Light Fortress

Chapter 1750 - 398: For Humanity’s Homeland

The torrent of snow swept across the giant wall like a flood, akin to a heavenly waterfall cascading down. Silver Fox waved his hand, opening a pitch-black barrier that completely shielded against the heavy snow.

His gaze toward Gu Shen had already changed.

Initially, from Bai Xiu’s description of Gu Shen, he merely thought of him as a rare genius like Little Xiuzi, encountered once in a century.

Now, he realized.

This kid is peculiar!

How many years has he been cultivating, and yet he’s already differentiated five streams of heart flow power... Wouldn’t he surpass me in two more years at this rate?

No, based on Gu Shen’s recent state of mind, he doesn’t need two years!

Gu Shen, sitting cross-legged, was unaware of these thoughts from Silver Fox.

He was immersed in the recent spiritual visualization.

It’s rare to have an opportunity to temper one’s mental state. Even in a resource-rich starter account, there was no trial for the mental state. The God of Iron and Craftsmen didn’t create a cultivation room for cultivators ’above heart flow,’ and the eight pieces of Ghostly Soul Jade in the meditation room were reserved for Transcendents below the heart flow state for meditation.

This time.

Silver Fox General’s pressure training proved greatly beneficial to Gu Shen.

For Transcendents, most breakthroughs occur due to external pressure.

Life or death, victory or defeat.

But the heart state is different... The heart state emphasizes ’entering tranquility’; applying pressure before achieving heart flow is detrimental to its cultivation.

And those who achieve the heart flow state are exceptionally few.

One could say, top-level heart flow realms like Silver Fox’s are rare throughout the Five Continents.

"I caught all five snowballs."

"But unfortunately... the sixth heart flow power failed to consolidate."

Gu Shen carefully recollected the sensation he just experienced. His spirit sea had already expanded considerably. The moment the fifth stream of heart flow power was developed, he felt his brain region broaden and clear, like a blind man opening his eyes to witness the light.

This indicates that heart state cultivation can be achieved through external pressure.

However, the failure to consolidate the sixth stream of heart flow also proved one point.

His heart state is not entirely without thresholds...

The smooth consolidation of the fifth stream of heart flow power was because he had already prepared for it. In other words, he already had the capability to differentiate the ’five streams of heart flow,’ only lacking an external opportunity.

"Is it because I attempted to differentiate multiple streams of spirit?"

Gu Shen calmed himself down.

Extraordinary cultivation is essentially a life leap.

The travelers wandering the Old World, due to the lack of breathable air, developed powerful lungs, elongated vertical pupils, and wings.

Use it or lose it.

The heart flow state is similar.

To become titled, one doesn’t need to possess ’heart flow,’ so the majority of Transcendents simply stabilize their spirits within a range and don’t spend time on heart cultivation.

Who really needs to multitask with five or six streams?

With a bitter smile, Gu Shen asked, "Lord Silver Fox, you’re indeed formidable... What’s the highest number of heart flow differentiations you’ve achieved?"

"I’ve achieved up to seven streams of heart flow power."

Silver Fox, hearing Gu Shen’s admiration, felt a mix of emotions.

Is he formidable?

For other Transcendents, seven streams of heart flow power is unattainable, but for Gu Shen... they’re almost on par now.

Silver Fox patted Gu Shen’s shoulder, sighed, and said, "The future is yours. At such a young age, you’ve already reached this point. It won’t be long before you completely surpass me."

Gu Shen was well-aware of his own capabilities.

The reason he could continually break through in ’heart flow’ was partly due to Chi Huo providing strong mental support and the other part due to deep cultivation under the Ice Sea.

It was because he had to differentiate his mind to handle several things at once that he reached his current level of heart flow.

But how about Silver Fox?

How did he cultivate to this level?

"I’ve ordered the withdrawal of Deep Sea surveillance from the Umbrella Defense Line in Chanyi City."

Silver Fox General, as if possessing a Mind Reading Technique, could discern the young man’s current doubts with a single glance. He smiled and explained, "Having lived through the Red Emperor Era, I don’t fully trust Deep Sea. For critical matters like guarding the human frontier, I prefer to handle them myself."

"That’s why I usually leave a stream of heart flow power stationed at the frontline of the ’Umbrella Defense Line.’

Silver Fox continued, "Additionally, the internal affairs of the Second Army are complex. If a team from the Investigation Corps needs to perform missions outside Chanyi City, merely two or three streams of heart flow power aren’t enough. Under such circumstances, I cultivated seven streams of heart flow power..."

Now I understand.

Gu Shen suddenly realized.

"Rustbone and White Lizard, they don’t possess as strong a heart state as mine."

Silver Fox smiled slightly, half boasting and half bragging, "This matter depends on talent. Seven streams of heart flow power aren’t something you can just differentiate... To my knowledge, even the incredibly powerful titled ones haven’t consolidated a second stream of heart flow."

