Su Yu, unable to fully understand, suppressed the doubts in his heart and began to focus on cultivation.
He instructed Lindong to cook half a pound of Spirit Rice at noon. After eating the Spirit Rice, Su Yu took advantage of its thin spiritual energy, sat cross-legged under a tree in the yard, calmed his mind, and cultivated the Qingmu technique.
'The spiritual energy was a bit thin. Although there was a Spirit Gathering Array within the residence, and this place was also the point with the most intense spiritual energy nearby, it ultimately couldn't compare to those sect blessed lands.'
He felt his cultivation speed carefully as Su Yu gently shook his head.
The strength of the Su Family was still somewhat lacking.
The family didn't even have the land for a low-grade Spirit Vein.
If they had a low-grade Spirit Vein, his cultivation speed could be estimated to increase by two or three times.
Currently, in the thin spiritual energy environment, he could only rely on the spiritual energy from Spirit Rice to cultivate.
Fortunately, with the nurturing spiritual energy of Spirit Rice, Su Yu's cultivation speed did indeed increase slightly.
Originally, he needed to cultivate for more than four hours a day to reach his limit, but after consuming Spirit Rice, he only needed to cultivate for less than four hours each day.
The next day, the proficiency of the Qingmu technique increased to 1.88%.
Compared to the previous day, it increased by about 0.28%.
Calculating like this, he needed a year to increase to the second layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
Because he had just stepped onto the path of cultivation, Su Yu temporarily had no tasks assigned within the family and only needed to cultivate methodically each day. Each month, he received a monthly supply of Spirit Stones and Spirit Rice.
"Let me try a low-grade Spirit Stone." Su Yu couldn't help but use the only low-grade Spirit Stone he had for cultivation.
Five consecutive days passed, and Su Yu's cultivation speed doubled.
No, it should be said that the proficiency growth speed of the Qingmu technique had doubled.
In five days, proficiency increased from the original 1.88% to 4.7%.
The mana within the Qingmu technique grew significantly.
Unfortunately, in five days, the spiritual energy of that low-grade Spirit Stone was completely consumed. Without Spirit Stones, he could only rely on Spirit Rice for cultivation.
Cultivation speed decreased dramatically.
"It's more comfortable using Spirit Stones." Su Yu was a bit uncomfortable, but he quickly adjusted.
Slow is fine, as long as proficiency could improve, it was not urgent.
After all, he was only sixteen years old and had decades of lifespan; he thought to steadily and earnestly cultivate, he should have a chance of successfully establishing a foundation.
By then, he could have two hundred years of life span and attempt to find the opportunity to achieve a Golden Core...
Lay low, and there's hope for becoming a True Man at Core Formation!
Life was very calm. Besides cultivation, Su Yu also practiced the two spells he had in hand.
The proficiency improvement of spells was much easier than that of cultivation techniques; by cultivating methodically, from nine to five every day, it quickly reached over 10% proficiency.
Without needing to handle family affairs, Su Yu led a very fulfilling life every day, steadfastly cultivating techniques and spells.
On this day, during his free time, Su Yu came to the family library, looking through various books related to the Cultivation World.
"Yunjian Sect's Millennium Turmoil."
"Secrets of the Ming Mansion and Ming Palace That Must Be Told."
"Observations of Bai Yue's Immortal City."
"Oddities and Wonders of the Cultivation World in Daqian."
...
"Legend has it, the founding ancestor of Yunjian Sect, the Sword Fairy of Yunjian, was an exceptionally beautiful Sword Immortal who once flattened a mountain with one sword and established the mountain gate of Yunjian Sect..."
"Five hundred years ago, a prodigious Daozi emerged from Yunjian Sect, reaching the realm of a True Man at Golden Core at merely sixty years old, leading Yunjian Sect to its peak... However, a hundred years later, this Daozi was severely injured and died inexplicably, rumored to have challenged a Nascent Soul powerhouse from the Grand Moon Palace."
"The legacy of the Grand Moon Palace is mysterious, reportedly having a large moon lake Cave Heaven Blessed Land in its core dojo, where cultivation advancements are miraculous..."
