A strong Spirit nourishes the physical body in turn.
A strong physical body, in turn, provides a stable foundation for the Spirit.
This was a truly virtuous cycle.
This feeling beca even more apparent when he practiced his Spear Technique.
With the long spear in hand, it felt like an extension of his body. When the tip thrust out, it carried not only Qi and Blood Power but also a sliver of his Spiritual Will.
The dark gold Undying Fla danced on the spear’s tip, as nimble as a living creature, looking as if it could transform into a pouncing Golden Crow at any mont.
Xu Wuyi did not get overly excited. He still completed all his training routines step by step.
Impatience was the greatest taboo in cultivation.
After a breakthrough, it was even more important to calm one’s heart and solidify one’s foundation.
At noon, when Yan Wu delivered lunch, she brought a ssage: "Master has sent word. He will return at noon tomorrow."
Xu Wuyi nodded. "Understood, thank you."
After Yan Wu left, Xu Wuyi ate and thought.
’When Fla Venerable returns, I’ll have to report my recent epiphany and the matter of creating my own Visualization thod.’
’This senior is easygoing, but he is extrely strict when it cos to Martial Arts. I wonder how he will evaluate my "Golden Crow Carrying the Earth Visualization".’
However, Xu Wuyi wasn’t worried.
He had forged this path himself, and every step was incredibly solid.
The life-and-death battles on the Star Realm Battlefield, the day-and-night observation of the Celestial Bird Bathing in Fire Painting, Fla Venerable’s guidance, his own insights... all of this accumulation had given birth to this Visualization thod.
It might not be perfect, and perhaps there was still room for improvent.
But it was right.
Xu Wuyi could feel that the state of body and mind in harmony, of Spirit and power intermingling, was the direction Martial Arts should take.
After eating, he once again walked over to the Celestial Bird Bathing in Fire Painting and sat down before it.
This ti, the feeling he got from observing it was different.
The Divine Bird in the painting seed to nod at him.
It wasn’t an illusion, but an acknowledgnt on the level of the ntal Realm. This successor had finally found his own path and was no longer just imitating his predecessors.
Xu Wuyi smiled faintly, closed his eyes, and began to circulate the Golden Crow Carrying the Earth.
His consciousness sank into his sea of consciousness. The Golden Crow soared, and the Earth carried the light.
His Spiritual Power slowly grew within the flowing golden light. Although the speed wasn’t fast, every bit of growth was incredibly solid, without the slightest hint of being superficial.
Two hours later, Xu Wuyi withdrew from the Visualization.
On the Martial Arts Diligence Record, the Entry Level progress jumped from 13% to 14%.
A 1% increase in one day wasn’t fast, but Xu Wuyi was very satisfied.
A Visualization thod was not a Body Refining Technique; one could not rush for quick results. The tempering of the Spirit required patient, ticulous work. Impatience, on the contrary, would easily lead to problems.
He stood up, stretched his body, and walked out of the bamboo house.
The sunlight in the garden was just right, and the stream murmured gently.
Xu Wuyi strolled along the path, relaxing his mind and sorting through his gains from this period.
A mont later, he retracted his gaze and turned back to the bamboo house.
He still had training to do in the afternoon. He couldn’t slack off on his cultivation of the Hundred Refinents lting Furnace, his proficiency with the Instant Shadow Step needed to be improved, and his Spear Technique also required further polishing.
Ti was tight; he couldn’t afford to waste it.
As he pushed open the door, Xu Wuyi suddenly rembered sothing.
When Fla Venerable returned, besides reporting on his Visualization thod, there was a question he wanted to ask—
"Is the fire ?"
He now had his own answer to this question.
The fire was not him, but he could beco the "Earth" that carried the fire.
The fire burns upon the Earth, and the Earth glows because of the fire.
That was enough.
Xu Wuyi sat down in a chair and picked up the Crimson Jade Pendant that Fla Venerable had given him. The jade pendant was warm, its fla-like patterns seeming to flow slowly.
He held the pendant in his palm, closed his eyes, and focused his Spirit on it, as if he was about to trigger sothing.
