Chapter 5
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Chapter 5: Few Imitators
The analysis and conclusions of the experts left the public feeling intimidated, discouraging them from attempting to imitate Yi Chen’s actions.
Only a few brave individuals studied the video of Yi Chen creating the Chaos Technique, attempting to sense the existence of the Qi Sea and spirit energy.
Some gave up after spending one or two hours without feeling any presence of the Qi Sea or spirit energy.
Others took over ten hours before sensing the Qi Sea and spirit energy but also chose to give up.
This confirmed the experts’ analysis: it was difficult to learn!
And after the difficulty, there was also no promising future and potential danger.
Naturally, the wise people opted to abandon their efforts.
Only a handful managed to sense the Qi Sea and spirit energy within two hours; some chose to give up while others decided to continue researching the Chaos Technique.
Jiang He was one of those who chose to continue.
He successfully sensed the existence of the Qi Sea in just one hour and ten minutes, only ten minutes longer than Yi Chen did.
This meant his talent was not much less than that of Yi Chen, the founder.
Regarding the experts’ concerns about no future and potential danger, he also took them into account.
Even with no future, if Yi Chen could elevate his physical condition by twenty percent in a month, it was still a solid benefit.
Even if his physical condition were twice as strong as Yi Chen’s and he couldn’t achieve a twenty percent improvement, he could still expect a ten percent increase.
As for the danger, he decided not to worry too much.
He was a basketball player, one who couldn’t even get a spot on the bench for a weak team in a C-league.
In today’s sports events, athletes are classified into those who use gene drugs and those who do not.
This means, athletes who have taken gene drugs and those who haven’t are divided into two types.
The former are more popular, making any sports event exhilarating.
The latter still have a fair number of audiences and belong to traditional categories.
Jiang He was one of the basketball players who had not used gene drugs. His contract expired this year, and the team had clearly informed him they would not renew him during the off-season.
This also meant if he did not perform well this season, he would face a situation with no games to play.
If he could boost his physical condition by ten percent, it would greatly help him.
Becoming a basketball star was his dream, and he was willing to bear the unpredictable dangers that the experts had predicted.
Jiang He possessed one of the strongest cultivation talents among humanity, only taking a few more minutes than Yi Chen.
Without a doubt, Jiang He’s talent for cultivation was also among the very top of the human pyramid.
Although the mantras of the Chaos Technique were complex and difficult to understand, he gradually grasped and comprehended them through exploration, relying on his powerful talent.
In less than half a day, Jiang He learned to control the trace of spirit power in the Qi Sea, practicing according to the methods of the Chaos Technique.
…
Four or five days passed in the blink of an eye.
Although there were not many imitators, the number of viewers in the Tenth Livestream Room surged to an average of twenty to thirty million.
This was largely because Yi Chen had been practicing for a long time and had not left the cave.
Everyone wanted to know when the predicted limit for physical improvement would be reached and when the risks would appear.
In the cave, Yi Chen’s body trembled slightly.
Qi Condensation First Stage!
After about half a month, he successfully advanced four small realms to reach the Qi Condensation Fifth Stage.
In the Qi Sea, his spirit power had grown at least several times compared to when he was at the Qi Condensation First Stage.
Thanks to the nourishment from the overflowing spirit energy, his physical condition improved by about ten percent compared to the Qi Condensation Third Stage.
In total, over the past half month, his physical condition had not only stayed the same but had increased by thirty percent.
To the audience, this was astonishing.
Being in a state of starvation, without exercise, and without any equipment, to increase physical condition by thirty percent in half a month—even if it had reached its limit and might soon result in side effects—was truly miraculous.
But no one knew that Yi Chen hadn’t cared about improving his physical condition at all.
In these past two weeks, his real achievement was breaking through from the Qi Condensation First Stage to the Qi Condensation Fifth Stage.
Both the purity of his spirit power and its abundance had greatly improved.
The enhancement of physical condition was merely a side benefit of his cultivation.
This side benefit was insignificant compared to the true benefits.
If Yi Chen truly wanted to enhance his physical condition, he wouldn’t need to study or create a set of techniques to strengthen his body.
He could simply refrain from advancing his realm and fully guide the external spirit energy to nourish his body; with his currently weak physique, doubling his improvement in two or three days wouldn’t be difficult at all.
He didn’t do this because the benefits from advancing his realm were greater.
He got up and moved his bones.
Yi Chen turned to look at the wild fruits in the corner.
There were seven left.
He picked one up and ate it in two bites.
He left the other six untouched.
Although he planned to go out, it was not to gather wild fruits.
Instead, he was going to collect a type of fruit called thorny fruit.
According to his previous memories, the thorny fruit was about ten centimeters long, flat and slender, with one end extremely sharp. Though it was less than half a centimeter thick, it was as hard as steel.
It could easily be used as a dart.
At the Qi Condensation Fifth Stage, Yi Chen felt he had some self-defense capability against powerful fierce beasts, as long as luck wasn’t too bad.
However, this required an offensive type of technique.
While infusing spirit power into his arms could greatly increase his strength, using spirit power in this way would undoubtedly be wasteful.
Having a high realm without an offensive technique was like having a massive supply of bullets and cannonballs without any guns or artillery; he could only throw the bullets and cannonballs at people.
He could not fully utilize their intended effects.
Without any weapons, he planned to collect a batch of thorny fruits and then create an offensive technique.
Moreover, with his current realm, attacking from a distance would be safer than fighting up close.
In case of an emergency, he could escape in advance.
After a month and a half, Yi Chen finally stepped out of the damp, dark cave.
…
“He’s out! He finally came out.”
“He really doesn’t play by the rules. He was so frugal before, refusing to leave the cave. Now he still has six wild fruits left, which could last him more than half a month at his previous rate of consumption, and suddenly he goes out.”
“Could it be that he has reached his limit for physical improvement, and continuing to cultivate would be a waste of time, so he decided to go out?”
“Very likely!”
“If that’s the case, I’m glad I believed the experts’ conclusions and didn’t try to imitate his cultivation method. Otherwise, even though a thirty percent increase in physical condition is pretty good, there’s a huge risk, and it wouldn’t be worth it.”
“I hope he doesn’t encounter danger out there; after all, we haven’t yet verified if there are any side effects.”
“Even if he has reached his limit and can no longer improve his physical condition, if there are no side effects, it’s still quite impressive.”
Watching Yi Chen suddenly leave the cave after a month and a half, the viewers in the live room felt anxious.
They all opened their maps to check the distribution of fierce beasts nearby.
The results were reassuring.
Along the route for gathering wild fruits, there were no signs of fierce beasts.
