As long as he could grow stronger, Chen Mo did not care what realm it was.
Basic Saber Technique might only be a Basic Martial Technique, but even after breaking through to higher realms, it could still be used.
When laying the foundations, the better the foundation, the farther one could go.
For the time being, Chen Mo could not find a more advanced saber technique. Being able to continue cultivating this one saved him quite a bit of trouble.
Martial techniques were not something strewn all over the streets. More advanced martial techniques were outrageously expensive, and Chen Mo could neither afford them nor qualify to buy them.
Naturally, Chen Mo had looked into the grades of cultivation methods. They were divided into Four Grades Three Ranks.
From highest to lowest, the four grades were Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow Grade.
From highest to lowest, the three ranks were high-rank, mid-rank, and low-rank.
Basic Martial Techniques and Stance Training were not included in this rating system.
Basic Martial Techniques and Stance Training were the keys that allowed most ordinary people to embark upon the path of martial arts. Created and developed by countless predecessors, they should, by the rules of this evaluation system, have been rated Yellow-grade Low-rank.
But such a low rating was clearly disrespectful to those predecessors. Did anyone dare say that the crystallization of their wisdom could only be rated Yellow-grade Low-rank?
Moreover, different people could bring out different effects from them.
These were the enlightenment cultivation methods of countless Martial Artists!
Thus, after discussion, the upper echelons of Great Xia Nation explicitly stipulated that Basic Stance Training and Basic Martial Techniques would not be included in this rating system, lest they stir up too much controversy.
Other cultivation methods and martial techniques were categorized into the Four Grades Three Ranks system according to factors such as power and effect.
Chen Mo had no opportunity to come into contact with other cultivation methods. Only Martial Artist lineages possessed advanced cultivation methods.
He did not have the habit of inquiring into other people's cultivation methods, but he had occasionally heard his schoolmates discussing how some lineage descendant cultivated a Yellow-grade Low-rank cultivation method, or a Yellow-grade Mid-rank cultivation method.
Advanced cultivation methods also required corresponding strength to cultivate. Yellow Grade cultivation methods only showed their effects after one reached the Martial Artist stage.
Cultivating them during the Martial Disciple stage was merely preparation for using them immediately upon breaking through to Martial Artist. Of course, this privilege belonged exclusively to descendants of Martial Artist lineages.
Naturally, for the sake of fairness, the Martial Examination still tested Basic Martial Techniques and Stance Training. Therefore, even descendants of Martial Artist lineages had no choice but to cultivate these basic martial techniques and stance trainings.
Advanced cultivation methods were still somewhat distant for Chen Mo. What mattered now was increasing his strength.
Thinking of the method he had come up with at noon to improve his spiritual power, Chen Mo immediately took action.
He sat cross-legged on the bed, with his five centers facing upward, adjusted his breathing, and calmed himself.
For Chen Mo, quieting his heart and settling his qi was simple. He only needed to turn inward and observe himself.
Chen Mo's consciousness entered his Upper Dantian. The Upper Dantian was spherical and looked no larger than a peanut, yet its interior was boundless.
It resembled the images of the universe he had seen in his previous life. The only difference was that, apart from the region he had opened up himself, everywhere else was pitch-black and sealed off.
Whenever his consciousness reached the edge of the opened region, it would be blocked by an invisible barrier. No matter what method he used, he could not cross it.
In other words, if the method was wrong, everything would be in vain.
Chen Mo did not waste his efforts. He began recalling the methods for improving spiritual power from the novels he had read in his previous life.
Meditation or visualization—both were more or less the same.
Or one could grind away at it, tearing apart one's Sea of Consciousness bit by bit and enduring immense pain. The Sea of Consciousness would slowly repair itself, and spiritual power could be increased that way.
Such a method was naturally effective. The method he had previously used to raise his spiritual power to 100 had been similar.
At that time, the two souls had not yet fully fused, which was why he had succeeded so easily. But now that the souls had completely fused, Chen Mo did not particularly want to endure the pain of tearing apart his Sea of Consciousness.
He was not some perverted masochist. Naturally, he had to think of a better method!
Besides, a method for increasing spiritual power definitely would not involve tearing apart the Sea of Consciousness and letting it repair itself. That efficiency was far too slow.
Chen Mo decided to use the Visualization Method.
This world had countless Abyssal Fierce Beasts in all kinds of forms, but he did not know what consequences visualization would bring. Therefore, he would absolutely not visualize Fierce Beasts.
That left the sun, the moon, and himself as things he could visualize.
He did not know which one to choose.
"Only children make choices. I want them all!"
"Holding the sun and moon in my hands, looking down upon all living beings! That is what I want!"
With that thought, Chen Mo began to visualize.
Within his Sea of Consciousness, Chen Mo sketched the image of himself holding the sun and moon in his hands.
His spiritual power was like a paintbrush, tracing the image bit by bit.
But spiritual power was not a paintbrush, and sketching with it was exceedingly difficult.
Chen Mo struggled to outline it. Before he had even drawn more than a few lines, he felt mentally exhausted. This was the result of excessive spiritual power consumption.
The moment this happened, Chen Mo immediately realized something was wrong. His visualization method was incorrect!
If the visualization method were correct, he should not have felt exhausted. Instead, he should have become more and more energized.
Thus, he immediately gave up on sketching the image and switched to another method.
Visualization, visualization—it meant looking and imagining. It was imagination, not drawing.
Chen Mo came to his senses and imagined himself holding the sun and moon in his hands, looking down upon all living beings.
Imagining it was much easier. Very quickly, a humanoid outline appeared within his Sea of Consciousness, holding two spheres in its hands.
The instant the outline appeared, his previous exhaustion gradually faded away.
The method was right.
Chen Mo continued adding details.
As time passed, the image in his mind gained more and more details.
Eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair, and so on appeared one after another upon the outline.
His facial features had appeared, but just as he wanted to continue, he suddenly heard a thunderous boom.
His Sea of Consciousness seemed to have suffered a fierce impact and nearly churned like rivers and seas overturned.
As though he had experienced an earthquake, his Sea of Consciousness shook violently.
However, it returned to calm in an instant.
Under the effect of his talent, this visualization image had already solidified. Chen Mo then withdrew from visualization.
He immediately inspected his Sea of Consciousness and discovered that it had expanded by more than half.
His spiritual power had also increased by more than half.
He hurriedly opened the System Panel:
[Host: Chen Mo] [Talent: Diligent Heaven Rewards (one part effort, one part harvest; once proven, forever proven)] [Realm: Sixth-grade Martial Disciple (Dantian shattered) Vitality Value: 64 Spiritual Power: 158] [Cultivation Methods: Basic Stance Training Minor Accomplishment (187/200) Visualization Method Initial Mastery (1/1000)] [Martial Techniques: Basic Fist Technique Minor Accomplishment (42/200) Basic Saber Technique Perfected (3/1000) Basic Movement Technique Minor Accomplishment (35/200)] [Special Skill: Spiritual Perception Initial Mastery (60/500)] [General Proficiency Points: 0]
Sure enough, a new cultivation method, Visualization Method, had appeared under the cultivation methods section. Judging by its proficiency, it was clearly an advanced cultivation method, at least a Yellow Grade cultivation method.
Merely completing the facial features had increased his spiritual power by 50 points. Chen Mo could not imagine how much spiritual power would increase once the entire image was complete.
However, seeing that Spiritual Perception had gained only one proficiency point, he could not help feeling somewhat disappointed.
The proficiency of Spiritual Perception did not have much to do with the Visualization Method.
Chen Mo subconsciously activated Spiritual Perception. The next second, he was wild with joy.
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