Cultivation Method

Thinking of this, Zhang Tao already had a plan in mind. He immediately sat cross-legged and began compressing his Bridge of Heaven and Earth into a circular ring. In reality, this was easiest to cultivate at Rank 6; the higher the cultivation, the longer the Bridge of Heaven and Earth became, making it increasingly difficult to compress.

Fortunately, Zhang Tao had only just entered Rank 7. In just half a day, he managed to bend his Bridge of Heaven and Earth, and subsequently, the three Three Burner Gates appeared, sitting in a triangular formation within the ring formed by the bridge.

Zhang Tao began to circulate his own vitality and blood. As the power flowed in a continuous loop, a phantom Brain Core soon appeared within the triangle.

Zhang Tao could clearly feel that his spiritual power seemed to have increased by a tiny bit. Of course, he did not possess a true method for cultivating spiritual power, but being able to locate the Brain Core and then flush it with power could also increase it, though it was not as fast as those who possessed genuine cultivation methods.

It was like someone who knew the multiplication table and could arrive at the answer instantly, while you could only add numbers one by one; naturally, it would be much slower. However, this was already considered a massive breakthrough for humanity.

At this moment, the Grey Cat walked out. Seeing Zhang Tao cultivating, it asked, "Are you cultivating spiritual power?"

Zhang Tao retracted his Bridge of Heaven and Earth and said, "Brother Cat, yes. I just located my Brain Core. You might not know this, but we New Martial humans only have Body Tempering Methods and no other techniques. The cultivation of spiritual power has always been a difficult problem, but now that I've located the Brain Core, it can be considered a solution to an urgent need!"

"Oh, you don't even have cultivation methods? That's so miserable," the Grey Cat said, looking at Zhang Tao with pity.

Zhang Tao grinned, then his eyes darted around. That's right, just because he didn't have any didn't mean the Grey Cat didn't. Moreover, this cat followed Gong Juanzi, and Gong Juanzi was a Southern School expert who specialized in spiritual power; he should know at least something.

"Brother Cat, I've located my Brain Core, but I don't know the power ratio or how to temper the Brain Core more quickly. Do you know?" Zhang Tao immediately asked.

The Grey Cat blinked its eyes, thought for a moment, and then said, "You don't even know this? I seem to have heard Gong Juanzi mention it, but I've forgotten!"

Zhang Tao was speechless. Forgotten? Well, this cat was sometimes senile and would forget many things.

"Then Brother Cat, could you help me ask? This is very important to us!" Zhang Tao asked immediately.

The Grey Cat curled its lip and said, "Fine!"

After saying that, it lay down on the ground. Zhang Tao was stunned, then realized that the cat must have gone to the Origin World; this cat loved running around in the Origin World.

Zhang Tao just kept watch by its side. About an hour later, the Grey Cat opened its eyes and said, "This is what you wanted, right!"

As it spoke, it had already transmitted the information to Zhang Tao using spiritual power.

Once Zhang Tao received it, he was instantly enlightened. So that was it. If his previous method of locating the Brain Core and mindlessly flushing it with his entire body's vitality and blood had an efficiency of one, then following this spiritual cultivation method, the efficiency was five.

"Brother Cat, thank you! I need to go out for a bit. Whatever you want to eat, just call and order it!" After saying this, Zhang Tao ran off.

The Grey Cat didn't care; instead, it released its spiritual power to start searching. When it saw something it wanted to eat, it would note down the number, which could be described as particularly comfortable.

He arrived at the Culture Academy (I'll make a change here; from now on, it will be called the Academy. The previous titles like Academy Head, Chief Overseer, etc., will all be changed to Academy Head. I had to rack my brains to come up with these titles, having seen Myriad Clans' Tribulation before!).

Li Xianling was busy handling official business; after all, as the Academy Head of the Culture Academy, he was very busy.

"Eh, you're here? Is something the matter?" Li Xianling asked, looking at Zhang Tao with confusion, while putting down the pen in his hand. Seeing this successor he favored run over, he felt there must be something important.

Zhang Tao looked around and, finding no one else, released his spiritual power.

Li Xianling was startled and also released his own spiritual power to make contact. Gradually, Li Xianling's expression changed, followed by wild joy. One had to know that they, the New Martial humans, lacked a method for cultivating spiritual power, which was quite embarrassing among high-rankers. Many Rank 8 powerhouses were unable to step into Rank 9 for their entire lives because their Indestructible Substance was exhausted, and the root cause of this was spiritual power.

After all, Indestructible Substance was composed of vitality and blood power, spiritual power, and the Golden Body power attained after Rank 8; none could be missing. On their side, they were limited by spiritual power, which was what made Indestructible Substance such an incredibly precious commodity.

Now that Zhang Tao had suddenly given him a method to cultivate spiritual power, many Rank 8s would have a use for their talents, no longer fearing that they couldn't condense Indestructible Substance.

"Zhang Tao, you... how did you obtain this?" Li Xianling asked, very excitedly.

One had to know that their Culture Academy hadn't failed to search and explore, but the results—heh, better not to mention them.

"It happened like this, and then like that!" Zhang Tao explained how he discovered the Brain Core and then mentioned asking the cat for help.

Li Xianling's mouth hung wide open. He never expected that spiritual power could come from this?

"You did very well. Cultivate quickly, and when you reach Rank 9, come take my position. This old man is starting to feel a bit overwhelmed," Li Xianling said with a smile.

Zhang Tao chuckled and didn't say anything. As for how to spread it later, that was Li Xianling's business. With Li Xianling's capability, he certainly wouldn't talk about it indiscriminately, and it would only be taught to those who were reliable.

Just like that, Zhang Tao returned, and a piece of news began to spread in a small circle: Zhang Tao had come up with a method for cultivating spiritual power. Those who knew, knew; those who didn't, naturally, no one would go around telling them.

For a time, Zhang Tao received the recognition of many Grandmasters, and even the Kongtong Seal inside Zhang Tao's body vibrated slightly, though it quickly calmed down.

Returning, Zhang Tao saw a table full of delicacies and grinned. This cat had a huge appetite.

Thus, Zhang Tao didn't stand on ceremony and joined in. After eating his fill, he went to cultivate.

Now that he was Rank 7, Zhang Tao still needed to research his combat techniques and battle routines. Of course, Zhang Tao currently relied more on mindless brute force. There was no helping it; with the Kongtong Seal there to continuously restore his vitality and blood, it was just like Fang Ping's cheat, so naturally, using Fang Ping's method was the most practical.

Moreover, Zhang Tao was not Fang Ping; he had more knowledge and help. Just for the Blood Blade Art type of technique, Zhang Tao had five sets.

After summarizing, Zhang Tao cultivated silently. Half a month later, Li Zhen broke through and also became a Grandmaster. Of course, the youngest Grandmaster in Huaguo now was not Li Zhen, but Zhang Tao.

After breaking through, Li Zhen came to find Zhang Tao. Li Zhen was different from Zhang Tao; he chose to go to the Catacombs for tempering. As it happened, Zhang Tao also wanted to go, and the two hit it off immediately.