I've already reached the Nascent Soul stage, and you're saying I didn't time travel?

Chapter 121 Let us usher in the era of "The True Understanding of Spiritual Clarity and Perception"!

Upon hearing that Qi Xuan was going to teach martial arts on the spot, netizens around the world panicked:

"Camera! Camera!"

"A tape recorder! A tape recorder!"

"Take notes! Take notes!"

"Holy crap! Don't write that on my back!"

"I'll send my little brother off now, we'll play online together later."

"Brother, can we teach him again in three minutes? This customer will be finished in three minutes."

"Students, listen carefully to the lesson. You can learn this martial art again by watching the recording later. Still dare to talk back? Zhang Zihua, you solve this math problem!"

……

Oblivious to the chaos outside, Qi Xuan continued explaining his newly acquired cultivation technique:

"The technique being taught this time is called 'The True Understanding of Spiritual Clarity and Perception'."

"This is a rather special martial art."

"It is neither a martial arts mental technique like the Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill that can break through realms, nor a martial arts move like the Black Jade Skill that can be used in combat, but a special martial arts that tends to play a supporting role."

"After practicing the 'True Explanation of Spiritual Clarity and Thorough Sense,' one's perception can be greatly enhanced."

In the early stages, all five senses can be greatly enhanced. Later, one can use strength to perceive things hidden behind obstacles. Further up, the distance that true qi can probe is even greater. After reaching the peak, a true qi field will be formed. Within the range of the true qi field, nothing can hide.

This can be described as an extremely practical auxiliary martial art. While practicing it may not necessarily enhance your combat power, it can be widely used in daily life. In my opinion, it is actually more practical for many people than the "Black Jade Skill".

"Learning the Black Jade Skill may not require you to fight, but learning the True Understanding of Spiritual Clarity and Perception will truly allow you to catch someone in the act of adultery."

Upon hearing Qi Xuan's earnest introduction, netizens couldn't hold back their laughter:

"Damn! What kind of good person goes around catching their partner cheating every day?!"

"Yeah, damn it, getting caught like this even once in a lifetime is going to be a nightmare!"

"Yeah, yeah, there's absolutely no need to learn it! Everyone should just stop learning it and not waste their time."

"In my opinion, there's definitely something wrong with the one upstairs. Whose house is this? I suggest taking it home and checking it out properly."

"Do you think that after practicing this exercise, I can watch the pornographic videos next door every day and thus quit watching porn online?"

"You son of a bitch, you should be secretly happy but don't tell anyone! Now look what's happened, the criminal law has to be revised again, and nobody's going to have fun!"

……

The live stream chat was buzzing with discussion, and Qi Xuan had already begun teaching the incantation for the cultivation technique:

"...The mud pill descends with sweet dew, and the tower has twelve rings. The crimson palace stores true fire, and the yellow court receives heaven and earth."

The Ren meridian sinks to the bottom of the sea, the Du meridian ascends to the heavens. The cycle of Zi and Wu (midnight and noon) revolves, the rotation of Mao and You (east and west) to the left and right…

The entire live stream room fell silent instantly.

Although many people knew that there would be a recording available online afterward, and that many experts would provide a comprehensive analysis of the techniques and guide people in their practice, everyone still consciously avoided posting comments during Qi Xuan's transmission of the techniques. Whether recording the techniques or listening attentively to the lecture, the world was enveloped in an unprecedented silence, with many places even quieter than midnight.

More than an hour later, after Qi Xuan finished teaching the techniques and providing his explanations, countless people finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, according to Qi Xuan, there was no need to be so serious.

Although "The True Explanation of Spiritual Clarity and Thorough Sense" is excellent, it is considered a very ordinary cultivation method by cultivators.

Even at the peak of this cultivation technique, the detection range of the true energy field is no more than fifty meters. Beyond that, even a terrestrial immortal would find it difficult to withstand.

A mere fifty-meter detection range is beyond the reach of even specialized detection techniques; some cultivators with keen senses could perceive far more than that distance.

Qi Xuan's perception range is now about fifty or sixty meters, which is unremarkable among cultivators of the same level, neither particularly good nor bad.

