Chapter 671 - 622: Reaching the Peak 31 (4,000 words)
Underneath Fei Hu were deep claw marks, clearly facing the same situation as Tan Shuangshuang. Tan Shuangshuang took time to pat Fei Hu’s head, giving it an encouraging smile, and then continued to advance slowly with Fei Hu, who had become excited again from her encouragement, moving forward one step only to be pushed back half a step.
In the beginning, Tan Shuangshuang and Fei Hu would advance one step and be pushed back half a step by the hurricane. But as they kept advancing, the distance pushed back became larger and larger: half a step, more than half a step, even larger, until finally, they advanced one step only to be pushed back a full step, unable to make even an inch of progress.
Originally, reaching this area should have been the right moment to stop and cultivate, but Tan Shuangshuang suddenly discovered that operating her whole body’s Spiritual Power to absorb into her body to resist the hurricane’s tempering, while also using the hurricane’s thrust to push forward little by little as a cultivation method, yielded better results.
Just by being pushed forward while being forced back by the hurricane in this tiny stretch, she had already felt a slight loosening in her realm. Although this loosening was very slight, Tan Shuangshuang was still delighted, having made no progress after cultivating for several days.
Tan Shuangshuang decided to use this persistent advancement method for her subsequent cultivation. Advance, pushed back, then advance again, and pushed back again—though the process was more painful and exhausting, it was far more effective than the stationary tempering method.
Fei Hu naturally followed Tan Shuangshuang. Next, one person and one tiger began this constant forward, pushed-back-to-the-origin, and forward-again cultivation method. Because her feet constantly skidded back and forth on the ground, the soles of Tan Shuangshuang’s specially made Magic Beast skin shoes quickly wore through.
Tan Shuangshuang was too lazy to change shoes, removing them and continuing to cultivate barefoot on the ground. Because of this unique cultivation method, after a day’s cultivation, the ground under Tan Shuangshuang and Fei Hu’s feet was worn into a big pit by one person and one tiger.
However, the cultivation results were gratifying. After a day of cultivation, Tan Shuangshuang noticeably felt her long-stagnant cultivation level begin to rise slowly, nearing the breakthrough of the Martial Master barrier.
As night fell, with her whole body sore, Tan Shuangshuang embraced Fei Hu, whose paws were twitching unconsciously from fatigue, and returned to the safe outpost. Then she compassionately used Spiritual Energy to knead and massage Fei Hu’s tense muscles.
Previously, Fei Hu’s whole body was fluffy, with bones and flesh feeling very soft and cuddly; now the entire body was stiff as if it were rock, due to being over-tempered by the hurricane.
If muscle relaxation couldn’t happen immediately, not only would it fail to benefit cultivation but it might even cause self-harm.
Tan Shuangshuang’s palm was infused with Spiritual Power, and as she kneaded, she sent Spiritual Power into Fei Hu’s body, helping it relax its muscles to prevent damage. Fei Hu lay weakly on the bed, being massaged for a long time by the worried Tan Shuangshuang until its stiff muscles softened.
After a night’s rest, Tan Shuangshuang took Fei Hu back to Hurricane Valley for cultivation again. Tan Shuangshuang and Fei Hu’s cultivation method was too extreme, practically self-torture. Others initially tried to cultivate this way, but they couldn’t endure for long.
This cultivation method, while surprisingly effective, was too painful. Even the few who could persevere could only last for a limited period; none could persist like Tan Shuangshuang, using this method from morning till night.
Tan Shuangshuang originally planned to cultivate in Hurricane Valley until she broke through the Martial Master Level, but after only a month of cultivation, Tan Shuangshuang was forced to stop—because she had no clothes left to wear.
The hurricane in Hurricane Valley damaged the clothes of any cultivator with each strike, and Tan Shuangshuang, having stayed in Hurricane Valley for quite a while, found her clothes worn out daily. Although she brought plenty of spare clothes for emergencies, it wasn’t enough.
Unexpectedly, the hurricane was too destructive to clothes, leaving her wardrobe depleted in just over a month. Those who came to Hurricane Valley were well-prepared, unlike Tan Shuangshuang, who arrived on a whim. As such, clothing, being a consumable item, was well stocked.
Also, because people came prepared, there was everything for sale at the safe outpost except clothing. Initially, some merchants sold clothes, but no one bought them, so eventually, they stopped selling.