Chapter 898: Reckless Talent
Having learned about Feng and how he had cultivated to an ‘explosive’ breakthrough, Lin Wu was enlightened.
“Looks like the boy was still hiding a secret, a secret that even he didn’t know he had.” Lin Wu muttered to himself.
With the experience that Feng had gone through, Lin Wu could confirm one thing: Feng’s Willpower.
It was strong enough to allow him to withstand the suffering of drowning.
The feeling of drowning was in fact the overload that he was feeling, and his body was feeling. The boy went ahead with absorbing all the elemental spirit Qis in a single bout. This was simply not the way the technique was supposed to be used.
Of course, one was free to absorb or breath in multiple types of elemental spirit Qi at once, but the quantity that Feng did was beyond his limits. It was only a miracle through which he had survived.
“No… the Xiantian physique and the system’s modification probably kept him alive. If it was anyone else they would have simply imploded from the rapid influx of spirit Qi like that.” Lin Wu reckoned.
One could say that Feng had taken the most brutal and crude route to breakthrough. He let go of finesse and pushed through with sheer will.
That in itself was a kind of talent.
It might not be the ideal cultivation talent, but it could allow one to exceed their limits and reach new heights. In some aspects, Feng could even exceed Shirong.
‘Though it might also be his lack of experience that allowed his recklessness to feel like a lack of effort.’ Lin Wu analyzed.
This unique method of absorbing multiple types of spirit Qi at once had allowed Feng to condense a unique type of a core. The powers granted by this core were yet to be seen, but Lin Wu could guess what they might be like.
The system was already preparing several simulations and, according to the results of those simulations, the next course of action would be taken.
~Sigh~
“At least we got some good data. Now we know to tell the next test subject to NOT suck all kinds of spirit Qi at once.” Lin Wu shook his head.
In Feng’s case he was lucky that he had his body modified along with the Xiantian physique. This would not be the case for the majority of future subjects. After all, Lin Wu didn’t have the time, nor could he be bothered to modify hundreds of humans like this.
He was intending to have a large enough number of such subordinates under him that all practiced this cultivation technique. They needed to do this on his own, and his interaction with them would be greatly limited.
“Only by limiting my interaction would I be able to make a mysterious and powerful image among them… heheh~” Lin Wu said to himself.
Done with Feng’s body, Lin Wu let go of him and waited for him to wake up. It didn’t take that long and Feng shook up like a startled cat.
“HUH!?” He was a bit disoriented and looked around in panic.
Only when he saw Lin Wu and his strange head did he calm down.
“S-senior… Oh yeah, you were checking me.” Feng finally recalled.
“Indeed. I’ve learned quite a bit now.” Lin Wu nodded his head. “Seems like you’ve gone beyond my thinking and did something that should have been seemingly impossible.” He added.
“How so? What did I do?” Feng was a bit confused.
Lin Wu then went on to tell him about his recklessness. How he had done the cultivation equivalent of sticking one’s head into a river to quench their thirst. Except they swallowed water until they fainted.
“I… I almost killed myself.” Feng was appalled.
“That you did.” Lin Wu agreed. “But… now that you’ve survived it and your body is adapted to it, I don’t see why you should stop doing it.” He said, much to the boy’s surprise.
“Y-you want me to continue doing it?” Feng was confused even more.
“Yes. Seems like you are suited to that method. While it is unorthodox, it isn’t technically against the guidelines of the cultivation technique. Of course I wouldn’t recommend this to new students.” Lin Wu replied.
“If you say so, senior.” Feng agreed with a little hesitation.
Lin Wu was now interested, and even the system had recommended that they let Feng do as he did. They would not only get a lot more data, but they might even discover some other missing insights into cultivation.
Then, with the data gathered from Feng, the system would be able to improve the cultivation technique even more. Lin Wu had already decided that the next version of this technique would be given to more ‘recruits’.
Lin Wu talked with Feng a bit more and even gave him some Qi skills as well as Martial skills. These weren’t anything particularly powerful, but they were very neutral in use. Any cultivation technique should be compatible with these Qi skills and martial skills, and Feng shouldn’t have issues learning them either.
Lin Wu easily had a plethora of high grade skills, but Feng wouldn’t necessarily be able to use them. It was best for him to start low and progress to more complex things.
Finally, at the end of the meeting, Feng questioned. “What is my next task, Senior?”
“Your next task?” Lin Wu thought about it for a minute.
There wasn’t anything particularly necessary that he needed Feng to do. Even the first task was just given to him on a whim.
“How about you learn those Qi skills and marital skills I gave you first? Once you’ve done that and can apply them with the cultivation technique, I’ll consider the second task done.” Lin Wu stated.
“Ah, I’ll do that then, senior.” Feng nodded his head.
And just as he was about to leave, Feng stopped and asked, “will there be any problems with me exploding the White sheep Inn?”
“No.” Lin Wu answered. “Though if someone bothers you, just go find that Red Bandit again. He’ll help you for sure.”