However, he himself didn't particularly care about this point, because fifty or sixty meters, or even seventy or eighty meters, were actually too short.

There are countless secret techniques among cultivators, with a wide variety of methods, some of which involve detecting objects at greater distances and with greater precision.

Compared to reconnaissance, perception is more often used to defend against external attacks.

Perception distance can increase a cultivator's reaction time, making it extremely important.

However, due to the [Spiritual Perception], this range of perception was meaningless to Qi Xuan.

Because fifty or sixty meters is too close, many monsters or powerful killing moves can cross this distance in an instant.

If he relied solely on this ability to sense distance and defend against enemies, he would have died countless times over.

Therefore, although "The True Explanation of Spiritual Enlightenment and Thorough Sense" is good, he felt it was somewhat useless.

However, for martial artists who lack the means of detection, this is an extremely rare and powerful skill.

This transmission of skills should likely increase his popularity.

After the broadcast ended, Qi Xuan thought to himself with a smug satisfaction.

On Earth, this cultivation technique indeed caused a tremendous uproar.

……

A certain street.

"If you're going to learn the Black Jade Skill, then learn the Black Jade Skill. Why bother learning the True Explanation of Spiritual Clarity and Penetration?"

"Can't I learn it if I want to?"

"You're not allowed to learn this!"

"I want to learn!"

"Fine, you don't believe me, do you? You suspect I'm cheating on you, right?"

"I didn't say anything, but you just had to bring this up. Who's hiding something here?"

"divorce!"

"Fine, let's get a divorce!"

……

A villa.

"Stop hiding, I've already seen it."

"What did you see? Weren't you supposed to be on a business trip today? Why are you back all of a sudden?"

"Thank goodness I came back, otherwise I wouldn't have witnessed this scene!"

"Can't I even take a nap in my bedroom? You're crazy. Let's talk in the living room so the neighbors can't hear us."

"Now you're worried the neighbors heard you? Why weren't you worried before? I was careless before, I trusted you too much, so I didn't notice many details. But ever since Qi Shen taught me 'The True Explanation of Spiritual Clarity and Perception,' which helped me quickly get started, I've discovered that there are flaws everywhere in the house: footprints a size larger than the floor, cigarette ash that wasn't swept clean, game consoles that have been tampered with... Hehehe, Fang Yuqi, how come I never realized you liked playing games so much before?"

"Can we talk about this outside? I can explain!"

"Get the hell out here! Don't make me pull out a knife!"

"Dude, calm down. I'm coming out right now. She seduced me, and I wasn't the only one."

"You all don't want me to live, right?! Just let me die!!"

……

A rental apartment:
"Officer, it's them."

"Hello comrade, could you please open the door?"

"What's the matter? We're law-abiding citizens, what do you want with us?"

“Someone reported that your location is involved in pyramid schemes and that a large number of outsiders are being detained.”

"Who's spreading rumors all day long? Our whole family is celebrating a birthday."

"Officer, he's lying! I sensed it using the 'True Understanding of Spiritual Insight'—there are three people tied up and beaten inside the house! You can see them as soon as you go in!"

"Get out of the way! Police are enforcing the law!!"

"The cops are here! Run!"

……

A certain residential community:
Why are you banging on someone's door?

"Quick! Come help!"

"what happened?"

“Grandma Zhang was alone at home. I called her but she didn’t respond. I suspected something had happened to her.”

"Let me check with my cultivation technique, damn it, there really is someone lying on the ground! Quick, call 120!"

"Come quickly and help! This security door is hard to break open!"

"Here it comes! Take this hidden force strike!"

……

A restaurant:
"Manager, there's a thief!"

"where is it?"

"On our ceiling."

"real or fake?"

"Didn't you notice that the chicken legs in the kitchen are missing?"

"I thought you were the one who stole the food."

"Even excluding the food I stole, the quantity still doesn't add up!"

"what?"

"The important thing is, I've just started learning the basics of 'The True Understanding of Spiritual Insight,' and when I looked around, I found that the thief was asleep on the ceiling, drooling. Let's call the police and catch him in the act!"

"Why don't we let him go? Everyone has tough times sometimes."

