Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 354 Mysterious Cultivation
"Journey to the West?"

Shoko and Mei were both stunned when they heard the name.

They were naturally familiar with this exceptionally famous ancient novel. This novel has been adapted into many movies in the real world, and they had previously discussed whether the East Sea team would experience a reincarnation world based on that novel.

After pondering for a long time, Xiangzi said, "It seems... if one can understand the correspondence between various place names, calamities, and each character in the body, one can indeed cultivate and refine one's Qi based on this novel."

She cultivated the Sixteen Contemplations of Pure Land Sutra to the sixth contemplation without divine initiation. During the cultivation process, she learned a great deal of related knowledge. After being reminded by Xu Feng, she extracted the key to cultivation from the novel.

"The eighty-one tribulations implicitly contain cultivation techniques related to essence, energy, spirit, mind, and skill."

“However…” Xiangzi frowned: “The cultivation of this Qi cultivation method is too difficult… If you don’t have enough basic knowledge, it’s very difficult to comprehend the method of Qi circulation from this novel.”

"As for practicing according to this method, it is even more difficult, and its upper limit seems to be lower than that of the 'Sixteen Contemplations Sutra of Pure Land'..."

In Xiangzi's view, even secret manuals are divided into different levels.

The manuals in the Main God Space are explained in great detail. Even if one's foundation is very poor, one can still understand them with the guidance of various inexpensive auxiliary tools. Of course, whether one can successfully cultivate them after understanding them is another matter. This is the best of the best manuals.

Although ordinary manuals may contain coded language, they can be understood as long as one has a basic understanding.

The entire Journey to the West is full of coded language and allusions... The difficulty of understanding it alone is far greater than the previous two. Moreover, even if one has a high enough foundation, one may not be able to be sure that the meaning of the coded language one guesses is correct. The creator of such a secret manual is naturally of a high level, but the manual itself is somewhat lacking.

"It may not be inferior."

Xu Feng smiled and shook his head: "Just like I said before, experience is the most important thing. The Qi cultivation method deciphered from the code words and symbols is the foundation. What you cultivate is essence, Qi and spirit, not the entirety of the cultivation methods described in this novel."

"And what affects the upper limit of cultivation is not only essence, energy and spirit, but also luck, merit... everything affects the cultivator; in fact, even I may not fully understand the cultivation methods hidden in this novel."

Xiangzi pondered: "Seeing a mountain as a mountain, seeing a mountain as not a mountain, seeing a mountain as a mountain again... three different perspectives?"

She knew that she and Xu Feng were worlds apart.

Therefore, there will be different perceptions.

She said quietly, "It seems that the newcomers can gain a lot from the path you created."

The gap between the other members of the East China Sea team and Xu Feng is widening. The newcomers at this stage are unlucky and it is almost impossible for them to become stronger than Captain Xu. Their only option is to honestly hand over their reward points. The newcomers are also lucky. A little help from a super strong person can give them extremely expensive enhancements.

If a newcomer can truly reap all the benefits from the path created by Xu Feng, their strength will definitely transform into something extremely powerful. Compared to the members of the Celestial Team in this team battle, they wouldn't be weak, only slightly weaker than Hector, who enhanced his S-class bloodline.

"Actually, it's not that easy. The main reason I created this path is to allow newcomers to get more reward points." Xu Feng shrugged.

The more reward points a new player receives, the more reward points they get.

"Not necessarily..."

Xiangzi's spiritual power swept over a newcomer in the mortal realm.

"That newcomer with the youthful face and huge breasts... gives me a very special feeling. She seems to be Zhao Zhuikong's sister. Could this newcomer be like Zhao Zhuikong? Did she unlock a high-level gene lock before entering the Main God Space?"

She sensed a very faint threat from the new bride.

That person seemed to possess even greater potential than Zhao Zhuikong.

Xu Feng smiled and said, "There's no need to invest too much energy in newcomers. Our own cultivation is the most important thing. The 'Flower Sea Mother' is almost in its nascent form. Xiangzi, now is the best time for you to reincarnate."

"Growing up amidst a sea of ​​vibrant red flowers, the moment of birth occurs when the flowers blanket the entire world. This is a unique experience with immense significance!"

