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Back in the building, Half-Dead Bao came over to encourage him again, promising to draw a good fortune for him the next day. Of course, such promises should not be taken seriously; just avoiding a bad draw from Hua Du would be considered fortunate.
The Three-Story Building had multiple residences, and each person was assigned a room. Xu Feng closed the door and summoned his Spatial Ring.
After several rounds of cultivation, the Immortal Grass had finally reached four hundred years of age, its medicinal value at its peak. Further cultivation would yield limited benefits. Xu Feng took the Immortal Grass and placed it in a Jade Box. Yang Chenglin had left behind several empty Jade Boxes, which saved Xu Feng a lot of trouble.
Opening Qiu Wuling's box, a square leaf grass about one foot tall quietly hid inside the Jade Box. Judging by its age, this Square Leaf Grass was only ten years old but had already reached maturity, with six square leaves about two fingers wide symmetrically spread out. At the top, there were leaf buds with no signs of flowering, and the roots were dense, with a main root about three inches long.
Xu Feng took out the Square Leaf Grass and gently inserted it into a Blue and White Porcelain container.
The mature Square Leaf Grass grew very quickly in the Blue and White Porcelain; almost as soon as it entered the bottle, changes began to occur. First, the color of the Square Leaf Grass became more vibrant green. After about ten minutes, the grass had grown half a foot taller, and its branches and leaves became transparent, allowing the fibers within to be seen. The spiritual energy flowed visibly through the stem tubes among the branches and leaves.
After growing half a foot taller, the Square Leaf Grass stopped growing, and various transformations began to settle down. Just as Xu Feng wondered why it wasn’t flowering, a seedling of Square Leaf Grass poked its head out of the bottle.
"So that's how it is," Xu Feng slapped his forehead; not all grasses flower and bear fruit. Upon examining the Square Leaf Grass, he found that its roots had indeed thickened. Among the numerous roots were five black-yellow seeds, one of which had already sprouted into the seedling that had just emerged from the bottle.
These were five seeds of Square Leaf Grass.
Xu Feng was overjoyed; he carefully picked off four seeds and stored them away while placing the original mature Square Leaf Grass back into the box, leaving only the sprouted seedling.
A ten-year-old Square Leaf Grass is considered slow-growing among herbs, but its growth rate in the Blue and White Porcelain was visibly rapid.
Three hours later, the newly sprouted Square Leaf Grass reached one and a half feet tall and stopped growing. Xu Feng lifted it up to find that five seeds had formed in its root system as well.
Xu Feng collected four seeds and left one behind; meanwhile, the Square Leaf Grass continued to grow rapidly. In just a few hours, Xu Feng used the Blue and White Porcelain to obtain two mature Square Leaf Grasses and nearly ten seeds. Once these two super Square Leaf Grasses were made into elixirs, Wuhua Island's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" would become trivial.
After obtaining the third Square Leaf Grass, Xu Feng ceased cultivating it and switched to growing other century-old spiritual herbs. With over a dozen seeds now in hand, Square Leaf Grass no longer seemed so precious in Xu Feng's eyes. Even when urgently needed, its cultivation would still be quite fast.
Before long, it was deep into the night. The companions from the Loose Cultivator Alliance were all practicing their cultivation inside their rooms. Although they had already been eliminated from competition, cultivation had become their main focus in life as cultivators, especially after entering the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Xu Feng took out the Martial Arts Manual of Weak Water Three Thousand and familiarized himself again with the section on Combat Techniques. He had already completed the first layer of the Wood Element's Cultivation Method, which could be applied to the Arrow Meridian, but he had only mastered the Combat Techniques for Fire, Metal, and Earth. Therefore, it was urgent to fully cultivate the Combat Techniques for both Water and Wood Dual Systems.
The first layer of the Weak Water Three Thousand Technique corresponds to the Combat Techniques known as Soft Hands. The entire Cultivation Method is divided into eight Combat Techniques, consisting of three major moves, with Soft Hands being the general term for the first major move. The first two layers of the Cultivation Method can utilize this move.
Like Fire Dragon in the Field, Soft Hands is also composed of three techniques: Transforming Hand, Gun Transformation, and Whip Transformation. The three moves of Soft Hands encompass various weapons of different lengths and materials. Once mastered, even empty-handed, one can maneuver effortlessly among numerous spiritual weapons, somewhat akin to a mortal's Empty-Handed Against the Blade and Mudfish Technique.