"No, he can eat other things, but he can't eat my favorite chicken leg!"

"...Hello, is this the police station? I have two thieves here."

……

Since the widespread dissemination of "The True Explanation of Spiritual Enlightenment and Thorough Sense," incidents related to the practice have broken out in various places.

After witnessing the tangible results, this sparked a huge online discussion:

"As expected of Qi Shen, he was able to create such a technique. Not only is it easy to cultivate, but the progress is also extremely fast. In fact, as long as you reach the level of internal strength, you can advance to the second level in a short time and use your strength to explore the outside world."

"Don't even mention it. The Civil Affairs Bureau received a ton of divorce cases today, almost as many as it has in the past two weeks."

"Hey, all the people who came to our law firm this afternoon were there to get divorced."

"If you ask me, this kind of practice that disrupts social harmony should be abolished on the spot!"

"Indeed! The number of marriages has been declining year by year, and now they've come up with this cultivation technique. Do they think there aren't enough single people already?"

"Abolish it immediately to prevent more people from suffering!"

"Abolish what? Let honest people continue to suffer losses, right? Is it a blessing for honest people to suffer losses their whole lives, right?"

"To put it bluntly, everyone who tries to abolish this technique has something to hide. They should all be thoroughly investigated; we'll definitely find something!"

"There are indeed many benefits to spreading the 'True Explanation of Spiritual Enlightenment and Thorough Sense,' but you cannot ignore the social problems caused by this practice."

I received three or four complaints today, all about people peeping through walls. There was even a case where a girl was changing clothes in the changing room and a shop employee was using some kind of magic to spy on her from outside.

"Indeed, if this technique were to spread, it would make it much easier for thieves to scout targets before committing crimes, and they could even pinpoint the location of valuables in advance. This would put a lot of pressure on the police and make society more chaotic."

"The True Explanation of Spiritual Clarity and Perception amplifies the evil thoughts in people's hearts. Even if they do not have the intention to spy or commit crimes at the beginning, they will unconsciously use the technique to do these things. This is the reason why it is said that when you hold a sharp weapon, the desire to kill arises."

"In the end, cultivation techniques are just tools. Blaming the cultivation techniques for the potential expansion of a case is no different from killing someone and not looking for the murderer but looking for the knife seller."
Those with evil intentions will still commit evil even without cultivation techniques; it's just a matter of time.

"It is precisely because of the constraints of various rules that the evil thoughts in people's hearts can be suppressed to the lowest level. We see that many rich people live particularly extravagant and wasteful lives, but if you become a rich person, you may do something even more outrageous and exaggerated than them."

Now, this cultivation method gives you the opportunity to become rich, completely unleashing your true nature. Even those who previously had no chance to do evil can now wield the knife of evil.

"In the end, the 'True Explanation of Spiritual Clarity and Perception' is not without its limitations. This technique can be used to probe outwards, but if you cultivate it, you will immediately be able to detect when others probe you. Therefore, if you want to avoid being harmed or suffering losses, you should learn this technique even more!"

"If everyone learns, it's the same as if no one learns, and society will remain stable. On the contrary, if policies are introduced to discourage people from learning, those who don't learn will become the victims and suffer huge losses for no reason."

"Anyway, no matter what others say, our detective agency will definitely learn it. This will be an essential skill for us to find cats and dogs and catch mistresses in the future."

"The police and military should also learn from this. They should be able to detect criminals or terrorists immediately, even when they are behind a wall."

"Girls should learn this even more. If they find that a bad person is following them or is about to do something bad, at least they can detect it in advance and be alert."

"If you ask me, everyone should learn this! It's not just to guard against outsiders, nor is it to do evil, but to deal with the monsters on the island!"

The four-armed monster hasn't left the island yet. If other landmasses were to fall and cause monsters to swarm the cities, this reconnaissance skill would be incredibly useful, perhaps even saving our lives! We need to learn it now, or it will be too late!

"Let us usher in the era of 'The True Understanding of Spiritual Clarity'!"

……

As Ji Yuwei shut down the computer, her ears twitched slightly.

Although she was downstairs, she had already figured out who the person was.

