Chapter 258 - 185: Xia Lan’s Shock, Cultivation Technique Perfected

Chapter 258: Chapter 185: Xia Lan’s Shock, Cultivation Technique Perfected

When they parted ways in the evening, Xia Lan was still immersed in the exhilarating teaching session, reluctant to see Yu Fei go.

"Fei, remember to come early tomorrow! I’ll teach you my exclusive technique for energizing super-powered bullets!"

After bidding farewell to Xia Lan, Yu Fei still felt a sense of joy. What guy could refuse such powerful weapons? After an afternoon of Xia Lan’s explanations and lessons, he had handled all sorts of common tier-one super-powered firearms, satisfying his craving.

At night, he chatted with Li Mengyao for a little while before heading to the fifth-floor training hall to cultivate the [Star Soul Forging Scripture].

He practiced this spiritual Secret Technique before bed, mainly because its side effect was an excellent sleep aid.

Under a sky full of stars, Jueke had the Geometric Pyramid Realm play the seventh audio track. Following the Cultivation Technique’s instructions, Yu Fei sat with the five centers facing heaven, meditating in silence.

Until he finished cultivating the first volume of the [Star Soul Forging Scripture], he would need the audio track’s assistance to enter a cultivation state. This was unavoidable.

After about half a month of cultivation, the time he could last in that fantastical sea of light had increased from three breaths to nine, which was about twenty seconds.

The seventh audio track was chaotic and disorderly, yet from within these jarring notes, Yu Fei found a special sensation, as if his spirit was being touched and pulled away.

Suddenly, he lost the shackles of his physical form and once again entered the brilliant and magnificent sea of light, where countless lights of different shapes and properties floated and swayed.

The smallest were like specks of dust, while the largest were like planets, obscuring his vision.

What stirred Yu Fei’s spirit the most was the boundless, endless river of seven-colored light above his head. He couldn’t even stare at it for too long, instinctively sensing the danger of sinking into it. If his mind were to be captivated, perhaps his real-world self would become a soulless corpse.

The moment Yu Fei’s form manifested, it instantly attracted countless points of light that swarmed toward him. Although each point of light looked faint, it carried an extremely pure elemental power. In the blink of an eye, he was submerged.

The reason Yu Fei found it hard to persevere was that the number of light particles rushing toward him doubled with each passing moment until his consciousness collapsed.

After these light particles entered his consciousness, the power they carried felt like a thousand tortures inflicted upon his body. When this power dissipated, Yu Fei felt an indescribably pure energy being absorbed by his soul, which then slowly grew stronger.

And through this tempering by various powers, his spirit also grew more resilient.

After finishing his cultivation, Yu Fei’s brow was tightly furrowed and his face was pale. He staggered to his feet and ordered Jueke to turn off the seventh Chapter.

The dome of the Geometric Pyramid Realm slowly closed. Yu Fei returned to the second-floor living area, his mind exhausted and his brain feeling like mush. He had only half-removed a sock before he dazedly collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.

Late at night, Yu Fei was once again plunged into a bizarre dream. He seemed to be fleeing, an invisible force behind him trying to restrain and capture him.

He didn’t know how long it lasted, but a sudden, violent explosion erupted with endless energy, and he lost consciousness. When he awoke, it was already 6 a.m. A faint glow was visible in the darkness on the horizon.

Yu Fei dared not delay. After hastily getting up and washing, he went to the training hall to stretch a bit. Then, at Liko’s reminder, he took out the [Shadow Wood Cold Toad Ointment] and applied it to his chest and abdomen.

The bone-deep chill instantly woke him completely. He shook his head, driving away the last vestiges of sleepiness.

Ever since he started cultivating the [Star Soul Forging Scripture], he hadn’t had a single good night’s sleep. Every night, his dreams were of wandering through the vast, boundless universe.

Next, Yu Fei quickly applied the [Golden Crow Radiance Dew]. Once the intense, burning discomfort subsided, he opened his eyes. Everything before him was radiating crimson particles.

Yu Fei calmed his mind and focused his Qi, beginning today’s cultivation of the [Pure Yang True Body].

He had been cultivating this Cultivation Technique for about a year, and now, its completion was just a day or two away.

As the great sun rose in the east and all life stirred, a three-legged Golden Crow of golden-red flame seemed to patrol the sky. Violet Qi from the east poured into Yu Fei’s head like a spring. He activated the technique’s formula, absorbing every last wisp into his body. Instantly, his Yang Fire flared, hot enough to melt gold and dissolve jade.

As the last wisp of violet Qi from the east was refined, a flicker of blue appeared in the dancing Yang Fire. Then, the tall flame suddenly collapsed, becoming a tiny, one-inch, brilliant blue flame.

Its presence was weak, but its quality was ten times greater than before.

The opening cultivation principle of the [Pure Yang True Body] states:

When the first Qi stirs, Yang Fire forges the form. With jade skin and golden bones, one returns to the original truth.

Previously, he had been at the "jade skin and golden bones" stage of major completion, characterized by flesh like jade and bones like diamond.

At least a third of his increased strength came from the bonus provided by the [Pure Yang True Body].

Now, he was about to reach the "return to the original truth" level of great completion, and he didn’t yet know what changes it would bring.

After mastering the [Pure Yang True Body], one could cultivate its advanced Cultivation Technique, the [Melt Gold Jade Body Skill], in the Inner Qi Realm.

And the advancement of his Yang Fire was the prerequisite for mastering the [Pure Yang True Body].

The advanced blue Yang Fire’s ability to refine Yang Qi was greater than ever. If one were to get close to Yu Fei now, they would feel that his surroundings were extremely cold. In contrast, Yu Fei’s own body surface temperature was around 100 degrees Celsius.

At a microscopic level within Yu Fei’s body, the jade-like properties of his skin and flesh were spreading to his internal organs, aided by the blue Yang Fire. Wisps of golden substance within his bones were seeping into the marrow. When this process was complete, he would achieve the great completion characteristic of "returning to the original truth."

Under the powerful tempering effect of the blue Yang Fire, Yu Fei’s efficiency in refining Yang Qi today was ten times greater than before. This time, he cultivated for a full four hours. Finally, at a certain moment, the internal and external became one, and a feeling of perfect, flawless completion welled up from his heart.

’It’s finally complete!’

The [Pure Yang True Body] technique was complete, returning to the original truth.

Yu Fei stood up, feeling the explosive power within him. He couldn’t resist picking up [Zhanming] and swinging it for a moment.

Only now did he truly possess the strength to control this sword. In his hands, Zhanming felt no different from an ordinary sword, but when he tried to use the [Electric Arm]’s triple speed, he felt his strength fall short.

Yu Fei constantly adjusted and eventually found that doubling his arm’s speed was a more reasonable limit.

In the training hall, the greatsword moved and turned as he willed. As he used [Zhanming] proficiently for the first time, he realized that as the sword cut through the air at high speed, it was completely silent, not even making a whoosh. This was an assassin’s weapon!

After familiarizing himself with it for a little while, Yu Fei quickly ate a meal, then took Zhanming, hailed a Flying Device, and headed for the Gui Zhen Dojo.

He had sent Ye Shuping a message about the cultivation problems he’d encountered recently, but the old headmaster had asked to meet at the Gui Zhen Dojo, which Yu Fei found truly baffling.

This time, he had applied for special clearance, allowing the Flying Device to go directly to Lake Heart Island. Otherwise, carrying a 5,000-kilogram greatsword, he would just sink into the lake; there would be no way to cross.

Yu Fei’s feelings about Ye Shuping were complicated. He had always relied on the perceptive feedback from [Dongyou] to gauge how he should act in social interactions. Even when facing Honglian, the Martial Saint, [Dongyou] still worked. But with Ye Shuping, [Dongyou] was useless; he couldn’t perceive any of the man’s emotions.

This made him instinctively resistant when interacting with Ye Shuping. The ability of [Dongyou] was like a cheat code, allowing him to see through all sorts of complex phenomena and perceive a person’s true inner inclinations.

Those with good intentions wouldn’t subjectively target him, while those with malice would most likely act against his interests in some way. This ability helped Yu Fei resolve the vast majority of his social difficulties.

But Ye Shuping’s emotions were as deep as the ocean. Peering through those gold-rimmed glasses, Yu Fei could see nothing at all.

’Although the man had been quite frank during our last meeting, using the story of the Great Ancestor as an example to tell me not to worry about my own uniqueness, the degree of control he had over every detail and emotion in his speech always left me feeling a little uncomfortable.’

’Upon meeting, he had jokingly maneuvered me into exposing myself, then invited me for a drink of [Ice Soul Condensing Eyebrow]... No, wait, *I* was the one who paid. He used the tea’s special effect to calm my emotional turmoil, pointed out the flaws in Yan Sea’s arrangements, analyzed my situation, and told me that Shenhan University was an absolutely safe place.’

’But as I recall all this now, every step had been inconspicuously arranged by him. I was completely passive, utterly manipulated. I really hate this kind of invisible control and guidance.’