Book 3, Chapter 272: The Right Timing
Xue Shou continued, “If you’re in a ntal battle and they use sothing similar to the Mind Shattering Hamr to attack you, you need to compress your ntal gemstone to block it. This is a head-on clash, and it’s a simple, crude way to fight.
“But doing this ans staking everything into this one attack or defense. It leaves no way to retreat. It doesn’t have much technique involved, and it’s way too crude and extre. It’s going to end in soone dying.
“You need to think of a way to avoid that.
“When it cos to battles between martial artists, you should try to get the best outco with the least sacrifice.
“If your opponent can punch harder and is stronger, then you need to think of ways to avoid him while bringing out your strengths. The sa rule applies in a ntal battle.”
Xue Shou clapped his hands, and a holographic screen appeared around them to display a diagram of a martial artist’s mutated tissue. While facing the diagram, he said, “Martial artists’ mutated tissue is really sensitive toward ntal energy. This is its unique trait. Those who haven’t trained ntal energy before will have their mutated tissue instinctively absorb external ntal energy.
“But as long as your mutated tissue remains under your mind’s control, it won’t be affected. It will even reject external ntal energy.
“This will lead to another problem. When other people attack you with ntal energy, you will end up in the sa old ‘I will fight my enemy head-on’ route.
“The Hollowed Heart Mark is a way to avoid that situation.”
Light flickered in his eyes.
Knowing that this was a sign that Xue Shou was going to teach him sothing again, Chen Chuan relaxed and let his mind receive the training thod for this technique. He examined it and quickly figured it out.
“If your mutated tissue is a white sheet of paper, then this technique will help you add your mark on it.
“After all, no matter what sort of ntal energy tries to leave its mark on you, it won’t be able to affect the core of your mutated tissue. You can also wipe out their marks easily.
“But that will leave you open to attacks and unable to fight back. You'll still be in a passive situation. So, there’s a variant in this Hollowed Heart Mark.
“When your mutated tissue is strong and tough enough to resist external interference, the mont you feel an external ntal energy attack you, empty your mind and body to let that hostile energy in.”
Xue Shou spread his fingers. “It’ll be like two armies going against each other, but you will enter the encirclent willingly.”
He struck his palm. “Then, you strike based on the connection between you two. Mind Shattering Hamr will have a great effect at this point.”
Chen Chuan nodded at that.
Xue Shou then continued, “Do you rember what I said about how important it is for you to attack first in a ntal battle, when you’re about the sa level as your opponent? If you’re careless and let your opponent attack first, you can use this move.
“I’d like to remind you that this is only effective against martial artists. As you continue advancing, you’re going to run into stronger opponents. You might even face the existences from the other world.”
His expression turned stern. “Their ntal power and level are far above that of the average person. They might even bypass your mind to control your mutated tissue.
“When I was reading up about you, I learned that you once chased away an existence that had infiltrated our world. You must have thought that you were strong and lucky.
“But the one you t should have been sothing similar to a parasite. These existences need to take into consideration their hosts’ endurance and can’t bring out their true power. If you run into an existence that’s at the very end of the incorporeal spectrum, you’ll be in real danger.”
If Chen Chuan didn’t have his second self, the second half of the battle would have indeed been really dangerous. Wu Quan had told him that if he found the situation dangerous, he was to ignore his mission and run away. This might have been what worried him.
But because Chen Chuan had his second self, he had the courage to fight. Otherwise, he would have imdiately retreated.
“Practice these two techniques. After that, spar with Hongfu. Once you’re familiar with them, I’ll teach you so practical tricks,” Xue Shou said.
“Thank you, Mr. Xue,” Chen Chuan replied.
Xue Shou then took out a small box and put it in front of him. “This is the dicine you’ll be needing for the next stage. Just like before, you can buy it from Martial Valor University. It might be a bit pricey, but I think you can afford it.
“You should keep in mind that the dicine you need will only get more expensive. You won’t be able to find so of it anywhere outside the rged space either. You must be ready for that.”
Chen Chuan did not mind it. Up to this date, he had already spent a lot of money on resources ant for training, and it was when dicine was broadly available and generally suitable in their era. As he continued getting stronger, though, that availability and suitability were going to decrease.
Xue Shou watched him. “Honestly, I thought that you’d only be able to master what you’ve learned by May or June. I’m not going to say much else about this, but considering your current speed of progress, I do hope that you’ll be able to master what I just taught you before April.”
Chen Chuan whipped his head up. “Before April? That’s only around ten days.”
“Yes. Ten days. This is the deadline I’m giving you. Consider it a test. Can you do it?” Xue Shou challenged him.