But his Spirit was not yet strong enough. The connection lasted for only an instant before quickly fading into silence.
...
「The next day at noon, Fla Venerable returned to the East Garden as promised.」
Xu Wuyi was already waiting outside the bamboo house.
As the simple, gray-robed figure slowly walked up the garden path, Xu Wuyi could clearly feel the faint "fire" Intention around him, seemingly resonating with the heat of the world.
"Senior," Xu Wuyi said, bowing in respect.
Fla Venerable waved his hand. His gaze lingered on Xu Wuyi for a mont, a trace of surprise flashing in his deep eyes before turning into a gratified smile.
"Let’s talk inside."
The two sat down inside the bamboo house. Fla Venerable didn’t rush to ask questions. Instead, he poured himself a glass of water, slowly drank it, and only then looked at Xu Wuyi.
"It seems you haven’t wasted your ti."
Xu Wuyi knew he couldn’t hide anything from the Grandmaster’s eyes, so he recounted everything in detail: returning to the West Desert after the Star Realm mission, observing the Celestial Bird Painting, and the process of creating his own Visualization thod.
He didn’t hide the fact that he had killed Milo, but he omitted the specific numbers of his rit reward, saying only that the military had given him a comndation.
Teacher Han Mo and Fla Venerable had known about this matter long before he went on the mission, so there was nothing to hide.
Fla Venerable listened quietly, his fingers tapping lightly on the tabletop, his gaze focused.
When Xu Wuyi ntioned the great sun in his sea of consciousness transforming into a Golden Crow, the high mountains sinking to beco the Earth, and the golden light spreading out to nourish his Spirit, a sharp glint flashed in Fla Venerable’s eyes.
"Golden Crow Carrying the Earth..." he repeated the na in a low voice and nodded. "A good na. The Golden Crow is the essence of fire, and the Earth is the foundation of bearing. Fire moves in the heavens, the Earth carries from below. They support and complent each other. This is indeed the path you should be walking now."
Xu Wuyi felt a sense of relief and imdiately asked, "Senior, this Visualization thod of mine, does it count as..."
"As a Heart Image?" Fla Venerable finished his sentence with a smile. "No, but it’s already a prototype."
He put down his teacup and said seriously, "In a Martial Artist’s cultivation, Spirit and power are equally important. The essence of a Visualization thod is a technique to enhance Spiritual Power and temper the will. Creating your own Visualization thod is not a very rare thing among Innate Martial Artists and Grandmasters."
Xu Wuyi was slightly taken aback.
Fla Venerable saw his thoughts and shook his head with a laugh. "You thought creating your own Visualization thod was so earth-shattering event?"
"To put it bluntly, it’s just a technique that suits you and can effectively enhance your Spiritual Power. The stronger your Spiritual Power, the clearer your understanding of your own path becos, and the easier it is to find a direction that suits you."
He paused for a mont before adding, "Even those powerful experts who haven’t created their own Visualization thods have mostly modified existing techniques to better suit their own characteristics."
"You studied under Han Mo. Heart Fire Refining Spirit is the complentary Visualization thod for the Hundred Refinents lting Furnace, but when Han Mo himself cultivated it, he certainly made adjustnts."
Xu Wuyi beca lost in thought.
He suddenly understood why, ever since he had learned the Mountain Shifting Technique, no one in the Federation’s education system had made him learn any other Visualization thods.
Even Anna’s advice hadn’t included this step.
Perhaps in Spiritual Cultivation, beyond the most basic developnt, the goal was to find a path that suited oneself as much as possible.
Even for sothing like the Heart Fire Refining Spirit that ca with the Hundred Refinents lting Furnace, its principles were quite simple.
Fla Venerable continued, "Your ’Golden Crow Carrying the Earth’ is based on ’Heart Fire’, integrating your own comprehension of the Fire Realm, and combined with the foundation of the Hundred Refinents lting Furnace to forge a new path."
"This is very good. It shows that you are truly thinking, walking your own path, and not just blindly imitating your predecessors."
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