Atlas of Heaven and Man

He Xiaoxing stared intently at Chen Chuan. After a long moment, powerful words finally emerged from his broad chest:

"Overcoming difficulties requires force, and force is violence. This is the fundamental logic of the world. Corporations and giant enterprises operate this way, and so do countries around the world. This is even clearer when applied to a martial artist.

However, to gain strength, one must first understand oneself before recognizing the opponent. The academy wants me to teach you, and they even mentioned preparing you to cultivate the Mysterious Aspect Force. But if you choose that path, you'll at most be another Shen Zheng. Even if there are changes, they won't be significant."

He lowered his voice as he continued, "Repeating the past is meaningless. But you chose the Zhou Yuan Force Method, and I also heard you resisted the interference from the Fervent Heart Society. This shows you clearly understand what you want. From this perspective, if you persist, you'll go further than him."

He extended a large palm, fingers spread, facing Chen Chuan with his palm, and said, "Use your full strength."

Seeing this, Cheng Zitong also stepped back, signaling Chen Chuan to attack boldly.

Chen Chuan nodded. He stepped forward, raised his hand, clenched his fist, and took a deep breath. The second me instantly merged with him. At the same time, the mutated tissues throughout his body contracted together under the influence of his consciousness. After accumulating to the extreme, he shouted, and the ground beneath his feet suddenly collapsed, and his fist struck the center of that palm!

At the moment of impact, a clear and highly concentrated sound echoed. A layer of cyan纹路 appeared on the back of He Xiaoxing's hand. This纹路 extended backward with the transmission of that force, layer by layer, until it reached near his elbow before stopping.

After throwing this punch, Chen Chuan was prepared for the rebound. However, to his slight surprise, all the power from his fist sank in, seemingly without a trace remaining.

He had no doubt that if He Xiaoxing withdrew his palm now, he would inevitably lean forward. But now he was precisely at the boundary of being able to withstand himself without any excess force spilling out. This level of control was undoubtedly exquisite.

He Xiaoxing looked at the纹路 extending from his elbow and said, "Hmm, interesting. Your power is already very close to the theoretical limit of the first threshold. Your talent is indeed as Lao Cheng described, exceptionally high."

Cheng Zitong said matter-of-factly, "I've said it before, my student is extraordinary and has outstanding talent."

Chen Chuan asked, "The limit of the first threshold?"

He Xiaoxing slowly said, "The reason why the 'True Seed Accumulation' stage is called the 'First Threshold' is not just about the degree of transformation of the mutated tissues, but also about expressing that a person's strength has its limits.

As long as you are still human, no matter how powerful your mutated tissues are, you can only reach a certain limited upper limit in the first stage. This is the first threshold.

But because individuals differ, the margin for error here is large. The upper limit can theoretically only be reached by individuals who are almost perfect in all aspects, but even so, you are already very close to that level."

Chen Chuan looked at He Xiaoxing's elbow. Through that strike just now, this teacher seemed to have accurately measured his strength and skill, and perhaps other things that he didn't yet understand.

He wasn't disappointed that he hadn't exceeded this limit, because every time he improved, the second me would also improve. Right now, he hadn't even reached the limit of this stage on his own.

In fact, according to this theory, he actually had the opportunity to challenge or even surpass the past.

Cheng Zitong interjected at this moment, "Tan Wang's follower, I saw that he had already touched the second threshold, but I understood the conflict that day, and he still lost to Xiao Chuan in a pure strength contest. This is the difference in talent."

He Xiaoxing said, "This is entirely possible. The upper limit of the first threshold can exceed the lower limit of the second threshold, but the upper limit of the second threshold is unattainable by the first threshold no matter what. The key here depends on the depth and completeness of the mutated tissues. Lao Cheng, did you only teach one set of breathing exercises?"

Cheng Zitong said, "Yes, besides the basic breathing exercises he already knew, I only taught him a set of 'Breath Aperture Breathing Exercises' and a Proper Scattered Hand technique. That's it. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to teach him well with my abilities, leading him astray, so I didn't rush to instill those more advanced training methods."

He Xiaoxing said, "Lao Cheng, your caution has saved a lot of trouble."

He looked at Chen Chuan, "In my opinion, you are still like a blank sheet of paper. Right now, there is still a lot of room for improvement. You don't need to rush to enter the second threshold. Laying a good foundation is everything. I will teach you a set of breathing exercises and a set of training methods that can continue to improve and strengthen your mutated tissues.

According to my observation, when you throw a punch, the power in many parts of your body hasn't been activated. That's because the mutated tissues haven't been able to participate or only participate partially, resulting in insufficient strength and being rejected by the whole.

