Successful Cultivation

"Teacher!"

After a long while, Linley came to his senses and looked up at Zhao Nan, a smile spreading across his face.

Seeing Linley's smile, Zhao Nan couldn't help smiling too. "Looks like you succeeded! Congratulations, Linley."

"Thank you, Teacher. I really did succeed. I learned your secret technique.

"Only now do I understand why you said this mental-power technique would be so useful in a mage's training."

Linley looked at Zhao Nan with admiration.

Although Linley was still a young boy with little life experience, this period of training and Zhao Nan's guidance had given him a thorough understanding of the many aspects of cultivation.

That made Linley understand all the more how incredible the technique Zhao Nan had taught him was.

It was a technique that could overturn the established understanding of cultivation in the world of magic.

After just one session, it had increased his mental power by far more than many days of meditation.

Linley also understood that the technique did more than increase mental power. It tempered its very essence: the soul.

Linley was now confident that he could advance to the third level of mage within a year.

Zhao Nan then asked Linley about his experience practicing the Visualization Technique and examined Linley's Consciousness Sea. After that, he sent Linley off to chat with Hogg and the others.

Once Linley had left, Zhao Nan fell into thought.

Zhao Nan realized that other people seemed to practice his Visualization Technique differently from him.

For one thing, the things they visualized couldn't be too far beyond their level. Linley was only a first-level mage, so he could visualize simple things. He couldn't even visualize the Sawtooth Boars they had wiped out together.

For another, the Visualization Technique increased Zhao Nan's soul power, while it increased Linley's mental power.

Zhao Nan didn't know whether this was because his level was high enough for the technique to increase his soul power, or because the technique became a method of tempering mental power when others learned it.

It was like Stellar Transformations in Linley's world. Qin Yu could become a Transcendent, but the others who practiced Qin Yu's cultivation method hadn't succeeded—or perhaps they had. Zhao Nan didn't know.

Perhaps his Visualization Technique was his own Stellar Transformations: it increased his soul power when he practiced it, but increased the mental power of Linley and the others.

Zhao Nan couldn't figure it out, so he decided not to dwell on it. Once Linley grew stronger, or once he took on disciples of higher levels, he would understand.

After Linley succeeded in practicing the Visualization Technique, Zhao Nan stayed for two more days. When he was sure Linley had no problems, he left Wushan Town.

Zhao Nan had already decided to seek out the other Four Ultimate Warriors and take them on as disciples.

He had only one reason: he wanted to bring his disciples to the Infernal Realm, where they could awaken their bloodline talents and let him share in them.

Linley's bloodline talent was Dragon Roar, which could affect time. What would happen if Zhao Nan inherited the bloodline talents of the Four Divine Beasts?

After teaching Linley for this time, Zhao Nan had now decided on his Path of Transcendence. Taking in the Four Ultimate Warriors as disciples would be the first step.