Planning Meditation

Dawn had just broken, and the first light of day had begun to spread softly across the horizon, but Liu Feng had already finished his morning run.

He stood beside the patch of Blue Silver Grass in the courtyard, his forehead covered in fine beads of sweat that glimmered in the morning light.

A gentle breeze brushed past, making the Blue Silver Grass leaves sway softly, as if they were greeting him.

Liu Feng stared intently at the Blue Silver Grass and murmured, "Just as I expected, Blue Silver Grass has the strongest Soul Power fluctuations under the early morning sunlight."

It had taken Liu Feng a full year to reach this conclusion.

Ever since his Martial Soul Awakening, he had begun an in-depth exploration of Blue Silver Grass. His Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul was no different from ordinary Blue Silver Grass, so he decided to systematically study this plant's characteristics.

In his view, only by thoroughly understanding Blue Silver Grass could he fully unleash its potential.

Liu Feng remembered his father, Liu Qing, once saying that Blue Silver Grass was regarded as a "Trash Martial Soul" outside their village, but he had never agreed with that.

His heart was filled with longing. He wanted his Blue Silver Grass to grow powerful, and he wanted to prove to everyone else that Blue Silver Grass was absolutely not a "Trash Martial Soul."

Holding onto that conviction, he first went through the books recorded by Grandpa and his father.

These books documented some basic traits of Blue Silver Grass. For instance, it lacked toughness, possessed relatively strong Life Force, reproduced well, and could tenaciously survive in all kinds of harsh environments.

But this knowledge was far from enough to satisfy Liu Feng. He urgently needed a deeper understanding.

Liu Feng had received a complete education in his Previous Life and possessed some knowledge of botany.

He understood that studying a plant could not rely solely on traditional experience. He also needed scientific methods, systematic observation, and careful records.

Thus, he found simple tools such as a shovel, ruler, paper, and pen, then came to observe the patch of Blue Silver Grass in the courtyard On Time every Early Morning.

He carefully recorded the Blue Silver Grass's growth rate, leaf shapes, color changes, and Soul Power fluctuations at different times of day.

After a long period of observation, he discovered that the Soul Power fluctuations of Blue Silver Grass were most active under early morning sunlight.

This activity was not visible to the naked eye. Rather, he captured it through a subtle sensation with the help of his own Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

Whenever the First Ray of Sunlight fell upon the Blue Silver Grass in the morning, Liu Feng could feel a warm force radiating from it, as though it were resonating with his Soul Power.

As time passed, Liu Feng accumulated more and more data.

He organized the data into tables and carefully analyzed the patterns within them.

He discovered that Blue Silver Grass grew fastest in the morning and evening, while its growth was relatively slower at noon and at night.

That reminded him of plant photosynthesis. Perhaps Blue Silver Grass's Soul Power fluctuations were related to the intensity of light.

To verify this guess, Liu Feng conducted a small experiment.

He placed some Blue Silver Grass in an area with abundant sunlight and another portion in the shade.

After several days of observation, he found that the Blue Silver Grass in the sunny area did indeed grow better, and its Soul Power fluctuations were more active as well.

This result convinced him that sunlight had an important effect on the Soul Power of Blue Silver Grass.

However, Liu Feng knew that merely understanding Blue Silver Grass's traits was not enough. He also had to apply that knowledge to actual cultivation.

He began trying Soul Power Cultivation in the morning and evening, using the periods when Blue Silver Grass's Soul Power fluctuations were most active to increase his own Soul Power.

Following the Intermediate Meditation Method his father had taught him, he infused his Soul Power into the Blue Silver Grass and felt its Soul Power merge with his own.

He discovered that this fusion was smoother in the morning and evening, and his Soul Power increased more noticeably as well.

Day after day passed. Liu Feng's Soul Power gradually grew stronger, and his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul became increasingly lively.

After his Martial Soul Awakening, Liu Feng began trying some simple methods, such as selecting stronger plants from ordinary wild Blue Silver Grass to preserve as seeds and cultivate.

