Stellar Transformation-Chapter 55 - 9 Alone (Part 2)

By the stone table in the secluded courtyard, Qin Yu just sat there, motionless.

He had been sitting for an entire day and night, sometimes smiling, sometimes sad, but at this moment, Qin Yu suddenly smiled slightly, a smile that seemed like a breeze sweeping away all sorrow. He slowly stood up, looked up at the sky.

"The person is already dead, being saddened is useless. Grandpa Lian, you are watching from above, I will definitely not disappoint you," Qin Yu calmly thought to himself, and then a "gurgle" noise emerged; he smiled, "Didn’t expect that after a day and a night without eating or drinking, I am quite hungry."

Speaking of which, Qin Yu immediately ordered someone to bring some food.

...

Qin De was in the room, staring at the military map on the wall.

"Prince, Little Yu just ordered some food to be brought in. Considering the tone and demeanor of the Third Prince, it seems he has mostly recovered," Xu Yuan approached Qin De and said with a smile.

"Oh?" Qin De lifted his deeply furrowed brows and also smiled, "Yu’er’s nature is resilient; he won’t be utterly lost in sorrow." Hearing this news, Qin De also put down a weight he had been carrying in his heart.

"Alright, now there’s no need to fuss over Yu’er. Xu Yuan, come take a look at this. Here, if we deploy thirty thousand troops from the Fierce Tiger Army at this..." Qin De immediately began discussing with Xu Yuan.

...

Qin Yu was eating a sumptuous meal, but his mind was on other matters.

"Father wants to accomplish a great thing; I must take part. In the past, he used the excuse that I was not an Innate Expert to refuse me. Now that I am an Innate Expert, and unprecedentedly an Innate External Power Expert, if I tell father..." A spark of resolve flashed in Qin Yu’s eyes.

For many years, Qin Yu had been striving hard. He was waiting for his father’s approval.

An Innate External Power Expert—that should surely shock his father and earn his praise.

"Right, that day when I just returned to the secluded courtyard, it seems that when I was performing the first movement of the ’Tongtian Map’ at an extremely high speed, nature’s spiritual energy’s Qi Columns actually produced silver light, and that silver light brought intense pain," Qin Yu recalled that moment.

At that time, though Qin Yu remembered this, he was consumed by the grief of Lian Yan’s death and didn’t think it through.

"Moreover, it seems during cultivation, the faster the speed, the more robust the nature’s spiritual energy absorbed. Well, let’s try it again!" Qin Yu decided then and there, quickly finished his meal, and after throwing down his chopsticks, he turned into a gust of clean wind, flashing through the secluded courtyard.

Speed!

The speed of Qin Yu’s movements drastically increased, and the thirty-six Qi Columns formed by nature’s spiritual energy intertwined, creating an armor-like form around him. As the speed increased, the solidity of the Qi Columns also grew.

Bits of silver light appeared, sparse, with a few specks of silver light on the Qi Columns.

"This is the speed!"

Qin Yu’s eyes brightened, and he immediately controlled himself to not increase the speed. He clearly felt the spiritual energy containing traces of silver light merging into his body, making his muscles, even his muscles, undergo swift changes, the cells tearing apart and then repairing themselves.

Intense pain originated from the deepest part, causing Qin Yu’s face to turn deathly pale.

Fortunately, Qin Yu did not increase his speed again, as the Silver Light was still manageable. At such a level of pain, Qin Yu could still bear it, but if the Silver Light had been too much, and the intense pain had engulfed his whole body, even Qin Yu might have found it unbearable.

His muscles continuously absorbed the specks of Silver Light. Qin Yu discovered that the Silver Light seemed to be a highly refined form of energy, much more so than nature’s spiritual energy. The speed of his muscles’ tempering transformation advanced at a perceptible rate, while the Qi Column continuously replenished energy, merging further into Qin Yu’s body.

"Very good, indeed, the ’Tongtian Map’ is not so simple. How could it just absorb some of nature’s spiritual energy?" Qin Yu thought to himself, yet his movements slightly increased a notch.

Suddenly, more sparkling stars appeared on the Qi Column, and the pain inside Qin Yu intensified. He frowned slightly, but a smile appeared on his face.

As time passed, by the end of two days, the Silver Light had almost flowed through Qin Yu’s entire body. When the Silver Light flowed again through the previously covered areas, Qin Yu no longer felt intense pain, only a slightly tingling sensation, and the advancement of his muscles was no longer as rapid as before.

In just two days, Qin Yu’s muscular strength had definitely more than doubled.

"Speed, let’s accelerate again!" Qin Yu continued to move. After two continuous days of exercise, Qin Yu felt no hunger at all. The abundant absorption of nature’s spiritual energy was enough to supplement his energy expenditure. As Qin Yu’s speed increased, the amount of Silver Light in the Qi Column increased again.

"Huff huff"

The Qi Column, imbued with Silver Light, permeated into the muscle fibers, rapidly moving from one muscle to another until it was completely absorbed.

The faster the speed, does it necessarily mean more special Silver Light?

"What’s going on? I’ve increased my speed, so why is there less Silver Light now?" Qin Yu finally noticed this problem. His current speed hadn’t even reached his limit, considering he was still carrying extra weight.

"Alright, let’s maintain this speed," Qin Yu decided not to accelerate further, continuing these movements at this optimal speed.

With Qin Yu’s motions, the thirty-six Qi Columns containing Silver Light continuously penetrated into his body. A wonderful tingling sensation kept occurring, and the strength of his muscles was also gradually rising. While Qin Yu was immersed in this delightful sensation—

"Little Yu, it’s already been three full days. How come you haven’t eaten at all?" Xu Yuan’s voice rang out from outside the private courtyard.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yu couldn’t help but get distracted, naturally slowing down his movements. But just as he slowed down, the Silver Light enveloping his body in the thirty-six Qi Columns suddenly surged, doubling in density.

"Uncle Xu..." Qin Yu had barely spoken these words when he noticed the increased tingling sensation inside him, and he also noticed the astonishing change.

"What’s going on? Wasn’t it the optimal state just now? How did the Silver Light increase so much the moment I slowed down?" Qin Yu’s eyes suddenly lit up, like a torch in the dark, and he felt a surge of excitement.

It seemed that the thirty-six moves of the ’Tongtian Map’ were not so simple after all.

"Little Yu." Xu Yuan’s voice rang out again, and Qin Yu hurriedly said, "Uncle Xu, I’m concentrating on cultivating. Don’t worry about me. I have some food and water here. Uncle Xu, don’t let anyone disturb me in this private courtyard. I want to concentrate on cultivating... that is, to go into seclusion!"

Seclusion typically involves experts preparing some food and water to avoid disturbances, thus beginning to focus on cultivation in a place where nobody interrupts them.

"Seclusion?" Xu Yuan was momentarily stunned, but as he was no ordinary person, he smiled and said, "Alright, Little Yu, I’ll immediately have someone prepare more food and water for you. You just focus on your cultivation here, no one will disturb you."

"Thank you, Uncle Xu," Qin Yu said. He then waited for the servants to bring food and water, after which he planned to seclude himself alone, thoroughly pondering over what mysteries the thirty-six diagrams of the ’Tongtian Map’ truly held.