Chapter 229: Recklessness
Wei Ping didn’t lose himself in his memories for long. He was short on time. He had to act soon or else his captor, Yuan Kai, could return at any moment.
Even if his friends were currently fighting outside, Wei Ping doubted they would be able to fight their way through in time before he had his life force stolen from him.
“It m-may be scary, but I have to p-press on!” He turned to the portly woman in the neighboring cell. “Can you help me get out of these restraints?”
“Hm, roll over here. I’ll loosen them, but you have to remember to place them back on yourself when the owner returns.”
Wei Ping didn’t bother to reply and rolled his body over to the edge of the cell. The woman reached over and helped loosen his bindings, so he could break free himself. Without a word, he rushed back to the center of his cell.
Purging any hesitation from his mind, Wei Ping got into the lotus position and began executing a technique he had grown quite familiar with. It required him to move from his starting position, going through various stances, causing him to appear as if he was performing some strange dance.
It caused confusion among all his cellmates, but they’d seen enough people going crazy to bother with it too much. However, that soon all changed. That was because they began to realize what this newcomer was attempting to do.
Any sane cultivator would have the same reaction. Even Li Lang’s eyes would likely bulge upon seeing the crazy stunt his friend was trying to pull. It wasn’t because he was using the Ascension Technique he devised. That was something he had seen hundreds of times now among all his students. What would have truly surprised him was Wei Ping’s audacity to attempt his breakthrough without consuming a Foundation Pill!
Few ever dared to do something so crazy. It was simply crazy to do so when a well-proven safeguard, like the Foundation Pills, existed.
When one tried to break through into the Foundation Establishment Realm, they were taking on a lot of risks. Huge amounts of energy gathered into one spot. The quantities involved were not something Energy Gatherers could ever hope to contain for long. If they slipped up, all the built-up energy would be released at once, causing a violent explosion to take place within their body!