Chapter 12

According to the basic laws of spatial rules, as long as Ye Feng sat cross-legged on the cushion in the center of the high platform, he would automatically enter a cultivation state. He didn't need to learn, understand, or investigate the reasons; everything would happen naturally. As soon as he sat down, he would automatically know how to cultivate.

Soon, Ye Feng entered a wondrous state where he could look inward. He could see a dark red mist-like gas inside his body, which Ye Feng knew was called internal qi.

At this stage, Ye Feng could not yet release this internal qi externally. Only after he cultivated to the initial stage of Qi Condensation and Spirit Cultivation could he achieve limited external release of internal qi.

For example, Ye Feng could now jump very high, but he couldn't hover in the air and would quickly fall down. However, once he could release internal qi externally, he could stay in the air and even use the qi to propel his body in any direction, forward, backward, up, or down. The duration of his stay and the speed of his movement would depend on the amount of internal qi he had, or rather, the strength and depth of his internal qi.

To put it more directly, once Ye Feng could release internal qi externally, he could glide in the air to a limited extent, but it would be gliding, not flying. In the Tianlong Cultivation World, a cultivator could only fly by riding a sword or using other magical tools after reaching the stage of being able to refine artifacts.

Ye Feng was still very far from reaching this level.

For instance, once he could release internal qi externally, Ye Feng could also condense it into a point, the size of which he could control at will. He could transform qi into a blade or a stone, similar to the qi manipulation described in martial arts novels. When he engaged in combat, he could kill an opponent from several meters or even tens of meters away with an invisible qi blade, or he could shoot internal qi from his fingers to injure or kill, which would be even more powerful and convenient than using a gun.

Of course, Ye Feng wouldn't casually hurt or kill people. Unless he reached the peak of Qi Condensation and Spirit Cultivation, his ability to injure with qi would not be very powerful.

However, Ye Feng still felt very excited and shocked by this realization.

According to the rules, once he broke through to the third stage of Qi Condensation and Spirit Cultivation, his internal qi would begin to slowly liquefy. At that point, it would no longer be called internal qi but true essence.

However, Ye Feng was still far from the stage of transforming qi into liquid and converting it into true essence.

The internal qi circulated through Ye Feng's eight extraordinary meridians, and he could feel his meridians gradually widening and being transformed, becoming stronger and more resilient.

However, after a while, the speed of circulation began to slow down.

Ye Feng was very puzzled. Wasn't it said that sitting in meditation would automatically lead to cultivation? Why was this happening now?

Ye Feng asked the rules again, and the rules quickly provided an answer.

In fact, Ye Feng had already guessed some of this answer.

Although the cultivation process could be automated due to the influence of the True Immortal power of the rules, the energy required for cultivation could not be provided by the rules. Ye Feng had to find and accumulate it himself.

For example, he needed a large number of spirit stones or a place with an abundance of spiritual energy.

However, neither of these was possible on Earth.

If that was the case, could he not cultivate at all?

Of course not. The rules gave Ye Feng a clear answer: if he did not have the above two conditions, he could use the four values as a substitute.

What were the four values? They were the merit value, soul value, charm value, and evil value that the rules had mentioned to Ye Feng on the first floor. They could be recorded individually or accumulated and stacked.

By exchanging the four values, he could speed up his cultivation. The higher the exchange amount, the faster the cultivation speed. The rules even hinted that if Ye Feng exchanged 3,000 units of the four values at once, he could reach the initial stage of the second level of Qi Condensation and Spirit Cultivation in just ten minutes. If he exchanged 9,000 units at once, he could quickly reach the middle stage. As for how many units were needed to reach the peak stage, the rules did not provide an answer, indicating that the amount was very high, and the current Ye Feng had no way of achieving it.

Ye Feng roughly estimated that reaching the initial stage required 3,000 units of the four values, and reaching the middle stage from the initial stage required 9,000 units, which was a threefold increase. So, to reach the peak stage, would it require 27,000 units?

