Chapter 260: Chapter 184: A Different Kind of Mental Cultivation, About to Achieve Great Serenity!
Jiang Shu naturally wouldn’t know the plan and arrangements for the conference. Even if he did, he wouldn’t care. His only thought in going to Shengjing was to improve himself. Attending the conference could only bring worldly fame. For a Martial Artist, true power resided within oneself; the fist was authority. That was the true Great Dao they needed to follow.
This cosmic spaceship... I wonder what kind of material it’s made of. Traversing the Void, its sturdiness is definitely superior to ordinary Treasures. Even if it’s empty inside, this exterior material alone is enough to elevate the military power of Xia Country by a notch.
Jiang Shu slightly raised his head, looking up at the kilometers-long cosmic spaceship. From inside, the occasional sound of tools clinking could be heard; clearly, many scientific researchers were conducting various experiments. That was what they could see, and Jiang Shu didn’t believe that Xia Country only had one such research institute. This was what actually constituted the foundation of a great nation.
The cultivation of human power might one day truly rival, or even suppress, a great nation. But that Realm was definitely not his current Acupoint Passage Realm, nor was it the Fetal Breathing Realm above Meditation.
The pride he felt from returning from Fusang gradually became restrained. After all, Fusang was just a small island. Although its military power had been strong in the past, it had fallen behind in the world’s drastic changes. In the current era, only a nation with a larger territory could possess more Heaven and Earth Secret Realms and thus achieve greater national strength.
He was rapidly advancing in his Realm. But the national strength of Xia Country and Freedom Country would also undergo one qualitative leap after another. This was because they had acquired a completely new system of civilization and had come into contact with a wider world.
After returning from the research institute, Jiang Shu didn’t rush to Cultivation. Instead, he took his parents and younger sister, Jiang Yanyue, for a walk around the nearby mall. They spent time there until late at night. After chatting casually for a while, he hypnotized each of them in turn. Then, he sat cross-legged in his room to reflect on the day’s gains and losses.
A Great Grandmaster of vitality force could also become a Hypnotist, but such a Hypnotist would merely be at an entry-level, needing to rely on tools and require cooperation from an average person to succeed. But how many people could truly cooperate? Mom and Dad trust me implicitly, yet their minds are still full of distracting thoughts. It would be quite difficult to hypnotize them if I weren’t in a state of Meditation.
On the other hand, his younger sister, Jiang Yanyue, seemed restless and lively. However, as soon as she closed her eyes and his voice resonated like a bell, she quickly fell into a deep sleep. Evidently, she had good Talent for Spiritual Cultivation and could advance in both Martial Arts and spiritual development in the future. As for his parents, as long as he had time to hypnotize them more often and help them enter deep sleep, even if their Martial Arts progress was slower, they could still strengthen their internal organs and easily live beyond a hundred years.
The future era was not only an era of Martial Arts practice but also an era of Spiritual Cultivation. The poor would be increasingly pressed by life, unable to concentrate, and unlikely to live past seventy or eighty. In contrast, the rich, even if they couldn’t practice Martial Arts to reach the level of a Hua Jing Master, could use future technology to force themselves into deep sleep and easily live past a hundred years.
Jiang Shu looked outside, his eyes as deep as the stars in the night sky. The polarization of society would become increasingly severe. If he had been born ten or even twenty years in the future, without the ability to travel between Two Realms or access to a proficiency panel, he could only have lived an ordinary life, no matter how ambitious he was. Is such a world truly good?
A thought, like a sprout about to break through the soil, emerged. Jiang Shu inhaled and exhaled gently, slowly suppressing it. Regardless, at this stage, improving himself was paramount. The enhancement of his Spirit Realm, the acquisition of Thunder Eagle Essence Blood, physically reaching the state of shattering the Void and attaining an incorruptible body, mentally achieving the Way of True Sincerity to foresee the future—balancing Yin and Yang to stand firmly at the Peak of Xia Country’s Martial Arts. These were the true pressing matters at hand.
He took out his cell phone from his pocket. Ever since that visit to Ye Zhenzhen’s home, she had been sending messages nonstop, as if she had been completely unleashed. He opened one of her messages; it was a video.
"Master, take a look at my Inborn Guiding Skill. Am I doing it right?"
In the video, Ye Zhenzhen wore a fitted outfit that accentuated her figure, especially her chest. She turned her back to the camera and bent over, the tension in her posture highlighting her curves, showcasing them to their fullest. Her long, raven hair was exceptionally straight, and her slender, well-rounded legs were slightly parted. Beneath her shapely legs, her delicate feet gently touched the floor, revealing ankles as exquisite as rare white porcelain.
This seductress... What has she been watching! Even Jiang Shu, who had just acquired a meditation technique and ascended another step in Spiritual Cultivation, couldn’t help but feel the corner of his mouth twitch after watching the entire video.
In the shot, Ye Zhenzhen’s movements were much more skilled than before, clearly showing she had put in considerable effort. And precisely because of this, she managed to incorporate various enticing poses within the standard movements. It seemed less like she was practicing the Inborn Guiding Skill and more like some "Thug Excitement Skill."
"Pose seven, eighteen, and thirty-five are still not standard," Jiang Shu replied.
As soon as he sent the message, Ye Zhenzhen’s name in the WeChat conversation box showed her as ’typing...’, and a line of text quickly popped up, "Those movements are so hard, Master. Why don’t you personally come... and teach your little servant?"
"In Shengjing."
After sending it, Jiang Shu looked at the two words and felt they might seem a bit cold, so he added, "I’m busy lately and might not return to Ji City for a while. When I have time, we can video chat, and I’ll demonstrate it for you again."
The conference was in October. After the conference, he would officially go to a Grade A Heaven and Earth Secret Realm to search for traces of Sixth Rank Mutant Beasts.