Rise Of The Defying Paragon

Chapter 9: Painful Cultivation

Jeffrey and Jennifer looked around, the sudden change in their surroundings was kind of shocking to them, when they heard they'd be sent to their rooms, they thought they'd have to walk to their rooms like how normal people do. Everything has been moving so fast for them and they really needed some rest or else their mental health might deteriorate.

They looked around the room and saw how beautiful the room was, the room was as big as Jeffrey's room on Omast but more beautiful. They laid on the bed together and silence permeated throughout the room.

" I hope we can go back home." Jennifer's soft and quiet voice broke the silence, it was so soft and quiet that if not for the silence in the room one would not have heard her talk.

" I know. I also want to go back home." Jeffrey spoke in a low voice while thinking about the feeling he's had ever since he came to this world. He's always had the feeling of danger and fear ever since he came the primordial forest, he thought maybe the feeling was from Pheona at first but he later realized that to not be the case. He doesn't know what's causing that feeling of danger and fear and he doesn't want to find out, in fact it feels like he's on a timer so he's the one that wants to go back home the most.

He turned towards Jennifer pulling her on top him allowing her to rest on top of him. As he saw her questioning look, he smiled and joked " Let's just sleep like this, who knows this might very well be our last temporary sleep before a permanent one" Jennifer looked at him worriedly but eventually smiled also, who knows this might actually be their last temporary sleep before a permanent one.

***

" So what is that marble in your hand?" Jeffrey asked while looking at the " marble" on Pheona's hand. Pheona's mouth twitched hearing his words. How dare he call a pill she made a marble, she felt like slapping him back to his ancestors but who knows she might make a mistake and slap him past his ancestors. She took a deep breath to calm her nerves, " This is a pill that'll help you with body cultivation, not a marble."

" Does that mean we're going to get high?"

POW!

" What? She said pill so what I said was not wrong right?" Jeffrey said in an aggrieved tone while holding the back of his head. Jennifer rolled her eyes and kept silent, maybe next time she should allow Pheona to beat him up.

" The two of you will take one pill each and I'll help you assimilate it. Your bones, muscles, blood and skin would be refined after we're done." Pheona did not bother to comment to what Jeffrey said. To her, actions speak louder than words. She waved her hands and Jeffrey and Jennifer saw a pill in each of their hands. While observing the pill in their hands, they realized something different,

" Why are our pills different. Jennifer's pill is white, mine is red?"

" Hers is gentler than yours, you're a 'man' and physically stronger than her so yours is not as gentle as her own. Besides when you assimilate the pill, you'll be able to heal faster."

" … Right." Jeffrey didn't know why but he had a feeling that things were not as simple as Pheona made it seem. When he looked at the blood red pill, … wait… BLOOD?, he looked at the pill once again to make sure he wasn't seeing things, he could have sworn he saw blood moving in the pill but now that he looked at it again, he didn't see anything. Was he seeing things now?.

" Alright, girl sit and eat your pill." Jennifer nodded, sat on the floor and didn't hesitate to swallow the pill. Pheona appeared behind her and placed her hands on her back making sure nothing went wrong meanwhile Jennifer felt like she was on cloud nine, when she ate the pill, she felt on top of the world, she could feel her entire body getting stronger, getting more powerful. She felt power flowing through her blood gently, every injuries she didn't know she had was healed. This sensation lasted for an entire hour until she had Pheona's voice,

" Its done you can open your eyes now."

Jennifer opened her eyes reluctantly, the feeling was intoxicating, better than any alcohol, weeds or drugs. She looked around and was about to speak but saw Jeffrey holding his nose and was confused.

" You stink" Jeffrey spoke seeing her questioning look while trying to cover his nose better.

" What do… ugh" Jennifer was about to speak but her words got stuck in her throat, she looked towards Pheona with a pleading look while clutching her stomach and Pheona waved her hands.

" Where is she and what happened to her?"

" I sent her to the bathroom. It's your turn." Pheona looked at Jeffrey with a smile and Jeffrey stepped backwards in fear, " what happened to her, why was she smelling?"

" When you cultivate your body, the impurities would be expelled through the way you normally expel wastes as a mortal."

" …" Jeffrey looked at Pheona and then at his pill, he gulped, he had a bad feeling. After steeling his resolve, he sat down and was about to swallow the pill but he had Pheona's voice which was like the devil's voice, " The pill might hurt but you're a man so you should be able to take it right?"

' This is revenge, I'm fucked." Jeffrey's resolve wavered as he looked at Pheona's 'smile'. He ate the pill after an intense internal struggle and was expecting the pain but after waiting for a few seconds he felt nothing as he was about to ask Pheona what was going on he heard his most recent enemy,

Crack

CRACK

CRACK!!

ARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!

Jeffrey felt so much pain to the point where he wanted to die, it felt like his bones were been hammered, getting broken and then reformed. His muscles kept on tearing, his blood was running faster than a horse on steroids, all he felt was PAIN. After what seemed like forever to him, the pain stopped and he felt a refreshing sensation spread all over his body making him to involuntary moan.

After a few minutes the sensation was over and he saw Pheona sitting in front of him with a smile and shivered, ' SHE'S A DEVIL!' Jeffrey screamed internally.

" You stink" Pheona said with a smile and waved her hands.

***

" How do you feel?"

" I feel so powerful, cultivation is so magical."

" Cultivation is painful."

Pheona laughed hearing their answers, she can't wait till when they enter the cultivation world, she knows their views would change by then, if they can find a way out of this forsaken place.

" Right now, you need to get used to your bodies, I know you don't want to waste anymore time or else I might have taught you more about cultivation and some techniques but you'll just have to do without it, it can take months or years to learn them and you'll need to be stronger to learn most of them."

" I'll give you each a weapon, protective array plates and maybe some other things to protect your lives at the very least. I'll also put a portion of my spirit in your soul space to see what's happening in the palace and advise you. I'll send you to a room where you can practice with your bodies and get used to them."

Jeffrey and Jennifer nodded, they were determined to find a way back home quickly and to do that they'd have to enter the Temporal Palace today.