Cultivating Through The Game-Chapter 715 - 377: Time Lock

Lu Yu and Su Peng arrived at the Central Floating Island, which was a multi-layered circular city.

Each ring was separated by a wide road, with nothing to obstruct the way, yet no one could cross it until they had stayed on the outermost layer for a year.

"Let's find a place to settle down first. I've left a mark at the intersection; when Jing Yang sees it, he'll know we've arrived." Su Peng said to Lu Yu.

Lu Yu nodded, and the two of them walked toward a two-story house by the street.

It seemed this place used to be a shop. Lu Yu walked in and casually opened a cabinet against the wall, only to find it filled with dust.

Even if there were items inside, after thousands of years, they would have turned to dust by now.

Su Peng was also rummaging through the shop's contents but found nothing. The two closed the shop's door and headed upstairs.

They chose this two-story building precisely because it offered a better vantage point to observe the surroundings.

In Celestial City, where perception was severely restricted, the visual range was crucial. Spotting an enemy first could provide a strategic advantage.

Su Peng glanced at the items in the room, then took out two meditation cushions from his backpack, placing them on the ground. He said to Lu Yu, "Sit, take advantage of the time to train. Here, a year goes by while only a day passes in the Divine Martial World."

Lu Yu nodded, recognizing that in their current situation, training was the only option.

Unable to contact Zhang Jingyang, they could only wait for him to find them.

They weren't too worried about Zhang Jingyang's safety; he had always been the most reliable.

Lu Yu sat down and began training independently, operating the Cultivation Technique and remotely refining the Virtual Fire Sea.

He had already claimed a sizable area of the Virtual Fire Sea, and his refining speed had increased severalfold compared to before.

With each passing second, the area of the Virtual Fire Sea he was refining continued to expand.

The Solar Star rotated, drawing power from the Virtual Fire Sea. Lu Yu felt a surge of Spiritual Qi emanating from the Solar Star, replenishing his meridians and Dantian.

A continuous stream of Spiritual Qi flowed from the distant Virtual Fire Sea into Lu Yu's body, boosting his cultivation level.

Sitting opposite Lu Yu, Su Peng sensed the activity and couldn't help but twitch his eyelids.

He was curious about where Lu Yu had obtained so much Spiritual Qi, even causing celestial phenomena during his training.

After pondering for a while, Su Peng got up and left the room to train at a more distant location.

Sitting next to Lu Yu, he felt the surrounding Spiritual Qi was insufficient; he couldn't compete with Lu Yu for it, and his training was significantly impacted.

Both of them entered a state of cultivation, keeping a small portion of their awareness on their surroundings.

After all, this was not a safe place, and no one dared to devote their entire mind to their cultivation.

When he first started training, Lu Yu was still thinking about the task Zhou Hong had asked of him. However, he couldn't find Zhou Hong, so for now, he put it aside.

In any case, it wasn't that he was breaking their agreement; it was Zhou Hong who had disappeared.

This thought passed through his mind, and Lu Yu emptied his thoughts, focusing intently on remotely refining the Virtual Fire Sea.

The Virtual Fire Sea also nourished Lu Yu with Spiritual Qi.

The nourished Spiritual Qi was absorbed by Lu Yu's body, enhancing his Qi Blood and Spiritual Power cultivation.

Half a month later, a noise came from downstairs, waking Lu Yu and Su Peng from their training state. They retracted the aura unintentionally released during cultivation and left the room.

"Jing Yang?" Lu Yu called out when he saw the figure below.

The figure was clad in Golden Feather Guard armor, and Lu Yu wasn't sure if it was Zhang Jingyang, but he felt it likely was.

Zhang Jingyang turned to look at Lu Yu, smiled, and said, "It's me."

The three chatted for a while before separating to continue their training.

When Core Formation Realm Martial Cultivators train close to each other, they can interfere with each other. Unless it's a blessed land, the Spiritual Qi is insufficient for Core Formation Realm training, making it easy for everyone to be unable to absorb Spiritual Qi.

Lu Yu returned to his room to continue training and refining the Virtual Fire Sea. Based on his estimation, in about half a year, the Solar Star would be able to break through to the 4-star level.

At that time, he would then think of a way to break through the Lunar Star, making him a Martial Cultivator at the fourth level of the Core Formation Realm.

By then, he would gain another Divine Soldier, greatly enhancing his strength.

Aside from the Solar Star and Lunar Star, which were integral to his foundational Divine Soldiers, Lu Yu now most wanted to enhance the Immortal Star.

Unfortunately, like the Lunar Star, the Immortal Star is linked to a complete star, making it impossible for him to refine the star.

He could only use external forces to upgrade the Divine Soldier, unlike the Solar Star, which could be upgraded through refining the Virtual Fire Sea.

The three of them stayed mostly indoors in the two-story building, rarely going out, because unless they stayed for a year, they couldn't enter the second level.

The first level had long been explored countless times. Even if there were treasures left after millennia, they would have been taken by others.

The second level might still hold some undiscovered treasures.

The deeper they went, the better the treasures they might find, yet it would also require more time.

The designer of Celestial City was undoubtedly a genius, managing to come up with the idea of using time as a lock for access.

Above the vast Virtual Fire Sea, a small sun's phantom rotated, drawing in the surrounding sea of fire, further growing this illusory sun.

The sun pulsed continuously like a heart, as if it were alive.

Lu Yu's mind was invested in the small sun, remotely refining the Virtual Fire Sea, as he reached the critical moment—the Solar Star was undergoing transformation.