Chapter 54
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Chapter 54: Improved Secret Technique
With a few secret trading channels with landowners, Yun Ye finally obtained the foundation for takeoff. For most of the month, he indulged in Spirit-level superior food.
His cultivation progressed at an astonishing speed, leaving even the noble families’ prodigies in awe.
Yang Shu and Shuzhu consumed Spirit-level superior food all day long. Even with their bodies holding them back, they quickly broke through within a month, stepping into the Major Achievement realm, aiming for perfection.
Then a question arose…
Without the awakening technique, how could they awaken their Spiritual Roots?
When Yun Ye realized this problem, he understood just how malicious it was that the Academy did not allow the awakening technique to be shared!
The government essentially cut off the common people’s inheritance; they must attend the Academy to awaken their Spiritual Roots?!
“It’s a shame the government probably never considered that someone could feast on Spirit-level superior food! Major Achievement? Ha! Perfection will be no problem, and the Spiritual Roots will naturally revive without the awakening technique!”
Yun Ye found the simplest way to solve the issue, not needing to trade with the noble families.
By doing this, he avoided enormous costs and could numb the noble families, showing they had no ability to cultivate Spiritual Roots revivalists; they weren’t even typical Spiritual Law families, let alone noble families!
What threat did they pose?
Of course, even so, the Yang Family procured materials through secret deals, just to be cautious.
Some supplies from outside the town were delivered to a small manor outside; there was no need to draw attention in Baishi Town.
However, this operation cost money like flowing water. If high-grade materials were used, the Yang Family’s resources simply couldn’t hold up.
A portion of Blood Ox Meat cost twenty dark copper, significantly more than ordinary food, which was just one dark copper per portion—far too expensive.
To save some money, Yun Ye specifically studied a process to create ordinary food.
The first step allowed him to compress one hundred portions of raw materials into ten portions while maintaining 80% of the effect.
In the second step, Yun Ye added various herbs and transformed the raw materials into a liquid using a method similar to brewing.
This second step could reduce the quantity by another 70%, while the effect dramatically increased.
Finally, Yun Ye turned the medicinal liquid into superior food, which melted in the mouth, requiring less than 10% of the digestion effort compared to ordinary superior food.
In simpler terms, ordinary food cannot absorb much nutrition due to the body’s digestion speed limits.
Yun Ye completed the digestion process externally and then input it into his body, significantly enhancing the digestion efficiency.
With this method, they could produce a portion of Spirit-level superior food for just one hundred to one hundred thirty copper, compared to the two thousand dark copper for Blood Ox Meat—saving a full ninety percent.
The Yang Family struggled to cover the daily expenses exceeding one thousand dark copper, barely managing.
By the end of the month, thanks to the superior food, Yang Shu and his wife were only one step away from awakening their Spiritual Roots.
Especially for Yang Shu, with a C-grade physique and aided by the Imagining Method, he had already traveled nearly 20% of the journey.
Yun Ye felt that Yang Shu might be able to step into the perfection of Qi Cultivation Technique even faster than he could.
Once Yang Shu mastered Spiritual Law, he would possess a certain level of self-defense, so he wouldn’t be in life-threatening danger from an ordinary bandit.
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Sitting cross-legged in the room, Yun Ye tried once again to awaken his Spirit Sense.
Boom!
Yun Ye felt as if his brain had been struck hard; he was disoriented, and his head throbbed painfully, but he was already used to it. “Failed again. As expected, without perfect Qi Cultivation Technique, the chance of awakening is too low!”
Eight months had passed this year, and Yun Ye had practiced the awakening technique for about six months.
To be honest, no ordinary person would be as bored as he was.
Though the awakening technique had a significant effect on awakening Spiritual Roots, it could only be used once, and mastering it no matter how well was meaningless.
Meanwhile, the effects of awakening Spirit Sense and Spirituality were generally too weak; even mastering it perfectly wouldn’t increase the chances by much. Hardly anyone would be bored enough to forcibly master the awakening technique.
The logistics department’s herbal medicine makers probably found it amusing, as there were very few like Yun Ye who persisted in doing something so futile, making him a little source of entertainment.
“Ha, I’ve mastered the awakening technique to Minor Achievement, and I’ve also figured out why the Academy’s guiding teachers can easily instruct students to modify their Qi Cultivation actions.”
“Next, I will improve the Qi Cultivation Technique and take another step forward on the path of secret transmission!”
Yun Ye got up, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and slowly entered a state close to introspection.
After awakening the Spiritual Roots, the first step was to sense the spirit energy, which would allow for manipulation.
Spirit energy was similar to life energy.
Only, spirit energy belonged to the five elements, while life energy was of the solar nature.
In other words, a revival of Spiritual Roots could fully sense the solar spiritual nature within others.
With a bit of training over a few months, one could sense it in a focused state.
The more skilled one became, the clearer the perception.
Academy teachers were revival of Spiritual Roots, allowing them to sense students’ life energy, making their guidance smooth and effortless.
Yun Ye executed a Qi Cultivation Technique, closely observing the changes in his solar spiritual nature.
What was once unclear and vague for his body’s changes became a hundred times clearer at that moment!
The solar spiritual nature pointed directly to the essence of the body!
Its changes embodied the essence of the Qi Cultivation Technique!
“When practicing Qi Cultivation Technique, certain meridians light up; they gather the surrounding solar spiritual nature!”
“Now I see! The theoretical optimal solution should be dynamic. Wherever there is solar spiritual nature, that is where I should focus my activity to collect it.”
“But ordinary people can’t do this; they can only focus on areas of their own solar spiritual nature and not continually update.”
Having grasped the secret, Yun Ye began to move, exploring how to illuminate the various meridians.
Under the guidance of Spiritual Roots perception, Yun Ye finally experienced the treatment of children from noble families.
Having a “teacher” guide him versus not having one truly made a world of difference!
Although using the teacher as a medium didn’t allow for dynamic updates, monthly updates or even weekly updates were entirely possible!
If he updated once a month, without any changes in other conditions, his cultivation speed could increase by 30%!
If he updated weekly, that increase could rise to 50%!
And if he updated daily!
The increase would be over 100%!
It was astonishing!
Yun Ye realized that the geniuses who stood out from the Spiritual Law team and forced their way into the Black Armored Army must have comprehended this property of the Qi Cultivation Technique, enabling them to defy fate!
“How many secrets do noble families hold?”
Yun Ye broke out in a cold sweat.
This was just a small Qi Cultivation Technique, and it was already so intricate.
What about Spiritual Law?
Did it truly only involve spirituality?
Yun Ye encountered a common dilemma faced by scholars: the more one understands the world, the more one realizes their own ignorance!
“Buzz, buzz, buzz!”
The identity token vibrated.
Yun Ye picked it up in surprise, his pupils contracting.
“Chaos-level mission summoned! All Black Armored Army members in Hongshan must immediately gather at the military camp!”
“Violators will be executed!”
The military camp was the place where core government members practiced for an extended time, and it also served as the headquarters of the Hongshan military camp.
However, unless something significant occurred, the government typically would not summon the Black Armored Army to gather at the headquarters.
A chaos-level mission represented an inevitable encounter with chaotic demonic incidents!
Moreover, this time the Black Armored Army had been summoned, suggesting the scale would not be small!
