The Uses of Ki

"Oh, right, there is one planet that's fairly famous. It's just that their planet recently suffered a natural disaster, so I don't know whether any life still exists there."

Adri suddenly thought of a planet, though he was somewhat uncertain.

"What planet?"

"I think it was called Planet Frieza. There was a humanoid technological race on it, and it was very far from Planet Vegeta!" Adri said. "The administration originally planned to send Saiyans over to conquer it, but later they heard that Planet Frieza had suddenly suffered extremely severe crustal activity, so they canceled the mission."

"Planet Frieza..."

Chaya murmured to himself, then asked, "How advanced is their technology?"

"I'm not sure about that, but it should be very advanced. Back when the mission was drawn up, it was classified as a high-level mission. I don't think the mission administration would make a fuss over nothing."

"That's true!" Chaya could not help nodding.

Nowadays, finding a planet in the Milky Way that specialized in technology was no easy task. No matter what the situation was like over there, he felt he needed to go take a look. Perhaps there might still be life there.

After that, Chaya discussed a few more cultivation-related questions with Adri and shared some of their respective combat insights. After all, Adri's battle experience from a hundred fights was exactly what Chaya lacked most.

The other side of the barren planet.

It was another doomsday scene of lightning and thunder, with yellow sand filling the sky.

At the center of the storm, where dark clouds were thick, several deep-purple bolts of lightning connected heaven and earth. Like flood dragons soaring, like tigers roaring and apes crying, they plunged straight down from an extreme height with unstoppable force! The tails of the deep-purple lightning trailed a ghostly blue glow, instantly closing the distance between sky and earth amid the chaotic, turbulent currents.

Within the storm.

Selyne and Rebecca panted softly. After a slight pause, they erupted into another fierce exchange. Two blurred figures made brief contact in the dense gloom, where even light could not penetrate. Each distant touch instantly unleashed an exceptionally intense battle!

Light flared brilliantly, and the storm was blasted to pieces. In that instant, dazzling radiance lit up the surroundings like stars falling to ruin.

When Chaya and Adri arrived, a fierce storm was raging ahead.

Tiny stones shot past their eyes like bullets. "Tat-tat-tat!" A row of small holes suddenly appeared in the ground before their feet.

The holes were deep and densely packed. Around the tiny, depthless pinholes, the stones had already turned into flowing, scorching lava from the violent friction.

However, Chaya and Adri were not frightened by the scene before them. Only after the battle gradually subsided did they wave their hands and disperse the thick smoke hanging in the air.

"Hahaha, your battle power has improved again! But Selyne, when you fight, you still lack battle awareness. You need to make combat your instinctive reaction!"

With his sharp eyes, Adri saw through his daughter's flaws at a glance.

Selyne's battle power was certainly high, but her greatest weakness was that she did not have much battle experience, especially experience in life-and-death battles.

That was extremely fatal!

In her current state, she could naturally sweep aside opponents weaker than her with ease, but when an opponent's strength was evenly matched with hers, she would lose more often than she won, let alone when facing an opponent stronger than her and trying to challenge someone above her level.

In that kind of situation, merely staying alive would already be impressive!

Rebecca took out a Senzu Bean and ate it. Abundant vitality immediately restored her. She smiled and said, "Selyne's starting point was raised too high, and most of the opponents she usually faces can't compare to her. That actually makes it harder for her to draw out the maximum effect of every bit of her battle power."

Chaya and Selyne listened seriously. This was also their greatest shortcoming.

The training on Earth had allowed them to draw out the potential hidden inside their bodies, and their battle power had risen too quickly. But it had also caused them to lack the battle trials of struggling on the edge of life and death at every stage. There were gains and losses in everything, and right now Chaya and the others needed to make up for this as quickly as possible.

The way traditional Saiyans increased their strength was extremely violent, especially after adulthood. Almost every bit of battle power was obtained through fighting. This meant they faced danger at every moment. It was an extremely cruel cultivation method, constantly squeezing out potential between life and death.

And the vast majority of races in the universe used this kind of training method.

The Saiyans, known as a warrior race, were especially extreme in this regard, which gave them ample battle experience and the courage to face life and death.

By comparison, Earth's training seemed far more refined and restrained, and closer to nature.

Ki, according to Daoist teachings, was part of nature. It meant the foundation of all things, a very abstract concept. It included both the spiritual and physical levels, nourishing the body and developing potential.

These were two completely different paths of cultivation.

Chaya had a theory in his heart. In the original work, Son Goku was able to surpass his limits again and again not only because he faced life-and-death trials many times, but also because the cultivation of Ki played an extremely crucial role. Otherwise, why were the Saiyans on Planet Vegeta, each of whom had talent above Son Goku's, so rarely able to break through a battle power of one hundred thousand?

To say that they fought less often than Son Goku probably would not hold up.

"Mm-hmm!" Selyne listened earnestly to the teachings, nodding secretly from time to time. Over the past few days, lowering her battle power and sparring with her mother had benefited her greatly.

Afterward, Chaya took everyone and activated Instant Transmission, returning once more to their home on Planet Vegeta.

By now, it was nearly evening.

After soaking comfortably in a hot bath in the bathroom, the fatigue throughout his body was instantly swept away. Chaya walked into the living room while wiping his damp hair, and found Selyne wearing a small set of casual clothes, sprawled on the sofa with her two calves raised, lazily lying there with a snack in her mouth.

The little girl had no self-awareness at home. Her clothes barely covered her body, revealing large expanses of fair, tender skin.

Smack! He casually slapped the girl on the butt. Selyne immediately clutched her rear and sprang up, then glared fiercely at Chaya.

"What are you doing?!"

"Hey, dinner's in a little while. There's something I need to tell you."

"What is it?" Selyne asked irritably. He had actually hit her butt—did he still think she was a child?

Chaya glanced at her, casually moved her body aside a little, then sat down beside her.

"In a few days, we'll be carrying out a new mission, so I plan to find one near Planet Frieza. When the time comes, I'll leave during the mission and head to Planet Frieza to investigate. I'll need you to take care of the mission-related matters!"

"Planet Frieza?" Selyne's pretty brows arched slightly. "You're planning to build a training room?"

"Yeah. And it's not just about the training room. If the Fidayans have enough value, I plan to subdue them," Chaya said bluntly. Selyne was the person he trusted most, so there was nothing he needed to hide from her.

If Chaya intended to establish a force of his own in the universe someday, then researchers would be indispensable. Saiyans were a battle race with simple minds; having them do scientific research clearly wasn't suitable. That meant he needed specialized, technology-oriented aliens.

The first ones he set his sights on were the Fidayans, who had yet to be brought under any other faction's control.

Selyne understood the importance of the matter, so she patted her chest and nodded. "Don't worry. Leave the mission to me!"