The two were actually just daydreaming, much like students in school, where they listened attentively to the teacher. However, their teacher had now been replaced by the ethereal spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which they were lost in.

"No, no, I need to sleep. This cultivation is too tiring!" Ning Yanlan was the first to give up. She would rather go to sleep than stand there in a daze.

"Hang in there a little longer. If your spiritual energy increases even when you sleep, then if you master the methods of cultivation, your spiritual energy will increase at a rate no slower than when you sleep!" Jiang Yuan advised. He had always believed that Ning Yanlan hadn't mastered the right methods, which was why her cultivation wasn't as fast as when she slept.

"Really?" Ning Yanlan asked doubtfully.

"Focus on your cultivation without distractions!" Jiang Yuan said with a hint of realization, because he possessed the Heavenly Eye, which allowed him to see the spiritual energy floating between heaven and earth. However, Ning Yanlan did not have the Heavenly Eye and found it difficult to see the true nature of spiritual energy at the beginning of her cultivation.

"Yanlan, can you sense that this world is different?" Jiang Yuan asked tentatively.

Ning Yanlan said weakly, "Yes, with monsters running rampant, it's definitely different!"

“That’s not what I meant!” Jiang Yuan shook his head. “Or rather, where do you feel your connection to this world?”

"This!" Ning Yanlan thought for a while, then said, "I don't know. I feel like my body split in two after the two incidents."

"Why is it in two halves?" Jiang Yuan asked, puzzled.

"One half can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, while the other half is like a stagnant pool, completely still!" Ning Yanlan explained.

After hearing what she said, Jiang Yuan roughly understood that this was probably the reason why she lacked a fire-specific cultivation technique.

"An exclusive cultivation technique?" Jiang Yuan murmured.

Because the two of them were relatively quiet, Ning Yanlan heard Jiang Yuan's voice and said, "I know about the exclusive cultivation technique!"

"Tell me about it!" Jiang Yuan asked.

“There was a guy in Nancheng who awakened a unique cultivation technique when he started cultivating, and it’s said to be even stronger than a ninth-tier technique!” Ning Yanlan scoffed. “However, that guy was really bad. Because he was lucky enough to unlock a unique cultivation technique that made him much stronger than ordinary people, he went around stealing other people’s cores, and because he was so strong, no one dared to resist him!”

"How powerful?" Jiang Yuan wanted to know just how many terrifying humans had been created in just a few days.

“He had already reached the third level of the Strength type three days ago. I heard that his physical strength had already exceeded ten points of Strength Energy. He will only become stronger now!” Although Ning Yanlan was disdainful, she had to admit the strength of some people.

In the past, there were three kinds of wealth: wealth that one was born with, wealth that one found, and wealth that one earned.

In today's world, there are three kinds of strength: innate strength, strength gained through good fortune, and strength earned through hard work.

For example, there are exceptionally gifted beasts and exceptionally gifted humans; these people already possessed considerable strength when the apocalypse arrived.

As for good luck, it's when you open the core ancestral grave and find something good.

A final desperate effort, haha, who doesn't try their best? This is the least important thing! Only children think that hard work can get them everything. Adults understand that some things cannot be obtained through hard work or desperate efforts. You can only say that you tried your best so that you have no regrets.

"When you cultivate, don't focus on the form, but rather on the communication between your body and the world! The reason you can become stronger while sleeping is probably because you are better integrated into this world when you are in a relaxed state! So, the most crucial thing for you now is to change your state and complete the change from passive to active!" Jiang Yuan said, sharing his insights.

"Oh! I understand!" Ning Yanlan nodded like a child, then turned her head. "And you, you still can't awaken your spirit?"

"If we rely solely on this kind of cultivation, it will take about ten days to awaken the spirit!" Jiang Yuan said helplessly.

"But you don't have much time left! Isn't that cultivation technique supposed to become yours within seven days?" Ning Yanlan opened her eyes, and it was clear that she was worried about Jiang Yuan.

"So I need to find another way, a faster way to awaken the spirit!" Jiang Yuan sighed. Besides cultivation, he had several other methods.

The first is to constantly challenge one's own limits and seek a breakthrough opportunity between life and death. This is the most practical and also the most dangerous. Although the improvement is great, walking between life and death is not so simple. One careless move can lead to utter ruin.

The second method is to seek a more concentrated source of power. If a primary source of holy spirit is not enough, then look for a secondary source, and if that's still not enough, then look for a higher-level source. However, this method is more difficult than the first one.

Jiang Yuan could see that although the world was currently overrun by monsters, the true force behind this apocalypse was the Holy Spirit. Just like the light emitted by the Holy Spirit Fortress before, the Holy Spirit series was the main reason for the changes in the world.

"Is there anything I can do to help you?" Ning Yanlan asked. She knew that exclusive cultivation techniques could only be condensed after the spirit was awakened; otherwise, without any attributes, one could not condense an exclusive cultivation technique at all.

"I need a healer!" Jiang Yuan said with a smile. "After reading the information, I want to go out and hunt monsters. But as you know, I haven't awakened my spirit yet, and I might get half-killed by monsters, so I need you to heal me!"

"That's all? It's like you didn't say anything at all!" Ning Yanlan rolled her eyes at him.

"I would have helped even if you hadn't asked!"

Ning Yanlan muttered something under her breath.

"By the way, aren't you going to tell me about the situation in Nancheng? For example, your enemies!" Jiang Yuan asked.

"Forget it, they'll be safe once the USB drive is given to them. There's no such thing as killing to cover it up!" Ning Yanlan didn't want to implicate Jiang Yuan. Just as Jiang Yuan said, he hadn't awakened his spiritual power yet; he was only physically strong and would be hard-pressed to withstand a true expert.

“That’s not necessarily true!” Jiang Yuan insisted.

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