33: Double the energy limit

“Ah! It’s too late,” Ning Ruogong exclaimed, looking at the sunrise on the horizon.

More than ten days had passed since he began absorbing Yin to convert into heat.

Each time he used Yin-Heat Conversion, it would take him several minutes to reach his daily energy limit, and from that point on, he would be unable to absorb anything else for the next 24 hours.

After ten days of continuous conversion and absorption, he had reached a point where the sun had already risen, but the 24-hour period had not yet ended.

A group of people began to kneel and pray to the gods in the sky. Hyesi did the same.

Hyesi left the crowd and walked towards the forest. He had already tried several “falling from a tree without pain” tests and found that he had actually become very strong.

“Thank you for helping me today as well, Inikaka.” Hyesi was genuinely happy about his own strength. In just ten days, he had already started to catch up with some adults.

“Child, you don’t need to worry. I promised you. You helped me just now, and now it’s my turn to help you.”

“But I’ve received more help than I’ve given, Inikaka. Please tell me what I can do for you, and I will do it,” Hyesi even knelt on the ground, hitting his head against it.

“Hmm…” Ning Ruogong began to consider what was needed next. “Once I have a physical body, I will stand out in this group. I should find an independent place to live until I am strong enough to leave this place.”

“Alright, here’s what you need to do next.” Ning Ruogong began to give him his next task, and Hyesi immediately sprang into action.

Ning Ruogong, meanwhile, decided to find a way to obtain more energy to speed up the process. “Hmm… Do I have enough energy to increase the limit?” he wondered.

'Status'.

[Status

Name: Ning Ruogong

Energy: 25,952,548

Skills: Synchronized Thinking, Basic Mapping, Beginner Klavis Language, Candlelight, Yin-Heat Conversion

“Hmm… It’s actually been ten days, and 25 million is accurate, but it’s still amazing to see so much energy.” Ning Ruogong felt a bit excited, thinking about how much his energy had increased despite him doing almost nothing.

“Ah… The Yin-Heat Conversion technique was the best decision I ever made. System, what’s the price for increasing the energy gain limit?” he asked.

<Capacity doubled, heat energy reaches 25 million>

<Sound energy limit doubled, reaches 25 million>

“Ah, right, I’ve only absorbed heat energy these past ten days, so I should have enough energy, right? System, buy double the limit for 25 million heat energy.”

<Purchasing it will double your energy limit. Are you sure?>

“Oh, it seems I still have enough energy. Good, buy it.”

<Confirmed>

<Energy gain limit increased from 2.5 million to 5 million>

“Ah, that’s great. Will the price for future energy gains change now?”

He asked.

<Price for energy gain limit increase has been modified>

<250 million heat energy, capacity doubled>

<Sound energy limit doubled, reaches 25 million>

“Ah, only the amount I bought before has increased. That should be enough. I should consider buying the next capacity with 25 million sound energy. Although that might take a lot of money to collect.”

Ning Ruogong wondered whether to buy the Yin-to-Sound technique as well, but it didn't seem like a good idea.

“No, it’s too expensive, and I already have heat.”

“So now I can collect another 2.5 million energy. Should I do it now? Or wait until tomorrow morning?” He was undecided.

“Ah, whatever. I’ll do it now. It’s not like I’m going to collect it while Hyesi is cultivating. Just collecting the Yin from his body should be enough,” he thought.

Ning Ruogong decided to proceed. Immediately, Yin began to gather around the stone where he resided.

“Inikaka?” Hyesi was about to follow Ning Ruogong’s instructions but received no response, so he was startled and decided to wait a bit longer.

Ning Ruogong, meanwhile, concentrated, and slowly the surrounding coldness turned into warmth, and his stamina began to recover. However, the stamina he recovered was still very low compared to when he was with Hyesi in the morning.

“Hmm… Is it because I already absorbed most of his Yin this morning, so I didn’t get any Yin? There isn’t even that much Yin in the surroundings anymore. Ugh… I shouldn’t do this after sunrise.

The sun’s Yang may have dissipated most of the Yin that had gathered here overnight.”

He had done something without thinking and it ultimately failed.

“I should stop being so impulsive. Sigh.” He checked his energy and found that he hadn't even gained a million energy from the Yin-to-Heat conversion.

Hyesi felt that everything his god was doing had stopped, so he asked:

“Are you helping me again, Inikaka?”

“Help him? What?” Ning Ruogong was startled but quickly understood what he meant.

“That’s right, I just wanted to see if I could help you, as you don’t seem to be able to get stronger without cultivating.” Ning Ruogong decided to lie again.

“I’m sorry to disappoint you, Inikaka,” Hyesi said with a sad expression.

“Don’t worry about it, go on. You still have things to do, remember?” Ning Ruogong comforted him.

Hyesi slapped his palm with his fist in sudden realization and said, “Ah, right, Inikaka. I almost forgot. I’ll get it done as quickly as possible. I promise, I’ll have a small house ready for you before the end of today.”