10 days quickly passed. In these 10 days, Ankit had opened all his 6,000 energy pathways connected to his root core.
In just 4 days, he had opened all 5,000 small pathways, but the remaining days went completely to the 1,000 big/main pathways because of their difficulty.
But this substage was still not completed yet. Ankit had to fill these pathways with condensed essence flow so they could serve as energy reservoirs and enable instant release of essence flow.
His parents wanted to come on the 5th day as previously agreed.
But Ankit told them he was in closed-door cultivation and couldn't meet them, but he was okay, so they didn't have to worry.
He also told them he could only talk through the phone and would very likely miss some calls, but they didn't have to worry because he wouldn't go anywhere from this hut.
His parents reluctantly agreed, not wanting to trouble their son too much.
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In these 10 days, Ankit had only called his family 3 times, and now he was going to call them again.
He called his parents.
Kamal answered: "Ohh Ankit, I want to tell you there's news related to essence flow. You should check it online; we can talk later."
Kamal then cut the call.
After hearing his father's words, Ankit quickly began searching for online news related to essence flow.
The news showed that this newly discovered energy was impacting the environment.
This energy reduced pollution and supported tree growth.
Many scientists even claimed this energy was very helpful for the growth of living beings...
Ankit saw all this news but wasn't surprised. Because he knew that after discovering the existence of essence flow, many organizations and governments would try to uncover its secrets.
And they would definitely discover many of its benefits.
But Ankit wasn't concerned about these kinds of things being discovered.
He was concerned about how they would use this energy? When they would discover, it could be used for cultivation? and when they would develop technology using this energy?
These questions were important for Ankit because after this, people would try to control this energy.
Even if they knew this energy reduced pollution or accelerated tree growth,
Government, big organizations, and influential individuals wouldn't be concerned, but if they discovered they could become stronger and make revolutionary technology, they would definitely try to control this energy.
And this would cause chaos and conflict. His family could also be affected, which is why he was concerned about these topics.
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Ankit stopped watching the news because he wasn't interested in these topics.
He once again called his parents and told them he wouldn't be able to meet or call them for at least 5 days because he was going into secluded cultivation. After 5 days, he would definitely come home.
Ankit's parents agreed because Ankit coming home was a good thing. They wouldn't have to worry about him.
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Ankit began his secluded cultivation. Previously, he was partially in secluded cultivation because he also had to answer his parents' calls. But now he was going for complete secluded cultivation.
He didn't want to be disturbed, so he used his earth controlling technique to burrow into the earth.
He went at least 20 meters deep before stopping. He could go deeper, but that wasn't necessary because 20 meters could block noise and prevent disturbance.
Ankit then began to gather energy with his cyclone for the energy pathways.
The cyclone had also transformed with the increase in Ankit's cultivation.
Now the cyclone was 5 times more powerful than before.
For comparison, his core was 1/10 the size of his cyclone.
Not only the size but its reach(or gathering power) had also increased, reaching 500 meters.
Ankit could collect all the essence flow in his 500m radius.
And this hut location was also very good because it was the origin place of this energy. The energy here was continuously being generated and scattered in the surroundings.
Ankit didn't know if there were other places like this on Earth, but this place was a holy land for cultivation.
If Ankit had gone to gather energy in other places, he definitely wouldn't have been able to achieve his current height.
He would very likely still be at substage 3 if he had cultivated elsewhere.
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Ankit then thought of that mysterious voice he heard after returning from the future.
After he had decided not to rely on that voice completely, he hadn't heard anything from it again.
Ankit wasn't happy or sad about the disappearance of that voice. He was curious about it.
What kind of being was that voice? Was it human, demon, saint...
Ankit quickly collected his thoughts because whether that voice would come or not was still uncertain. So why worry now?
He began his secluded cultivation.
In the cultivation, he started to gather essence flow and direct it into the energy pathways.
Until he had completely filled his energy pathways, he wouldn't stop.