Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

Although he knew that Mo Yuming's rapid improvement in cultivation was due to the Spirit Absorption Technique, and understood that this method had drawbacks, he did not intervene to stop him.

After all, in this isolated little space, weaknesses such as an unstable foundation and low combat strength are not a major problem.

Because here, profound combat skills and superior combat power are almost useless.

As long as you don't venture into those restricted areas and take risks, those advanced combat techniques will basically be useless.

The reason why Dugu Xian forced Mo Yuming to cultivate the profound skill was that for a cultivator, the time before the age of ten is the most precious time to condense spiritual power and become a cultivator of the profound skill.

If a person hasn't taken this step by the age of ten, then he basically has no hope of cultivating in his lifetime.

Therefore, Dugu Xian was deeply disappointed when he heard that Mo Yuming was unwilling to cultivate.

However, considering that Mo Yuming is already over seven years old and there are not many years left to delay, out of the elders' good intentions, they asked the other old men to supervise Mo Yuming's cultivation so that he would not regret it when he grows up.

Originally, Dugu Xian's intention was simply to hope that Mo Yuming could reach the Human Rank cultivation level before the age of ten, so as not to let him miss this golden period of cultivation.

As for what heights Mo Yuming might reach in the future, he had never considered it.

But to his utter surprise, his intervention created a cultivation genius. In just six months, Mo Yuming not only successfully condensed spiritual power, but also advanced rapidly, directly reaching the mid-stage of the Earth Rank.

Although improving one's cultivation level involves some shortcuts, such a huge improvement must first be something that one can withstand.

This is like someone standing in a treasure vault, wanting to take away the endless treasures within. First, you need a container that can hold all the treasures, and you also need the ability to take them away. Otherwise, no matter how many treasures there are, they will be out of your reach.

Undoubtedly, Mo Yuming was a natural-born prodigy in body refinement.

After only half a year of practicing body-refining techniques, he had already reached a level where he could withstand Earth-rank spiritual power.

It has to be said that his body seems to have been born for cultivation; otherwise, no matter how much spiritual energy he absorbed, it would have been quietly lost like flowing water.

"@@**……monster!……"

Old Man Dugu couldn't help but curse inwardly. Words he hadn't used for two hundred years suddenly flowed out like a spring, flowing smoothly without the slightest awkwardness.

"What a pleasant surprise! I never expected that by sheer chance, I would stumble upon such a once-in-a-millennium genius."

Originally, I only wanted to use some external force to loosen his muscles and bones and increase his speed of absorbing spiritual energy. If I could raise his Xuan Gong cultivation to the level of the second or third level of the human realm in a short period of time, I would be satisfied.

After all, he was just a kid who was just starting out.

Logically speaking, given his current age of only eight and his lack of prior cultivation experience, even if he is a genius among geniuses, his maximum potential should be limited to the fifth level of the human realm.

To understand what it means to jump five levels in less than a year, you can see just how terrifying that speed is!

That's achieving in one year what others take fifty years to accomplish! That's a difference of one to fifty! Being twice as fast as the average person makes you a talent, ten times faster makes you a genius, twenty times faster makes you a genius among geniuses, and thirty times faster makes you a once-in-a-century prodigy.

In just six months, he not only surpassed the Human Rank level, but also relentlessly pursued the Earth Rank Level 3! What kind of concept is that?

At least one to two hundred times faster! That means he can accomplish in a year what others take two hundred years to do! This cultivation speed is beyond human comprehension; he's a monster! A genius monster at that! Perhaps a monster that appears only once in ten thousand years!

In the leisurely covered bridge, a group of old men were whispering and discussing Mo Yuming's affairs.

The usually taciturn old man, Dugu, surprisingly delivered a lengthy speech this time, his expression impassioned and his emotions running high.

“Ming’s cultivation has indeed improved at an astonishing speed, but his situation is special and we have no experience in this area, so it is really hard to say whether it is good or bad.”

Ji Xianlin shook his head and said.

"Is that spirit-absorbing technique really that amazing? I feel there's something strange about it! Could it be some kind of evil magic?!"

Li Xiangrong said with deep concern.

"It's not so much an evil technique. Old Man Ren, who created the Soul Absorption Technique, has lived with us for decades. If it were an evil technique, he couldn't have remained so calm and composed."

Whether it is an evil art or not depends on whether it affects the cultivator's mind during the cultivation process.

This is especially true for children like Yu Ming, who are only eight or nine years old.

But at least for now, the Soul Absorption Technique has no effect on Yu Ming! So there's no need to worry too much.

"Although the Soul Absorption Technique is not an evil art, it relies on forcibly seizing the cultivation of others to improve itself. It's not particularly useful when fighting against a mortal enemy."

When Ke Ming was cultivating, he absorbed the cultivation of Zhong Tu, Qiu Shui, and the other six people.

