Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 6 Rapid Improvement

"Breakthrough!"

Qi Yuan grinned, a sense of exhilaration rising within him.

The original owner was limited by secret techniques and resources, and was stuck at the third level of the stellar level for an unknown period of time.

Once this breakthrough is achieved, one naturally feels incredibly happy and exhilarated!

"I didn't expect to break through on my first attempt at cultivation. This Nine Luminaries Body Forging Technique is indeed much stronger than the incomplete method I practiced before!"

As Qi Yuan experienced the changes in his body after the breakthrough, he also silently marveled at it.

Of course, he also understood why he was able to break through so smoothly.

Firstly, he had been accumulating experience at the second level of the stellar class for a long time and had already made considerable progress towards the third level of the stellar class.

Secondly, the original owner had always lived on Thunder Source Star, where cultivation resources were scarce, and he had always relied on absorbing cosmic energy to cultivate.

It could be said that his body cells were constantly in a state of 'hunger' because they were not getting enough food.

Using the Wood Crystal, a precious treasure extremely suitable for stellar-level cultivation, for the first time naturally maximized its effects.

But this is the only time.

After all, cells need time to digest each meal after they are "full," and they can't keep eating like they did the first time.

If he were to absorb more of the Wood Crystal for cultivation later, his speed would definitely not be as fast.

"My body's cells need time to digest, so I can't continue absorbing the Wood Crystal for now. Let's study the accompanying 'Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade' first."

Qi Yuan found the contents of "Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade" on the auxiliary optical computer screen and began to read it carefully.

Although the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade is named after a sword technique, its essence is a method of generating power through amplitude.

Amplitude-based force can be used in knife techniques, sword techniques, movement techniques, and even body defense.

The complete "Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade" has thirty-three levels. Each level can increase the amplitude of power exertion by three times.

However, the Thunderstorm Star Master only provided the first twelve levels of cultivation methods to his personal guards.

According to the manual, an apprentice can usually master the first three levels, a planetary level can master the fourth to sixth levels, a stellar level can master the seventh to ninth levels, and a cosmic level can master the tenth to twelfth levels.

Qi Yuan's original body had never been exposed to the complete secret techniques, and he mainly relied on his own exploration to learn movement techniques and power generation.

Currently, his power amplitude is barely 9 times, only slightly better than Thor during his planetary-level era.

According to the story of "Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade", if he, at the third level of the Stellar level, were to master the seventh level, he should be able to increase the amplitude of his power by at least 21 times!
A full 12 times difference!

This is the difference between having a secret method and not having one!

"I wonder what level I can reach now. Let's give it a try!"

Qi Yuan shut down the auxiliary computer and then took out the second-tier Force Battle Blade from his spatial ring.

The entire sword was jet black, about 1.2 meters long, with a thick spine and a straight blade, somewhat similar to the ring-pommel sword from the era of cold weapons on Earth in my previous life.

"start!"

Qi Yuan stood in the center of the cave, his Force Blade flashing out repeatedly.

The Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade relies on a unique power generation method similar to resonance to unleash its full potential.

An ordinary person's full-force slash can be considered as exerting twice the force.

When practitioners of "Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade" slash, they use perfect control over their muscles, bones, and other parts of their body to generate subtle, hidden forces in a vibrational form.

Countless tiny, hidden forces overlap in the arm, forming a wondrous 'resonance,' which can instantly unleash several times or even dozens of times the power!

The more hidden energy is activated, the more subtle the resulting 'resonance', and the more powerful the force that can be unleashed!

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" Qi Yuan swung his sword continuously, and at the same time, according to the description in "Nine Luminaries Heavenly Sword", he tried to unleash small bursts of internal energy from within his body through perfect control of his muscles and bones.

As a third-tier stellar-level cultivator, he possessed extremely strong control over his body, and coupled with his previous training foundation, he progressed very quickly.

After swinging the knife dozens of times, he seemed to have a sudden inspiration, as if countless streams were converging in his knife-wielding arm, propelling his arm to accelerate instantly!
"call out!"

A streak of light flashed and disappeared in an instant, as dazzling as lightning!

After a moment, Qi Yuan sheathed his sword and stood up, but sighed with some dissatisfaction.

"I've clearly reached the third tier of the Stellar level, yet I can only barely unleash the fourth level of the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade. I'm afraid I haven't even reached the average level for cultivating this secret technique."

According to the manual, planetary-level martial artists can cultivate the fourth to seventh levels of the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade.

Qi Yuan, at the third level of the Stellar Realm, can only achieve the fourth level of power exertion, which is indeed somewhat insufficient.

There is no way around this.

After all, he had never received complete guidance before, and had only explored on his own with a few incomplete methods. His foundation was far inferior to that of cultivators in the universe.

However, I don't need to be discouraged.

In just a moment, Qi Yuan regained his spirits.

The fact that the original owner of this body cultivated to the Stellar level under difficult conditions without resources or complete secret techniques shows that his aptitude and comprehension were exceptional among ordinary cultivators.

Now, with the complete secret techniques and ample resources, his shortcomings have been addressed, and he even possesses a heaven-defying return system—

Given time, I believe he will catch up soon!
For the next period of time, Qi Yuan's life became extremely regular.

Aside from occasionally inspecting the various mines, he almost never left his home, devoting himself entirely to cultivation.

He devoted most of his energy to practicing the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade.

Inside the cave on the mountain wall, Qi Yuan swung his sword again and again, slashing and hacking.

With each swing of his sword, he would squeeze out subtle internal energy from various parts of his body according to the power generation method of the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade, and guide it to converge in the arm holding the sword to form a 'resonance'.

Each swing of the knife, each attempt, requires a perfect combination of strength and skill!

During this process, due to the continuous bursts of internal energy, his entire skeleton, muscle cells, and other organs bear a huge load, and he will soon enter a state of fatigue.

When he was exhausted to the extreme, he could not rest directly. Instead, he used the "Nine Luminaries Body Forging Technique" to further squeeze every cell in his body before immediately absorbing the Wood Crystal to cultivate.

Just like how people who exercise more tend to have a larger appetite.

When the body's cells consume a lot of energy, the 'appetite' will also increase significantly!
In this way, Qi Yuan's absorption of the Wood Crystal to strengthen his physical body will be greatly enhanced.

After the vital energy of the Wood Crystal, rich in life force, surged into the body, every starving cell in the body began to devour it frantically, quickly replenishing its previous energy expenditure.

At the same time, the life energy contained in the Muya Crystal will subtly strengthen his body, making his physical fitness even stronger.

And so, Qi Yuan began to push himself to the limit every day.

After recovering, he continued his training in the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade.

He swung his sword with all his might time and time again, squeezing out his inner strength to unleash his full power, constantly trying to find the best state to unleash even greater power.

When he was exhausted from practicing the Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade, he would use the Nine Luminaries Body Forging Technique in combination with the Wood Seed Crystal to restore his strength and strengthen his physical body.

The process of practicing swordsmanship, strengthening the body, absorbing energy, and recovering is repeated.

Under this constant cycle of being 'drained' and 'overeaten,' Qi Yuan not only made rapid progress in his cultivation of the "Nine Luminaries Heavenly Blade," but his physical attributes also improved at an extremely high efficiency.
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