Chapter 59: The Unparalleled Genius!
Xia Lin heard this and, not in a good mood, knocked on her little head: "I didn't ask you to flatter me."
"Ouch." Lu'er winced in pain and quickly rubbed her head.
"Do you still remember what happened last night?"
"I remember, when I touched that golden manual, it glowed by itself." Lü'er replied honestly.
"That's the common sense of Nianzhe, En... in other words, as long as there is a Nianzhe talent, it will shine when you encounter him. Otherwise, think about it, when Sun Zhong brought it over at first, didn't it not shine?" Xia Lin laughed and said.
"Really?" Green's eyes lit up at once, "So that means I can become a reader too?"
"Naturally." Xia Lin nodded, "In the future, our Lu'er can also become a peerless expert and even a Namer."
"Now that we've got this far, Xia Lin took out the golden manual. 'There are instructions inside on how to use it... hmm... you can try running it first and see what effect it has.'"
"Mmm...mhm." Lu'er's little head nodded like a chick pecking at food, not listening, staring at the small booklet in Xia Lin's hand. As a result, she waited for half a day and still didn't see Xia Lin give it to her.
"Cough cough." Xia Lin coughed once and pointed at her own face.
Lu'er took a glance and understood Xia Lin's intention. Her face, which had just returned to normal, turned red again, looking adorable with her small fists clenched, giving herself encouragement. Then she tiptoed and leaned in to kiss Xia Lin's right cheek. But unexpectedly, Xia Lin slightly turned his head, and Lu'er ended up kissing his lips instead.
"Hmm..." Lü'er was caught by Xia Lin and kissed for a long time before being let go.
"...I hate it..." Green's panting was released at that moment, and she almost fell weakly to the ground.
"Haha, just kidding."
Xia Lin helped Qing Er sit down on the bed and then placed the golden manual in front of her.
Lu'er excitedly looked at the thin manual, Xia Lin had been talking for a long time, she didn't know whether it was comforting or real, so now, she must try it out.
Thinking of this, Lu'er gently placed her hand on top.
Splash!
A familiar glow reappears, and scenes and texts emerge, casting a blue light on the faces of two people.
Xia Lin pointed to the sea of knowledge and the stars, carefully introducing them to Lu'er. He said that cultivation was not a child's play, these things must be made clear, especially for Lu'er, a martial arts newbie. With only a thin manual, Xia Lin spoke fluently for an hour, leaving no details unexplained.
One hour later.
"Is it clear?" Xia Lin said with a slightly dry mouth.
"En." Lü'er nodded.
"Then let's try it out and start by opening up your mind." Xia Lin said, "I'll take care of things for you here. If anything goes wrong, I'll come out immediately."
"En." Lǜ ér nodded seriously, then sat cross-legged on the bed like Xià Lín before, slowly closing her eyes.
Summer arrived, and the thick greenery surrounded them. Greenie had never been in contact with these things before, so he still had some worries. However, as a cultivator, apart from this rookie, no one else in Heifeng Village had ever come into contact with them either, so they could only rely on him to guard against them.
However, Xia Lin didn't have to wait for too long, and soon Lu'er opened her eyes.
"So fast?" Xia Lin's heart skipped a beat as she looked at her, "How is it, are you okay?"
"It's nothing." Green shook her head slightly, a puzzled look flashing in her eyes. "But it's just that... isn't the success of opening up the Sea of Recognition like clearing up a patch of clarity in a vast expanse of chaos?"
"En." Xia Lin nodded, he had read that manual countless times, and indeed, the sea of knowledge was boundless.
"Oh, just now when I went in, I felt a blurry place, which should be the Sea of Recognition. Then after walking for a while, I saw a very clear place, without that blurry feeling, and there were six stars there, just like the things the manual put out earlier. I ran those techniques, but they didn't work." Lü'er said somewhat confusedly, clearly not knowing what was going on.
A stunned Xia Lin's forehead, a clear place, six stars, the opening of Qing Er's sea of knowledge and the construction of Ben Ming Xing Chen Tu have been completed? How is this possible?
Suddenly, Xia Lin thought of the situation when Lü'er fainted yesterday and hurriedly asked: "When you fainted yesterday, did you feel anything wrong?"
"Ah, it hurts so much... I saw this thing yesterday too, and then my head hurt, later I saw the stars, and my head hurt again." said Lü'er.
"So it was."
Summer has arrived, and under the guidance of the manual, the construction of the Sea of Recognition and the Natal Star Chart was unexpectedly completed in Green's subconscious yesterday. No wonder Green fainted yesterday, it must have been due to excessive consumption of the Sea of Recognition.
Thinking of this, Xia Lin opened the golden manual, where it was clearly written that ordinary people need to open up their sea of consciousness for about a month, build their natal star chart for about a month, and condense their soul for about a month.
"What a ridiculous thing...... Who compiled this manual......" Xia Lin couldn't help but ridicule, then looked up at Lü'er and said: "Lü'er, your birth star chart has been constructed, what's left is to condense the soul, you practice first."
"Uh-huh."
Lu'er responded with a sound and closed her eyes again.
Her eyebrows slightly furrowed, and a pained expression occasionally flashed across her face. It was clear that the gathering of her spiritual energy wasn't going smoothly. Xia Lin was worried but couldn't help, so he could only wait silently by her side.
