Cultivating Internal Energy

"Vajra Mingwang Technique... a martial art, this is a martial art..."

Yang Ling's fingers trembled with excitement.

He now understood why the Prisoner Butcher had come to this mine.

When Captain Lin was chatting with Supervisor Wu, he mentioned that the Prisoner Butcher was suspected of stealing a Buddhist sutra from Ku Jue Temple!

Now, this confirmed it.

"They didn't report it, and Ku Jue Temple didn't make a fuss—probably afraid other forces would covet this technique, or maybe they didn't want to lose face."

"So Zhang Hao was chased all the way to Qingshan City?"

"The Fire Crystal Ore Essence must have been brought by him, not nurtured here."

"He used it to attract a swarm of Mine Worms, precisely to guard this Vajra Mingwang Technique, likely planning to lay low and come back for it later..."

Thinking this, Yang Ling suddenly turned around warily to check his surroundings.

Fortunately, none of this had been discovered by anyone else yet.

"But I don't have much time. There must be monks from Ku Jue Temple chasing Zhang Hao. Sooner or later, they'll guess he hid the Vajra Mingwang Technique here..."

Without a second word, Yang Ling stepped forward and picked up the Vajra Mingwang Technique.

Just as he was about to stow it away and find another hiding spot, a prompt appeared before his eyes:

"Vajra Mingwang Technique, cultivation requirement: Strength 10, Mental Power 10"

"Requirements met"

"Comprehend?"

"So this is how Mental Power is used?"

Yang Ling was pleasantly surprised and immediately chose to comprehend.

The next second, the Vajra Mingwang Technique transformed into a flash of golden light, merging into his body and vanishing.

Then, Yang Ling felt a warmth spread through his body, and a grand, majestic Buddhist scripture inexplicably appeared in his memory.

Snapping back to reality, Yang Ling immediately opened his Attribute Panel.

Character: Yang Ling

Occupation: Miner

Level: 8

Strength: 11

Agility: 5

Mental Power: 10

Martial Arts: Vajra Mingwang Technique (First-rate Cultivation Method, not yet at First Glimpse of the Door)

Health Points: 110/110

"Wu Que's Black Tiger Fist doesn't seem to have a grade tag. Is it because it's too weak?"

Yang Ling was secretly thrilled.

He had hit the jackpot this time!

Not only had he obtained a martial art, but its grade was first-rate!

Even though he still didn't fully understand the martial art grade system in the Divine Domain.

But in any game, a first-rate martial art was something you only learned in the mid-to-late game!

"The Divine Domain has only been out for a short while, and I'm still in the newbie village. This first-rate technique will be an enormous help to me!"

Yang Ling couldn't help but take another look at the Attribute Panel and soon noticed that the Martial Arts section seemed to have more detailed information.

He clicked to check.

[Vajra Mingwang Technique, total of seven layers]

[First Layer: Gain 5 Free Attribute Points. When Circulating Energy, Strength and Agility each increase by 15 Points, and bonus HP increases by 100 Points]

[Second Layer: No permission to view]

"Sss—"

Yang Ling sucked in a sharp breath.

According to this description, if he cultivated the first layer of the Vajra Mingwang Technique, he would gain 5 Free Attribute Points, and when Circulating Energy, his Strength and Agility would each increase by 15 Points?

And most importantly, his HP would increase by 100 Points.

That was practically like having an extra life!

"I'm going back to cultivate! Why the hell am I still mining!"

Yang Ling immediately tidied up, taking the Ore Essence with him. He also dug a pit to bury the traces of the fight along the way, including the Mine Worm corpses.

After clearing all evidence and double-checking for any oversight, Yang Ling chose another spot to bury the Ore Essence.

"There's no way to hide the Mine Essence on me, so I'll have to bury it first. Even if luck turns bad and someone else stumbles on it, I'll just have to accept it."

"This thing is valuable, but it carries danger too—it'll stir up unnecessary trouble."

"The Vajra Mingwang Technique is the real prize this time."

At the exit.

Steward Niu saw Yang Ling had dug up another thirty-odd catties of Fire Crystal Rock, praised him aloud once more, then settled the silver.

"Steward Niu, I feel like Yang Ling looks a bit different somehow."

The Mine Guard stepped forward, staring at Yang Ling's retreating back.

Steward Niu said with a sigh, "His spirit and energy seem much better—looks like his injuries have healed."

In his eyes, he had already pegged Yang Ling as a scion of the Yang Family from Hongkun City.

Hiding here was nothing more than dodging enemies.

The Mine Guard flattered him:

"Your sharp eye is unmatched, old sir."

"Heh, learn from it."

Back in the wooden shack that leaked when it rained and let the wind through when it blew.

Yang Ling immediately began studying the cultivation method of the Vajra Mingwang Technique.

In his mind, a vast surge of Buddhist Sutra slowly emerged.

Mixed in with these memories were some strange standing-posture stances.

Yang Ling felt a flash of insight and promptly struck the first pose.

He squatted into a horse stance, palms facing heaven.

Silently reciting the sutra of the Vajra Mingwang Technique in his heart.

Time ticked by, minute after minute.

Fortunately, his strength and endurance had been tempered through mining.

Otherwise, an ordinary person couldn't hold this posture for even a minute.

Perhaps ten minutes or so passed.

A warm current slowly began to stir within Yang Ling's body.

Something was happening!

Yang Ling's mind moved, and he opened the Attribute Panel again.

The Martial Arts column had already shown a new change:

Martial Arts: Vajra Mingwang Technique (First-rate Cultivation Method, First Glimpse of the Door)

Experience Points: 1/100

"Experience Points! That means once I hit 100, I'll have broken through to the first layer?"

Yang Ling suppressed his joy and kept holding the first-layer standing posture, reciting the Buddhist Sutra in his heart.