The footsteps, stride length, cadence, the sound of clothes rubbing together, the sound of swiping a phone screen... all of these things told her that the person who had come was her father, Ji Yunshen.

This would have been unimaginable in the past.

But now, after studying "The True Explanation of Spiritual Clarity and Perception," she has done it with ease.

Moreover, Ji Yuwei vaguely noticed that she was making extremely rapid progress in the "Spiritual Clarity and Thorough Understanding" technique.

Like the "Black Jade Skill", the "Spiritual Clarity and Thorough Understanding" is also divided into seven levels.

The first to third levels are the strength level, suitable for cultivation before reaching the innate stage.

The fourth to sixth layers are the True Qi layers, suitable for cultivation at the Innate level and above.

The seventh level is the realm of mastery, which under normal circumstances can only be achieved by terrestrial immortals.

"The True Explanation of Spiritual Clarity and Perception" is easy to learn and allows for rapid practice.

Nowadays, the vast majority of Ming Jin martial artists can easily master the first level.

A martial artist with internal strength can almost reach the second level.

Only the most talented martial artists can barely reach the third level of the Transformation Realm.

As for the innate level, it's almost impossible to reach the fourth level in such a short time.

As a martial artist specializing in Ming Jin (明劲), she hadn't even broken through to An Jin (暗劲), yet she had easily stepped into the third level. If the fourth level didn't require true qi to operate, she might have advanced to the fourth or even fifth level today.

For the first time, she discovered her amazing talent in a certain martial art.

This instantly dispelled her long-standing depression, and she became extremely invigorated.

As soon as Ji Yun Shen pushed open the door, he saw Ji Yu Wei with a smiling face.

He paused, then asked with some confusion:

"Weiwei, has something good happened?"

"nothing."

Ji Yuwei smiled and said:
"I have just made a small breakthrough in martial arts."

"A breakthrough is good; it proves that the Silver Gorgon Grass extract we obtained earlier was effective..."

At this point, the expression on his face suddenly became somewhat strained.

Ji Yuwei asked curiously:

"What happened?"

Ji Yun Shen remained silent.

After a long pause, he sighed, his face weary, and said:

"I shouldn't have told you this, but the company's situation is a bit urgent right now, and it's not a good idea to keep it from you."

He paused, then continued:
"Do you remember that bottle of Silver Grass extract we got before? I embezzled some money from the company and bought it at a high price on the black market."

It wasn't a big deal in itself. I had payments coming in from other places, and as long as the payments came in time, I could cover up the shortfall without anyone noticing.

However, there's a temporary problem with the payment collection, the funds are stuck, and the other real estate properties can't be sold off quickly.

The company is about to undergo a financial audit, and if the loopholes aren't plugged in time, there could be serious trouble.

Ji Yuwei frowned slightly and asked:

"How much money was embezzled?"

"Five hundred million."

"So expensive?"

"It was already scarce, and it was bought on the black market, so it wasn't cheap at all. Moreover, the second exploration team has not found any other Silver Gang Grass on the island so far, and the black market price has even risen to 800 million. Otherwise, I wouldn't be in such a hurry."

Ji Yun Shen glanced at her, then hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but didn't.

Ji Yuwei keenly noticed the problem and asked:
"There is a way?"

Ji Yun Shen hesitated for a moment before replying:

"Yes, I do. Do you remember my friend? Mr. Zhang from Dacheng Pharmaceutical. He said he could help me pay for it, but he hopes you can come to his house for dinner and meet his son."

Ji Yuwei's eyes flickered slightly:
"You can't be unaware of his son's reputation, can you?"

"I've certainly heard about that, but who knows the truth about private life? I, your father, often go to clubs to discuss business, and it's all very formal, but rumors still circulate outside. Who can really say for sure?"

After a pause, he continued:
"But if you're not satisfied, I'll push it aside and think of another way. We can try to raise the money through private lending."

Seeing his troubled expression, Ji Yuwei suddenly interrupted him:
"No need! It's just silver grass extract, we can just sell it and use the rest to make up the difference."

As she spoke, she opened the drawer and took out a perfectly intact bottle of silverwort extract.

