His first cultivation session with the Silver Moon Visualization Method went more smoothly than he had expected.
Following the guidance route on the beast-hide scroll, he sank his consciousness deep within himself. Using his breathing as a guide, he formed the image of a silver moon in his mind.
That moon slowly rose over the sea of his consciousness, its cool radiance spilling across the surface of his spiritual power and gradually refining the rough, scattered mental energy he had possessed before.
The entire process lasted nearly two hours. When he opened his eyes, his body was somewhat weary, but he felt clearer than ever before.
His senses had become sharper. He could now hear even the faint ripples on the distant lake surface and the droplets seeping from the rock walls as they fell more clearly than before.
The improvement in his spiritual power had truly taken effect.
But he did not linger in that pleasant surprise. Instead, he opened the book, Soul Tool Compendium, from the first stone case.
Sitting cross-legged on a rock, he placed the thick volume on his knees, opened to the first page, and began studying it seriously.
The book's contents progressed from simple to profound. It began with the basic principles of Soul Tools, then gradually moved on to material selection, energy circuit design, techniques for inscribing array diagrams, and finally the assembly of complex modules and linked structures.
Every chapter was followed by Song Yuan's handwritten experimental records and notes on improvements. It was clear that this senior had poured an immense amount of effort into this field.
Lan Tian turned the pages one by one, occasionally pausing to carefully ponder a complex array diagram, then flipping back to compare the derivation of a certain principle.
He had read quite a few