Online Cultivation
episode 98's

After Yu Rou finished feeding Yuan, she said to him, “OK, brother. Now that your own room has been cleaned, I will let you sleep alone again.”

Moments later, Yu Rou carried Yuan into a wheelchair before pushing him back into her own room.

"Do you want to play tonight, brother?" Yu Rou asked him.

Now that he knew his true identity as a Yuan Player, he was more willing to let him play more so that he could continue advancing as much as possible.

"It's okay. In fact, I will take a break from Online Cultivation for a few days until the Dragon Essence Temple exam begins, ” Yuan said to him.

"Huh? You've rested? Why?" Yu Rou asked him with a dumbfounded expression on her face.

Although losing a few days of progress might not matter when Yuan had been months, even years ahead of other players, it still made no sense why he wanted to break so suddenly.

“Did something happen today? Is that your reason for the break?” Yu Rou asked him. "It's okay to talk to me, brother."

“No, it has nothing to do with the game, to be honest. I just want to take a break and prepare myself before I take the exam.”

"Prepared for exams ... in the real world?" Yu Rou could not understand his intentions, but since Yuan insisted on a break, there was nothing she could do. After all, he couldn't force her to play the game.

"OKAY. Then I'll leave you alone now. Good night, brother.” Yu Rou closed the lights in the room before leaving Yuan alone.

Once he was alone, Yuan immediately started cultivating, and he would not stop all night.

The next morning, Yuan managed to breakthrough once again, reaching the fourth level Spirit Apprentice.

“Haaa It takes longer than the game. If only there were monster cores in this world or equivalent things that would allow me to increase my cultivation faster” Yuan sighed.

Moments later, Yu Rou entered her room to clean her face and brush her teeth before feeding her breakfast.

After Yuan finished the three bowls of soup, Yu Rou wiped her lips with a wet towel before leaving for school.

Once he was alone again, Yuan went back to cultivating. Although his progress might be slow, he could at least make some progress.

Yuan repeated this process for the next two days, and other than eating and cultivating, he did nothing even sleeping.

By the time the Dragon Essence Temple started their disciple examination, Yuan had reached the fifth level Spirit Apprentice realm.

“Yu Rou, I will be returning to Online Cultivation today. The Dragon Essence Temple should start their disciple exam today as well, ” Yuan said to him after breakfast.

"OKAY. Good luck, brother. Of course, I'm sure you'll pass the exam without any effort. ” Yu Rou laughs.

"I understand ..." Yuan replied in a nervous voice.

Some time later, Yuan returned to the cultivation world.

"Welcome back, Brother Yuan." Xiao Hua was the first to appear before him.

"I'm back. The Dragon Essence Temple disciple exam should be today, right?” ask Yuan.

"It's so thick." Xiao Hua nodded, and then he turned to look towards the Dragon Essence Temple. "There's been a lot of people gathered."

“Then let's go!”

However, Xiao Hua shook his head and said, “Brother Yuan, Xiao Hua will remain inside the necklace until you decide to leave the sect or need some help. This way, Brother Yuan can experience the cultivation world as he should. If you need any advice, Xiao Hua will speak to you using a Divine Sense like Vermilion Phoenix.”

Yuan nodded and said, "It will feel lonely without you by my side the whole time, but I understand why you're doing this."

After Xiao Hua returned to the necklace, Yuan started running towards the Dragon Essence Temple.

‘Oh, right.. There will be many people participating in this exam” both NPC and Player. To keep my identity safe, at least I have to hide my face.’

Thinking that, Yuan stopped moving and took the Black Jade Mask and put it on his face, hiding everything except his bright and innocent eyes.

"This should be good enough," Yuan nodded to himself before he continued running towards the Dragon Essence Temple.

A while later, Yuan arrived at the Dragon Essence Temple, and as he had expected, there was already a sea of people gathered there.

‘Wow... Is this what it's like to go to school on the first day?’ Yuan wondered to himself as he followed the crowd.

A few minutes later, they arrived at a mountain range that had nothing but mountains and trees beside a huge gate in the horizon that had a majestic sign with the inscription ‘Temple of Dragon’ Essence on it.

‘We take the exam here?’ Yuan raised his eyebrows.

After waiting for a few more minutes, a middle-aged man wearing a colorful robe appeared in front of them by jumping over the gate.

“Welcome to the Dragon Essence Temple disciple exam! Before we start the exam, we must verify whether you are truly qualified to be here or not!” The middle-aged man spoke to them in a loud and domineering voice.

“Below me is a transportation gate that will move you to the actual exam room. However, only those who had the Dragon Essence Temple Trial Token would be teleported to the examination hall. Everyone will be randomly teleported to the mountains behind me, and there are many powerful magical beasts roaming the area, so if you are thinking of sneaking into the disciple exam, then, I encourage you to rethink that decision because we will not take it. Take responsibility for whatever happens to you afterwards.”