If this was the pattern, Ye Feng could only say that the amount was simply too terrifying.

This unique cultivation rule was hard for Ye Feng to understand, but it was ultimately a good thing for him. Using the four values to replace spirit stones and spiritual energy was his only choice at the moment.

Ye Feng eagerly exchanged his existing 100 soul value points with the rules through his consciousness. Indeed, his cultivation speed significantly increased, and it was much faster than at the beginning. The circulation of internal qi was extremely smooth, and Ye Feng could already feel some changes in himself.

He felt that his physical abilities had been further enhanced, and his body had become much stronger. Most importantly, he felt that he had initially developed a divine sense.

The divine sense, a capability almost every cultivator possessed, was something Ye Feng could hardly imagine. According to the rules, the divine sense was a unique ability of cultivators. With a divine sense, one could perceive all things with their mind, and the range of perception would increase with cultivation. At extremely high levels of cultivation, one could even use the divine sense to eliminate many cultivators with lower cultivation, let alone ordinary humans on Earth.

With the divine sense, Ye Feng's mental power also became stronger, and he could understand some profound truths of the universe. It was as if he had suddenly opened up, and many things he had previously been confused about in cultivation suddenly became clear. Many truths of the universe that he had never experienced before flashed through his mind like a movie, and he gained some insights.

This feeling was indescribable, seemingly mysterious, but for Ye Feng, it was as natural as eating and drinking.

Unfortunately, despite having a divine sense and gaining some insights into the truths of the universe, Ye Feng still could not let go of his hatred for Liu Yong and Liu Meimei. The divine sense could make Ye Feng understand some truths of the cultivation world, but it could not make him understand the life experiences and wisdom that one must gain through sorrow, joy, success, failure, and experience.

Moreover, Ye Feng did not want to let go. He was not a cultivator living on the Tianlong planet and did not want to pursue the ultimate Dao, at least not now. Or rather, his current insights and divine sense were not yet at that level.

The grievances and enmity that Liu Yong and Liu Meimei had inflicted on him, Ye Feng was determined to avenge. Otherwise, he would be unworthy of being a man. This was his greatest obsession and was determined by his character.

Ye Feng continued to cultivate until he used up the 100 soul value points he had accumulated for a long time, and the cultivation progress slowed down again.

Ye Feng could not describe the speed of his cultivation progress in words, but he could clearly feel the changes. If the progress were expressed as a percentage, Ye Feng's current progress was only 10%, meaning he still needed 90% to successfully cultivate to the initial stage of the second level of Qi Condensation and Spirit Cultivation.

Ye Feng calculated that if 100 soul value points could advance his progress by 10%, he would need 900 soul value points to advance his progress to 100%.

The rules had previously hinted that 3,000 units of the four values could instantly advance him to the initial stage of the second level of Qi Condensation and Spirit Cultivation, which was essentially a threefold increase in the amount. This amount was astronomical for the current Ye Feng. Consider that it took him a long time to accumulate 100 soul value points, let alone 3,000.

Therefore, Ye Feng's cultivation process would still be very long, and he needed to find time every day to accumulate soul value points.

The rules had also mentioned that the spirit gathering cabinet was divided into three layers, corresponding to Ye Feng's cultivation progress. When his progress reached 30%, he could take out the basic cultivation techniques and a human-grade heavenly treasure from the bottom layer of the spirit gathering cabinet (heavenly treasures are divided into three grades: human, earth, and heaven). When his progress reached 60%, he could take out slightly advanced cultivation techniques and two human-grade heavenly treasures from the middle layer. When his progress reached 90%, he could take out basic spells and four human-grade heavenly treasures from the top layer.

The most important basic spell for Ye Feng was placed in the top layer, meaning he needed to reach 90% progress to learn spells like the Soul Absorption Technique.

In terms of actual soul value points, he still needed to accumulate 800 more points.