Cultivation: Beginning with the Heart Reflecting Heaven and Earth

Lu Qian could kill Wuze Shuilu with his bare hands, so shooting with a bow and arrow would certainly be no problem, provided he could aim accurately.

Ironically, before Luo Wei reminded him, Lu Qian had never thought of such a simple method.

He subconsciously believed that demonic beasts were different from ordinary beasts and could not be dealt with by ordinary means; they could only be dealt with by magic. Therefore, he did not associate them with bows and arrows at all, forgetting that he had once killed a demonic beast with his wild punches.

"With my body-refining cultivation, I'm hardly an ordinary person anymore. The power of my arrows is also unmatched by ordinary people! Killing a few Misty Swamp Herons shouldn't be a problem!"

The Misty Swamp Heron was the final hurdle. Once this problem was solved, clearing the Myriad Laws Battle Tower on the first try wouldn't be a big issue, and Lu Qian immediately felt much more relaxed.

After returning, he continued his training and cultivation as usual. Then, Lu Qian went to the Mind World. He first materialized a bow and arrow, practiced for a while, and then felt that he was ready. He then changed the scene to the Myriad Laws Battle Tower.

After appearing on the ship, Lu Qian did not jump off immediately, but instead drew his bow and shot an arrow at the water heron in the misty marsh.

To prevent the arrow from being too weak, he also specially used the stacking force technique of the Nine Waves of the Vast Ocean, adding double the force to the bow and arrow. When the arrow was shot out, it pierced a large hole in the body of a water heron in the mist, and gray and white feathers fell down one after another.

The water heron's defenses aren't very strong to begin with, but its advantages are that it can fly, has high mobility, and can also enter the water, making it appear and disappear unpredictably.

Now that Lu Qian had a bow and arrows, these misty herons would die as soon as they came near him. His strength seemed inexhaustible. He kept drawing his bow and shooting arrows, and soon killed nearly ten of them. The remaining misty herons had learned their lesson and scattered far away, making it much harder to hit them now.

"Next time, act faster. Kill as many as possible before they can react; that should be enough!"

"The Ice Scale Crocodiles are the easiest to deal with. Just engage them in close combat. They can't fight me at all and are nothing to worry about."

"As for the Ink-backed Toad, its whole body is covered in poisonous water. The best way to deal with it is to freeze it with the Turbid Wave Bone-Corroding Curse and then ignite it with fire. However, I am not very skilled in using magic, so if I want to get rid of most of the Ink-backed Toads, I will have to be strategic and also have to rely on luck."

"Once most of the monsters are dealt with, the remaining few can be handled by ourselves without causing too much trouble."

Strategically, there are no more obstacles. As long as we conduct repeated drills, we can definitely pass the final test and get into the rhythm that Lu Qian is familiar with.

If he practices thousands more times, he believes he will have no problem passing the first level of the Myriad Laws Battle Tower trial, but he still has some doubts in his heart.

"It's said that clearing the first level of the Myriad Laws Battle Tower requires roughly the maximum combat strength of the mid-stage Qi Refining realm. Do I already possess that maximum combat strength?"

Lu Qian is only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and he hasn't learned many spells. His most powerful spell is the Turbid Wave Bone-Corroding Curse, along with his body refining cultivation and the Ninefold Waves of the Vast Ocean. All things considered, he thinks he might actually be a very strong fighter.

The reason is simple: the spells, body-refining techniques, and physical combat skills that Lu Qian learned are all relatively difficult, and it would take a lot of time to learn just one of them, yet he knows them all.

Any one of these items would be enough to make one a formidable opponent in their respective fields. Lu Qian possesses all of them, so he can hardly be considered weak.

Stopping his thoughts, Lu Qian began practicing. He planned to clear the first level of the Myriad Laws Battle Tower before the training mission began, so he couldn't slack off now.

