X-Dragon Era

From here, one can discern a person's aptitude. The vast majority of students simply cannot sense the energy in their hearts, much less speak of releasing it. Without even a feeling, how are they to release it?

Originally, Xin Yun would not have had such smooth progress either, but having cultivated the Spirit Gathering for so long, the sensitivity to the energy within his body was incomparable, and his foundational understanding in this aspect was far beyond what these students could match. Read exclusive content at empire

After an afternoon of training, a small, thin stream of qi had accumulated within Xin Yun's body. This qi was invisible and intangible, perceptible only with Divine Sense.

There was silence throughout the afternoon, and after school in the evening, Xin Yun had his dinner and hurried to the forest clearing by the pond. He sat cross-legged in meditation, cultivating the Combat Dragon Scripture until past nine o'clock when he finally summoned Yinglong and headed in the direction of Crescent Bend through the underground river.

After smoothly picking up the two girls, Xin Yun, piloting Yinglong, rushed to the underground space that belonged exclusively to the three of them. Along the way, Xin Yun found out from the two girls that they had also officially started their lessons today and learned the Combat Dragon Scripture.

As they reached the cave, the three chatted and laughed for a while, then each took their place sitting cross-legged and began cultivating the Combat Dragon Scripture. In accordance with their instructor's advice, they temporarily had to cease cultivating with Dragon Ball energy. These two Cultivation Techniques currently could not be practiced simultaneously.

In the following month, Xin Yun and the two girls devoted almost all their time to cultivating. After a month of cultivation, Xin Yun, a guy with neither impressive talent, aptitude, nor potential, actually reached the Minor Accomplishment realm at the same time as the two girls!

Witnessing this scene, Xin Yun was tremendously surprised. Yi Luo Xiang and Yan Qingying didn't understand either—how could this guy, with talent, aptitude, and potential far inferior to theirs, cultivate so swiftly! For this reason, the two girls even consulted their instructor but still couldn't grasp the essence.

What determines the effectiveness and speed of mental method cultivation are the spirit, the soul, and the body. The soul determines talent; the stronger the Soul Force, the better the cultivation outcome.

The spirit determines aptitude; the stronger the spiritual power, the faster the cultivation speed. After all... energy is driven by spiritual power. The stronger the spiritual power, the quicker the energy circulates.

As for potential, that lies in the body. Of course... here, the body doesn't refer to its strength, but to its latent quality, such as possessing constitutions like the Nine Yin Body or Nine Yang Body, which determine the limits of what one can cultivate.

In terms of talent, aptitude, and potential, Xin Yun was at no advantage, yet his speed in cultivating the Combat Dragon Scripture was so rapid, it couldn't help but be called a miracle!

Initially, Xin Yun was also confused, but he soon understood. The reason he was able to cultivate so swiftly lay in the modified mental method he employed.

In fact, what Xin Yun and the two girls cultivated was not the same mental method. Or to say... the mental method cultivated by Yi Luo Xiang and Yan Qingying was incomplete, hence the outcome as seen today.

Xin Yun had also considered sharing this cultivation method with the two girls, but ultimately he dismissed the idea. It was not that he didn't want to teach them, but this Cultivation Technique was still incomplete and at an exploratory stage, with potential issues that could arise at any moment. Moreover...

they had only learned the beginning of the Combat Dragon Scripture, with no one knowing what would follow.

The Combat Dragon Scripture comprises a total of six volumes. Right now, what Xin Yun and his peers had cultivated was only the first volume. Only after reaching Minor Accomplishment could they access the second volume. Although the first volume provided a commendable speed and effectiveness in cultivation, it didn't mean the second volume would do the same, let alone the third volume.

Over the course of a month, not only did the three reach the Minor Accomplishment realm in their mental method, but more importantly, through their combined efforts, they built a beautiful little wooden house by the pond in their underground space.

This quaint house had four rooms in total—three secluded Cultivation Rooms for each person and a large bedroom for sleeping.

Of note is that the large bedroom had only one bed; when they slept, Yi Luo Xiang lay in the middle, Xin Yun on the left, and Yan Qingying on the right. After more than a month, Yi Luo Xiang had grown accustomed to sleeping accompanied by Xin Yun and Yan Qingying; missing either made her feel uneasy.

Such an arrangement should have been improper, but since all three were still children and there was nothing to be shy about, everyone felt it was all completely natural.

Each time they came from outside, the three would take some time to decorate the little house. Though situated in the dark underground, after a month of embellishment, every corner of the little house was inlaid with abundant Nightlight Stones. At any time, the place was bright as day, not giving the slightest impression of a dark underground world.

After reaching Minor Accomplishment in the Combat Dragon Scripture, Yi Luo Xiang and Yan Qingying approached their instructor to request the second volume of the Combat Dragon Scripture and began cultivating it. Moreover, from the instructor, they learned they were the first three students in their grade level to reach Minor Accomplishment.

The second volume of the Combat Dragon Scripture does not concern the circulation of energy, but rather emphasizes combining the energy produced by oneself with the energy inside the Dragon Ball, integrating it into a new energy. In some ways, a Dragon Ball that has absorbed personal energy becomes an existence that fully integrates with one's body, spirit, soul, and energy.

Slowly releasing the energy from within the Dragon Ball and then steering this energy to circulate through the body's meridians, all the while, the heart region continuously emits energy ripples. These are steadily absorbed by the energy inside the Dragon Ball, forming brand-new Origin Energy.

When Xin Yun, steering his soul, delved into the world inside the Dragon Ball and carefully observed, those Origin Energy Spheres that had absorbed his own energy emitted a bluish light, like twinkling stars, whereas those that hadn't absorbed his personal energy, though still blue, failed to emit any light.

The Combat Dragon Scripture knows no bounds, and those Origin Energy Spheres are like round containers without a discernible limit to how much energy they can hold. At present, their limit is far from in sight. (To be continued, for further details, please visit www.qidian.com. More chapters are available; support the author, support genuine reading!)