Those who accompanied Ming in his cultivation haven't been able to improve their cultivation for almost half a year! From what I've observed, Qingwei's cultivation seems to have even regressed.

Although they didn't complain, continuing like this would be rather unfair to them!

“Indeed, we should not continue like this. If we let it continue, wouldn’t Zhong Tu and the other seven become Yu Ming’s furnaces?”

Even if the Soul Absorption Technique isn't considered evil magic, it's still a form of evil magic!

……

"Hey guys, have you noticed anything special about Yu Ming's physical training?" Shi Potian stepped forward and asked.

"What's wrong with that? Didn't we do it this way when we did physical training before?"

"Really the same? You didn't use your spiritual power during your training?"

"Oh, is that really true? That kid didn't seem to use any spiritual power at all while he was training!"

"Although controlling spiritual power is not difficult, most cultivators find it hard to accurately control their spiritual power output when they first begin cultivating."

It's already quite abnormal for someone like Ming to be able to completely control his spiritual power during physical training.

Moreover, his spiritual power was not something he painstakingly cultivated himself, so the compatibility could never exceed that of spiritual power he cultivated himself.

"So it's certain that Ming boy hasn't learned how to use his own spiritual power yet!" said Li Mubai, who hadn't spoken until now.

"Old Man Ren always emphasized the application of the Spirit Absorption Technique in actual combat, but when Yu Ming practiced it, it was not actual combat at all, but clearly indoctrination."

"With just one person absorbing and the other receiving, how can you learn any practical application?"

"It seems we need to teach him some combat skills. Only through learning combat skills can he master the application of spiritual power."

"But his cultivation path is different from ours. All our profound skills and combat techniques are based on the spiritual root's control over spiritual power. He hasn't awakened his spiritual root, so how can he allocate the output of spiritual power?"

The old man Dugu pondered for a long time before saying:

"Don't rush him to improve his skills yet; he should practice his combat abilities first. Such a promising talent should be developed comprehensively and carefully nurtured! Once he has profound cultivation, he should also learn how to utilize and utilize it effectively—that is the true path."

Otherwise, it's like being a multi-millionaire with millions in assets, but having money to burn and being forced to be a beggar – that's truly frustrating!

"When one's Xuan Gong cultivation reaches the Earth level, one can already project spiritual energy and use some special techniques to attack enemies from a distance."

Although Mo Yuming's profound skill cultivation has reached a terrifying level, it was all obtained by forcibly absorbing the spiritual power of others, lacking a gradual improvement process and even more so, lacking the experience of hard work and struggle.

Although he had undergone brief physical training, it only provided enough to sustain his spiritual energy; he still lacked the crucible of real combat. To become truly powerful, combat skills were the direction he needed to focus on developing in the future.

Li Mubai nodded and said.

……

After these old men discovered Mo Yuming's extraordinary talent, their mindset changed somewhat.

A premonition arose in my heart that such a prodigy was no ordinary person, and this small canyon would not be able to stop him. Sooner or later, he would break through this cage and fly into the vast sky.

Perhaps this kid really is the variable that will lead them out of the canyon. Maybe it was God who took pity on them and sent someone to guide them out of the canyon.

However, this person is really quite young...

Therefore, everyone had the idea of ​​carving Mo Yuming, this rough gem, into a treasure, and planned to start teaching Mo Yuming martial arts.

Unfortunately, Mo Yuming's cultivation path was somewhat unique, with no precedent to follow. At the beginning of cultivation, choosing a cultivation method that best suits oneself is extremely important, and can even affect one's future prospects.

This really gave the group of old men a headache. Even though they had a lot of profound martial arts skills, none of them were quite suitable for Mo Yuming.

This gave them a feeling of having power but nowhere to use it.

After much deliberation, the only appropriate approach was to force them to conduct actual combat drills.

Because the experience gained through one's own trials and tribulations is the most suitable martial art for oneself.

In terms of martial arts principles, the highest level has always been to overcome all moves by having no moves, and to overcome all changes by remaining unchanged.

It's all about adaptability. No matter how profound or strange your moves are, as long as I have the ability to counter them in time, you can't hurt me.

And this ability to make accurate judgments in a timely manner is experience! Of course, in addition to improving experience, practical combat can also improve physical coordination and reaction speed.

In a life-or-death battle, both sides will try their best to seize the initiative and gain the advantage of striking first, striking the other with the most ferocious offensive and delivering a fatal blow, leaving no room for the other to think of a countermeasure.

At this point, practical experience becomes extremely important. People with rich practical experience don't need to think deliberately; they can make the most appropriate response simply by relying on their intuition.

Those who lack practical combat experience will find themselves in a passive position at this time, unless the opponent's cultivation level is far lower than yours, and no matter how they attack, they cannot harm you, only then can you remain invincible.

Otherwise, you will definitely suffer a loss.

To achieve the best results, survival training should be conducted in some dangerous environments.

