Chapter 59
Su Jing was squatting in the villa's courtyard, having just taken out a plasma cutting gun from her spatial storage to repair the damaged robot's shell, when she suddenly felt a vibration from the system panel at her fingertips—
A pale blue light membrane instantly unfolded before her eyes, more dazzling than any previous notification. The top was marked with "Cultivation Dungeon Settlement Result" in gold lettering, and the content below made her instantly stop what she was doing.
[Duplicate Settlement Result:]
Participant: I am the God of Wealth (from the Flower Country)
Core task completion rate: 180% (exceeded expectations)
Final ranking: 1st place
The rewards are as follows:
1. Cultivation Resources: "Basic Cultivation Techniques" (Paper version already stored in the space, can be cultivated up to the third level of Qi Refining, including breathing exercises, Qi refining, and basic spell introduction)
2. System Points: 10,000 points (automatically transferred to account, current total points: 118,500)
3. Space Expansion: The system space has been expanded from the original 150 cubic meters to 200 cubic meters (the newly added 50 cubic meters have been automatically allocated to the planting area (20 cubic meters), the breeding area (15 cubic meters), and the storage area (15 cubic meters).
4. Additional Benefit: The "Spiritual Energy Sensing" function is unlocked, which can display the surrounding spiritual energy concentration in real time to assist cultivation.
As soon as the system notification ended, Su Jing felt a gentle flow of information enter her consciousness—
This is the core content of the "Basic Cultivation Techniques," and compared to the "Introduction to Cultivation Manual" given by the Valley Master before, this technique is more systematic.
Not only does it include detailed breathing exercises, but it also marks the energy flow routes from the first to the third level of Qi Refining, and even includes an introductory method for the basic spell "Qi Condensation Technique" (which can condense a small amount of spiritual energy to form a protective layer).
She immediately got up, temporarily put the plasma cutting gun back into her spatial storage, and quickly walked into the study on the second floor of the villa—
This is the quietest place in the entire villa, with windows facing the sycamore trees in the yard. There is no outside noise interference, making it the most suitable place for a first attempt at cultivation.
On the solid wood desk in the study, there was still a previously compiled stockpile list. Su Jing moved the list aside and, according to the descriptions in "Basic Cultivation Techniques,"
Sit cross-legged on a cushioned floor, form the "breathing mudra" with your hands (palms facing up, thumb and forefinger interlocked, other fingers naturally extended), close your eyes, and begin to regulate your breathing.
"Start at Yin time and sit facing south." Although it was not Yin time now, the cultivation method stated that "if you are not cultivating at Yin time, you can adjust to sit facing south. The efficiency of spiritual energy absorption will be reduced by 10%, but it will not affect the basic Qi cultivation." So she adjusted her posture, facing the south window, and slowly closed her eyes.
Following the steps of the exercise, Su Jing first performed "breath regulation"—
When inhaling, gently touch the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth and feel the airflow enter through your nose and slowly descend to your abdomen (called the "Qihai acupoint" in this exercise). Hold for 3 seconds, then use your mind to guide the airflow out through your mouth while lowering your tongue.
On her first attempt, she kept getting distracted, and the airflow would dissipate as soon as it reached her chest. After trying five times, she gradually found the rhythm.
As the air flowed smoothly into her abdomen, she suddenly felt a slight coolness on her fingertips, like morning dew on her skin.
The system panel pops up a notification: [Ambient spiritual energy concentration detected: 0.3 (normal concentration in a normal environment is 0.1-0.5). Currently in the "weak spiritual energy zone", which can be absorbed normally].
"Continue, guide the spiritual energy into the meridians." Su Jing silently recited the contents of the exercise in her mind, using her mind to guide the flow of energy (spiritual energy) in her abdomen to run upward along the "Ren Meridian"—from the Qihai acupoint to the Tanzhong acupoint (center of the chest), then to the Tiantu acupoint (below the throat), and finally to the Baihui acupoint (center of the top of the head).
At first, the spiritual energy was like a mischievous little fish, always swirling around in the meridians and unable to move forward smoothly. Su Jing was not impatient. Following the "slow movement technique" in the cultivation method, she slowed down the speed of guiding the energy with her mind and patiently adjusted it according to the rhythm of the airflow.
About ten minutes later, the spiritual energy finally reached the Baihui acupoint. Su Jing could clearly feel a slight tingling sensation on the top of her head, like tiny electric currents running through her skin.
She immediately followed the instructions of the exercise, guiding the spiritual energy from the Baihui acupoint downwards, along the Du meridian, back to the Qihai acupoint, completing the first "small circulation" cycle.
