Chapter 541: I Won

Fang Yue returned to the inn, called everyone to help, then stayed behind himself.

"Ye Ge, aren't you coming?" Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu asked in surprise.

"I… I'm staying to cultivate. This is preparing for the big battle—sharpening the blade just before battle, even if slow, still sharp!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's eyes rolled: "Then I'm not going either—I'll prepare for the big battle too!"

"..." Fang Yue glanced at her: "What preparation? Eating?"

"No! Ye Ge, how could you think so little of me! I'm going to cultivate a Heart Method!"

Fang Yue:!!!

"You've learned a Heart Method?"

"Yes!"

"Lin Ling's?"

"Yes!"

"But he wasn't..."

"I figured it out myself!!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu proudly puffed out her small chest, her face beaming: praise me, praise me!

Fang Yue's face darkened: "Don't practice recklessly—you'll suffer Qi Deviation."

"No way! Captain Lin gave me the basics. He's now unconscious, so I built on his teachings and figured it out myself—definitely safe. Wait for my good news: I'm breaking through to the Hou Tian Realm!"

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu waved her tiny fists and stomped up the stairs, truly preparing to lock herself in her room for seclusion.

"Wait! Where's Bai Daya?"

"With Chen Qing and Lord Han—they're studying Bai Daya's condition."

As these words ended, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu shut her door.

This made Fang Yue doubt whether Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu was truly going to cultivate.

But... so slow!

Fang Yue had already broken into the Xiantian Realm, yet Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu hadn't even entered the Hou Tian Realm—he felt deceived. This girl had nothing but raw talent.

Fang Yue had checked the forums—the average player power had already risen to the Hou Tian Realm.

Of course, that meant players specializing in combat.

Those focused on niche paths hadn't even entered Martial Dao.

Chen Qing's situation was a special opportunity—it doesn't count.

Even so, with such immense talent, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu was only now about to break through, barely keeping up with the average...

"Sigh, Wu Wu, give me some effort."

Fang Yue sighed—he was truly at his wit's end with her.

Luckily, under his supervision, she still ate well, so even if she hadn't entered Martial Dao, her base stats were far above average—still an advantage.

Compared to Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu's situation, Bai Daya being studied and examined by Chen Qing and Lord Han worried Fang Yue more.

Bai Daya now occupied Bai Xiaoya's real-world body.

If anything happened to Bai Daya, Bai Xiaoya's body would probably...

But Lord Han and the others would have restraint—I risked my life to save Bai Daya; they wouldn't harm her.

Calming his mind, Fang Yue began cultivating his Heart Method.

First up... Pan Shu Heart Method!

As a Wood Heart Method, according to Lord Han, it can regulate the transition from Fire to Water Heart Methods.

But the internal energy becomes muddled, its quality diminished.

This problem can only be solved after cultivating Lord Han's inherited Heart Method.

Because he switched Heart Method attributes, Fang Yue clearly felt blockage—a discomfort.

Like someone who always took the same route home suddenly switching paths—though the destination is the same, the unfamiliarity and constant collisions with walls caused immediate damage to his meridians.

Fortunately, with the aid of 【Night's Breath】, he recovered instantly.

It was clear that without 【Night's Breath】, suddenly switching to a different Heart Method while all previous ones were aligned would be devastating.

Not only would cultivation become clumsy and difficult, it would damage meridians—severely, it could even cause Qi Deviation.

Fortunately, Lord Han had warned him—if Fang Yue had known nothing and randomly picked a Water Heart Method to force-cultivate, he'd surely have suffered Qi Deviation.

But with 【Night's Breath】, it seemed tolerable?

Yet he remembered that 【Night's Breath】 wasn't active during the day—if its side effects lasted into daylight, he'd still be incapacitated.

Two absolutely opposing internal energies colliding inside him—such intense damage, lasting so long—couldn't be endured in one night; only when one side achieved total victory would it end, leaving his body riddled with wounds.

Regardless, he must cultivate Pan Shu Heart Method first.

This method had no other merits, but one absolute advantage: it could be cultivated day and night, granting boosts, and... it supported burning lifespan for double cultivation efficiency!

After overcoming the difficult exploratory period, Fang Yue gradually figured out how Pan Shu Heart Method worked, becoming increasingly familiar.

When he felt he'd mastered it enough, he directly swallowed pills + burned lifespan.

Boom!!

Violent internal energy surged forth, violently interacting with his original Fire-attribute energy—fire burning wood, compatible affinity—energy surged even more fiercely; in the collisions, it nearly slipped out of control.

Fang Yue immediately intensified control; after much struggle, he barely contained the situation and successfully absorbed the energy.

He opened his eyes, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and exhaled deeply.

"System Prompt: Congratulations, player 【Yese Liming】, you have successfully cultivated 【Pan Shu Heart Method】 to First Layer—Internal Energy increased by 500 points, Unload Value increased by 200 points."

Success!

Fang Yue's heart leapt with joy.

Afterward, it was nothing but continuous cultivation and trials to master the Heart Method.

Fang Yue exhaled deeply; from this moment on, he was a martial artist of the Wood Heart Method.

Attempting to manifest a two-meter-long blade in frozen form, he failed twice, then regrasped the pattern of condensing a blade under the Pan Tree Heart Method.

But this time, what he held in his hand was no longer the Fire Blade, but a green blade…

A lush green…

Fang Yue, expressionless, dispersed the green blade, repeatedly affirming to himself: just a transition, just a transition.

As long as he diluted the Fire-element internal force, once he reached the Human Level, he could directly learn Lord Han's 【Frozen Heart Method】.

Open the attribute list.

"Name: Yese Liming."

"Realm: Xiantian Third-Rate."

"Status: Curse 【Black Rain】."

"Health: 1800/1800."

"Internal Force: 4600/4600."

"Control Force: 1790 【Base: 1770】 【Status/Bonus: +20】."

"Dissipation Force: 1940 【Base: 1920】 【Status/Bonus: +20】."

"Comprehension: 5. 【Special Attribute】"

"Talent: Night's Breath 【Human-Class Superior】."

"Skills: Aura, Pan Tree Heart Method 【Xiantian Third-Rate】, Analysis Pupil 【Human-Class Inferior】, Nine-Turn Linked Blade 【Incomplete】 【Houtian Third-Rate】, Starfire Blade Technique Level 1 【Houtian Third-Rate】, Water-Sky Blade Technique Level 1 【Crude Martial Arts】, Fiery Heart Method 【Houtian First-Rate / Ninth Layer】, Starfire Heart Method Level 3 【Houtian Third-Rate / Maxed】."

"Remaining Lifespan: 24 years, 2 months."

What the hell, I'm not super strong?!

(End of Chapter)