Top-Tier Meditation Method

"Yes, yes, yes—Lady Black Tower, peerless beneath heaven; Lady Black Tower, brilliant beyond measure; Lady Black Tower, so beautiful she puts fish to shame and makes geese fall." Lu Jingming raised his hands helplessly in surrender and launched into a string of praises.

The Great Black Tower nodded in satisfaction, a smug smile appearing on her face. "Not bad at flattering people. Then praise me some more. With my wisdom and beauty, no amount of praise could ever be excessive. If you put a little more feeling into it, it would be perfect."

The corner of Lu Jingming's mouth twitched. He should have expected that, given how narcissistic The Great Black Tower was, a few compliments would not make her feel embarrassed in the slightest.

In The Great Black Tower's heart, her excellence was far beyond what anyone's words could fully describe.

Lu Jingming walked to The Great Black Tower's side and looked at the Soul Guiding Crystal floating in midair. Somewhat helplessly, he said, "You're still researching your Simulated Universe! Don't forget, we're in a place that doesn't have enough resources for you to squander freely. There aren't any like-minded companions here to delve into research with you, either, much less some rich lady who can casually buy a Star Destroyer Ship with pocket money and fund you!"

The Great Black Tower lightly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and replied calmly, "Of course I know. Even if my intelligence is unparalleled in the universe, without sufficient resources, everything would be like duckweed without roots. But how could a true powerhouse ever be constrained by their environment?"

"All right, then I'll look forward to your research results. I won't disturb you any further. I mainly came to sincerely thank you. I have to admit, your beauty and intelligence truly are unmatched. Without your help, there was no way I could have gained such powerful Martial Souls out of thin air."

Lu Jingming shrugged. He knew The Great Black Tower was arrogant by nature. She had always focused only on things that interested her and only devoted herself to people and matters she cared about. It was difficult for anything else to catch her attention.

And at this stage, the person The Great Black Tower found most interesting was undoubtedly Lu Jingming.

After all, the True Authority within Lu Jingming that could turn illusion into reality held endless appeal for her.

Watching Lu Jingming's retreating figure gradually fade into the distance, The Great Black Tower's gaze slowly deepened, as though she had fallen into thought.

She murmured, "I think I understand a little now. Why exactly did Nihility come into being, and what is the truth that Elation saw..."

She gently shook her head, trying to dispel those tangled thoughts, then turned her gaze back to the Soul Guiding Crystal.

At that moment, strings of mysterious numbers within the Soul Guiding Crystal continuously combined, separated, and changed in unpredictable ways.

They seemed alive, creating a brand-new world filled with limitless possibilities.

In a rather modern-style bedroom, soft Soul Guiding Light fell across Lu Jingming's cross-legged figure.

At that moment, he slowly opened his eyes, ending this session of Meditation Method cultivation. He lightly shook his head, a trace of helplessness appearing on his face.

Since he had yet to obtain his first Soul Ring, his Soul Power Level remained confined to its current stage, unable to break through.

This was an established underlying rule of the Douluo Continent, one that was truly difficult to change with his current abilities.

Although his Soul Power had indeed improved during cultivation, the pace was extremely slow. After all, the efficiency of absorbing and refining Soul Power before and after a breakthrough was vastly different.

Under the same talent conditions, the higher one's Soul Power Level, the greater the efficiency of absorbing and refining Soul Power.

Even though Lu Jingming cultivated the top-tier Meditation Method created by Jing Liu, the situation had not changed much.

Jing Liu possessed more than a thousand years of experience and knowledge. Soon after coming into contact with the cultivation methods of Soul Masters, she had used her profound foundation and experience to overhaul the advanced Meditation Method originally inherited by the Lu Family.

After meticulous improvements, the Meditation Method had been completely transformed, becoming a cultivation technique considered top-tier throughout the entire Douluo Continent.

On the Douluo Continent, cultivation methods were relatively limited. Most people relied on Meditation Methods to improve their spiritual power and Soul Power, while methods with other special effects were rare.

That was precisely why a certain God King's Mysterious Heaven Skill, passed down through countless tens of thousands of years, had still not been eliminated.

The Meditation Method Jing Liu had tailored for Lu Jingming combined the strengths of Xianzhou Cultivation Methods with those of traditional Douluo Continent Meditation Methods.

Not only could it improve spiritual power and Soul Power, but more uniquely, it could also temper the body and enhance physical strength.

This was tremendously significant for Soul Masters. After all, before absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, the age of the Soul Rings a Soul Master could endure and absorb depended to a great extent on their physical constitution.

For this reason, Lu Jingming gave this Meditation Method a rather meaningful name—"From Novice to Standing Above the Heavens."

Three days had already passed since Lu Jingming awakened the Twin Martial Souls, Black Abyss White Flower.

During those three days, he had not hurried to hunt his first Soul Ring. Instead, he chose to calm himself and thoroughly familiarize himself with the Soul Power surging within him and his newly awakened Martial Souls.

Before awakening their Martial Souls, humans of the Douluo Continent could not freely control the Soul Power in their bodies, and Lu Jingming was naturally no exception.

In his previous life, he had merely been an ordinary mortal. Though in this life he had learned some basic swordsmanship from Jing Liu, he still found this mysterious supernatural energy deeply unfamiliar.

Thus, he used these precious three days to carefully sense and master all the power he currently possessed, making thorough preparations for his upcoming journey to absorb his first Soul Ring.

Saint Freya Academy was a newly established academy in Haiyuan City over the past two years. Funded by the City Lord's Manor, it was built in the eastern district of Haiyuan City, where Chang Li had specifically set aside a large area for its construction.

After the academy was completed, Jing Liu, the strongest person in Haiyuan City, became dean of the Martial Soul Department, while Lady Black Tower, who had only recently arrived in this world, took up the position of dean of the Soul Guidance Department.

Over the past two years or so, Saint Freya Academy had gradually recruited a group of students.

However, most of them were ordinary commoner children Chang Li had recruited from nearby villages. There were very few students from Soul Master families or noble backgrounds.

The main reason was that Saint Freya Academy had no reputation at all during its early days, making it difficult to attract students of distinguished backgrounds.

At present, Saint Freya Academy had fewer than a hundred students in total. The reason these few dozen students chose to join was that the City Lord's Manor not only helped them awaken their Martial Souls free of charge, but also promised to help them obtain Soul Rings.

Out of gratitude, they resolutely joined Saint Freya Academy. In truth, the academy's teaching staff was currently weak, with only a handful of people who could truly be called teachers.

The idea of establishing their own academy had originally come from Chang Li. After gaining a thorough understanding of the Douluo Continent's basic circumstances, Chang Li began carefully planning to build a loyal and reliable force for Lu Jingming.

Cultivating talent from among commoners would not only ensure that these people remained utterly loyal to Lu Jingming, but under the current circumstances, it was also one of the few viable ways for them to effectively establish a power base.