"It’s indeed so."

Gu Shen sighed, "It seems Transcendents from the Five Continents don’t pay much attention to this."

But in ancient civilizations, it was different.

The God of Iron and Craftsmen placed great emphasis on heart state cultivation. He could even differentiate over ten streams of heart flow!

"Yes."

Silver Fox said, "On a few occasions I’ve left the fortress to explore, I’ve received some legacies from the Old World. At a certain ruin, I acquired a Spiritual Breathing Method. This method helps stabilize the heart state and emphasizes the importance of heart state cultivation for Transcendents."

"A breathing method to enhance heart state cultivation?"

Gu Shen’s eyes lit up.

"Would you like to take a look?"

Silver Fox spoke with a smile, not at all stingy, and then directly projected that scroll of the breathing technique onto Gu Shen’s Heart Lake through spiritual communication.

This was a fragmented breathing technique.

The remnants of the Old World were mostly ravaged by the Source Material Storm, making it almost impossible to find a complete breathing technique.

After flipping through it, Gu Shen found that this breathing technique was easy to read; as his spiritual sense swept over it, his Heart Lake resonated.

Obviously, this was a transcript translated by the Silver Fox General.

The breathing techniques of the Old World were often written in ancient scripts.

He raised his head curiously and asked: "Do you understand the ancient script in this breathing technique?"

"I know a bit."

Silver Fox smiled and said, "I had friends from the Ancient Literature Society teach me some... Unfortunately, this breathing technique primarily guides Transcendents to ’refine craftsmanship.’ It talks about how to create sealed items and how to refine mithril."

"..."

Gu Shen hadn’t yet gone through it in detail, but hearing this, he understood.

This breathing technique was likely related to the god of craftsmen.

Even if it wasn’t original, it was left by the descendants of the god of craftsmen.

For the Five Continents Transcendents, this was indeed dispensable; everyone was focused on enhancing their own combat power, and as long as the spirit was stable, Heart Flow Power was irrelevant.

But...

For forging inheritors, this was an invaluable treasure that was hard to come by!

To become a figure like the god of craftsmen, one indeed needed an extremely strong mental cultivation. The more complex the sealed item, the more intricate the crafting process, requiring extreme focus and the ability to split several strands of Heart Flow Power to have the chance of success.

"I will take this scroll of the breathing technique."

Gu Shen didn’t hesitate and sincerely said, "As a token of appreciation, I have a gift for you."

"A gift?"

Silver Fox raised his eyebrows, finding it somewhat amusing.

At his level, desires for worldly things were nearly nonexistent.

Especially after encountering the origin, Silver Fox deeply realized his own limits.

Being able to refine a strand of Origin Power by "chance" was the pinnacle of his life.

His life had already reached its ultimate limit.

What gift in this world could move him?

"This is a hundred pounds of black silver."

Gu Shen flipped his hand to take out a specially-made round box, same as the one belonging to the Purple Rain Commander.

"A hundred pounds?"

The expression on Silver Fox’s face was even more shocked than Purple Rain’s had been.

Because Purple Rain stationed in Central City, long term guarding the Empress Manor and rarely venturing out, her contact with "black silver" was merely numbers.

Purple Rain knew black silver was scarce.

But she didn’t know what the process of mining black silver looked like, or what its deeper meaning was.

Silver Fox was different.

The Northwest Frontier was one of the main mining areas for North Continent black silver... He had personally participated in and overseen the mining work for black silver, having witnessed the birth of black silver first-hand.

So he knew just how scarce this stuff was; it took the strength of an entire corps to mine a hundred pounds, which required a long time!

North Continent was the most abundant in mithril.

But the black silver yield was scarce, its value immeasurable, and every gram had to be used wisely.

And now.

Gu Shen suddenly took out a hundred pounds in front of him!

"No need to be polite, just take it."

Gu Shen spoke with a smile, and pushed the special box forward: "As for what these black silver can be used for, I’m sure you know better than I."

Silver Fox remained silent.

He didn’t know how Gu Shen managed to produce so much black silver at once.

But this... was indeed a gift he couldn’t refuse.

Despite having reached the limit of Extraordinary Cultivation and having no material desires himself.

There was still an entire corps behind him.

Silver Fox was stationed at the Northwest Frontier to defend North Continent, and even humanity’s home behind North Continent.

What supported him in doing these things was responsibility and a sense of mission.

If he had this batch of black silver, the elite forces of the Second Army could fully upgrade their equipment, making it easier to respond to Source Material Storms after applying black silver. If there were any leftovers after distribution, he would give this surplus black silver to Rust Bone and White Lizard.

"...Thank you."

Silver Fox’s voice became somewhat hoarse.

He didn’t refuse and accepted the cabin box, took a deep breath, and solemnly spoke.

"Mr. Xiao Gu, thank you once again for the sake of humankind’s home."

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