novelhk Chapter 36: The Normal State "Unlocking the Ring," and the Soaring Cultivation Speed
Chapter 36: The Normal State "Unlocking the Ring," and the Soaring Cultivation Speed
Time passed slowly.
Two months have passed in the blink of an eye.
Inside Jiang Ci'an's room at Ping An Pharmacy.
The late autumn sun slanted in through the carved wooden window, bringing a touch of warmth.
Jiang Ci'an sat cross-legged on the bed, his eyes slightly closed, his soul power flowing steadily around him, and two soul rings, one yellow and one purple, quietly surrounded him, each emitting a faint light.
At a certain moment, as if he had been prepared, Jiang Ci'an opened his eyes and summoned his first soul ring to his front.
Gazing at the spirit ring, he moved his mind and skillfully condensed and compressed a wisp of spirit power, transforming it into a needle as thin as a hair in his palm.
The soul needle moved, hovering above the soul ring, and then slowly fell.
There was no significant fluctuation, no blinding light, and not even much sound.
The soul needle pierced the soul ring like a needle piercing jelly, silently and without a sound, with only a slight resistance.
Immediately, a surge of energy slowly emerged.
This energy was not violent, unlike the torrent of energy he unleashed when he was carving Xiao Wu in the virtual world. Instead, it flowed gently and continuously from the soul ring into his body, like a trickle.
Without hesitation, Jiang Ci'an's "Body Tempering Technique" naturally began to operate, slowly refining the newly surging energy and integrating it into his meridians, flesh, and bones.
His already fast cultivation speed increased again, and his soul power steadily climbed upwards little by little.
Not too fast, but very stable.
Jiang Ci'an carefully sensed everything, confirming that there was no discomfort in his body, no damage to his meridians, and no stagnation in the flow of his soul power.
He relaxed his mind and let the "Body Tempering Technique" operate on its own to refine the trickle of energy, and then turned his attention to his first soul ring.
He carefully sensed the spirit ring and confirmed that "No Concern" could still be used normally and was not affected in any way by the spirit ring being broken open.
Only now did Jiang Ci'an finally breathe a sigh of relief and relax.
His "solution" was successful.
With the help of "Time Control", he greatly improved his efficiency in carving Xiao Wu's soul ring in the virtual world, and it was also easier to review the process.
He could pause, rewind, and slow down every soul ring explosion, and observe and analyze every detail repeatedly.
In just over a month in the real world, he completed his first "ring breaking" in the virtual world by repeatedly "breaking the soul ring, exploding, rewinding, and starting again".
Then, it took another month to systematize and stabilize the entire process, and finally we got the current "loop unblocking".
A method that can normally break the restrictions of the soul ring, allowing the soul ring to continuously infuse the energy contained within it into oneself, thereby improving the efficiency of cultivation.
Jiang Ci'an felt his current cultivation speed and roughly calculated it in his mind.
His cultivation efficiency has increased by at least half a percent.
Half a percent may not sound like much, but it's a normal, continuous boost that requires no extra cost and will keep going as long as there's energy left in the soul ring.
Furthermore, it should be noted that he has now activated "Time Control" on himself in a normal state, which accelerates his own time by 20%.
In other words, this is a comprehensive 20% independent cultivation efficiency multiplier, which can be stacked with all other bonuses.
Moreover, solving the first problem is only the beginning.
It should be noted that his first stage of cultivation was only four hundred years, and the energy contained within it was not much for someone who was now at level twenty-four and whose physique was becoming increasingly powerful.
But the lifespan of his second ring is four thousand years!
This is the real highlight.
With all the added benefits, advancing to Soul Master within a year, or even less, would be a piece of cake.
Jiang Ci'an let out a soft breath, not in a hurry to start carving the second soul ring.
First, allow the body to adapt to the current normalized state of "unlocking the ring," and let the meridians gradually get used to the continuous infusion of energy before proceeding step by step to unlock the second soul ring.
After all, this is reality, not a virtual world.
In the virtual world, he can directly break through a 100,000-year soul ring. Even if he dies from the explosion, he can simply exit and re-enter without any burden.
But reality is different, so we definitely need to be more cautious.
He got up, pushed open the door, and went out.
The sun was shining brightly outside.
On a late autumn afternoon, the sky was high and clear, and a gentle breeze brought a refreshing coolness.
At the edge of the training field, two small figures sat upright on a futon.
It was Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er.
At this moment, the two of them sat facing each other, cross-legged, with relaxed shoulders and straight backs, diligently practicing meditation with their eyes closed.
They are practicing a new form of meditation.
This meditation method is a method for cultivating spiritual power that Electrolux reconstructed by dismantling the spiritual power cultivation principle of the Purple Demon Eye, combining it with the soul power operation of the Soul Master system, and incorporating the meditation method of the Divine Throne world.
It is named "Concentration Meditation Method".
Its core principle is not complicated: it involves absorbing free energy from sunlight or moonlight through specific spiritual guidance methods to temper one's spiritual power and soul.
Simply put, you can cultivate yourself by basking in the sun or the moon.
Furthermore, depending on the individual's martial soul, this meditation method also has a certain attribute bias.
Some Soul Masters are more efficient at absorbing sunlight, while others are more efficient at absorbing moonlight. They can choose freely, making it highly versatile.
Jiang Ci'an stood in the corridor, his golden pupils gleaming with a faint light, quietly watching the two figures bathed in sunlight.
From the perspective of "X-ray vision," everything about the two girls is clearly visible.
He didn't linger on the surface of the two girls' lives; his gaze went deeper.
Since obtaining his second spirit ring, his "clairvoyance" and "indifference" have been further enhanced in reality.
Previously, it was merely the flow of soul power, but now, he can see souls.
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's soul manifested the same posture as her seated body: quiet, transparent, and radiating a faint light.
When sunlight falls on her, some of the light is reflected by her skin, and some is naturally absorbed by her soul.
Each ray of sunlight absorbed transforms into a fine strand of spiritual energy, flowing into the soft ball of light deep within her brow.
My mental strength is slowly, but it is truly increasing little by little.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Wang Dong'er...
Jiang Ci'an's gaze paused slightly.
Inside the girl bathed in sunlight, he saw a broken soul.
Half of the soul was clear and solid, showing the same outline as Wang Dong'er, and radiating a faint warm light.
The other half of the soul, however, was ethereal, like a transparent veil, drifting ethereally at the edges, as if it might dissipate at any moment.
If it weren't for a blue-gold power covering that half of the incomplete soul, forcibly suppressing the dissipating soul fragments in their original positions and maintaining a fragile balance...
Otherwise... her soul would probably have shattered long ago.