Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 53 The Road Ahead

Humans have five senses.

Shape, sound, smell, taste, and touch correspond to human senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, respectively.

Humans perceive the world through these sensory organs.

The unity of man and nature involves using a deeper level of 'perception' to understand all things in the universe, which is called 'understanding the heart of heaven,' just like a drop of water merging into the ocean, as if one has become a part of all things in the universe.

True Treasure is an extension based on this concept.

Because humans are far too insignificant compared to the universe and all things in nature, and are integrated into the universe, they can only rely on "skill" to control the universe, and cannot stretch out as freely as their own hands and feet.

Thus, the "True Treasury" came into being!

The ancients believed that the human body contains the principles of the Five Elements, combines the Yin and Yang energies of heaven and earth, and secretly aligns with the mysteries of the universe's operation.

True Treasure, on the other hand, treats the human body as a miniature universe!

but.

Despite having a wealth of information about the Five Elements, Yin and Yang, and the workings of the universe, it was quite difficult for Luo Shen to digest all of this at his current level.

For example, the saying, "Qi circulates naturally, and over time it is hidden in the heart and cannot be seen."

He recognized every single word in the text, but when they were put together into a complete sentence, they felt completely unfamiliar, as if he had never learned these words before.

"Looks like it's time to brush up on my cultural knowledge," Luo Shen thought to himself.

"Hmm?" Hong frowned slightly.

Although he didn't know exactly what happened in that brief moment, Hong was certain that Luo Shen had indeed undergone some special changes.

Fortunately, Hong did not intend to delve into the details.

Everyone has their own secrets.

Most importantly, he had already discerned what he wanted to hear from Luo Shen's tone.

That's enough!

but.

"What? You want to enter my library?"

Hong was about to ask Luo Shen what his plans were and whether he was interested in becoming the inspector of a local base city, but he overheard Luo Shen wanting to borrow the books in his collection.

For a moment, they didn't quite react.

He had considered all sorts of scenarios, from returning to the training camp to being sent abroad, or even staying at the headquarters of the Extreme Martial Arts Academy to train with him. But he never expected that Luo Shen would choose to read books, which was completely unrelated to the topic.

What kind of unexpected plot twist is this?

But Luo Shen nodded earnestly and said, "Yes!"

Compared to the intense battle, Luo Shen felt that he needed to "recharge" more now. He had a vague feeling that if he wanted to fully utilize the "True Treasure", perhaps starting with ancient Chinese books would be a good starting point.

"OK!"

Hong Si hesitated for a moment, then agreed.

Although he didn't quite understand, he could sense that Luo Shen's actions were related to the previous changes. Anyway, he was at headquarters, so he was fully aware of what was going on.

Hong's library is located in a detached villa not far from here.

Upon entering, Luo Shen was immediately awestruck by the sheer size of the library. The entire detached villa had been completely transformed into a private library by Hong, with rows of steel shelves densely packed with various categorized books.

Books of all kinds, including Eastern and Western, history, miscellaneous notes, and more, are all available!

Walk over to one of the shelves.

Many of the scrolls in this area appeared to be damaged. After a quick glance, Luo Shen was certain that these were secret scrolls on astronomy, divination, craftsmanship, and military strategy.

"Commentary on the Waterways Classic", "The Secret Methods of Taigong", "The Art of War by Sun Tzu", and so on.

These books were collected with great effort and with great difficulty by Hong, and they have been carefully preserved.

I can tell.

Hong took great care of these books.

Pick up any book at random, and you can see obvious signs that it has been read many times. Clearly, these books are not just simple collections; Hong Pingchang must have read them quite a few times.

The number of books here is probably no less than 100,000!

Fortunately, Luo Shen did not intend to read all the books inside.

After all, what he wanted to do was not to become a great writer, but to thoroughly research what this treasure truly was, how to use it, and how to maximize its effectiveness.

Firstly, it's a chance to recharge your brain.

Secondly, I also want to take this opportunity to clarify my future cultivation path, so as not to go astray halfway and have to spend even more effort to correct it later.

Originally, Luo Shen already had a concept for the third sword technique in his mind.

But with the opening of the true treasure, and combined with what he had learned from the ancient books, he had other different ideas.

He even considered scrapping and recreating the first two sword techniques he had created.

The "Lightning Strike" and "Wind and Thunder Stars," based on the "Ninefold Thunder Blade," are powerful and fierce, but like the Ninefold Thunder Blade, they have gone astray.

The simplest point is that forces are mutual!

Since a single slash can unleash 7.5 times the power, why can't this explosive force be used for defense?

Luo Shen thought so.

Once he has thoroughly researched this problem, he will be able to completely break free from the framework of "Ninefold Thunder Blade" and create a sword technique that truly belongs to him!

Time flies when you get serious.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

Especially for someone like Luo Shen, who is so completely absorbed in his work that he forgets to eat and sleep, he is completely unaware of the passage of time.

Fortunately, in terms of cultivation, there is the "Five Hearts Vortex - Instinct," which allows one to rely on instinct to absorb cosmic energy and refine it into genetic primordial energy. Although the effect is somewhat inferior to active cultivation, it greatly saves Luo Shen's cultivation time.

This allows him to spend more time on his studies.

Speaking of which...

I didn't know until I looked into it, and when I did, I was shocked.

It turns out he had so many problems.

I can't believe I never noticed before!

Previously, Luo Shen's improvement was rapid and his combat strength was outstanding. Even the Inspector Wang, who was skilled in both agility and swordsmanship, could not defeat him. This inevitably made him quite arrogant.

But after studying it, we discovered that it wasn't that he was too strong, but that Earth's martial arts were too backward!

Earth's martial arts are more about breaking down movement techniques, swordsmanship, and physical power into individual "components" that are then combined to create tools that allow for better use of the "body."

Each performs their own duties.

But in reality, this is just the most basic usage!

Just like before, even though his movement technique had been improved to the level of harmony between man and nature, his swordsmanship was still stuck at the level of intent, which caused Luo Shen's actual combat power to be weaker than the theoretical combat power he could exert.

According to "True Treasury", they are not individual, separate parts, but a whole!

Integrate them all into the 'Body Universe'!

6 month 15 day.

"laugh!"

Luo Shen unleashed a hand chop, a terrifying sonic boom instantly exploding in his ears, and a gale raged through the villa. However, this terrifying hand chop was merely a casual gesture.

Luo Shen was still somewhat dissatisfied.

Logically speaking, the maximum power of his chop strike should be 12-15 times, but he clearly felt something was wrong the moment he made the move; it only had a little over 10 times the explosive power!

"No, no, something must be wrong."

Just as Luo Shen was racking his brains, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck him, and he figured out the key to it!

"I see!"

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