Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Optimizing the Five Hearts Towards the Sky

Chapter 43 The Method of Entering Meditation

After reaching a deal with Yu Qinglan, Chen Yuan said he needed two days to prepare, which was actually to wait for the optimization of the meditation method to be completed.

After all, the current optimization system can only support one optimization task at a time.

However, Chen Yuan has not been idle these past two days. Since he is only one plant spirit away from breaking through to the middle level, he simply stopped going to the gravity chamber to cultivate gene energy and instead focused on comprehending the wind of existence.

Therefore, during this period, whenever Yu Qinglan began to cultivate using the Wind of Existence, Chen Yuan would always stand by and watch.

It wouldn't be accurate to say he was looking at her, because Chen Yuan's gaze wasn't on Yu Qinglan at all; instead, he was using his phone to browse through the electronic manuals he had purchased from the Extreme Home.

After a while, Chen Yuan would even get too lazy to stand, and would simply pull up a chair and sit down, looking at the manual while using his mental power to sense Yu Qinglan's cultivation progress.

This is because Chen Yuan doesn't need to comprehend it personally; he only needs to collect data and then hand it over to the system to optimize it into a secret technique.

Yu Qinglan found this Junior Brother Chen really strange. He clearly said he wanted to observe her cultivation, but when he arrived, he only looked at his phone and didn't seem to want to comprehend the essence of the art at all.

After they reached a deal, Chen Yuan came the next day, but his absent-mindedness made Yu Qinglan uncomfortable, and she couldn't help but ask him questions.

Chen Yuan replied that he had a special way of perceiving things, and that he didn't need to use his eyes to see; he just told her to pretend he didn't exist.

Thus, Yu Qinglan began her cultivation in this strange atmosphere, and after she finished cultivating, she could often no longer find Chen Yuan's whereabouts.

Because Chen Yuan had already left and returned to Jiangnan Pavilion to hone his swordsmanship in the virtual space.

As his mastery of the Gale Sword Technique approached its limit, his daily improvement became smaller and smaller. Fortunately, with his own practice, his mastery did not stagnate and continued to increase at a slow but steady pace.

Thus, Chen Yuan's daily life consisted of watching Yu Qinglan cultivate and being tempered in the Trial Tower. Two days later, Chen Yuan did not go out during the day, but instead hid in Jiangnan Pavilion, waiting for the optimization of the meditation method to gradually come to an end.

Finally, the optimization progress bar reached 100%.

"The optimization task has been completed. The secret technique 'Hibernation Technique - Crystal Meditation' has been optimized into 'Entering Meditation Technique - Origin Star Meditation' (click to expand details)"

"Finally finished." Chen Yuan stared at the panel, his eyes bright. "The system automatically named it Origin Star Meditation? Is it because Earth was called Origin Star in the previous era?"

The so-called previous era does not refer to hundreds or thousands of years ago, but to billions of years ago, the era of Earth before the "Great Cataclysm".

Chen Yuan remembered that since Earth was created by the Mountain-Sitting Guest, it has gone through three eras: the first era, "Mountain and Sea Realm", the second era, "Source Star", and the third era, "Earth". Each era has experienced the reorganization of civilization after a great destruction.

As for why the optimized secret technique is called the Origin Star Meditation Method instead of the Earth or Mountain and Sea Meditation Method, Chen Yuan learned from the system that the system believed that among the three names, the Origin Star Meditation Method best suited Chen Yuan's aesthetic sense.

Upon learning this answer, Chen Yuan was both amused and exasperated; the reason was something else entirely.

However, the system does understand him. If Chen Yuan had to choose from three names, he would also choose "Source Star Meditation Method". There is no other reason than that it looks pleasing to the eye!

Therefore, Chen Yuan had no intention of changing his name and directly clicked on the details of the meditation method.

Entering Meditation - Origin Star Meditation: A cultivation-type secret technique, rating unknown (exceeding the Earth-based secret technique rating). This meditation method, centered on Earth, contains the cultivation path after entering a state of deep meditation. Specific effects are as follows:

First, practicing this secret technique can increase brain capacity. For every 10% increase in proficiency in the secret technique, brain capacity increases by 1 point.