Several days passed in a flash. He had been living a more fulfilling life than ever before. Every day, he would go out with Luo Wei to eat and drink to his heart's content, then come back to train according to Luo Wei's arrangements, and finally cultivate and break through the first level of the Myriad Laws Battle Tower formed from his inner world.

However, in addition to the previous fixed activities, Lu Qian arranged another activity: stepping on water lilies. He did this not only to train his ability to control his strength, but also to learn the movement technique in the Zhou Tian Xing Qiao, the Star Step!

Stepping on stars, light as a firefly, swift as a falling star, with clothes that don't flutter and no wind to be heard, walking on air without a sound.

This is primarily a movement technique used for short-distance dashes and close-quarters combat. It is extremely agile, with each step leaving a star trail that appears out of thin air and borrows strength from the void. Even those at lower cultivation levels can achieve good results.

"Once you've mastered it, you can practically step on your right foot with your left and soar into the sky!"

Lu Qian couldn't help but think of it.

Of course, for cultivators, ascending to heaven is not too difficult; it is merely a matter of flying. However, not all flying is the same.

Moreover, for body-refining cultivators, relying solely on flight is insufficient for close-quarters combat; it would be too inflexible. They would need specialized movement techniques to better unleash their combat power.

Without a doubt, the Star-Stepping Step is such a movement technique.

However, even though Lu Qian had practiced for several days, it was still a bit difficult for him to borrow strength from the void. It wasn't that he couldn't do it, but mainly because his cultivation level was too low. If he were to use it completely, he would run out of true energy in just a few moves. So he could only use the youth version of the Star Step.

"Use it only when it's absolutely necessary, and the opportunities for close combat are actually quite rare. It's enough to use it to avoid danger; there's no need to focus too much on it."

Afterwards, Lu Qian manifested the scene of the Ten Thousand Laws Battle Tower again. He first drew his bow and shot arrows, killing more than a dozen misty herons. Then he picked up his double maces and jumped into the water, killing seven ice-scaled crocodiles with a bang. Finally, he used the Turbid Wave Corrosion Curse in different directions to freeze a large number of Ink-backed Toads. Then he set a fire, and the poisonous smoke rolled. One after another, the Ink-backed Toads exploded and died under the dual heavens of ice and fire.

While the remaining monsters were far away from him, he took a short break to meditate on the water. When they saw an opportunity and rushed forward again, he immediately got up, picked up his double maces, and killed the remaining monsters one by one.

"Only three water herons remain in the sky, keep shooting!"

After Lu Qian fired the first wave of shots, these water herons scattered, only occasionally taking advantage of Lu Qian's battles with other monsters to suddenly descend from the sky or emerge from the water to launch surprise attacks.

They fly so fast that it's difficult for Lu Qian to catch them.

However, when another misty heron tried to escape, Lu Qian used the Star-Stepping Technique to climb a few steps in mid-air. It was as if there were invisible steps in the air supporting him to continue forward.

Then Lu Qian reached out and grabbed the misty heron that was trying to ambush him, tearing it to shreds.

"I'm successfully completing the game more and more often."

This was not the first time Lu Qian had successfully passed the trial of the first level of the Myriad Laws Battle Tower.

But in the past, there was always some element of luck involved. This time, it was all due to Lu Qian's own strength, and there wasn't much of a luck factor.

Now, Lu Qian can pass about four or five times out of ten, and the reason for his failures is mostly due to luck.

However, he decided to wait until he was 100% sure he could pass before going to the Tower of Ten Thousand Laws.

This can be considered as accumulating some combat experience, so Lu Qian wasn't in a hurry.

About ten days after Lu Qian arrived at Luo Wei's place, Luo Wei finally called Lu Qian over.

"It seems we'll have to part ways!"

This thought couldn't help but cross his mind.

Considering the time commitment, the fact that Luo Wei was able to dedicate so much time to instructing Lu Qian already meant he had made a huge profit, so he had nothing to complain about.