While Lan Yingying was chatting with her new friends, Yuan was on the verge of becoming a cultivator inside his room.
After dedicating just over a month to cultivation and using every single point he had—along with Lan Yingying's points—to enhance the spiritual energy around him, Yuan finally absorbed enough to attempt a breakthrough.
However, simply accumulating enough spiritual energy didn't guarantee a successful breakthrough. Without sufficient talent or understanding, there was a significant chance that one would need multiple attempts to succeed.
Failing to break through came with a cost—each failure resulted in the loss of a portion of the accumulated spiritual energy, forcing the individual to absorb even more to try again.
This was one of several reasons why it had taken Tian Yang three years to become a cultivator. Not only did he lack talent, but he also had zero knowledge of cultivation, causing him to fail several times in trying to achieve Spirit Apprentice.
