Chapter 1 Two years
Time is like water, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and two years have passed in a blink of an eye. In these two years, which was not a long time, Ye Yu's strength could be said to have improved by leaps and bounds, even surpassing his previous cultivation speed in the perverted penance stage of the Shadow Group.
The martial arts realm has been promoted from the middle stage of the original martial arts to the peak of the martial arts realm, ranking among the great martial arts masters, and it is only one step away from the legendary martial saint realm. And the willpower has reached the peak of the upper level of the ground service, and there is only a line away from the rumored heavenly service realm.
However, it is the separation of this line, but it is often like a moat. Cultivation is a journey to change one's life against the sky, and every step of the way to the road is extremely difficult, and the vast majority of cultivators, in their entire lives, may not be able to set foot in that realm and step through this hurdle. But Ye Yu was able to achieve such an achievement at such an age, which shows that he is extraordinary.
Three beings and all things, each with its own ability. People's talents are also very different, perhaps in the eyes of some people as difficult as the sky, in the eyes of some people is just a trivial matter, almost effortlessly, can be twice the result with half the effort, it is a matter of course.
From a martial apprentice to a martial artist, the distance of a whole realm, Ye Yu spent almost five years. And from the early stage of martial arts to the peak of martial arts, it only took him two years. Progress is almost unbelievable.
Of course, the gap between the martial artist and the martial saint realm is also like a chasm, at least far more than the difficulty of cultivation to break through from the martial apprentice realm to the martial artist realm.
Ye Yu is extremely talented, and his progress is rapid, if he breaks through within a certain period of time, he can be described as a peerless genius. If you get stuck here, stay in this bottleneck for the rest of your life. Even though he has reached the peak of the martial arts realm, people's evaluation of him is just an ordinary genius.
The realm is not important, and the evaluation of others is even more dispensable, giving this example just to illustrate: martial apprentices are common, martial artists are not common, and the realm of martial saints is basically none. A legendary martial saint powerhouse, its strength can be much more precious than a heavenly service powerhouse of the same level. What is genius? Against the odds. Only those who are gifted can be called geniuses.
Therefore, from this point of view, Ye Yu's advancement from the early stage of martial arts to the peak of martial arts within two years is not too fast. Although there is no bottleneck between the steps. But that's the only bottleneck between levels. But many warriors have been unable to advance an inch in their lives. If there is no great opportunity. Maybe in his life, he can only wander in the realm of martial artists?
Of course, in addition to paying attention to talent, many factors such as resources and chance are also indispensable. Otherwise, even if Ye Yu was extremely talented, if he wanted to reach the legendary Martial Saint realm within three years, it would be tantamount to a fool's dream.
Martial Saint, a legendary realm where human physical endurance is at its peak and human strength is at its limit, requires more than just hard cultivation and outstanding talent. The Buddha said, ten thousand hairs are born. If there is a fate, there is no need to accumulate too much, and you can break through in the next moment, if you don't have a fate, even if you have a lifetime of enlightenment and penance, you may not be able to break through that barrier.
You must know that with the improvement of the realm, the higher the level of barriers, the more difficult it is to break through. Cultivation is a journey to change one's life against the sky, and the more you go up, the narrower the road becomes. When you reach a bottleneck and stop moving, you can't break through it simply by relying on the passage of time.
It's like people playing reactive games, hitting a level but not being able to pass it anyway, at this time, it doesn't depend on the accumulation of the number of times you play, you can successfully clear the level. At this time, your reflexes have reached a limit, the physiological limit of a person's body, unless the reflexes of your brain domain are fundamentally improved, otherwise no matter how superior external help is, it is just the opposite and futile effort.
Therefore, from this aspect, playing once and playing 10,000 times, in fact, the effect is the same, and some people even play for a lifetime, but they are only wandering in this realm.
Practicing three dogs in winter and five summers in summer, Ye Yu will never forget the scene of standing in the torrent and boiling his body in the cold pool water. It was a long and fulfilling time, mixed with dripping sweat and the pain of pressing the limit. But this is a process that every warrior must go through.
Martial arts are the foundation of martial arts cultivation, and the body is like a big container, how much space the container has and how many things it can hold need to be determined by the shaping in the early stage...... And the boiling of the body during the martial arts period is such a process of laying the foundation. If a person wants to stay in this realm for the rest of his life, then only if he cultivates for a lifetime can he maintain the realm without slipping.
