First Law of Cultivation (Version 1.0)

First Law of Cultivation (Version 1.0)

Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators flew incredibly fast through the air. A Moment Later, Liu Jing had brought Luo Hong above a small hill.

The hill was no more than seven or eight zhang high, lush with trees and carpeted in verdant grass, brimming with life. Spirit Fields encircled it on all sides, and as it was early summer, the tender rice shoots in the fields swayed in unison with the wind, clearing one's mind at the sight.

"This place is called Fanghua Garden, one of the few Spirit Field estates in the valley. Nephew Disciple, you cultivate a basic water-element technique, so there could be no better place for you to serve as a Spirit Rain Master."

After giving Luo Hong an introduction, Liu Jing took a book and a talisman from his Storage Bag.

"This book contains the various duties of a Spirit Rain Master. You must study it carefully later. And here is one of my Communication Talismans. Should you encounter any difficult matter you cannot resolve, simply activate it with mana, and I will know."

Luo Hong respectfully accepted the book and talisman, feeling that he was truly fortunate to encounter Such A good person so soon after entering the Cultivation World.

Watching Liu Jing's Back View as he flew away through the air, Luo Hong resolved that one day, he would surely change Liu Jing's fate of Death and Dao Annihilation.

There was an elegant little courtyard on the hill, which would be Luo Hong's residence from now on.

After sorting through his belongings, Luo Hong opened the book Liu Jing had left behind and read it closely. He Did He not Want To Do let the good position he had just obtained slip away.

"Mm, not bad. According to this book, the hundred mu of Spirit Fields at Fanghua Garden are normally tended by mortals born into Cultivation Families. I only need to activate the formation in the main house each day and summon spirit rain. This really is quite leisurely."

Nodding, Luo Hong set the book aside. With a movement of his divine sense, the Writing Brush, Ink, Paper, and Inkstone stored in his Storage Bag appeared on the desk.

Smoothing out a sheet of white paper, Luo Hong picked up his brush and wrote the two characters: "cultivation."

Having entered Yellow Maple Valley, I can be considered to have officially set foot upon the Immortal Path.

More than Tens of Thousands of Years had Passed since cultivators first appeared in the human realm, yet no one had ever been able to explain clearly what "cultivation" truly was.

Some seniors had left remarks in books, saying cultivation was the pursuit of longevity. Others said cultivation was the pursuit of freedom. Still others said cultivation was standing tall between heaven and earth.

Over Tens of Thousands of Years, brilliant and peerless cultivators had emerged in an endless stream throughout the human realm, yet never had any senior used scientific thinking to explore what cultivation was.

Now that I am here, I say:

"Cultivation is the subjective act by which a cultivator uses their Spiritual Root to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, then refines it through cultivation techniques to raise their own Mana Limit."

Therefore, the essence of cultivation was raising one's own Mana Limit.

As for how to raise it?

Over the past year, Luo Hong had already derived the First Law of Cultivation (Version 1.0):

F = 0.3W · Pa(internal)

In the Mortal World, cultivators could use their Spiritual Roots to sense the spiritual qi between heaven and earth and absorb it into their bodies.

If it existed, then it was science. Luo Hong knew he was not yet capable of studying the essence of Spiritual Roots, but that did not prevent him from studying how they were used.

According to his research, a Spiritual Root was equivalent to a receiver specialized in absorbing spiritual qi, while Spiritual Roots of differing qualities were receivers with different power ratings—that was W.

Luo Hong possessed a Fourth-grade Spiritual Root. For the sake of convenience in his future cultivation, he defined the power rating of his own receiver as 1.

F was the increase in Mana Limit per unit of time, measured in days—in other words, cultivation speed. Besides Spiritual Root Quality, what affected F was the spiritual qi density of one's cultivation site, namely spiritual pressure, or Pa.

However, after Luo Hong investigated more deeply, he discovered that external spiritual pressure was not the direct influencing factor. The spiritual pressure within a cultivator's body was!

Luo Hong defined the concentration of spiritual qi in his body when he used no auxiliary methods as 1 unit of Internal Spirit Pressure.

