I Never Had Any Expectations of Him Anyway

The entire cultivation chamber contained well over ten thousand books lining the bookshelves on all four walls.

"Luo Feng, you are now at the Planetary-level!"

"So the secret manuals on these two shelves are what you'll need to cultivate from now on. The upper shelf covers the martial artist path, and the lower shelf covers Spiritual Psychic cultivation."

"A powerful Spiritual Psychic must also possess a powerful body—both physical strength and force exertion require training."

"Likewise, a martial artist cannot afford to be too weak in spirit and consciousness. Zhou Ze should be well aware of the importance of spirit."

Babata flashed a teasing grin: "The reason he's still stuck at the Apprentice-level right now is precisely because his spirit doesn't meet the minimum requirement."

Zhou Ze's expression remained calm. There was nothing he could do about it—he simply had no talent as a Spiritual Psychic, yet he had awakened Psychic Power nonetheless.

"Babata, I think Teacher's will and consciousness are very strong. Shouldn't his spirit be strong too?" Luo Feng asked, somewhat puzzled.

Babata flicked his tail and said, "Spirit includes both consciousness and psychic power. His consciousness is decent, but his psychic power doesn't even reach the minimum standard..."

Babata's face was full of disdain.

"You can imagine, he's going to be stuck by Psychic Power forever!"

Speaking of this, Babata added helplessly, "He's a bit of an anomaly. Logically, with such a low Brain Domain Width, he shouldn't have been able to awaken Psychic Power at all—but he somehow did!"

Luo Feng was confused: "Babata, it shouldn't be that bad. Before, the difficulty in improving Psychic Power was because Earth had no cultivation methods for it."

"Now that we've inherited Teacher Hu Yanbo's legacy and have Psychic Power cultivation techniques, improving it should be much faster!"

Babata floated in the air: "You don't understand. For a Spiritual Psychic, Brain Domain Width often represents their talent in cultivating Psychic Power."

"The higher one's innate Brain Domain Width, the better their talent for Psychic Power cultivation, and the more efficiently they can absorb cosmic energy and convert it into Psychic Power!"

"Take you and Zhou Ze for example—your Brain Domain Width is several times his, and your speed in cultivating Psychic Power is geometrically faster than his!"

"Even if he learns Psychic Power cultivation methods and directly uses Muya Crystals to train, his speed still won't match yours when you train without any auxiliary treasures or even a cultivation method. Understand?"

Luo Feng glanced at Zhou Ze and nodded.

"Luo Feng, your current physical condition is at the peak of the Apprentice-level, your consciousness is sufficient, and breaking through to the Planetary-level will be easy. You can start the breakthrough soon!"

Babata smiled and pointed to the lower shelf:

"This lower shelf is for Spiritual Psychics. My master achieved great success in martial artist cultivation, but his accomplishments as a Spiritual Psychic were even greater."

"The Spiritual Psychic inheritance he left for you is mainly divided into the 'Control Chapter,' the 'Illusion Chapter,' and the 'Miscellaneous Chapter.' Each chapter is complex and profound."

"These inheritances are unique even across the universe!"

"Of course, getting started with these inheritances is difficult. But Luo Feng, since you have my master's Inheritance Soul Seal, cultivation will be much easier for you. As for Zhou Ze..."

"I never had high expectations for him as a Spiritual Psychic anyway!"

As Babata spoke, he floated over to Zhou Ze, circled around him, and tapped his chest with a finger.

But just as Zhou Ze reached out to grab his tail, Babata slipped away in time.

Luo Feng asked in surprise, "Soul Seal? What's that? I didn't know about it!"

Babata waved his small hand, and a lounge chair appeared beside him. He lay down on it, swaying back and forth comfortably like a rocking cradle.

"When I first made contact with you, I fused the Soul Seal into your body. It's been silently merging with your soul, transforming your Psychic Power."

"In about three hours, you'll have completed the initiation."

Zhou Ze paid no mind to Babata's occasional deliberate taunts.

Just wait—one day you'll know what it means to be presumptuous.

Babata crossed his starry legs on the lounge chair, waved his hand, and a large apple appeared. He bit into it with a crunch: "Luo Feng, from now on, you'll mainly cultivate in this chamber. And today, we're going to set your future path!"

"No matter what you do, you need a concrete plan. That way, you can walk steadily, go far, and avoid wasting time and energy on useless things."

"But I can only give you advice—you have to make the decisions yourself!"

"Mm, I understand." Luo Feng nodded.

"First, you must take martial artist cultivation seriously—don't neglect it!"

"Second, both the 'Control Chapter' and the 'Illusion Chapter' are fundamentals you must learn. The 'Miscellaneous Chapter' is the essence of our Fallen Ink Star lineage. As my master's inheritor, you need to learn all of it."

"As for whether you'll walk the path of a Controller or an Illusionist in the future, that's up to you."

"Third, you need to set aside some time to learn the Universal Cosmic Language with me."

Luo Feng looked at the densely packed books on the shelves and felt a headache coming on: "Learning the Universal Language is one thing, but just reading through all these books would take who knows how long, let alone mastering and applying them!"

"As for martial artist cultivation—I'm a Spiritual Psychic. Isn't it enough to just train my body to be strong? For other aspects... at most, I'd practice movement techniques for kiting. The rest isn't that important."

After saying this, Luo Feng glanced at Zhou Ze again.

"Short-sighted!" Babata tossed the apple core away and snorted, "The universe is mainly divided into two major factions: martial artists and Spiritual Psychics! Which one is stronger depends on the individual—it's just that Spiritual Psychics have more varied and bizarre methods."

"Didn't I just say it? For a warrior to break through and improve, they must focus on 'spirit and will.' For a Spiritual Psychic to improve, they must also focus on 'body and Genetic Energy.'"

"Zhou Ze here—wasn't he stuck precisely because his spirit couldn't keep up?"

Babata said this with a teasing glance at Zhou Ze, who remained calm-faced.

Luo Feng felt a bit annoyed. Had Babata, cooped up alone for too long, developed some kind of quirk? He kept digging at his own teacher, needling him.

Babata found it boring and turned back to Luo Feng: "You might not feel it now, but when you reach Cosmic-level, especially Domain Lord or Realm Lord, the demands on spirit, will, Genetic Energy, body, and realm are all extremely high!"

Luo Feng frowned. "Babata, you also said it yourself—I only need Genetic Energy and body. Those techniques for exerting force and such really aren't important."

"It's not that I don't want to learn, but a person's energy and time are limited. A day only has twenty-four hours. Even if I could go without eating, drinking, or resting..."

Luo Feng spread his hands, gesturing at the dense rows of books around them: "You should understand too—too much but not refined is a big taboo! Besides, you said the Miscellaneous Chapter is a must-learn, and the Control Chapter and Illusion Chapter are also must-learns!"

"Learn this, learn that—there really isn't enough time or energy!"

Babata's eyes widened in exasperation. Just as he was about to say something, Zhou Ze spoke up.