Because the Endless Sea was rich in World Vital Energy, cultivation in the Body Refining Realm was much easier than around Xianyun City. And because there were more high-level martial artists, obtaining ordinary martial arts manuals had become exceedingly simple.
From the Body Refining Realm onward, cultivation methods in the Endless Sea emphasized how to draw upon the strength within one's body for reinforcement. They naturally studied techniques as well, but that was only secondary.
After all, if the transformations of one's strength were not subtle enough, the overall power of one's techniques would be diminished.
The somewhat stronger Body Refining Realm cultivation methods around Xianyun City actually followed the same trend. After all, strength was the foundation. Only by continuously increasing one's own strength could one's realm advance.
When Chen Fei had first arrived in this world, he had merely been a menial servant in Pingyin County.
Pingyin County lay in a remote area. It was an utterly ordinary county town, with very few martial arts experts. Any slightly profound cultivation methods were held by the great clans and never passed outside their walls.
Under such circumstances, all Chen Fei had been able to encounter were the most basic body-refining techniques. And the more basic they were, the more they leaned toward techniques and moves.
After fusing dozens of basic cultivation methods and cultivating them all to Great Perfection, Chen Fei had long since mastered every way of borrowing and deflecting force between moves. Calling it reaching the pinnacle would not have been an exaggeration.
Compared with Xue Dongchuan and the others in terms of mastery over techniques, Chen Fei surpassed them by several levels. In Chen Fei's eyes, their so-called encirclement was riddled with flaws.
Xue Dongchuan and the others might not have cared whether there were flaws