By the rear window, Gu Yuena paused while designing Battle Armor blueprints and looked at Meng Xinghe with interest in her violet eyes.
"Xinghe, those wise research scholars Teacher Wu mentioned... she was talking about you, wasn't she?"
Though it was clearly a guess, her tone was utterly certain, prompting Meng Xinghe to ask:
"Oh? What makes you think so?"
"It's simple," Gu Yuena transmitted.
"Geniuses are born at random. If the Holy Spirit Cult had monopolized all the Federation's geniuses, then given humanity's intelligence and creativity, those research scholars could have been you—or anyone else."
"But the Holy Spirit Cult hasn't merely monopolized all the Federation's geniuses. Soul Masters who join the Holy Spirit Cult must also possess light or sacred attributes. Under such restrictions, isn't it too much of a coincidence that those research scholars all happened to be Soul Masters with light or sacred attributes?"
"Internal cultivation methods, breathing methods, Combat Secret Techniques... outsiders who don't know you exist would only think the Holy Spirit Cult was blessed by fate to produce several peerless geniuses in succession. But I know you exist, so hasn't the truth become obvious?"
After hearing this, Meng Xinghe put down his book and looked at Gu Yuena.
He realized that Gu Yuena had truly become increasingly clever. It was hard to believe that she was the Silver Dragon King who had inherited the Dragon God's astonishing wisdom.
The Douluo Federation was enormous, with a population of more than six billion.
With such a vast population base, countless talented Soul Masters were born.
Geniuses from Soul Master families each had their own destinations.
As for commoner geniuses, ninety-nine percent of Soul Masters with light or sacred attributes joined the Holy Spirit Cult. Even those who did not were believers of the Holy Spirit Cult. Of Soul Masters with other attributes, more than ninety percent joined the Spirit Pagoda.
It could be said that the Holy Spirit Cult and Spirit Pagoda had jointly monopolized nearly all commoner geniuses in the Federation.
With such a massive cake occupied by the two great powers, the other factions could only follow behind and pick up a few scraps. Naturally, this stirred dissatisfaction among many factions, who had once joined forces to lodge a protest in the Federal Parliament.
The parliament's response to the proposal was—rejected.
It was a matter of mutual consent. What was there to protest?
If they wanted commoner geniuses, then they should offer better terms and poach them!
If they offered better terms and people still refused to come, that was their choice. But if they could not offer better terms yet still wanted commoner geniuses to come to them, they could get lost!
The lesson continued as Wu Changkong taught everyone two new meditation methods.
"The Basic Meditation Method has two advanced versions. One is called the 'In-Phase Resonance Meditation Method.' When practiced alone, it is no different from the Basic Meditation Method. Only when two or more people cultivate in the same place can its special qualities be displayed."
"While cultivating, everyone reaches a Soul Power resonance effect by being on the same frequency. The more people there are, the better the effect, with cultivation speed increasing by up to twenty percent. However, its shortcomings are obvious: everyone must practice the same meditation method, and they must cultivate together."
"The other is called the 'Mimetic Symbiotic Meditation Method.' Before cultivating, one only needs to make a simple arrangement of the cultivation site to achieve the same speed as cultivating in a mimetic environment through this meditation method. The greater the fidelity of the arranged setting, the better the effect. If this meditation method is cultivated within a mimetic environment, it can also provide a certain boost."
Since he had mentioned mimetic environments, Wu Changkong also took the opportunity to explain the term.
Soul Masters with different Martial Souls were suited to cultivate in different locations, and the environment most suitable for a Soul Master's cultivation was called a mimetic environment.
The better the mimetic environment, the better the effect of mimetic cultivation.
For example, the place most suitable for Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters to cultivate was undoubtedly the Blue Silver Forest, home to two Blue Silver Emperors and numerous high-level Blue Silver Grass Soul Beasts. The next best option would be a primeval forest filled with wild Blue Silver Grass, such as the Star Dou Great Forest.
At the very least, it had to be an artificial lawn covered in Blue Silver Grass.
Everyone nodded along, including those students born into Soul Master families.
Although mimetic environments and mimetic cultivation were not secrets, not every Soul Master could find a mimetic environment suited to their Martial Soul. Even if they found one, it might not necessarily be suitable for cultivation.
Wang Jinxi's Martial Soul was the Bone Dragon King. The mimetic environment most suited to him was the Netherworld, something impossible for both him and his family.
Wei Xiaofeng's Martial Soul was the Azure Shadow Serpent, and the mimetic environment most suited to it was the Ten Thousand Snake Cave. But he could not possibly cultivate in such a place. Even though his Martial Soul was a snake, he still feared that sort of place that could trigger trypophobia.
Thus, while mimetic cultivation was good, it lacked universal applicability. The Mimetic Symbiotic Meditation Method was born for that reason and received widespread pursuit and praise from Soul Masters as soon as it appeared.
"Brother Huo," Tang Wulin silently asked in his heart after listening.
"Are the two meditation methods Teacher Wu taught suitable for me? How do they compare to the Blue Silver Meditation Method?"
Huo Yuhao's divine consciousness: ...
The Blue Silver Meditation Method was an exclusive meditation method that he, a god, had tailored specifically for this brat. How could it possibly be compared to such commonplace goods?
"Little Wulin, let me put it this way. If there is any meditation method in this world more suitable for you than the Blue Silver Meditation Method, it would be a meditation method created by your future self."
Tang Wulin understood. The Blue Silver Meditation Method was the best and the one most suited to him.
He directly ignored the latter half of Huo Yuhao's words.
In his heart, Brother Huo was mysterious, powerful, and unfathomable. Even if he created his own meditation method in the future, it might not surpass the Blue Silver Meditation Method Brother Huo had taught him.
By the rear window, Gu Yuena looked at Meng Xinghe and asked curiously:
"Xinghe, which cultivation method are you using now?"
Given Meng Xinghe's realm, his breathing method had to be Body Breathing at its highest level. By the same reasoning, the Heavenly God Meditation Method and Great Light Heavenly God Scripture had to be at their highest levels as well.
Therefore, she was very curious which of these three cultivation methods Meng Xinghe had chosen.
"An internal cultivation method." Meng Xinghe flipped through the book in his hand and answered with a smile.
"However, it isn't the Great Light Heavenly God Scripture. I created that specifically for the Holy Spirit Cult. The internal cultivation method I created for myself is another one, called—the Metaverse!"
"And you?" he asked in return. "A breathing method, right?"
"Yes." Gu Yuena nodded.
As the Silver Dragon King, she had been born with mastery of Body Breathing, the highest realm of breathing methods. Cultivation was an instinct to her, and she fundamentally did not need any meditation method to cultivate.
Even if she created a meditation method specifically for herself, its cultivation efficiency could not compare to a breathing method operating at full power.
Yet precisely because they were born knowing so many things, innate gods were far inferior to humans in terms of creativity.
Even for breathing, an instinct everyone possessed, some remained only at the instinctive level, while others could make their qi sink into their dantian. That was the difference.
At this moment, Gu Yuena suddenly felt fortunate that she had chosen to take human form and cultivate anew.
"If I had not taken human form, I'm afraid I would never have understood this."
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