Chen Shouyi had just finished breakfast when Chen Yuwei and Chen Xingyue came downstairs, chattering nonstop.
One look at their expressions told Chen Shouyi...
They hadn't succeeded.
In a sense, one session of the optimized version of Entering Tranquility to Refine the Self was much harder than one session of the optimized Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms. The latter was straightforward; it only changed the movements. With enough practice, anyone could learn it, and those with a foundation could master it easily.
The former, however, was abstract and elusive. It involved the mind and required entering a deep state of tranquility and controlling one's subconscious before it could be practiced.
And without reaching that deep state of tranquility, the second-optimized version of the Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms couldn't be practiced either.
That was because deep tranquility was a prerequisite.
The system's optimizations weren't independent. They were connected, each complementing the others. That was why Chen Shouyi had never taught his younger sister the second-optimized version of the Thirty-Six Body Tempering Forms.
As for the third-optimized version he was practicing now, the Thirty-Six Forms of Hardening, well, that went without saying.
Since his cousin had gone out of her way to ask him for guidance, Chen Shouyi couldn't just brush her off with a few words. He still had to teach her. After breakfast, he set aside an hour to patiently instruct her.
After ten o'clock, he took his bow case, a backpack full of arrows, and various seasonings, then rode his bicycle to the Otherworld channel in the lower district.
As for lunch, he would naturally eat there.
Half an hour later, Chen Shouyi entered the Space Channel.
Then he let Shell Girl out.
It was broad daylight, and the weather was clear, without a cloud in the sky.
He took