226. Chapter 222: Contemplation

Time flies. Counting from when I woke up, more than a month has already passed in the blink of an eye.

To be precise, one month and twelve days have passed.

Located in the training ground, gazing at the stone wall before him, Yuan Chen concentrated his mind and breath, and with the concentration of his will, a powerful surge of blood energy flowed through his limbs and bones.

Without much build-up, the instant the water-like ripples rose above his arm, he threw a punch without hesitation.

Boom!

The attack struck precisely, the surging Flowing Water coiling around his arm like a roaring python. In the instant it concentrated, the water vapor and blood vapor merged into one, seeping into the wall and exploding with a deafening roar!

Through technical reinforcement, this seemingly ordinary stone wall remains completely undamaged even when subjected to artillery bombardment.

Now, under Yuan Chen's attack, it was utterly destroyed, instantly shattering into dust and debris flying everywhere. Its fragile state even made people wonder if it was made with inferior materials.

As he withdrew his left arm, a hint of emotion appeared between Yuan Chen's brows.

In the past, Yuan Chen could have easily destroyed such a stone wall—however, due to his profession and abilities, it would have required considerable effort and energy to completely destroy it.

Ultimately, the Dancer Profession is not like a heavily armored warrior who relies on brute force and physical strength to charge in recklessly. Instead, it is about making up for one's shortcomings through spirit and skill, thereby mastering more dimensions of combat methods and compensating for many deficiencies.

But now... it's clear that a dancer is unlikely.

The excessive power of the spirit affected the formation of matter. Although he looks different now, the only change is that one of his arms has turned bluish-green and grown many scales.

However, in reality, with this arm as the node, the internal structure of most of his body, the energy circuits, and so on, underwent irreversible and enormous changes.

It's not that Yuan Chen can't regain his many abilities Dancer Profession, but rather that his current body is more suited to the field of heavy armored warriors.

Yuan Chen isn't the kind of person who likes to waste his advantages—although in games people often use unconventional builds like building tanks for damage dealers and tanks for damage dealers, in the real world, such a waste of one's talents is a terrible waste.

It could even be described as courting death.

This was not unfounded, because Yuan Chen had made new calculations about his own meridians, and the result was that if he continued to follow the old path, it would only lead to many weaknesses, fatal flaws, and vulnerabilities.

In the past, such weaknesses were often caused by congenital defects in the meridians. But for Yuan Chen now, the reconstruction of his internal body is no different from rebirth.

Therefore, Yuan Chen simply switched to the heavy armor warrior class.

In retrospect, this was undoubtedly a wise choice. At the very least, this newborn body is highly compatible with the profession of warrior.

If Yuan Chen cultivator can get a 0.8 return for investing a little effort, then a cultivator in the warrior class can get a 1.5 or even 1.6 return for investing a little effort.

Even ruthless capitalists know how to choose.

Of course, Yuan Chen did not cultivate the traditional warrior style of the Valoran Continent or Shurima.

To put it bluntly, traditional warrior styles rely on brute force, developing a strong physique and vitality through constant combat and training, which is then applied on the battlefield.

This kind of power, gained through extensive training and combat, is reassuring, but it's not suitable for Yuan Chen, who hails from Ionia.

At least, Yuan Chen knew more about warrior styles that suited him... or rather, monk styles.

Just like now, after roughly determining the limits of his physical strength and power, Yuan Chen nodded thoughtfully, then returned to the pavilion next to him and submerged his entire body in a large, constantly boiling urn.

The large urn contained Dragon Blood as the main ingredient, along with a large quantity of medicinal herbs and other materials.

The reason why Yuan Chen had so many materials to squander was because when the Void Giant gathered all the Void Spirits, it failed to devour the epic magical beasts whose corpses had been brutally occupied, but instead took away the Void components within them.

Although at the time it seemed that the Void Giants wanted to unify their power more quickly and combine the energy of the entire Void Legion into one.

But the end result was that after the war, the people of Ixialia were able to directly use the materials from these epic monsters for medicine or for forging without any further processing.

As the fire blazed and the temperature rose, Yuan Chen could feel wisps of heat seeping into his body along the contours of his muscles.

Under the influence of this heat, or rather, the concentrated medicinal power, the many wounds that had appeared due to cultivation began to heal at an astonishing speed, and, due to the proliferation of scar tissue, became even stronger and more resilient.

Similarly, Yuan Chen couldn't help but exhale a breath of hot air during this process, and then he still visualized in his mind the dragon phantom he had seen during the last burning of the Azure Starfire.

According to Nedeli's words before she fell into a deep sleep, the Dragon God noticed the battle taking place here.

Although Nedeli didn't explicitly say which Dragon God it was—

Whether it's the Azure Guardian Dragon, the Cosmic Dragon King, or even the Cosmic Dragon King's friend, it doesn't matter; this doesn't prevent Yuan Chen from visualizing.

The visualization method was not invented by Yuan Chen. This school of thought, which uses the observation of nature to perfect one's mind and body, has been popular in Ionia for a long time.

Even in this day and age, there are still many Ionia monks practicing visualization techniques...

The reason is simple: in Ionia, where the veil of the material realm is not secure, almost every region possesses its own unique spirit of nature.

These spiritual entities, born according to the laws of the world, often possess many extraordinary abilities.

Not a living being, but a naturally born extraordinary life form.

As the saying goes, "Those who live near mountains live off the mountains, and those who live near water live off the water." The same applies to spiritual practice.

Yuan Chen's current school of thought is not without precedent; in fact, it has quite a prestigious background.

Originating from the Hirana Monastery in Ionia, is a school of thought known as the Dragon's Discipline.

It is also the training style of the Lee Sin Lee Sin.

"To those who deserve it, the dragon grants assistance; to the weary, the dragon grants vitality; to the sick, the dragon grants solace; to the lost, the dragon grants light; to the wavering, the dragon grants balance..."

While silently reciting the mantra in his heart, Yuan Chen kept thinking about that fleeting glimpse of the Dragon God.

Although it was only a brief moment, Yuan Chen still remembers it vividly.

Then, following the path visualized, one simulates the true form of the Dragon God, allowing blood and energy to enter the body.

"Apprentices must give their all, for the dragon has raised the dry land from the sea and given us the land we call home." -- Dragon's Horn

From the inside out, it manifests on the body surface, forming dark red scales of qi and blood.