Qi Refining Layer One was the starting point of cultivation. At this stage, cultivators would cultivate their first wisp of mana, achieving a breakthrough in Mana Limit from nothing to something.

Luo Hong thus defined the increase represented by this first wisp of mana as 1 mana.

In the original owner's memories, during his first cultivation session, he had not taken any Pills other than a Qi Nourishing Pill, yet it had taken roughly three days for him to break through to Qi Refining Layer One.

Afterward, Luo Hong collected multiple sets of his own cultivation data and thereby preliminarily arrived at the first Cultivation Coefficient in history: 0.3!

Luo Hong had not been a mathematician in his previous life, so his derivation was clearly imperfect. But he only wanted to use scientific thinking to help himself cultivate; he was not obsessed with exploring the fundamental laws of the Mortal World.

That was likely something only a Dao Ancestor could accomplish.

Once Luo Hong had preliminarily obtained the First Law of Cultivation, he began verifying its accuracy.

As a Transmigrator, Luo Hong also had a Golden Finger. He called it the "Personalized Status Sheet." It was somewhat like a character panel in a game, but not exactly the same.

The main function of this Golden Finger was to display Luo Hong's current personal data. It could also add or remove entries according to his wishes and alter the units used to define the data.

At present, it looked like this:

Name: Luo Hong

Realm: Qi Refining Layer Three (4/4)

Stamina: 3

Mana: 7

Divine Sense: 1

Spiritual Root Quality: 1

Meridian Strength: 20.2 (the current limit of Internal Spirit Pressure the meridians can withstand)

Internal Spirit Pressure: 1.2 (stable)

External Spiritual Pressure: 2 (stable)

Qi Refining Great Perfection countdown: 22,733 days (approximately 62 years)

For now, these were the only data he needed, so Luo Hong had it display only these. Over the past year, he had used this Golden Finger to conduct controlled-variable experiments, eventually obtaining the First Law of Cultivation.

However, data collected over the past ten-plus days indicated that the coefficient 0.3 was increasing slightly. It was likely related to his imminent breakthrough into the first Minor Realm of the Qi Refining Realm and might need to be revised, which was why Luo Hong called it Version 1.0.

Returning to the present, Luo Hong sensed the spiritual qi in the room, far denser than in his former home, and could not help but praise it.

"As expected of Yellow Maple Valley, ranked among the Seven Great Sects. Even an ordinary disciple's cultivation grounds are twice as good as the finest places outside."

"With my aptitude, reaching Qi Refining Great Perfection through motionless cultivation without food or drink would take sixty-two years. The actual time required would certainly exceed a century. No wonder people look down on Fourth-grade Spiritual Roots. Under normal circumstances, cultivators with Fourth-grade Spiritual Roots have no hope of Foundation Establishment."

"Fortunately, I have successfully obtained what I wanted. As Long As I verify its feasibility, my cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds for some time."

Luo Hong understood the despair of the road ahead better than any Fourth-grade Spiritual Root cultivator in the world, yet his heart held a confidence surpassing that of every Qi Refining Realm cultivator.

For he had seen through the mysteries of cultivation. There would always be a way to successfully establish his foundation.

With a Formation Plate, setting up a Spirit Gathering Array was extremely simple. When Luo Hong placed four Low-grade Spirit Stones into the Formation Plate, a blue curtain of spiritual qi swiftly formed, eventually becoming a hemispherical Spirit Gathering Space roughly two zhang in diameter.

The Spirit Gathering Array began operating, and nearby Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged toward it like a swarm. Filtered through the light curtain, only water-element spiritual qi could enter the Spirit Gathering Space.

Luo Hong did not cultivate. After meditating within the Spirit Gathering Space for two shichen, the spiritual pressure inside finally stabilized.

"The External Spiritual Pressure is approximately 8.0. The effect is better than I expected; Ancestor Li did not cheat me. What a pity—giving such an excellent Spirit Gathering Array to me is somewhat wasteful. After all, I likely will not have many chances to use its spirit-gathering function."

Luo Hong gripped a Low-grade Spirit Stone in each hand and slowly exerted force.