Cognition Transcendent

"Ying Kai, 31 years old, joined the Haoran Martial Hall 7 years ago. He became a Formal Disciple in three years, but his strength stagnated at 235KG for another year, so he left the Martial Hall."

"Later, he became a mixed martial arts fighter, earned a lot of money, and continuously sought breakthroughs around the world."

"Finally, he found the Le You Merchant Guild, and set his sights on you."

Qin Hui closed his notebook and recounted everything that happened before Ying Kai met Fang Qingyu.

"Can joining the Le You Merchant Guild help him break through?"

Fang Qingyu picked up an apple nearby and asked curiously.

Several days had passed since his injury, and all the bandages on him had been removed.

"No."

Qin Hui shook his head.

"He purely got the news about the contemplation diagram from somewhere and was blinded by strength."

"So the Le You Merchant Guild is also playing him?"

Fang Qingyu was taken aback.

Qin Hui was unfazed. "Isn't that obvious? Even if he joined, they'd just use him as cannon fodder."

"Good thing I didn't agree."

Fang Qingyu's mouth twitched.

"What?"

"The Le You Merchant Guild invited me before too."

Fang Qingyu laid out everything that happened that night at the Combat Arena.

"Oh."

"Actually, when Formal Disciples start cultivating contemplation methods, they usually join merchant guilds to hunt Life Spirits. I guess they took a liking to your talent."

"Can't we find them ourselves?"

Fang Qingyu's expression turned strange.

Qin Hui chuckled. "Sure, you could spend hundreds of millions to buy some detectors, then hire people to stake out an area for you, and they'd have to be fearless."

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Fang Qingyu's mouth twitched again.

"Oh, right, during the fight, you'd also have to spend who knows how much money to buy a protective barrier."

Qin Hui continued to embellish.

"Of course, there's one last way. You could also be like Qi Hao, and have your family directly prepare all the Life Pearls you need for cultivating contemplation methods."

"I understand."

Fang Qingyu nodded thoughtfully.

So Qi Hao probably didn't even know about Life Spirits during his time as a Formal Disciple; his family had already prepared all the Life Pearls for him.

As expected, children from poor families mature early.

Without family background, status, or resources, if you want anything, you can only fight for it yourself.

"If you're really resistant to the Le You Merchant Guild, I have a recommendation."

"Please, go ahead."

Besides Haozi, Fang Qingyu trusted these two coaches from the Martial Hall the most.

"The Zishi Merchant Guild. Although their strength isn't much, the person in charge of hunting Life Spirits there is very good at judging the situation. If you go there, he won't dare to harm you."

Fang Qingyu's expression turned strange.

Brother Jiao and Lu Chen!?

"You know them?"

Qin Hui asked upon seeing Fang Qingyu's reaction.

"I work at the Tongyuan Combat Gym."

"Oh, oh, right, right, that makes it even simpler. How about it, want to go? I bet with his personality, he's already got his eye on you."

Qin Hui smacked his forehead, finally realizing.

"Okay."

Fang Qingyu nodded.

He actually had a pretty good impression of those two.

He just didn't expect them to be so well-hidden.

To be the head of a merchant guild's Life Spirit hunting team, their strength should at least be greater than his.

But he hadn't seen it at all before.

"Alright, I'll put in a good word for you. Don't rush it, either. You can finish reading this book before your strength meets the requirements. Same old rule, don't leak anything."

With the merchant guild matter settled, Qin Hui turned and tossed a book from his bag.

"Okay."

Fang Qingyu took the book, twitching the corner of his mouth.

This thing's thickness could rival a dictionary.

"Take your time. This is only a part of it."

Qin Hui saw Fang Qingyu's expression and added with a hint of schadenfreude.

Fang Qingyu now understood why Instructor Qin's nickname was "Poison Tongue."

He didn't mind it.

After Qin Hui left, he opened the book on his own.

The first sentence on the title page was about the origin of Life Spirits.

"Life Spirits are born from the mirage energy in the cracks between yin and yang. They have lurked in dimensions invisible to the living since the first ancestors carved symbols on the rock walls.

But no one knows when this malice, dormant in the folds of time, will descend.

Fang Qingyu frowned slightly.

So humans can't actively seek out Life Spirits, they can only wait for them to descend?

No wonder the previous measures all sounded like passive defense.

Fang Qingyu continued flipping through the pages.

Next was the table of contents.

Various named Life Spirits were listed.

There were hundreds of them.

Good heavens.

How many types of Life Spirits has the Federation actually cataloged!?

Fang Qingyu flipped to the first Life Spirit.

As soon as he opened it, a lifelike picture greeted his eyes.

Fortunately, after the shock of seeing the Umbilical Fiend, while it was still disgusting, it didn't make him feel too nauseous.

Below was the corresponding information.

Rust Lock Child.

I. Chrysalis Grade.

Below the level of a martial artist, 350KG. Entry-level Contemplation Method, can be contended by those with Minor Accomplishment Martial Methods or above!

"Chrysalis Grade?"

Fang Qingyu sat up straighter upon seeing the new term.

Just then, his phone rang.

"This is information for the 300KG trainees. I'm letting you see it in advance to give you some motivation, haha."

It was a message from Qin Hui, along with a file.

[Entry Guide to Contemplation Method:

Beginners must have an arm strength of 300KG to support the circulation of Qi channels.

Entry is Qi Condensation. It requires guiding Blood Essence with intent, circulating through the Twelve Heavenly Cycles, and solidifying the void in the Dantian.

Remember not to force breakthroughs if your foundation is unstable. You must consolidate your Qi Sea daily through stationary practice and breathing exercises, otherwise, you risk backlash.

Successful entrants can become Elite Disciples!

Finally, do not reveal any power related to Transcendent beings in front of ordinary people!!!]

"So Ying Kai was right..."

"Contemplation Method is indeed the threshold to stepping into the Transcendent."

Fang Qingyu let out a long breath after reading.

This Contemplation Method could truly be called Transcendent.

He had originally just been training his physical body and Martial Methods.

Now he was switching directly to Qi methods...

Of course, the principle of secrecy was still marked, and the three exclamation marks at the end were very conspicuous.

Therefore, the Rust Lock Child was likely not something he could deal with at the moment.

Perhaps just not having entered the Contemplation Method yet...

This was a significant gap in strength.

Fang Qingyu continued flipping through.

As time passed, he quickly found the four 1-star Life Spirits in his compendium, including the Umbilical Fiend.

As expected, Chrysalis Grade was equivalent to 1-star.

It was equivalent to a level below Martial Artist.

And the Umbilical Fiend he killed that night was the weakest of the four.

Below Martial Artist, 300KG, a Minor Accomplishment Martial Method could contend with it!

The other three required entry-level Contemplation Method for two of them, and Minor Accomplishment Contemplation Method for one, 450KG.

It seemed the path to completing the compendium was still long.

Next, Fang Qingyu began to slowly memorize all the Life Spirits in the book.

This information was extremely useful for hunting Life Spirits!

And it was crucial for his survival in the future.

If he encountered one he couldn't defeat, he could retreat in time.

Time slowly passed.

Until he reached the last page.

Unexpectedly, this page did not contain Life Spirit data.

Instead, it had a few short sentences.

"For example, if you encounter a Life Spirit not recorded in this book while below the Martial Artist level!"

"Turn around and run immediately! Stay alive!!"

End of book.

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