Stake Sense

Inside the room.

Jiang Chen, crouched like a white ape, felt hot sweat gradually bead on his face.

Practicing a stance was an incredibly dull and exhausting affair.

However, his ancient martial arts training in his past life had long since forged a resolute temperament within him.

This level of hardship had absolutely no effect on him.

Half an hour later.

Creak.

The door was pushed open, and Lin Shuyun entered carrying a bowl of medicinal soup.

"Chen'er, didn't I tell you to get some proper rest? Why are you out of bed?"

Seeing Jiang Chen practicing his stance in the room, Lin Shuyun was taken aback.

She truly hadn't expected that the once-lazy Jiang Chen would actually be cultivating.

"I've been lying down all day; standing in this stance is good for the body."

Jiang Chen slowly withdrew from the stance and straightened up, his leg muscles trembling slightly.

He had completely neglected his cultivation for the past six months, and his foundation was far too weak.

[Technique: White Ape Stance · Entry 50%]

On the Myriad Dao Chart, the White Ape Stance had improved by 50%.

To be honest, this rate of improvement far exceeded his expectations.

He had originally thought it would take two hours to reach 100% entry level.

Now it seemed that one hour would likely be enough to reach 100% entry.

The Myriad Dao Chart's ability to enhance comprehension was truly terrifying.

"You need to recuperate properly right now; you shouldn't overexert yourself."

Lin Shuyun handed the medicinal soup to Jiang Chen and wiped the sweat from his face.

Gulp.

As the medicinal soup went down, warm energy permeated his stomach lining and diffused throughout his body.

Before long, Jiang Chen felt a sense of comfort all over, as if he were soaking in a hot spring.

After urging Jiang Chen to get some rest, Lin Shuyun left with the medicine bowl.

"Continue!"

Once the medicinal soup took effect, Jiang Chen did not slack off and resumed his stance training.

Just like that, another half hour passed.

Dong~

An ethereal sound of the Dao resonated once more, as if an ancient god from beyond the heavens were preaching.

[Technique: White Ape Stance · Minor Accomplishment 1%]

In just one hour, the White Ape Stance had broken through to the Minor Accomplishment stage.

"The insights for the White Ape Stance are actually improving at a constant rate?!"

Seeing the progress of the White Ape Stance, Jiang Chen's eyes shone like stars.

Normally, cultivation is like climbing a mountain.

The higher the realm, the greater the difficulty.

Take the White Ape Stance as an example:

From not yet entered to entry level, the difficulty might only be 1.

But from entry level to Minor Accomplishment, the difficulty would become 2.

From Minor Accomplishment to Major Accomplishment, the difficulty would become 4.

And so on...

Yet this law was completely shattered by the Myriad Dao Chart.

From entry to Minor Accomplishment, the White Ape Stance had progressed at a constant speed.

This meant that no matter the technique, it could be steadily improved?

"Whether it remains a constant rate of improvement depends on the cultivation speed at the Minor Accomplishment stage."

Jiang Chen did not let this make him complacent; he gathered his thoughts and entered a state of cultivation once more.

[White Ape Stance Experience +1]

Soon, another line of ethereal text drifted across the Myriad Dao Chart.

[White Ape Stance experience +1]

[White Ape Stance experience +1]

[White Ape Stance experience +1]

Following this, experience points increased roughly every ten breaths.

This confirmed Jiang Chen's hypothesis.

The cultivation experience from the Myriad Dao Chart truly increased at a constant rate.

Whether at the introductory level or minor completion, the speed of cultivation would not slow down.

And if he could break through a level in just one hour...

At this rate, he wouldn't even need to wait until noon for the White Ape Stance to reach total perfection!

Time slipped by.

By the time the hour of the snake arrived, the scorching sun had climbed high.

Dong~

Within his Soul Sea, an ethereal sound of the Dao resonated once more.

"Hoo!"

Having reached his physical limit, Jiang Chen exhaled a long breath of stale air and slowly retracted his fists to stand upright.

[Technique: White Ape Stance · Major Completion 1%]

On the Myriad Dao Chart, the progress of the White Ape Stance had broken through to the stage of major completion in just one hour, just as before.

This speed of cultivation could absolutely be called a martial arts prodigy!

"Very good. One more session of standing post, and the White Ape Stance will be perfected."

