Chapter 96: Chapter 81 Calling Empyrean Kong shi [Second Update]_3
Thinking of this, he turned his head and instructed, “Steward Liao, go and watch over Zhang laoshi’s classroom. The moment he comes out, notify me immediately…”
“Yes!” Steward Liao nodded and turned to leave.
…
At the same time, Liu Tianzheng also arrived at his daughter Liu Mingyue’s dormitory. Looking at the secret manual she had just written, he frowned slightly, “This set doesn’t seem to be as good as our Liu Clan’s ‘Fuyao Energy Accumulation Technique’!”
Liu Mingyue said with a bit of embarrassment, “I remember it wasn’t much. It’s probably only one-twentieth…”
Liu Tianzheng said, “A hint of subtlety reveals much. One-twentieth is enough! Forget it, let’s see what this Teacher Zhang gave you in the silk pouch. What exactly is it?”
“This…”
Liu Mingyue quickly persuaded, “Teacher Zhang said we can’t look at it until tomorrow, before going to class.”
“It’s just a trick to fool children. There’s no harm in looking at it now.”
Liu Tianzheng waved his hand dismissively, took the silk pouch from his daughter’s pocket, opened it casually, and soon a folded piece of paper appeared in his palm.
He gently unfolded it and the contents immediately sprang to his eyes.
“Raise your strength to 1.2 to become my student!”
Liu Tianzheng laughed out of frustration, “Your current strength is 0.6 horsepower, and he means for you to double it overnight to 1.2, a 200% increase in strength? Is this guy serious, or is he joking?”
“Double the strength?”
Liu Mingyue was also somewhat confused.
Although she increased her strength by 50% during the class, that was just the good effect of her first practice session. How could she increase by so much the second time?
And on top of that, to continue making a breakthrough on a grand scale…
It seemed like an impossible dream.
“Just a guy who likes to boast! To increase your strength suddenly, he must have used some unknown tricks. If I’m not wrong, it should be some kind of unconventional method.”
After some thought, Liu Tianzheng said.
Liu Mingyue asked, “Unconventional method?”
Liu Tianzheng explained, “Unconventional, as the name implies, is not the correct path. Long practice could lead to going berserk. Forget it, you better not practice it… in case something goes wrong in the future.”
Liu Mingyue asked, “Then what should I practice?”
Liu Tianzheng explained, “I will now impart to you the Liu Clan’s secret not-passed-down technique, the ‘Fuyao Energy Accumulation Technique.’ Although it’s not as good as the ‘Five Directions Energy Storage Technique’ from the City Lord Residence, the difference isn’t too great. With diligent study and hard practice, reaching a strength of 1.2 within a month is still achievable.”
“A month? So long? Then why did Hong Yi get a 100% increase in strength after just one lesson?” Liu Mingyue looked on perplexedly.
“His base was very low. Doubling it doesn’t amount to much strength. And you, having already reached 0.6 horsepower, couldn’t possibly believe that you can break through to 1.2 overnight? How could that be! Stop fantasizing. Heed my words, practicing the ‘Fuyao Energy Accumulation Technique’ is the right way!” Liu Tianzheng declared with a wave of his hand.
From childhood, Liu Mingyue always followed her father’s arrangements. After hesitating a bit, she still didn’t object, sat down cross-legged, and listened attentively to her father’s explanations.
As a Seventhfold Origin warrior of the Source Pool Realm, Liu Tianzheng’s strength was not much inferior to School Head Lu. A mere cultivation method of the Source Pool Realm was easily taught by hand.
Being adept at horse taming doesn’t mean being adept at teaching! What a joke!
Today, I will let everyone understand that diligent cultivation is the true way. Everything else is nothing but side paths!
…
Unaware of the distinct actions of the two students, Zhang Xuan was sitting cross-legged in the classroom, channeling the well-refined Origin qi into the last meridian of his body.
Boom!
A loud explosion resounded, like a thunderclap in his body, as the last meridian was completely tempered. In the next instant, the Origin qi in the Suspended Realm flowed smoothly through his body, forming a grand circulation, causing Zhang Xuan’s aura to surge significantly.
Physique Realm, Fourfold of Source Pool Realm!
After two days of practice, not only was his injury completely healed, but his cultivation had finally made a breakthrough.
“I wonder… how much my strength has reached now?”
The thought emerged in his mind.
Yu Xiaoyu’s strength was at 0.5 horsepower, Liu Mingyue’s was at 0.6 horsepower, and how much could he achieve?
