Chapter 240 Rest
Zhang Tie had a dream. He dreamed that he returned to his childhood and returned to a game in his previous life.

He held a small knife in his hand, and the sound of countdown rang in his ears. With the last roar, a zombie covered in red with steel claws tied on his hands rushed towards him.

Zhang Tie woke up in fright!
A big face was staring at him in front of him. The strong stimulation made him think that the dream just now seemed to be real. His brain stopped thinking and the only thought left was to run away.

Then he heard Arya's clear cry.

"I, I'm Zhang Tie, I'm in the underground city!" He sat on the ground, his mind gradually regained consciousness, and he remembered what had happened recently.

How did I become like this?
I have been conscious for a long time and never have nightmares. Why am I still scared by her when I wake up?

Erya was very cautious. Dahei was scared when he woke up. He must have had a nightmare. I have to comfort him!
"I'm fine, please sit down for a while!" Zhang Tie stopped Erya from reaching out to his hand and stood up by himself.

Zhang Tie asked Erya to stay alone for a while. He had wasted a lot of time in this village since he fell into the underground city. It was time to end the things in this village.

The demonic energy in my body has loosened a lot. Now I can use my spiritual sense to open the storage bag. From now on, I can just practice. Zhang Tie doesn't want to waste time on those mortal matters.

Normally, this green stone should increase my spiritual awareness, but why does it feel like there is no change in my spiritual awareness?
Zhang Tie's spiritual sense did not change. It was not because the green stone was useless, but because he rashly used his spiritual sense to impact the magic crystals in his body, causing great damage to his spiritual sense.

Then, this green stone just stuck to Zhang Tie's body and miraculously restored most of his consciousness.

However, Zhang Tie himself overlooked this point. He felt that the stone did not play any role from the beginning to the end. It was just like an ordinary object with a calming effect.

"But it's not a waste of time. I just went out for a walk. First, I solved the problem of the demonic energy in my body, and then I picked up a stone that is good for my spiritual consciousness. Zhang Tie didn't lose out!"

Now, I can slowly refine the demonic energy crystals in my body by taking advantage of the cracks caused by the impact of demonic energy.

Once all the demonic energy crystals in the body are eliminated, I should be able to advance to the Jindan stage.

The good thing about the Demon-Swallowing Technique is that it can help cultivators to avoid bottlenecks that they have to break through. All they need is a strong enough body and a long enough lifespan.

But this is obviously not something that ordinary people can achieve.

This is because the Demon-Swallowing Technique is designed to allow cultivators to improve their cultivation. Only when the cultivation level is improved can the lifespan be increased. Only with a long life can one spend more time improving the Demon-Swallowing Technique.

However, the cultivators of the Demon-Swallowing Art were too slow. Only those with extremely strong bodies could speed up their cultivation. Except for those who were born with strong bodies, no cultivator had time to take care of body training.

However, Zhang Tie himself has an extremely strong body, so he can directly infuse the violent demonic energy into his body like eating stones to improve his cultivation.

Zhang Tie’s body is still strong enough now, so he can continue to improve. When his cultivation reaches the Nascent Soul stage, his body will not be able to support it.

It's not time to form a pill yet, why think so much? Zhang Tie cleared the thoughts in his mind and concentrated on refining the demonic energy.

. . .

Time flies, and five years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The last trace of demonic energy in his body crystallized into a wisp of pure demonic energy and returned to Zhang Tie's Dantian.

There is a golden elixir in the dantian, and its surface is covered with cracks.

Zhang Tie controlled this wisp of demonic energy and drilled into the golden elixir.

Then, the cracked elixir seemed to have made up for the last flaw, and the cracks began to disappear quickly. The elixir was slowly getting smaller, and the two sides of each crack slowly closed together, and finally stuck together tightly, becoming a complete and flawless round elixir.

At this moment, Zhang Tie's body was emitting golden light, and his aura surged.

He opened his eyes and smiled, "It's done!"

"Brother Zhang, have you been promoted?"

Arya jumped in from the cave, carrying a basket made of dry grass filled with fruit in her right hand.

He took out a green fruit and handed it to Zhang Tie.

Zhang Tie took the fruit from her, looked up, and was a little surprised.

He has been obsessed with practicing in the past few years and has no time to take care of her. He just let her go out to find food by herself and taught her some mundane martial arts. Unexpectedly, Erya has grown up now.

Her hair fell to her waist, she was taller, and her figure was amazingly developed. However, she only had two sets of clothes to change all year round, which concealed her beauty.

When Erya saw Zhang Tie's gaze, a hint of embarrassment flashed across her face, but she did not dodge. Instead, she widened her bright eyes and asked Zhang Tie, "Does it look good?"

"You're quite direct!" Zhang Tie shook his head and laughed, "Looks good!"

After hearing Zhang Tie's comment, Erya turned around happily, then sat next to him and put the basket in her hand aside.

Then he took out something like a dogtail grass from inside and swept Zhang Tie's clothes.

Zhang Tie would sit there for a month, and dust would always accumulate on his body. This dog-tail broom was specially made by Erya to clean the dust off Zhang Tie.

The dogtail broom was very useful and could remove the dust from Zhang Tie's clothes in one go. Zhang Tie could have cleaned his body with a wave of magic power, but somehow, Zhang Tie really enjoyed Erya's dogtail broom.

"It's done. Do you want to continue repairing it?" Erya scanned it again and again.

Zhang Tie nodded. Of course he did. However, since he had just made a big breakthrough, he could take a break for a while.

Erya's eyes lit up and she stopped what she was doing. "Where are we going?"

Zhang Tie thought about it. He originally wanted to go to the statue in the underground city to see the fat white man first, but after seeing the fat white man, Zhang Tie would probably continue to practice, so this would not be considered a rest.

"Let me take you outside!"

"Outside?!" Erya has lived in the village since she was born, and when Zhang Tie brought these people to the underground city, Erya was still ignorant, so she never knew that there were other people outside the village.

Zhang Tie smiled mysteriously, "Get ready. I'll take you out tomorrow. You'll know once you get outside!"

"Great!" Erya's heart began to beat fast at the thought of being able to go out. This feeling was even happier than dreaming of being hugged by Zhang Tie at night!

Zhang Tie glanced at Erya with a smile, and began to adjust his aura. His cultivation was still unstable, so he had to calm down and adjust.

(End of this chapter)