"This round of 'flower sea mother' has not developed to a perfect state and is not strong in the process of gestation, but the potential of this first reincarnation should be far greater than that of the later ones gestated through the perfect mother."

Newcomers need to work hard to benefit from their 'experience'.

Xiangzi and the other person were much more relaxed; they could simply lie down.

"Is the experimental machine better than the mass-produced machine?" Xiangzi couldn't help but smile.

In the real world, mass-produced machines are often stronger than experimental machines, but in many anime, experimental machines can easily defeat mass-produced machines. She never expected that this situation would occur in the East Blue Team as well.

She hesitated before asking, "How much development can I achieve after this reincarnation?"

If she still turns into a child, then let the little witch enjoy this 'perk'.

Xu Feng smiled and said, "The flower sea needs twenty-eight days to grow, and those twenty-eight days will probably allow you to grow to the age of fourteen."

"Fourteen……"

Xiangzi bit her lip: "It's really a dilemma... Fortunately, we won a great victory in this team battle, and everyone will get enough reward points."

The mortal realm, the capital city.

Zhao Yingkong stared at the rag in her hand, stunned for a moment.

The close-fitting combat suit assigned to her by the veterans was very troubling. In that small room earlier, both the newcomers and the veterans had been looking at her inexplicably.

What's most infuriating is that the experienced person didn't tell her how to temporarily take off the clothes.

Now that she's in this city with an ancient Chinese background, the first thing she does is look for cloth and use it to tie up the obstructing organs.

To her surprise, this combat suit, which was supposed to be very form-fitting, was extremely rigid when subjected to external pressure. Even when the fabric was torn, it did not compress the suit at all... and the suit would tremble with muscle contractions when she moved.

"A bunch of seasoned perverts!" Zhao Yingkong gritted her teeth.

As a last resort.

She could only wrap a loose men's outfit over her bodysuit. Although it still couldn't hide the bulkiness and added extra resistance during exercise, it was still enough to make her less bothered and less conspicuous.

"However... why isn't Zhao Zhuikong among those veterans? The last place he appeared was in the real-world region corresponding to this team."

While inwardly criticizing those seasoned veterans, a question also arose in the girl's mind.

In her speculation, the missing Zhao Zhuikong should have entered the Main God Space; otherwise, the strength he displayed during his last appearance would be inexplicable.

at this time.

Five figures dressed in identical black combat uniforms walked into the fabric shop.

Three men and two women.

The leader, Miyata Kuraki, asked, "Miss Zhao, would you be interested in joining us on an adventure to those demon cities? Killing those demons will earn you reward points and side quests."

He learned from Zhao Yingkong's self-introduction that this woman was an assassin.

His combat ability should be quite good, so I decided to team up with him.

Another newcomer, Watanabe Hideo, chimed in, "If we can get enough reward points, we might become as powerful as the veterans, like gods!" This time, the newcomers watched the entire battle between Tifa and the Celestials through the viewing equipment of the Supreme Imperial Arm.

Most people didn't see anything clearly.

These people's nerve reaction speed couldn't keep up with that high level at all. They only noticed that the sky and earth changed color from time to time, the earth shook from time to time, the giant appeared and disappeared, and streaks of light flashed on the screen.

But this doesn't stop newcomers from aspiring to become that kind of strong individual.

Of the nine newcomers, only Zhao Yingkong, who had unlocked her genetic potential, could barely discern some clues.

"I don't want to team up with someone who's dragging us down," Zhao Yingkong said coldly.

“Miss, are you sure you don’t want to reconsider?” Watanabe Hideo blocked the doorway and said, “It’s safer with more people, and besides, this guy who was forcibly brainwashed into an idiot by the veteran is also in our team. With this fool leading the way, our squad will be much safer from now on.”

Koizumi Masao's mental strength is on the verge of collapse, and now he only obeys orders.

His primary controller was Xiangzi.

There are also other control methods.

Hideo Watanabe discovered that if more than three newcomers gave the order at the same time, this teammate would obey like a robot.

Not long ago, he used this same reason to persuade two other women.

Although those two new female recruits may not be very strong in combat, they are pleasing to the eye! It would be best if we could bring the most attractive one into the team.

"Get out of the way!" Zhao Yingkong frowned.

