Cultivating Two Techniques Simultaneously

After Zhang Hankuang finished reciting the cultivation technique, he feared Ye Wudao might not have memorized it, so he began to recite it a second time.

At this moment, Ye Wudao had already recorded the technique into his system panel and was preparing to stimulate the Infinite Art!

"Infinite Art, although you are a newcomer, you must learn from your predecessor, the Northern Dark Divine Art."

The moment the thought crossed his mind, a notification appeared on the system panel.

[Your technique Infinite Art has been stimulated by your words, awakening a spirit of self-improvement. It has begun to cultivate automatically. Technique proficiency +10/minute, Realm experience +1/minute.]

Seeing this system prompt, the corners of Ye Wudao's mouth curled up slightly as he continued his gaslighting: "Logically speaking, your grade is higher than the Northern Dark Divine Art, so you mustn't fall behind!"

[Your technique Infinite Art has been stimulated by your words. Feeling ashamed of its lag, it strives to improve. Technique proficiency +20/minute, Realm experience +2/minute.]

[Your technique Northern Dark Divine Art has sensed a strong competitor and is now striving for excellence. Technique proficiency +160/minute, Realm experience +16/minute.]

Ye Wudao was not surprised when he saw the first notification.

According to his experience, techniques and martial arts could withstand two stimulations in the initial stages.

He just hadn't expected the Northern Dark Divine Art to be stimulated by the sudden appearance of the Infinite Art, causing its cultivation efficiency to increase once more.

Seeing these two notifications, he was blooming with joy inside.

[Host: Ye Wudao]
[Realm: Body Tempering Entry (2600/10000)]
[Techniques: Primordial Art, Northern Dark Divine Art (Minor Accomplishment) (24000/100000), Infinite Art (Not Yet Entered) (120/1000)]
[Martial Arts: Eight Extremes Fist (Minor Accomplishment) (900/100000), Mountain Crushing Fist (Entry) (600/100000)]

Watching the techniques and martial arts working hard on the system panel, Ye Wudao felt incredibly refreshed.

Like the Northern Dark Divine Art, the Infinite Art required 1000 proficiency points to progress from the "Not Yet Entered" stage.

In other words, there wasn't actually a significant grade gap between these two techniques.

What surprised him most was that during the time he had been sleeping, the Eight Extremes Fist had reached Minor Accomplishment, and the Mountain Crushing Fist had reached the Entry level.

He scrolled back through the system's history and saw two notifications regarding the martial arts upgrades.

[Your martial art Eight Extremes Fist has reached Minor Accomplishment. It is feeling joyful and fights more bravely with every battle. Technique proficiency +40/minute.]

[Your martial art Mountain Crushing Fist has reached the Entry level. It is feeling joyful and fights more bravely with every battle. Technique proficiency +40/minute.]

"Wudao, have you memorized it?"

Just then, Zhang Hankuang's voice entered his mind.

Ye Wudao hurriedly closed the system panel, nodded with a serious expression, and said, "I have! Let me try practicing it!"

With that, he maintained his current posture and closed his eyes.

In truth, he didn't need to practice at all; he was just putting on a show.

Even if he was cheating, he couldn't make it too obvious!

While his eyes were closed, he felt a hand rest on his wrist.

He didn't need to guess to know it was Elder Qin checking his cultivation status.

He could clearly feel two warm currents flowing through different meridians within his body.

One was stronger, the other weaker.

Although the meridians the two currents passed through overlapped in some places, whenever they reached the same spot, the currents seemed to possess consciousness, avoiding each other one after the other rather than crowding together.

Qin Tianlong sensed the circulation of true energy within Ye Wudao's body for a moment before withdrawing his hand in disbelief.

He looked at Ye Wudao blankly and asked, "Are you controlling the two streams of true energy in your body yourself, or is the technique running automatically?"

Ye Wudao replied in a low voice, "They are running on their own; I haven't interfered with them."

"There is a peculiar force that prevents the two streams of true energy from clashing at all."

The corners of Qin Tianlong's mouth twitched; he had truly seen something new today.

He could clearly sense the fluctuations of two distinct streams of true energy within Ye Wudao, one strong and one weak.

However, these two streams did not collide; instead, they were simultaneously tempering Ye Wudao's physical body.

In other words, although Ye Wudao was practicing two techniques at once, they were not conflicting in the slightest.