The older men in the canyon, the more experienced ones, are all first-generation cultivators who fell from above. Although they are all Heaven-level experts, they all have the ability to teach Mo Yuming.

But no matter what ruthless tactics they used, they couldn't make Mo Yuming feel threatened, and therefore couldn't achieve good results.

Moreover, Mo Yuming wasn't very interested in cultivating profound martial arts techniques, and besides, the old men's advanced profound martial arts techniques weren't really suitable for him.

Therefore, the painstakingly thoughtful old men made a bold decision:

That means letting Mo Yuming challenge the monsters alone! Only in this way can Mo Yuming unleash his full potential, demonstrate his best adaptability, and gain the best combat experience.

Perhaps after going through trials and tribulations, after facing life and death, his fighting spirit will be ignited, he will feel a sense of crisis, and thus change his mindset, and he will take the initiative to ask to learn profound martial arts techniques.

Of course, for security reasons, a few people will be sent to protect him secretly, but Mo Yuming will not know about it.

Time slipped away unnoticed, and after more than half a year of hellish living, Mo Yuming finally ushered in a period of peace.

Now, he can only cultivate for an hour or two each day at most, and then he has nothing else to do. The old men no longer infuse him with spiritual energy.

So these days, Mo Yuming either takes Xinlan for a stroll or goes to Old Man Mo Wen's herb garden to admire the various exotic flowers and herbs transplanted by Ji Xianlin and others.

Or they might go to the dining hall to discuss food with Huang Rongrong and others. Sometimes, when they were in the mood, they would pester Li Mubai to teach them some knowledge of formations, and follow Zhang Tieqiao to study some weapon-refining techniques.

However, these were not his main ways of passing the time. What he liked most was to go to the animal park not far from the residential area to watch the captive magical beasts.

These magical beasts were all low-level magical beasts that were captured by those second-generation old men but were not killed in time.

These second-generation elders seemed tireless. Even though they knew that one large magical beast was enough for everyone to eat for a day or two and there was no need to catch more, they still couldn't help but keep catching all kinds of magical beasts.

Seeing this, Li Mubai could only shake his head helplessly, but it wouldn't do to throw away the prey that he had already caught.

So in the end, the old men in charge put their heads together and decided that Li Mubai would lead a few people who were skilled in formations to build a beast park on a nearby cliff, specifically for raising those magical beasts.

The beast enclosure was surrounded by defensive magic arrays, preventing the trapped magical beasts from escaping. This made it easier for Mo Yuming to observe and study the magical beasts up close.

Fortunately, the magical beasts captured and kept by the second-generation old man were all of the type with low magic power and weak attack power.

With Mo Yuming's current cultivation level, these magical beasts are basically unable to harm him.

Therefore, the old men simply let Mo Yuming enter the beast garden and observe the magical beasts up close, allowing him to do as he pleased.

And so, under the indulgence of these old men, Mo Yuming spent another six months in a fairly fulfilling way.

Although he was very relaxed during this period and did not engage in much intensive training, Mo Yuming's profound skill cultivation was still improving automatically.

Unbeknownst to him, his main earth-elemental profound skill had leveled up again, reaching the third level of the earth rank, and the other four elements had also grown considerably stronger.

Such a rapid rate of improvement, if heard by those who practice asceticism, would not only cause them to collapse, but would at least be a significant blow.

Perhaps a considerable amount of the old men's spiritual power remained in Mo Yuming's body and was not refined, or perhaps Mo Yuming was simply an accident.

He didn't put in much effort, and he didn't even awaken his spiritual root, but his cultivation level kept rising steadily.

That day, when Mo Yuming ran into the animal park to play again, Shi Potian appeared out of nowhere.

"Hey kid! Have you been practicing your martial arts lately? How come you have time to come out and play?"

"Grandpa Dugu said that the previous training is over, and we will start other training after some time!"

After hearing this, Mo Yuming casually brought up Dugu Xian, a phrase he had mentioned countless times before.

Whenever someone mentions cultivation, Mo Yuming will blurt it out without thinking.

"So you have time to play now? Have you thought of any fun new things to do? Tell Grandpa first, so Grandpa can try them out!"

Shi Potian seemed completely unconcerned about Mo Yuming's cultivation, and continued speaking.

"no!"

Mo Yuming answered impatiently.

"Oh, since you don't have any, you can go play by yourself. Sigh... It's been so long since I've been to the Rimu Forest. I wonder how lucky I'll be this time? If I'm lucky, I might bring back a few brown-necked chickens to try. It's been so long since I've had brown-necked chicken..."

As Shi Potian spoke, he walked towards Ruimu Valley.

"Grandpa, can you take me for a walk? I want to see it too!"

Mo Yuming immediately became interested upon hearing this. He had always wanted to explore the depths of Ruimu Valley, but had never been able to do so.

"No, there are many magical beasts there, it's too dangerous!"

Shi Potian deliberately made excuses.