Meditation Method

Meditation and exercise were both Li Fei's daily mandatory courses. His parents were both Soul Masters, and the Li Family was the wealthiest in all of Ze'an City. Their Meditation Method had even reached the advanced grade, an exceedingly rare level even across the continent.

"Still not working! I can clearly sense the existence of soul power, but I can't mobilize even a trace of it. What's the difference between meditation and the Mysterious Heaven Skill? Why can't soul power be cultivated before Spirit Awakening?!"

After meditating for two hours, Li Fei opened his eyes and moved his legs, which had gone numb from sitting too long. Thinking back on everything he had done for cultivation over the years, he could not help but find it amusing.

As early as when he was three, Li Fei had secretly slipped into Li Ming's study and found the Soul Masters' Meditation Method. He had wanted to begin cultivating before Spirit Awakening and strive to reach Innate Full Soul Power before awakening his spirit.

But three years had passed, and his soul power had not increased in the slightest, nor had it become any purer. Aside from being able to sense the existence of soul power more clearly and gaining some spiritual power, he had gained nothing at all.

That was precisely why Li Fei had trained his body so relentlessly. He hoped to nourish his soul power and spiritual power through his physical body, and he also wanted to absorb his First Spirit Ring beyond the limit.

Of course, Li Fei also placed great importance on meditation's ability to increase spiritual power, so he persisted with it. He was even more diligent and focused with it than he was with physical training.

He knew very clearly that spiritual power would be extremely important in the later stages of cultivation and was also the key to condensing a Soul Core.

Soul Cores were part of the soul power cultivation system that had developed on the Great Luo Continent ten thousand years later. A Soul Core could not directly increase a Soul Master's cultivation, but it could increase their soul power recovery speed and cultivation speed. It was also the key to becoming a Titled Douluo.

For the sake of cultivation, Li Fei had tried quite a few methods, but they had all been nothing more than wild ideas with no effect whatsoever. Even the visualization method he had anticipated most had ultimately failed.

He believed visualization was feasible; he simply had not found the right method. After all, he had only done some simple imagining, which perhaps did not fit the true method of visualization.

Perhaps he would find a way once his strength increased in the future.

What a pity I never looked at meridian diagrams in my previous life, nor did I learn about qigong or martial arts. If I had known something about them, perhaps I could have cultivated before Spirit Awakening like the Mysterious Heaven Skill!

But it doesn't matter anymore. Spirit Awakening is only a week away. Then I'll be able to cultivate!

Emerging from his memories, Li Fei sighed, lay down on his bed, and began looking forward to the Spirit Awakening a week later. Imagining himself dominating the Douluo Continent in the future, he gradually fell asleep.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo!"

A clear rooster's crow sounded outside the window. Having slept his fill, Li Fei opened his eyes, put on a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, and headed toward the dining hall.

Li Ming and Jiang Xin had yet to arrive, but the table was already piled high with food. A beautiful young woman who looked seventeen or eighteen, dressed in a white chef's uniform, stood respectfully to the side with her hands clasped before her.

The young woman's name was Shen Chenyan. She was eighteen this year, her spirit was Five Qi Ginseng, and she was an eighteenth-level Food-type Soul Master. Li Fei's father had hired her as a nutritionist to regulate the bodies of the Li brothers.

"Sister Shen, sit down and eat with us!"

"Alright, Young Master!"

Hearing Li Fei's words, Shen Chenyan did not stand on ceremony. She plopped down across from Li Fei, reached for the food on the table, and started eating.

Li Fei rolled his eyes helplessly.

Every morning, Shen Chenyan would stand there respectfully and insist on waiting until Li Fei called her before sitting down to eat.

Li Fei wolfed down his food. Every dish contained Five Qi Ginseng, which could nourish the body and strengthen the bones and muscles. It could be said that Five Qi Ginseng deserved much of the credit for Li Fei's current physique.

"Brother, sorry I'm late!"

At that moment, a little boy about Li Fei's age ran in. He wore a set of black clothes, and his small face was filled with determination. He was extremely polite toward Li Fei.

The boy's name was Li Fan. He was a child Li Ming had adopted. Li Fei had discovered him as an orphan in Ze'an City when Li Fei was five. At the time, Li Fei happened to want to test some ideas in his mind and find an experimental subject, so he had begged Li Ming to adopt him.

Now, Li Fan was just like Li Fei. His body was strong, and he could sense soul power through meditation. However, like Li Fei, he could only sense it and could not cultivate it. His strength was simply far inferior to Li Fei's.

"Sit! Why are you being so polite? You're my little brother now!"

"Got it, Brother!"

Li Fan nodded expressionlessly, sat beside Li Fei, and began eating.

Li Fei felt somewhat helpless. He truly treated Li Fan as a younger brother, but perhaps because Li Fan had been an orphan in Ze'an City for who knew how long, the boy was sensitive and meticulous. Ever since Li Ming adopted him, he had been extremely serious and painstaking in everything he did.

Li Ming and Jiang Xin also treated him very well, doting on him as if he were their own child. Yet Li Fan remained the same, which gave Li Ming and Jiang Xin quite a headache. In the end, with no better option, they could only hope that time would change the child.

Half an hour later!

"Sister Shen, I'll leave the cleanup to you. I'll take Xiao Fan to train!"

"Let's go, Xiao Fan!"

After greeting Shen Chenyan, Li Fei brought Li Fan to the training grounds. The two began by jogging to warm up, preparing for the high-intensity training to come.

"Xiao Fan, how has your condition been these past few days? Spirit Awakening is almost here. Don't let poor condition affect your awakening!"

"Mhm, it's been adjusted well."

Li Fan remained expressionless. After answering, he lowered his head and continued running beside Li Fei.

Li Fei immediately felt like he was going crazy. Why had he chosen such a younger brother to adopt in the first place? He was like a sealed gourd, barely speaking. Whatever Li Fei said, he simply did.

After finishing their warm-up run, Li Fei led Li Fan through training again. Because Li Fan had spent a year as an orphan, surviving by picking up trash in Ze'an City, his body had suffered considerable deficiencies. Even though he underwent the same training as Li Fei, his physical fitness was still far worse.

However, compared to children his age, both his mental will and physical strength far surpassed theirs. He was even comparable to the disciples of the Upper Three Sects.

All of this was the result of Li Fan's efforts. Sensitive by nature, he did not want to be abandoned again, so he strove for perfection in every training requirement Li Fei gave him. The first few times, he had completed them by gritting his teeth. Even when his body had reached its limit, he still persevered.

It was precisely because of this perseverance that Li Fei promoted Li Fan from the status of a tool to that of a younger brother who was also a tool. Of course, Li Fei had no intention of harming Li Fan. After more than a year together, the two had developed a good relationship. In particular, Li Fei could feel Li Fan's feelings toward him. Li Fan truly regarded him as family; he was simply not good at expressing it.