Chapter 12: Meditation Method, 1.5 Times Cultivation Speed
After a tour of the academy, it was noon. Growing boys like Lu Chen and Wang Sheng already had stomachs growling with hunger.
Thus, in groups, they swarmed into the cafeteria.
The cafeteria was divided into the first and second floors. The first floor served communal meals; for just a few bronze coins, one could eat well. While the food wasn’t fancy, it was enough to fill one’s stomach.
As for the second floor, it was no different from a restaurant outside. One could order individual dishes, with all sorts of stir-fries and stews available. It was where the academy’s teachers and noble students ate.
Lu Chen, Wang Sheng, and their group were all Work-Study Students. With empty pockets, it was naturally impossible for them to eat on the second floor, so they had the communal meals on the first floor.
During the meal, a small incident occurred.
A group of noble students who had finished eating on the second floor saw Wang Sheng as they came downstairs and habitually began to provoke him.
Wang Sheng clenched his fists, feeling incredibly furious!
Lu Chen understood that in the face of such campus bullying, backing down was useless. One had to strike back fiercely to make the bullies feel fear; otherwise, this kind of thing would never end.
So, under Lu Chen’s direction, Wang Sheng made an appointment with the group of noble students to have a fight in the small woods on the academy’s back mountain after school the next afternoon.
The losers of this fight would have to steer clear of the winners whenever they encountered them in the academy from then on.
Those noble students held themselves in high regard. Facing Wang Sheng’s initiative to challenge them, how could they possibly refuse? They agreed without a second thought.
After the challenge was set, Wang Sheng and the other Work-Study Students looked at Lu Chen with burning eyes, clearly placing all their hopes on him.
In truth, Lu Chen didn’t want to cause trouble either, but he knew even better that if he didn’t show a tough attitude, he would only face more trouble in the future, not less.
After finishing lunch, all the Work-Study Students returned to Room 7.
In Room 7, Lu Chen didn’t see Tang San, but he did see Xiao Wu, who had returned from Spirit Hall.
Xiao Wu had collected her gold coin stipend from Spirit Hall and bought a brand-new set of pink bedding. At that moment, she was lying on the bed eating snacks, speaking with a charming smile:
"Boss Lu Chen, you’re all back!"
"Look, this is the brand-new bedding I bought with the gold coins I got from Spirit Hall. I also bought lots of snacks!"
Xiao Wu showed off to everyone with great pride.
Looking at Xiao Wu, Lu Chen suddenly had an idea. Xiao Wu’s Century Soul Ring seemed quite capable of intimidating people. If he brought her along for the fight tomorrow, it would surely have a better effect.
So, Lu Chen encouraged Xiao Wu, saying:
"Xiao Wu, we just made an appointment in the cafeteria with a bunch of provocative noble students to have a fight in the woods on the back mountain after school tomorrow."
"You’re also one of us Work-Study Students. Do you want to come and join us tomorrow?"
Hearing the words ’have a fight,’ Xiao Wu’s eyes instantly lit up. She sat up on the bed, patted her unremarkable chest, and said with immense bravado:
"Of course I’ll join! I’m Room 7’s Sister Xiao Wu, how could I miss out on something like this!"
Hearing this, Lu Chen smiled and flattered Xiao Wu, saying:
"As expected of Xiao Wu. Then tomorrow we’ll make a name for the Work-Study Students together and let those noble students know how powerful we are."
Xiao Wu couldn’t handle being praised; under Lu Chen’s flattery, she put her hands on her hips and raised her small head high, her pink face full of smugness.
No one can resist repeated praise. Even if Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bones Rabbit, she couldn’t entirely escape worldly vanity.
After winning Xiao Wu over, Lu Chen felt even more confident about tomorrow’s fight.
Defeating those noble students would certainly make them afraid, but it would also make them harbor resentment and eventually lead to endless trouble.
Therefore, compared to defeating them, it was more important to intimidate them.
Xiao Wu’s Century Soul Ring was a precious spirit ring that even the City Lord’s son, Xiao Chenyu, did not possess.
Although this seemed more like an original book bug—that the dignified son of a City Lord’s first spirit ring wasn’t a Century Soul Ring, but merely a ten-year spirit ring.
Tomorrow, as long as Xiao Wu showed that Century Soul Ring, it would 100% intimidate those noble students, and they wouldn’t dare cause trouble again.
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In the time that followed, these Work-Study Students in Room 7 showed an extremely diligent side. There was no horsing around or playing; instead, they began to meditate and Cultivate their spirit power.
Seeing this, Lu Chen immediately asked Wang Sheng for guidance on the Meditation Method for cultivating spirit power. After all, the one who knows more is the teacher; he felt no embarrassment at all.
Wang Sheng didn’t hold anything back either. He introduced the Meditation Method in great detail, along with some of his cultivation experience.
After all, this kind of basic Meditation Method would be taught by teachers in the very first class after new students enrolled.
Wang Sheng was simply teaching the Meditation Method to Lu Chen one day early.
After being taught, Lu Chen sat on his bed. Following Wang Sheng’s description, he calmed his mind, communicated with his Spirit, used his Spirit to sense the energy between heaven and earth, and absorbed that energy into his body.
The circulation of spirit power involved several major Meridians, which Wang Sheng had also introduced in detail. Lu Chen quickly mastered them.
For Lu Chen, his Golden Finger meant that every breath could absorb heaven and earth energy into his body.
However, in the past, his Spirit had not reached Awakening, and spirit power could not be circulated, so he could only passively absorb energy.
Now that Lu Chen had successfully awakened his Spirit and learned the basic Meditation Method, he began to actively guide the circulation of spirit power.
With every breath, he continuously absorbed heaven and earth energy into his body, then actively guided this energy through several major Meridians into his Dantian.
Lu Chen had two Spirits in his Dantian: the first Spirit was Blue Silver Grass, and the second Spirit was the Black Iron Sickle.
After these two Spirits absorbed the energy, it was purified and refined by the Spirits, turning into his spirit power and settling in his Dantian.
At this moment, Lu Chen discovered to his surprise that his spirit power accumulation speed had increased by about 1.5 times compared to before.
This made Lu Chen feel very excited:
’Even if I don’t deliberately meditate, my spirit power will continue to rise. But if I can increase the cultivation speed by 1.5 times, it seems I can’t be slack in my cultivation in the future.’
With this thought, Lu Chen focused all his attention and threw himself into meditation. Feeling the accelerated rate of spirit power accumulation gave him even more motivation to Cultivate.
This meditation lasted for an entire afternoon!
It wasn’t until Lu Chen’s stomach growled with hunger that he was pulled back from the meditative state.
Lu Chen opened his eyes and woke up, sat up from the bed, and stretched his limbs. He was very satisfied with the results of the afternoon’s cultivation.
He then called out to a few companions who had also woken up, and they went to the cafeteria together for dinner.
By the time they returned to Room 7, the sky had turned completely dark. Lu Chen and his companions in Room 7 washed up and went to bed to rest.
(End of Chapter)
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