36: Chapter 36 [Heavenly River Water] Dao Foundation

As for how to confirm the supernatural path most suitable for oneself, perhaps one could indirectly verify it by measuring the speed at which one comprehends the principles of different Innate Wondrous Qi.

Wang An pulled up his interface to check his level of comprehension for the three types of Innate Wondrous Qi.

[Innate Lunar Essence Spirit-Nourishing Mysterious Qi (10%)]

[Innate Lesser Yang Sunlight Nourishing Mystery Qi (1.3%)]

[Innate Taiqing Spirit Water Nourishing Qi (0.1%)]

Based on the time spent comprehending, it appeared that his speed of comprehension for attributes like Yin-Yang and stars was faster. However, since the sample size was too small, these data points might not necessarily prove anything.

It could also be verified from another angle: by calculating his destiny based on his personality, preferences, and the Five Elements attributes of his birth Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

Here, Wang An conducted an experiment on himself, using the Na Yin Five Elements from Feng Shui numerology to calculate his own Five Elements attributes. He ultimately discovered that he was compatible with [Heavenly River Water], [Great Forest Wood], [Heavenly Fire], [Sword Edge Gold], and Earth in Sand.

"Among the Five Elements, the Water element is the most gentle. It is also the source of life and the mechanism of movement and stillness. Forging Wondrous Qi and a Dao Foundation that matches the imagery of [Heavenly River Water] is the simplest and most convenient."

Wang An himself had always been fond of grand things like the sun, moon, and galaxy. Combined with his comprehension speed for Yin-Yang and star attributes, this indirectly confirmed his experiment.

Of course, as for the specifics, it would still depend on the speed of comprehension after refining these Wondrous Qi that matched the [Heavenly River Water] imagery, in order to verify his method.

[Heavenly River Water]: Takes the phenomenon of "extreme fire rising as steam, becoming rain in the sky," representing the birth of Yin from extreme Yang, hence it is called [Heavenly River Water].

Its core imagery is the water of the galaxy and a vast, noble aura. The characteristics of [Heavenly River Water] are extraordinary: water emerging from fire, clear, noble, lofty, moistening without stagnation; it is not water from earthly veins and is not suppressed by ordinary Earth.

Therefore, to construct a Dao Foundation with this imagery, one needs at least two types of Qi: Water Qi and Star Qi.

Of course, it is impossible to refine it using only two types of Qi. [Heavenly River Water] also possesses the phenomenon of Yin being born from extreme Yang, so at the very least, Heaven and Earth Qi of both Yin and Yang attributes are required. The Yin Qi must naturally be selected and refined when the Heavenly River appears; that would basically be either Greater Yin Qi or Lesser Yin Qi.

The Yang Heaven and Earth Qi selected must also be determined according to the nature and imagery of [Heavenly River Water]. [Heavenly River Water] possesses an extreme Yang nature, so ordinary Lesser Yang or Greater Yang are not very suitable.

It requires Yang Qi of the same quality as extreme Yang to participate.

However, Wang An had previously experimented, and these two extreme Yin and Yang Heaven and Earth Qi, extreme Yang and extreme Yin, could not be touched or contained by his current mortal body.

Whenever Wang An attempted to gather these two, his spiritual sense would issue a warning, as if gathering these two types of Qi into his body would pose a threat to his life, so he would not consider them for now.

Still, he needed to return to the imagery of [Heavenly River Water] to find the corresponding Heaven and Earth Qi.

The things corresponding to [Heavenly River Water] are the starry sky, the galaxy, rain, spacecraft, etc. From these corresponding things, one can see that the direction of its core imagery leans towards stars and the galaxy.

"Since the Heaven and Earth Qi with extreme Yang attributes cannot be gathered, is it possible to lower the extreme Yang attribute a bit?"

"Or rather, synthesize a type of Heaven and Earth Qi that possesses extreme Yang attributes but is also compatible with the human body, just like azure yang qi."

"Perhaps I can consider it from the directions of aerospace and spacecraft."

"Aerospace inherently embodies humanity's yearning and expectations for the starry sky. Perhaps some special Yang Qi is born from the launch of spacecraft and the shock and cheers of the crowds."

This was also why Wang An felt that the [Heavenly River Water] Dao Foundation was the easiest to build. Heaven and Earth Qi related to the starry sky and the galaxy were not restricted by geographical space; basically, as long as one could see the sky, night, and stars, one could gather them.

Apart from the fact that this most special type of Yang Qi was somewhat difficult to find, there were no other issues.

Wang An's supernatural Dao Foundation selection was complete.

"Then how should I construct my own supernatural rule runes? How can I comprehend the runes I need from the existing rule rune system?"

"Perhaps I can also start from the professions corresponding to the [Heavenly River Water] imagery. Because [Heavenly River Water] is characterized by being lofty, Vastness, and having extraordinary Opportunity, the corresponding professions are astronauts, Astronomer, High-end Financial Professional, and lawyers; and fields like aerospace, financial investment, the legal industry, and research institutes."

From this, it could be seen that the professions Wang An had previously chosen to enter were more practical and closer to the professions he needed to enter.

This revealed a disadvantage. Of course, Wang An was just an undergraduate who hadn't graduated yet, so it was very difficult for him to quickly enter these professions.

Therefore, Wang An could only start with the two professions that were easier to enter, hoping to find the rule materials suitable for himself there.

Astronomer and High-end Financial Professional; these two professions were considered relatively easy to achieve, while the others more or less required a significant amount of time and special requirements.

[Astronomer]

[Job-change requirements: Spirit attribute over 1.5, core mathematical foundations and astronomical professional knowledge both reach the Mastery stage, 3 job-change stones]

[High-end Financial Professional]

[Job-change requirements: Spirit attribute over 1.5, core financial knowledge and industry expertise both reach the Mastery stage, 3 job-change stones]

These two professions were considered to be of a similar rank to the [Qi Refiner] profession. These high-end professions were the same as [Scientist] and the like; the difficulty of entering them was also immense.

It could be said that even for elite scientists in the industry, the Spirit attribute of 1.5 and the three job-change stones would block most people.

These two requirements were nothing to Wang An.

However, for the [Astronomer] profession, the core mathematical foundations required for the job—mastery of mathematics, physics, and modern physics—and the astronomical professional knowledge required—astrophysics, observational astronomy, planetary science, astronomical instruments and calculations, etc.—would take at least half a year to master, even at Wang An's speed.

The [High-end Financial Professional] profession required core financial knowledge: corporate finance and valuation, investment studies, accounting and financial analysis, financial markets and products; plus expertise in a specific industry. Learning this knowledge would also take at least four months or more.

In fact, Wang An's learning speed was already dozens of times that of an ordinary person, but wanting to reach the aforementioned Mastery stage, or in other words, industry-leading level, within a timeframe of half a year, was considered quite fast.

Although [Astronomer] was not very helpful to Wang An's current career.

However, if he became a [High-end Financial Professional], it could quickly help Wang An's current company grow.

After all, his company's current monthly income of several million was considered decent for a startup.

However, the business was too singular, and its ability to resist risks was relatively weak, which was not conducive to future development.

Therefore, entering the [High-end Financial Professional] profession could also be considered opening up new business in financial investment for the company.