Just as he was getting anxious, he suddenly felt a bright light in front of his eyes.
Dazzling white fluff spread from Green's body, a figure slowly emerged from Green's body, a half-illusory soul, green dress, and dazzling white fluff all around, proving that Green's Nian Soul had successfully condensed!
Xia Lin looked stunned, while replacing Lu'er's joy, the emotions on the other side turned into three words: "F**king ridiculous..."
Xia Dazhai was humbled, to know that yesterday he spent a lot of time, and finally still relied on the help of Chuan Cheng Temple to spend a whole night's time to complete the condensation of Nianhun. But what about Lu'er? Wasn't it said that opening up the sea of knowledge and building the Benming Xingchen diagram only took one night's time? And just this condensation of Nianhun, took only a moment! Is this not too humiliating?
"It's so much fun!" Lü'er controlled the soul of the incantation as it floated around, wandering everywhere, having a great time.
Xia Lin smiled bitterly and asked: "Lu'er, what is your Soul's true strength?"
"What is spiritual power? What is spiritual power?" Green stopped and asked in a daze.
Suddenly a black line appeared on Xia Lin's forehead, and she didn't look at anything else. How did her soul successfully condense? She only looked at that part.
Lu'er stuck out her tongue and quickly took out a golden manual to take a look, then checked according to the method recorded in the manual.
"Wait a minute, let me take a look, Benming Xingchen's ability is:"
Power, zeroth order two segments.
Defense, zeroth rank one segment.
Speed, zeroth order one segment.
Reaction, zero order one phase.
Spiritual Power, Zero Rank Zero Stage.
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Xia Lin nodded upon hearing this, Lu'er was a bit of an airhead, her physical quality wasn't great, only her strength was slightly higher than average, everything else fell within the range of a normal person who had never cultivated.
"Hmm, there are a few stars around here too, let me take a look."
Power Star, Zeroth Rank Fifth Stage.
Defensive Starlight, Zeroth Rank Fifth Stage.
Speed Starlight, Zeroth Rank Fifth Stage.
Reaction Star Chart, Zeroth Rank Five Phases.
Mind Force Star, Zeroth Rank Eighth Stage.
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“……”
“!!!!!!”
Xia Lin was stunned, how could this be possible, such a strong innate talent, especially the Star of Mental Power, had actually reached eight segments! Unbeknownst to him, Xia Lin thought of that one passage in the manual again.
Ordinary people, before practicing the Nen abilities, generally have their abilities at zeroth rank first stage. Those slightly stronger than ordinary people are at zeroth rank second stage. People with exceptional talents are at zeroth rank third stage. Geniuses are at zeroth rank fourth stage or higher. It is even said that there are peerless geniuses whose initial aura nodes reach as high as zeroth rank ninth stage!
"Being a 4-dan at zero-kyu is already genius-level, being an 8-dan at zero-kyu..."
"What's wrong? Is it very low?" Green said with some trepidation, she hadn't looked at the manual much, so she was very uneasy in her heart. What if her talent was too weak, then the hope that had just risen would be gone again.
Xia Lin smiled bitterly and shook his head, pointing to a ceramic cup in the corner of the wall: "Lu'er, try using your mind to move that ceramic cup."
"Alright."
Lu'er nodded slightly, her small hand gently lifted, and the ceramic cup instantly floated up, flying towards Lu'er's hand, and quietly came to a stop.
Summer arrives: "......"
At this time, he suddenly understood why Green's progress was inconsistent with the Golden Manual. It wasn't a problem with the manual, but rather a problem with Green herself. To put it simply, Green absolutely had a demonic-level talent for cultivating her mental powers! Originally, he still planned to summon out his mental soul to demonstrate to Green, but now, Xia Lin felt that it was better not to lose face in front of that person.
"Cough cough, not bad, huh... Your talent is very strong, even among the sects, it's a super genius." Xia Lin smiled and said.
"Really?" Lü'er thought for a moment, looking at Xia Lin with suspicion: "Young master is comforting me again, isn't he."
Xia Lin smiled and said, "You are the wife of this young master, why isn't your innate talent strong? Think about it, now that you're in a state of soul recall, don't you feel that your soul is much stronger than your body?"
"Ah, yes." Lü'er nodded and opened her eyes from the bed, asking: "Young master, how do I increase my strength? This manual seems to only be the introductory mind method for summoning souls, without any methods for increasing strength."
"Let me see."
Xia Lin also sat down on the edge of the bed, leaning against Lü'er, and together they flipped through the golden manual in their hands. This was also Xia Lin's confusion - now that they had a good understanding of the basics of Nianzhe, the system of Nianzhe, and many other things, but how to improve the strength of the Nianshen, and how to enhance the power of the stars, were completely unknown, and there was no mention of these places in the main text of the golden manual.
"Huh? Young master, look here." Green suddenly looked at the last page of the golden manual, and on the back cover, above the cover, a purple strange thing was printed, tightly attached to the manual. If you don't look carefully, you might think it's just a pattern on the inner cover.
Xia Lin's hand hovered above it, feeling a chill.
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PS: Update is here. Cough, what's up everyone, dear book friends, the update is an hour late, sorry about that. I was writing till midnight yesterday, but got up late today and...
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