Labor and Rest in Balance, Scientific Cultivation!

Labor and Rest in Balance, Scientific Cultivation!

It was a simple principle.

If that fifty-thousand-yuan sum counted as "auspicious," Qi Zixiao only needed to sense fortune and misfortune, determine the direction of "auspiciousness," and then head there.

And if that wanted criminal counted as "inauspicious," she would go in the direction of "inauspiciousness."

"The possibility of it being inauspicious should be small, but it isn't nonexistent."

Judging from the wanted notice, that criminal seemed to favor targeting women. Although she was currently a "man," she couldn't guarantee that she could subdue him without suffering the slightest injury.

In the end, Qi Zixiao decided to cultivate first and go only after she had reached the entry level of the Waterflow Body.

That way, she would be on surer footing.

After all, he was a murderer. Qi Zixiao couldn't determine whether he possessed the ability to threaten her. Since that was the case, she would naturally have a better chance if she improved herself before going.

Based on what Qi Zixiao had learned during this time, she discovered that although this world possessed wondrous objects such as cars, mobile phones, and televisions, almost no one cultivated.

At least, she hadn't sensed a single cultivator.

In other words, she only needed to reach the entry level to stand undefeated to a great extent.

That was precisely why she had memorized a body-tempering technique like the Waterflow Body.

Body tempering could also be considered cultivation, but it differed greatly from traditional "immortal cultivation." The most obvious difference was its dependence on spiritual energy.

If one wanted to cultivate immortality, it was fundamentally impossible to reach the entry level without spiritual energy.

But body tempering was different!

Body tempering meant hammering one's own body. Although one likewise needed to absorb spiritual energy to nourish the flesh in the later stages, merely reaching the entry level did not require spiritual energy.

At least, the Waterflow Body did not!

Once one reached the entry level of this Waterflow Body technique, an ordinary person's physical flexibility would increase severalfold, their strength would rise by several times or more, and their endurance would soar many times over, like a mighty river flowing endlessly...

With that, combined with her reaction speed, she should be able to handle this world's wanted criminal.

Once she had the thought, she acted on it!

Qi Zixiao never procrastinated. She used her phone to check the map, found the nearest river, then set out with her phone and keys.

Time turned back to the beginning of this transmigration, Bright Moon Peak, Saintess Pavilion.

Qi Zixiao's Image Recording had just begun to "play."

"If it isn't necessary, don't go outside!"

When she said this, Qi Zixiao seemed to be gritting her teeth in Lin Fan's eyes, leaving him utterly baffled...

What was going on this time?

I didn't give myself away, did I?

This woman... so petty.

"I even made dumplings for you. There won't be any next time!"

While muttering, Qi Zixiao's Image Recording continued speaking.

"Furthermore, I wish to ask you this: During these days, what exactly have you done while using my body?

"Why had my cultivation failed to advance even a fraction during the month or so before, yet in the mere three days that you controlled my body, it managed to improve by a thread?"

Her words did not stop. She carried a hint of aloofness, but to Lin Fan, they sounded more like tsundere petulance. "I, Qi Zixiao, have never owed anyone anything in my life. If you can answer my question, I can promise you one thing. So long as it lies within my capabilities, I will certainly accomplish it for you."

The Image Recording ended there, and the "virtual projection" dissipated on the spot.

Lin Fan toyed with the warm, smooth Spirit Stone in his hand, unable to stop pondering...

"Her asking me not to go outside too much isn't really a problem. I wasn't planning to run around outside often anyway."

"As for what I did to make her cultivation advance...?"

"o((⊙_⊙))o"

Lin Fan himself was completely dumbfounded!

What had he done?

Did eating, drinking, urinating, and defecating count?

He hadn't even defecated...

And just that could make her cultivation advance, while a month of bitter cultivation had brought her no progress at all and had even caused problems?

With his knowledge of immortal cultivation at absolute zero, he naturally couldn't figure out what had happened.

But... as a modern person, Lin Fan decided to try explaining this from another angle.

For example... science!

"If we treat immortal cultivation as studying and becoming an immortal as getting into college..."

"She studied every day, from morning to night, never daring to slack off in the slightest, yet she couldn't see any progress."

"After I controlled her body, I rested for a few days, and my score actually improved on the mock exam?"

"This example may not be entirely apt, but it isn't impossible to explain..."

"So..."

"This is actually a matter of balancing work and rest?!"

Balancing work and rest.

Burying oneself in hard work, toiling one's fingers to the bone, might instead make things worse and worse.

Resting and relaxing for a few days could actually result in faster progress.

This was absolutely more than mere talk.

Whether mentally or physically.

Remaining in a tense state all the time would inevitably lead to "fatigue" after a certain period. And after becoming fatigued, continuing to stay tense... what good could come of it?

But if one rested after becoming fatigued, allowing both body and mind to recover before tensing up and working hard again...

Progress would naturally become more apparent, and efficiency would improve as well.

"That must be it!"

After mulling it over, Lin Fan beamed.

"I really am a genius!"

On a whim, the fellow found paper and brush and wrote down eight large characters.

Balancing Work and Rest, Scientific Cultivation!

After writing it, he was still somewhat dissatisfied...

"I'm controlling the body of a peak Spirit Transformation cultivator, yet I don't even know how to use Image Recording and can only 'write letters'..."

"She won't let me go out casually anyway, and it wouldn't be convenient for me to run around everywhere right now. Why not try learning how to cultivate immortality?"

"At the very least, I should learn how to control the True Essence in my body and how to cast spells."

"After all, who knows how long this transmigration will last? It's impossible that I'll never need to use True Essence..."

"It really is time to learn as quickly as possible how to use True Essence and cultivate immortality."

Then, how could he learn immortal cultivation as quickly as possible?

Go to the Scripture Pavilion again?

That didn't seem necessary...

It wasn't as if Qi Zixiao lacked cultivation techniques. Besides, even if he used his butt to think, he knew that the techniques she cultivated were absolutely top-tier!

In other words, what Lin Fan needed right now was not cultivation techniques or spells, but how to use the True Essence in his body and how to cast spells...

"Speaking of which, this is like asking someone for experience. But who should I ask?"

Lin Fan's eyes rolled around rapidly. Soon, he slapped his "little hand" against his palm.

"I've got it!"

"Don't I have Protector Disciples?!"

He gave a sly grin. "That's what I'll do..."

A moment later, Saintess Qi Zixiao's voice came from inside the room.

"Chen Cheng..."

"Your Highness."

The two women immediately bowed.

"You have followed me for quite some time now, haven't you?"

"From the day Your Highness assumed the position of Saintess until now, it has been more than three years..."

"Three years is indeed no short span of time. Yet I have never had the leisure to test you. I happened to have a revelation recently, so let us do it now."

"As Protector Disciples, talent and diligence are both indispensable. Notify the other Protector Disciples and have each of them independently write an article on their cultivation insights and experiences for me..."

"In addition, include your understanding of the use and manipulation of True Essence. The more detailed, the better."

"Yes, Your Highness..." Chen Cheng agreed, but her expression had already turned icy.

Thanks to "A Dream Into Chang'an," "Lu Mingtian," and the other friends for their rewards. Thank you.