16: The middle stage of Qi training

Zhang Fan complained about his mother deducting 15.97 million from his 16 million cultivation subsidy, leaving him with only 30,000, but he didn't really take it to heart.

It was just money; what did it matter if it was with him or with his mother?

Even if his mother spent it, Zhang Fan didn't feel bad; after all, she was his biological mother!

After dinner, Zhang Fan chatted with his parents for a while before heading to the training room.

It was still early, so Zhang Fan planned to cultivate for another round before resting.

Entering a meditative state.

Food Qi.

The entire process was smooth and natural.

Outside the training room.

Zhang Hongcheng and Yang Ling stood outside the door, watching Zhang Fan enter the Food Qi state.

"Didn't I tell you?"

Zhang Hongcheng's lips curved into a slight smile: "Our Little Fan, as long as he can successfully awaken, his path of cultivation will be smooth sailing!"

"Look at his current state; his Food Qi efficiency is far superior to ordinary newcomers!"

"Even many Titan Warriors who have awakened for years can't compare to his Food Qi efficiency!"

Yang Ling deliberately put on an expression of adoration: "Husband, you're still the best; you knew long ago that our Little Fan's future was limitless!"

Even though he knew his wife's adoration was feigned, Zhang Hongcheng still enjoyed it immensely.

"This child has a strong mind and is very hardworking, so his foundation is extremely solid!"

"I dare say, in at most half a year, Little Fan will be able to break through Foundation Establishment!"

Zhang Hongcheng leaned into his wife's ear and whispered, his voice full of pride:

"In at most three years, he'll be able to form a Golden Core! As for the Golden Core, it won't take more than 10 years!"

"Who knows, my Zhang family might even produce another Demigod. Heh, my son has the potential of a Demigod!"

"The potential of a Demigod?"

Yang Ling's delicate body trembled, and she whispered: "Husband, can Little Fan really break through to Demigod?"

"Are you doubting your husband's judgment?" Zhang Hongcheng grumbled.

Yang Ling quickly smiled apologetically: "Husband, you're the most amazing; I shouldn't have questioned you!"

"Let's go, let's not disturb him!"

Zhang Hongcheng picked up his wife in his arms: "Our eighth brother and the others always mock me for having only Little Fan as a son. Let's try to have another one!"

"I'll listen to my husband!"

...

Zhang Fan wasn't sure about his own cultivation talent, nor was he interested.

He only knew that diligence could compensate for lack of skill!

So, for the next 5 days, Zhang Fan was oblivious to the outside world, immersing himself in arduous cultivation.

Aside from three meals a day and sleeping, Zhang Fan spent all his other time cultivating.

On average, he cultivated at least 14 hours a day, with most of his time dedicated to cultivation.

This kind of desperate effort made his teacher, Jiang Shengnan, exclaim that she was redundant.

Jiang Shengnan had encountered many Titan Warriors, but none were as dedicated as Zhang Fan!

Too dedicated!

Truly too dedicated!

Other teachers worried about their students becoming complacent and lazy.

But this teacher, she had no such worries at all; her student was too easy to manage!

Thanks to his relentless efforts, Zhang Fan's strength advanced by leaps and bounds, progressing rapidly.

Zhang Fan could feel that his physical fitness had increased by several times compared to when he first awakened!

Even more gratifying was that:

The improvement in physical fitness gradually reached a bottleneck, and the increase gradually slowed down.

This caused the excess Congenital One Qi produced by Food Qi to gradually gather towards his dantian!

This was the sign of Middle Refinement Qi!

"Congratulations on entering Middle Refinement Qi!"

Jiang Shengnan's expression was somewhat complex: "Reaching Middle Refinement Qi in just 5 days!"

"This speed, if not unprecedented, is at least unparalleled!"

"It's all thanks to teacher's excellent guidance!"

Zhang Fan said humbly. After a Titan Warrior awakens, their body is extremely thirsty.

So, at the beginning of Qi Refining, the body will frantically absorb Congenital One Qi, improving rapidly.

Therefore.

All newly awakened Titan Warriors have an initial period of rapid physical improvement!

During this period, no matter how much Congenital One Qi is absorbed, the body fully accepts it!

