394: Still life~

Nothing major happened on Earth; day after day passed.

More than a month had flown by since the Sacrifice to Heaven ended and the Expeditionary Force departed to conquer the Machina.

On this day, as the sun rose from the east, five simple, multi-colored Five Elements Runes on Yang Dian's fingertips merged into his body.

Feeling the different sensations emerging from his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, he exhaled deeply once more.

"The Five Elements Cultivation Technique is finally complete!"

One who walks a hundred miles considers ninety miles as half the journey.

This refers to how difficult the last ten miles are.

The same applies to walking and to creating a Cultivation Technique.

The Five Elements Cultivation Technique had actually been complete for a long time.

However, the initial version of the Five Elements Cultivation Technique was quite complex, making it impossible for ordinary Qi Blood Smoke Realm Martial Artists to even begin practicing it, so Yang Dian painstakingly simplified it again and again.

Now, the ninth version of the Five Elements Cultivation Technique has been simplified by him into a mere nine strokes.

This means that by simply controlling the Qi and blood to make nine turns, the Qi and blood can carry the Five Elements attributes, and only then is the creation of the Cultivation Technique truly complete.

He flicked his hand, and a wisp of Qi and blood flowed from his heart, forming nine arcs that created a three-dimensional flame, which finally overflowed from Yang Dian's fingertips.

Looking at the Qi and blood power emanating scorching heat from his fingertips, Yang Dian nodded with satisfaction:

"Although the power of the Cultivation Technique has been greatly reduced due to constant simplification, the difficulty of Cultivating it has also decreased by an immeasurable amount."

"There shouldn't be anyone who can't Cultivate this Cultivation Technique, right?"

Flicking away the Qi and blood overflowing from his fingertips, Yang Dian pondered in his mind.

"The Five Elements Cultivation Technique was simplified 9 times in total. The initial version was based on the Five Elements Runes I mastered, with each attribute having 59,049 circulation routes."

"Thereafter, each simplification reduced the difficulty by two-thirds, and by the ninth version, it only requires 9 circulation routes."

"The difficulty has directly decreased by thousands of times."

"The ninth version of the Cultivation Technique can be practiced by any Qi Sensing Realm Martial Artist who can perceive and control Qi and blood."

"Most importantly, Cultivators can progress from the ninth version of the Cultivation Technique all the way up, which can be described as a seamless transition."

"If someone can Cultivate to the first version, which is the initial version of the Five Elements Cultivation Technique, they should be able to comprehend the Five Elements Runes through the power of the Five Elements Cultivation Technique."

"If they can achieve Unity of Five Elements and master it to perfection, it is equivalent to acquiring the [Mastery of Five Elements] trait from the Heaven and Man Unity Skill."

"To help ordinary Martial Artists quickly grow stronger, I have truly exhausted my mind and body."

"It feels somewhat magnificent!"

After a couple of exclamations, Yang Dian walked downstairs.

Breakfast in the kitchen was steaming hot.

Yang's Parents, who had woken up early to prepare breakfast for their children, had already gone out together to the beach to practice the Heaven and Man Unity Skill.

In the backyard, occasional shouts and tremors of the ground could be heard.

That was Yang Lele, with Lin Ling, Tongtong, and a group of Mutant creatures from home, Cultivating.

Looking at the backyard scene through the window, Yang Dian couldn't help but shake his head.

The Moose had grown even sturdier.

It had recently become addicted to taking supplements.

Before every workout, it would give itself a shot of high-energy nutrients to maximize its workout efficiency.

"I feel like I can let it compete in a bodybuilding competition next time."

Thinking of the nearly 20-meter-long Moose standing upright, with its large antlers, flexing its hooves in a bodybuilding pose, Yang Dian couldn't help but shiver.

"Too strange."

"I hope it doesn't become strange in a way I can't accept."

Amidst his thoughts, Yang Dian, at Dudu's request, got some spiritual kelp and fed the Clownfish in the fish tank.

"Excluding the chickens, ducks, and geese used for food, you're the only little thing in the house that hasn't Mutated and Awakened."

"When will you Awaken, so you don't lower our family's Mutation rate."

The Clownfish remained silent, simply eating the kelp, which seemed exceptionally delicious compared to before... A little while later, after finishing breakfast and dropping Yang Lele and Lin Ling off at school, Yang Dian turned the front of his vehicle, riding his small electric scooter directly to Fuda University.

He still held the identity of a university student.

Now that he had free time, it wouldn't hurt to visit the university.

The journey was uneventful. As Yang Dian stopped his electric scooter in front of the university gate, he suddenly frowned.

"I seem to have forgotten something."

He thought for a moment, then looked up at the words "Fuzhou" on the campus sign, and suddenly realized.

"I've been home for over a month, how come I haven't seen that little fellow, Hujiu?"

He flicked the bracelet on his wrist, then spoke:

"Ya Zi, where is Hujiu?"

A light screen projected from the bracelet.

The screen displayed an open world map.

In the Pacific Ocean, a large red dot was flashing.

Clearly, that was Hujiu's location.

He reached out and tapped the location of the red dot.

As the azure ocean appeared on the screen, a huge distorted shadow also appeared beneath the surface.

A moment later, Hujiu, whose body length had grown to over a hundred meters, surfaced, pushing a large sea turtle nearly 50 meters long. Amidst the cheers of a group of Killer Whales, whose sizes ranged from ten to several tens of meters, he pushed the sea turtle a hundred meters into the air.

Then, he flapped his wings and flew to the side, circling the free-falling sea turtle.

"This little fellow."

"He truly lives up to the name 'Ocean Wanderer'."

As Yang Dian mused, Hujiu, who was circling the sea turtle, seemed to sense something. He looked up towards the satellite's direction.

"Whoa?"

After flapping his wings a couple of times in confusion, the big fellow seemed to realize something. He plunged into the sea with a cry, and began to migrate with a group of Killer Whales.

Judging by their migration direction, weren't they heading towards the coast of China?

"Did he sense the satellite's capture, or did he sense my gaze?"

"Hujiu's strength is also improving a bit too quickly!"

"I just wonder when he'll have the strength to fly out of Earth, into the star sea, and survive there."

"And I also wonder how big he can ultimately grow..."

With a hint of anticipation for the Killer Whales, Yang Dian rode his electric scooter into Fuda University.

As soon as he parked the vehicle, he heard several clear voices nearby.

"Student Yang, why are you free to come to school today? It's such a coincidence to meet you here!"

Turning his head to look at the Pokémon Triplets who had come over, Yang Dian couldn't help but chuckle:

"Is it really that coincidental?"

"Or have you been staking out the school gate this whole time?"

"Oh, come on!" Pikachu, with her hands behind her back, leaned forward towards Yang Dian and smiled:

"We don't stake out the school gate every day waiting for you." She made no attempt to hide her actions:

"We only stake out one or two days a week."

"So, being able to coincidentally stake you out, isn't that a coincidence?"

Yang Dian looked Pikachu up and down, then glanced at her two sisters smiling sweetly behind her, and couldn't help but shake his head:

"You've all Awakened, and the abilities you've gained aren't weak."

"Why are you still fixated on me?"

Squirtle blinked her eyes:

"But you're the Expeditionary Force Commander!"

"Before, you were a super invincible potential stock."

"Now, you're a super invincible big shot."

"You're strong, handsome, and a good person."

"It's only natural for us to like someone like you."

"