"True Man Bai Yue spent his life pursuing his dreams, eventually becoming a legendary figure of the Grand Moon Palace..."
Most of these books recorded idle stories and some common knowledge in the Cultivation World.
Among them, there were quite a few rumors about legendary figures, especially Bai Yue True Man's past romantic affairs, which Su Yu read with great interest, although sadly there were no sequels.
For half a month, as long as Su Yu had leisure time, he would spend a while in the library.
One day, he found an old book.
"Oh, Crocodile Demon 108 Physical Training Techniques?" Looking at the record on this old book, Su Yu felt a stir in his heart.
In games, cultivation techniques were the highest and most important foundation for cultivators.
But apart from cultivation techniques, body refinement also couldn't be underestimated.
Because the pinnacle of body refinement was akin to ancient gods, like the Ancient Witch Clan era, which dominated a period with raw physical strength, invincible.
Perhaps body refinement methods weren't as superior as cultivation, but to say whether body refinement or cultivation was ultimately stronger, was hard to tell.
Moreover, even if some cultivators looked down on body refinement methods, in reality, many cultivators secretly practiced them.
Because, despite the overwhelming mana of cultivators, their physical body was a weakness.
Double-cultivating body refinement had many benefits.
Previously, Su Yu's game character practiced a body refinement method.
Su Yu carefully examined the Crocodile Demon 108 Physical Training Techniques in his hand and understood why these techniques lay covered in dust in the library.
This body refinement method was far from simple, originating from an ancient Great Demon, Crocodile.
To practice it, it required the same bloodline from the Great Demon clan as a foundation.
Nowadays, within River City's cultivation territory, such croc demon bloodline no longer existed.
Naturally, this body refinement method was abandoned.
And the body refinement method in Su Yu's hand contained the first eighteen techniques.
"Haha, Little Yu found this body refinement method? Feeling tempted?" An elderly voice came from behind, "Unfortunately, we tried many times in the early years, even paying great costs to acquire the essence blood of a croc demon for practice."
"But ultimately, none succeeded; this body refinement method wasn't only held by the Su Family but all cultivation forces possessed it."
"Yet after so many years, no one succeeded in practicing it."
"Croc Demon Clan's bloodline likely became extinct."
Su Yu turned around, revealing it was the family elder, Fifth Elder Su Bin, an elder with slightly white hair who reached the seventh layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
This library reportedly was built by Fifth Elder Su Bin, and most of the books here were collected painstakingly by him to broaden the knowledge and insights of the family's younger generation.
"Fifth Grandpa." Thus Su Yu respectfully bowed, showing great respect to this elder.
He said hesitantly, "I wonder if this body refinement method can be borrowed for a while?"
Su Bin laughed, "Sure, but if you try and fail to practice, just stop wasting effort; the most important thing is your own cultivation."
"Thank you, Fifth Grandpa." Su Yu replied happily.
Having found this body refinement method, Su Yu no longer had the heart to read other books and immediately took the Crocodile Demon 108 Physical Training Techniques and left.
Returning to his courtyard, Su Yu began to study this body refinement method carefully.
Although he didn't have the so-called croc demon bloodline foundation, he quietly practiced the recorded eighteen body refinement techniques.
Ten consecutive days passed.
Besides his routine cultivation of the Qingmu technique and spells, Su Yu spent his extra time practicing the Crocodile Demon body refinement techniques.
On this day, accompanied by a resonant sound within his body, Su Yu felt his blood and energy boiling like lava, intensely hot.
His skin, flesh, and bones were transforming; vaguely, the surging blood and energy within were gathering into a true form of a giant croc, entangled in blood-colored energy akin to a demon, the giant croc formed and let out a skyward roar.
"Roar!"
Su Yu was greatly surprised, seeing his skin surface manifest blood patterns, immense internal force arising, giving him the illusion of being able to shatter mountains and rocks with a punch.
[Cultivation Technique: Crocodile Demon 108 Physical Training Techniques (Layer One, proficiency 0.1%).]