August 3rd.
Before 3 A.M., Li Yuan ended his cultivation practice with the Visualization Method, his energy and spirit fully restored to their peak.
“This ‘Observing the Great Sun Starry Sky Scripture’ truly is an incredible method,” Li Yuan marveled inwardly.
The longer the time passed, the deeper his understanding of Martial Arts Cultivation became, and he could sense the terrifying aspects of the Visualization Method.
Other students needed sleep, supplementary medication, physiotherapy, medicinal baths, and many other methods to maintain long-term mental focus and alleviate physical fatigue.
Li Yuan? He didn’t need any of those, the Visualization Method was enough.
All 24 hours of the day, often minus time for eating and the occasional lapse into daydreaming, he spent cultivating.
In a sense, Li Yuan’s daily cultivation efficiency was equivalent to many students’ two days, or even longer.
This was also why Li Yuan’s progress was so swift.
Kung Fu!
It requires talent, but even more so, time to hone it.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!” Li Yuan resumed practicing with the spear, the spear light flickering, constantly moving and changing unpredictably within the Martial Arts Room.
“My body,” he said.
“Stepping into the Fourth Level High Rank, my mind further penetrates my flesh and blood, my senses even sharper,” Li Yuan practiced with his spear while sensing his body.
Gradually, Li Yuan noticed that within his sinews and muscles, there flowed strands of extremely subtle Vigor.
These strands of Vigor were like silk, each one very weak, but they spread across every corner of his body, originating from the blood, periosteum, and muscle fibers… When these tens of thousands of strands of Vigor converged, they contained an extremely terrifying force.
“Is this what Subtle Strength is?” A surprise flashed in Li Yuan’s heart: “I never noticed it before!”
Previously, Li Yuan knew that after achieving subtlety in the mind, the exploitation of physical power would reach an inconceivable level.
But how strong was it, exactly? He did not know.
Today, after stepping into the Fourth Level High Rank, a wholly dedicated cultivation session allowed him to finally sense it.
Seeing with his own eyes, feeling with his own mind, was completely different from others’ descriptions.
It’s like having one ton of Fist Strength; hearing others describe how powerful it is, reading textual descriptions, and actually possessing one ton of Fist Strength are worlds apart.
“If I can control these tens of thousands of subtle Vigor strands, the power I could unleash would be at least several times stronger,” Li Yuan inwardly exclaimed: “Is this the ultimate strength of the human body?”
The human body is a treasure trove.
It contains great secrets.
Two individuals with the same Life Level, the one with the superior skills can unleash a power and speed that are vastly different.
“Do skills, from Fourth Level High Rank to Fourth Level Perfection Subtly, mean gradually gaining control over these strands of subtle Vigor?” Li Yuan understood the direction of the next stage.
From the Third Stage to the initial stage of the Fourth Level, it means controlling the major sinew, bone, and muscle power of the body, fully unleashing it with the waist, abdomen, and spine as the core without wasting a strand of Vigor, achieving ‘Unity of Mind and Body.’
From the initial stage of the Fourth Level to High Rank, it means digging deeper into the body’s strength, becoming more refined.
The ultimate Fourth Level Perfection is about completely controlling every subtle strand of Vigor in the body.
That is why it is called ‘Subtlety of Spirit.’
“Hoo!”
Fully clear about the direction of the next stage of cultivation, Li Yuan cultivated with even more enthusiasm.
Having a clear goal makes the journey more solid.
“With such diligent cultivation and spear practice, the stimulation to my body is also immense; in terms of efficiency, it’s almost catching up to one third of the ‘Solid Rock Cultivation Technique,'” Li Yuan gradually realized this: “In the future, the ‘Solid Rock Cultivation Technique’ will probably become less and less effective for me; once my spirit is subtle, it will be useless.”
As his realm grew higher, Li Yuan also saw more clearly the purpose of Basic Cultivation Methods.
They’re the high-level summaries compiled by the predecessors on the Martial Path, a set of methods that allow ordinary people to explore their body’s potential to the greatest extent.
The many postures during cultivation are essentially, from the perspective of ‘subtle Vigor’ or even a higher realm, designed to stimulate every part of the body as much as possible.
Different Cultivation Methods are suitable for people with different physiques.
“And the High Rank Cultivation Methods are ways to stimulate the body to absorb Origin Power faster,” Li Yuan mused to himself.
In his mind, the ‘Stellar Trajectory Diagram’ that resembled silk threads, which he vaguely remembered from the second time he absorbed Origin Power into his body within the ‘Dark Space,’ spontaneously emerged.
Li Yuan always felt that it would be very important.
“Perhaps, when my strength is greater, I will understand,” Li Yuan sighed inwardly: “My spiritual power level 20, the upper limit of Spiritual Awakening Level has only been raised to 25%.”
“It seems that to increase the Spiritual Awakening Level to 30%, or even 50%, I must reach a higher level of spiritual power, level 25? Level 30 spiritual power?” Li Yuan could only guess for the time being.
For now.
What’s more important is to strive to raise his Physical Quality to level 14.
“Now that my technique has further improved, my body evolves faster, perhaps, I could try consuming more ‘High Origin Spirit Spring,'” the thought suddenly flickered through Li Yuan’s mind.
The more consumed, as long as one can digest and train sufficiently, the faster the body’s evolution will naturally be.
…
After practicing with the spear until eight in the morning, Li Yuan had breakfast and then took a bath and changed clothes.
As for clothes, the Martial Arts Room cleaning, and villa maintenance, etc., the school logistics department would arrange for people to take care of everything thoroughly.
Taking a flying vehicle, he arrived outside the Xuanwu Building.
Yesterday was drizzle and mists; today, it had already turned into a sunny day, quite hot in the summer.
The plaza outside the Xuanwu Building was already crowded with at least a thousand students gathered here.
Li Yuan got off the vehicle from afar and walked toward the direction where the freshmen of the Sixth Institute were gathering.
“Li Yuan.”
“Li Yuan has arrived.” Several freshmen from different institutes recognized Li Yuan along the way; many even greeted him actively.
Li Yuan nodded in response as he passed.