Each move is based on the Spiritual Power Armguard, which involves enveloping the entire body with spiritual energy, especially focusing on the arms, allowing them to bend and soften at will. The goal is to reduce force and glide past when coming into contact with an opponent's spiritual weapon, thus taking advantage of openings to defeat them. In essence, Soft Hands represents a pair of super invincible spiritual claws that cannot be broken.
This technique does not have fixed forms; it primarily focuses on refining one's hands. Similar to Eagle Claw Technique and Iron Shirt, it emphasizes physical conditioning—once one's physical capabilities are sufficient, any technique can be executed.
Initially not expecting to master it overnight, Xu Feng suddenly felt hopeful. The interdependence of the five elements and his long-lasting internal power were indeed his strengths. He immediately began practicing according to the operation route and methods of Soft Hands.
After two hours, under the nurturing infusion of Water Elemental Energy, Xu Feng's arms continuously softened and twisted. His skin became translucent and shiny, making various complex movements feel effortless under the influence of spiritual power.
His fingers could bend freely, executing various reverse joint actions with ease; he could even intertwine his arms into a butterfly knot. His skin, flesh, tendons, and bones had become incredibly flexible—like liquid metal that could change shape at will yet return to its original form instantly.
According to the standards required by Combat Techniques, Xu Feng had successfully cultivated the flexibility needed for Soft Hands. The next step was to establish spiritual protection; without protection, no matter how soft his hands were, a single strike could sever them in two.
At this point, Xu Feng suddenly realized a problem and couldn't help but break into a sweat. To achieve effective protection, his spiritual power must reach the second layer of Weak Water Three Thousand Technique. Soft Hands corresponds to the first layer's Combat Techniques; while one can enter with first-layer spiritual power, mastering it requires a foundation in second-layer spiritual power.
The first layer can be practiced; hence it corresponds to first-layer Combat Techniques. However, mastery requires reaching second-layer spiritual power—this was not incorrect.
Xu Feng felt misled as he opened the cover page and saw only "Qin Garden" written there without an author's signature. If there had been one, he would have wanted to collect this author’s work for his bookshelf and shower them with flowers and accolades.
Xu Feng paused midway, feeling reluctant. Now that he had all five elements in his Earth-Level Cultivation Method and had surpassed his previous bottleneck, his original plan was to first practice the second layer of Fire Element One Star since that was Xu Feng's breakthrough point—familiar territory.
But now stuck halfway through, he could only switch to cultivating Water Element instead. A sudden burst might allow him to reach the second layer of Water Element as well. With this thought in mind, Xu Feng began reciting the second Cultivation Method mantra of Weak Water Three Thousand and devoted himself fully to cultivation.
At the same time, dozens of Fifth-Rank Pills he had just purchased were placed before him.
It was bright, and Half-Dead Bao hurriedly ran to participate in the draw for the top eight matches. Qin Yougong took the eliminated loose cultivators to explore the Fairy Market. Xu Feng's door was closed, and Qin Yougong knew he still had matches left, so he didn't call for him. A few of them went out.
Without the pressure of competition, the nine loose cultivators spent a lot at the Fairy Market, spending eighty percent of their spirit stones and selling off eighty percent of their inventory. They exchanged it for pills and fine swords.
When they returned in the evening, Xu Feng's door was still closed. Soon after, Half-Dead Bao came back as well, wanting to share his draw results with Xu Feng, but Xu Feng's door remained shut.
Half-Dead Bao stood outside for a while, knowing that Xu Feng was in a crucial stage of cultivation and it wouldn't be appropriate to disturb him. After some time passed and Xu Feng still hadn't come out, Half-Dead Bao finally couldn't hold back and went downstairs alone.
Xu Feng stayed locked inside his room all night without coming out.
The next morning, Xu Feng's door finally made a sound as he stepped out looking relaxed.
After a night of hard cultivation and consuming all the Fifth-Grade Spirit Storage Pills, he had finally reached the second layer of the Weak Water Three Thousand Technique by dawn. He also practiced and successfully learned three moves of Soft Hands.
Now he had Combat Techniques for Gold, Fire, and Earth elements; he just needed one for Wood Element.
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