Meditation's Effects, Ye Liuyun

Name: Li Xijun

Age: 17

Realm: Apprentice Level 5

Blood Essence Level: 5.9

Spirit Level: 9.0

Spirit-Refining System: Aperture Opening Realm (89%)

Martial Arts System: Skin and Flesh Realm (11%)

Cultivation Methods:

Azure Dragon Heaven-Reaching Method: (Proficient 63%)

Detailed Explanation of Spirit Refining: Orifice-Sensing Method (48%)

Subduing Tiger Bone Refining Method (Beginner 91%)

Martial Skills

True Martial Thirty-Six Forms (Proficient 97%)

Basic Saber Technique: (Beginner 98%)

Unifying the Heavens (0%)

Five in the morning.

Li Xijun examined his Attribute Panel with great satisfaction and could not help but sigh inwardly:

"The martial arts of two worlds really can inform each other."

"After learning the Subduing Tiger Bone Refining Method, not only did my foundational cultivation method improve by 2%, but my understanding of the True Martial Thirty-Six Forms also increased by 3%."

"And last night, I only felt that my blood essence was too active after cultivation, so I practiced the Orifice-Sensing Method for a while before bed."

"Not only did I gain 1% progress, but it took less than two hours for me to recover well."

"Compared with the days after recovering from a serious illness, when I paid a thousand per session for Meditation Class to restore my mental state, I slept even more comfortably."

"After training for so long yesterday, I don't feel tired at all today. My body feels completely rested too."

At that moment, Li Xijun suddenly understood why those wealthy martial arts students always discussed their after-school Meditation Class during breaks.

The effects of deep sleep after completely relaxing were actually this good. The minor injuries inevitably sustained while practicing martial arts during the day had all healed on their own while he slept.

"Spirit-refining cultivation really is a wonderful thing. I'm saving at least another thousand yuan every day."

In high spirits, Li Xijun got up and dressed, planning to start running to school early every day to cultivate.

He would give those top students in the class—who were wealthy, hardworking, and still ranked within the top fifty of the grade—a little pressure from a true grind king.

He wanted them to experience the oppressive feeling of opening the classroom door every morning and seeing a grind king already training his heart out.

Early in the morning.

Zhou Yibai sat in the car, restlessly rolling down the window and constantly looking at the scenery outside.

As an outstanding martial arts student with decent grades, one who generally held the line around rank one hundred and fifty, he naturally needed long periods of sleep to recover as well. Going to school full of energy at such an early hour was a first for him.

"Cousin, this three-thousand-yuan Meditation Class is seriously amazing."

"No wonder the top students in class always arrive so early to train. An extra hour of cultivation every morning adds up to quite a gap."

"Taking the car to school is better than running there too. Brother Li will probably have to go to school alone today."

Zhou Yibai kept marveling, irritating Zhou Shenghao, who had originally been resting with his eyes closed beside him.

He opened his eyes and turned his head toward the street scenery outside the other window, his brows furrowing.

After talking for a while, Zhou Yibai sensibly shut his mouth when he saw his cousin's expression. Still, he thought to himself, It'd be great if Li Xijun were here. We may only be brothers on the surface, but Li Xijun can at least listen calmly while I show off.

Born into a family where his mother was strong and his father weak, with every member of his mother's family enjoying such excellent circumstances, Zhou Yibai had been especially insecure since childhood. His pride was extremely strong, and whenever he got the chance, he wanted to show off his superiority.

Whether it was the original Li Xijun, who had focused on martial arts and paid little attention to Zhou Yibai's petty thoughts, or the current Li Xijun, who had been tempered for years by Da A and merely found this kind of high schooler mentality amusing, both counted as "qualified friends" for Zhou Yibai to show off in front of.

At least, Zhou Yibai missed Li Xijun very much right now. He could not help imagining Li Xijun's reaction when he took him upstairs at noon to attend a high-end gathering with Elite Class geniuses.

Just then,

"Stop the car."

Zhou Shenghao suddenly had the driver stop. He pulled Zhou Yibai out of the car and crossed from one side of the street toward a youth with his hair tied up.

"Liuyun, you're early again today."

"Diligence is the path up the mountain of knowledge. The earlier I cultivate, the sooner I can catch up to the geniuses of your Elite Class."

The youth wore a school uniform, but his long hair was pinned up with a jade hairpin. He also wore a jade pendant and a Bodhi Seed bracelet. As he spoke, he cupped his hands toward Zhou Shenghao, giving off a distinctly ancient air.

"Morning, Student Ye," Zhou Yibai greeted him as well.

The person before him, Ye Liuyun, was first in his and Li Xijun's class, ranking somewhere between fortieth and fiftieth in the grade.

Since the other party was the class's top genius, and rumors said his family was well-off, Zhou Yibai—who had learned to read the room from an early age—behaved very honestly, standing to the side as he watched his cousin chat with him.

More precisely, his cousin was humbly asking Ye Liuyun for advice about meditation.

As the three neared the school, they politely said goodbye and went their separate ways.

Zhou Yibai could not help asking curiously, "Cousin, isn't Ye Liuyun only ranked in the forties in the grade? Why do you seem so..."

He knew Zhou Shenghao's character very well. Influenced by his eldest uncle, Zhou Shenghao categorized people into different ranks before associating with them.

He had not expected Zhou Shenghao to be so polite and humble toward Ye Liuyun from their class.

"What do you know? His father holds real power in the Bo City Prevention Bureau. If advancing further didn't have the hard requirement of Exterior Scenery cultivation, the entire security situation in Bocheng would be decided by his father alone."

"According to my dad, Ye Liuyun's father achieved great mastery in Artistic Conception long ago. But his spiritual power was insufficient, so he's been stuck at that threshold for decades."

"That's why their family has always placed enormous importance on cultivating meditation and Artistic Conception."

"The teacher who taught us Meditation Class before personally said that, during the summer break before the second year of high school, Ye Liuyun was already able to enter deep sleep on his own. He only needed three hours of sleep each night to fully recover."

"Just watch. Before long, he'll naturally rise into the top thirty of the grade, enter the Elite Class, and perhaps even challenge the top ten."

After saying that, Zhou Shenghao rare felt a bit of pressure and motivation himself. He turned and headed straight for his own dedicated Martial Arts Classroom in the Elite Class building, intending to make use of his good morning mental state and train for an hour.

Meanwhile,

Li Xijun, who had just eaten a hundred-yuan nutritious breakfast in the Cafeteria,

had already arrived at the empty Martial Arts Classroom, where he thought to himself:

"I clearly swallowed a Greater Blood Essence Pill before last night and spent half the night cultivating to absorb it. Why am I hungry again first thing this morning?"

"Could it be that I really was born with a fitness freak's body, able to eat a lot and digest and absorb it ridiculously well?"

"No, I need to find an opportunity to return to Dasheng and spend money to buy more Greater Blood Essence Pills."

As he thought, he planned to practice the Tiger Demon Bone Refining Fist for a while first, consuming blood essence to increase his Skin and Flesh Realm progress.