Simplified Mysterious Heaven Skill?

There were only about a dozen children in the great hall.

At the same time, he could clearly feel an extremely terrifying, chaotic pressure filling the hall.

Li Changsheng thought for a moment.

He wasn't sure what effect pressure had on a Soul Master's meditation, but being completely exposed to such pressure did seem to rapidly strengthen one's willpower.

As Centrifugal Killing Mirror walked forward, she touched her Storage Soul Tool again.

A brand-new book, bound into a volume, appeared in her hand.

She turned around and handed the new book to Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng froze for a moment, then accepted it without thinking.

"Meditation Practice Manual?" Li Changsheng read aloud the gilded title on the cover, his expression odd.

Centrifugal Killing Mirror's voice rang out as well. "This is the Meditation Method our Pre-Education Academy students practice. They say it was adapted over two thousand years ago by a teacher from the Tang Sect, based on the Tang Sect's secret, the Mysterious Heaven Skill, which they never pass on to outsiders. It's suited to low-level Soul Masters, helping them cultivate faster and consolidate their Soul Power. You have Innate Full Soul Power, but don't waste these next few days. For now, focus on consolidating your Soul Power."

Li Changsheng's thoughts stirred, and he opened the Meditation Training Manual.

He quickly flipped through it, from beginning to end.

It wasn't very long, but every word was packed with meaning, and it explained things in language even a child could easily understand.

"How is it? Can you understand it? If there's anything you don't, you can ask me. You can also ask those two." Centrifugal Killing Mirror waited until Li Changsheng had closed the book before asking.

Li Changsheng nodded. "I've read about Meditation Methods before. If I come across anything I don't understand, I'll have to ask you three seniors for guidance."

Li Changsheng smiled faintly. His tone was serious, though his words were a little flippant.

Fortunately, his mask hid his face.

Centrifugal Killing Mirror nodded. "The Pre-Education Academy has always directed its resources toward geniuses. If your Innate Soul Power were only rank nine, I wouldn't be looking after you like this."

As she spoke, her tone was icy, not at all like something a twelve-year-old child should have.

Then again, in this world, some twelve-year-olds were already married.

"As it should be."

Li Changsheng nodded. He rather agreed with that.

Hard work could be useful. But if working excessively hard really worked, there wouldn't be any failures in the world.

"Then find a spot and meditate in peace. This may be the only absolutely quiet place in the Pre-Education Academy." With a wistful sigh, Centrifugal Killing Mirror left.

After watching Centrifugal Killing Mirror and the others leave, Li Changsheng turned his attention to everyone else in the hall.

There were boys and girls, all children. They sat cross-legged on the floor, bodies straight and solemn, their eyes closed as they meditated.

Faint streams of Soul Power flowed around them. They all seemed to have broken through recently, and had reached the peak of the Soul Scholar level.

Since everyone wore white masks, none of them knew each other.

All he could tell was who had long hair and who had short.

Li Changsheng found a corner, sat down, and crossed his legs.

The entire hall was filled with a powerful, terrifying pressure.

As Li Changsheng activated his Purple Demon Eye, faint purple light followed the threads that existed in the air. He discovered something extremely bizarre.

The pressure, which seemed to come from Soul Beasts, originated from the walls of the hall.

"Could a Soul Master have put a Soul Bone directly into the wall when this hall was built?"

It wasn't impossible. Of course, Li Changsheng was only speculating; it didn't matter much.

After all, the Shrek Pre-Academy had existed for nearly three thousand years. It was only to be expected that they could manage something like this.

He took out the Meditation Practice Manual Centrifugal Killing Mirror had given him.

"God of Wisdom, why do I feel like the Meditation Method in this book really does improve cultivation a little faster than the Mysterious Heaven Skill?"

After reading for a while, he circulated his Soul Power according to the Mysterious Heaven Skill's basic meridian pathways. He found that the Soul Power surging within him poured out like floodgates had been opened, flowing from a long, steady stream into a vast, thundering torrent.

That water was like Soul Power.

The Mysterious Heaven Skill emphasized a long, steady flow and profound depth.

By contrast, the adapted Meditation Method in this book focused on breaking through all at once, keeping one's Soul Power at a point of powerful output.

The faster it was compressed, the faster Soul Power increased.

Li Changsheng wanted to praise the adapter. They were definitely a genius.

Soon, the God of Wisdom gave him an answer.

<Notice. Compared with the Mysterious Heaven Skill, this Meditation Method does indeed significantly increase the speed of cultivation, but it has major drawbacks. Furthermore, based on calculations, the person who adapted this Meditation Method must have personally witnessed Tang San cultivating before they could adapt this version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill. Based on calculations, the Mysterious Heaven Skill passed down by the Tang Sect today is actually an abridged version. The Mysterious Heaven Skill you obtained is the complete version. The adapted version has major drawbacks. It is not recommended that you practice it.>

Sitting cross-legged on the floor, Li Changsheng heard the God of Wisdom's words and shuddered. He even stopped the Mysterious Heaven Skill circulation he had just started.

