Chapter 7 (1/2)

Book 1 - What Is A Genius

Chapter 7 - Primordial Energy Sixth Layer.

Translated by:

toomuchnoob

The metal-based Internal Energy cultivation technique, the Primordial Energy, was He Yiming’s first cultivation technique and was also the cultivation technique that he’d bitterly cultivated for full eight years until today.

In the last four years, He Yiming had hoped to enter its sixth layer countless times.

The circulation course of this technique’s sixth layer had been deeply engraved in his bones. His heart had a deep-rooted stubbornness: He would not give up on this technique until there was no hope.

If not for the decision of his elders combined with the painstaking efforts of his third elder brother, he would never have subst.i.tuted this technique.

Even though he’d obtained inconceivable success in Ripple technique, it couldn’t be compared to the Primordial Energy. The latter had always been his primary cultivation technique, which, for him, was as inseparable as flesh and blood.

When He Yiming entered that bizarre realm, the Internal Energy inside his body involuntarily switched back to the Primordial Energy which he’d cultivated for many years, furthermore, he involuntarily entered its sixth layer. Everything seemed like the saying where water flows, ca.n.a.l will naturally form. There wasn’t the slightest amount of hindrance, as if his Primordial Energy had originally been at the sixth layer.1

His eyes, which were half-closed, suddenly opened and emitted out a faint bright radiance, which seemed capable of drilling through heavens and earth.

His body suddenly jumped up on its own. In mid air, he turned around and struck with his hand. At this moment, all the Internal Energy inside his body was converging towards his hand, while his essence, qi, and spirit2 had also been pushed to the peak.

A savage roar exploded out from the direction in which he’d just struck. However, the roar contained a trace of fear and timidness.

The fox bear, which was two meters high, opened its mouth and countered He Yiming’s strike with its fan-like bear paw.

Bang….

Unlike the silent confrontation before, an extremely loud sound echoed this time.

Due to the formidable strength in He Yiming’s strike, the fox bear’s gigantic body rose up in the sky and rolled once in mid-air before miserably falling into dense bushes, even losing many bear hairs in the process. However, once it had fallen down, it immediately hopped onto its feet at a lightning fast speed and made a desperate run for its life in the direction opposite to He Yiming.

Its speed was so high that a.s.sociating such a speed with its gigantic body was absolutely impossible.

In a flash, the bear had already entered deep into the woods and had disappeared without a trace.

He Yiming stood on the ground. He slowly withdrew his swelled palm while looking at it with an astonished expression, though, he didn’t feel any pain as he’d imagined. His expression was that of an extreme surprise mixed with many other emotions.

Before he issued that strike of unprecedented strength, he’d already sensed that, instead of using the sixth layer of the Ripple technique, he was using the technique that he’d cultivated for full eight years, the Primordial Energy.

He Yiming couldn’t help but curse when he realized that the technique operating inside his body had abruptly switched. Although Primordial Energy was the strongest metal based cultivation technique in terms of offensive power, the gap between the fifth and the sixth layer was enormous. This caused He Yiming to lose faith that his strike would be able to injure his opponent. However, within an instant, the bear was blown away, furthermore, by looking at its appearance as it tried to flee with all its might along with its shaky movements, it had clearly suffered an injury, furthermore, the injury was not light either.

Consequently, He Yiming immediately realized that the Primordial Energy he’d used was not of the fifth layer at all, instead, he’d used the full strength of the sixth layer of a metal type cultivation technique.

He’d actually made the breakthrough without being aware of it himself.

This was but the Primordial Energy; the cultivation technique he’d practiced for whole eight years. His emotions towards this cultivation technique couldn’t possibly be compared to the Ripple technique which he’d only practiced for a single night.

Surprisingly, his eight years of hard work and fours years of anxiousness mysteriously succeeded at this moment.

Such an intense surprise and joy completely flooded his insides like a tide. He was truly feeling as if he was tasting the ‘beginning of sweetness that comes after the bitterness’; he felt like shedding tears of joy.

At this moment, even if that fox bear hadn’t escaped, He Yiming wasn’t interested in tangling with it anymore.

After a long time, He Yiming recovered back from his ecstatic state.

His vision directly fell upon a patch of thick bushes at a distance:

‘Who knows how much distance that repulsive yet pathetic bear has already covered.’

He suddenly recalled that wonderful realm when he’d delivered that strike. However, when he tried to recall that feeling, he was absolutely unable to catch the mysteries of that realm. Apparently, this kind of realm would completely disappear along with the pa.s.sing of danger.

He Yiming knew that him being able to ascertain the direction of the bear had nothing to do with his eyesight or experience. It was all because of an indescribable feeling he had when he was in that mysterious state. This kind of perception seemed extremely useful in the midst of a fight. However, unfortunately, he couldn’t grasp the slightest clue about that realm, and neither did he know if he would ever be able to enter that realm again in future.

Reluctantly, he glanced at the color of the sky, following which, without wasting a single second, he sprinted down the small mountain path.

His movements were extremely quick, furthermore, while he was running, the water-based Ripple technique was slowly operating on his arms.