Chapter 35: Let the Experiments Begin
“Umm, hi again.” Li Lang awkwardly greeted the strongest cultivator among the new disciples.
Ling Xue ignored his greeting and took the seat furthest away from Li Lang.
“...I just wanted to say thank you for saving me the other time in Xiang Yang.”
“Hmph,” she turned her head away disdainfully.
Li Lang scratched his cheeks at the awkward silence, with the two being the only ones in the carriage, but thankfully, the Skyrunner soon took to the sky.
With the girl ignoring him, Li Lang soon lost himself in his own thoughts as he prepared for the first round of experiments he wanted to do.
There were a lot of questions about how cultivation worked, but the most urgent one for Li Lang was how to compensate for his low aptitude. According to common knowledge, aptitude was innate and affected the number of spiritual roots and how much Qi one’s body could handle before overdosing.
The only onset symptom of an overdose was the sharp pain one felt. After that, if one persisted in absorbing Qi, it could lead to fatal results. In order to prevent this, one had to take a break. The generally agreed duration for these breaks was a full day to be on the safe side because it varied somewhat from person to person.
So far, Li Lang used his auto-analyzer to examine his body. He had discovered that his cells were destabilized from all the stress when he absorbed too much Qi, but he didn’t have a solution for it. The only good news was it only took him a bit over eleven hours to recover.
People with higher aptitude could make much more progress in the same amount of time as one with lesser aptitude, which meant they could make much more progress with each cultivation session. And that didn’t account for the heavenly resources one could use to speed that up further.
If Qi overdose is similar to what I have in mind, then there should be a way to overcome it. However, I’ll need to experiment with it first to confirm my idea…carefully, too.
As Li Lang deliberated on the intricacies of cultivation, the Skyrunner made decent progress toward their destination.