Rio had sent of his subordinates and instructed them to act like nothing happened
If they even try to say what happened, they wouldn't know how they died
Rio decided to not to go back to hall since his plan was finished, he went to the his study room and sat down in lotus position
Rio, with his talent, can gather mana without needing lotus position but its more efficient this way to gather mana
He began to gather mana from surroundings, The Advanced Dao Sect has abundant mana in the air because of how powerful cultivators live here
He sat down in lotus position around 1 hours, then he got up to his feet
"I broke through Body Refining Realm, my body feels much lighter than before also because I have reached Body Refining Realm, I don't need to feed myself with foods. I just need to absorb mana every month and I will even be more healthy than before"
He decided to test his strength so he went out and punched the air with all his strength
When he punched, the air trembled, the ground under his feet cracked, shockwaves formed in the air.
Rio expected this, he could deduce his own strength by just thinking about it, he just wanted to make sure about it
'It seems that I have the strength of 3rd realm cultivator in my old universe, this mana is really a upgraded version of Qi'
The Body Refining Realm has its own sub-stages the 1st stage is Earth Stage, 2nd one is Heaven Stage lastly, the 3rd one is Heaven And Earth Stage
The reason Rio wanted to hone his body before breaking through to the Body Refining Realm is simple, The Body Refining Realm multiplies the body's strength when they broke through, so Rio wanted to reach the strength of a peak human before breaking through. Now because of his extra strength, he broke through the peak of Heaven And Earth Stage, so it will be much faster to broke to 2nd realm for him
He wanted to go to his study room and break through to the 2nd realm, but someone interrupted his thinking
It was a beatiful women with white hair and golden eyes "Rio, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be having fun with your friends?"
It was his mother, Emilia
'I didn't sensed her, probably because of her own power, nevermind but friends?'
Rio made a shy face and said while looking to the ground "Uh I did got uncomfortable because of the gazes directed to me so I came here, but what do you mean by 'friends' mother?"
Emilia giggled "Ohh you don't need to be secretive I heard all of it Mei, I asked her why did you invited them and she told everything that happened in this 'meeting' haha" while finishing with a laugh
'So Mei didn't exposed me and said the things that came into her mind at that situation'
Rio did know that his subordinate's family will ask them what happened in their meeting but he didn't care, as long as they weren't insane, they wouldn't be suspicious to their own children's at most, they will think that he/she was shy to tell them or didn't wanted to tell
Rio made a embaressed face "So you were bothering them to know what happened in the meeting...*sigh* I should have expected it from you mother"
Emilia giggled and pulled Rio's cheeks "Dont be mean to your own mother Rio! I was just worrying about you, you know?
Rio got free from his mother "Sure you were, mother. I did talked quite a bit with them at the meeting so I don't think I should go and have fun with them, besides I have started my cultivation and even broke through the 1st realm and was going to try to break the 2nd realm, you know?"
Rio said these things because there was no reason to keep it secret, they will learn about it eventually even if he decided to keep it secret, so there was no need for keeping it secret and broke their trusts to him
Emilia was shocked beyond words "Really? I mean you have a mythical grade talent but even the superior grade talents have to cultivate for a day to broke through the 1st realm, and you say that you did that in around 1 hours?!"
'This is the benefit of god-king bloodline but I can't say that to you unfortunately' thought Rio while trying to deceive himself by looking sad about it
Rio made a confused face "Yes, you are right mother, maybe the mythical grade talent is far superior than we think? I really don't know"
Emilia saw that his son didn't know anything too so he didn't ask further about it and said with a small smile "Okay, you can cultivate now, you can come to hall anytime you want! We will be waiting for you" even though she knew that by the time his son finished his cultivation session, the celebration will probably be over
"Okay mom, i will definitely try to come" Rio walked to his study room while he was saying this
He reached his study room after one minute, then checked his surroundings and started to cultivate while sitting in a lotus position
He was at the peak of Heaven And Earth Stage so it will not take much time reach the next realm
He was just sitting and visualizing the billions of mana particules coming into his body, since he wasn't in the mana gathering realm, he could only gather them into his random body parts, he did the same thing about a day, then he got up to his feet
Rio got up to his feets because he did realized that he has broken through the Mana Gathering Realm
There was two reasons he realized he broke through the Mana Gathering Realm. Firstly, his mana control ability and his strength increased tremendously. Secondly, when he was gathering mana from the air, the mana in his body has started to head to the his solar plexus, which is where mana gathering realm cultivators forms their Mana Core.