Having gained a basic understanding of the Foundation Establishment stage, Li Xingkong has made further progress on his cultivation path and now has a more specific goal for his next stage of cultivation.
However, all of this is a bit premature for him now, since he has just reached the Qi Refining Perfection and only has the ticket to the next stage of the assessment.
He'll need to put in a lot more effort to pass the system's assessment smoothly.
It's not that just any cultivator who has reached the Qi Refining Perfection can pass the system's test.
With his Qi Refining Perfection cultivation level, Li Xingkong still needs to prepare some related spells and supplies.
After chatting with the system about his experiences with Foundation Establishment for a while, Li Xingkong's discomfort completely dissipated, and he finally pushed open the door to his secluded cultivation room and stepped out.
Although he was constantly busy with cultivation tasks in the meditation room, he didn't feel bored. However, after not seeing the sun for many days, he felt a sense of relief when he stood in the sunlight again.
This was the first time he had left his training room since returning from space. He had been cultivating day and night for the past few days without ever stepping out of the room, and many people in the base did not even know that he had returned.
Now, Li Xingkong's cultivation has reached a bottleneck. At least until his preparations for the moon landing are complete, he no longer needs to devote himself to cultivation all day long as before.
After a long period of seclusion for spiritual practice, I'm finding it a little difficult to adjust to having so much free time.
This is similar to being a corporate slave who has worked for many years. After quitting, you can enjoy a leisurely life for the first few days, but after lying at home for ten days or half a month with nothing to do all day, you start to feel uneasy.
I keep feeling like I can't stay idle like this, I need to find something to do.
It's as if being idle is a waste of life.
This can be considered the influence of culture on people. In reality, people don't have any other pursuits in life; their only goal is simply to live each day well.
The excessive pursuit of fame and fortune is merely an added value to life, an additional pursuit brought about by culture.
Li Xingkong is currently in a state where he wants to take a break for a few days, but before that, he still needs to talk to the people at the base about what he needs to prepare.
Slowing down, Li Xingkong walked along the corridor he had traversed dozens of times within the base, like an ordinary person, towards Lou Zhiwu's office.
He hadn't been this slow in a long time. Ever since he improved his speed, he walked with a brisk pace, and although he had some control over his speed, it was still much faster than the average person.
The consequence of walking so fast was that he never really paid attention to the scenery around him.
He only visited the island once with Tang Cheng when they first arrived, and the visit was brief and could only be described as a cursory glance.
Since Li Xingkong arrived, the base on the island has undergone significant changes.
Because of the supply of Body Tempering Grass, the supply of materials here, which was originally once every two weeks, has now been adjusted to twice a week. In addition to Li Xingkong's Body Tempering Grass, this has also given this originally remote base more opportunities to communicate with the outside world.
After their material lives improved significantly, the soldiers in the base also began to seek fulfillment in their spiritual lives.
The biggest impact is that the interior of the base has been completely transformed. The decorations, which originally had a somewhat outdated feel, are now gradually taking on a new look.
This time, he slowed down and carefully looked at all the scenery he had passed through. Li Xingkong also felt the love that the base personnel had for the base.
Spiritual practice is necessary, and worldly desires should be avoided, but a worldly heart must not be lost.
Ultimately, spiritual practice is also about living a better life and living longer, as interacting with the world is essential.
When Li Xingkong arrived at Lou Zhiwu's office and pushed open the door, Lou Zhiwu was secretly amused as he looked at the news in his hand.
When Li Xingkong and came in, he immediately put away his phone, then put on a serious face, his hands and feet moving in a flustered manner, with a hint of embarrassment.
He only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was Li Xingkong who had come.
"You scared me."
Although he hadn't returned to his previous state, Lou Zhiwu stopped pretending and took out his phone.
"What are you looking at so happily?"
Li Xingkong closed the door and sat down on the sofa.
"What else could it be but your methods? The Skynet."
Lou Zhiwu sat down next to Li Xingkong and showed Li Xingkong the message on his phone.
Most of these messages are just people watching the show; some are saying that Emperor Guangwu is showing his power, while others are saying that those who do evil will not live long.
In short, everyone is making fun of the ship that was sunk by the meteorite, and netizens' creativity is truly remarkable. At this moment, memes and jokes related to the ship have spread all over the internet.
Some people felt that since the ship landed in China's waters, it belonged to China and would be retrieved sooner or later. Others said that Divine Land is a land of etiquette and that such things should be returned.
In short, it was very lively, with all sorts of people offering their opinions.
However, what is most obvious is that some hawkish supporters, who were constantly clamoring for war before this incident, saying that Divine Land would be no match for them for more than a few months, and boasting about the military strength of the Eagle Country, have fallen silent in the past few days.
On the contrary, military enthusiasts in Divine Land are showing increased fighting spirit and murderous intent, and they can hardly contain their desire to expand their territory.
The hawkish supporters who were originally clamoring for fighting and killing have now become peace advocates, and have begun to express a lot of anti-war sentiments, such as "Long live peace" and "peaceful development".
He had completely lost his previous arrogance.
"You really gave the Eagle Country a slap in the face this time. Let's see if they dare to come to the border of Divine Land again."
Lou Zhiwu's face lit up with excitement when he talked about this.
After all, since that incident, not only have there been no ships from the Eagle Country, but even the fishing boats that Heavenly Capital have stopped.
Forget about crossing the border, they're already running back when they're only 2 nautical miles from the border.
After all, the mastermind behind them had left. Without their master, how could the dog dare to bark?
"That's not all. The Eagle Country originally had an aircraft carrier fleet here, but now they're preparing to pull it back. It seems they're planning to completely abandon their presence here."
Lou Zhiwu's revelation was even more explosive.
The main reason is that they still don't know how Divine Land attacked them, and they can't figure out the underlying principles at all.
The way the ship was attacked was quite simple: it was sunk by stones.
But the question is, how does this stone work, and what gives it such great power? This is what the Eagle Country needs to consider.
After all, they are also countries involved in the matter. Even if netizens are unaware, don't they know?
This isn't some meteorite attack; it's clearly Divine Land showing off its strength to them.
You can't even understand the attack methods? And you still dare to keep your ship swaying around here?
If you lose one today, you can lose ten tomorrow, and a hundred the day after.
With a fleet at sea facing an attack of this magnitude, who wouldn't be afraid?
No matter how powerful an aircraft carrier is, it's still just a sea base and the landing gear for airplanes. It's only good for bullying small countries.
In a real war against the mainland, the land is much larger than an aircraft carrier, and the air support it can provide is far more than one or two aircraft carriers can handle.
Moreover, these attacks can now be attributed to meteorites, and Divine Land can't even be considered to have made a move.
Look, I've already sent your undamaged boat back. It doesn't look like I did anything to it.