15: Step into the sky, the energy surges

“What, you just ate one Golden Cicada, and now you’re already thinking about the next one?”

Yang Dian nodded frantically:

“It tasted too good, I can’t forget it.”

“You, oh, you.” Lin Mo looked at Yang Dian’s expression, a bit helpless:

“If rare treasures were so easy to find, I wouldn’t have only encountered one Bezoar in so many years.”

“As for the Bureau, there are indeed rare treasures, but they are very expensive.”

“At least a million merit points.”

“Besides that, rare treasures are prioritized for researchers.”

“To the higher-ups, when people like us eat rare treasures, at most it’s just a personal strength boost, a display of individual bravery.”

“But those scientists are different.”

“If there’s a Breakthrough in technology, that benefits all citizens and is a major event that boosts national fortune.”

“A million merit points?” Yang Dian muttered, then asked:

“Then, Captain, I just dealt with the Golden Cicada and saved three people. Can I get some merit points?”

Lin Mo glanced at him:

“Still not giving up? Still thinking about exchanging for heaven and earth treasures from the Bureau?”

Before Yang Dian could nod, he continued:

“If the Golden Cicada was just a Mutant creature, and you handed it over, then you would definitely receive merit point rewards.”

“For handing over a dead Mutant creature, based on its previous strength and innate abilities, you can get a minimum of 100 merit points.”

“If you can capture a living Mutant creature, the minimum merit points can reach over 1000.”

“Saving 3 people in an abnormal incident, each person saved is 10 merit points.”

“3 people would be 30 merit points.”

After a brief introduction to Yang Dian, Lin Mo continued:

“However, you ate the Golden Cicada.”

“You also didn’t turn on your body camera.”

“Even if I believe you, that you saved those three people from a heaven and earth treasures - Mutant Golden Cicada.”

“But everything requires evidence.”

“Without evidence, the Bureau can only determine that you helped 3 people who had fallen unconscious, not that you saved them from a Mutant.”

As he spoke, he patted the Dragon emblem on his shoulder:

“Wearing this uniform, helping others becomes part of the duty.”

“So the Bureau can at most give you a verbal commendation.”

“As for merit points, you shouldn’t even think about it.”

“Of course, if that girl were to ceremoniously send you a banner, you might even get a few hundred yuan bonus when you get paid.”

Yang Dian reached up and scratched the back of his head:

“A banner and all that can be forgotten. Sending it ceremoniously to the Bureau would make me look like a show-off.”

As he spoke, he peered around, looking everywhere:

“Then, Captain, the matter is resolved, and I have no other issues here. Should I continue to stroll around the park?”

“You rascal, still hoping to find a second Mutant Golden Cicada in the park?”

Naturally, there was no second Mutant Golden Cicada in the park.

Although Yang Dian craved that bite of heaven and earth treasures.

But after parting ways with Lin Mo and riding his electric scooter around the park again and again, Yang Dian had to admit.

Encountering the Golden Cicada earlier was truly good luck for him.

Looking up at the sun, which had risen to its zenith, Yang Dian patted his somewhat shriveled stomach:

“It seems that heaven and earth treasures are really not that easy to find~”

After a sigh, he found a restaurant outside the park and had a casual lunch.

Then he abandoned his previous habit of napping and rode his electric scooter to the beach.

The summer sun was scorching, and the blazing sun hung high in the sky.

The afternoon was the hottest time of the day.

Without protection, the scorching sun could even cause one’s skin to peel.

Moreover, the spot Yang Dian chose was not a popular tourist attraction.

So after parking his electric scooter, Yang Dian saw no other people around.

He strolled along the sand, wet from the waves.

Looking out as far as the eye could see, under the clear sky, the sea and sky merged into one color.

Seagulls flew up and down in the blue curtain, occasionally diving into the azure sea, bringing up a tail of fish and letting out high-pitched cries of joy.

Seawater crashed against the rocks, and the bright white droplets that splashed up formed a short but brilliant rainbow under the sunlight.

Crabs scuttled sideways on the beach, their claws waving, and fish washed ashore struggled, trying to escape back into the sea.

Everything told Yang Dian what the nature of heaven and earth was.

Facing the sea, Yang Dian spread his hands, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled.

“Whoosh~~~”

“This kind of place is truly a treasure trove for Cultivating the Heaven and Man Unity Skill~”

After a sigh, Yang Dian opened his eyes, relaxed his body, and gazed straight at the horizon where the sea and sky met.

Then he inhaled, put his hands behind his back, and took three steps forward.

After taking three steps, he switched from inhaling to exhaling, continuing to walk three steps forward while exhaling, repeating this cycle.

Once he adapted to walking three steps while inhaling and three steps while exhaling, Yang Dian slowly closed his eyes again and began to visualize.

Visualize what?

The Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth.

During the inhalation process, Spiritual Qi surged from all directions, entering his body through all his pores.

Then, during exhalation, all his pores expelled the impure Qi and waste Qi from his body in all directions.

This cycle repeated.

He didn’t know how much time had passed when Yang Dian suddenly heard a “thump~” – a heartbeat.

Yang Dian, who wasn’t even a beginner, was instantly jolted out of his visualization state by this heartbeat.

But he was not angry; instead, he was delighted.

“According to the video, the first step to getting started with the Heaven and Man Unity Skill is for man and heart to unite.”

“If you can hear your heartbeat while performing the flat-step Cultivation Technique and incorporate the rhythm of your heartbeat into the Cultivation Technique, then you’re halfway to getting started.”

“Although I only heard one heartbeat just now.”

“Does that count as having one foot on the threshold of getting started?”

As he thought, Yang Dian’s eyes narrowed.

That light blue panel reappeared deep within his eyes.

——

Cultivation Technique: Dragon Claw Hand (Bronze Sinews Iron Bones, 0.32%);

Heaven and Man Unity Skill (Not yet initiated, can be initiated by consuming 795 energy points)

Energy: 396.9

——

As he clearly saw the panel, Yang Dian’s breathing also became erratic.

The reduction in energy required to initiate the Heaven and Man Unity Skill was within Yang Dian’s expectations.

After all, he had indeed learned some real things.

What Yang Dian didn’t expect was for his energy to jump from less than 1 point directly to nearly 400 points.

What kind of concept was this?

He only spent 25 energy points to grind out the first entry for Dragon Claw Hand, allowing his Physique to begin evolving towards a non-human direction.

The energy required to grind out the next entry indeed increased.

But this much energy was enough for him to grind out a second, or even a third entry!

At that time, how abnormal would he become?

“Whoosh…”

“No rush, no rush…”

“Although Dragon Claw Hand is good, it is, after all, a Martial Arts that only requires 7 energy points to learn.”

“In comparison, wouldn’t the Heaven and Man Unity Skill, which requires 800 energy points to learn, be even more powerful?”

“Energy is hard to come by.”

“If only eating heaven and earth treasures can provide additional energy growth, then energy is too precious.”

“Good steel must be used on the blade.”

“Just wait a bit longer.”

“That short amount of time just now reduced the energy required to learn the Cultivation Technique by 5 points.”

“As long as I continue to work hard, the day I completely learn the Heaven and Man Unity Skill won’t be far…”

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