In the martial arts world, there were indeed people who practiced two techniques, but they always alternated between them, never allowing both to circulate through the body simultaneously.

Once two completely different streams of true energy collided, the best case was shattered meridians, and the worst was death.

This had been common knowledge in the martial arts world for years, yet that common knowledge had been shattered by Ye Wudao today.

As a powerhouse of the Xiantian Realm, he was at the pinnacle of the pyramid in Haicheng City.

In terms of experience, he was even more knowledgeable than some Grandmaster Realm experts, given his age.

However, Ye Wudao had truly opened his eyes today.

Automatic cultivation, comprehending the "Primordial State," and practicing two techniques simultaneously—none of these were things a normal person could achieve.

He looked at Ye Wudao and said softly, "Given your current condition, I'm afraid you'll reach the minor completion stage of the Body Forging Realm in another seven or eight hours."

"To be honest, even I have seen something new today."

"Going from a mortal to the entry level of Body Forging in just over four hours, and from entry level to minor completion in just over ten hours—it's simply unheard of."

Ye Wudao looked at Qin Tianlong with some surprise; his head master really did have some tricks up his sleeve.

According to the cultivation efficiency of his two current techniques, he gained about 18 points of realm experience per minute.

He still needed 7,400 points of realm experience to reach the minor completion stage of Body Forging.

A rough calculation showed it would take about seven hours to reach that stage.

That was assuming the Infinite Art didn't level up during this time.

However, the Infinite Art would level up in an hour, so the time it took for him to reach minor completion should be shortened slightly.

Still, the fact that Qin Tianlong could estimate his promotion time just by the strength of the true qi in his body meant he was truly capable.

Upon hearing Qin Tianlong's words, Hu Lianfeng exclaimed in disbelief, "What? He'll reach minor completion of Body Forging in seven or eight hours?"

"Even a rocket wouldn't be this fast!"

Zhang Hankuang was also in disbelief.

He considered his own martial arts talent to be quite good; he had reached the peak of the Houtian Realm in his forties, just one step away from the Xiantian Realm.

His master had once said that his martial arts talent was one in a hundred in the current martial arts world.

But when he compared himself to Ye Wudao, he realized he was nothing but a joke!

What one in a hundred?

He couldn't even compare to a single hair on Ye Wudao's head.

He still remembered that it took him seven days to reach the entry level of Body Forging and three months to reach minor completion.

And Ye Wudao?

He reached minor completion of Body Forging in a single day!

By that time conversion, Ye Wudao's martial arts talent was at least a hundred times greater than his own!

Back then, he had even mocked Ye Wudao for starting martial arts at eighteen, saying it was too late.

Now it seemed he was the one who had been looking at the sky from the bottom of a well!

He would never understand the world of a genius!

Ye Wudao's one day of cultivation was worth half a year of his own; what right did he have to mock Ye Wudao?

Qin Tianlong glanced at Hu Lianfeng and smiled, "If I, a Xiantian Realm expert, couldn't even gauge a Body Forging Realm practitioner, I would have lived in vain."

After speaking, he lay back down on his bed and said softly to Hu Lianfeng and Zhang Hankuang, "For the time being, teach him everything you can."

"Teach him martial techniques during the day, and we'll head to the Rift World as usual at night."

"There's no need to teach him new techniques for now. I estimate that practicing two at once is his limit. Once both techniques reach perfection, we'll see if he can fuse them into a new one!"

"Once you're done teaching, I'll take over."

"By the time his injuries heal, he should be at the great completion of Body Forging. Then, we can take him to the Rift World to hunt demonic beasts."

He looked at Ye Wudao and said softly, "In the martial arts world, the strong are respected."

"High cultivation doesn't necessarily mean true strength!"

"True experts are forged through slaughter."

Ye Wudao nodded and said, "Understood, Master!"

Suddenly, his stomach let out a "rumble." He looked at his three masters with some embarrassment and asked softly, "Masters, at this hour, is there still food in the prison?"

Hu Lianfeng smiled slightly, "Don't worry, in Cell No. 1, there is no shortage of food."

With that, he walked to the door, pressed a button, and soon a prison guard came to ask what they needed.

Before long, a three-tiered cart was pushed over by the guard.

Just like in the afternoon, it was filled with meat.

Hu Lianfeng pushed the cart to Ye Wudao's bedside and said softly, "Eat! It's all yours!"

Hearing this, Ye Wudao immediately began to wolf down the food.