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

Chapter 56: The State of Clarity

"In accordance with the sect rules, I, who used the Fire Spirit Pearl, have lost," Yan Lingdie replied, causing Zhong Cang to laugh.

"The sect rules indeed state that cultivators cannot use Law Weapons beyond their own limits, but you didn't even use the full power of the Fire Spirit Pearl just now."

"According to the standards of the inner courtyard assessment, you can barely use a Middle Grade Law Weapon and seal most of the power of the Fire Spirit Pearl, allowing it to only have the power of a Middle Grade Law Weapon. It can store at least ten times your spiritual power. What you just used was at most two to three times, so no matter how you calculate it, I have lost."

Yan Lingdie did not agree with this answer.

"Brother Cang, you are also in the Mid Qi Refining stage and can use a Middle Grade Law Weapon. If you had one, I would have lost in our battle... um..."

Her petite figure pouted and found excuses for herself, displaying her adorable personality. All of this made Zhong Cang treat Yan Lingdie as his own little sister.

As a result, he instinctively tapped Yan Lingdie's little head.

After doing so, even Zhong Cang himself was surprised.

Then he realized that Yan Lingdie wasn't angry, just feeling wronged, and he let out a sigh of relief.

Afterward, Zhong Cang smiled as he looked at Yan Lingdie, who was looking up at him with watery eyes.

"Alright, don't find excuses for me anymore. I can afford to lose."

"And don't be too confident. This time, you did win, but you won't keep winning. At most, within a month, I will win back!"

Zhong Cang's bold statement did not make Yan Lingdie angry.

Looking at her spirited and competitive self, Yan Lingdie smiled sweetly and extended her pinky finger towards Zhong Cang.

"Pinky promise, let's settle it like this."

"Of course."

Like that, Zhong Cang and Yan Lingdie connected their fingers, making a promise to win back.

After the pinky promise, the two smiled at each other, feeling closer to each other.

Then, the next day, when Zhong Cang arrived at the training ground early in the morning, he found that Yan Lingdie... didn't come.

Initially, Zhong Cang thought she was delayed by something, but from morning until noon, from noon until evening, and even until eight o'clock at night, Yan Lingdie still didn't appear.

Seeing this, Zhong Cang had a premonition... Yan Lingdie wouldn't come anymore.

"Brother Cang, why don't I wait here, and you can go back first?"

"What are you thinking? No matter what, I can't leave you alone here. Besides, I'm fine. I can cultivate anywhere."

Although he didn't hold much hope, Zhong Cang didn't want Yan Lingdie to come and not find anyone. So that night, he spent it at the training ground.

After that, on the third day, the fourth day, the seventh day, the tenth day, the fifteenth day... Yan Lingdie never came.

Her departure had almost no impact on Zhong Cang's training business. Some aristocratic children who came to follow her did leave, but thanks to the breakthrough in Sword Heart's comprehension, more people chose to stay.

Especially after several people broke through their sword techniques and realms due to Zhong Cang's Sword Heart, more and more people came.

Nowadays, three to five spirit stones are no longer enough to hire Zhong Cang.

They must establish connections or offer more spirit stones to have Zhong Cang attach Sword Heart to those family children.

This situation is normal.

Cultivation families can provide resources to their children to help them grow in cultivation, but it is difficult to improve their own children's martial arts realms.

Moreover, because the martial arts of cultivation family children are of high grade, while this makes them powerful, it also increases the difficulty of cultivation.

Many people are stuck at a certain realm due to their martial arts, unable to make progress.

Although it is said that in the process of learning, becoming proficient, and even mastering a technique, one can break through the bottleneck of the technique's realm by spending time on it.

However, no one knows how much time it will take.

And time is extremely important for cultivators. The earlier they break through to a higher realm, the stronger their strength will be, and they will gain more resources and increase their chances of Foundation Building.

Therefore, for the descendants of the family, exchanging spirit stones for time is a very cost-effective thing to do.

This situation also made Zhong Cang cautious.

"The Sword Heart I currently possess is only one-third of the original Sword Heart, and the Sword Heart can only enhance swordsmanship skills. This is not a problem, but I can't go too far, otherwise, it will easily lead to trouble."

Although there are some hidden dangers, spreading the Sword Heart is ultimately more beneficial than harmful for Zhong Cang.

With this ability, he has gained a large number of spirit stones. Even if Yan Lingdie leaves, Zhong Cang can still profit from other descendants of the family and continue to cultivate with elixirs every day... This luxurious practice allows Zhong Cang's cultivation of spiritual energy to be no slower than that of the family's descendants.

However, although the speed of cultivation has not slowed down, Yan Lingdie is not just a client for Zhong Cang. She is also a rare opponent and a friend he can get along with. Therefore, her departure still made Zhong Cang feel a bit lost.

But it was only for a moment... Zhong Cang's worldview from his previous life made him treat Yan Lingdie, who was in her prime, with only the affection of an older brother towards a younger sister, and he never leaned towards romantic feelings.

Without the feeling of love, naturally there is not much attachment.

"The next time we meet, she should have grown up. I wonder if she will still recognize me as a friend..."

...

Putting aside Yan Lingdie's affairs, Zhong Cang's cultivation gradually became busy and stable.

He was busy because many descendants of the family came to him every day.

And it was stable because he didn't need to personally attend to them. His cousin, Zhong Yingying, would take care of everything for him.

And because most of the people who came over had requests for Zhong Cang, no one dared to disturb his cultivation.

As a result, Zhong Cang's cultivation progressed steadily every day, and he made progress because of the principle of "Heaven Rewards Diligence."

In this way, in the stable cultivation, Zhong Cang soon made a breakthrough in another technique.

This time, the technique that broke through was the Twelve Melodies of Jade Heaven Tower.

Although it was the last one Zhong Cang obtained, it actually broke through earlier than the Ignorant Heart Sword Art because of the influence of the Sword Heart.

As expected, after the breakthrough, Zhong Cang's Sword Heart was stacked, becoming two layers, because Zhong Cang himself already had one layer of Sword Heart, so this was three layers of Sword Heart.

What Zhong Cang didn't expect was that the triple stacking caused the Sword Heart to undergo a qualitative change from a quantitative change.

"Buzz..."

At the moment when the triple Sword Heart was activated, Zhong Cang immediately felt his five senses enhancing, and the world in front of him became clearer.

And as the five senses continued to strengthen, Zhong Cang gradually became able to observe the flow of his own blood, the beating of his heart, and even the opening and closing of his muscles.

"This is inner vision! Or you could say it's a state of transparency!"

In this state, Zhong Cang could use his breath to manipulate spiritual energy, thereby enhancing his cardiovascular capacity.

With enhanced cardiovascular capacity, his strength and speed would also increase significantly.

This state could be said to be extremely powerful.

And this was not the end. After becoming familiar with inner vision, Zhong Cang also observed others with the triple-stacked Sword Heart.

Then, he discovered that the enhanced five senses allowed him to see others more "truthfully"—that is, he could see their muscles, bones, and even the flow of spiritual energy and blood through their bodies.

Furthermore, by observing the flow of others' blood, Zhong Cang could predict the next move of an enemy in advance.

With this ability, Zhong Cang could anticipate his opponent's moves in advance during a fight.

(End of this chapter)