John, who was looking at Darius’ expression from beside the pavilion’s entrance, couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at what he saw. He had clearly heard the warning the pavilion owner had given to the Eldest Prince but didn’t give it any heed and thought of it as publicity for his cultivation room.

’Weird, I didn’t feel the slightest danger inside. Is it because I didn’t operate the full power of the cultivation room like the Eldest Prince?’ Reaching such thoughts, fear filled John’s heart. ’A prince... the prince won’t die in the pavilion I’m guarding, right?... right?’

***

"Host shouldn’t worry. The Advanced Cultivation Room has a function that guides people inside in case of negligence from the host. But in the future, you should tell the customers not to enter the second layer. The second layer’s gravity is nearly double that of the first. A normal cultivator will have lost all of their spiritual energy by the time they are halfway there... As soon as their spiritual energy runs out, the cultivator will feel dizzy and will no longer be able to cultivate and practice Control."

Although this sounded like reassurance, Darius, on the other hand, had his face turn pale as he found a button called Inside View and could vividly see the Eldest Prince attempting the second layer.

’Damn it, System, what is that precaution you had in place? It did nothing!’ For the first time since he came to this world, Darius truly lost his cool when it came to the pavilion.

"Rest assured, Host. The second layer shouldn’t be much of an issue; the third layer is."

Hearing the system’s reassurance, Darius still felt a bit uneasy but could only hope the arrogance of this prince wasn’t that high, or else he might have to face more trouble than he could handle.

***

The Eldest Prince was a massive tryhard when it came to cultivation and would stop at nothing when it meant he could face challenges greater than he could handle. He believed that just because he had ample resources, he shouldn’t laze around but instead push himself to the brink so he could combine hard work with resources.

Talent wasn’t in anyone’s hands, but hard work? That was within everyone’s reach, and he wouldn’t laze around and let his peers surpass him. The scene of James from earlier fueled that thought even more, and his eyes burned with fervent fire to improve even further and break through.

Now that he was on the second layer of the Advanced Cultivation Room, this was basically his chance to prove whether he had the will to progress on the path of cultivation or just become like his ancestors!

When he cultivated normally, the Eldest Prince needed tons of resources to reach his current level, especially pills. They increased his cultivation speed by four times and increased his martial arts cultivation by five times throughout his life compared to regular cultivators!

However, in this rich second-layer space within the Advanced Cultivation Room, he could reach forty times the speed! The Eldest Prince’s heart method cultivation speed was increased to at least a hundred times that of a normal person, while his martial arts speed might reach a hundred and sixty times!

This was even more incredible than the guild he had visited back on Earth! 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Cultivating in this place for a whole day was equivalent to cultivating for three whole months!

Although he had only one hour in a day, that was still a terrifying amount of time saved, and he even felt the possibility of breaking through!

Originally, the progress of his martial arts was relatively slow. The Eldest Prince wanted to put effort into his acupoints and fill as many as possible, so he didn’t focus on his martial arts for a while. However, after he paid a little attention to martial arts in this place, his martial arts began to impatiently break through its shackles...

In just half an hour, his martial arts comprehension expanded. It painlessly reached the Great Success level!

His martial arts control could also be increased in this place. However, after considering that Control was something he needed to get familiar with, he decided not to waste time on this and put the newly improved martial arts aside as he continued to practice his heart method and heavily absorb his element...

The breakthrough of his heart method and filling as many acupoints as possible was the crucial point of cultivation at this time. Cultivating within this holy land and then going to the outside world to chop other people, that was something you didn’t get to experience every day, and the prince knew that if he managed to seize this chance, he would soar beyond his peers!

The Eldest Prince was concentrating on cultivation; he dared not loosen up even a little.

What made him really joyful was that more than half of the acupoints had been filled, and only 36 remained. He was technically beyond the ninth layer and needed to perfect his realm before attempting a breakthrough.

However, the ninth layer’s 36 acupoints and the last 36 acupoints beyond the ninth layer showed a large disparity. In terms of spiritual energy alone, the last 36 acupoints would contain double the amount. A Small Heart Method’s coverage of spiritual energy absorption became increasingly larger, and the radiance of the spiritual energy within became increasingly brighter.

His acupoints opened, and more were filling up once more, and the Eldest Prince’s confidence began to grow.

The time for cultivation within the Advanced Cultivation Room was limited as well. The Eldest Prince calculated it; he only had around twenty or so minutes left.

In fact, after cultivating for the previous half hour or so, his cultivation speed had indeed risen sharply. It was so fast that even the Eldest Prince had trouble believing it. However, this thing was like taking medicine. The more medicine you took, the greater the chance of developing resistance.

When the Eldest Prince used the second layer’s forty-fold richness of the Advanced Cultivation Room to break through, the speed of his cultivation had gone from the original hundred-fold down to eighty-fold. If he reached the fifth day, it would only be about fifty-fold.

In the last quarter of an hour, it had decreased to thirty-fold.

This kind of situation was quite normal. Like the cultivation room in his palace, the Advanced Cultivation Room was rich in resources, but just like anything else, it only worked best the very first time you entered. The longer you continued to cultivate in this place, the more its effects would drop.

Obviously, this was only temporary because he had absorbed an unreal amount of spiritual energy in a short time. If he digested his gains later on, he could come back tomorrow and, although the gains would indeed be less, they would still be far better than his palace’s cultivation speed!

After it had dropped to thirty-fold, the Eldest Prince only had one last quarter of an hour left, which was essentially the same as cultivating for half a month. It didn’t mean too much to the Eldest Prince.

"How about I use the last quarter of an hour and charge into the third layer?" This idea popped up in the Eldest Prince’s head.