I Never Had Any Expectations for Him in the First Place

The entire cultivation room was lined with bookshelves on all four walls, holding well over ten thousand books.

"Luo Feng, you're a Planetary-level warrior now!"

"So, the manuals on these two shelves are what you'll be cultivating from now on. The upper shelf covers martial arts, and the lower one covers cultivation for Spiritual Psychics."

"Even powerful Spiritual Psychics need strong bodies. You'll need to train your physical strength and Force Emission, too."

"Likewise, warriors can't afford to be too weak in spirit and consciousness. Zhou Ze should understand how important the spirit is."

Babata wore a teasing smile. "The reason he's been stuck at Apprentice-level all this time is that his spirit doesn't even meet the minimum requirements."

Zhou Ze's expression remained calm. What could he do? He had no talent as a Spiritual Psychic, yet he'd awakened Psychic Power.

"Babata, I thought Teacher had a strong will. Shouldn't his spirit be strong, too?" Luo Feng asked, puzzled.

Babata swished his tail. "Spirit includes both consciousness and mental strength. His consciousness is decent, but his mental strength doesn't even meet the minimum standard..."

Babata looked thoroughly disdainful.

"Just imagine: Psychic Power is going to keep holding him back for the rest of his life!"

Babata sounded exasperated. "He's a real oddity. Normally, with Brain Domain Width as low as his, he shouldn't have been able to awaken Psychic Power. But somehow, he did!"

Luo Feng was confused. "Surely it can't be that bad, Babata. Psychic Power was hard to improve before because Earth didn't have any cultivation methods for it."

"Now we've inherited Teacher Hu Yanbo's legacy, including cultivation techniques for Psychic Power. Shouldn't it be much easier to improve?"

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

"The greater someone's innate Brain Domain Width, the better their talent for cultivating Psychic Power, and the more efficiently they 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 cultivation speed is many times faster!"

"Even if he learns a cultivation method for Psychic Power and uses Muya Crystals to train, he still won't be as fast as you are when you use no treasures to help you and haven't even learned a cultivation method. Understand?"

Luo Feng glanced at Zhou Ze and nodded.

"Luo Feng, your physical fitness is currently at the peak of Apprentice-level, and your consciousness is strong enough. Breaking through to Planetary-level should be easy. You can start working on it in a moment!"

Babata smiled and pointed to the lower shelf.

"The bottom shelf is for Spiritual Psychics. My master achieved a great deal in martial cultivation, but his accomplishments as a Spiritual Psychic were even greater."

"The Spiritual Psychic inheritance he left you is divided into the Control Chapter, the Illusion Chapter, and the Miscellaneous Chapter. Every chapter is complicated and profound."

"These teachings are truly one of a kind in the universe!"

"Of course, they're difficult to learn. But with my master's Inheritance Soul Seal, you'll find them much easier, Luo Feng. As for Zhou Ze..."

"I never had any expectations for him as a Spiritual Psychic in the first place!"

As Babata spoke, he came over to Zhou Ze and circled him, tapping him on the chest.

When Zhou Ze tried to grab his tail, Babata darted away just in time.

Luo Feng looked surprised. "Soul Seal? What's that? How come I've never heard of it?"

Babata waved a hand, and a reclining chair appeared beside him. He lay back on it and rocked lazily, like a baby in a cradle.

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

"You should finish learning the basics in about three hours."

Babata's occasional deliberate jabs didn't bother Zhou Ze.

Just wait. You'll see what it means to be overconfident.

Babata crossed his legs on the recliner, waved his hand, and produced a large apple. He crunched away at it.

"Luo Feng, from now on, you'll mainly be training in this cultivation room. Today, we'll determine the path you'll take going forward!"

"Whatever you do, you need a concrete plan. That's the only way to make steady progress and go far without wasting your time and energy on useless things."

"But I can only offer suggestions. You have to make the decision yourself!"

"Understood." Luo Feng nodded.

"First, you must take your martial cultivation seriously. You can't neglect it!"

"Second, the Control Chapter and the Illusion Chapter are both foundational, so you have to study them. The Miscellaneous Chapter contains the very essence of the Yunmo Star Lineage. You're a successor of the Yunmo Star Lineage, so you need to study that, too."

"Whether you become a Controller or an illusionist is up to you."

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

Luo Feng looked at the densely packed bookshelves and felt his scalp prickle.

"Learning the universal language is one thing, but there are so many books. I don't know how long it'll take just to read them all, let alone learn, master, and apply what's in them!"

"And as for martial cultivation, since I'm a Spiritual Psychic, shouldn't I just build a strong body? The other stuff... At most, I could train my movement skills for kiting. The rest doesn't seem that important."

As he spoke, Luo Feng glanced at Zhou Ze.

"How shortsighted!" Babata tossed away the apple core and snorted.

"There are two main paths in the universe: warriors and Spiritual Psychics! Which one is stronger depends on the individual. Spiritual Psychics simply have more varied and unpredictable methods."

"Didn't I just tell you? For warriors to break through and improve, they have to pay attention to 'spirit and will.' For Spiritual Psychics to improve, they have to pay attention to 'the body and Genetic Energy.'"

"Zhou Ze is stuck because his spirit can't keep up!"

Babata gave Zhou Ze a teasing look. Zhou Ze's expression remained calm.

Luo Feng felt annoyed. Babata had been alone for so long that he'd gone stir-crazy, hadn't he? He kept exposing Teacher's weaknesses and taking jabs at him.

Babata lost interest and turned back to Luo Feng.

"You might not feel it now, but once you reach Cosmic-level—and especially Domain Lord or Realm Lord—there'll be high demands on every aspect: spirit, will, Origin Energy, body, and realm!"

Luo Feng frowned. "Babata, you said it yourself. I only need Origin Energy and a strong body. Those force-based attack methods and so on really aren't important."

"It's not that I'm unwilling to learn. It's that a person's time and energy are limited. There are only twenty-four hours in a day. Even if I can go without food, drink, or rest now..."

Luo Feng spread his hands toward the densely packed bookshelves.

"You should understand that knowing a lot without mastering anything is a major pitfall! Besides, you said the Miscellaneous Chapter is essential, and so are the Control Chapter and the Illusion Chapter."

"I have to study this, and I have to study that. I really don't have enough time or energy!"

Babata's eyes widened in fury. He was just about to say something when Zhou Ze spoke.