"No way. Centrifugal Killing Mirror said a Soul Master adapted this two thousand years ago, but Tang San had left the continent more than eight thousand years earlier. How could they have watched him? And are you saying Tang San held something back?"

<Notice. It is possible that someone else reached Tang San's level of cultivation.>

<Notice. Tang San did not hold anything back. It is estimated that later generations passed down the wrong version.>

"I see. Then what are the drawbacks of cultivating with this book?" Li Changsheng asked offhandedly.

<Notice. Unknown. Estimate: the practitioner may die with regrets.>

"What the hell? You're joking, right?"

When Li Changsheng heard the words "die with regrets," he nearly jumped to his feet.

<Notice. A joke is something an intelligent creature says to liven the mood and give emphasis to their words. The God of Wisdom is not human, so it does not joke. This is only an estimate.>

Li Changsheng felt a chill in his heart.

That was right. The God of Wisdom was all-knowing and all-powerful. It didn't joke. What it said wasn't for fun, and it wasn't trying to trick him.

He picked up the Meditation Training Manual and stared at its concise, meaningful words, lost in thought.

Die with regrets after practicing?

What did that mean?

Li Changsheng racked his brain but couldn't figure it out. In the end, he gave up thinking about it, closed his eyes, and practiced the complete Mysterious Heaven Skill he had obtained.

As his long, steady stream of Soul Power circulated through his body, Li Changsheng entered Deep Meditation.

During this period, even without the God of Wisdom's Parallel Calculation, he could bring himself into a state of Deep Meditation for a certain length of time.

And so, Li Changsheng began several days of cultivation.

The entire hall was silent, quiet enough to hear a pin drop.

During those days, academy staff brought them meals every day. But the people in the hall didn't speak to one another at all. Even when eating, they kept their heads down and finished quickly before hurrying back to their cultivation.

After cultivating for several days, Li Changsheng understood why the children were in such a hurry.

Cultivating here really did help consolidate Soul Power faster. At the same time, Li Changsheng noticed that the children in the hall seemed to be practicing the adapted version of the Mysterious Heaven Skill that, according to the God of Wisdom, would make them die with regrets. And they were practicing it with great seriousness.

Over the next few days, at last, a child from Spirit Soul City entered the hall.

It seemed that after living rough outside for a long time, the child had thrown themself into cultivation and finally reached the peak of the Soul Scholar level.

Li Zishuo seemed to have made great progress as well. When they went to get food, Li Changsheng sensed him from a distance and estimated from his Soul Power fluctuations that Li Zishuo had reached about rank eight.

Just like that, seven days passed.

Li Changsheng's Soul Power didn't break through again, but he had reached the peak of rank fourteen. The main reason was that he'd spent these days consolidating his Soul Power rather than focusing entirely on breaking through. Breaking through too quickly wasn't entirely beneficial to him.

During the final few days, Li Changsheng finally managed to strike up a conversation with a little girl, thanks to his damned charm.

He learned quite a bit from her.

For example, she was from the Dou Ling Empire and was a noble. Like Li Changsheng, she had Innate Full Soul Power. She'd arrived at the Pre-Education Academy about three days before him. After coming here, she had also received a Meditation Training Manual. With its help, she'd made rapid progress. Even though she'd had Innate Full Soul Power from the start, she expected to gain at least three ranks of Soul Power after obtaining her First Soul Ring! She also said her goal was to take first place in the entrance assessment.

Li Changsheng didn't ask what her Martial Soul was or where her weaknesses lay.

Of course, Li Changsheng was confident that with his damned charisma, he could have gotten it out of her if he'd asked!

But as a genius boy who was ten thousand years old, Li Changsheng disdained doing anything so underhanded.

In short, he wasn't a lolicon.

Just as Li Changsheng had thought earlier, the journey here had counted as cultivation time too.

Li Changsheng was instantly relieved. If Li Zishuo hadn't been exempt from the entrance exam, he'd really have been done for.

Exquisite Dice.

Seven Absolute Zither Master.

Those two girls were a real menace!

On the final day, Li Zishuo still didn't enter the hall.

In fact, when Li Changsheng and the nearly thirty others walked out through the hall's entrance, Li Zishuo was the only one outside.

He sat alone on the ground, eyes closed as he meditated.

His pale face was covered in the word "effort."

His Soul Power had reached the early stages of rank nine.

He had gone from rank six when his Martial Soul awakened to rank nine now. In just half a month, he'd made that much progress through meditation alone.

Even Li Changsheng felt a little embarrassed. Had he been too lax? Or had Li Zishuo worked himself too hard?

At that moment, Li Changsheng couldn't help but deeply doubt his earlier words: "If hard work worked, there wouldn't be any failures in the world."

He had wanted to help his descendant for a long time. He found Li Zishuo rather interesting. Yes, very interesting.

Li Changsheng couldn't help it. On the way here, there'd been no time to teach him a skill, and after arriving, there were too many eyes around. It wasn't a good time to teach him either. But this time, he planned to teach Li Zishuo the complete Mysterious Heaven Skill.

Today was a rest day. Tomorrow, they would enter the Simulated Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts.