Chapter 5 A Complete Change
"Hello, you haven''t told me what stage of cultivation method the God-ying Form is," Zachary said
while he got his reward, the Refreshing Pill. He had to know the answer. He persisted and continued
asking, even if Mimi did not answer him. No one could fool him.
"The prerequisite for receiving the second newbie quest requires that you practice the God-ying
Form and reach the second grade of Foundation Establishment. However, you do have a choice—
you can either choose to exit the Treasure-hunting System and return to the real world, or continue to
practice in the second world," Mimi said automatically, ignoring Zachary''s question again. She
disappeared as soon as she was done speaking.
"Mimi..." Zachary yelled out her name a few times. When he got no response, he finally stopped
shouting. However, he did not understand why Mimi did not tell him what stage of cultivation method
the God-ying Form was. He wondered whether the reason behind her not telling him was
because its stage was so low that she did not think it necessary to do so, or because of another
reason, which he did not know.
"Never mind. I will find out the reason for her silence myself, sooner orter. Right now, I have to
concentrate on my cultivation. My body''s former owner was useless. Even after three years of training,
he couldn''t reach the first grade of Foundation Establishment. Worse still, he was bullied by others all
the time. If I were him, I would havemitted suicide a long time ago. Oh, right! First, I must repair
my double martial speed..." Zachary said, and then quickly threw the Refreshing Pill into his mouth.
It immediately melted in his mouth. After a while, he felt that his entire body was refreshed. He had
never felt so rxed andfortable, as he did now. The originally damaged meridians in his body
also started the self-repairing process. Strangely, he had the feeling that his body was being remolded
completely.
After half an hour, Mimi''s automatic voice rang out again. "Your damaged meridians have been
repaired, and you have also now recovered your double martial speed."
''Huh? It was so easy? I thought that I would experience a life-and-death struggle or something simr
to that, '' Zachary thought in disbelief and shook his head. ''The next step is to practice the God-ying
Form. My body''s former owner should have cultivated the Welkin Sect''s cultivation method earlier.
Now I have to practice the God-ying Form from the start, even though that is troublesome. But
what choice do I have? None. If I do not practice the God-ying Form, I will not be able to get the
second newbie quest.''
Therefore, without wasting any time, Zachary began practicing the God-ying Form near ake in
the Peach Blossom Forest. Theke had sparkling clear water with dramatic scenery.
Although he did not know what stage of cultivation method the God-ying Form was, judging from
the training posture it required, he had the feeling that it was not a general cultivation method. It
required a warrior to practice by standing upside down in a strange position.
"Damn! I am not practicing yoga. Do I have to be like this?" Zachary muttered unhappily, but continued
leaning upside down, against a big rock.
After that, he tried to cultivate martial energy ording to the God-ying Form. Gradually, as time
went by, he felt that he was like a stone pir standing between heaven and earth, integrating with the
world.
At that moment, a morning breeze blew gently, and there were slight ripples on the clear water''s
surface. At the same time, a thinyer of inscrutable purple energy suddenly appeared on Zachary''s
body. It required a person to observe it; otherwise, it would have gone undetected.
Slowly, that thinyer of purple energy started spreading around continuously like ripples on the water''s
surface. Although it was still very weak, it hadyers that were visible.
This purple energy was the so-called martial energy cultivated by a warrior!
It was essential to mention at this point that the color of the martial energy at the Foundation
Establishment, which was cultivated by a warrior ording to some ordinary cultivation method, was
cyan. The color would gradually change as a warrior''s cultivation level increased. The reason why the
martial energy exuding from Zachary was purple was that he used a different cultivation method.
Generally, a regr warrior focused on cultivating his inner energy first, to improve his outer strength.
This method was called meditating cultivation and was the Supernal Continent''s most used cultivation
method. It required circting the martial energy in a warrior''s body ording to the cultivation method
and stimting his meridians and muscles to strengthen them, such that it increased his overall
strength and qualities.
On the other hand, the cultivation method recorded in the God-ying Form was extremely different.
It focused on cultivating a warrior''s body first, to strengthen his martial energy. That meant that it would
push his physical strength to his limit during his cultivation. Therefore, it was also known as physical
cultivation. However, with time, the so-called physical cultivation had almost disappeared in the
Supernal Continent. The reason for its disappearance was that it was exceedingly difficult to cultivate
and became unbearable for any normal warrior, especially in theter period. That was why, gradually,
warriors abandoned it.
Nevertheless, if a warrior trained using the physical cultivation method, he was much more powerful
than his peers of the same level, who trained using the meditating cultivation. Moreover, he would be
even stronger than those who were two or three levels higher than him in cultivation. Without a doubt,
this advantage came with a risk to one''s life. One could say that both cultivation methods had their
advantages and disadvantages.
Zachary was in a headstand posture for cultivation, which was the most regr pose in physical
cultivation. As the level of physical cultivation increased, the stance used for it also became more
challenging. Without a doubt, the pain a warrior experienced was a hundred times more intense than
what he would feel in cutting his wrist or slicing his flesh.
After a long time, theyer of purple energy that had been earlier floating around Zachary suddenly
entered his body. It then turned into a series of star lights as they moved inside his originally weak and
empty meridians. After that, they formed a stream of purple energy.
Later, this small stream of purple energy began to flow slowly along Zachary''s meridians. Then
gradually, it started flowing faster, until it was running through his specific meridians at an rming rate.
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If the Welkin Sect''s leader were to see this scene now, he would definitely be taken aback. Such
amazing circling speed precisely embodied Zachary''s double martial speed qualification!
Generally speaking, before anyone could be a warrior, he would first have to go through the
Foundation Establishment for some time. That was to specifically cultivate martial energy, one of the
most basic conditions to be a warrior, by basic cultivation methods. Whoever failed to cultivate it
could not be a warrior.
Additionally, only those who were physically strong and healthy could be warriors. That was
because a strong physique was crucial for those normal people who wanted to be qualified
warriors.
Furthermore, martial speed was the most important qualification for warriors. The faster their martial
speed was, the better was their cultivation''s effect on their martial energy. Moreover, what martial
speed qualification a person would have was decided at his birth. Therefore, if a warrior wanted to
reach higher level cultivation, he was required to have a higher martial speed. Although a warrior could
improve his martial speed, it was extremely difficult to do so unless he was highly talented.
The reason why martial speed was especially crucial for warriors was that after all, they were humans,
and humans had a limited lifespan. For example, in case a warrior had the original martial speed, and
the other had double of that, then thetter would only need half the time to reach the same level of
cultivation than the former. That would, therefore, result in a fundamental gap between the
two.