The orange cat carried the small piece of crystal in its mouth, shook like its fur was standing on end, then jumped onto Xu Shu’s abdon, curling its four legs and lying there, joining in the training.
Any Transcendent, when devouring crystals and increasing the erosion degree of curse power inside their body, would suffer so damage, though not as terrifyingly as Xu Shu.
A thin pink mist emanated from her body, like threads, connecting herself with Xu Shu, generating so vitality burst energy.
Visibly, the speed at which the original blood droplets overflowed from Xu Shu’s body surface decreased by about one-tenth.
This is the specialty of a "nun". Even if it wasn’t the first ti of dual cultivation, it could still provide enhancent effects in training.
Many powerful Transcendents spend a hefty price to invite a sa-rank "nun" to assist them during breakthroughs, precisely because of this reason.
Sotis, it might just be that little difference enabling a breakthrough to higher realms.
Now, Alice was quite "selflessly" offering this service.
One person and one cat, thus quietly cultivating together at midnight.
"... The money Old Yu left is about to run out. Need to think of a way to earn so..." Alice thought to herself silently.
She didn’t notice that the crystal-clear small jade Buddha on the dressing table silently opened its eyes, both eyes showing a hint of scarlet.
Though it didn’t say a word, it quietly watched Alice lying on Xu Shu’s abs.
Quietly watching...
...
Four a.m.
Xu Shu climbed up from the ground, feeling full of vitality and exhilaration.
"Strange, I don’t feel as tired this ti..."
He stretched lazily and glanced at his promotion drive.
As expected, the level display of the Third-tier Curse Mark ’Yin God·Dragon Elephant’ changed to [03/20].
He was already level 43.
This wasn’t anything too gratifying, it was rely due to proper cultivation, ample resources, and things falling into place.
Calculating the consumption, leveling up used a piece of Level 18 broken curse crystal, and according to ’Pangu Machinery Old Gang’, the residual curse power inside it was equivalent to two blue crystals, worth 1000 contributions.
So, this ti upgrading the curse mark from level two to three consud three blue crystals (greedily ate an extra one the night before), accounting-wise, that’s 1500.
An increase in consumption by a whole fifty percent.
"At this rate, consuming the remaining five pieces at most could only level up to four, and it’s likely not enough."
While Xu Shu felt a bit heartache, he saw the orange cat strolling in, clean and fresh with a scent of shower gel.
"Cat needs to use the loo, please step out ow." Alice said from the toilet lid.
"Oh."
Deeply aware of the cat poop odor, Xu Shu promptly sidestepped, casually ntioning: "I’m heading out today for a spin. Rember to look after the house."
Alice lifted the toilet lid, responding displeasedly: "ow needs to go shopping too."
"Uh..." Xu Shu’s tone paused, suddenly feeling a bit awkward.
He recently got used to having Alice watch the house but forgot that as a Third-tier Transcendent, Alice also has the desire to grow stronger and has her own things to do.
Seed like most of the ti he was freeloading her...
Just as he felt a bit guilty, Alice added: "But will return ho before noon ow."
Saying this, she actively pushed Xu Shu out and closed the bathroom door, a regular sound of coffee beans falling into water sounding within.
Xu Shu briefly lingered at the door, observing the quiet living room outside, glowing with window light, and seeing the first batch of early risers, busy rushing about their livelihood, on the distant overpass.
At this darkest hour before dawn, all was quiet, even the car traffic autonomously choosing to prohibit honking, while so uniford officers directed the traffic.
Though crowded to the extre, everything brimd with lively vitality.
After watching for a while, Xu Shu suddenly smiled with relief.
Actually, this place is quite harmonious, quite serene, after all, it is a First-class Safe Zone.
With a smile, he returned to the room, laid on the bed, and leisurely slept for two hours.
Until morning when the first gleam of dawn light shone, illuminating the highest building, the Star Tower, in the Upper City.
In Zone 2 Lower District, yet to reach "sunshine ti", Xu Shu opened his eyes as expected, glancing at the orange cat stealthily perched at his bedside, then looked forward.
In the void, the Tai Chu Scroll shook relentlessly, golden words appeared:
[The sun rises, all things awaken, welco back to the Tai Chu Scroll!]
[Today’s activation count: 3/3]
Whenever the Tai Chu Scroll refreshed, Xu Shu felt full of strength and his mood lifted.
He quickly got out of bed and went out, boarding the morning’s third train departing the safe zone, heading east this ti.
Fifteen minutes later, disembarking at the first stop "Yangjia Bu".
However, this ti he hadn’t lingered locally but jumped off the platform amid the crowd’s exclaid gasps, following the railway, running fiercely.
Successfully advancing to the Third Realm, Xu Shu finally felt the tangible enhancent brought by high realms, such as his current running speed, entirely surpassing the train’s traveling speed.
Regarding endurance, it was difficult to say whether a fully fueled train or this "Dragon Essence" expert had more stamina.
In terms of resistance ability, with all defense skills activated, Xu Shu was confident in forcing a speeding train to a stop.
This was the confidence the Middle Sequence "Warrior" along with the self-contained "Spit Silk" skill gave him!
He sprinted like a blazing shadow, continuously moving forward in the direction of the rising sun.
During this, passing through several unfamiliar locations, like "Zhu Li Town", "Yunshan Town", "Holy Water Rock", "Wendeng Platform", etc., in less than half an hour, exceeding the second and first-class trains, leaving them far behind.
During this period, Xu Shu’s spiritual perception slightly tingled, clearly feeling a figure on the train trying to lock onto him.
No doubt, this was the "Iron Gall Train Hero" responsible for train safety, very likely a chanical Puppet.
They followed basic logic, only observing briefly as he overtook the train.
Seeing no attack actions toward the train, these "Puppet Train Heroes" would naturally not take an offensive stance against Xu Shu.
After such running for approximately an hour, Xu Shu saw a huge mountain ahead, the terminus "Yinli Village" arrived.
The train track ended here, ahead was a not-too-steep but towering slope.
Part of the mountain was init mined, vaguely visible inside was an ink-black rock layer structure.
Xu Shu didn’t recognize what these black rocks were but clearly not sunlight stones used to ward off dark creatures.
Thus, he didn’t focus much, instead directly climbing to the top of a majestic "lighthouse" on the mountain, bearing the (19,0) marker.
This indicated he’d reached a place close to the border.
From here, high up, the entire panorama of the east was visible.
Beyond this, about five kiloters of wilderness lay ahead, followed by a vibrant border line, with the special feature of no mountains or plains outside the border—a vast ocean.
The sea here is exceptionally deep; under sunlight, it lacks the glistening beauty, appearing deathly still, intensely oppressive and terrifying.
The easternmost of the D9B3 zone had arrived, humanity’s current territorial limit had finally reached its end here.
Beyond was one of the highly discussed five oceans on the Ascension Network: the "Sea of Death"!
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