บท 206: Two Young Men In A Room

(MC POV)

I returned to my room to see Brendan already up and sitting on the bed.

"Well, you're up fast," I noted with mild amusement. "I thought you might stay unconscious for the entire day."

He flashed a wry smile at me, "It isn't the first time I passed out after practicing alchemy, though it is the first time I had passed out in a while from quark deficiency."

First time in a while? Does that mean his Cultivation Point grows every time he empties it? Usually that growth is extremely slow and a normal Practitioner might take decades before their Cultivation Point even expands a little after their Cultivation Point matures.

That's why it was such a big deal when I realised those Monster Cores actually helped expand mine the way they did, though I have yet to figure out exactly why.

I stretched out my hands, palm facing up, "Let me see your hands for a moment."