The Marvelous Source Power

The Marvelous Source Power

"Two a month?" Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

A Basic Source Power Essence Pill cost 100,000 Blue Star Coins/points each. If he took two, his monthly budget would rise sharply.

"You haven't taken Source Power Essence Pills before, have you?" Xu Bo looked at Li Yuan.

"No." Li Yuan shook his head. How could his family afford such cultivation treasures?

Families like his uncle and aunt's, able to supply their children with Basic Blood-Qi Potions over the long term, were already in the minority.

Source Power Essence Pills? Those who dared buy and use them continuously were probably all billionaires.

"Then let me explain. Source Power Essence Pills are essentially substitutes for Advanced Cultivation Methods." Xu Bo said, "Do you know the fundamental difference between Basic Cultivation Methods and Advanced Cultivation Methods?"

"Cultivation efficiency," Li Yuan said.

"That is the result, not the cause." Xu Bo said, "Basic Cultivation Methods efficiently absorb the energy produced by the food we eat, thereby driving the evolution of life."

Li Yuan could not help nodding.

The most fundamental difference between modern humanity and the traditional martial arts of ancient times lay in cultivation methods.

They were the key that unlocked life evolution.

"But Basic Cultivation Methods have their limits." Xu Bo said, "No matter how strong our digestive systems are, we might eat ten jin of nutritious meals a day—but can we eat a hundred jin of food?"

"We can't," Li Yuan shook his head.

"Exactly. Even high-energy food contains impurities, and the body cannot bear too much of it." Xu Bo continued, "But for powerful martial artists, let alone continuing to drive bodily evolution, merely maintaining their physical condition consumes enormous amounts of energy."

"It is like an electric vehicle. The more powerful its motor, the more electricity it consumes."

"Take your teacher, for instance."

Boom!

Xu Bo took a single step. His entire body flickered like a phantom, the air instantly exploding as the rushing airflow turned into wind.

Xu Bo had already stopped at the other end of the office.

"This?"

"So this was a Level 19 martial artist?" Li Yuan held his breath as he watched, a faint thrill stirring in his heart.

He was certain that Teacher Xu's instantaneous burst of speed had absolutely exceeded fifty meters per second.

And that had been a burst from a standstill, not Xu Bo's fastest possible speed.

This was a truly powerful martial artist.

Xu Bo slowly walked back as he spoke. "Every day, just to maintain this powerful body of mine, if I relied solely on eating, I would need at least dozens of jin of high-energy food."

"That is while living in a city. If I were fighting Star Realm Creatures, the consumption would be even greater. Even two hundred jin of high-energy food would not be enough."

Li Yuan was speechless.

He thought of animals like elephants and giraffes, which spent most of every day eating.

If they exercised, their consumption would be even greater.

"That is why we developed Blood-Qi Potions." Xu Bo said, "Blood-Qi Potions are essentially extracted from food. They are easier for the human body to absorb than high-energy food and contain almost no impurities, but they are expensive."

"Taking them reduces the need for food."

Li Yuan nodded slightly.

Using Blood-Qi Potions not only reduced the burden of eating, but also increased cultivation efficiency by at least double.

"But later on, after becoming a Level 15 martial artist or an even more powerful martial artist, Blood-Qi Potions alone are difficult to sustain."

"In recent decades, Source Power Essence Pills have emerged, allowing us to directly absorb Source Power."

"What is Source Power?"

"Several centuries ago, when the Six Great Star Bridges underwent strange changes, the most miraculous kind of energy appeared in the starry expanse of the Universe—Source Power." Xu Bo said with deep emotion, "Once one can absorb Source Power, the speed of bodily evolution can increase tenfold, even a hundredfold."

Li Yuan listened with bated breath.

Source Power was extraordinarily miraculous.

Powerful martial artists could fly through the sky and burrow into the earth in just a few decades, or even walk safely out of the center of a nuclear explosion... all by absorbing Source Power and driving their bodies to evolve.

With human bodies, they stood shoulder to shoulder with gods.

"There are three ways to absorb Source Power."

"First, your physical fitness must reach at least Level 19, and your skill must be sufficiently exquisite. When body, mind, and will become perfectly united, you can barely sense Source Power and begin absorbing it." Xu Bo said in a low voice, "This is the most primitive method of absorption. Its efficiency is extremely low, but the first generation of martial artists relied on this method to grow stronger step by step."

"Later."

"As the number of martial artists grew ever greater, and they became ever stronger, they finally deduced the first Advanced Cultivation Method, increasing the efficiency of absorbing Source Power by more than tenfold." Xu Bo said, "Then they created the second, the third... and today, our human civilization has produced the Seven Great Advanced Cultivation Methods."

"Moreover, if one is compatible with a corresponding Advanced Cultivation Method, even an ordinary person can initially absorb Source Power, causing their physical fitness to improve at a soaring rate." Xu Bo looked at Li Yuan with considerable regret.

