Chapter 674 - 623: Reaching the Peak 32 (4,000 words)
On the journey, the three had different thoughts. Tan Feiyu was frustrated; it wasn’t that he disliked cultivation, but he disliked Tan Shuangshuang’s rigorous cultivation method, which was too hard and too tiring. Tan Feiyu was too young and not yet set in his ways, so it was normal for him to be unable to endure.
Liang Ziqian’s thoughts were complex; he couldn’t even sort out what he was thinking as he occasionally glanced at Tan Shuangshuang, who traveled alongside him. The girl’s appearance was cold and indifferent, and her aura had long surpassed his, making his thoughts particularly chaotic.
Tan Shuangshuang, on the other hand, was irritated by Liang Ziqian’s occasional scrutiny. The emotions in her heart kept boiling over because of this scrutiny, making her annoyed yet unable to explode, leaving Tan Shuangshuang feeling very aggrieved.
If it were up to Tan Shuangshuang, she’d prefer not to interact with Liang Ziqian at all, best if they were strangers. However, considering the friendship between the two families, and even the marital alliance between Wuji Sect and Bishui Sect, she couldn’t act freely as she desired.
Throughout the journey, Tan Shuangshuang didn’t feel like talking. Liang Ziqian wasn’t skilled at finding topics, and even though he wanted to speak, he didn’t know how to start. Tan Feiyu was in a state of despair and had no interest in starting a conversation, so the three continued silently until they reached Hurricane Valley.
Since it was a spontaneous decision to cultivate with Tan Shuangshuang, Liang Ziqian and Tan Feiyu didn’t have tents. Fortunately, Tan Shuangshuang’s alchemy tent was very large, with a master bedroom, secondary bedroom, guest bedroom, plus a kitchen and bathroom—everything was there, allowing each of the three to stay in a separate room with plenty of space.
Early the next morning, Tan Shuangshuang took Tan Feiyu and Liang Ziqian to cultivate at Hurricane Valley. Seeing Tan Shuangshuang and Fei Hu’s cultivation method for the first time left Tan Feiyu in despair; he feared Tan Shuangshuang would also make him use the same method for cultivation.
Tan Feiyu had already experienced it—the hurricane hitting his body was excruciating. If he tried to walk up against the wind, the hurricane hitting him could make one feel a desire to live or die; it was too painful!
Fortunately, Tan Shuangshuang didn’t intend to make Tan Feiyu cultivate like her, she just let Tan Feiyu find a place where he could bear it like everyone else.
Liang Ziqian, who usually appeared as a silent, aloof aristocrat, surprisingly set aside his image when he started cultivating. Like Tan Shuangshuang, he took off his shoes, stepped barefoot on the ground, and chose the same cultivation method as Tan Shuangshuang.
However, Liang Ziqian didn’t have the physical strength of Tan Shuangshuang; he couldn’t reach the position where Tan Shuangshuang cultivated, he could only cultivate at his own level. Even after adjusting and forcing himself a few steps forward, he was blocked by the hurricane and couldn’t proceed further.
This left Liang Ziqian shocked; he hadn’t expected Tan Shuangshuang’s physical body to be so much stronger than his! Even more unbelievable to Liang Ziqian was that reaching that position meant Tan Shuangshuang was cultivating body cultivation!
Moreover, after truly beginning to cultivate, Liang Ziqian could feel more poignantly how hard Tan Shuangshuang’s cultivation was—after a day of cultivation, his entire body felt like he was on the verge of death, yet Tan Shuangshuang remained calm, showing no signs of pain. She even went back and massaged Fei Hu for a long time.
For the following period, Liang Ziqian continued cultivating in the same way as Tan Shuangshuang, but after half a month had passed, although Tan Shuangshuang continued her daily cultivation calmly, Liang Ziqian was barely able to endure.
This wasn’t because Liang Ziqian was pampered, but it was a self-protection reaction of the body, like when a person has been tired for a long time, the brain will automatically slow down or even stop thinking to prevent breakdown; in the cultivation process, when the body is too painful and exhausted, such a protective mechanism will make it unable to move due to fatigue.
In such situations, continuing to cultivate relies entirely on willpower, and Tan Shuangshuang apparently possessed a very strong will, making Liang Ziqian admire her sincerely. Liang Ziqian thought, if he were cultivating here on his own, without being compelled by Tan Shuangshuang, he would probably have slowed down his cultivation intensity long ago.
Tan Shuangshuang was unaware of Liang Ziqian’s complicated thoughts as she continued her cultivation methodically; during this period, she advanced a few more steps, and now she was just a little bit away from overcoming the final obstacle to break through from samurai to martial master.
At night, while Tan Shuangshuang massaged Fei Hu with spiritual energy, she listened to Tan Feiyu sobbing and wailing beside her, "Sister Shuangshuang, my dear sister, spare me and let me go home. This cultivation is too painful, I can’t take it anymore."
Tan Shuangshuang, rubbing Fei Hu’s stiff little claws, looked at Tan Feiyu with a bit of frustration, "You are such a grownup, yet your cultivation intensity isn’t even that high, and you’re not even as resilient as Fei Hu, who’s only a few years old!"