She drew the dagger that came with her combat suit: "I can't kill you, but it's not so hard to make you look pathetic."

The instruction manual for this combat suit states that the offensive weapons it is equipped with cannot penetrate the suit's own defenses.

“Miss Zhao, you are too arrogant!” Miyata Kuraki said unhappily.

“Yes, we kindly invited you, and this is how you responded…” Watanabe Hideo chimed in, “With such a completely uncooperative and troublesome behavior, even if the captain were Chinese, he probably wouldn’t accept someone as unsociable as you into the team.”

The other two female newcomers joined the team, and 'fitting in' was also an important reason.

Zhao Yingkong sneered: "A bunch of idiots!"

She kicked out.

Before Watanabe Hideo could react, he kicked the other man away.

At the same time, he quickly moved to the side, avoiding Miyata Kuraki's counterattack, and slapped the man to the ground.

The two stood up and fought back.

But they found that the opponent was too fast. Even though they were wearing the same combat uniform, the opponent had already made several moves, but they only reacted and managed to deal with one or two moves.

Finally, the two men, along with the two female newcomers who intended to help them, were kicked into the cesspool by Zhao Yingkong.

"Could it be that the combat uniforms the veterans gave us are not up to par?" Watanabe Hideo, sitting in the latrine, was somewhat doubting his life.

Five against one... Even though one of them was AFK, it was still very strange that they were beaten so badly.

Watanabe Hideo, judging others by his own standards, thought, "That guy named Xu Feng really has his eye on this new female bride! He's giving her special treatment!"

"Do not."

Miyata Kuraki looked up at the sky: "That veteran looked down on all of us equally. The Chinese woman's combat uniform was the same as ours. Whether it was the enhanced power or the linear speed, everything was exactly the same. She could defeat us simply because her basic qualities were stronger than ours."

“She is more agile than us.”

Miyata Kuraki shook off the unidentified slime from his body and said, "Let's head to the Northwest right now. That woman's desire to become stronger is even stronger than ours. If we set off too late, she might really wipe out all those monsters!"

but.

Zhao Yingkong's speed in killing monsters was not fast.

From the moment she stepped into the first city, she noticed some special information contained within it, including introductions to various monsters given to her by experienced individuals.

That unremarkable book was like the Classic of Mountains and Seas, detailing the characteristics, appearance, abilities, and possible effects of each kind of monster. Zhao Yingkong originally thought it was written by an experienced person to help newcomers hunt monsters more effectively.

But as she read the book aloud, she inexplicably discovered that some air currents from the city entered her body along with her reading.

This made her even stronger.

Zhao Yingkong suddenly realized that there was something special about the Demon City, and even the seemingly ordinary monster descriptions contained hidden secrets...

So she slowed down.

After diligently gathering information throughout the city, and ultimately, for various reasons, he slew a tiger demon within its walls.

Furthermore, after slaying the tiger demon, Zhao Yingkong inexplicably gained some insights, learning a set of countless movements from the tiger demon's every move, and learning a breathing technique that made her body stronger.

This breathing technique, combined with the environment of the Demon City and the monster description in the book, caused her to generate a special flow of energy within her body.

Internal strength!

The following information came to Zhao Yingkong's mind: she had encountered powerful individuals in the real world who had cultivated internal energy, and they were very strong, but cultivating internal energy in the real world was extremely difficult.

She never expected that after entering the God's Space, she would inexplicably gain a supernatural ability.

After noting down the unique features of this city, Zhao Yingkong headed to the next city.

Meanwhile, other newcomers who planned to hunt monsters in the demon city to earn reward points were still being brutally defeated by the monsters, only managing to kill one or two minions under the command of the great demon.

Even though they are both newcomers with the same equipment, there is a huge difference in their skills.

It didn't take Zhao Yingkong long to defeat the BOSS, but she spent more time gathering information about the demon city.

With each demon city she visited, she discovered that she had gained a great deal of knowledge.

She clearly didn't agree with many of these principles... How could a vengeful assassin like her possibly accept such truths as "lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot"?

But she completely understood that knowledge.

When she emerged from the last demon city, a golden light suddenly emanated from within her body, enveloping her in a sixteen-foot-tall Buddha image.

(End of this chapter)