In an instant, Zhang Xuan became curious.
As the master of a world, within his own realm, a flick of his wrist could move mountains and fill the seas, and a gentle step could span infinite distances, his power boundless and his authority vast beyond measure. Such might was not to be gauged by the mundane standards of the world.
But upon arriving in the Origin World, if he were to wield such power, he would inevitably attract the notice of the Heaven’s Path of the Origin World, which would then seek to erase him.
Therefore, he left most of his strength back in the new world, and the force he could wield now was merely what he had harvested from practicing the Force of Origin over the last two days.
In other words… he wanted to test the greatest strength he could muster without burning through the new world.
“According to the cultivation method records, at the Accumulative Phase, one can exert roughly the strength of five horses… Having broken through, I should possess about that much strength!”
The Accumulative Realm is where one forges Origin qi and channels it through the meridians, turning a person into a true Origin warrior, and thus radically increasing their strength to the peak equivalent of five stout horses.
However, he was different from normal cultivators. Others possessed a Source Pool, while he relied on the Suspended Realm as a substitute. Although the use was the same, whether the strength was indeed the same was unknown.
Rising to his feet, he approached the Strength Measuring Formation.
This device was exclusive to the classroom, somewhat similar to the Strength Assessing Fist Pillar of the Master Teacher Continent. One could gauge the full strength of their body with a punch and thus determine the depth of their cultivation.
Activating the formation, Zhang Xuan took a deep breath, and Origin qi immediately coursed through his meridians. He threw a punch.
Pop!
A sound like a whip cracking echoed crisply through the air. Then, the Strength Measuring Formation trembled, and a number slowly surfaced—10!
To his surprise, he possessed the strength of ten stout horses.
That was double the typical strength at the Accumulative Phase, comparable to the prowess of an expert in the Physique Realm.
Of course, this was but the physical power he could exert after practicing Origin qi. With his injuries recovered, he was already capable of so much more at this moment.
Ever since he had killed Suxiang, he had been studying the relationship between the new world and the Origin World, learning many methods for harnessing strength, with the freedom to convert the mountains, rivers, and even space of the new world into his own power, and successfully unleash it.
“Let’s test the new world’s power as well to determine what kind of opponents I can defeat…”
With a lift of his eyebrows, Zhang Xuan inhaled deeply, and in a flash, several mountains within the new world burned to ashes. Countless strands of Origin qi rushed into his meridians from the Suspended Realm.
Boom!
This punch was no longer a whip crack but a thunderous blast reminiscent of a lightning strike.
The formation shook, and a series of numbers flickered rapidly, soaring from 10 to 99 in the blink of an eye. Then, with a “crack!”, the surrounding formation flags shattered into pieces, scattering across the ground.
The Strength Measuring Formation had been pulverized by his punch.
However, after striking this blow, Zhang Xuan felt as if his meridians were being ripped apart. Countless strands of Origin qi swarmed in, jumping around him, as if intending to tear him to pieces.
It seemed like even the heavens were gathering thunder tribulation.
Knowing that this was the Heaven’s Path of the Origin World seeking to eliminate anomalies, Zhang Xuan dared not resist, quietly withdrawing the power that had been generated from burning the new world, and only circulated Origin qi.
It was some time before he felt the pressure dissipate.
Upon introspection, he was left speechless.
With that single punch, more than ten large mountains and five rivers spanning thousands of miles in the new world had all burned to naught but a void of emptiness.
“It seems that I should refrain from using this kind of power if I can avoid it…” Zhang Xuan said with a wry smile.
The new world amounted to his own body. If it were burnt out, he would die completely beyond salvation.
Thus, since he was in this world, he would use the power of the Origin World as much as possible, refraining from making a move unless absolutely necessary. Staying “low-key” was still the primary concern, with a long and heavy path ahead!
“Let’s see how they are doing?”
With his body recovered and armed with a certain degree of self-defense capability, Zhang Xuan knew the time was ripe. He raised a finger, and a thread of sword qi immediately spread from it.
Eternal love may fade with time, but this grief is endless!
The “Pathos of Heaven,” a sword art surpassing the Heaven’s Path, was once again executed.
Suddenly, a vortex of sword light appeared in front of him, as though transcending the shackles of time and space, spanning the entire distance of the Origin World, reaching an unknown shore.
“Calling Empyrean Kong, calling Empyrean Kong, are you there?”
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