Chen Chuan thought about it. “I can’t promise you that I can, but I’ll do my best.”
Xue Shou then said aningfully, “You can afford to wait for certain things, but not everything. This all depends on you, though. I’d just like to remind you that you only get one chance for certain things. If you miss it, you won’t get it again.”
Chen Chuan quickly shifted his mindset and said seriously, “I’ll rember your words, Mr. Xue.”
“That’s more like it.” Xue Shou smacked his knees and stood up. “That’s the end of our lesson. By the way, sa old: Use all the things around you that benefit you, and don’t think too much about it. Do it only when you’re strong enough. Bye now.”
“Safe trip.”
Chen Chuan saw Xue Shou off before turning to the two plants. Clearly, Xue Shou had left them for him, but he hadn’t ntioned their na. He wondered what they were called and how he was supposed to take care of them; he would have to look into it when he returned to his room.
Chen Chuan picked up a plant in each hand before leaving the training hall. When he went back to his room, he put the plants by the window.
After taking two steps back, he went to the World Ring Defense System’s platform to search for the plants’ information. Since they ca from the rged space, he was sure he could find the information he wanted there.
Just as he expected, he soon located it.
The plants were known as Leafbound Cages, and they were carnivorous. Their main food source was small creatures and insects, which fit Chen Chuan’s impression of the rged space.
They weren’t all that hard to care for since Martial Valor University’s cafeteria had all sorts of food available. He could just take so at back whenever he went to the cafeteria.
No matter what, they were his “sparring” partners, so he should treat them well.
However, as he stared at the plants, he rembered what Xue Shou said. He had been hinting at him to master the two techniques soon so that he wouldn’t miss a certain chance.
Chen Chuan connected it with what Cao Guiqi had said during the day and the sense of urgency he got from Chen Bitong. All of them were hinting that sothing big was about to happen in Central City.
Honestly, he had sensed it too. The number of airships and cruise ships coming to Central City had increased in number. Everyone was preparing for sothing.
The Resolution Departnt did not seem to be doing anything, but based on how Ni Qianqian didn’t have ti to co out for food over the past few days off, there had to be sothing going on behind the scenes.
However, Chen Chuan was tied to another mission right now, so he didn’t know what the departnt had planned for him.
Then again, Advisor Pei had said that he had sothing to say to him, and it was highly likely related to this. If that was the case, there was no need to keep thinking about it. He would learn about it after eting the man.
Chen Chuan’s thoughts then went to Dawncall, which led to him going to the Secret Python Cult’s platform to search for information about the animals they bred getting mutated tissue, but he couldn’t find anything.
So, he contacted Zuo Handan and told him about his idea before asking whether the cult provided such services.
“Since this concerns so of our secrets, I can’t give you a straight answer, but the Bird Reptile is a creature we’ve disqualified, so it’ll be difficult for us to help Dawncall improve aningfully,” Zuo Handan answered.
Chen Chuan understood what he was implying. The Secret Python Cult had conducted research in this area, and the Bird Reptiles were disqualified due to their lack of potential. It was unlikely that further research would bring any new discoveries.
But the cult’s research was mostly focused on snakes, so Bird Reptiles didn’t fit their focus, which ant that it wasn’t entirely impossible for them to look further into this.
Zuo Handan continued, “But if you need to modify Dawncall, we can provide implants for it.”
There was no way Chen Chuan would agree to it. Even if Dawncall couldn’t fight, there was no need for it to go through that. “That’s fine.”
“While we can’t satisfy your needs in this regard, other companies might be able to. I suggest approaching Photon Nest. This company is the best in the country when it cos to researching mutated tissue in creatures. They have a branch company in Jibei Road,” Zuo Handan suggested.
“Photon Nest? Thanks.”
Chen Chuan rembered the na and thanked Zuo Handan before hanging up. Then, he looked into Photon Nest. Based on the information on their platform, plenty of people were interested in helping non-human creatures get mutated tissue, especially the rich.
They didn’t believe in martial artists entirely and preferred pets and plants with mutated tissue.
Photon Nest’s services were geared toward civilians, because when it ca to military-grade non-human creatures with mutated tissue, the best was still Compound Eyes. It barely had any competitors in this area. anwhile, in terms of the civilian market, Photon Nest was the leading expert in terms of avian and reptilian creatures.
Chen Chuan took a quick glance at the photos. They had all sorts of exotic creatures, and so of them showed animals in brutal fights. They were geared toward hobbyists who loved testing animals or seeing them fight each other.
After browsing through everything, Chen Chuan decided to send a ssage to them.
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