Second, practicing this secret method can enhance the strength of consciousness, up to a maximum of two major levels of the body.

Although this secret technique only has two effects, its contents are terrifying.

Chen Yuan was extremely surprised, and the more he looked, the more alarmed he became.

"This meditation technique can actually directly increase brain capacity?" Chen Yuan's eyes widened. "Every 10% increase in proficiency increases brain capacity by one point. If it's mastered, wouldn't it increase brain capacity by 30 points?!"

You should know that even after all that hard work and special opportunities, his brain capacity has only increased by 6 points.

Now this secret technique tells him that as long as he cultivates it to perfection, he can increase his brain capacity by another 30 points, which is higher than his current total brain capacity!

Chen Yuan took a deep breath, and the mental power of his meditative state instantly calmed his excited emotions. After calming down, he continued his research.

After a moment, Chen Yuan slowly exhaled.

"In summary, this meditation method has two effects: first, it increases brain capacity by up to 30 points; second, it increases the intensity and upper limit of consciousness."

Chen Yuan stared at the panel, lost in thought: "My current strength is at the seventh level of the Apprentice level, and my consciousness strength is at the ninth level of the Planetary level. After cultivating the meditation technique, my consciousness limit can be two major levels higher than myself, reaching the seventh level of the Eternal level."

"Once I reach the planetary level, the upper limit of my consciousness strength can be raised to 'cosmic level first tier'."

"These two effects are more and more outrageous than the last," Chen Yuan couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

The secret method that can enhance brain capacity and consciousness intensity is rare, not to mention the secret manuals on Earth, it is even rare in the universe, and may even be unique.

At least in Chen Yuan's extensive reading of the original work, he did not find a similar effect.

It's important to know that this secret technique enhances two attributes: brain capacity and consciousness intensity.

The former is an innate quality of every life, which is extremely difficult to improve, while the latter is a talent acquired much later in life.

In the original novel, Luo Feng's initial brain span was 21. After he broke through to the planetary level and his life genes underwent a leap, his brain span increased by 1 point, reaching 22 points.

Chen Yuan's several increases in brain capacity all occurred in low-probability events.

In addition to the "Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing" which was specially optimized by the system to improve his aptitude and brought him 3 points of brain capacity, the perfect completion of the Yi Jin Jing brought him an extra 1 point, the perfect completion of the meditation method brought him 1 point, and his breakthrough to the state of meditation brought him 1 point.

Leaving aside the four points brought about by the practice, which are all thanks to the system, the remaining two points of brain capacity are not easy to achieve, whether it is to perfectly perfect the Yi Jin Jing or to break through the upper limit of meditation and reach the level of entering samadhi.

But now, the system tells him that as long as he practices this secret technique, his brain capacity can easily break through the 50 mark.

This means that Chen Yuan's aptitude will leap from the top level on Earth to the first-class level in the universe.

Furthermore, the enhancement of consciousness strength is a growth-type talent; the higher the realm, the more terrifying this advantage becomes.

A consciousness that surpasses two major levels might not seem like much to Chen Yuan now, but when combined with his hypnotic techniques in a meditative state, it can even influence late-stage planetary level experts.

Once Chen Yuan reaches the planetary level, even powerhouses at the eternal level could be affected.

It can be said that Chen Yuan, with such a powerful consciousness, is naturally suited to the "Illusion Warrior" style. Even though his current power level is not high, he can achieve absolute invincibility at the same level simply by hypnotizing his opponents with his consciousness.

Moreover, this is a late-stage talent. Assuming Chen Yuan becomes the strongest being in the universe (True God level) in the future, his consciousness strength, which surpasses two major levels, will directly reach the level of "Eternal True God".

This level of consciousness is like a dimensional reduction attack for the true gods who mingle in the cosmic sea.

Such incredible effects actually stem from a secret technique that can be practiced even by an apprentice.