When the spiritual energy returned to her Qihai acupoint, she suddenly felt a warm sensation all over her body, a gentler warmth than when she had taken the Body Strengthening Pill, as if all the pores on her body had opened up.
The system panel popped up a notification again: [First completion of the "Small Heavenly Circuit" cycle, successfully entered the first level of Qi Refining (early stage), slight increase in physical strength (+5%), slight increase in endurance (+3%), current constitution level: 15.8].
Su Jing slowly opened her eyes and raised her hand to move her wrist—she could clearly feel that her body was lighter than before, and the soreness in her arm left from repairing the flying car had completely disappeared.
She looked down at her palm; the slight redness left from when she formed the hand seal was still there, but it carried a faint spiritual glow.
A surge of joy welled up within him: "So cultivation really can improve one's physique, and the effect is more lasting than simply taking pills."
After resting for five minutes, Su Jing remembered the robot in the yard that hadn't been repaired yet, so she got up, went downstairs, and came back to the yard.
The damaged robot remained beside the sycamore tree, the "malfunction message" on its screen still flashing. Su Jing walked to its side and reactivated her Technological Proficiency ability with her fingertips—
This time, her supernatural senses were clearer; she could directly "see" the small twig (about 5 centimeters long, which she hadn't noticed before) stuck in the robot's left drive wheel, as well as the three loose screws at the scratches on the outer shell.
She took out a small screwdriver from her spatial storage (a precision tool brought back from the cybernetic copy), first unscrewing the screws on the outer casing, and then gently removing the damaged casing—
The light blue electrical wires were exposed inside, and the drive wheel that was stuck on the branch was located below the electrical wires. She carefully used tweezers to remove the branch, and the drive wheel immediately resumed rotation (it was stuck before because the branch was blocking the axle).
Next, she used a plasma cutting gun to gently heat the scratched area of the shell, restoring the deformed metal edge to a smooth surface. Then, she used a spare silver metal sheet (the repair material stored in the space) to attach to the scratch and secured it with screws—the entire repair process took only 20 minutes, even faster than the 30 minutes the system had predicted.
"Activate patrol mode." Su Jing gave the command to the robot's control panel. The robot's head camera rotated once, and the "fault message" on the screen disappeared, replaced by the green text "normal operation."
It slowly turned its drive wheels, rejoined the patrol team, and moved slowly along the edge of the trench with another robot. Its red scanning eyes emitted a crisp "beep" sound as they swept over the gasoline drums.
After repairing the robot, Su Jing's gaze fell on the spirit herb seeds in the "seed area" of the space. The Valley Master had previously said that spirit herbs needed three months to mature, but after the system was expanded, the planting area was increased by 20 cubic meters, which was just enough to grow spirit herbs. Moreover, the "spiritual energy sensing" function unlocked by the system might be able to accelerate the growth of spirit herbs.
She immediately focused her mind, entered the system space, and headed straight for the newly added planting area—the soil here had been automatically improved by the system, turning into dark brown "fertile soil," with a humidity of 60% and a constant temperature of 25℃, which perfectly met the planting requirements of the spirit herb seeds.
Su Jing took out the coarse cloth bag containing the spirit herb seeds from the "seed area," opened it, and evenly scattered the dark brown seeds into the soil of the planting area.
The seeds were spaced about 10 centimeters apart. After scattering them, she used her mind to guide the "automatic sprinkler" (a new device added after the expansion) in the space to spray a fine mist of water to wet the soil surface (to prevent the water flow from washing away the seeds).
As soon as the seeds were sown, a notification popped up on the system panel: [“Spirit Herb Seeds” have been detected. Spiritual energy concentration in the planting area: 0.5 (The spiritual energy concentration in the space is higher than that outside, due to the automatic absorption of a small amount of spiritual energy during expansion).]
The maturation time of spiritual herbs has been shortened to 7 days (originally 90 days). After maturation, they can release 10 points of spiritual energy per day (which can increase the concentration of spiritual energy in the space and assist in cultivation). At the same time, spiritual herbs can be harvested for use in refining low-level pills or consumed directly (increasing cultivation speed by 15%).
Su Jing squatted beside the planting area, looking at the spirit herb seeds on the surface of the soil, her heart filled with anticipation—
Seven days later, the spiritual herb matures, not only releasing spiritual energy to aid cultivation but also being used to refine pills, effectively providing an additional stable source of resources for cultivation.
She stood up and scanned the expanded area: the breeding area could raise 10 more lambs, the storage area had an additional 15 cubic meters that could be used to store energy supplies to be purchased later, and the spirit herbs in the planting area did not affect the previous giant wheat and sweet grass roots. The layout of the entire space was more reasonable than before.
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