Upon seeing the extract, Ji Yun Shen was completely stunned:

"You're useless?"

"In any case, it can only help me advance by one minor realm at most, so why go to such great lengths?"

Ji Yuwei pushed the silverwort extract over:
"The black market price has gone up, so we can actually make a profit now! Don't you think that's a good thing?"

"Of course it's a good thing."

Ji Yun Shen forced a smile and asked again:

"Then what about your martial arts training?"

"Let nature take its course."

Ji Yuwei said calmly:

"It would be best if I could reach a higher level, but I'm willing to accept it if I can't. I'll do my best and leave the rest to fate."

"Is there anything else you need?"

"No."

"If you have any, remember to tell me."

"know."

Watching her father's departing figure, a thoughtful look flashed across Ji Yuwei's eyes—

I felt he was quite disappointed when he received the extract.

The car door slammed shut with a "bang".

Seeing Ji Yun Shen's somber expression in the back seat, the secretary in the driver's seat cautiously asked:
"Chairman Ji, what about Miss..."

"She's useless."

"She was useless?!"

Ji Yun Shen slammed his fist on the chair:

"In that case, all the things I agreed on with Lao Zhang might not be valid."

"Perhaps we don't need to rely on Miss—"

"What do you know?!"

Ji Yun Shen suddenly interrupted.

The secretary remained silent.

After a moment of contemplation, Ji Yunshen said with a deep, thoughtful look in his eyes:

"It seems I haven't been paying enough attention to her lately, and I don't even know what she's thinking anymore."

"Find me a few hackers and detectives to infiltrate her computer and see what she's busy with all day. Also, keep track of her whereabouts offline. Compile all the information into a report and submit it to me. Remember to do it cleanly and efficiently, and don't let anyone find out."

"clear."

……

The island is located slightly towards the center.

In front of a precipice.

The exploration teams led by Daqian and Lighthouse are racking their brains trying to pick the few spiritual plants that are sprouting everywhere in the crevices of the cliff.

In fact, the two teams discovered the same type of spiritual plant in two different locations.

To their surprise, before they could even pick them, the spiritual plants seemed startled and started running away with their roots, almost leaving both teams dumbfounded.

Finally, all the spiritual plants gathered in the crevice of the rock, allowing the two teams to meet here.

However, after working hard for a long time, neither Daqian nor Lighthouse were able to successfully harvest the spiritual plant.

There was no way around it; the crevice where the spiritual plant hid was too narrow, only wide enough for one hand to fit through from the outside, and the field of vision was too limited to see clearly at all.

Moreover, they roamed around inside, moving very nimbly, making them difficult to catch. They were also afraid of hurting them if they used equipment, so both exploration teams were completely exasperated.

Fortunately, Qi Xuan later taught the "True Explanation of Spiritual Enlightenment and Thorough Sense," which greatly pleased everyone, who believed they had found a suitable solution.

Now, everyone on the scene is working hard to cultivate this technique, and after they have mastered it, they will try to capture the spiritual plants.

Of course, there are rules to follow; it's not that you're allowed to grab spiritual plants just because you've mastered the skill.

Although all the spiritual items obtained on the island belong to all of humanity, they are not distributed equally.

The exploration team that discovers a new spirit takes a certain share, and the team that successfully harvests it takes another share. There are even different shares within the team depending on the contribution of each member. In general, the distribution is made among the other parties after ensuring the benefits for the pioneers.

Therefore, both Daqian and Lighthouse attach great importance to this benefit of being a pioneer.

Whoever successfully harvests this batch of spiritual plants will at least receive a whole plant for their family.

This is an enormous benefit that cannot be ignored.

"Two minutes are up."

With the stopwatch engaged, a member of the lighthouse team left the crevice with a look of frustration.

One of Daqianfang's team members immediately followed.

Just two minutes later, this team member also failed and had to leave, and was then replaced by a team member from the Lighthouse side.

One team member after another was substituted in, but they still couldn't catch the spirit plant.

However, the people present did not seem to care much.

All eyes were now focused on the ten Innate Realm experts in the two teams.

There are five members from the Daqian side, three from the Lighthouse side, and the remaining two belong to other small countries.

In fact, the five Xiantian warriors that Daqian sent this time were the result of restraint. If they wanted, they could have sent a whole army of Xiantian warriors at this moment, taking advantage of the three days in advance. However, doing so would have been too easy to provoke controversy internationally, so they only sent five, which is slightly more than other countries, but not by much.

And as it turns out, the presence of innate martial artists did indeed play a certain role in enhancing the team's exploration.

Many dangers that ordinary people fail to notice are first detected by innate martial artists.

In actual combat, thanks to their superior physical abilities, innate martial artists performed better, preventing their teams from suffering greater losses.

With this exploration concluded, given the various advantages demonstrated by the innate martial artists, future frontline exploration teams traversing the island will likely be composed of innate martial artists, and perhaps even grandmasters will emerge from among them.

With a "whoosh," one of the Lighthouse's innate members suddenly stood up.

His name is William. He was originally just an ordinary bartender, but thanks to his extraordinary martial arts talent, he became the first person in the country to break through to the Innate Realm and was specially recruited into the exploration team.

After joining the exploration team, he lived up to expectations and performed exceptionally well, helping the team avert a major crisis.

At that moment, everyone's eyes were focused on him as he stood up.

Soon, one of the Daqian team members also stood up.

Compared to William, he received far more attention.

Even William was watching him very closely.

Because he was the first innate being to appear in the world, Xu Wei.

The two walked to the mountainside and stood there.

The small country team member who was groping around in the cracks in the rocks ahead suddenly felt immense pressure, and he slipped away before the allotted time was up.

William glanced at Xu Wei and suddenly laughed:

"Perhaps you can successfully capture those spiritual plants, but unfortunately I'm ahead of you in line this time, so you're destined to miss out on them!"

Xu Wei said calmly:

"So confident?"

William said proudly:
"I have already mastered the fourth level of the 'True Explanation of Spiritual Clarity and Penetration'!"

Xu Wei didn't take it seriously:

"I've also completed the fourth level."

"Even if you cultivate to the fifth level, it won't help."

William waved his hand and walked straight to the crevice in the mountain.

The two team members stationed nearby immediately started timing.

His right hand flashed into the crevice, and in conjunction with the "True Explanation of Spiritual Clarity and Perception" to explore behind the mountain wall, he tried to capture the spiritual plants that were darting around inside the stone wall.

Two minutes later, William returned, his forehead beaded with sweat.

Upon seeing the two spiritual plants he was holding, the exploration team from the lighthouse erupted in gasps of surprise.

Immediately, enthusiastic applause erupted for him.

William glanced at Xu Wei with a hint of pride, only to find that Xu Wei was also applauding him.

His expression gradually softened. He had originally intended to make a sarcastic remark, but now he simply snorted and walked to the side.

Xu Wei strolled to the crevice in the rock, and the timekeeper next to him asked:
Should we wait a few seconds for them to stop?

"Need not."

The two immediately started timing.

Xu Wei's right hand darted in like lightning.

In less than five seconds, he withdrew his right hand.

When the two timekeepers saw the large handful of spiritual plants in his hand, their jaws nearly dropped.

The numerous exploration team members who witnessed this scene from afar fell into complete silence.

William stared at him in disbelief:
"Grandmaster...Grandmaster?!"

Xu Wei bowed slightly:

"Concession."

……

Joint Command Center.

Alfonso, a top billionaire, slammed his fist on the table and roared into the microphone:
"Why did the group stop? The divine tree is right ahead, why aren't they continuing forward?!"

Soon, the exploration team leader's voice came through the microphone:
"Boss, after discussing it, we believe that the 'True Explanation of Spiritual Clarity and Perception' will be of great use for our upcoming exploration. We have decided to take a break for now, practice our techniques together, and then continue our exploration."

Do you know how much money I've spent on this exploration?

Alfonso roared:

"I'm giving you half a day and a night to learn that lousy cultivation technique! If you keep dragging this out until tomorrow, I'll change your positions immediately!"

"Thank you for your kindness!"

P.S.: I'm attending a friend's wedding banquet tomorrow, so I'll be taking a break for this chapter.

(End of this chapter)