"By the way, how's everyone's cultivation progress these days?"
So much time has passed; surely others must have made progress in their cultivation as well.
Li Xingkong was naturally concerned about the group of people on the moon. They started their cultivation the earliest, so their progress should be quite fast by now.
"I was just about to tell you about this too. Little Cheng and the other members who started cultivating on the moon are basically still stuck in the Early Qi Refining Stage. Most of them are still figuring out how to construct their Mana Circuit, and only a few who are progressing faster have already started Body Tempering."
Clearly, as a pioneer of cultivation in Divine Land, Old Tang was very concerned about this first batch of cultivators.
"This progress... it still feels a bit slow."
Li Xingkong compared his own cultivation speed. He had only started Body Tempering this year. It would take several decades before he could achieve the Great Accomplishment of Qi Refining.
Although lifespan is sufficient for cultivators who have entered the Qi Refining, the time required for this cultivation is still far too long.
"Indeed, several members in the leadership phase have raised similar questions."
Old Tang nodded.
"Following the Body Tempering method you provided, using body Body Tempering Body Tempering Grass as the standard, the Body Tempering is so slow it's almost hopeless. So they've recently been looking for alternative methods."
Li Xingkong hadn't come up with any good ideas on how to increase cultivation speed, and he wanted to hear what new thoughts these people might have.
"Oh? Have you thought of any ways to increase cultivation speed?"
"If your current practice is about maintaining both quality and quantity, then their proposed solution is to lower the quality and increase the speed."
Old Tang briefly summarized their approach.
"Since the materials for the Body Tempering Grass are too complex, causing the Body Tempering to be slow, it would be better to settle for something simpler and choose some simpler materials for Body Tempering."
"Among the knowledge seeds you provided earlier, there was also a relatively complete theoretical document related to Bone Tempering. So after several attempts, they have now begun to choose different materials for Body Tempering."
"The difficulty of Body Tempering varies depending on the material used. The person who has made the most progress in Body Tempering has already completed the tempering of two bones, and the material he chose is a common type of aerogel. After completing the Body Tempering, he is much lighter, and combined with his Qi Refining Stage physique, he can even float in the air without relying on magic."
These people are quite decisive; most people wouldn't be able to make such a tough decision.
Humans are inherently driven to become stronger, and choosing the Body Tempering Body Tempering Grass is currently the optimal solution on Earth Star, the only problem being the time it takes.
For these first people to embark on cultivation, time was the most scarce resource. Therefore, after comparing various options, they resolutely chose a faster method of Body Tempering rather than a stronger one.
After all, in terms of Body Tempering strength, it affects combat ability, and the current world order on Earth Star is in a relatively stable state. There will be no major conflicts in the short term, or even in the next hundred years, especially for Divine Land.
Without the pressure of combat, there is naturally no need for extreme combat capabilities. Moreover, even if there are wars or conflicts, they are definitely not the first to go to the battlefield. After all, in addition to being cultivators, they are also top scientific researchers in Divine Land.
Every single one of them is a treasure of Divine Land, and we'd rather keep them hidden away forever. How could we send them to the battlefield?
This also means that they don't have high requirements for combat capabilities, and can instead choose materials that are more helpful to their experiments and research projects when selecting Body Tempering materials.
"However, while their cultivation might be faster in this way, it would also affect their lifespan, adaptability to the environment, and other aspects."
While replacing the Body Tempering materials with simpler ones does speed up cultivation, the overall performance of these materials is clearly inferior to that of Body Tempering Grass. Various materials may be strong in certain aspects, such as strength and hardness, but correspondingly, they will be much worse in other properties such as corrosion resistance.
While such materials can also lead to Qi Refining, the resulting Qi Refining will have significant drawbacks, unlike Li Xingkong, who can freely travel throughout the entire Earth Star.
The weaknesses of Qi Refining cultivators are quite significant and easy to counter. For example, using plants as the base material for Bone Tempering has the advantage of continuous vitality, allowing for limb regeneration during the Qi Refining stage. As long as there is a head, they can live. However, the problem is that plants are naturally afraid of high temperatures, and a fire could burn them to ashes.
It can only be said that each of these material selections has its own strengths.
"As pioneers, they did it all voluntarily. Being able to get ahead on the path of cultivation and pave the way for others is enough for them."
Old Tang sighed softly, then reached out and drew a simple tree shape on the table.
"As the guide in cultivation, the path you proposed is absolutely the most correct. This is the trunk of the tree; how tall and strong this tree of cultivation can grow now entirely depends on your exploration."
"But as a tree, having only a trunk is obviously not enough. A tree needs a trunk to survive, but also branches, leaves, flowers, and fruit. All of these are necessary for it to be considered a complete and mature tree."
"What they want to do is not to continue upwards along the main path you have already paved, because their cultivation speed is obviously not as fast as yours. If they continue to cultivate like this, they will only be chasing after you all the way, never able to catch up with you in their lifetime."
"So they simply chose to make these branches and leaves glow and generate heat, striving to continuously raise the upper limit of cultivation while also continuously expanding the width of the path of cultivation."
"So that future generations can leave this world more comfortably and with greater peace of mind."
Old Tang's words did indeed give Li Xingkong a different perspective. Before this, Li Xingkong's view on popularizing cultivation was that since the path he had taken was the most universal cultivation method chosen from among many cultivation civilizations, it would naturally be best to directly arrange this cultivation method for everyone in Divine Land to cultivate.
After that, everyone just needs to follow Li Xingkong's cultivation path and go upwards.
When he was thinking, he only considered that having this one path was enough, without thinking about how to make it wider.
After all, cultivation must be integrated into everyone's life; cultivation that only follows this one path is too narrow-minded.
Spring is when all flowers bloom. Besides what I am doing, what these people are doing is equally important for the cultivation of immortality for all.