10 Heavens Waltz (2/2)
'What price do I have to pay to have all the information on this cultivation technique to be imprinted in my mind?'
After processing for a few seconds, the white screen gave out an answer. Looking at it, Shi Li slapped himself. Why didn't he choose this earlier?!
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Price to be paid: 5% of user's mental energy.
Item in exchange: Full memorization of cultivation technique.
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The price he had to pay was ten times less than the price he had to pay to remove the flaws from his cultivation technique! If he were to choose between the two, he would obviously choose the former!
'If I pushed myself, I would be able to use this option 20 times. But since I feel like it would take a while for me to wake up if I did that, I'll just limit myself to 8 times at most.'
Shi Li's mental energy wasn't even back to its full power, so this was quite a logical thing to do.
Grabbing firmly on the book, he shouted.
'Imprint!'
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User has chosen to imprint [Refined Skin Tempering Foundation Manual] to memory.
Imprinting process ongoing…
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Within a few seconds, he felt a bit more mentally tired than before, but he didn't faint at all.
'So this is the effect of losing mental energy,' he thought.
He looked at the screen as he waited for process to finish.
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...3%
...18%
...32%
...46%
...61%
...73%
...88%
....100%
Imprinting process complete.
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In an instant, an influx of information surged through Shi Li's brain, catching off-guard. It ranged from concepts, to theories. to the movements of the three layers.
Knowing what the information was, he hurriedly organized the information in his brain into their separate parts, allowing him to understand the technique a bit better.
Taking a deep breath, he searched through his brain to find information about [Heaven's Waltz]. Not long after, he was able to find the 16 movements, vivid and easy to understand. He could even visualize himself those 16 movements!
With newfound hope, he decided it was time to cultivate!
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4 hours later.
Shi Li's robe was drenched in sweat as he hardworkingly replicated the movements again and again. Within 4 hours, he was already able to replicate 4 movements of [Heaven's Waltz], even gaining high mastery in it.
He continued replicating until finally…
Pop!
A surge of energy flowed throughout Shi Li's body, making him smile widely.
In just four days, he had reached the peak of the first stage!
He took a short rest before heading towards the single strength pillar in his courtyard.
Strength pillars allows cultivators to see how strong they were, it was also a way to indicate at what realm the cultivator was at.
Clenching his fist, he exerted all of his force from his fist towards the pillar, leaving a noticeable dent on it.
In a breath's amount of time, a number showed up on the pillar.
1!
2!
3!
5!
The number shown was the amount of ren the cultivator could exert, of course, the higher the better.
12!
16!
19!
20!
23!
27!
And after a minute that seemed to last forever, the pillar was finished counting at…
30 ren!
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Extra Notes:
[1] The four primordial beasts of Chinese mythology are as follows: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise and Vermillion Bird