For others, that's normal, because they only strengthen a certain part of the mutated tissues first. But you are practicing the Zhou Yuan Force Method, which emphasizes omnipresence and all-encompassingness, so those areas must be taken into account.

Otherwise, later on, even just because of these small details, it could affect your overall exertion of power, making your future progress much more difficult. When that time comes, trying to turn back and make up for the deficiencies will require ten or a hundred times the effort.”

Chen Chuan couldn't help but nod, listening to these words and carefully memorizing them.

He Xiaoxing added, “Your overall power exertion is also not sufficient, which is actually two sides of the same coin as the problem above. The insufficiency is because the power of many mutated tissues hasn't been mobilized. Although I don't know what your internal mutated tissues are like, I can tell from your actions that their strengths are uneven, and their distribution is somewhat scattered.

This isn't because you're not diligent. Power always becomes more profound the more you practice. This is how it is when you first enter this stage. But you need to know that other people's special tissues only train a part, expanding from one point to all. They have the time and energy to correct themselves, and they also have the summaries and experiences of predecessors to refer to, so they don't go astray and can correct themselves at any time.

But Zhou Yuanjing doesn't have these things. He can only rely on his own exploration, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty many times over.

But you need to be aware that if this is like building a tall building, and a defect appears in one of your foundations, creating a weakness, then in the future, you are destined to only reach a very limited height.

My suggestion is that you can use the Breath Aperture Method to observe the inside, and at the same time, coordinate with the power exertion movements to focus on consciously stimulating and guiding the areas that need to be strengthened, so that the mutated tissues there can be fully exercised as much as possible. Fortunately, you've only been practicing for two months and are still in the starting stage. The gap between the mutated tissues hasn't widened yet, so there's still time to correct and make up for it now.”

Cheng Zitong said at this time, “Old He, why don't you stay for two more days and give him more guidance?”

He admitted that his teaching skills were far inferior to He Xiaoxing's. If he could stay and give guidance, even if it was only for a few days, that would be great.

He Xiaoxing said, “Since I've decided to leave tonight, I won't stay until tomorrow. I'll write down a list of key points to pay attention to later and send them to you. However, cultivation is a very resource-intensive thing, especially for someone like him. To achieve his goals, he'll consume a lot of medicine. The amount required will increase as he progresses. This was almost impossible to achieve in the old era.

But the times are always progressing, driving the world forward while also driving us individuals, allowing us to use various convenient forces to create a brand new future.”

Chen Chuan responded seriously.

He Xiaoxing didn't say much more and started demonstrating directly. He basically did it himself first, and then let Chen Chuan follow suit. However, unlike other teachers, his vision was very accurate. When Chen Chuan practiced, he could immediately point out the shortcomings and tell him how to correct them.

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After teaching him two or three times, Chen Chuan could not only completely remember it, but also basically correct his shortcomings. This feeling was very smooth. How should I put it? It was like riding the wind and waves, with a force pushing you forward.

Time always passed quickly. Under the blowing of the night wind on the mountaintop, when it was almost close to midnight, He Xiaoxing said, “Let's stop here.”

Chen Chuan stopped his movements, knowing that this guidance was over, and at this moment, not only him, but even Cheng Zitong, who was watching from the side, had a feeling of unfinished business.

He Xiaoxing stood there, his loose hair swaying in the wind, “I've told you the areas you should pay attention to, including how to correct them and how to strengthen them. The next step is self-cultivation, but don't be dogmatic. What I said may not be correct. You should adjust it at any time according to your own situation. The process of our learning is to constantly correct mistakes.”

After a pause, he raised his head, looked at the full moon hanging high in the night sky, and said, “Okay, it's time for me to go.”

Chen Chuan bowed to him, sincerely saying, “Thank you for your guidance, Teacher He.”

He Xiaoxing nodded.

Cheng Zitong said, “Old He, we're going down the mountain too. Let me see you off.”

He Xiaoxing didn't refuse, saying, “Alright.”

The three of them got into the car one after another. The car came down from the top of the mountain and arrived at the entrance of the dormitory building. Chen Chuan got out of the car here, cupped his fists to the two teachers, and watched them drive away under the accompaniment of the street lights on both sides. The car lights gradually disappeared into the darkness, but he knew that a brand new day would soon be ushered in.

He turned around and walked towards the dormitory building that was still lit up.

This time his harvest was very great. It can be said that he completely understood the things he couldn't understand before, pointed out the problems, and also provided solutions. He also had a more detailed and clear direction.

He stepped up the steps step by step. The quiet midnight made his footsteps very clear. He walked towards the place where the light was gathered, with his back to the dark night.

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