The Arena's greatest advantage was that it allowed unlimited trial and error.
However, every time someone died in a custom room, they had to spend one virtual coin to enter again.
Seeing that Li Yu was still a little pale, Su Wen did not open another room. He had already taught him everything he needed to teach, and had personally shown Li Yu what it felt like to master it.
If Li Yu still could not forge a sword heart in reality after all this, then his talent was simply too poor. Even if he was a rare research subject, his potential was limited, and Su Wen might as well give up on him sooner rather than later.
As an outstanding graduate student at the Great Evolution Academy, Su Wen knew perfectly well that teaching a fool had no future, no matter how much effort and resources one invested.
"Cultivate diligently. You should really raise your cultivation a little, too. Whirling Illumination is rather low." With that, Su Wen disappeared from the Arena.
Li Yu smiled bitterly. Compared with the average level in the Galaxy Alliance, he really was a bit of a weakling.
But there was nothing he could do about it. His home planet had held him back.
Li Yu could only work harder to make up for the forty years he had wasted.
After dispersing his spiritual sense and returning to his body, Li Yu still felt the lingering sensation of being refined into dust by the sword formation. Even so, he forced himself to persevere, facing the evening clouds as he refined Great Sun Ascendant Purple Qi.
Nowhere else in Mountain Sea offered an environment as suited to the Purple Glow Art as Haо City. Ever since discovering this, Li Yu had cultivated every morning and evening without fail, come thunder or lightning.
Only when he could no longer draw any Great Sun Ascendant Purple Qi from the air did Li Yu reluctantly stop.
Sensing that the second drop of blood essence in his Crimson Palace had grown slightly larger than it had been that morning, joy welled up within him. The lingering sensation of death from the Arena also began to fade.
If only I could draw in Great Sun Ascendant Purple Qi at times other than morning and evening, Li Yu thought.
Altogether, he could practice the Purple Glow Art for less than an hour each day. Although Haо City's unique environment meant his progress was not slow, it still lagged behind the leaps and bounds he was making with the Taiyi True Explanation.
The Taiyi True Explanation could be cultivated wherever there was spiritual energy. Even without spiritual energy, he could use spirit stones.
Diligent as Li Yu was, whenever he refined spiritual energy at night, he cultivated until his meridians reached their limit. Only when condensing any more Taiyi True Essence would overload them did he stop.
Then, in the early morning, he drew in Great Sun Ascendant Purple Qi to ease the fatigue in his meridians while advancing his Purple Glow Art.
During the day, he attended classes. After class, aside from seeking Su Wen's guidance, he spent his time in the Arena, improving his combat experience and his control over his cultivation arts.
Once he returned, he repeated the cycle.
His days were full and regular.
Before cultivating the Taiyi True Explanation at night, Li Yu had four hours of rest built into his schedule. Originally, he had used that time to browse the Galaxy Platform and open his eyes to the outside world. Now, he devoted it all to comprehending Taiqing Sword Intent.
The experience Su Wen had personally guided him through in the Arena surfaced in Li Yu's mind. The memory of death, which had begun to fade, grew vivid once more.
Amid that clarity, he discovered that his understanding of what Su Wen had taught him was also deepening.
No wonder they say experiences between life and death carve themselves into your bones and heart.
Understanding dawned on Li Yu. His thirst for improvement drove him to deliberately recall his recent death.
The previously recorded lesson played continuously on his tablet's screen. As Li Yu pondered it, he compared his own attempts against the recording.
Su Wen had used the Heaven and Earth Six Directions Sword Formation to integrate the Taiqing Mystic Sect’s Formless Sword Qi, then refined Taiqing Sword Intent and incorporated it into the framework of Thousand Mechanisms Evolution. If Li Yu wanted to follow his path, he would first have to comprehend the Sword Formation, which was a little difficult for him.
Thus, Su Wen had tailored a method to Li Yu's particular circumstances: use Yi Light Condensing Edge, the only sword-related technique in the Taiyi True Explanation, to actively integrate Taiqing Sword Intent.
Once Taiqing Sword Intent was refined, he could use it as a core to incorporate the supreme sword art, the Taiqing Mystic Sect’s Formless Sword Qi, into the framework of the Taiyi True Explanation as well.
The question now was how to integrate Yi Light Condensing Edge with Taiqing Sword Intent.
That was something Li Yu would have to explore and attempt for himself.
Since he had only one life in reality, he was extremely cautious. When he felt that the integration of Taiqing Sword Intent and his Yi Light Condensing Edge could go no further, he stopped immediately, planning to ask Su Wen about it during class the next day.
With some time freed up, Li Yu picked up his tablet and opened the Galaxy Platform.
First, he checked his account dashboard. He found that his previously uploaded video had passed review, and its view count was indeed much higher than before. One generous viewer had even tipped him one star coin.
Alongside his delight, Li Yu felt a little disappointed. He had imagined a single video going viral and bringing him a million followers, since so few people pursued this niche.
Still, at least he had made a good start. If he kept making more, perhaps his account would take off.
Next, as usual, Li Yu checked whether any of the streamers he followed were live. If they were, he would click in, add a little watch time for them, and give them a few free likes.
Only Xue Feng's avatar was lit up. After entering his stream, Li Yu discovered that he had actually started selling products today.
Li Yu was already familiar with this aspect of the Galaxy Platform. He was no longer as shocked as when he had first seen the Starry Sky Sword Dao Sect selling swords directly from the manufacturer.
But Xue Feng was only a small streamer, after all. Even with the followers he had accumulated over time, his sales conversion rate was dismal.
Seeing Li Yu enter the stream, Xue Feng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked this familiar longtime follower to support him.
"Brother, help me out. What I've listed today is carefully selected purple jade polished rice. It's a special spirit rice grown on Planet Ziran, born bathed in Great Sun Purple Qi, and it's perfectly suited to the Purple Glow Art."
"Once it's steamed, eating a bowl stores purple qi in your body equivalent to one morning or evening session of the Purple Glow Art. It can help you condense more heart's blood in the shortest possible time."
"And since it's nourishment through food, it can use the mysteries of the human body to carry nutrients through all your meridians. It's ideal for someone like you who's only just getting started..."
Li Yu had been about to leave the stream, but after hearing Xue Feng's pitch, he could not resist clicking the product link. He discovered that a bag containing ten jin of purple jade polished rice cost only 1.9 star coins. It really was being sold at cost.
He just did not know what the quality was like.
While hesitating, Li Yu suddenly thought of something and clicked to place an order. A moment later, a notification appeared on the screen:
[Sorry, delivery is unavailable in your region. Order canceled.]
The star coins Li Yu had paid for the order were immediately returned to his account through the original payment method.
Li
Yu copied the notification and posted it in the comments. After seeing it, Xue Feng sighed repeatedly, but still thanked him for being willing to place an order to support him.
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