Cultivation: Beginning with the Heart Reflecting Heaven and Earth

After that, there were no further setbacks. On the tenth day, Lu Qian had already attempted to truly open the Star Aperture in his mental world, and had roughly determined several suitable locations in his heart, which he was experimenting with one by one.

The process of trial and error was quite tedious, but when he thought about everything he had suffered because of his low cultivation level and low status, he was full of motivation.

Here, great power can be attributed to oneself. As long as one continues to cultivate, one will have everything, and there will be a chance to avenge past humiliations.

Lu Qian didn't show anger on the surface because he understood that he was now insignificant and his voice carried little weight. Even if he got angry, it would only be a powerless rage. He would rather turn his grief and indignation into motivation and one day make those who looked down on him pay the price.

The power of the stars moved slowly through the heart, and after selecting a location, it instantly outlined a tiny, three-dimensional talisman. After trembling for a moment, it stabilized.

"It's done!"

While surprised, Lu Qian felt as if he had missed something, but he was unaware of it. In his mind, a faint and unfamiliar thought came, seemingly without intelligence, yet it had a sense of gathering power, as if it was waiting for something.

"Once the mind is sharpened, one's thoughts will flow like a spring. Simply put, one will have more insight and will think things through one more time. One will notice things that were not noticed before, and one's comprehension will also improve."

Talk is cheap, so Lu Qian wanted to test the effects of his mind's eye. He immediately started refining pills and felt as if he had gained an extra eye. This eye did not provide additional vision, but rather an extra perspective. Many of the steps that were originally a bit chaotic became orderly.

"This must be the effect of my mind. My mental strength has improved, which has indirectly improved my comprehension, and I have become clearer in doing things."

Lu Qian is only at the third level of Qi Refining, and his divine sense is not yet fully formed. He doesn't have a very obvious sense of mental state, but he occasionally feels mentally exhausted. However, this feeling has lessened a bit now.

"This mental state is very suitable for my mental world. I can try and fail in my mental world. Although I can refresh my state and it doesn't take much effort, I still feel tired when I return to reality. Moreover, I lack comprehension and learn things slowly, so it takes a long time."

"After opening my mind, my comprehension improved, and my mental strength also increased. The combination of these two things brought me an improvement that was exponential."

Simply put, he will be able to learn magic and alchemy faster and more easily in the future, and will be able to make greater use of the advantages of his inner world.

Originally, Lu Qian was just an ordinary disciple with three spiritual roots. He only had some talent in things like deduce spells and refine pills, which required a lot of repetition, thanks to his inner world. Even without his inner world, he should still be considered a genius.

"Try to open your mind a few more times, and then realize it in the real world."

After trying more than ten times without a single failure, Lu Qian finally felt relieved and exited the mental world. It was now the thirteenth day.

"Opening the star aperture requires drawing upon the power of the stars, which is definitely not feasible indoors; we need to find a suitable place."

Lu Qian looked at the sky outside. It was already night. A crescent moon hung in the sky, and bright stars shone in the heavens. Now was a good time.

Without further hesitation, Lu Qian plunged into the night, heading towards a deserted hilltop from his memory.

The cultivators had long since disregarded day and night. On their way out, they could still see many people, and in some secluded places, they could hear whispers, both men and women, who were probably couples out for a tryst, mostly newcomers to the sect.

Only those who have just entered the path will have the mind to care about love between men and women. Anyone with a little cultivation only has one goal: to improve their cultivation!

Upon reaching the small hill, Lu Qian took off his shirt, sat cross-legged, and began to draw upon the starlight. However, he felt somewhat helpless. "Without the special environment created within my inner world, it's still a bit difficult for outsiders to draw upon the power of the stars; it's too weak."

This is normal. Unless one has a special physique related to the stars or has a special formation to assist them, it is not easy for ordinary people to draw upon the power of the stars.

However, once the Star Aperture is opened, it won't be so difficult. The Star Aperture integrates with oneself, which will also change one's physique, making the body more compatible with the power of the stars, and cultivation will not be so difficult.

Several hours later, when the sky began to lighten, Lu Qian felt that he had enough star power. Not wanting to waste time, he guided the star power to his heart after a few breaths and then opened the star aperture without any ripples.

At that moment, even though the stars in the sky had gradually disappeared, he still felt the power of the stars gathering towards him. Although it wasn't much, it was much more than before, and he didn't need to focus on controlling it.

"Finally finished. Let's go to Wanfa Peak and see what good news Chu Liu has to tell me."

After waiting for almost half a month, Lu Qian had calmed down, but he still wanted to reveal the answer as soon as possible.

"If nothing unexpected happens, I probably won't be able to stay in the sect for the time being. There are just too many opportunities to do things underhandedly while I'm still doing missions in the sect, and it will be very difficult for me to get out unscathed."

Just like the last pearl-harvesting mission, Lu Qian had already been released, but he almost became the scapegoat.

If I take on any more tasks within the sect, I could easily be framed and falsely accused, and then it would be even harder to clear my name.

There was no way to deal with it for the time being. Lu Qian had no backing and had offended people, so he was facing difficulties at every turn.

"If that doesn't work, take on some garrison missions. They seem dangerous, but it's not easy to sabotage them. If you do some escort missions, others can easily pretend to be bandits and kill you, which is more dangerous."

For some island garrison missions, the dangers mostly come from cultivators who have undergone calamity or demonic beasts. Either of these is a big deal. If someone were to bring in cultivators who have undergone calamity or demonic beasts for Lu Qian's sake, he would accept it.

However, Lu Qian believed that his value was not so great that he needed to resort to such actions to frame him.

With something on his mind, even though he had mastered the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao technique, Lu Qian was not as carefree as he had imagined.

But after his mind was opened, Lu Qian showed many different traits. In the past, he would just walk and glance at other people. Now, he had more time to analyze who the other person was and whether they were hostile to him.

Although the feeling wasn't very strong, it was still somewhat novel for Lu Qian, and when he recalled what had happened before, he always felt that he had been used as a pawn by Zhao Qi.

At the time, Zhao Qi said that the sect had already taken notice of the pearl harvesting, so he did not plan to go anymore and sent Lu Qian instead. Sure enough, something happened afterward. Even objectively speaking, it was Zhao Qi who sent him to take the blame.

Indeed, Zhao Qi did compensate Lu Qian a lot, but that doesn't change the fact that he used Lu Qian, and he may have hidden a lot from Lu Qian, including the fact that he betrayed him, which may not be untrue.

"I've gone through so much, and I'm still so grateful to him. Why didn't I think of that before?"

If at the beginning Lu Qian thought it was a very worthwhile deal, having obtained a pill furnace and those pill formulas, now he is a little uncertain.

Because the impact of this incident exceeded expectations, Lu Qian can no longer even stay in his sect. If an ordinary person were to suffer such a blow, their future would be bleak. It is only because he has the Heart World that he has a glimmer of hope.

"Now that I've become more discerning, I've certainly gained a lot of cunning!"

What happened in the past is hard to change. Lu Qian can only focus on the future and hope that one day he will no longer be a pawn!