Chapter 17: Breakthrough - 17
Zhou Fan walked over to the inside section and pulled the doors open. Looking inside, he saw a bed, a table, a broom, and a chair. Everything was covered with dust.
After briefly considering using Qi to blow the dust away, Zhou Fan shook his head. Although it may be faster, there was a chance of destroying the few items in the courtyard, and even the courtyard itself. Instead, Zhou Fan went to the corner and grabbed the broom. He swept the broom with the strength of the average man. While sweeping, Zhou Fan thought about the current state of the courtyard.
It was literally falling apart. It needed repairs and maybe even an expansion later on. He also needed to fix up the yard more. The concrete walls were covered with vines and the outside of the courtyard was like a jungle.
While lost in his thoughts, Zhou Fan finished sweeping the house. He had also swiped the dust off of the furniture. Surprisingly, the bed was quite nice. Although he would need to wash the sheets, the wood it was built out of was holding up well. It wasn't moldy or rotting. Zhou Fan grabbed the sheets before leaving the courtyard.
He headed straight to the inn and reached it in 2 minutes. Zhou Fan walked up to the lady who ran it and asked if they could wash the sheets.
"Yes. It will cost 2 copper, however."
Nodding at the price, Zhou Fan pulled out 2 copper before handing it and the sheets to the lady. Zhou Fan then walked upstairs and grabbed his few belongings before walking back to the courtyard. Although he still had a week at the inn, he prefered to live in the courtyard.
He quickly made it back to the courtyard and sat his things down. Once again, Zhou Fan left the courtyard and walked around the city. Before long, he had purchased a lamp, a shovel, a paint brush, and a bucket of red paint. He had also gone back to the inn and grabbed his newly clean sheets.
When Zhou Fan made it back to the courtyard, it was already getting dark. He reckoned it was around 8 pm. He put the sheets on the bed and lit the lantern with one of the matches it came with. Now that there was light in the courtyard, Zhou Fan opened the paint can and started to paint the walls. He painted the entire outside of the house, and by the time he was done, it was 10 pm.
Calling it a night, Zhou Fan went inside and sat on his bed. He decided to spend most of his time cultivating for the next few days. At least until he broke through to the next realm.
Since he had nothing else to do, Zhou Fan spent the next 3 days cultivating. The only times he wasn't cultivating was when he was eating at the inn.
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On the third day of cultivating, Zhou Fan was heavily paying attention to his inside space. The sphere that has been forming was nearly finished. It was at 99.9% completion and could be finished at any moment. The next minute , it completely formed.
The moment it formed, all the Qi in the surrounding area poured towards it. The strands of Qi were laying onto it and making it glow. After around 5 minutes, the grey glow had reached a blinding intensity. All of a sudden, the last Qi laid onto the sphere.
The bright glow instantly receded and it looked as if the sphere only had a light glow of grey light covering it.
When Zhou Fan opened his eyes, he was floating above the bed! Zhou Fan quickly panicked and fell face first onto the ground. When he stood up, excitement was visible on his face. He could fly! Who wouldn't be excited.
Zhou Fan ran outside and tried to fly once again. However, even after 20 minutes, he was unsuccessful. After giving up for now, Zhou Fan focused on the sphere. It was gray in color and currently had no glow. When Zhou Fan focused his mind on it, he felt a load of information pass through his brain.
After it passed, Zhou Fan understood what the use of this sphere was. In fact, it was more accurate to call it a core. Zhou Fan had learned that the core was a condensation of all his previous Qi. Although it didn't hold control over his Qi, it had many uses. Firstly, he could ignore some of the laws of physics with it. The best part was, it barely needed any Qi. Secondly, his Qi was now completely condensed and even the Qi he absorbed from the surroundings would be denser.
Finally, he could change the attributes of his Qi! This finding astonished Zhou Fan more than the other two. Deciding to test it, he held out his hand and tried to form a flame. Soon after, a flame formed on his hand! Zhou Fan shaped it into a ball and threw it into the sky. It zoomed up at an incredible speed before it exploded in the sky, sending a shockwave out. The loud boom caused the city to fall into a panic. Of course, Zhou Fan wouldn't realize that until later.
Zhou Fan then tried with everything he could think of. Earth, water, air, metal, and even wood. Then Zhou Fan had an idea that even scared himself. Pushing his palm out, Zhou Fan tried to imagine a lightning bolt shooting out of his hand.
BOOOM!!
The lightning bolt shot out at a speed that even Zhou Fan couldn't react to and collided with his walls. The bolt penetrated through the wall and continued on. It didn't stop until it ran into a couple of trees and sent them exploding into the air.
While Zhou Fan was astonished, he inwardly compared the strength of the lightning to the strength of the fireball. While the lightning bolt was clearly much stronger than the fireball, it was nearly impossible to control. It also took up much more of Zhou Fans energy. Luckily, Zhou Fan had been holding back quite a lot. Otherwise, who knew how much damage it would cause.
Zhou Fan then flew into the air which was much easier after he realized how it worked. Zhou Fan soared into the air, instantly breaking the sound barrier and sending another boom throughout the city.
Zhou Fan played around in the air for an hour before an idea suddenly struck him. Since he could turn his Qi into other elements by removing other parts, what if he shot out the attribute of his pure Qi. Zhou Fan had a nagging feeling that his core wasn't only able to shoot out elements.
While in the air, Zhou Fan put his hand out and aimed it at the random forest below. He had long flew out of the city into and unknown direction. Instead of manipulating his Qi to turn into something else, Zhou Fan urged out the pure grey energy contained in his body. Zhou Fan quickly succeeded and a formless gray energy appeared on his palm. He had used the same amount of energy in this as he had used while trying out the other elements.
When Zhou Fan urged it to shoot into the forest below, it instantly disappeared from his palm. Zhou Fan couldn't even react before an explosion sent him flying into the ground. He hit the ground at such a high speed that he spit out blood!
Zhou Fan body after breaking into this realm was 1000 times harder than steel. Even then, he was injured by his own attack.
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