Douluo Continent has a system, but I don't want to use it.

Chapter 17 Creating Cultivation Techniques

"The only mid-to-long-range attack I can use right now is throwing knives. Not the kind of throwing knives that are hidden weapons, but the kind of throwing knives that rely on speed to kill with one strike, like Li Xunhuan's Flying Dagger."

"My main focus is on speed and skill, and throwing knives fit that perfectly."

Of course, Fang Tian wouldn't choose an impractical flying dagger like the Little Li Flying Dagger. Among all the throwing knives, only the willow leaf throwing dagger is the most aerodynamically efficient. Therefore, the willow leaf throwing dagger is the natural choice.

Throwing knives are disposable items, so the materials used to make them don't need to be of high quality, and therefore don't cost much.

"We need to carefully design the shape of the throwing knives and figure out how much it would cost to make a hundred."

Fang Tian drew the throwing knife in the shape of a willow leaf. It was 10 centimeters long, 1.5 centimeters wide, and 0.5 millimeters thick at the front, gradually thinning towards the back. It had only a blade and no handle, giving it a streamlined shape. Ten thin wires of the same length as the knife were attached to stabilize it. The knife was only sharpened at the front, making it easy to hold between the fingers.

Now all that's left is to build it.

Then consider the ability to conceal oneself. It's easy to hide one's physical form, but it's difficult to hide one's aura and soul power, which requires a very strong ability to control.

Fang Tian knew only four methods for cultivating control abilities: climbing trees, treading water, splitting soul power, and controlling condensed silk.

To be honest, I have no idea about climbing trees or wading through water. Why can gathering soul power under the feet generate suction? How is suction generated? If it's based on creating negative pressure to attract, it means that the soul power can be manifested and is quite strong. There are many ways to control it, so why use such a crude method as climbing trees? I won't go into the same logic as wading through water.

The Soul Power Splitting Method mainly focuses on splitting, which is not conducive to the condensation of spirit and soul power.

Fang Tian ultimately chose the Condensing Silk Control Method, which condenses soul power into fine threads. The finer and longer the threads, the more difficult they are to control, while also taking into account the refinement of spirit and soul power.

Finally, Fang Tian began to consider spiritual cultivation methods. In the original story, the little rascal used the purple aura of the rising sun to cultivate his spirit, which was something he could learn from.

The eyes are the windows to the soul, so it is clear that the eyes are the fastest channel to access the spirit. It is worth trying to absorb the purple energy through the eyes to strengthen the spirit.

Fang Tian said he would wait until he reached level 30 Quasi-Soul Master in Sweet Potato Village before venturing out, but less than three days later he happily went to Notting City to order a hundred throwing knives and bought a colorless, transparent triangular glass rod.

The next morning, we began testing the effects of the purple aura.

Fang Tian stepped out of his house and came to a small hill that was rarely visited, facing east. The Meridian Technique within his body was still circulating rapidly.

The purple aura at sunrise is also a kind of energy of heaven and earth, which should be able to be directly absorbed through the Meridian Qigong. As for whether it is absorbed through the eyes or other parts of the body, we need to observe more.

Fang Tian would encounter the moment of sunrise almost every day during his cultivation. The improvement in his spiritual power might not be without the effect of the rising sun's purple energy; he just hadn't noticed it before.

Today, I'll try using the purple aura to nourish my eyes and see the effect. If it works, Fang Tian can also develop an eye-related supernatural ability in the future.

After an hour and a half of cultivation, Fang Tian finally witnessed the sunrise. He only felt a fleeting flash of purple light before it was absorbed.

"This purple energy is indeed more beneficial for enhancing spiritual power. Compared to other parts of the body, it is also easier to absorb through the eyes." After careful observation, Fang Tian discovered that the soul power emitting a faint purple glow in the meridians around his eyes was constantly nourishing them.

"The rest is just a matter of seeing if the purple sunlight separated by the prism will have any effect," Fang Tian thought to himself.

After practicing the Meridian Exercise for another two hours, Fang finally finished his practice and went home for dinner.

After dinner, Fang Tian found an empty room, drew the heavy curtains, leaving only a sliver of light to let in. He took out a prism and kept adjusting the angle until the sunlight was finally scattered into a seven-colored rainbow.

Fang Tian let the purple sunlight shine on his eyes and, through careful sensing, drew a conclusion. The effect wasn't nonexistent, but it was extremely weak.

"It seems that the formation of the primordial purple aura is not simply due to purple sunlight. There must be some other factors that I haven't noticed, and these factors are now very weak," Fang Tian pondered.

"It has been three hours since sunrise. Whether this factor gradually weakened or suddenly weakened at sunrise will be known after further testing tomorrow."

The next day, Fang Tian got up early to continue his research on the purple aura from the previous day. After absorbing the first wave of purple aura at sunrise, he took out his triangular mirror and scattered purple sunlight.

Fang Tian carefully sensed the energy and found that although the purple aura was weaker than when the sun rose, it wasn't much weaker.

"It seems the Primordial Purple Qi is gradually decreasing. In that case, I won't be like that little rascal who can only absorb the Primordial Purple Qi for a short time each day. I can absorb it for at least half an hour. My daily effect can at least equal Tang San's monthly effect," Fang Tian thought excitedly.

"Practicing for one year is equivalent to, or even exceeds, the effect of a nobody practicing for thirty years. You must know that the effect of the Meridian Flow Therapy in absorbing the energy of heaven and earth is quite devastating."

"System, open your own panel."

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Purple Demon Eye (Beginner Level 3/1000)

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"What's with the 'Demon Eye'? I'm just borrowing that little punk's cultivation method; the underlying principles are completely different. I absorb the primordial purple energy according to the meridian flow, mainly to strengthen my spiritual power. Nourishing my eyes is just a side effect. Let's change the name to 'Purple Energy Nourishing the Spirit,'" Fang Tian said to the system.

The data on the panel slowly changed to: Purple Qi Nourishing Spirit (Initial Understanding 3/1000)

The method for cultivating control over one's power can be practiced directly, and Fang Tian gave it a name—"Condensing Silk and Controlling the Soul".

Besides practicing the Meridian Technique every day, Fang Tian mainly focuses on cultivating Purple Qi Spirit Nourishment and Condensing Silk Soul Control.

Three days later, Fang Tian received his custom-made willow-leaf throwing knife.

The throwing knife technique doesn't need to be complicated; three moves are enough: First, raise your left hand directly from its hanging position and throw the knife; second, raise your left hand diagonally upwards and to the left from your right waist and throw the knife; third, raise your left hand backwards or to the side, draw a circle, and throw the knife forward. Fang Tian directly names these three moves—straight, diagonal, and backward—mainly to emphasize their simplicity and ease of memorization.

Now that we have the throwing knives, let's put them to the test.

Fang Tian threw twenty willow-leaf throwing knives, choosing a large tree as his target. He threw all twenty knives in less than a minute, though only three managed to embed themselves in the tree.

"System, open your own panel."

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Willow Leaf Throwing Knife (Beginner Level 3/1000)

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"Every time the throwing knife hits the target, it counts as one practice point, so the practice points will increase very quickly," Fang Tian thought with a chuckle.

Fang Tian made a one-meter-sized target and placed it there, quickly increasing his proficiency.

Three days later, Fang Tian was dumbfounded to see that his proficiency in throwing knives was stuck at (Beginner Level 999/1000) and he couldn't improve it no matter what. Other skills only hit a bottleneck when you reached the advanced level, so why was the willow leaf throwing knife so special?

(End of this chapter)