Cultivating Together with Ding Yumian / AFK Training, Primary Level Four Mind Element

In his view, many Wind Element Mages had too narrow a perspective.

The Versatile Mage World had air currents everywhere. If one's control could be expanded to a certain range, slightly distorting an atmospheric circulation could produce effects on a world-ending scale.

Things like rising sea levels and melting glaciers would be child's play by comparison.

Of course, even a Wind Element Calamity Bringer, a Heavenly Seed, and a Forbidden Spell combined might not achieve this level of control over the Wind Element. But changing a city on the small end, affecting an entire nation on the large end, and ensuring favorable weather and abundant harvests were still possible.

This made Wu Ku all the more regrettable. He clearly possessed a talent that could have led him down the right path, yet he had chosen to become low-class sewage trash.

When sea levels rose in the future and vast coastal farmlands were eroded, leaving only the barren western regions to produce grain, the ability to Call Wind Summon Rain would be a strategic-level talent. It would warrant the protection of several Forbidden Mages at close range.

For the Nine Continents, the Sea Monster invasion was an opportunity. By relying on powerful ocean monsoons, they could completely transform the western environment. There was no need to exaggerate things; merely restoring it to the level before the Han Dynasty would be enough. Dunhuang could become a pearl on the frontier, the Ancient Capital's loess regain its fertility, and creating another great granary in the northeast would be no problem.

The Yellow River could also be restored into a "long river," with abundant water flow and renewed shipping. Tsk, tsk, tsk... Perhaps this was what a golden age looked like. Whoever accomplished such a feat would undoubtedly be greater than Qin Shi Huang.

Lu Jun thought for a while and secretly set a goal. He glanced at the slightly dazed Lu Mei and sighed. He had truly worried himself sick over his sister.

At present, it was destined to be a distant dream for his sister's Wind Element to achieve such results. But they could take things step by step. They would start with a smaller-scale approach, raising her combat power first.

With the Fire Element and Wind Element arrangements settled, Lu Jun knew there was another opportunity for the Rock Element: [Nacrite]. He could forge a Rock Element Devouring Seed and follow Mo Fan's path, though the details of the additional effects would be slightly different.

In any case, Mo Fan had originally used only half of the Nacrite, while the other half was in Apasi's hands. Who knew what would happen in the future? He could just snatch it over and be done with it. (Little Snake crying.jpg)

Lu Jun had planned routes for all three Elements. Looking at his sister, his affection for her was overflowing.

Lu Mei looked utterly puzzled. Seeing her little brother like this, she pinched his cheek. "What are you thinking about?"

"Nothing." He chuckled. "Congratulations, congratulations. Cultivate properly according to what I told you, and consolidate your cultivation while you're at it. I'm going back to school. We'll celebrate together after class."

"Got it." His sister waved dismissively. "Go to school."

Seeing this, Lu Jun went to school with peace of mind. Today, he had arranged to meet Ding Yumian to temper his spiritual realm. He also wanted to see whether the seven Servant-level stars stored in the White Tiger Pendant could confirm his theory: artificially interfering with and shaping the form of Primary Level Four to produce a useful skill.

Before long, he met Ding Yumian in the secluded woods behind the school.

The two walked along the shaded forest path side by side. Beside him, the woman had a graceful figure. A white dress clung tightly to her ample body, outlining a perfect figure with a full chest and rounded hips.

Ding Yumian's face was a little red. She had heard the wet kissing sounds of lovey-dovey couples coming from the woods, accompanied by occasional soft gasps.

"Looks like we've come to the wrong place. Should we go somewhere else?"

Lu Jun fell silent and scratched his head. The two of them walking along this path also made them look like a couple to anyone watching.

A moment later, the two fled the area. After searching for a while, they finally reached a quiet mountaintop. Sitting beneath the shade of a tree, they sat cross-legged facing each other and closed their eyes.

Ding Yumian spoke softly. "Lu Jun, are you ready? I'm coming in, okay?"

Those words sounded rather suggestive, but this was genuinely a serious matter.

"Go ahead." Lu Jun focused his mental will and controlled the Primary Level Three Mind Element stars. The Mind Wall activated. Within his Spiritual World, one transparent high wall after another rose up, layered upon each other, crystalline and lustrous, appearing extremely fortified.

After his spiritual realm reached the peak of the second realm, the power of his Primary Magic had increased greatly. He already possessed a huge advantage against Mind Mages of the same level.

Unfortunately, that meant nothing before the abnormality known as Ding Yumian.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The woman in white fixed her beautiful eyes on him. Her brow bone glowed, and a massive Mental Power burst forth in an instant, surging into the man's mind before her.

Chapter 97: Cultivating Together with Ding Yumian

Lu Jun felt a powerful weight bearing down on him, making his head ring.

Since it was not an attack, there was no stabbing pain. Instead, he felt dizzy, as though a mountain had been pressed down upon him.

Bang, bang, bang! A string of sounds erupted. One transparent crystal wall after another in his Spiritual World was ruthlessly crushed. A colossal force rampaged through it like a bulldozer.

However, Lu Jun endured the pressure and barely controlled the stars, continuously releasing the Primary Mind Wall. The transparent wall shattered one second, and a new Mind Wall formed the next, surging forth endlessly and regenerating without pause.

Of course, Ding Yumian's mental will was equally unbroken, maintaining a certain level the entire time. Besides the mental impact, it was accompanied by Mind Temptation and emotional guidance.

Over the past few months, she had also benefited greatly from having Lu Jun serve as a punching bag. Her control over the mind had risen rapidly. Her Mind Invasion was seamless and impossible to guard against.

To put it plainly, the two of them were engaged in a high-end match. An ordinary Intermediate Mind Mage could not interfere at all.

The two mental wills intertwined like opposing armies, locked in close combat as they fought one-on-one, one defending and one attacking.

Lu Jun guarded his mind and calmly deployed his resources. Occasionally, he would throw out certain less important "strongholds" to attract the "enemy forces." Once the enemy troops broke through a stronghold, they would be caught in a self-destructing blast and become disordered.

Across from him, a flush spread across Ding Yumian's pretty face. She glared angrily at Lu Jun. These "nodes" were useless memories. At first, they had been nightmares created by the Curse Element to frighten her. After discovering that they were useless against her, he had actually replaced them with a huge pile of erotic trash.

She looked at Lu Jun's expressionless face and ground her teeth in anger. How could anyone be so shameless and thick-skinned?

And how had he managed to accumulate an endless supply of trash without ever repeating himself?

"Teacher Ding." Lu Jun noticed the young woman's mood and said seriously, "Didn't you teach me that the Mind Element should attack a person's weaknesses? This is your weakness."

After saying that, he nearly burst out laughing. He truly had not expected a woman to be so pure-minded.

His sister and the other girls he knew were dirtier-minded than many men, though they maintained a reserved appearance on the surface.

Perhaps Ding Yumian had sealed her mind since childhood and protected it very well. That was why she had gone berserk after only a little stimulation during the Beast Fighting Competition.

Ding Yumian huffed angrily, but she gradually grew accustomed to it. She was no longer caught off guard like the first time and could face it calmly. At the same time, her face flushed as she learned all sorts of strange and bizarre knowledge.

Sometimes, she even wondered whether she had been corrupted. It was all Lu Jun's fault for leading her astray.

When Ding Yumian finally broke through layer after layer of Mind Walls, the space ahead became completely open, with no obstacles remaining. Her exposed mind lay calm and unguarded. She suddenly withdrew her mental will, and it returned to her brow like an ebbing tide. In her kindness, she did not touch her opponent's memories or secrets.

"Your turn."

"Then I'm coming in. Be careful."

On the other side, Lu Jun nodded. After recovering some of his magic energy, he controlled the stars and cast Primary Mental Shock. A strand of mental will surged forth, condensed into a sword, cleaved through the barriers, and pierced into Ding Yumian's Spiritual World. This time, it was incredibly smooth.

After several months of training, his Spirit Sword had reached the stage where it could gather and disperse at will, condensing instantly. It was worlds apart from before, when he had needed more than ten days just to gather it.

Still, Lu Jun found it rather strange. That had gone quite smoothly.

Immediately afterward, his consciousness seemed to arrive in a mysterious world. He "saw" a vast and boundless Mind Lake. A magnificent palace with sharp edges and orderly tiers stood upon the lake. Its surface was transparent and crystalline, resembling the Crystal Dragon Palace.

The tranquil lake was like a mirror, reflecting the palace's image. One stood above and the other below, merging into one.

Lu Jun was stunned. A dragon-like sword aura of mental will circled around him, leaving him with nowhere to begin.

He gritted his teeth and decided to charge in recklessly. A ray of sword light struck the gap in the palace's door on the lake's surface. After prying at it for quite some time, he barely managed to break through the door.

He stepped into the palace. Before he could rejoice, he saw a broad corridor stretching into pitch-black darkness at the far end. On both sides, rows of rooms were densely arranged deeper into the palace.

Lu Jun also keenly sensed that even after the surrounding rooms were opened, each one contained another unfathomably deep corridor. The rooms constantly changed, making it impossible to keep up.

The palace's external defenses were one thing, but its interior was practically a Mind Maze designed to trap people forever.

There was no point continuing! He decisively admitted defeat. The palace doors opened wide, and that strand of mental will returned to his body.

The instant Lu Jun opened his eyes, he said in shock, "You... you really turned it into a Mind Maze."

Hearing this, Ding Yumian smiled faintly and nodded.

"Wait." Lu Jun thought of something and asked incredulously, "You've advanced to the High-Order?"

Ding Yumian replied nonchalantly, "Mm. I broke through a few days ago. My spiritual realm is still at the sixth realm, just a little short of the higher realms."

He suddenly understood. No wonder her Spiritual World was so vast that it could contain a construct as enormous and complicated as the Mind Palace.

Only the control over the mind of a High-Order Mage could construct it.

A nineteen-year-old High-Order Mage... Lu Jun's expression became complicated. But after thinking about it, he realized that it suited the circumstances of a Mind Calamity. Qin Yuer had reached the High-Order at seventeen. By comparison, this progress was actually slow.

The original story had not clearly stated Ding Yumian's progress, but judging from the imposing might of the Vengeance Soul after her death, she had probably completed her Super Rank cultivation at around twenty-six.

Her current progress should be faster than before.

After all, before meeting him, Ding Yumian had been suffering from "mental depletion"—in the literal sense. Her multiple soul personalities suppressed one another, preventing them from gathering into a single force and advancing toward one goal together.

That was the importance of establishing a goal.

Moreover, Calamity Bringers gained something and sacrificed something. The talent of one Element would often squeeze out the room for other star systems to survive. Mu Ningxue, for example, had suffered a decline in her Summoning System, while Qin Yuer simply possessed only the Ice Element. (Original text)

Ding Yumian was slightly better off. Cleverly, she had divided her soul origin into multiple parts, with each soul personality controlling one Magic System. At present, the Fire Element was controlled by the Vengeance Soul.

The Mind Palace she had constructed was also twofold. The reflection beneath the lake belonged to another soul personality. Once one Mind Maze was destroyed, there was another one waiting behind it. Perhaps only a Super Rank Mage could break through it.

At least Lu Jun was helpless against it. He had always been completely beaten whenever they sparred.

Ding Yumian noticed Lu Jun's bright eyes and could not help smiling. "Do you want to learn?"

"Coach, I want to learn." He hurriedly nodded. Once he mastered this ability, his Mind Element would be complete. The Mind Maze guarding his own Spiritual World was only the first step. Once he released it outward as the second step, he could trap everyone—or even the people of an entire city.

"Forget it." Ding Yumian changed her tone and said playfully, "You can't learn it."

Lu Jun was stunned at first. His opponent had indeed changed quite a lot during this period. Then he immediately put on a pitiful expression and pleaded, "Don't be like that, good sister. I was wrong before. You're magnanimous, so forgive your little brother for this tiny mistake."

Ding Yumian said seriously, "The Mind Palace you described requires tremendous Mental Power and precise control. The prerequisite is the talent of a Calamity Bringer: multiple soul personalities."

Hearing this, Lu Jun had an idea. "My talent definitely isn't enough, but perhaps I can make up for it with a magic skill."

Chapter 98: AFK Training, Primary Level Four Mind Element

"What idea do you have now?"

Ding Yumian asked curiously. She admired Lu Jun quite a bit. This peer of hers had many strange and unusual ideas, and he was gifted on the path of cultivation.

She had benefited immensely from him. Once the Mind Maze was established, combined with the High-Order Mind Element Magic [Soul Control], she could single-handedly restrain a newly advanced Super Rank Mage who did not specialize in mental magic.

This was not an exaggeration. Under two conditions, it was not excessive at all.

It should be known that one of the wanted criminals pursued by the Dunhuang military was called Ghost Wife. She had only been at the peak of the High-Order, yet in the original story, she instantly controlled eight High-Order Mages with a single move. Two of them were peak High-Order Mages with one foot in the Super Rank. She still had enough strength left to deal with Mo Fan, Xin Xia, and the other Intermediate Mages.

A Mind Calamity would be no weaker than her.

It could be said that once a Mind Element Mage cultivated to the High-Order, their advantage against those of the same rank was enormous—so powerful that it was abnormal. Only when facing another Mind Mage of the same Element would they be beaten back to their original form.

Later, if a team did not have a Mind Element Mage holding down the fort, they really should not try to challenge anyone.

Soon, Lu Jun told Ding Yumian his idea. "Help me artificially shape a Primary Level Four Magic effect and condense the effects of multiple soul personalities."

Ding Yumian looked a little confused. She could not understand what he meant and tentatively asked, "You are you, and I am me. Even if you want to artificially create a specific skill effect, you have to do it yourself. At most, I can serve as a reference template."

Hearing this, Lu Jun chuckled. "Your perspective is too narrow."

"Let me ask you." He continued, "Now that you're a High-Order Mage, can the Soul Control skill you possess control another person's mental will, or even their actions?"

"Yes." Ding Yumian nodded. She faintly understood what Lu Jun wanted to say.

Lu Jun revealed his true plan with a smile. "How about you attach your consciousness to my body and control my mental Nebula, then shape the multiple soul personalities yourself?"

Genius! Ding Yumian suddenly understood, and her admiration for Lu Jun's ingenious ideas grew stronger.

An ordinary person's mental talent and control were insufficient, but that did not matter. They could "Summon a God to Fight."

Lu Jun would not even need to study. He could simply cultivate while AFK, hiding his consciousness to the side and watching an expert operate his body. Then he could let his "talent" become instinct and muscle memory, naturally shaping the desired magic effect.

This included advanced techniques such as the Mind Palace, Mind Eye, and wandering beyond the spirit. All of them could be learned through this kind of force-feeding method. It was far more effective than the traditional method of having a teacher teach while the student struggled to imitate.

Come on, did they really think Lu Jun's teasing of Ding Yumian's external cheat was that shallow? Did they think he would merely follow her achievements and foolishly study on his own? He would never catch up to her that way, even in a lifetime.

Lu Jun preferred enjoying the benefits while putting in the effort afterward.

Watch closely. This was how Ding Yumian was used. He would only demonstrate it once!

Of course, only a Mind Calamity could do this. An ordinary High-Order Mind Mage's Soul Control could indeed briefly control another person's limbs and release magic.

But trying to precisely control every muscle group, star system, magic energy, and strand of Mental Power in another person's body was no different from daydreaming.

Ding Yumian understood the situation. Blushing, she nodded. "I'll give it a try."

This level of control was basically equivalent to stuffing her entire soul into Lu Jun's body. Only she knew how awkward it was.

Perhaps the erotic trash Lu Jun had bombarded her with had raised her threshold, or perhaps she trusted him deeply. Either way, she was actually willing to give it a try.

On the lawn, Ding Yumian sat upright and solemn. She gathered her Mental Power and controlled the High-Order constellation. Normally, an ordinary person needed several months to master and release a High-Order Magic, just like Lu Mei and Tang Yue.

However, if a Mage possessed a high spiritual realm, they could forcibly connect the spell even without considering proficiency. It would have almost no practical value in battle. This was what happened when a Super Rank Mage used an old Element to guide a new one.

For Ding Yumian, that was enough. She only needed the High-Order Magic Soul Control as a medium.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

Her powerful mental will, accompanied by immense transparent mental magic energy, flooded into Lu Jun's body all at once. His body did not collapse limply on the spot. Instead, the awakened Vengeance Soul briefly took over.