all xianxia novels!"
"The Body Core is the dark energy that flows through a person's body, which is responsible for your physical strength, endurance, agility, recovery speed, etc. In the novel, all cultivators rely on the Dao core, and the Body core is only pumped up by demons or people who do not have the talent for cultivation. Therefore, everyone believed that the Body Core was the basis of cultivation only for followers of the demonic path..." Bai Yunsheng thought to himself and frowned. - "That was until one girl appeared who proved otherwise..."
Opening his eyes, Bai Yunsheng saw Xiao Ran lying next to the white tiger and sleeping.
Sighing, he went into the house and brought a blanket, covering the fox girl and the tiger with it.
"And these two have become good friends during this time..." Bai Yunsheng said to himself, looking at the sight of the sleeping girl and the white tiger.
"The novel said that the white tiger was an ordinary albino tiger that Lei Jiangxue picked up in the mountains when she was little. Because the unusual kitten looked like the white tiger from the old fairy tales, she decided to name it "Baihu" and from then on, they became inseparable until the very end..."
After walking a little further away from them, Bai Yunsheng sat down in the lotus position again and felt the warm energy once again.
Concentrating, he channeled this energy through the blood vessels in his body.
The negative energy he had recently absorbed from the courtesans merged with the energy in his body, strengthening and thickening his circulation.
*Haa... Haa... Phew...*
Bai Yunsheng breathed heavily during this process. Due to the nature of the negative energy itself, which was quite poisonous, Bai Yunsheng felt like his blood vessels were expanding and squeezing his organs.
The scorching sun during the day only made it worse. He sweated profusely, feeling as if he was being boiled alive.
Gritting his teeth, Bai Yunsheng refused to make any sound and endured this sensation.
Continuing to merge the negative energy and the body's energy, as well as conduct them through the blood vessels, Bai Yunsheng decided to separate them.
Bai Yunsheng filtered half of the energy that he had just circulated and sent it to his brain... Little by little... Step by step...
Taking a deep breath, Bai Yunsheng exhaled a thick black smoke and felt a slight sense of relief.
The energy that flowed into his brain strengthened his consciousness, and opening his eyes, Bai Yunsheng felt lighter.
"Excellent! The fusion of negative energy and body energy has helped me strengthen my Body Core! My vision has become clearer now!" Bai Yunsheng thought as he noticed a small butterfly eating an insect from a long distance away.
After a little warm-up, Bai Yunsheng threw a straight punch into the air. From the outside, his fist seemed stronger, and his body emitted a faint aura.
"My physical attributes have also increased! I think I can now defeat a Nascent Soul (4) cultivator with my bare hands!"
"Considering that I am a Golden Core (3) cultivator myself, victory is assured! Of course, that will happen if Zhou Yulong somehow doesn't reach Golden Core (3) by then... Although there is no need to worry about someone's "talent"!"
Bai Yunsheng chuckled as he picked up the needles and aimed at the targets.
"Oh yeah! I told you about the three cores that every person is born with, regardless of whether they are connected with cultivation or not!" Bai Yunsheng suddenly remembered, throwing 4 needles and instantly hitting his target.
With a deep sigh, he continued throwing needles.
"The third core is an artificial core, which is where all the shit starts in the novel!" he thought with a gloomy face, throwing more needles than he originally wanted.
"The empty core is the name of the core that Zhou Yulong tuned himself to in the novel. This core is located inside the heart and in order to cultivate it, special "worms" are needed. These worms can be obtained in different ways. Artificially or by "catching" them."
Every person has an empty core and the speed of "advancement" depends on the size of this core"
"For example, if you have a small empty core, you will cultivate quickly, but you will also quickly reach the limit. And if you have a large core, you will cultivate slowly, but you can cultivate for at least 1,000 years before you reach the limit!"
"In the novel, many cultivators want a small core because they need "resources" to advance. A small empty core requires few resources, and a large core requires a lot of rare and expensive resources. Therefore, preference was always given to a small core. Although with a large core, you will a priori be stronger than a cultivator with a small core!"
Bai Yunsheng took a deep breath and massaged his temples.
"If I remember correctly, Zhou Yulong accidentally found the "Misty Turtle Worm", which helps in the speed of cultivating the empty core. He just had a big empty core..."
Continuing his training, Bai Yunsheng moved on to physical exercises and looked at the sleeping Xiao Ran and Baihu out of the corner of his eye.
"Even though I haven't finished reading the novel, it seems like Li Yuhua didn't have any worm. All she had was dual cultivation!"
Bai Yunsheng stopped his exercises, and a slight smile adorned his melancholic face.
"I wonder who the lucky guy is~" Bai Yunsheng said out loud and looked up at the sky with a slight smile, enjoying the fresh air and the gentle wind that caressed his cheek...
***
At the same time, while Bai Yunsheng was lost in thought, a young woman with black hair and a red right eye was walking around Wujiang. She was wearing black clothes that did not hinder her movements, and she had a black eye patch over her left eye.
Lei Jiangxue, after deciding to start over with her husband, went on patrol around Wujiang.
Her face was cold and distant, but something about her behavior was different.
The locals she passed by everyone bowed to her as a greeting to the mayor, to which she responded in kind.
All those passing by were surprised by her unusual behavior.
— Is this really Mrs. Lei Jiangxue!?
— I agree, she usually doesn't pay attention to anyone and doesn't even look!
— And now she even says hello in return!!! — the residents of Wujiang whispered among themselves.
Lei Jiangxue didn't pay attention to their gossip, perfectly understanding the reason for such a reaction.
When she stopped at a small snack stand, Lei Jiangxue heard someone shout at her from behind.
— I didn't expect to meet you here, mayor! — a man's light voice rang out.
Turning around, Lei Jiangxue saw a tall man with black hair tied in a bun and black eyes. He was dressed in very expensive clothes, holding an expensive-looking fan in his hand, and walking around him were guards. Lei Jiangxue frowned.
"What do you want?" she asked in a cold voice, recognizing the man who approached.
"Yan Pantu is the son of the head of the defense ministry and one of my advisers. And also the last one I want to see!" Lei Jiangxue thought to herself irritably, looking at Yan Pantu.
"I just didn't expect to see the city's leader shirking his work and walking around the city while there's a martial arts tournament coming up!" Yan Pantu said with a sly smile on his face.
It seemed like his very presence was getting on the girl's nerves.
"What I do is none of your business! So get away from me!" She said in a cold voice and bought one snack from the vendor.
Yan Pantu didn't like her answer, but he didn't say anything. He just silently watched her eat the snack and when she finished, he said in a calm voice.
"I heard that your husband has started participating in the martial arts tournament and even passed the qualifying round! Who would have thought that "such" a person was not as useless as it turned out~
Lei Jiangxue looked with cold indifference, but she couldn't deny that he was right.
"I agree, my Yunsheng is an incredible person!" she replied, a slight smile appearing on her cold face.
This made Yan Pantu and his guards widen their eyes, not expecting such a smile from the city leader, who usually didn't show emotions in public.
Yan Pantu frowned, but pulled himself together, chuckled and waved his fan.
"Really!? Glad to hear it!"
Lei Jiangxue ignored him and continued to "patrol" the snack bars and food stalls of Wujiang, while Yan Pantu silently watched her disappear among the crowd of people.
"Let's go!" he said in a cold voice to his guards and headed in the opposite direction. Along the way, he thought about Lei Jiangxue and her change in character.
"Tsk! Damn it..." he whispered, clenching his fists. teeth and disappeared from sight, as did his guards...
To be continued...