At midnight, a full moon hung high in the sky.
As the tide rises and falls, endless waves crash against the beach, in a never-ending cycle.
At this moment, Li Xingkong was not studying in the dream, but was sitting quietly on the beach by himself.
It wasn't that he was bored at night and wanted to invite someone out to admire the moon with Huaimin, who was also awake; rather, it was because the practice of the Moonlight Qi Refining Method was more suitable at night.
This Qi Refining Method mainly emphasizes the use of gravity. The most direct gravitational source that humans can come into contact with is Earth Star. However, since we live on Earth Star, Earth Star's gravity is too stable for us.
It's so stable that it's difficult to find any changes in it.
Without change, it's difficult to observe, just like with frogs in a field. Only moving insects can be seen; motionless insects go unnoticed.
Therefore, excluding Earth Star, the nearest gravitational source is the Moon.
The most direct manifestation of the moon's gravity is the tides; the rise and fall of the tides and the surging of waves are all closely related to the moon.
Sitting here by the sea late at night, I wanted to feel the gravitational pull from the moon more directly, holding my breath and sensing its subtle effects on me.
Does the human body have the ability to sense gravity? Theoretically, no, because gravity has never had any direct impact on the lives of humans or any other living organisms throughout history.
Or rather, this influence has never ceased since the dawn of humanity, and people have long regarded it as a natural law that has existed since ancient times.
Although humans do not have organs to perceive gravity, they can perceive the forces acting on them.
If someone pushes you, you will feel the force acting on your body, and you can also feel the direction from which the force comes.
When a breeze blows across your body, you can feel its presence.
This is how a person perceives the forces exerted on them by the outside world.
After cultivating, Li Xingkong's perception of the outside world became much more acute than that of ordinary people.
Especially when one's mind is completely emptied and one has entered a meditative state, one can sense the gaze of anyone, even without physical contact, let alone a gentle breeze.
Light is also a wave, and where there is a wave, there is energy. In this meditative state, Li Xingkong can also capture the faint energy generated by his gaze.
Here on the beach, what he had to do was use his body's extremely keen senses to capture the sensation brought about by that slight gravitational fluctuation.
In fact, if he were to cultivate according to the Qi Refining Method, he wouldn't need to do this at all.
The Qi Refining Method contains a ready-made structure of magical Magic Power. As long as one draws it according to the method, this gravitational force can be naturally utilized, and one can directly enter the Moonlight Qi Refining Method.
However, what Li Xingkong wanted was not to blindly follow in the footsteps of his predecessors and engage in cultivation.
With systematic assistance and a wealth of knowledge as his foundation, he prefers to start from the principles of the Gravity Qi Refining Method, just like the first predecessor who perceived and began to utilize gravity, and to approach it from scratch.
Although such training will certainly not be fast, whatever he learns, he truly masters it completely.
At first, his meditation was no different from his usual practice. Since he had no Divine Sense, his spiritual power could not be projected outward and could only wander within his own body and Spiritual Qi.
For Li Xingkong, who cultivates Heavenly Capital, these two places hold no secrets. He has searched them inside and out countless times, and even in a different environment, nothing has changed.
At this moment, the system suggested that he forget about Spiritual Qi Mana Circuit he had already built, and just think of himself as an ordinary person who had never cultivated before, and think about what ordinary people think when they meditate.
To be honest, ever since he gained Spiritual Qi and the ability to introspect, Li Xingkong has almost forgotten what meditation was like without Spiritual Qi.
Once he enters a meditative state, his consciousness naturally begins to introspect, attaching itself to and moving with the Spiritual Qi.
Now, it's rather difficult for him to try to forget his Spiritual Qi and return to his original state.
Fortunately, after many attempts, he finally found the feeling.
Sitting cross-legged in meditation, once his consciousness was no longer attached to the Spiritual Qi, it scattered to various parts of his body's skin. With each deep breath, he gradually became able to feel the opening and closing of his pores and the subtle sensations of air flowing in and out of his body.
After meditating for a while, as the waves rose and fell, Li Xingkong felt as if his brain suddenly jolted.
It was as if something had been opened; although he was still sitting still, he could clearly sense that he was moving.
Or rather, the Earth Star beneath their feet began to move.
Earth Star is constantly rotating, but people living on Earth Star cannot perceive it.
But at this moment, Li Xingkong suddenly felt the rotation of Earth Star. His perception seemed to have passed through Earth Star and entered the universe. His reference point had become the stars in the universe. Under this reference point, he could clearly perceive the rotation of Earth Star.
As he sensed Earth Star's rotation, he also detected another force. With Earth Star's rotation and the change in the Moon's relative position, Li Xingkong felt a slight pulling force.
This force came from the sky, as if it were guiding him to ascend to heaven.
Upon closer examination, the source of this power is none other than the moon.
This is the moon's gravity.
Before even formally beginning his cultivation of the Moonlight Qi Refining Method, Li Xingkong sensed the existence of gravity on his own.
This step isn't difficult in itself; it simply requires a strong sense of self and awareness of the surrounding environment.
But while it may seem simple, it's definitely not a simple matter at all.
If he didn't have a solid theoretical foundation and a mastered Qi Refining Method as his basis, it would be absolutely impossible for him to succeed in his observation as an ordinary person.
Once you've grasped that initial attraction, subsequent perception becomes much easier; with the initial success, a great deal of effort is saved when trying to understand it later.
After understanding gravity, the next step is to observe how gravity causes tides to rise and fall.
The moon's gravity has such a small effect on humans that it's imperceptible.
However, from a tidal perspective, it can generate a great deal of energy, enough to move the entire ocean of Earth Star —what immense power that is!
After watching the sea for a long time, Li Xingkong gained a general understanding of how gravity works on the ocean.
In his view, this process was like kneading dough.
The ocean is like a handful of flour, and gravity is like the hands kneading the dough.
The strength of gravity affects the force exerted on the ocean, and as the force changes, the surface of the seawater ripples, creating tides.
This intuitive way of experiencing gravity allowed him to see this force more clearly.
Before this, he thought gravity was mysterious and incredibly magical.
But after observing and understanding it, he realized that this thing was nothing special; although it appeared mysterious, in the end, it was just a kind of force.