Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Optimizing the Five Hearts Towards the Sky

Chapter 5 Cultivating the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing

Chen Yuan stared intently at the words "brain domain breadth": "I'm not surprised that it can improve aptitude, but it can even improve brain domain breadth. This optimization system is really amazing."

Chen Yuan knew that brain capacity represented the most direct cultivation aptitude in this world, apart from bloodline.

Bloodline is a given; Earthlings are among the lowest tiers in the universe, and everyone starts from the same point.

Therefore, at the same bloodline level, the one with a larger brain area has better aptitude!

Every bit of increase in brain capacity can leave hundreds of millions of people behind.

"What is my current brain capacity?" Chen Yuan wondered. As his thoughts raced, new information appeared on the panel.

Brain width: 15

"My brain span is 15?" Chen Yuan took a deep breath.

To be honest, it's not high, but among billions of people on Earth, it would rank in the middle.

"It's alright, better than I expected."

Chen Yuan's eyes shone brightly: "The important thing is that if I cultivate the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing, I can increase my brain capacity to a maximum of 18."

"A brain span of 18 points is enough to put you ahead of 99.99% of people on Earth."

Don't be fooled by the fact that it's only 3 points more in brain capacity; it actually reaches the highest level in history before Luo Feng appeared.

Because Chen Yuan clearly remembered that the purpose of the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins on Earth was to select geniuses for Meteorite Star.

Anyone can enter the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins, but only those with a brain span of 18 or higher can enter the "elite channel" for a special assessment.

Before Luo Feng rose to prominence, no one in the world, including Hong and Thor, could open the elite channel!

"Relic No. 9 shouldn't be closed yet, after all, it's the only place on Earth that can produce the 'Black God Set'." Chen Yuan pondered, "Then when I have time in the future, I can plan for the entry qualification of Relic No. 9. 18 points of brainpower should be enough to open the elite channel."

"I remember that Luo Feng completed the assessment in Ruins No. 9 and obtained a set of basic secret techniques for mental cultivators, as well as the secret technique for using the Sky-Escape Shuttle."

"If I go for the assessment, I should be able to obtain a set of martial arts-related secret techniques. This is the only secret technique from the universe that I can obtain on Earth."

However, to enter Ruins No. 9, one needs at least the strength of a War God, a goal that is still too far from Chen Yuan's reach.

For Chen Yuan, the most important thing right now is to cultivate the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing Classic).

Chen Yuan received the contents of the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing and carefully scanned them with his eyes.

The entire manual contains approximately five thousand words and outlines three cultivation methods that must be practiced in combination.

The first method involves practicing 12 different postures. Chen Yuan looked at the pictures and felt that they were somewhat similar to yoga, but much more complicated. Some of the postures were simply not something a human could do.

The second type is stance training and breathing techniques. This part covers the key points of various stance training and breathing methods, and it is not difficult.

The third type is medicinal bath! This part only contains the formula for one medicine and the required medicinal materials.

"According to the instructions in the manual, the stance training and breathing method need to be combined with a medicinal bath. One should stand and breathe while in the medicinal bath, and the medicinal water should be above the neck." Chen Yuan looked at the various key points of the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing and nodded. "Hmm, these medicinal materials are relatively common and can be purchased through the Extreme House. We also need to buy a bath tub that is tall enough, as the bathtub at home is not suitable for stance training."

After reading the manual, Chen Yuan reopened the Limitless Home website and purchased the items he needed.

Click to pay, confirm, 30548 yuan will be deducted, leaving 817852 yuan.

The medicinal bath cost the most, totaling 3 yuan, followed by a sufficiently tall bath tub for 500 yuan, and takeout that Chen Yuan casually ordered for 48 yuan.

After all, we had been researching for so long, and it was already midday.

Because it was all same-city delivery, all the things he bought were delivered to the entrance of Jinghu Community in just about an hour.

Chen Yuan spent ten minutes carrying the items from the entrance of the residential area back to the villa. Then he began to sort the large and small bags of medicinal herbs and mix them together in a certain proportion.

Another half hour passed.

"Alright."

Chen Yuan looked at the medicinal herbs that had been evenly divided into ten portions and nodded in satisfaction: "That's exactly a ten-day supply. We'll decide how much more we need after ten days, depending on our cultivation progress."

Chen Yuan then began brewing today's medicine, which would take an hour to boil. During this time, Chen Yuan ate his takeout and then went to the training hall on the second floor to begin practicing the twelve movements in the manual.

