"Master, I've come to see you again!" Su Keqing exclaimed as she saw the old man open his eyes.
The old man slowly stood up and smiled, "Little girl, what brings you here to see me?"
"Today, while apprehending a bandit, I encountered a strange person who subdued a cultivator with a mortal body. I specifically brought him to you to see if he's a naturally gifted strong person!" the female officer said excitedly.
Upon hearing this, the old man stepped forward and looked at Ye Feng, "You're talking about him, aren't you!"
"That's right, it's him!" Su Keqing nodded.
Seeing the old man approach, Ye Feng cupped his fists and bowed, "Greetings, elder!"
"Hmm, extend your hand for me to take a look!" the old man said.
Ye Feng felt a bit nervous. He could clearly tell that this old man was extraordinary, and he was truly afraid that the elder would see through him.
However, upon further thought, even if they saw something, they wouldn't harm him, and besides, they might not see anything at all.
With a heart full of trepidation, Ye Feng extended his hand. The old man grasped Ye Feng's hand, glanced at it casually, and then shook his head.
Seeing this, Su Keqing asked confusedly, "Master, what's wrong?"
The old man replied, "His physique and strength are good, even surprisingly so, but he doesn't possess innate divine strength! It's more like it was enhanced postnatally!"
Ye Feng was startled by this, as his physique and strength had indeed been strengthened by the Sea God's power.
"Oh, then how is his cultivation talent?" Su Keqing asked again.
The old man still shook his head, "His physique has some advantages, but his cultivation talent is very ordinary. Moreover, at his current age, he has no potential for cultivation!"
Su Keqing was immediately unwilling to accept this and continued, "How can that be? He was so powerful when he fought that cultivator, defeating him in one move!"
The old man said calmly, "There might be other reasons for that. Regardless, his cultivation talent is not good! However, nothing is set in stone. You can teach him the cultivation methods and see if he truly has the ability to cultivate!"
Su Keqing wanted to say something more, but the old man interrupted, "Alright, you may go. Your master has very important matters to attend to!"
"This... Alright! Thank you, Master!" Su Keqing said somewhat reluctantly.
After Su Keqing brought Ye Feng out, she still said with some reluctance, "Could Master have misjudged?"
However, Ye Feng felt that the old gentleman's assessment was quite accurate.
"Never mind! Perhaps I truly have no cultivation talent!" Ye Feng said indifferently.
Seeing that Ye Feng had accepted it, Su Keqing could only say, "Alright! It seems I was overthinking. But Master asked me to pass on the cultivation methods to you. You can try them when you get back, maybe you'll learn them!"
Back at the police station, Su Keqing handed him three copied books, saying, "The first book is an introductory guide to cultivation methods, and the second and third books are low-level spiritual skill fist techniques and footwork, respectively!"
"Oh, thank you very much!" Ye Feng said, feeling a sense of anticipation.
Su Keqing didn't keep Ye Feng any longer and let him go home.
Upon returning home, Ye Feng immediately took out the cultivation methods and began to study them.
It turned out that there was a magical energy in the world, which the ancients called spiritual power! Humans could absorb spiritual power to strengthen themselves and unleash powerful and terrifying attacks...
Ye Feng became increasingly engrossed as he read. Towards the end, Ye Feng finally understood why there were so few cultivators and why the cultivation conditions were so harsh.
The reason was that millions of years ago, the spiritual power in the world was damaged, causing it to become extremely thin, making cultivation incredibly difficult and demanding.
Only those with extremely high talent could sense spiritual power, absorb it into their bodies, and embark on the path of cultivation. This was why there were so few cultivators now.
The cultivation realms were divided into Postnatal, Innate, Grandmaster, ... As for what came after, the book did not provide much detail.
Each realm was further divided into Early, Middle, Late, Peak, and Perfection stages!
Looking at these, Ye Feng couldn't help but start cultivating according to the instructions, such as sensing the existence of spiritual power and absorbing it into the dantian for one's use...
However, just as the old man had said, Ye Feng truly lacked the talent for cultivation. After meditating for a whole day, there was no reaction.
"Forget it, it seems I really don't have the ability to cultivate!" Saying this, Ye Feng tossed the cultivation method aside.
As for the other two books of so-called spiritual skills, Ye Feng had initially planned to discard them as well.
However, out of curiosity, he opened them to take a look. One was named Seven Star Steps, and the other was named Surging Wave Palm.
They described how to control spiritual power and use it in conjunction with bodily movements to launch attacks after successfully absorbing spiritual power into the body.
"Damn it! I don't even have spiritual power, so what the hell am I cultivating!" With that, Ye Feng threw all three books into a corner and turned to wash up and get a good night's sleep.
However, the moment he turned, he suddenly remembered something!
"Hey, wait a minute! I don't have spiritual power, but I have the Sea God's power! What would happen if I used the Sea God's power to activate these footwork and fist techniques?" This thought suddenly appeared in Ye Feng's mind.
The next second, he became extremely excited, saying, "I'm a genius!"
He immediately picked up the Surging Wave Palm and Seven Star Steps books and studied them carefully.
Half an hour later, he put down the book and began to circulate the Sea God's power within his body according to the descriptions.
"Surging Wave Palm!" he uttered softly, unleashing a palm strike.
However, something astonishing happened. As he struck out with his palm, three phantom palm imprints actually appeared in the air, finally striking the wall of his house.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
With three loud noises, the already not very sturdy wall showed three shallow palm-shaped indentations.
"Holy cow! This is incredible, directly producing three phantom palm imprints? Is this real or fake?" Ye Feng was stunned and couldn't help but rub his eyes.
The Surging Wave Palm introduction stated that spiritual skills were divided into five stages: Entry, Minor Accomplishment, Major Accomplishment, Peak, and Perfection!
At Entry, one could produce one phantom palm imprint; at Minor Accomplishment, three; at Major Accomplishment, five; at Peak, seven; and at Perfection, nine!
He never expected that a casual attempt would reach Minor Accomplishment!
At this moment, his mother's voice came from next door, "Ye Feng, what are you doing? Trying to tear down the house?"
"Ah! Oh! Nothing, nothing! I accidentally bumped into the table while moving it!" Ye Feng quickly made up an excuse.
"Be careful, do you hear me!" his mother reprimanded.
Ye Feng wiped his sweat and quickly replied, "Okay! I understand!"
Afterward, Ye Feng became even more excited and couldn't help but try a few more times. However, this time he was more careful and didn't aim at the wall.
Seeing that he could produce three phantom palm imprints each time, he was extremely thrilled. This meant he had skillfully reached the Minor Accomplishment stage of Surging Wave Palm.
However, when he found that he couldn't improve further, he turned his attention to the other book, Seven Star Steps.
A few minutes later, Ye Feng uttered softly, "Seven Star Steps!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, he took a step forward, and then a tragic scene unfolded...