Chapter 150: Chapter 150: Triple Harvest

Fang Chen looked at Li Chen, who was howling miserably on the ground. His voice rang out clearly, reaching the other’s ears and spreading across the silent street.

"This time was just a minor punishment. Treat your injuries well with medicine and rest for a month or two. The function of your arms might mostly recover, so they won’t be completely crippled," he said, pausing as his tone plummeted to a freezing point. "But if there is a next time...

"Don’t blame me for directly crippling your cultivation and severing your martial path."

After speaking, he no longer looked at Li Chen, who lay on the ground like a dead dog. He bent down to pick up his dropped Cyan Blade, sheathed it, adjusted his torn Combat Suit, and walked straight toward the dormitories.

After Fang Chen left, the crowd of onlookers on the street didn’t immediately disperse. Instead, they gathered in twos and threes, discussing the matter even more passionately.

"I still find it unbelievable... Did he really win?"

"But thinking about it carefully, Fang Chen was just being opportunistic. He definitely seized the initiative through a sneak attack; otherwise, how could he have had a chance?"

"Yeah, I’ve asked around. This Fang Chen seems to like doing this in every duel. He risks his life to attack aggressively right from the start and suppresses his opponent to the bitter end in one breath."

"Heh, a win is a win. You might call it a sneak attack once, but to successfully seize the initiative every time and expand that advantage into a victory? That just proves his combat instinct and decisiveness are simply better than yours. If it were you, would you dare to launch such a desperate assault against a senior with Three Qi?"

"Uh... fair point. But speaking of which, what kind of grudge is there between Li Chen and Fang Chen? Fang Chen was pretty ruthless at the end there."

"I vaguely heard a few words when I was passing by earlier. It seems to be because of Junior Sister Ding Yan?"

"Ding Yan? Heh, then it’s not surprising. Li Chen has been relentlessly pestering Junior Sister Ding for more than just a day or two, but she simply ignores him."

"Brother, give us the details!"

"What details are there to give? Even though Ding Yan currently only has One Qi, it’s genuine high-grade Water Spiritual Qi. Her future is bright, and her Cultivation Technique is a family-inherited Profound-tier path.

"Now look at Li Chen. In order to quickly increase his combat strength so he could be worthy of Ding Yan, he spent all his savings to buy two strands of Mixed Qi and scrounged up a common Spirit Guide just to force himself into the Three Qi realm. His realm seems higher, but in reality, his potential has been completely exhausted.

"And just like that, in broad daylight today, his arms were crippled by a freshman with Unharvested Qi. Tsk tsk, if you were Junior Sister Ding, would you even look twice at a guy like him?" an older student said, speaking with assurance, a tone of disdain in his voice.

"So that’s how it is. A guy like that actually wants to play the Flower Guardian? How ridiculous!"

"Isn’t that the truth? When it comes to women, one must be cautious. You never know when you might provoke an existence you shouldn’t mess with."

...

After returning to the dormitory and chatting idly with his roommates for a bit, Fang Chen sat cross-legged on his bed. Instead of resting immediately, he began to review and digest his recent gains.

"My biggest gain is undoubtedly grasping the core essence of the Rejuvenating Silk Technique," he thought. "Although I temporarily cannot unleash its miraculous Condensing Water into a Line ability due to incompatible attributes, its concepts regarding the delicate weaving of energy and structurally guiding healing have resonated with my Spiritual Power and Telekinesis. I’ve figured out a new method of simulating ’sutures’ with Spiritual Power and driving ’healing imagination’ with Telekinesis.

"Moreover, the tricks within the Rejuvenating Silk Technique have elevated my control over Telekinesis and Spiritual Power, ultimately allowing me to temper the Mind Blade during Time Stop!

"Previously, I always subconsciously used Telekinesis to ’alter’ external objects, such as moving things or imagining the restoration process. Why couldn’t I use it to strengthen myself?"

