Cultivation Methods

An apartment three hundred meters from Hengguang Garden.

This was one of the Jin Family's properties.

Unit 1701 on the seventeenth floor was also one of Jin Haoxuan's private residences.

Whenever he was too lazy to go home, or had something inconvenient to do at home, he would come here.

When Li ChunJun had gathered information on Jin Haoxuan, he had unexpectedly learned of this from one of who-knew-how-many ex-girlfriends.

He had even come here before, intending to see whether there was any evidence inside of the Jin Family's illegal activities.

Later, unable to pick the lock, he had no choice but to give up regretfully.

With prior experience, he took advantage of the night, avoided the security patrols, arrived at the apartment door, and slid a prepared card downward with a deft flick...

The door opened.

He knew that someone like Jin Haoxuan would never make a habit of locking the door behind him.

Besides, he was arrogant enough to believe that, on Jin Family territory, no blind little thief would dare come cause trouble.

Li ChunJun pushed the door open, entered, then closed it behind him.

This apartment building had a low occupancy rate. Combined with the indifference of modern social relations, so long as Jin Haoxuan, the "owner," did not come, and given how the Jin Family was currently overwhelmed and unable to spare attention elsewhere, he could live here for ten days or half a month without being discovered.

Li ChunJun did not turn on the lights, but by the light streaming in from outside, he could still tell that the apartment was spacious.

It covered more than one hundred and fifty square meters.

The interior was lavishly furnished and commanded an excellent view.

He made a round of the place and opened the wardrobe.

It held many brand-name clothes.

Quite a few had not even been unpacked.

The unrestrained extravagance of the rich.

Li ChunJun picked out a set, went to the bathroom, and took a shower, letting the water wash the blood from his body.

After cleaning himself and changing clothes, he found some packaged food as well.

As he ate, he quietly watched the vehicles coming and going in the direction of Hengguang Garden three hundred meters away.

There was no need to guess how lively Hengguang Garden must be at this moment.

He had not remained at Hengguang Garden to wait for Jin Guangming, one of the chief culprits, to return.

On the one hand...

He had not yet become invincible under heaven, capable of beating the whole world senseless.

On the other hand...

His abilities were limited.

No matter how one put it, he was merely an eighteen-year-old student who had not even graduated from his final year of high school.

He had no channels, no knowledge, and no connections.

With such scant means, finding every collaborator closely tied to the Jin Family, ensuring not a single one slipped through the net and eliminating future troubles once and for all, was no easy matter.

Since he could not find them, he could only wait for them to come find him.

Wait, and observe.

See exactly how many people and how many forces would run themselves ragged and spare no effort over the Jin Family's affairs during this time.

Then, once he had identified the targets...

He would visit them one by one and kill his way through.

Once every force willing to help the Jin Family had been wiped out, and everyone connected to the Jin Family was dead, the Jin Family...

Would only then be considered truly exterminated.

Therefore, he needed sufficient patience next.

Li ChunJun sat in a comfortable reclining chair on the balcony, his expression calm.

Even his thoughts barely stirred.

Or rather, after he had burned the place in the outskirts where he had lived for eighteen years—the place that held all his childhood and life memories—into ashes, he had tried his best to control his thoughts and not give himself too many chances to wallow in sorrow.

Just like now.

If he truly could not stop his mind from wandering, then he would do something useful.

For instance...

Review the battle.

The review should begin with the battle in the outskirts...

Li ChunJun's thoughts paused.

Immediately afterward, he skipped over that battle and focused his mind on the battle at the Jin Family Courtyard against Sun Yongxing.

Thinking carefully, that battle...

Had been perilous!

The killing intent he could not suppress and his rapidly swelling strength had made him act rashly.

If Sun Yongxing had not been so eager to perform well before Madam Jin, but had instead calmly directed Zhou Que and the others to join forces and besiege him, the final outcome of that battle would have been rewritten.

At its root...

"Martial skills! Cultivation methods!"

Li ChunJun said.

Whenever his Life Level rose, his body underwent reinforcement—an all-around enhancement of physique, spirit, perception, reaction, and more—but...

Had he not struck unexpectedly and fought with his life on the line, as a Level 6 lifeform, he would not have been able to defeat a Martial Artist at Inner Strength Great Accomplishment.

Likewise, even now, as a Level 7 lifeform, he might not be able to defeat a martial master of the Harmony Realm.

"At the Body Refinement Stage, bodily strength is the most important factor. So long as the gap between the two sides' physiques has not been completely widened, it is difficult for one with a weaker body to defeat one with a stronger body. Thus, relying on the comprehensive enhancements brought by my Life Level, I can still contend against those Martial Artists. But once I enter the Qi Refinement Stage of cultivators, all kinds of spells, magical treasures, and secret arts will emerge in endless succession. If I still want to rely on my physical advantage to charge in and fight headlong..."

Thinking this far, Li ChunJun understood what would become of him then.

A living target.

Like a living target, he would be toyed with in the palm of the enemy's hand through their numerous and varied methods.

Qi Refinement was already like this.

Not to mention the Spirit Refinement Grand Realm, or the legendary Void Refinement Immortal Realm, where one could pluck stars and seize the moon, overturn yin and yang, and create the universe!

"In theory, with the all-around enhancement advantages brought by my Life Level increases, coupled with martial skills, secret arts, and forbidden techniques suited to the corresponding realm, not only could I fight those of the same level—even killing across levels would not be difficult!"

Li ChunJun said in a low voice.

If he possessed martial attainment, combat experience, forbidden arts, and secret techniques no weaker than Sun Yongxing's right now, then forget ordinary martial masters who had achieved inner and outer Harmony—even superior martial masters with Hundred Meridians Open and Harmony Minor Accomplishment might not be beyond his ability to fight.

He closed his eyes.

Feeling the mighty strength within this body, as though it could tear tigers and leopards apart alive.

"I practice martial arts only to kill, only to... Become Immortal."

And when it came to killing, weapons were clearly more efficient than fists and kicks.

Therefore...

He needed to practice with weapons.

This was Jin Haoxuan's private residence.

As Jin Haoxuan was Jin Zhiya's most beloved younger brother, and the only son of the chairman of Jin Corporation...

Cultivation methods, martial skills!?

He rose to his feet and went to the side room that was called a study but was actually a gaming room, searching through the few desks inside.

Nothing.

Nothing.

There was nothing at all.

The few books here were all world classics meant for display, and many were so new that one glance showed they had never been opened.

After pondering for a moment, Li ChunJun searched through the drawers as well.

He even went next door to search the bedroom.

More than an hour later, he returned to the study.

He had found nothing.

Yet there was no disappointment on his face.

After thinking calmly for a moment, his gaze fell upon the computer in the study, which was obviously worth a fortune.

He quickly powered it on.

Soon, the computer started up.

Li ChunJun found the most popular chat software on the market, opened it, and then...

It required a password.

But his movements did not stop. He right-clicked with the mouse, used the software properties to quickly locate its folder, then swiftly entered the folder storing "File Transfer."

As he opened that folder...

Amid the cluttered files, four documents that had not yet been cleaned up and deleted leaped into view.

"Crimson Sun Body Refining Art"

"Martial Arts Innate True Explanation"

"Body Cultivation Foundation Establishment Method"

"Sword Cultivation Foundation Establishment Method"