I, Who Hate Marine So Much, Have Become A Future Nika?

Chapter 2: Ignorant Heart Sword Art

"I only need to cultivate to gain something, this is what they call 'Heaven Rewards Diligence'."

"As for 'Once Proven, Forever Proven', as long as my proficiency improves, it will be solidified in the attribute panel, with no risk of regression."

The two inherent characteristics of the attribute panel gave Zhong Cang a sense of soaring, and also made him look forward to the Three Realms Qi Consumption Technique.

"I wonder what kind of improvement there will be after the technique enters the third realm compared to the second realm. Will the number of cultivation sessions increase? Or will other abilities increase?"

After pondering for a while, Zhong Cang realized that his knowledge of cultivation in the immortal world was insufficient, and he couldn't come up with an answer.

Seeing this, he decided to stop thinking and started practicing the Immortal Law·Five Beasts Infusion Technique.

This technique was similar to the Five Animal Frolics from his previous life, which were exercises that imitated animals to strengthen the body.

The difference was that in his previous life, the Five Animal Frolics imitated ordinary wild animals.

In this world, the Immortal Law·Five Beasts Infusion Technique imitated some powerful immortal beasts.

Tiger, deer, ape, turtle, fish, these were the five spirit beasts imitated by the Five Beasts Infusion Technique:

The tiger was the White Tiger, representing metal.

The deer was the Spirit Deer, representing wood.

The ape was the Exploding Ape, representing fire.

The turtle was the Mountainous Giant Turtle, representing earth.

The fish was the Silver Dragon Fish, representing water.

By embodying the five beasts and their corresponding elements, this technique became extremely powerful once cultivated successfully.

Unfortunately, due to the original owner's self-abandonment, Zhong Cang was not proficient in this technique, so he stumbled a bit while practicing.

Fortunately, although it was a bit awkward, he managed to complete the entire Body Tempering technique after spending more time on it.

Then came the second time, the third time, the fourth time, the fifth time...

After the fifth time, Zhong Cang, drenched in sweat, collapsed on the ground, not even willing to move a finger.

In addition to physical exhaustion, his body was also empty— the spiritual energy he had accumulated through the Qi Consumption Technique had been completely consumed by the Five Beasts Infusion Technique.

This was the biggest difference between the Immortal Law Body Tempering and ordinary martial arts Body Tempering.

Martial arts Body Tempering only consumed physical strength, while Immortal Law Body Tempering required the consumption of spiritual energy within the cultivator's body.

Although the consumption was greater, the nourishment of spiritual energy made the effect of Immortal Law Body Tempering far superior to that of martial arts Body Tempering.

"Hoo... hoo... hoo..."

Feeling weak and powerless, unable to even get up, Zhong Cang could only let his mind wander.

Just as his thoughts were scattered, there was a knock on his door.

"Who..."

This voice startled Zhong Cang, prompting him to struggle and get up.

"I'm here."

"Uncle, why are you here?"

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Zhong Cang struggled to open the door.

Outside the room, Zhong Kang originally wanted to say something, but when he saw Zhong Cang, covered in steam and drenched in sweat, his eyebrows raised.

"Are you practicing the Five Beasts Infusion Technique?"

His surprised expression made Zhong Cang's heart skip a beat, but he didn't show this emotion.

With a change of mind, Zhong Cang responded somewhat annoyed:

"That woman actually looks down on me, just a maid..."

His annoyed expression made Zhong Kang suddenly realize something.

He knew about Zhong Cang's confession to a maid who served Miss Xie and being rejected.

At this moment, Zhong Kang thought that Zhong Cang's change was due to being emotionally affected.

This change seemed to be positive, and Zhong Kang naturally welcomed it.

In order to keep Zhong Cang motivated, he even made a promise to him.

"Just for a woman... Focus on your cultivation. If you don't slack off, I'll even use my old face to find a way for you to marry her... We can't reach the level of the young ladies from the cultivation families, but we can still marry a maid."

"Um..."

This response was unexpected by Zhong Cang, and before he could come up with a way to respond, Zhong Kangping continued speaking.

"By the way, what do you need the spirit stones for today?"

