Alien Science Cultivation

Just then, the inappropriate laughter behind them interrupted their conversation.

"Junior Sister Wu Min, are you serious?" Chen Ying's words undoubtedly poured more fuel on Wu Min, who was already furious.

"Of course I take it seriously... There are few women in Qingshan Sect who are unwilling to do so." Wu Min responded seriously, not seeming to feel embarrassed at all.

"Sister Chen Ying, Bishop Wang, you are back. Where is Brother Qiang...?" Then Wu Min's expression changed. She walked quickly towards Wang Yan, bowed respectfully, and then came to Chen Ying's side. She took Chen Ying's arm, as if she wanted to get close to Chen Ying.

Zhang Qiang shook his head helplessly, then turned and led Wang Wei towards Shadow Peak. However, along the way, Wang Wei's laughter could not help but reach Zhang Qiang's ears from time to time.

"Brother Qiang... I didn't lie to you, did I? The originally shy Wu Min dared to express her feelings in public. Just imagine those other fierce-looking sisters and apprentices... I really want to see what kind of scene that would be..." Wang Wei laughed all the way as he told Zhang Qiang about the love that the sisters and apprentices of Qingshan Sect had for him.

Zhang Qiang walked towards Shadow Peak silently, but the dark line on his forehead never disappeared...

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Qiang appeared in the cave abode at Shadow Peak. As for Wang Wei, he had been sent out by Zhang Qiang to catch pheasants. It wasn't that Zhang Qiang wanted to eat pheasants, but Wang Wei insisted on hosting a welcome party for Zhang Qiang and his friends, repeatedly asking what he wanted to eat. Zhang Qiang, reluctantly, casually mentioned pheasants, and Wang Wei went down the mountain to hunt pheasants. Green Mountain was so vast, catching a few pheasants was a piece of cake, so Zhang Qiang didn't try to stop him and let him go.

At this moment, Zhang Qiang was sitting cross-legged in the cave, playing with an upgraded Netherworld Dagger in his hand, his face full of excitement.

"With them to strengthen my spiritual sense, I wonder if I can fight with the master of the Divine King Mirror. After all, these are 24 Netherworld Daggers. Although my domineering spiritual sense is not as strong as that of Ancestor Yao Chen in breadth, it is far more profound than that of Ancestor Yao Chen. What's more, I can control 24 daggers at the same time, which is much more powerful than Ancestor Yao Chen. It is precisely because of this that I have the capital to compete with the master of the Divine King Mirror..." Zhang Qiang thought to himself.

Then, Zhang Qiang used his spiritual sense to examine his lower and middle dantian. Previously, Zhang Qiang had always referred to them as the first and second dantian. However, after slaying the demons on the outskirts of the desert, Patriarch Yao Chen had given him a spatial ring. An ancient book within that ring recorded cultivators similar to himself, who referred to their dantians as the lower and middle dantians. However, the book also lacked any mention of the upper dantian. So, Zhang Qiang followed the book's terms, dividing them into the upper, middle, and lower dantians. Of course, the upper dantian was a name he had copied from the book. Zhang Qiang didn't know if that was scientific, but it certainly sounded better than his previous names.

A moment later... Zhang Qiang slowly withdrew his consciousness, muttering to himself, "It's time to break through to the Golden Core Realm... I want to see if these two Dantians can truly merge..." With this thought, Zhang Qiang's figure flashed, and when he reappeared, he was already in a canyon. He scanned the surroundings and nodded with satisfaction. This canyon is part of the Qingshan Mountain Range, not far from the Qingshan Sect. However, the spiritual energy here is quite thin, so no cultivators have built caves here, and even the sight of ordinary beasts is very rare. Lightning-damaged trees and shattered rocks can be seen everywhere in the canyon, silently reminding passing cultivators that this is an ideal place for transcending tribulations.

Zhang Qiang didn't think any more about it. He found a flat rock and sat down cross-legged. With his right hand, he took out a top-grade spirit stone and began to absorb the spiritual energy in it.

Half an hour later, a dirty figure flew towards Shadow Peak like a meteor, and then disappeared into a cave.

"Sure enough, they've merged a little more. It seems that for these two Dantians to fully merge, spiritual power and Guixu power must be equal..." Zhang Qiang pondered as he gazed out the window at the gradually darkening sky. He then stood up, changed into a clean set of matching clothes, and leisurely walked out of the cave.

Zhang Qiang headed towards the location he had agreed upon with Wang Wei. While he occasionally encountered disciples from Shadow Peak along the way, they didn't attract much attention. After all, the Qingshan Sect had a large number of disciples, approximately ten thousand, and disciples from each peak could freely enter and exit other peaks for training and exchange, so it was natural that they didn't attract much attention.

A moment later, beside a gurgling stream, Wang Wei and his companions were already bustling with activity. Wang Wei, standing barefoot in the stream, frantically prepared several plump pheasants. His technique was crude, though; he simply plucked the feathers from the chickens, leaving no internal organs behind. Wang Yan and Chen Ying, meanwhile, each tended a campfire, occasionally turning the roasted chickens. A faint, alluring aroma of meat drifted through the air on the breeze, and Zhang Qiang, observing the scene before him, felt a surge of relief.

Thinking back to when I was on Earth, how many times had I dreamed of having such a pleasant picnic with friends and family? But back then, the pressures of making a living, filling my stomach, paying for my children's tuition, paying the mortgage...many pressures ruthlessly suppressed my plans time and time again. Until I collapsed from exhaustion, and ended up without my wife and children, all those beautiful plans and dreams vanished like a passing cloud. It was that experience that made Zhang Qiang deeply understand that time waits for no one, and happiness and joy will not always be with you. When I was young and frivolous, I always had high aspirations and was full of confidence that I would definitely make it. But it was not until that moment when I was lying on the hospital bed that I suddenly realized that a simple and ordinary life is the true meaning of life. Knowing how to enjoy life in the moment seems to be a different kind of happiness...

"In this life... I hope there will be no more regrets. Be it life or death... today is the day that truly belongs to me." Zhang Qiang thought silently in his heart, and his steps that had originally stopped slowly started moving again.

"It smells so good... It's better to come at the right time than to come early... Hehe..." Zhang Qiang said loudly with a smile on his face.

"What are you thinking about...? You... do it yourself and have enough food and clothing... Humph!" Chen Ying rolled her eyes at Zhang Qiang and said with a snort.

"Brother Qiang...it's okay, wait a moment, I'll let you taste my cooking skills after being single for twenty years..." Wang Wei was smiling and hurried to help Zhang Qiang out.

"As for you... I doubt you can even roast a pheasant... Looking at the way you're butchering a chicken, how can you possibly have an appetite..." Wang Yan couldn't help but tease. Indeed, with their cultivation levels, they had little interest in such ordinary food. If it didn't taste good or didn't look good, it would definitely affect their appetite.