A smile appeared on Jiang Chen's face.

Once the White Ape Stance was perfected, he would be able to trigger the stance sensation, stimulate his origin energy, and thereby condense his martial Blood Qi to embark on the path of martial arts!

Although condensing Blood Qi was merely the entry level of martial arts, he still yearned for it quite deeply.

One must know that Blood Qi is divided into the Three Qi and Blood Gates; with every gate broken, one's strength would surge explosively.

For instance, at the First Qi and Blood Gate, one's strength ranges from one hundred to three hundred jin.

By the Second Qi and Blood Gate, the strength reaches four hundred to six hundred jin.

As for the Three Qi and Blood Gates, it is even more formidable, capable of reaching seven hundred to nine hundred jin.

Even at the Blood Qi Realm, which is just the entry level of martial arts, one possesses nearly a thousand jin of force.

This was enough to show just how terrifying martial arts cultivation could become at higher levels.

Perhaps, overturning rivers and seas, flying on swords, escaping into the earth, and living for hundreds of years were not mere rumors.

After resting for a long while.

Once his stamina had mostly recovered, Jiang Chen began the standing post again.

As the White Ape Stance entered major completion, his posture became increasingly standard; at a glance, it possessed a sense of effortless, breezy beauty.

And with a standard posture, the practice of the Standing Post Technique became less exhausting.

For any Standing Post Technique, the higher the realm, the less the toll on the body.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Jiang Chen, who was calmly practicing the standing post, felt his expression shift slightly.

In that very instant, he had captured a trace of a special, subtle force.

That sensation was as if his body were being supported by an invisible power; not only did all his fatigue and soreness vanish, but there was also an indescribable sense of comfort.

Unfortunately, that feeling was fleeting.

"Stance sensation!"

Jiang Chen realized.

The subtle force he felt just now must be the stance sensation that the senior brothers at the Martial Arts Hall spoke of.

In the practice of the standing post, the length of time is not what is important; rather, it is the triggering of the stance sensation.

What is a "stance sensation"?

It is a very special state that can stimulate the origin energy hidden within the body.

Normally, one could only potentially trigger the "stance sensation" once the Standing Post Technique reached perfection.

He had not expected to trigger the "stance sensation" while his White Ape Stance was only at major completion.

There was no need to ask; this was undoubtedly the credit of the Myriad Dao Chart.

"Continue."

Jiang Chen did not go out of his way to explore the post sensation, instead casting aside distracting thoughts to focus entirely on his standing post.

Once the White Ape Stance reached perfection, the "post sensation" would naturally emerge on its own.

[White Ape Stance, EXP+1]

[White Ape Stance, EXP+1]

[White Ape Stance, EXP+1]

Amidst the silent, arduous training, only lines of experience points drifted by in an orderly fashion.

As his experience increased, that trace of a unique post sensation surfaced from time to time, and the duration for which it lingered grew longer and longer.

Dong~

Noon.

The familiar, ethereal sound of the Dao resonated once more within his Soul Sea.

[Technique: White Ape Stance · Perfection]

On the Myriad Dao Chart, the progress of the White Ape Stance was now completely perfected.

To cultivate a Standing Post Technique to perfection in a mere three hours—if this were to get out, one could only imagine how many people it would shock.

"This is... a permanent post sensation?!"

Jiang Chen did not end his training, but instead turned his focus inward, carefully observing the Myriad Dao Chart.

He had initially assumed the ability of the Myriad Dao Chart was merely to augment his comprehension.

But looking at it now, the Myriad Dao Chart possessed at least three abilities:

The first was recording techniques, just like the White Ape Stance.

The second was enhancing comprehension, which went without saying.

The third was the permanent retention of a realm.

It was much like his current state; as long as he willed it, every muscle detail in his body could achieve perfection without a single flaw.

Even if he were in poor condition or a bad mood, it would not affect the artistic conception of his standing post.

This was akin to a realm save file; once he reached this level, he would never fall back.

"Huh!"

As the permanent post sensation triggered, a faint, scorching heat surged through his limbs and bones, as if something had been ignited.

"Origin energy!"

Jiang Chen's spirit stirred.

Clearly, that scorching sensation was the origin energy hidden within his body.

Once he stimulated it, he would officially become a martial artist!