Chapter 98: Somewhere We Need to Be
It took him some time; each knot was painstaking and frustrating, but he pushed on.
This could just be a huge waste of time, but he was certain he would learn something if he finished.
When he did, he opened his eyes and looked around the cultivation chamber. Nothing was different. Standing up, he stretched. It wasn't stiff from sitting for such a long time, but his body didn't get stiff like that anymore anyway.
Paike summoned a transient shield in front of him and held it in place. Without hesitation, he punched it as hard as he could. The scaled tiles under his knuckles blunted any pain, but he was pleased to see that the cracking of the shield was less than he expected.
Diving deep, he examined his cultivation. After a brief glance at it, he confirmed that he was, in fact, now in Middle Topaz. Paike let himself smile as he left the chamber. Progress, finally progress.
Paike nodded to Guan Li as he dug through their pantry for some food. His housemate was sitting in one of their chairs with a book open in his lap.
"What do you have there?" Paike asked as he pulled out an apple.
"This is the art I'm planning on learning." Guan Li said as he closed the book around his finger, keeping his place. "It has the right meridians for our plans. I think it will work great."
"You picked one already?" Paike asked.