Li Yuan discarded distracting thoughts and began training.
He talked to Cui Wuji, who would fly upstream of the waterfall to gently throw objects down.
First small stones, then thick needles, thin needles, and then feathers.
Li Yuan needed to sense these objects falling by listening, and accurately catch them as they landed near him.
Ti passed second by second...
The snow-white water flow, accompanied by deafening roars, constructed the whole world of sight and sound.
Li Yuan closed his eyes, listening for the subtle sounds that could co at any mont amidst the thunderous cascades.
Swish...
Li Yuan suddenly sensed sothing, swiftly reaching out, he caught a stone.
He threw it away and continued.
A mont later...
Ding!
A faintest of sounds ca from beside him.
Li Yuan glanced over.
Cui Wuji had thrown three needles, two thick and one thin, and he had missed one.
Instead of being angry, he was delighted.
Indeed, this is useful...
Now they were just needles, and already there was an issue.
If it were feathers, he feared he wouldn’t catch even one.
He began to try more actively.
The result, however, was failure ti and ti again.
Finally, after several days, he caught all the needles.
Clutching the needles, Li Yuan suddenly felt a tremor in his mind, and before his eyes appeared a line of information: [Wind and Thunder Flower Recognition (Sixth Grade) (1/10)]
This...
"Is there truly a trick to this?"
Li Yuan revealed a hint of joy.
He had been cultivating according to a Dharma Gate found in an ancient Weapon Forger’s notes, unexpectedly mastering sothing.
In this world, there indeed exist [Ultimate Skills] that cannot be achieved through Add Points, but among the [Ultimate Skills] are various supportive skills and Cultivation Skills.
Up above, Cui Wuji, flying above the waterfall, saw the change in Li Yuan’s expression and laughed, "Master Li, have you gained so insight?"
Li Yuan looked up and replied, "A little bit."
Cui Wuji nodded and said, "Then continue."
Li Yuan responded, simultaneously taking a deep breath.
’My hard work has not been in vain.’
He wiped the sweat from the corner of his forehead, the sweat flowing away with the waterfall.
"You reap what you sow, and the Heavenly Dao rewards diligence."
Determination flashed in Li Yuan’s eyes, and he added 10 points to himself.
’There is no genius that can achieve success in one go, so... I will move forward step by step, without haste.’
...
Half a month later.
The transparent water of the rushing waterfall mixed with many feathers.
These feathers were silently hidden, impossible to detect in such turbulent waters.
Even Cui Wuji found it impossible to do so.
He could sense the finest details, but this level was beyond that.
And below the waterfall, the figure suddenly reached out, then slowly withdrew his hand.
Cui Wuji flew down from mid-air, hovering above the river below the waterfall, looking at the young man quietly sitting on the smooth stone, and asked, "Master Li, did you catch them?"
Li Yuan opened his hand.
In his hand, no more, no less, were the nine feathers Cui Wuji had just thrown.
In addition to these nine feathers, there were two grains of sand and a petal.
These sand particles and the petal were not thrown by Cui Wuji, but naturally fell.
Cui Wuji glanced over the feathers, then fixed his gaze on the two grains of sand and petal.
He could hardly believe his eyes.
What kind of person could catch a single grain of sand amidst a hundred-foot waterfall?
Cui Wuji fell into a long silence.
After a long ti, he sighed longingly at the sky, "How unfair the heavens are."
Li Yuan let go of the feathers, sand, and petal, slowly stood up, glanced at his skills list with the newly added "Wind and Thunder Flower Recognition (160/160)", and said, "Let’s go, Old Cui, now I need to change my cultivation thod."
Cui Wuji watched the departing Li Yuan, slowly calming his shocked expression, which turned into regret.
Such a demon, why did he choose to cultivate an Independent Practitioner’s skill, halting at the Sixth Grade...
Otherwise, how could his future be estimated?
He followed Li Yuan, got onto the carriage, and drove the horse forward.
Wheels turned, moving away from the waterfall...
...
...
The next day.
Li Yuan arrived at a secret chamber.
This chamber was near the blacksmith shop.
This was also a type of training thod ntioned in the notes: called listening to the iron sounds in a chamber and identifying the discordant parts.
Blacksmith shops are mostly in bustling areas, surrounded by a lot of mixed sounds, and inside the store, various sounds continue.
The note’s Weapon Forger set high standards for himself, stating that one must cultivate in a chamber approximately two li around a blacksmith shop.
The cultivation thod was to listen to the blacksmith’s hamring and identify the blacksmith’s mistakes.
Though a Sixth Grade’s perception could reach several li, this training thod was still tornting.
Of course, this training thod wasn’t so simple and included many details.
Li Yuan consud a Grain Avoidance Pill and entered the secret chamber.
He began cultivating.
Every day, blacksmiths from nearby would co to the chamber door, and Li Yuan would point out the flaws in their ironwork and guide them.
At first, Li Yuan spoke stutteringly, even making a few mistakes.
But after a success, he saw a new line in his skills list: "Listening to Thunder in Stillness (Sixth Grade) (1/10)."
From then on, his accuracy improved steadily.
Two months later, he could clearly hear the problems in their ironwork, and "Listening to Thunder in Stillness" naturally reached the level of Great Perfection.
...
...
Li Yuan walked out of the silent chamber.
He exuded a long-unused foul sll; although he didn’t need to eat, drink, or defecate after taking the Grain Avoidance Pill, the accumulated sweat stench over ti was still apparent.
He returned to the Jing Family, but the two ladies and Yaojue were not there.
The Jing Family sent a maid to help him bathe and change clothes.
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