Fang Chen reflected on the application of his abilities. Imagining a sliced apple being restored required constructing countless microscopic details, which consumed a tremendous amount of Heart Spirit. However, imagining his next attack becoming sharper, heavier, and swifter, or his defense becoming tougher and frictionless—this kind of strengthening imagination directed at his "personal state" or "attack effects" was undoubtedly much simpler and more direct!

Within the Time Stop Domain, he had gone through hundreds or even thousands of attempts, adjustments, failures, and retries. Ultimately, he succeeded in applying the "imaginative" power of his Telekinesis, with a specific frequency and will, onto his Sword Aura!

The results were exhilarating!

The Piercing power of his attacks saw an increase of at least thirty percent!

There was also an unexpected harvest. In actual combat, this Telekinesis Attachment displayed another characteristic that hadn’t fully manifested during his Time Stop tests—an accompanying Mental Shock!

"When my attacks—carrying this Telekinesis strengthened by a specific ’imagination’—strike an opponent, they don’t just deal physical damage," he realized. "A sharp Spiritual Strange Power will simultaneously invade and interfere with the opponent’s Divine Soul, causing a momentary daze, Lag, or phantom pain.

"The ’slight tremor of the Divine Soul’ that occurred when Li Chen’s shield was continuously attacked was precisely due to this effect. No wonder a single strike consumed over eighty points of my Spiritual Power..."

Feeling his slightly depleted Sea of Consciousness, Fang Chen came to a sudden realization. "This fighting style places an immense burden on my Spiritual Power. If I couldn’t rapidly recover Spiritual Power within the Time Stop Domain, an ordinary Martial Artist wouldn’t be able to use it more than a few times, even if they knew the method."

Even so, the might and potential of this Mind Blade already left him thoroughly satisfied. Aside from Time Stop, this was undoubtedly his other unique trump card with extreme growth potential.

"It’s just that the Telekinesis Attachment currently cannot stray too far from my body," he thought. "Otherwise, by attaching the Mind Blade to my Sword Qi, I could stun enemies from a distance."

He let out a long breath, his nerves relaxing. Feeling a wave of exhaustion wash over him, he was just about to lie down for a good night’s sleep. Suddenly, an idea he had almost completely forgotten sprang to mind without warning, instantly banishing all his drowsiness.

"Ah!" Fang Chen slapped his forehead, a flash of annoyance and urgency in his eyes. "How could I have forgotten about this?! Healing wounds!"

Fang Chen realized that as he accumulated more and more uses of Time Stop, he no longer cherished them as much upon entering as he did in the beginning. He would often exit the Time Stop Domain after merely completing one specific task. That wouldn’t do.

"Fighting a higher-realm Martial Artist just once cost me ten uses of Time Stop, and that was even when I seized the initiative," he thought. "If I encounter even stronger opponents at the Ten Academies Grand Competition, wouldn’t I need to enter Time Stop twenty times in a single match?

"Wouldn’t my stockpile be depleted in an instant?"

Fang Chen halted his urge to enter Time Stop, deciding to save his uses whenever possible. He had previously completed the restoration of an apple, but he hadn’t yet truly attempted to heal human wounds. Now, he began to search his body for any injuries.

"Found one!"

Because he had frequently entered Time Stop earlier, the injuries he sustained from Li Chen’s counter-shock had essentially healed. Currently, there was only a small, nearly healed cut on his forehead. It was likely caused by falling against the iron rack.

Even though it was almost healed, Fang Chen was still very excited. After all, he couldn’t just waste another Time Stop to go slice up all his roommates. That sort of thing was something he could do in passing the next time he entered Time Stop.

Fang Chen used the same method he had used to restore the apple to heal the small cut on his forehead. Sure enough, since the underlying principles were the same, he succeeded on his first try.

"It’s just that the Spiritual Power consumption for healing a human body is far greater than I imagined," he mused. "Even a tiny, almost-healed cut like this cost me ten points of Spiritual Power."

Nevertheless, Fang Chen was highly satisfied. During this period, he had originally just wanted to learn some Medical Skills. He never expected that he would not only master the Rejuvenating Silk Technique but also discover the Mind Blade and its accompanying Mental Attack. Killing three birds with one stone!

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