Chapter 12: Cultivating Mental Power
In the mercenary dormitory, Tu You rolled on the bed, laughing at the things he had brought back.
“It’s too funny, I really want to see the expressions on that couple’s faces after they discover their home has been raided!”
“Alright, be careful not to fall off the bed.”
Sang Chu organized the water storage devices Tu You had brought back, placing the old ones aside to clean and replace them with clean new water sources.
“I won’t!”
Tu You said, getting up from the bed and flying to the refrigerator to grab a bunch of grapes. He ate them while watching Sang Chu, “A Chu, are these enough for you? Or should we go steal more things?”
Sang Chu: “No, it’s not easy for anyone to do business. If they hadn’t tried to trick me, I wouldn’t have let you take all their new energy water storage devices.”
Tu You: “You don’t seem like someone from the apocalypse. In my memory, people in the apocalypse are very selfish.”
“I know, I’ve seen it too. Perhaps soon I’ll become as selfish and indifferent as them, but before that day comes, I want to hold onto my bottom line as much as possible, so I don’t completely turn into a monster.”
Sang Chu said without any fluctuation in her voice. Tu You was stunned, flew in front of Sang Chu, and stuffed grapes into her mouth, “You won’t. I know you’re a good person!”
Sang Chu didn’t reply to this. There were no good people in the apocalypse, only a sliver of humanity left.
Tu You: “A Chu, what about these water storage devices?”
Looking at the water storage devices placed by the water purifier, Tu You asked curiously. Sang Chu exported a video from her optical computer, projected it, and followed the video tutorial to release the water from the storage devices.
Tu You flew nearby, eating fruit and watching Sang Chu handle the water storage devices. After watching for a long time, he couldn’t figure it out, “A Chu, why isn’t any water coming out?”
Sang Chu pointed to the sink and said, “This is a special ore from a starfish. The optical computer explains that it can absorb water indefinitely. So, you just need to open the switch of the water storage device and place it on it, and the starfish stone will drink the water itself.”
“Oh, so I just need to put them all on it, right?”
Sang Chu: “Yes, it will take about a night to drain them all. I’m going to sleep first. When I wake up, I’ll refine golden pearls for Dr. Li.”
“Wait!”
Tu You quickly took out the mental cultivation manual and handed it to Sang Chu, “A Chu, don’t rush to sleep. Look at this book first and cultivate according to it.”
“This is the mental cultivation manual you were talking about?”
Sang Chu took it, opened it, and saw diagrams of meridian pathways and introductions to mental power.
Tu You: “Yes! Once you cultivate and your mental power increases, refining golden pearls will be twice as effective. People are most suitable for cultivation when they are tired!”
“There’s such a saying?”
Sang Chu looked at Tu You doubtfully. He said proudly, “Of course! You haven’t slept much in the wilderness, so you’re currently in a state of mental tension. Once you fall asleep, your mind will relax, and you’ll miss the best cultivation time. So, don’t rush to sleep, look at it first. Even if you can’t learn it right away, at least try meditating to adjust your mental power.”
Sang Chu nodded, took the manual, sat on the ground, and began to cultivate as instructed.
Time passed little by little, and sweat dripped down Sang Chu’s head in large drops. She looked very uncomfortable.
Sang Chu tried hard to adjust her breathing, allowing the scattered and chaotic mental power in her mind to slowly condense.
Suddenly,
Sang Chu felt a surge of power in her mind.
This power was formless and traceless, yet immensely powerful, as if it were about to break free from its restraints and leap out.
Sang Chu’s heart rejoiced. Just as she thought she had succeeded, her brain seemed to be pricked by something.
Intense pain struck, as if her brain were being torn apart.
Sang Chu gritted her teeth, persevering without the slightest relaxation.
The moon set and the sun rose.
The mental power in her mind finally condensed into tiny threads.
‘Hoo—’
A muffled gasp was heard. Sang Chu woke up from her cultivation, covered in sweat. Tu You was sitting amidst a pile of fruits, eating heartily,
with remnants of food all over his mouth.
“A Chu, you’re awake! How do you feel?”
Sang Chu looked at his leisurely appearance and said through gritted teeth, “Not great. I’m going to take a shower. You clean up the food!”
After a simple rinse, Sang Chu changed into clean clothes and lay down on the bed. But she suddenly realized she didn’t seem to have bought any clothes?
Never mind, I’ll buy them after I wake up. I’m so tired!
Thinking drowsily, Sang Chu fell asleep.
When she woke up, two days had passed.
There were many new things in the room. Sang Chu rubbed her sleepy eyes, “What are all these?”
Tu You excitedly flew in front of her and sat on her stomach, “Dr. Li brought them. She knocked, but no one answered, so she found Hua Xi to open the door. She originally just wanted to leave the things here, but then she saw you sleeping. She called you for a long time without waking you. She used some detector to check your body, found that you were fine, and then left the things!”
Saying that, Tu You flew to the table, picked up a piece of paper, and flew back, “Look, this is the letter she left for you.”
Sang Chu:
The things are ready. Remember to give me what I want when you wake up!
The things are all ready?
Sang Chu nimbly rolled out of bed and rushed to the table where the items were placed: water storage devices, optical computer, miniature medical pod, space link, and new energy water storage devices, among others.
The space link contained clothes, food, and weapons – everything! It was much more than she had prepared!
The more Sang Chu looked, the wider her smile became, “So much! This should be enough for us to survive in the apocalypse for a long time!”
“Enough!” Tu You looked at Sang Chu and thought, “You’ve always been very alert, but sleeping for so long these past two days must have drained your stamina when you were cultivating your mental power that day. Try using your wood element supernatural ability to accelerate growth of plants?”
Sang Chu, who was in the process of putting all the items into her space link, suddenly heard Tu You’s words.
She nodded, took out a vine from which she had picked a watermelon from her space link, placed her hands on it,
and soon, a large watermelon was grown. It made a crisp sound when she patted it. Sang Chu split it with a palm strike. The flesh inside was very red.
Taking a bite, it was sweet and juicy, absolutely delicious!
“I didn’t expect mental power to boost supernatural abilities so much. It’s so sweet!”
Tu You: “Then try the golden pearls quickly! She brought you so many things, and you haven’t given her a single golden pearl. You slept for two days, and the otherworld train will arrive in these two days.”
Upon hearing this, Sang Chu immediately put down the watermelon in her hand, wiped her mouth hastily, and began to refine golden pearls.
This time, refining was much easier. In a short while, she obtained a small bag.
However, it was still far from what she had promised Dr. Li, so she could only continue refining.
She did nothing else all day, only focusing on refining.
Tu You helped her pack all the food in the mercenary dormitory and replaced the water in the stolen water storage devices with clean water before storing them all.
After a day and a night, she could finally deliver!
【Dr. Li, I’m sorry. I was sleeping for the past two days and just woke up today. The things you wanted are ready. Please come and get them!】
