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Chapter 135: A New Recruit?
Chapter 135: A New Recruit?
After a minute, Jiang Cheng felt a throbbing pain in his head, as if needles were pricking him. With each passing second, the pain intensified.
Clearly, this was a sign that his brain was reaching its limit.
According to Shi Yan's advice, at this moment, gritting your teeth and enduring it would gradually increase the upper limit of spirit energy.
Jiang Cheng had no intention of following this method. After reaching his limit, he averted his gaze.
After all, Shi Yan's method was a last resort, and now that he had obtained a secret art for spiritual cultivation, there was no need to endure such hardship.
He glanced at the proficiency panel.
In just a short minute, his experience in the Lotus Meditation Technique had increased by 20 points.
According to the Visualization Technique, one minute would only yield 0.1 experience points, a 200-fold difference in efficiency! This meant that instead of taking 28 days without eating or drinking to reach the beginner stage, it would only take 1.4 days using the Visualization Chart.
"It seems the Visualization Chart is the key."
Jiang Cheng thought to himself.
Even though the time had been reduced to 1.4 days, it was still not an easy feat.
Staring at the Visualization Chart for a minute had the same effect as meditating and absorbing Essence Energy into the body, completely depleting the spirit energy in his mind. Without six or seven hours, full recovery was impossible.
Calculating twice a day, he could only gain 40 experience points per day, which meant it would take 250 days to achieve.
If he pushed harder, meditating three times a day, he could gain 60 experience points daily, reducing the time to around 167 days, less than half a year.
Jiang Cheng still felt this was too long.
Moreover, as he focused his spirit energy on cultivating the Visualization Technique, he couldn't refine Essence Energy, which was not good news. It seemed that being an Essence Warrior and a Mental Sage were mutually exclusive paths.
One had to choose between becoming an Essence Warrior or a Mental Sage; pursuing both paths simultaneously would make spirit energy a significant issue.
This was indeed the case.
Everyone had limited energy; even those who followed the path of an Essence Warrior had to focus on either their physical body or energy cultivation, or their progress would be frighteningly slow.
However, Jiang Cheng had managed to compress the time to master the Visualization Technique to within half a year, which was enough to make others envious. Many people, after years of starting with determination, questioning themselves, and eventually losing all hope.
"If only there were some secret medicines to accelerate spirit energy recovery."
Jiang Cheng thought of the Dawn Society.
Red Tea had mentioned that the society had not only secret arts but also various types of secret medicines, as well as unimaginable magical items.
Everything was available for the right price.
Perhaps there were also medicines for spirit energy recovery among them?
...
Two days passed in a flash.
On the first day, someone came to Jiang Cheng's house to process identity documents for his family.
The leader of the group was extremely friendly, making Jiang Cheng suspect that they might be a member of the Dawn Society.
The next day, they received their identity cards. After hearing Jiang Cheng's introduction, Mrs. Chen and the others felt a huge weight lifted from their shoulders.
With these cards, they were now residents of the Outer Borough, no longer fearing being caught and questioned about their identity.
Jiang Cheng's name on the card was changed to Li Cheng instead of Jiang Cheng.
He also specifically reminded his family about the necessity of maintaining a low profile due to the secret arts, and they all remembered this.
On the third day, Jiang Cheng bid farewell to his family and set off for the headquarters.
After walking for over ten minutes, Jiang Cheng finally arrived at his destination, the Infinite Martial Institute.
The martial arts gym seemed to be doing well, with the entrance packed with cars, and the sounds from within could be heard from a distance.
Instead of entering through the front door, Jiang Cheng walked along the wall, taking a long detour to reach the side entrance.
As he stepped in, he saw an old man sitting behind the counter, reading a newspaper, with an old-fashioned telephone beside him.
Hearing the commotion, the old man looked up at Jiang Cheng and said, "You've come to the wrong place. The main entrance is on the other side."
Jiang Cheng smiled and took out a golden card, placing it on the table.
The old man's expression immediately turned serious. He picked up the gold card, examined it for a moment, and then smiled, saying, "So, you're the new guy that Red Tea brought back a couple of days ago."
"Canghai has met Senior Bai Yun," Jiang Cheng said, bowing his fists.
"Hehehe," Bai Yun chuckled, stroking his beard. "Wait a moment, I'll make a call, and someone will come to get you soon."
He picked up the phone beside him, pressed a button, spoke a few words, and then hung up.
Indeed, in less than a minute, the elevator door opened, and a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in a suit, stepped out.
When he was halfway there, he extended his hand towards Jiang Cheng, saying, "You must be the new guy, Canghai, right? I'm one of the leaders here. You can call me Bing Li."
"Bing Li?" Jiang Cheng was taken aback but quickly recovered and shook hands with him.
"Yes, Bing as in ice, and Li as in strength. I guessed you'd be coming these days, and I've been waiting for you. Come, I'll take you on a tour of the headquarters."
After speaking, Bing Li waved at the old man and said politely, "Senior Bai Yun, I'll take my leave now. Thank you for your help."
Bai Yun waved back and then lowered his head to continue reading the newspaper.
Jiang Cheng followed Bing Li into the elevator.
Bing Li took out his card and placed it on the sensor panel in the elevator, explaining, "The headquarters is underground, accessible by this elevator. But we need our cards to operate it, so remember not to lose your card, or it'll be quite troublesome."
Jiang Cheng nodded.
The elevator descended slowly.
Jiang Cheng thought they would arrive soon, but they waited for almost half a minute.
"Hehe, for security reasons, the headquarters is built thirty meters underground. Even if a nuclear bomb hits above, those inside the headquarters will be safe," Bing Li explained with a smile.
Jiang Cheng was secretly impressed.
"Ding Dong."
The elevator door opened with a soft chime.
Inside was a circular bar counter with high stools, where attractive men and women stood making drinks.
A few people sat around, chatting quietly.
Upon seeing the newcomers, they stopped their conversation and their gazes fell on Jiang Cheng.
"A new guy?"
"A new recruit?"
"Brother Bing Li, who's this guy?"
"That's right."
Bing Li nodded and introduced Jiang Cheng, "This is our newest member, Canghai."
"Canghai?"
"An interesting name."
"He looks quite young. Little brother, would you like to join me for a drink?" A red-haired woman winked at Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng looked at Bing Li.
The latter seemed a bit embarrassed. He glanced at the red-haired woman and said to Jiang Cheng, "Don't mind her. This is the leisure area, where various drinks and beverages are provided for free. If you're tired, you can come here for a drink anytime, but you can't take them out. Let's go, I'll show you around the other places."
(End of Chapter)
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