You promised yourself to be a caged bird, but you became the supreme young master?

"Two more servings of low-grade spiritual food, please."

A young man in fine clothes casually tossed down a money pouch, along with a free low-grade spiritual food, and he received a total of three wooden boxes containing a portion of low-grade spiritual food.

After quickly eating three fist-sized rice balls, he didn't leave, nor did he buy a few more servings of low-grade spiritual food.

Instead, he went to the other side of the cafeteria, ordered a basic, unlimited serving of ordinary food, and ate it heartily.

"It seems that even low-grade spiritual food has its limits in terms of effectiveness."

Or perhaps the average person can only consume a maximum of three servings at a time?

While eating ordinary food and observing silently, Lu Heng keenly noticed that more than one richly dressed young man had made this choice, and thus drew a conclusion.

One such occurrence might be a coincidence, but multiple occurrences are inevitable.

"The gap isn't so huge as to be unimaginable," Lu Heng thought with a hint of helplessness.

If the amount of low-grade spiritual food one can eat at one time depends on how much one can consume, then the difference becomes terrifying.

Compared to one, three portions still have a significant difference, perhaps even a huge one.

But it wasn't that exaggerated.

If an ordinary person has high enough talent, one training session is equivalent to several training sessions, so it is not impossible to catch up.

It's not that wealthy people can simply overwhelm talented individuals by throwing resources at them.

Of course, this situation might not be impossible, but he simply can't access it now.

"After all, besides low-grade spiritual food, there are also mid-grade and even high-grade spiritual food..."

Tsk tsk, just thinking about this world is somewhat despairing.

Lu Heng shook his head speechlessly, but stopped thinking about it and continued to eat the ordinary food heartily.

It's worth mentioning that...

In this ancient world, seasonings were not well-developed, or even if they existed, they were not something an ordinary person like him could access.

Besides salt, ordinary food, although it may contain meat, lacks any other seasonings and tastes bland.

After having a full meal, Lu Heng returned to the training ground to prepare for the next round of training.

It wasn't that he didn't want to go straight home, but rather that, apart from the first cultivation session where qi and blood could be directly guided for further cultivation, his qi and blood were the primary means of cultivation.

Such good fortune did not last in subsequent spiritual practice.

Unless one possesses exceptional talent and grasps the vital energy from the very beginning.

Normally, except for the first time practicing, ordinary people can only guide their Qi and blood to practice through a combination of movement and stillness before they enter the path of cultivation.

Lu Heng's courtyard was too small; there was simply no room to move around freely, so using it for cultivation was out of the question.

Slowly stretching out his arms and legs, Lu Heng recalled the "Twelve Forms of Body Refinement" from the Basic Body Refinement Method in his mind, which pertained to movement.

The movements are very simple and not complicated, reaching a state of returning to simplicity and nature, almost like the Tao.

It's somewhat similar to the Tai Chi of Lu Heng's previous life, but they are fundamentally different.

Lu Heng memorized the movements completely in a short time last night.

However, the reason why the Twelve Body Refinement Forms are effective is not because of the movements themselves, but because of the Qi and blood.

The movement merely serves to guide the flow of qi and blood.

However, a very real problem soon arose that left Lu Heng feeling helpless.

That is, even if an ordinary person has memorized the movements, it does not mean that they can perfectly replicate them.

When practicing the Twelve Forms of Body Refinement, some distortion of the movements is inevitable.

Before his body truly gets used to the movements, his progress on the "Basic Body Refining Method" will be much less efficient.

With his original three daily cultivation sessions, plus one session after consuming a low-grade spiritual food, he should be able to cultivate four times a day.

However, due to the limitations of the Twelve Body Refinement Forms, Lu Heng estimated that he could only practice three times at most today, and the one less time would be wasted because the movements were not standard.

Without low-grade spiritual food, he probably wouldn't even be able to cultivate twice a day.

Fortunately, with two sessions of practicing the Basic Body Refining Method, his mastery of the twelve body refining forms visibly improved.

It should only take a day or two to fully grasp it, thus avoiding the losses caused by ineffective practice.

However, this will inevitably delay his entry into the field by a day or two.

However, "thirty days..."

That's enough!

[Technique: Basic Body Refinement Method (Beginner Level 3/100)]

Having just finished two training sessions, Lu Heng was enveloped in white steam. He opened the panel, glanced at it, then let out a long breath and thought to himself.

He had no intention of lingering in the training ground and got up to leave.

Of course, he didn't intend to go straight home; having just arrived in this world, he still lacked any understanding of it.

Or perhaps, before he awakened to the mystery of the womb, his understanding of this world was extremely shallow.

However, it just so happens that these young people, who are part of the [Awakening Ritual], are not qualified to do anything.

However, there was no problem borrowing some unimportant books from the library at the Lu clan's ancestral home.

It's just that most teenagers wouldn't waste their time doing such a thing.

If one cannot even begin to establish a foundation, then everything else is just empty talk.

Lu Heng is special because he has a panel that allows him to see his progress directly. He can only cultivate three to four times a day without fail.

With confidence that they could establish a foundation, they naturally began to plan ahead.

Completing the Foundation Establishment stage and entering the Body Refinement Realm is just the beginning.

The Body Refining Secret Realm, with its nine levels of Body Refining, is said to be the starting point of cultivation. It is said that one can cultivate even in places where the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is scarce or even nearly nonexistent.

Of course, the difficulty of cultivation in such a place is almost incomparable to that of ordinary times, and the Body Refining Secret Realm is also known as the mortal martial arts path.

Even a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm who has reached the limit is only slightly stronger than someone at the ninth level of Body Refinement, barely able to touch the edge of the Qi Refining Secret Realm.

Besides the Body Refining Realm, the path of cultivation also includes the Qi Refining Realm, the Mystic Refining Realm, and so on...

As for the cultivation realms beyond that, Lu Heng had only vaguely heard of them in this lifetime, and didn't even know their names.

He knows so much, which is largely thanks to his background in a cultivation family. Even if he is just a branch family member, he is still far better at acquiring information than ordinary people.

Of course, this doesn't include the two points: being a caged bird and dying if one doesn't cultivate oneself.

If we really take these two points into account, compared to ordinary people in this world, they probably aren't much better off.

………………

"Remember to return it within ten days."

The servant in charge of the ordinary library looked at the young man with surprise, somewhat puzzled, but without arrogance. Instead, he offered a reminder.

"Thanks."

Lu Heng, holding a book, nodded to the other person.

The book he borrowed was called "Travels in the Great Qi Dynasty," which supposedly described some basic customs and traditions of the Great Qi Dynasty.

He had wanted to watch it before, but unfortunately he was short of money.

Now that the opportunity has arisen, I certainly won't let it slip by.