"hiss."

"That's really difficult."

Chen Yuan was in so much pain that he was covered in sweat, his body twisted into a ball.

"Bear with it, this pain is nothing." Chen Yuan gritted his teeth and persevered, silently counting to thirty before relaxing his body.

"Ouch, that really hurts." Chen Yuan grimaced, looking at the second movement. "Continue!"

"Hiss!" "Oh!" "Whoa!"

Chen Yuan's cries, filled with pain, could be heard from the training room from time to time, but they did not stop.

It wasn't until an hour later, when Chen Yuanding's alarm clock rang, that he slowly walked out of the martial arts room.

"Who designed this move? It's insane! It's practically inhuman." Chen Yuan gasped for breath with a look of utter exhilaration. "Oh, it's the system. Never mind then."

You have to finish the training method you chose, even if you're crying.

Go to the kitchen, turn off the heat, pour out the medicine, then fill the bathtub with hot water, pour the medicine into the tub and stir well.

After completing the preparations, Chen Yuan took off his shirt, leaving only a pair of shorts, and jumped into the bathtub.

Chen Yuan stood in the bathtub, his chest rising and falling, and began to breathe in a specific rhythm.

"Ah, this feels so good..."

Chen Yuan felt like he was about to fall asleep. Compared to the twelve movements of the training, practicing the breathing method while standing in the medicinal bath was not only painless, but also became more and more comfortable.

Unbeknownst to him, Chen Yuan seemed to have truly fallen asleep, standing motionless in the water, even the rise and fall of his chest became very faint.

Time passed slowly, until the medicine in the bathtub had completely cooled down, when Chen Yuan suddenly opened his eyes: "I was asleep? No, I was in a deep sleep!"

He glanced at the time, then his eyes widened in surprise: "Three hours?"

Whoosh!

Chen Yuan used the edge of the bathtub to leap up, jumped out of the tub, picked up a towel from the side, and walked out while drying himself.

"I actually fell into a deep sleep while practicing standing meditation, even though I slept in this morning." Chen Yuan curiously opened the panel, "Let's see what the effects are."

Name: Chen Yuan

Age: 19

Strength: 2265.63 (kg)

Realm: Intermediate Warrior

Brain width: 15

Secret Technique:

Hibernation Technique - Crystal Meditation: A cultivation-type secret technique, rated B, current progress: Beginner (35.85%)

Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing: A cultivation secret technique, rated C, current progress: Beginner (9.85%)

Spirit Wind Sword Technique: Combat-type secret technique, rating C, current progress: Overall beginner level 35.65% (Swordsmanship 37.72%, Movement Technique 31.58%, Guiding Technique 37.65%)

Power Level: 0.97

Current Optimizable Item: Arcane

Kill Points: 0

"My strength has increased slightly, but not by much. My proficiency with the Hibernation Technique has improved, but it's still within acceptable limits. As for the Yi Jin Jing and Xi Sui Jing..." Chen Yuan suddenly paused, his steps halting. "...directly increased to 9.85%?"

"According to the manual, it takes one hundred days to completely transform one's physique, which is called the Hundred-Day Foundation Building." Chen Yuan recalled the contents of the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing Classic). "But this kind of cultivation can be accelerated, and the shorter the number of days to complete it, the better the cultivation effect. The most perfect effect is 30 days!"

"Because compressing a hundred days of training into one month will put greater pressure on the body, and the transformation will be even more astonishing."

"The manual just doesn't specify how to speed it up." Chen Yuan stared at the panel, lost in thought. "So, when I entered a deep sleep state while practicing standing meditation, all the cosmic energy I absorbed during that time was converted into proficiency?"

"That's great!" Chen Yuan's eyes lit up. "One day of cultivation increases proficiency by 9.85%, and it only takes eleven days to go from beginner to proficient. It only takes a little over thirty days to reach the peak of cultivation."

Chen Yuan knew that the panel set the proficiency level into four levels: beginner, proficient, master, and perfect.

Among them, "Perfection" represents the progress bar reaching 100% after achieving great success. It can only be considered a sign of reaching the peak of cultivation, not a realm.

That is, each secret technique has only three levels of proficiency, totaling 300%.

If the progress of cultivating the Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing does not decrease, it will only take more than thirty days to perfect this secret method and achieve almost the most perfect effect.

"One month." Chen Yuan said with anticipation, "In just one month, I will be able to complete my cultivation, and my brain capacity will increase by 3 points."