After all, the realm of martial disciples has not yet opened up the seven meridians and eight veins, and it will not form a small circulation in Zhoutian, and the power and use of true qi mostly rely on the storage of acupoints around the body and the support of muscles. If you don't practice for a day, you won't see your skills. It is the phenomenon of the martial arts realm.
And once the seven meridians and eight veins are opened, it means that the shape is successful, and it will not have much effect to continue to boil the body at this time. The martial arts realm pays more attention to the cultivation of the soul, compared to the body that can be seen and touched. The mind is more like a dream-like screen. If you can catch it, you will be able to see the moon and break through in one fell swoop, and there is a sense of seeing the sun through the clouds. If you can't grasp it, you will lose it, and even if the opportunity is imminent, it can only overflow with water, and it will be in vain.
As for the Martial Saint, that legendary realm can only make people look up to the mountains.
In terms of willpower, the cultivation of the peak of the upper level of the ground service is only one step away from the rumored heavenly service realm. Compared to the martial arts path that was difficult and penanced but made little progress, Ye Yu's willpower cultivation could be described as a smooth road, almost effortlessly, relying only on natural growth to reach the peak of the upper echelon of the ground service, reaching a height that many people would not reach in their lifetime.
Of course, at this moment, his willpower is also stuck in a bottleneck, just like martial arts cultivation, if there is no chance, I am afraid that he can only wander in this realm for the rest of his life, and it is rare to make an inch. Without him, the cultivation path would have been so cruel.
According to today's scientific theories, before the age of sixteen, the willpower of the brain domain is in a natural growth stage, and it can progress rapidly without too much practice. If you forcibly cultivate, not only will you not be able to improve, but you may even hurt your roots. Therefore, the cultivation plan of the vast majority of cultivators is to focus on martial arts cultivation before the age of sixteen, and major in willpower after the age of sixteen. The two phases are staggered, each going its own way, and naturally it will not affect each other and hinder each other.
However, in the context of today's main theme, the vast majority of cultivators are more inclined to willpower cultivation, after all, to become a servant, willpower is the king.
If penance is the base, talent is the motor, and chance is the accelerator, then the various resources required in the cultivation process are the fuel power on the cultivation car. From the moment Ye Yu entered the Shadow Group, he received the top-level resource allocation, whether it was a rare fruit that nourished qi and transformed blood and improved martial arts cultivation, or a willpower drug that increased willpower and promoted the development of the brain domain, what he ate and used was the top-notch, and the number was not a few. Over time, he became accustomed to it, and even in the process of cultivation, he almost ignored the importance of resources.
But the fact is that he can achieve such an achievement at such an age, and resources still occupy a very important position. Otherwise, no matter how talented he is and how hard he cultivates, he will just dry up and fish, and sooner or later there will be problems.
In most cases, the investment is directly proportional to the return, and a high investment means a high return. Even if the talent is a little worse, under the resource allocation that makes many old guys blush, second only to the little princess of the shadow, Nangong Ruyue, he can make great progress. Therefore, it is reasonable for Ye Yu to achieve such achievements in such a short period of time.
In addition to cultivation, Ye Yu's heart has also been honed more and more fully in the past two years. From the suspicious and gloomy at the beginning to the current peace and silence, it can be said that his state of mind at this time is becoming more and more like a normal person. After all, he has never experienced such a long period of comfort since the martyrdom? However, he was hidden in the city, but he did not wear away his edge. Some things, after only one time, will be unforgettable for a lifetime.
The years grind people. Ye Yu is fifteen years old this year, and he is only a few months away from adulthood. For ordinary people, sixteen years old may just be a symbol in life, a sign of adulthood, if you put aside the importance that people attach to the coming-of-age ceremony in the Dayan period, and the long-standing custom of the vast majority of parents to celebrate their children's birthdays, sixteen years old is actually not much different from fifteen, seventeen, and eighteen years old.
But for cultivators, sixteen years old means a lot. Sixteen years old means that you have reached adulthood, your body has begun to stunt, and the natural growth of willpower in the brain domain is almost stagnant, and if you want to improve your willpower again, you need to rely on your own hard work. And self-cultivation to improve willpower is like extreme mountaineering, every step is as difficult as climbing to the sky. It can be said that the age of sixteen is the first feng shui milestone in the growth stage of a cultivator. (To be continued......)