Cultivation Online novel Chapter 1831

While Lan Yingying was chatting with her new friends, Yuan was on the verge of becoming a cultivator inside his room.

After dedicating just over a month to cultivation and using every single point he had—along with Lan Yingying’s points—to enhance the spiritual energy around him, Yuan finally absorbed enough to attempt a breakthrough.

However, simply accumulating enough spiritual energy didn’t guarantee a successful breakthrough. Without sufficient talent or understanding, there was a significant chance that one would need multiple attempts to succeed.

Failing to break through came with a cost—each failure resulted in the loss of a portion of the accumulated spiritual energy, forcing the individual to absorb even more to try again.

This was one of several reasons why it had taken Tian Yang three years to become a cultivator. Not only did he lack talent, but he also had zero knowledge of cultivation, causing him to fail several times in trying to achieve Spirit Apprentice.

As for Yuan, while he definitely does not lack the experience or knowledge, his current body lacked talent, so there was a decent chance he’d fail to breakthrough.

If he were to fail to breakthrough, he’d need to wait another week for a second attempt.

Fortunately, Yuan managed to successfully break free from his mortal shackles on his very first attempt, advancing to the first level of Spirit Apprentice.

After successfully becoming a cultivator, Yuan immediately felt his body grow stronger and his senses sharpen. However, the improvement was far from what he desired. Compared to when he first became a cultivator in his real body, the growth was so minimal that it was barely noticeable.

"Although the results are somewhat disappointing, it’s still better than when Tian Yang became a cultivator…" Yuan mumbled with a bittersweet smile.

Now that he’d become a cultivator, Yuan had to see if the trial would automatically move him out of the Bamboo Garden.

However, when many minutes passed without anything happening, Yuan was convinced that he needed to reveal the truth to Senior Zhou in order to move on from this trial.

The following morning, Yuan and the others gathered outside as Senior Zhou prepared to make an announcement.

’As I thought, he is just a mortal…’ Yuan thought to himself after seeing Senior Zhou again.

Now that Yuan had become a cultivator and could sense spiritual energy clearly, he confirmed that Senior Zhou was just a mortal like the others present. However, there was a small amount of spiritual energy in Senior Zhou’s Dantian, indicating that he was at least cultivating.

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This was great news to Yuan since Senior Zhou would not be able to tell that he’d already become a cultivator, allowing him to stay in the Bamboo Garden for as long as he wanted.

"Looks like everyone here has successfully fulfilled their quotas this past month… including those who had their quotas doubled as punishment," said Senior Zhou as he scanned the crowd.

"I’ve mentioned this before, but your quotas will gradually increase the longer you stay in the Bamboo Garden," Senior Zhou continued. "Starting today, everyone will need to collect 30 bamboo instead of 20 and fill five water pots instead of two to meet their quotas."

The announcement caused a visible reaction among the participants, with many expressions shifting to frustration as they processed the increased demands.

"Any questions?"

Someone immediately raised their hand and asked, "Since our quotas increased, does this mean the amount of points we acquire will also increase?"