Following the habits of ordinary Blue Silver Grass, he built a small Greenhouse in a corner of the courtyard and filled it with Blue Silver Grass.

He watered and fertilized it regularly, adjusted the Greenhouse's shade coverings according to the intensity of sunlight, and made the Blue Silver Grass grow ever more luxuriantly.

During the cultivation process, he infused his Soul Power into the Blue Silver Grass every day, allowing his Soul Power to blend with that of the grass before drawing it back Inside the Body.

Through repeated selection and planting, he cultivated Blue Silver Grass that was sturdier and brimming with greater vitality.

After selecting high-quality Blue Silver Grass, Liu Feng began planting it methodically around his home.

Once his home was full of it, he planted it along the village streets. After finishing the village, he planned to plant it in the surrounding mountains, fields, and forests.

A year passed, and Liu Feng had only managed to plant selected Blue Silver Grass in the courtyard and along the village streets.

It was not that he did not want to expand the planting range, but two reasons limited him.

First, he did not have enough time. Infusing Soul Power into the Blue Silver Grass and then drawing it back took Half an Hour each day, and that was only enough to tend to the Blue Silver Grass in the courtyard and along the streets.

In Addition, he had to record the growth of every single Blue Silver Grass plant. Planting more would take up cultivation time, and the gains simply would not be worth the losses.

Second, Wild Blue Silver Grass already grew in places such as the fields, forests, and Back Mountain.

Although this wild Blue Silver Grass was not as concentrated as the cultivated kind and did not grow as well as the plants raised at home, Blue Silver Grass was Wild Grass to begin with and could be found everywhere.

After a year of selective cultivation, the courtyard was now filled with vigorous Blue Silver Grass.

Nurtured by Liu Feng's Soul Power, these Blue Silver Grass plants gave him a faint sense of their presence whenever he was in the courtyard.

Though that feeling was vague, Liu Feng guessed that if he continued selecting and cultivating them, perhaps one day he might truly be able to "communicate" with the Blue Silver Grass he had raised and perceive the outside world through them.

Before transmigrating, Liu Feng had read quite a few fanfiction novels, and many of their protagonists possessed Blue Silver Grass Martial Souls.

Some protagonists created a Blue Silver Grass Network and built biological computers. Some cultivated Blue Silver Grass with different attributes. Others changed the origin of their Blue Silver Grass by absorbing Corresponding Soul Rings.

Liu Feng's current attempts were merely basic explorations based on his own circumstances.

At first, he had also wondered whether his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul could "network" with wild Blue Silver Grass, but after trying, he discovered that he had been thinking too simply.

When there was little Blue Silver Grass, he felt nothing at all. Once its numbers increased, his Soul Power did become much more active, but when he tried connecting with wild Blue Silver Grass, he found that relying on Soul Power alone was simply impossible.

As for the fact that more Blue Silver Grass made Soul Power more active, his father had mentioned the Mimicry Cultivation Environment to him on the very first day he explained meditation.

Much of the Blue Silver Grass around the village, on the Back Mountain, in the forests, along the fields of Liu Family Village, and even around all of Prosperous Dragon Town had been specially sown by his father.

Whenever his father went into town to sell Medicinal Materials, he carried a bag full of Blue Silver Grass Seeds with him. Wherever he went, he scattered them. Wherever there was no Blue Silver Grass, he tossed down a handful.

For these reasons, coupled with his father's example, Liu Feng sought another way.

Through Liu Feng's continuous observation and adjustments, he set his meditation cultivation schedule at one hour each in the morning and evening.

Amid the light of morning and dusk, his Blue Silver Grass became increasingly spirited, while he himself continued making progress through cultivation.

He had always believed that are kings and nobles born to their stations? Martial Soul cultivation was not about whose Martial Soul was of a higher rank. Every Martial Soul possessed potential unique to itself—there were no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters.