Online Cultivator
Appetite

While Angel loses track of time as she engrosses with the internet talking about her brother, Yusri is secretly cultivating in bed, slowly absorbing the spiritual energy in the room.

His cultivation speed compared to the game was extremely slow, and he took nearly two hours to enter the next level while only taking less than half an hour to reach the second level Spirit Apprentice in the game.

'What are the stages of cultivation in the real world? I doubt it's the same as the game. However, since I have no other references, I will only follow the cultivation stage in online cultivation,' yusri thought to himself as he continued cultivating even as Angel entered the bed and went to sleep.

One hour. two hours...

Yusri spent the entire night cultivating, and by the time morning arrived, he had managed to break through only twice, reaching the third level Spirit Apprentice.

"Good morning, Angel." Yusri greeted him as he woke up and rubbed his eyes.

"My brother...? You woke up this morning." she told him in a sleepy voice.

Yusri simply smiled at his words, as he had obviously not slept all night. However, despite not being able to sleep, she was energetic as usual— even felt better than usual after a good night's sleep.

After spending a few minutes finishing herself up to wake up, Angel finally left the bed and went to prepare for the day.

Angel returned to the room an hour later with two bowls of soup and a wet towel to wash Yusri's face.

"Brother, I cooked two bowls of soup for breakfast today. If you can't finish it, don't push yourself," she warned him before he started feeding her.

However, to his surprise, Yusri managed to finish both bowls of soup to the last drop.

"Two bowls of soup... For some reason, I'm still not full..." Yusri said in an awkward voice afterwards.

"What's? You still aren't full? How did that happen?" Angel looked at him with wide eyes.

Why did his appetite suddenly increase drastically? Is this somehow related to what happened to him recently?

'I have to tell Doctor Wang about this just in case something goes wrong... I also need advice on her diet if it stays like this, ' Angel thought to herself.

"Brother, I know you're not full, but I'm afraid of giving you overeating, so I have to ask Doctor Wang for advice before I decide to feed you again, okay?" Angel then told him.

"Yes, it's okay. Like last night, while I wasn't full, I wasn't hungry either" Yusri said.

"Okay, I'll tell him now before I go to school."

Sometime later, on the way to school, Angel calls Doctor Wang and explains to him about Yusri's situation.

"Young Master's appetite suddenly increased, huh? This may actually be a good sign because it means his body needs more energy to function, and it usually happens when their body grows stronger. I suggest you keep feeding him two bowls of soup for a few more days to see if his growing appetite is permanent or just temporary." Doctor Wang told him over the phone.

"If Young Master's appetite is permanent, I suggest you increase his diet slowly without overfeeding him so that his body gets the energy it needs. I'll come to check on her once a week to monitor her body condition just in case."

"I understand. Thank you, Doctor Wang."

Meanwhile, Yusri returned to the cultivation world.

"Are you going to take part in the disciple exam at the Dragon Essence Temple now, Brother Yusri?" Melia asked him after he came back.

"It's true." Yusri.

"Although Brother Yusri will develop his cultivation base faster outside?" Melia asked him.

"My goal to go to the Dragon Essence Temple is not to increase my cultivation base. Instead, I want to expand my knowledge and experience with Cultivators so that I can handle them better in the future."

"I admit that I am still too naive in this world regarding Cultivators and their nature, and I want to better understand this world. Although it is important to increase my cultivation base, it is also important for me to enjoy this world, as it has been and still is my intention from the beginning."

Melia fell silent after hearing his words.

'Brother Yusri is indeed lacking experience in terms of Cultivators. Although she might be fine now with Melia and the phoenix protecting her, who knows what might happen in the upper heaven, where there are Cultivators that are much stronger than us. This will definitely benefit Brother Yusri in the long run the earlier he familiarizes himself with the competitive nature of Cultivators and realizes the brutal nature of the cultivation world.'

"OK, Melia will no longer stop Brother Yusri from going to the Dragon Essence Temple now. However, it would lose all meaning if Melia was beside Brother Yusri the entire time when she was a disciple, so Melia would let Brother Yusri live her disciple life alone. Of course, Melia will still protect Brother Yusri when he is in danger." Melia told him.

"How will you protect me if you're not there?" Yusri raised his eyebrows.

Melia then pointed at the necklace around her neck.

"After all, do you know where the Dragon Essence Temple is located? Do you think we'll get there before the exam starts? Even though I can enter the sect without participating in the exam if I speak to Xuan Wuhan's grandfather, I still want to experience it as people usually do."

"The Token given to you should have told you its location," Melia said, and she continued, "Just activate it with your spiritual energy, and its location will pop into your mind."

Yusri followed his instructions and took out the Dragon Essence Temple Trial Token before activating it with his spiritual energy.

A few seconds later, the image of the Dragon Essence Temple and its location appeared inside his head like some sort of map.

However, Yusri immediately frowned when he realized how far away this place was.

"It's over 100,000 miles away from our current location... Even a flying sword would not be fast enough. Unless we take the Teleportation Device again, I don't think we'll make it in time for the examination" he exclaimed.

"Allow me to help, Young Master."

Feli's voice suddenly echoed, and a small ball of golden flames emerged from his chest a second later.

"Feli?" Yusri looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"I can take the Young Master to the Dragon Essence Temple. That's only 100,000 miles. And I can fly faster than a flying sword." Feli suggested to him.

"You're gonna... carry me?" Yusri looked at him with wide eyes.

"Unless Senior wants to carry you, but with your size difference..." Feli looked at Melia whose head could not even reach Yusri's shoulder. He could not imagine someone so small carrying Yusri who was almost twice his height. Actually, she could, but it would be a very funny sight, but unfortunately, laughing at Melia would definitely get her killed.

"..."

However, Melia still frowned after hearing Feli's words, as she hated her height being mentioned more than anything else.

Feli instantly started sweating after noticing Melia's narrowed gaze.

"After all, since I am also a phoenix, I can fly faster than a Cultivator can normally do. 100,000 mil— we can arrive tonight."

"Tonight?" Yusri began to ponder.

'If we can get there tonight, it will save us a lot of time—time which I can use to cultivate in the real world...'

After pondering for a moment, Yusri nodded his head and said, "OK, I should trouble you for this one, Feli."

"Don't mention it, Young Master. My body is already yours—no need to thank me every time you use it," Feli said with a shameless smile on his face.

"Are you ready to go now, Young Master?" Feli asked him a moment later.

"Yes." Yeah."

"Then if you'll excuse me..."

Feli suddenly lowered his body and took Yusri, carrying him like a princess.

And even before Yusri could react, two huge fiery wings suddenly bloomed from Feli's back.

When the people around them saw this, they were instantly shocked.

"T-That's Miss Feli! What is he doing here?! And who is the young man he brought?!"

Feli ignored the uproar he caused and immediately flew into the sky with Yusri shouting loudly like Angel did when he first experienced flying with a flying sword.

"Which direction should I go, Young Master?" Feli asked him after they were over the entire city and almost touched the clouds.

"In that direction," Yusri pointed east according to the map on his head.

Feli nodded, and his fiery wings flapped once before starting to surge eastward, leaving a trail of golden flames in the sky.

Meanwhile, Melia followed them from behind. However, even with his Spirit King cultivation base, he would have to put in great effort to keep up with their speed. Though, that was to be expected, as phoenixes were known to dominate the sky with their flying techniques.