Li Yuan understood what his teacher meant.

Awakening Martial Arts Spirituality was not as mysterious as the "spiritual roots" in novels.

Its essence was compatibility with the Seven Great Advanced Cultivation Methods.

A compatibility rate exceeding 85% meant an awakening.

Why did human civilization place such immense importance on Martial Arts Spirituality? Because if ordinary people cultivated Advanced Cultivation Methods, they could gradually absorb Source Power from the Universe to strengthen their bodies.

In that way, the efficiency of bodily evolution would soar, and their hopes of becoming Source Martialists would greatly increase.

That was why Elite Class students generally possessed such formidable physical fitness.

Furthermore, Source Power existed everywhere in the starry expanse of the Universe.

Not only was it far more effective than Blood-Qi Potions, it was inexhaustible, allowing the entire human civilization to save vast amounts of resources.

"Absorbing Source Power through Advanced Cultivation Methods is the second method, and also the best method." Xu Bo shook his head. "But you cannot do that now... Li Yuan, if you want to absorb Source Power from the Universe yourself, you can only use the most primitive absorption method."

"Then your physical fitness must be raised to Level 19."

Li Yuan nodded slightly.

Raising his physical fitness to Level 19 without absorbing Source Power? One could imagine how difficult that would be.

He would have to rely on immense amounts of external resources.

"Of course, if you truly become an exceptionally powerful Source Martialist in the future, perhaps you could create an Advanced Cultivation Method suited to yourself."

"Perhaps even an Advanced Cultivation Method suitable for a great many ordinary people." Xu Bo said with emotion, "Then you would be a great contributor who benefited human civilization."

"The world's strongest martial artist, Dongfang Ji, once said that every person is uniquely blessed by Heaven, and everyone should have an Advanced Cultivation Method suited to them."

"If our human civilization could produce one hundred Advanced Cultivation Methods, then everyone would find an Advanced Cultivation Method that suited them from their youth onward, and there would no longer be any talk of Martial Arts Spirituality."

"At that time, the rate at which martial artists were born in human civilization would be more than ten times faster than it is now." Xu Bo quoted Dongfang Ji's words. "And that requires generations of martial artists to strive and struggle."

"One hundred Advanced Cultivation Methods?" Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

From the beginning of the Life Evolution Era until now, nearly two hundred years later, human civilization had only produced seven universally applicable Advanced Cultivation Methods.

Yet compared to the three Advanced Cultivation Methods from over eighty years ago,

the rate at which martial artists emerged in human civilization had already increased severalfold in this era.

The more martial artists there were, the larger the base became. As more and more powerful martial artists emerged, the rate at which Advanced Cultivation Methods were created also became faster.

It was a virtuous cycle.

It allowed human civilization to grow ever stronger.

"The third way to absorb Source Power is through Source Power Essence Pills. They only appeared in the past twenty or thirty years." Xu Bo said, "The pills contain traces of Source Power, which can be absorbed once swallowed."

"However, Source Power is domineering."

"Without an Advanced Cultivation Method to assist in refining it, absorption is extremely difficult." Xu Bo said, "Therefore, one pill a month is enough for ordinary people."

"Your physical talent is actually among the very best, but you simply do not have a suitable Advanced Cultivation Method." Xu Bo looked at Li Yuan with regret. "Combined with your exceptionally strong spiritual power, perhaps you can use two pills a month."

"Thank you for your guidance, Teacher." Li Yuan nodded, then smiled rather calmly. "There is no Advanced Cultivation Method suitable for me."

"Then in the future, I will strive to create one."

"Haha." Xu Bo laughed when he heard that. "Ambitious. Your teacher will wait and see."

"This Starry Sky Spear Technique and this Dragon Movement Technique come from the same lineage as the Rock Cultivation Method. I suggest you exchange for them." Xu Bo continued, "These two great secret manuals both point directly to the Fifth Skill Stage and are quite famous among martial artists."

"Point directly to the Fifth Skill Stage?" Li Yuan pondered this.

His own skill was only at the Third Stage.

"Teacher, can't you teach me Second Order secret manuals?" Li Yuan could not help asking.

"Me?" Xu Bo was first stunned, then smiled. "I have indeed cultivated many Second Order secret manuals. I have dabbled in spear techniques, saber techniques, movement techniques, and more."

"But I cannot teach you." Xu Bo shook his head. "Haven't you noticed that I have never instructed you in Second Order secret manuals before?"

"Why?" Li Yuan asked in astonishment.

"I only have the right to study them, not the right to teach them." Xu Bo said, "The fist techniques, spear techniques, movement techniques, and so on that you are learning now are all First Order secret manuals, suitable for students at the First and Second Skill Stages."

"A great many First Order secret manuals and cultivation methods are fully public and free for all citizens."

"But beginning with Second Order secret manuals, they are all copyrighted." Xu Bo said, "They can only be used after purchase."

(End of Chapter)