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Chapter 631 - 603: Closed-door Cultivation

Chapter 631: Chapter 603: Closed-door Cultivation

The next day, Li Chen was practicing his morning exercise in the courtyard, and by the time he returned, his forehead was already drenched with sweat.

"I can’t continue like this any longer," Li Chen’s face appeared very calm, but in his heart, a decision had already been made.

"Aunt Wang, please let Lin Yi know that I will be going out for two days. During this time, she should be careful on her own," Li Chen said to Aunt Wang, who was preparing breakfast.

"Young Master, are you going on a long journey?" Aunt Wang couldn’t help but ask with a surprised tone upon hearing Li Chen’s words.

"It’s not exactly a long journey, but it will probably take two days," Li Chen mentioned.

"All right then, I will let the young miss know afterward."

Li Chen nodded and did not hesitate any further. He took some personal belongings and left the villa straight away.

I cannot keep on like this, I cannot sit and wait for death!

The existence of the Black General hung over his neck like a guillotine, poised to fall at any moment.

Especially since the Black General was more powerful than himself, this guillotine felt like an irresistible massive force.

This massive force was suffocating him.

"I must become stronger! I have to become stronger!"

In Li Chen’s heart, the decision was set.

Closed-door cultivation!

In the past, he had heard this term from the older generations.

Because Great Grandfather often engaged in closed-door cultivation and once he started, it was measured in years.

This time, his closed-door cultivation wouldn’t last long, just two days.

But, he had a perfect place for it, a place that gave him his confidence.

The cliff, the Cold Pool.

Li Chen brought all the Pills he had obtained from the Relic last time, indicating his determination.

He could feel that his power had indeed reached a bottleneck, and if he could just overcome it, his strength would greatly improve.

The last time he used the Red Moon, he had leveraged its power to overcome the bottleneck, and the terrifying power was something Li Chen still vividly remembered.

However, the power gained from using the Red Moon was ultimately an illusion, not his own power.

This time, he intended to rely on his own strength to break through the bottleneck.

Originally, he had brought back some Pool Water and Little Fish from the Cold Pool, but Li Chen found that due to the passing of time, these items had dissipated much of their Energy.

Compared to when they were first taken out of the Cold Pool, their medicinal effectiveness was at completely different grades.

Li Chen speculated that there might be something special at the bottom of the Cold Pool that caused the water and the fish within to undergo such a remarkable transformation.

And this time, Li Chen was planning to hold his closed-door cultivation inside the Cold Pool.

"Whether I succeed or not hinges on this attempt," Li Chen said while arriving at the entrance of the Cold Pool cave, taking out two Jade Vases from his chest.

The vases contained all the Silver Elixirs he had obtained from the last expedition to the Relic.

Li Chen entered the cave and took a deep look at the Cold Pool, then took off all his clothes and jumped in directly.

Without the protection of the Red Moon, the conversion of Energy by the Cold Pool Water was actually very slow.

If it was by the speed at which Li Chen absorbed with the Red Moon in his hand last time in Miao Village, it probably wouldn’t take long to achieve his goal.

But now, the Red Moon was in the hands of the Black General, and all he could rely on was himself.

"What, Li Chen has left?" Meanwhile, Lin Yi, having heard the news relayed by Aunt Wang, couldn’t help but show a face full of astonishment.

"Yes, your son-in-law said he would be out for two days and will return after two days," Aunt Wang said.

"Two days?" Lin Yi frowned and looked at Aunt Wang, "Did he say what he was going to do?"

"No." Aunt Wang shook her head, "Your son-in-law just said that he was going to take care of some very important business and would be back in two days, and he also asked the young mistress to be careful these days."

"I see," Lin Yi nodded.

She did not press for more details, because she knew that if there was something Li Chen could say, he definitely would. If he didn’t want to speak of it, then even if she asked, it would be of no use.

Although she did not know exactly what Li Chen was going to do this time, Lin Yi was clear that whatever task he had to handle must be extremely important; otherwise, he wouldn’t have left in such a hurry without even bidding her goodbye.

"You must come back safely!" Lin Yi whispered to herself in her heart.

She also understood that there were many things related to Li Chen that she simply could not help with; all she could do was silently pray.

Suddenly, Lin Yi felt that the days when she could frolic and jest with Li Chen were so joyful.

Although she often got so angry with him that she was beside herself, just seeing his smile would make her inexplicably happy.

But ever since the subsequent events unfolded, she could feel that despite Li Chen’s face still often wearing a smile that seemed unchanged,

she could sense the weariness hidden within that smile.

Lin Yi’s heart ached; she truly felt pain.

Because she realized that she had truly fallen in love with this man.

"You must..."

"You must succeed!" Li Chen clenched his teeth fiercely, submerged in the Cold Pool with only his head above water.

His stomach, too, was filled with Pool Water.

His body temperature had reached an extremely dangerous point.

Yet, Li Chen still did not come out of the water. When he could no longer endure, he would throw a Silver Pill into his mouth, grab a couple of Little Fish, and bite them raw to eat them directly.

After a long while, when Li Chen emerged from the Pool Water, his skin was wrinkled from being soaked, and many parts of his body showed alarming cracks as True Qi cleared the Pool Water from his body.

Li Chen didn’t even have time to attend to the frost-cracked wounds on his body. After popping two Pills into his mouth, he entered the Cultivation State once again.

Having completed his cultivation and come to his senses, Li Chen caught two more Little Fish and tossed them into his mouth.

Without even peeling off the scales, he chewed and swallowed the Little Fish whole.

After eating a few Little Fish, Li Chen plunged back into the Pool Water; after swallowing a few large gulps of Cold Pool Water, he felt the slight warmth his body had accumulated immediately cooled down by the cold sips.

The intense cold made his whole body shiver, but he still did not come out of the Pool Water, staying submerged and absorbing the Energy within.

Cold, fatigue, and agony continually tormented Li Chen’s nerves, but in his eyes burned two flames.

"I definitely... will keep going!"

"I definitely... will return alive!"

Li Chen’s roar echoed throughout the cave.

And his strength was rapidly increasing at a terrifying pace, continuously charging towards that breakthrough barrier.