Visualization Method

Next, Xu Yang picked up the book Spirit Fusion Skill's Bonus to Cultivation. It recorded that if people who possessed a Spirit Fusion Skill cultivated together and allowed their Soul Power to pass through each other's bodies, their cultivation speed could be increased by ten percent. It also contained a large amount of recorded data.

The facts proved that this theory was feasible. Unfortunately, too few Martial Souls could form a Spirit Fusion Skill, and it also required the Spirit Masters to be of one mind. That made such cases even rarer.

"This can be done too, but cultivating a Spirit Fusion Skill is just too difficult!"

After tossing the book back to Qian Renxue, Xu Yang picked up the last book. Visualization Method did not contain visualization diagrams; it merely explained how to use visualization for meditation. It was only a theory, even just an idea proposed by a single Spirit Master.

It looked even less reliable than the previous book, How to Accelerate Cultivation.

Yet Xu Yang became engrossed in it, considering the possibility of this cultivation method.

"I've read that book. All I can say is that the idea is good, but putting it into practice is far too difficult!" Seeing Xu Yang reading the final book, Qian Renxue kindly reminded him.

"I know. I'm just taking a look."

Xu Yang replied without even raising his head. As a transmigrator, he knew that the Visualization Method was viable. In his previous life, similar concepts existed in Taoism, Buddhism, and even the West. He just did not know how this method compared to the Meditation Method in terms of cultivation speed.

"Whoosh!"

The Sun Martial Soul appeared instantly, floating before Xu Yang.

Following the theory in the book, Xu Yang continuously imagined the form displayed by the Sun Martial Soul in his mind, imagined its sensation, repeating and outlining it over and over.

Qian Renxue stared blankly at the golden sun before her, her heart filled with longing. She felt that this was what she had been missing.

The temperature in the private room steadily rose, but Qian Renxue did not care. At that moment, she was immersed in the changes in her Soul Power. She discovered that under the radiance of Xu Yang's Sun Martial Soul, her cultivation speed had actually increased, far surpassing the speed she achieved in a Mimicry Environment.

More than ten minutes passed in succession. Aside from feeling somewhat calmer inside, there were no other effects.

"No wonder it was merely a proposed theory and no one studied it afterward. With a mature meditation system already in place, who would bother racking their brains over this?"

Feeling slightly disappointed, Xu Yang withdrew from his visualization state and recalled his Martial Soul. He understood why no one had researched it, but after carefully savoring the sensation from before, he suddenly realized that while the Visualization Method was indeed inferior to the Meditation Method in increasing Soul Power—and perhaps did not increase Soul Power at all—it was far more effective at enhancing Spiritual Power.

Even if it was not yet as good as meditation, as the depth of visualization increased, its effects would improve. Its potential could be said to be immense.

"Well?! Disappointed?" Qian Renxue asked with a smile as she watched Xu Yang open his eyes.

"It's alright. It's useful, but not by much." Xu Yang calmed the somewhat chaotic emotions in his heart and let out a breath.

"Then, Senior Brother, I'll go see whether there are any books I need in the library. We can talk again later."

"I'll go with you."

Seeing that Xu Yang intended to head to the book section, Qian Renxue stood up as well.

Left with no choice, Xu Yang could only bring Qian Renxue along. The two walking together drew plenty of attention. It could not be helped—Xue Qinghe, whom Qian Renxue was impersonating, was a prince of the Heaven Dou Empire. There were not many people in the entire Heaven Dou Royal Academy who could walk alongside him.

Xu Yang ignored those people and headed into the book section, skimming through the shelves. From time to time, he took down a book that interested him. If it proved useless after a quick read, he put it back; if it was useful, he temporarily stored it in his Storage Soul Tool.

Most of them were introductions to Spirit Beasts. He even found a copy of Record of Exotic Beasts, which documented Primordial Exotic Species such as the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, Double Pupil Bird, and Godly Taotie Bull.

Before long, Xu Yang arrived at the section containing books on medicinal herbs and began searching. He did not even overlook the various travel journals, hoping only to find information about Immortal Herbs among them.

Two hours later!

Qian Renxue was getting a little impatient. This hateful fellow had actually stayed here for two hours, constantly flipping through books about medicinal herbs and completely ignoring him.

"Senior Brother, what exactly are you looking for?! Do you need Junior Brother's help?!"

"No."

Xu Yang refused without hesitation. What a joke—he could not expose the matter of the Immortal Herbs yet. If Qian Renxue uncovered anything, he might not get a single Immortal Herb from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Then take your time looking."

Qian Renxue was furious. Leaving behind those cold words, he stomped off indignantly. Unlike Xu Yang, he did not have so much free time. As a prince, he had plenty of matters to attend to. Before leaving, however, he instructed She Long to keep an eye on Xu Yang in secret and see what he was really doing.

After Qian Renxue left, Xu Yang did not idle around either. He continued reading books on medicinal herbs, hoping to find records of Immortal Herbs. Heaven did not disappoint the diligent; at last, on a dust-covered bookshelf, he found some records concerning Immortal Herbs.

They included several immortal-grade medicinal herbs that Xu Yang cared about most: the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, Cinnabar Lotus, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Snow Swan Kiss, Daffodil Jade Flesh Bone, Aromatic Silk Beauty, and others.

Taking these books into a room in the private chamber, Xu Yang began copying them down with a brush.

After copying the contents of the books, Xu Yang returned them to their original places. Then he tidied up and went to the cafeteria for a meal. In the afternoon, Xu Yang returned to the library and began searching for books that interested him.

Unfortunately, after searching for a while, he found nothing.

Glancing at the darkening sky outside, Xu Yang decided not to remain in the library any longer. He wanted to take a look at his dormitory. He had gone straight to class after enrolling today, then skipped class to read books, and had not even seen his dormitory yet.

The Heaven Slight Grade dormitory area.

Looking at the luxurious dormitory building before him, Xu Yang could only say that it was truly extravagant. It had only three floors, with just six rooms on each floor—three on the left and three on the right—and the space was enormous. Following the information posted on the wall, Xu Yang headed toward Room 103.

Using his key to open Room 103, he found a luxurious reception room, exquisite furniture, a study, dining room, bedroom, and bathroom—everything was there.

It was practically a luxurious apartment.

"How is this coming to school? This is clearly a vacation!"

In truth, Xu Yang had misunderstood. Not every dormitory at Heaven Dou Royal Academy was like this; there were relatively ordinary ones as well. However, even those ordinary dormitories were far better than those at other academies. He had been assigned this kind of dormitory because of his status, something he only learned later.

After taking a bath in his dormitory, Xu Yang went to the balcony, summoned his Martial Soul, split it into eight spheres, and began cultivating.

"According to the scientific theories from my previous life, the stars in the sky are all suns in the universe. Even moonlight is emitted after reflecting the sun's rays. There's no reason I shouldn't be able to absorb it!"

Of course, this was only an attempt. For the moment, no effect could be seen.