Chapter 60

This is the mental cultivation method created by the founding emperor of the Northern Sea Empire, the legendary swordsman Li Jianxin.

Of course, this book only contains a simplified version, which mentions the necessity of mental cultivation—without a strong will, one cannot only fail to master high-level combat techniques, but more fatally, once encountering a mental attack from a powerful opponent, one would immediately lose the ability to fight.

Moreover, a strong mental power is also a prerequisite for alchemy, potion-making, engraving mystic patterns, and setting up mystic arrays.

In short, a truly powerful warrior strengthens both the body and the mind.

The unity of inner and outer strength.

That is true power.

This introductory text is a textbook.

It is also a cultivation method.

The cultivation method mainly relies on two approaches—

Breathing.

Meditation.

This is the initial mental cultivation method.

In the later stages, there are visualization techniques, which are more advanced.

However, the introductory text only briefly mentions the visualization techniques without detailed explanation.

Lin Beichen was not at all disappointed.

Because for a beginner like him, laying a solid foundation is the most important, and such advanced methods would indeed be of little use.

After reading the detailed explanation, he tried the breathing and meditation techniques described in it.

The result...

"It seems I am indeed not a martial arts genius."

After several attempts, Lin Beichen gave up completely.

Too many distracting thoughts.

Unable to concentrate at all.

As a cheat, he shouldn't have high expectations of himself.

Well, I might as well... continue cheating.

With a sigh, Lin Beichen took out his phone and started taking pictures of the introductory text.

As expected, an app called "Mental Cultivation Basics" was generated in the app store on his phone.

After consuming 300MB of data to download and install it, he clicked to run it.

The interface of the app appeared, as expected, with a traditional ink painting style, and a figure identical to Lin Beichen sitting on a cloud, eyes closed, breathing rhythmically, and meditating.

"Hehe, cheating is still the best."

Lin Beichen thought shamelessly.

At this moment, his stomach growled, and a wave of hunger washed over him.

Embarrassing.

It felt like he had been drained of all energy.

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He had been digging for star badges all day and hadn't even had lunch, let alone hunted.

"It looks like I'll have to go hungry."

Lin Beichen thought bitterly.

Time passed.

This was the second time Lin Beichen had felt the pain of hunger since coming to this world.

The feeling of hunger was like a torture.

The more he endured, the worse it got.

His stomach kept growling in protest.

His chest almost touched his back.

At this moment, a small basket of fruit was passed out from the inner tent.

Yue Hongxiang's voice came softly, "I'm sorry, I didn't succeed in hunting today. I only picked some wild fruits. If you don't mind, you can eat them to tide over."

"Thank you."

Lin Beichen didn't hesitate, grabbed the wild fruits, and ate three or four of them. The sweet and sour juice soothed his throat, and he finally felt a bit better.

After that, the atmosphere in the tent became silent again.

Since the first night, Wu Xiaofang and Mu Xinyue had not appeared in the tent. Both of them were very restrained and hardly communicated. This was the first time they had spoken so much.

"By the way, Yue, how is your wrist injury?"

Lin Beichen broke the silence and forced a conversation.

"It's much better."

"Okay."

Lin Beichen had nothing more to say.

The conversation ended.

Lin Beichen summoned his phone, thought for a moment, and only kept the "Basic Sword Technique Close Combat Three-Combo" updated version and "Mental Cultivation Basics" running in the background. He turned off all other apps, including "Intermediate Mystic Qi Condensation Technique."

His main focus for cheating and cultivation was now on "Beidou Lin" and mental power improvement.

The "Intermediate Mystic Qi Condensation Technique" had already reached its peak and was of little help in enhancing his mystic qi.

It was better to turn it off to save power.

...

...

In the blink of an eye, another five days passed.

Relying on the变态function of "Baidu Maps" and Lin Beichen's relentless efforts, he collected a total of sixty-four star badges on his own.

This was a terrifying number.

Because the top-ranked prodigy Lin Ling on the stone board had only found six so far.

The gang member Shen Fei had found two.

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Tao Wancheng and Li Tao's teams had each found one.

No one else had any harvest.

But Lin Beichen stored all sixty-four star badges in "Baidu Netdisk" and did not register them.

No one knew this secret.

On the surface, the efficiency of the pre-selection competition for this batch of trainees was shockingly low.

This progress shocked all the camp officials, including Li Qingxuan.

"The trainees this year are not up to par. So far, they have only dug up a few star badges. At this rate, it might be impossible to gather a list of twenty people by the end."

Li Qingxuan frowned.

"The efficiency is abnormally low. It feels like something is off."

Li Luoran furrowed his brows in thought.

"Maybe the examiners from the Education Bureau have hidden the badges too well?"

Yunmeng Guard Captain Chen Jianan also expressed deep sympathy for the trainees.

Time passed.

Another day went by.

Today was the second-to-last day of the pre-selection competition.

At noon, more than twenty names on the stone board in the training camp suddenly started flashing rapidly.

The stone board emitted a piercing alarm.

"Hmm? What's going on? So many trainees eliminated at once?"

Li Qingxuan, who had been monitoring the stone board, rushed out of his room, his face changing: "And the locations are extremely concentrated. Could they have encountered a large monster? That doesn't seem right."

Yunmeng Guard Captain Chen Jianan did not dare to delay and immediately dispatched elite soldiers to rescue them.

An hour later.

Thirty-six trainees, including the top talents from the Royal National Junior College, Mu Yandong and Shao Yongning, were brought back to the camp by the Yunmeng Guard, all looking dejected.

"What happened? What occurred?"

Li Qingxuan asked.

Chen Jianan said sympathetically, "Both of these small teams were attacked. So many people couldn't even see who the attacker was clearly. In the end, they were all eliminated without any resistance, and only a few scapegoats were left at the scene."

"Did you find the person who crushed the stone plates?"

Li Qingxuan's gaze swept over the group.

A thin, short, and lean youth stepped forward and said, "Sir, it was me."

"You crushed the stone plates of thirty-six people by yourself?"

Li Qingxuan's gaze was stern.