Obviously, Zhong Cang's excuse of wanting to buy a Middle Grade sword was easily seen through by his uncle.

Hesitating for a moment upon hearing his question, Zhong Cang decided to tell the truth... or at least eighty percent of it.

"A few days ago, I was rejected face-to-face, which made me realize that no one respects me. I am not willing to accept this, so I want to work hard in my cultivation. When I encounter something I don't understand during my cultivation, I will go to the Sutra Pavilion to search for the experiences of senior practitioners. While searching for information, I came across a cultivation technique that I feel is suitable for me, so I want to buy it and cultivate it. I didn't have enough spirit stones, so I came to borrow from you."

"...If you encounter any difficulties in your cultivation in the future, you can come to me."

After saying this, Zhong Kangping's expression turned serious. "Are you sure you can successfully cultivate that technique?"

"...No, there's only a fifty percent chance."

..."

This response left Zhong Kangping stunned. He looked at Zhong Cang up and down for a long time before sighing, "Cang, you have really grown up."

Understanding the importance of working hard in cultivation is one thing, but no longer being arrogant and realizing one's own shortcomings is what pleased Zhong Kangping.

At this moment, he truly felt that it was a good thing for his nephew to be rejected by that maid.

After sighing, he thought for a moment and took out one hundred and twenty spirit stones from his storage bag, handing them to Zhong Cang.

"Here, the spirit stones you need."

This scene made Zhong Cang feel embarrassed.

"This isn't good. Aunt will definitely be angry if she finds out."

"Hahaha..."

Seeing his conflicted expression, Zhong Kangping burst into laughter.

"This is my private money. She doesn't know."

After saying that, he noticed that Zhong Cang still felt a bit embarrassed, so he patted his shoulder and said with some emotion, "Take it. We are family. Back then... sigh, if you feel embarrassed, just work hard in your cultivation. Becoming stronger is the best way to repay me."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Cang no longer hesitated.

"Then I will accept it."

With the spirit stones in hand and a few words of encouragement, Zhong Kangping left.

As for Zhong Cang, he made a decision in his heart.

"After all, I am not the original owner... I need to find a way to repay this favor."

...

Repaying the favor would be a matter for the future. For now, Zhong Cang was more excited about the cultivation technique that was about to be in his hands.

Filled with anticipation, Zhong Cang tossed and turned for a long time before finally falling asleep.

The next day, as soon as it was light, he hurried to the Sutra Pavilion in the outer courtyard of the Cloud Firmament Sect.

An hour later, Zhong Cang arrived at the Sutra Pavilion and placed a cultivation technique in front of the old steward guarding the pavilion.

"Ignorant Heart Sword Art!"

Seeing this cultivation technique, the steward raised his head in astonishment and couldn't help but exclaim, "Are you sure you want to cultivate this sword art? This technique has been placed in the lower courtyard for ten years, and in these ten years, not only has no one successfully cultivated it, but there have been only seven people who even entered the door."

"I know."

"..."

Seeing that Zhong Cang was well aware of everything but still wanted to cultivate it, the old steward shook his head and no longer tried to dissuade him. Instead, he said, "Although few have successfully cultivated this sword art, it is ultimately a High Level technique that requires 108 spirit stones."

"Here."

With a pained heart, Zhong Cang handed over the spirit stones to the old steward. Then, through a jade slip, he memorized all the essentials of the Ignorant Heart Sword Art.

"Buzz..."

As a large amount of information flowed into his mind, Zhong Cang understood why so few people had successfully cultivated the Ignorant Heart Sword Art.

This technique did not have specific sword moves. Instead, it relied on the practice of sitting in meditation and contemplating the sword to cultivate the Sword Intent within one's heart.

However, Sword Intent was difficult to find, and most of the time, it could only be comprehended through sudden enlightenment brought about by fortuitous encounters.

Relying solely on meditation to comprehend Sword Intent was not an impossible task, but it was equivalent to the Chinese national football team winning the World Cup.

Such difficulty resulted in very few people practicing this technique.

This was also the reason why this technique had a high grade but could be obtained with only one hundred and eight spirit stones.

Zhong Cang naturally understood the difficulties involved, but even so, he still bought this technique and believed that he could learn it.

(End of this chapter)