Rewards of Training

After getting the Gravity Training Room, Jiang Yun began training like mad. Every day, he trained until he was completely exhausted before stopping, then soaked himself in restorative fluid.

He used it to repair damage to his body. High-intensity training could cause hidden injuries, so some essential restorative care was absolutely necessary. Jiang Yun didn't want those hidden injuries to affect his body's potential.

After all, his body couldn't compare to a Saiyan's or a Namekian's. They didn't have to worry about their bodies getting hurt, but he did. Vegeta, being a Saiyan, often pushed himself to train in the Gravity Training Room.

Every time, he trained until he was utterly exhausted, then relied on his proud heart and his determination to surpass Goku to keep pushing himself.

But it was precisely this determination that allowed Vegeta to keep up with Goku without anyone else to teach him.

So, if even geniuses worked this hard, what excuse did Jiang Yun have to slack off? That would only be a waste of his talent. If he wanted to become someone who stood above the world, he had to work hard and make the most of his time in this world.

As for Piccolo, the traits of the Namekians meant he didn't have to worry about hidden injuries at all. Or rather, hidden injuries simply weren't a concern for him. He only needed to spend a little ki to recover.

He could even regrow a severed arm, so naturally, hidden injuries and the like were no problem.

In the days that followed, Jiang Yun kept training in the Gravity Training Room. Of course, he progressed gradually instead of starting at a high gravity multiplier like Goku had. Goku had done that because he was desperate to save someone, whereas Jiang Yun had plenty of time to train, so there was no need for him to take such an aggressive approach.

Instead, he slowly built up his foundation. A towering building rose from the ground up, and a solid foundation was crucial to how far he could go in the future. Many people failed to make further progress in their combat strength because they hadn't built a good foundation. Jiang Yun wasn't in a hurry; he patiently worked on his.

When he was tired, Jiang Yun meditated, thinking about how to develop his techniques. Sometimes, he imagined an opponent and practiced fighting them. As the days passed, his skills steadily improved.

Half a year later...

Whoosh!!!

Jiang Yun darted aside, dodging the figure's attack. He braced himself on the ground with both hands and instantly fired a Ki Blast at his opponent. The figure knocked it away with a hand chop, then struck Jiang Yun with an Explosive Flame Meteor.

A tremendous wave of energy spread out. The scene froze for two seconds, then a Ki Blast suddenly shot out. Jiang Yun stood there without a scratch.

The two immediately clashed, using both hands and feet at blinding speed. An ordinary person couldn't have followed their movements. They traded punches and kicks, the sounds of their blows rumbling through the silent space. Then they abruptly drew apart, panting quietly.

The two brought their hands together, and a tremendous force of energy surged from between their palms.

Explosive Flame Meteor!!!

They roared and launched their attacks at the same time. The next moment, neither could get the better of the other. They stared intently at each other.

Just as they were about to continue fighting, both figures suddenly vanished. The scene shifted back to Jiang Yun, sitting cross-legged and panting.

Clearly, the fight had taken place in Jiang Yun's mental space, where he had battled a simulated version of himself. Now, his mental energy was so depleted that he couldn't continue the fight.

Coming back to his senses, Jiang Yun reflected on what he had gained over the past six months. He had spent most of that time training. Not only had his combat strength increased tremendously, but his fighting experience had improved by leaps and bounds as well. Even though he hadn't fought real people, he had been fighting himself. By learning his own weaknesses, he had gained more combat experience every day.

Combat strength wasn't the only thing Jiang Yun had gained. His mental strength had also improved dramatically through constant meditation.

As for his combat strength, after all his training over this period, it had reached—no, you hadn't read that wrong. Jiang Yun's combat strength had indeed reached this level. His training in the Gravity Training Room, combined with his meditative practice, had brought about a tremendous leap in his strength.

During this process, he had constantly sensed the changes in ki and deepened his understanding of it. This would greatly benefit his training in the future. It was fair to say that no one on Earth could surpass him in training with ki now—not even the Guardian of Earth. The stronger he became, the better he understood ki.

As he studied ki, he tried to use it to heal and restore the body. Drawing on various medical principles from his previous life, along with his own ideas, Jiang Yun successfully developed a technique that could heal injuries.

At first, Jiang Yun practiced on plants, but his violent ki destroyed them instantly, making it useless for healing.

He tried to convert his ki into something gentler, but that didn't work very well—or sometimes not at all. In the end, Jiang Yun used the miraculous Breath of All Things, and then he realized:

Ki!

What people called ki was also a form of life energy. All things possessed Vital Energy, and the human body contained ki. As long as he converted ki into a gentle energy that resonated with life, it could repair injuries. Healing injuries meant restoring and regenerating cells.

So, after gaining this insight, Jiang Yun immediately began experimenting. He used this special ki to stimulate cells and encourage them to regenerate.

When he saw the wound he had cut into a plant begin to heal, he was thrilled.

"Excellent, the experiment worked!"

Jiang Yun laughed happily, realizing that the technique didn't use much energy.

Not much?

No, the energy cost was actually tiny!

Suddenly, Jiang Yun noticed that the Vital Energy in the plant seemed to have decreased a little. With his powerful mental strength, he didn't think his senses were mistaken, so he began carefully investigating the problem.

He soon found the answer. It was simple.

During the healing process, this special healing energy stimulated the plant's own healing ability and caused its cells to regenerate. But because they regenerated so quickly, the plant couldn't absorb nutrients fast enough to make up for what it had used, so it was drawing on its own energy.

That was why Jiang Yun sensed a decrease in its Vital Energy. He discovered that after stimulating the plant's natural regeneration, that portion of ki didn't disappear; it reverted to its original state. It had only served as a stimulus, so it wasn't consumed much.

The energy that was consumed was lost during the conversion process, and the amount was negligible.

This was already a very good result. In a critical moment, it could even save a life, and the small amount of life energy it consumed was insignificant compared with a person's life.

But Jiang Yun clearly wasn't satisfied. He wanted to achieve the same healing effect as Dende in the original story without affecting his own life force. He fell into deep thought once more.