Having chosen the martial arts technique he wanted, Zhou Bai hurried back to start his cultivation.
First, he thoroughly read through the Great Dream Arhat Heart Scripture to understand the specific steps of cultivation.
Most body refinement methods and martial arts cultivation involve repeatedly tearing muscles and bones, then letting the muscles heal and the bones reshape, slowly, steadily honing the body and enhancing its strength and durability.
However, the Great Dream Arhat Heart Scripture skips this arduous process and directly enhances the physical body.
Every day, the human body needs rest, both physically and mentally, maintained through sleep.
The Great Dream Arhat Heart Scripture aims to enhance the effectiveness of this daily sleep, using breathing techniques to stimulate the Primordial Spirit, allowing the body to be better nourished and grow more robustly.
Its key lies in the word "nurture."
Although the effect is slow in theory, it accumulates over time.
As for the fist techniques in the Great Dream Arhat Heart Scripture, they involve controlling one’s body while dreaming, observing one’s flesh through the Primordial Spirit as if from a third-person perspective, and executing moves that defy common human understanding.
Moreover, in battle, one does not fear pain. Fear and tension are reduced, and one can even unleash the dual power of the physical body and the Primordial Spirit during combat.
The first thing Zhou Bai tried was naturally the method to strengthen his body and physique in his sleep, providing cover for his future muscular enhancement.
So, Zhou Bai lay on the bed, began controlling his breathing, adjusted his posture, cleared his mind, and gradually followed the methods described in the Great Dream Arhat Heart Scripture to control his sleep state.
In this state, Zhou Bai felt his body incredibly relaxed, and even his Primordial Spirit felt waves of comfort; it seemed his entire body was being incrementally nourished by the Primordial Spirit.
Thus, maintaining this method, Zhou Bai opened his eyes wide and failed to fall asleep for over two hours.
"Am I still not proficient enough?"
"Then let’s try the fist techniques described inside."
Zhou Bai closed his eyes again, emptied his mind and Primordial Spirit as taught in the scripture, and felt the power of the Primordial Spirit, originally confined to his sea of consciousness, slowly spreading from his mind, like an infant stretching its limbs.
Then, controlling the naturally extending power of the Primordial Spirit, Zhou Bai used the pure force of the Primordial Spirit to sense his physical body, gradually ignoring the sensations on his body, focusing on the feedback from the Primordial Spirit.
Feeling his body relaxing more and more, a serene smile appeared on Zhou Bai’s face.
He just lay there in bed, suffering from insomnia all day long.
"This sucks!"
"Who the hell could sleep with this?"
"And cultivating this even zapped my lazy energy to skip classes during the day?"
"Trashy scripture!"
Frustrated, Zhou Bai threw the Great Dream Arhat Heart Scripture onto the floor, turned over, closed his eyes, and fell into a deep sleep.
Seeing Zhou Bai throw the book on the floor, Elsa curiously ran over, sniffed around the scripture with her nose, and after a while, curiously began to read it. Moments later, she slowly closed her eyes, and snoring sounds came from her mouth.
Zhou Bai slept until the evening but was woken up by a noisy swallowing sound.
Zhou Bai rolled his eyes and, with the help of his Primordial Spirit, began to float up bit by bit, looking in the direction from which the sound was coming.
He saw Elsa sticking her paw out from under the desk, constantly digging inside an iron box.
The box was where Zhou Bai stored people’s food, and it was specifically locked to prevent Elsa from stealing food.
But now, the box had a small hole torn open, and Elsa was continuously using her paw to scoop out the food inside, gobbling it up as soon as she dug some out, her little butt swaying and her tail wagging excitedly.
"Elsa!!"
As Zhou Bai shouted, Elsa’s body instantly stiffened, then she fell to the ground, stiff-limbed as if dead.
Zhou Bai, however, ignored her feigned death, rushed forward, opened the box of human food, and saw that less than a tenth of it was left. He said angrily, "Elsa! Didn’t I say no stealing?
It’s only been half a month, and we’re about to run out of points! Without food, you’ll go hungry again, sigh, and you might get bigger again… If they find out you can grow, they might just send you for dissection, do you understand?"
Seeing Zhou Bai angry, Elsa made whining noises and stretched out her tongue, trying to lick Zhou Bai.
Zhou Bai pushed her away, "Stop that, I’m telling you, if you keep stealing food like this, we’ll end up having to catch the northwest wind by the end of the month."
Elsa retorted discontentedly, "I~~ am~~ hungry~~"
"You think I’m not hungry?" Zhou Bai snorted, "If I catch you stealing again, I’m going to shave all your fur off, got it!"
Whether it was a dog’s instinct or the shame of being human, Elsa feared the idea of getting shaved, her tail instantly tucked between her legs as she whimpered softly at Zhou Bai, playing the pitiful card.
Zhou Bai shook his head, resigned to buying another meal from the cafeteria.
Seeing Zhou Bai heading out, Elsa followed, wagging her tail, gazing eagerly at Zhou Bai.
Seeing the pitiful yet excited look, Zhou Bai sighed helplessly, "Alright, come along then. But you must wait outside the cafeteria, last time you almost snatched someone’s meat, they won’t let me bring you in anymore."
When they reached the cafeteria, it was just after class, and countless Dao School students and teachers were having their meals.
A few students from Zhou Bai’s year were also there; Liu Xian, with his big slicked-back hair, saw Zhou Bai coming to buy food and smiled faintly.
Beside Liu Xian, a man with red hair followed his gaze and also laughed, "Zhou Bai? I heard this guy keeps a dog, too poor to eat anything but plain rice every day, how pitiful."
Liu Xian shook his head, "Dao School gives us points to manage them sensibly and enhance our cultivation effectiveness; this guy is using them to feed a dog. Does he know how many people outside could be saved just using the human food?"
Snap! Du Bing placed his tray next to Liu Xian and said, "Liu Xian, are you still looking to trouble Zhou Bai? With me, Du Bing, here, I won’t allow any classmates to be bullied."
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Liu Xian huffed and turned away, "Du Bing, do you think you’re noble or sensible in what you do?"
He sneered, "Dao School has been around for over a hundred years and never before has a student missed classes for more than a month. So many brilliant talents who have now reached the 7th or even 9th realm, all of them attended classes seriously. What makes Zhou Bai so special? He’s occupying resources that only a few in Donghua City could have."
Looking at Du Bing, he said coldly, "Whether it’s skipping classes or using points to feed a dog, every single thing he does disgusts me. Dao School exists to gather human elites to defeat the Heavenly Demon.
Zhou Bai’s existence is an embarrassment to us all."
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