Free Web NovelChapter 401: Chapter 388: Quick Mastery of the New Technique
Upon entering the Spiritual Power training room, Gu Ming saw a teacher sitting on a cushion with his eyes closed.
A transparent elk next to him stood up, its bright eyes opening.
Gu Ming immediately heard an ethereal male voice echo through the room:
"Your Spiritual Power is depleted right now. You can’t train."
As he spoke, the teacher opened his eyes and continued,
"Let me give you a massage.
"Have you learned any Spiritual Power Recovery Methods for a depleted state?"
Gu Ming guessed that was probably what Lu You had just gone to find.
He shook his head.
The Seven-star Beastmaster teacher then took a Cultivation Technique Secret Manual from his robes.
"Here, take a look. If you don’t understand it after you’re done, I’ll guide you."
Anyone who could enter this training room was someone who wasn’t short on Credit Points. According to common sense, learning a new Cultivation Technique in the Spiritual Power training room was an incredible waste.
However, Gu Ming didn’t think about such things.
Since someone was willing to teach, he might as well learn.
Besides, he wanted to learn this kind of Recovery Method for a depleted state anyway.
He immediately opened the Martial Arts Secret Manual and began to read.
The text was called the "Desperate Recovery Method," and its core was to observe the principles of an Array.
Specifically, one had to use Visualization to project the pattern of this Array into their Sea of Consciousness, engraving it as a ripple.
When one’s Spiritual Power was depleted, they could make this ripple undulate, causing the depleted Sea of Consciousness to quickly stir up waves as a torrential downpour descended from the heavens.
After the rain, the Spiritual Power in the Sea of Consciousness would recover to about twenty or thirty percent.
Afterward, using this newly recovered foundation, one could rapidly continue their Cultivation and use their Spiritual Technique to quickly return to normal.
This was the Desperate Recovery Method that the school primarily promoted.
Gu Ming spent two hours reading it.
Just as he closed the book, Lu You knocked on the door and walked in.
A system notification popped up:
「The classmate with severe social anxiety has returned from the library after borrowing a book and has learned the fifth version of the "Desperate Breathing Technique."
「The fourth version you learned is the stable version, while she has learned a more cutting-edge version that is still being tested.
「The classmate with severe social anxiety wants to share her newly learned Cultivation Technique with you, but seeing the book in your hand, it seems you no longer need it.」
Gu Ming grew anxious at once. ’How could I possibly not need it?’
He said to Lu You,
"Did you just find the Cultivation Technique you were looking for?"
Lu You nodded awkwardly and then said,
"But you..."
Gu Ming cut her off.
"Perfect timing. I’ve only read about half of it. Let’s exchange notes. We might discover something new."
Lu You thought it was a good idea. Consolidating her knowledge with Gu Ming might even give him a chance to offer her some pointers.
She had always had great faith in Gu Ming’s talent and knowledge.
And so, Gu Ming and Lu You discussed the technique for about half an hour.
During this time, the Seven-star Beastmaster teacher who was cultivating in the training room didn’t say a single word.
The transparent elk beside him stood there quietly, silently emitting a soft glow that helped the two of them recover their Spiritual Power.
Meanwhile, during the discussion, Gu Ming would occasionally take bits of future knowledge from the system notifications and present them as his own ideas.
At first, the teacher in the training room paid them no mind.
But as they continued, certain flashes of inspiration that came from Gu Ming’s mouth made the teacher, who was resting with his eyes closed, twitch his eyelids.
After about ten minutes, he couldn’t help but open his eyes and say,
"That thing you just mentioned, why didn’t you go into more detail? Elaborate on it."
Gu Ming looked back at the teacher and saw that he wasn’t embarrassed at all. Instead, he had the look of someone humbly asking for guidance.
The thirst for knowledge was a fundamental desire for every Beastmaster, and seeking instruction was a normal occurrence at this top-tier academy.
Gu Ming nodded and brought the teacher into the discussion.
Before long, a brand-new version of the Cultivation Technique was born, one that was more in line with future iterative developments.
And Gu Ming, having spent the entire night, finally learned this New Technique that could rapidly recover Spiritual Power from a depleted state.
Of course, he had only reached a level approaching Entry Level. An experience bar appeared in his system, but he hadn’t fully achieved Entry Level yet.
The teacher who had participated in the discussion was also delighted. He invited Gu Ming to come back tomorrow to continue their joint exploration of Cultivation.
He got the feeling that Gu Ming wasn’t someone short on money, and besides, discussing this New Technique was quite interesting.
By the end of their discussion, he felt that the technique had undergone a completely new adjustment.
Its general direction was different from before.
Gu Ming had incorporated the theory of Dynamic Arrays, making the Cultivation Technique’s operation much more efficient.
Lu You’s way of thinking was similar to Gu Ming’s; they were always on the same wavelength.
Teacher Zhao couldn’t keep up with their pace. After the two left, he went into seclusion in the training room, repeatedly practicing the newly revamped recovery-type Cultivation Technique.
Theoretically, this should be considered a new variant branch among Spiritual Techniques. It couldn’t completely replace a primary Spiritual Technique like the "Cyan Pine Unmoving Technique" and could only be used when one’s Spiritual Power was depleted.
Once recovery surpassed twenty percent, the efficiency of Cultivating the Technique became less than ideal.
Gu Ming’s new theory hadn’t changed the technique’s upper limit, but its initial speed and efficiency had increased several times over, making the innovative effect obvious.
Teacher Zhao immediately thought:
’This result is good enough to be published in a Pet Beast journal—it would be at least a Two or Tri-Colored certified paper. With my status, recommending it to a Four-star journal would be effortless.’
He picked up his phone, intending to contact someone for Gu Ming, but Gu Ming said sheepishly,
"I also have the contact information for a Four-star journal. There’s no need to trouble you with a recommendation, Teacher."
Teacher Zhao had recently been in seclusion in the training room to earn Credit Points, so he hadn’t been paying attention to the outside world.
Although the teacher wasn’t short on money, the Credit Points at a top-tier academy were also quite valuable in his eyes. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be sitting here as a training partner for top students.
He went online and did a quick search. When he saw Gu Ming’s heaven-defying achievements, he was dumbfounded.
So, he had run into a true genius.
But compared to those monstrously talented geniuses, Gu Ming seemed to have more of a human touch.
He had seen the geniuses at the academy who, at a young age, had already been published in the "Peak" journal. They were almost all lone wolves, too brilliant for their own good, with no need for companions.
They could research numerous topics on their own and had their own independent labs and teams.
They provided the inspiration, and their subordinates were responsible for experimental verification. Few people could discuss matters with them on equal footing.
Gu Ming didn’t have the lone-wolf personality of a top genius; instead, he seemed like an approachable one.
He thought about it and decided he had to build a good relationship with him.
’I have to stick close to such a good student.’
’Maybe he can carry me in the future.’
「The next few days.」
Gu Ming came to the training room every night.
Using the Dream Cultivation Space, he would enter the Yichuan Ruins to train, extracting memories and condensing them into fragments.
Teacher Zhao was in charge of their late-night special training, using his vast experience to guide them, help them avoid pitfalls, and rapidly accumulate experience.
Gu Ming’s progress with the New Technique’s Entry Level quickly took shape, and he practiced the Recovery Method until he reached the Mastery Level.
Five days later, he even reached the Master Level.
And this was with Gu Ming holding back, not practicing it straight to the Perfection stage, so as not to frighten Teacher Zhao.
Even so, Teacher Zhao was still quite frightened, lamenting the vast gap between himself and a true genius, which made Gu Ming feel embarrassed all over again.