After this period, the body's improvement gradually reaches a bottleneck, and the absorbed Congenital One Qi gradually decreases.

And the excess Congenital One Qi will gradually gather in the dantian, to be stored!

This marks the Titan Warrior's transition from Early Refinement Qi to Middle Refinement Qi!

In other words.

In Early Refinement Qi, the physical body improves rapidly.

In Middle Refinement Qi, the physical body reaches a bottleneck, and excess Congenital One Qi gathers in the dantian!

"This is what you gained from your own hard cultivation!"

Jiang Shengnan waved her hand and said: "Tomorrow is Saturday. Get a good rest tonight. Tomorrow morning at 9 AM, I'll take you into the Wilderness Area!"

"Okay, teacher!"

Excitement flickered in Zhang Fan's eyes.

Since his transmigration, he had always lived within the Base City and had never entered the Wilderness Area.

Naturally, Zhang Fan was very much looking forward to the Wilderness Area, where Titan Beasts resided.

He was finally going to enter the Wilderness Area tomorrow!

To conserve energy, Zhang Fan gave himself a break tonight, planning to rest.

After a hot shower, Zhang Fan went to bed early, took out his phone, and played on it for a while.

As soon as he opened his phone, he received many unread messages and missed calls.

These past few days, Zhang Fan had constantly received many missed calls and unread messages.

There were also many friend requests.

Zhang Fan was focused on cultivation and ignored them all, not even bothering to look.

But tonight, suddenly idle down, Zhang Fan was a bit bored, so he opened WeChat to check unread messages and friend requests.

Among them were from the school, from his homeroom teacher Li Guofeng, from the Titan Warrior Academy, and even from girls like Wang Hui and Guo Mi.

He ignored the ones from the school.

He didn't look at the ones from his homeroom teacher.

He deleted all the ones from the Titan Warrior Academy and all recruiting units.

Wang Hui, blocked and deleted from friends.

As for Guo Mi...

[Guo Mi: Zhang Fan, I was wrong that day. I shouldn't have said those things to you. I apologize to you. Will you forgive me?]

[Guo Mi: Brother Zhang Fan, are you still mad at me? Please don't be mad anymore, okay?]

[Guo Mi: Brother Zhang Fan, I miss you. I dreamed of you last night!]

[Guo Mi: Brother Zhang Fan, please don't ignore me. I really miss you!]

[...]

Guo Mi sent quite a lot of messages, totaling over 999+ over several days.

Zhang Fan glanced at them twice, then was too lazy to continue reading, finding it annoying!

To be honest, he had only fooled around with Guo Mi once, and Zhang Fan was far from tired of it.

How about... playing again?

Thinking this, Zhang Fan's heart warmed, and his little brother immediately stood at attention.

He was only 18, at the peak of his youthful vigor, the strongest time in his life!

With this thought, Zhang Fan directly dialed Guo Mi's WeChat call.

Guo Mi answered almost instantly, and her surprised voice came through the phone: "Zhang Fan, you finally called me back!"

"Half an hour later, meet at Changle West Garden. Can you make it?" Zhang Fan said indifferently.

"I'm already at Changle West Garden!"

Guo Mi said quickly, and fearing Zhang Fan wouldn't believe her, she directly sent a picture.

Seeing the picture, Zhang Fan almost had a nosebleed; it was pure temptation!

It was a selfie...

Zhang Fan felt his head spin, grabbed his phone, put on his clothes, and left in a hurry.

Humans are slaves to hormones; this statement is absolutely not a joke!

Look at the males in nature; for mating, they can fight until their brains spill out!

Why are they like this?

Controlled by the hormones in their bodies!

Zhang Fan was currently secreting hormones wildly, urging him to go to Changle West Garden.

Unless he had extremely strong willpower, he couldn't resist the surging hormones!

The question was, why should he suppress himself? He wasn't a loser, was he?

Ten-odd minutes later, Zhang Fan arrived at Changle West Garden and met Guo Mi in her rented apartment.

As soon as he entered, Guo Mi pounced on him.

"Zhang Fan, why did you take so long? I missed you so much! I really missed you! Love me!"

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