You dare to cultivate without money?!-Chapter 51 - 39 Mental Method

51: Chapter 39: Mental Method

51 -39: Mental Method

The Circulation Qi Gathering Method finally reached level 10, and Zhang Yu plans to switch Yu Shu’s specialization next and choose another cultivation technique to upgrade.

After deciding not to sign a contract with the student council and aiming to break through and get into the top ten universities, Zhang Yu has also come to understand some things.

Firstly, without the student council’s investment, the resources he controls will inevitably be more limited.

And to get into the top ten, the pressure he will face in the future will only be much greater than it is now.

More limited resources, but increasingly heavy pressure.

Therefore, Zhang Yu must carefully calculate the allocation and use of resources in his hands in order to develop faster and better within unit time.

To achieve this, he must maximize his special strengths—absolute self-discipline and incredible potential.

Simply put, it means practicing stronger and more difficult cultivation techniques.

For Zhang Yu, the owner of Yu Shu, when it comes to painstakingly cultivating a technique, the stronger the technique he learns, the better the effect.

This is like one Zhang Yu diligently practicing the Great Wilderness Prison Sky Finger, and another Zhang Yu laboring over a basic long palm technique; the name alone indicates which has more prospects.

Zhang Yu thought to himself: “…but this is not something that can be easily achieved.”

The stronger the cultivation technique, the higher the threshold.

It’s like the dog-paddle can be learned by even dogs, but water ballet is not something everyone can learn.

Among expert level skills, such as the Heavenly Martial Refining Heart Technique in Zhang Yu’s possession, he still hasn’t met the level 3 Dao Heart requirement.

Therefore, the primary condition for wanting to cultivate powerful techniques is to meet these thresholds as much as possible.

Zhang Yu’s gaze swept over the phone screen, looking at the requirements these powerful cultivation techniques impose on cultivators…

“Dao Heart!

Mana!”

Just like high school teachers often say, Dao Heart and Mana are the foundations of the Immortal Path.

The Dao Heart level represents a cultivator’s control power and endurance of the Immortal Path’s power.

Mana is the most fundamental force driving various cultivation techniques.

The vast majority of powerful techniques have thresholds related to Dao Heart and Mana.

So to cultivate powerful techniques, one must have sufficiently high Dao Heart and Mana.

“As for Mana, I now have the level 10 Circulation Qi Gathering Method, which is akin to constantly absorbing spirit machines and refining Mana.”

“Instead, it is the Dao Heart level that I’ve neglected to improve for some time.”

Zhang Yu looked at his savings, and after a new round of rent, utilities, and miscellaneous expenses like food during this time, he currently has over 62,000 left.

This amount, even if used entirely to enhance Mana, would only rent a Heavenly Spirit Root for just over a dozen hours, like booking a night at an internet cafe, and it’d be gone in no time, with very limited improvement.

So after much thought these days, Zhang Yu still feels it would be better to buy a stronger mental method, quickly elevate his Dao Heart to level 3, and then switch to the Heavenly Martial Refining Heart Technique to further accelerate the enhancement of his Dao Heart.

After all, progressing from level 1 to level 10 in Dao Heart during the Qi Cultivation Stage is similar to Mana from 1 to 100.

It takes a considerable amount of time to elevate Dao Heart to level 3, but if he has a mental method stronger and more compatible than the Basic Heart Refining Skill, it can save a lot of time.

And after both the Dao Heart and Mana have improved, going on to cultivate stronger techniques will be the faster and more cost-effective developmental route at present.

As for which mental method to purchase, Zhang Yu has already searched and thought a lot.

Basic level, advanced level, expert level…

Among the mental methods Zhang Yu can currently purchase, the basic level is the cheapest but offers little improvement for him.

Expert level, though powerful, is not only expensive but also has a high threshold for cultivation, unfitting for him at the moment.

Instead, the advanced level mental methods, though appearing quite useful for most students four months into their first year of high school, seem just right for Zhang Yu.

In terms of effect, the first year of high school is just the time to lay a foundation, and several basic skills promoted by high schools, developed by the Ten Major Sects, are the most balanced and peaceful, with excellent foundational results.

At this time, learning an additional advanced-level mental method, which demands time and effort, is less beneficial than focusing on improving a basic mental method.

Therefore, even wealthy students usually prioritize the basics in their first year, only exerting individual efforts in their second year to learn various costly mental methods.

This is also one reason why the academic performance of the wealthy at Songyang High School often only significantly outpaces the less affluent in their second year, while impoverished geniuses see a decline in ranking come their sophomore year.

From a price perspective, although advanced level skills are much cheaper than expert level ones, they also incur considerable subsequent expenses.

After all, self-learning cultivation techniques is highly challenging.

For most people, it’s not like you can simply learn from a secret book; often, a teacher’s guidance is required.

An advanced level mental method might only cost a few hundred or thousand, but ongoing teaching, classes, guidance…

additional lesson fees could cost several tens of thousands.

This reminded Zhang Yu of some games from his past life, where the main game was free, but the various props and characters could cost thousands to enhance.

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But these two points are very fitting for Zhang Yu.

Tutoring?

Nonexistent.

I, Zhang Yu, rely only on myself and can still practice divine techniques with my unrivaled aptitude.

Opening the shopping site’s favorites, Zhang Yu looked at a heart method he had selected.

Advanced Level Cultivation Method, Wild Bull Soul Suppressing Heart Technique.

Just from the name, it seems to be a powerful, domineering, and courageously unrivaled heart method.

But upon closer examination, it is found that the Wild Bull Soul Suppressing Heart Technique requires a matching mindset, akin to an old bull opening new lands—diligent, willing to bear hardship and toil, and hard-working.