The night was as cool as water.
Yet, the bed was as hot as spring.
After repeated physical contact, Li Yuewei gradually became overwhelmed, panting like a orchid and gasping, "Husband, you're too strong. I really can't take it anymore; I can't continue."
Although Shen Ping was a bit disappointed, he didn't say much. His wife's physical constitution was ultimately too weak, and even with him controlling his strength, she couldn't endure for too long.
He turned on the bedside lamp.
He got up and carefully cleaned his wife.
Li Yuewei said apologetically, "I'm sorry, husband. I didn't let you have your fill today."
The number of times they had been intimate was not truly many. Sometimes, Shen Ping would go to the Wilderness Area and wouldn't see her for ten days to half a month, only able to relieve boredom through phone calls.
Shen Ping lowered his head and kissed Li Yuewei on the forehead, holding her shoulders and saying gently, "It's fine. It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself."
Li Yuewei hummed in response, then fell silent for a moment before looking up and saying, "Husband, I know you're very good to me and you consider my feelings, but... but I really can't handle it alone. How about we find another person?"
"Xiao Yin is a good child. After she graduates, I'll ask for her opinion."
Shen Ping frowned, "Xiao Yin is your cousin…"
Li Yuewei shook her head, interrupting him, "As long as she's willing, other aspects aren't an issue."
Seeing this,
Shen Ping no longer resisted, only saying, "Let's just let nature take its course. Don't make Xiao Yin feel wronged."
He didn't have much resistance to this.
Moreover, the family reward evaluation today made him realize that there were many areas to explore in terms of offspring, family industry, and family prestige. If he continued to develop offspring, he would inevitably have to keep mistresses outside, which was an unavoidable hurdle.
In the following days,
Shen Ping did not cultivate diligently as he used to. Besides going to work, he stayed at home to recuperate his spirit, preparing to adjust his state to its peak before consuming the mu ya crystal.
In fact, breaking through to Planetary Level on his own was the best option, but his martial artist talent was average. Although his physical constitution could reach War God Peak in two or three months, his mental state was relatively poor, and it would likely take a considerable amount of time to break through then.
However, the mu ya crystal could allow martial artists at Apprentice Stage Eight or Nine to break through to Planetary Level within a month. Although this was a waste of resources, he couldn't afford to care about that.
After all, breaking through to Planetary Level was the most important thing.
As long as he became a powerful individual at the Councilor level, even if his secret was exposed then, no one would dare to covet it.
Ten days later,
Feeling his mental state reach its peak, Shen Ping came to the training hall, took out the rewarded mu ya crystal, and looked at the white crystal emitting a rice fragrance in his hand. He took a deep breath, held it in his palm, and then began to cultivate the Ninefold Hunyuan Guidance Technique.
Immediately, the immense energy within the mu ya crystal was frantically absorbed by his skin pores and acupoints. Incredibly pure energy surged into his body, and his cells immediately greedily absorbed it.
Cells that normally took half an hour to reach saturation now became fully saturated in just over ten minutes, yet only a tiny amount of the mu ya crystal's energy had been consumed.
"As expected of the mu ya crystal!"
"At this rate of improvement, by the end of August, my physical constitution will fully reach War God Peak. By then, with the pure energy of the mu ya crystal, I can use it to stimulate my spirit and break through to Planetary Level in one go!"
Just smelling the mu ya crystal could invigorate the spirit, and absorbing its energy could keep the spirit in an extremely active state.
…
Mid-August.
Shen Ping, who was diligently cultivating, received a call from his captain, Qin Shan.
He arrived at the usual spot in the HR Alliance Mall.
As soon as he entered, he saw two unfamiliar faces.
"Lao Shen."
"Let me introduce you to the new members of our Raging Wind Squad, Li Yichen and Xue Jin. They are both promising talents recruited by the Dojo of Limits this year. Their potential is good, and there's a high chance they'll become Intermediate Warlords, or even Advanced Warlords, in the future."
Qin Shan said with a smile.
The two new members quickly greeted Shen Ping. They knew from Qin Shan that this former member, who had left, was now the boss of Pingwei Materials Company, running a large business with extensive connections. Building a good relationship would be helpful to them.
"The Raging Wind Squad is good. Follow the captain, and you won't suffer any losses."
Shen Ping said, then gestured for Mu Yang to pour wine.
They drank until evening.
Only then did they part ways.
Before leaving, Mu Yang asked Shen Ping if he had time in the next month or two, wanting to practice his blade techniques with him again.
"Let's talk about it in September. I'll call you if I have time."
"Alright."
From August to October were the two most dangerous months in the Wilderness Area, prone to beast tides. So, generally, the captain and the others would choose to rest in the Base City.
Back at the villa,
He once again entered the state of cultivating by absorbing the mu ya crystal.
His wife knew that these days were very important for Shen Ping, so after work, she tried her best not to make any noise to avoid disturbing him. His mother-in-law and father-in-law would also take the two children to the community or to the hotpot restaurant during the day.
He continued cultivating like this until the end of August.
Two in the afternoon.
As soon as he sat down to absorb the mu ya crystal, the cells in his body seemed to boil, and his body began to heat up. Shen Ping's face lit up with joy. He knew this was a sign of an impending breakthrough, so he suppressed his distracting thoughts, calmly absorbed the energy according to the movements of Ninefold Hunyuan.
Boom.
As the pure energy surged in, like a pushing torrent, the genetic original energy hidden deep within the cells began to converge like water droplets. In just a few minutes, he felt a large current of heat formed by the gathered genetic original energy in his lower abdomen.
This hot current grew larger and larger.
When it reached a certain extent, the hot current began to rotate, absorbing and gathering other genetic original energy, and surging towards the Dantian in his abdomen.
Whoosh!
Shen Ping seemed to hear the sound of the hot current crashing. At this moment, his spirit reached its peak, even merging with his body. Boom, the Dantian, which had not existed in his lower abdomen, suddenly opened. The hot current formed by the rotating and colliding genetic original energy surged in frantically, then continued to rotate, and began to expand and contract.
With each expansion and contraction, the volume of the hot current, formed by the genetic original energy, would shrink. After continuous collision and contraction, a miniature planet finally appeared in his Dantian.
This miniature planet was fiery red, looking like a burning fireball, but upon closer inspection, one could see that it was formed by a large aggregation of yellowish-red hexagonal crystals.
Buzz!
Almost at the moment the miniature planet appeared,
Shen Ping's consciousness trembled, and his spirit invisibly established some kind of connection with the miniature planet. With a thought, he could control the miniature planet.
"Planetary Level!"
"This is Planetary Level!"
Feeling the strange fluctuation emanating from the fiery red miniature planet, his face was filled with excitement. This strange fluctuation was like a magnetic field, capable of counteracting Earth's gravity, allowing him to float.
"Genetic original energy, yes, now I must quickly use genetic original energy to transform my body!"
Suppressing his excitement,
He moved his mind slightly, and a wisp of yellowish-red genetic original energy flew out from his Dantian, instantly merging into his body.
Almost instantly,
Shen Ping's entire body—bones, skin, muscles, tendons, meridians, and internal organs—was undergoing transformation at a visible speed.