Chapter 21 Guidance from the Past

After reading the Five Methods of Tempering the Heart, Xu Jingming felt that the path of heart tempering had become much clearer. He immediately continued reading the inheritance.

"Spearmanship?"

Xu Jingming looked at the records of spearmanship.

Xuan used spears and was a cosmic legend. He devoted countless efforts to spearmanship, and his explanations were naturally extremely thorough and clear.

"The principle of force exertion? The principle of penetration?"

"The conduction of power within the body?"

"The coordination of footwork…"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up as he read. Although he had also lectured on the Nine Courses of Martial Arts, it was too superficial compared to Xuan's inheritance. Xuan's inheritance was indeed more complex, but it explained all the core principles clearly.

"So that's how it is. This allows for perfect leverage, continuous power transmission, one spear after another," Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

The inheritance first explained the principles, then the basic moves of spearmanship, and even the five ultimate killing moves.

The basic moves taught by Xuan were more concise, the exertion of force was more direct, and the effect was even better.

Naturally, the killing moves were much stronger than the moves Xu Jingming had comprehended himself.

…

After reading for more than an hour, Xu Jingming suddenly couldn't turn the pages.

"What? I can only read the content for the Planetary Life cultivation stage?" Xu Jingming was astonished. He could only read the cultivation methods up to the fifth-order level. Anything higher, and he couldn't access the upper volume of *Hua Guang*.

"Please break through to become a Star Cluster Life before continuing to read."

"Forcing the cultivation of subsequent content as a Planetary Life will do more harm than good," the book gave a warning.

Xu Jingming was a little unwilling, his heart itching. But he also knew that Star Cluster Life and Planetary Life were completely different levels. Star Cluster Life could absorb the light of stars and many ray energies, and could live without eating or drinking. The subsequent cultivation methods were definitely different. What a Star Cluster Life could practice… a Planetary Life would be courting death.

"My gains are already great," Xu Jingming closed the book, feeling very good. "At least for the different stages of Planetary Life, I no longer have any confusion."

"The various principles of spearmanship are also clear."

At this moment, Xu Jingming had a much clearer understanding of the *Hua Hong* spearmanship. Understanding the principles and essence allowed him to understand the problems with his own spearmanship.

…

From this day on, Xu Jingming began to cultivate wholeheartedly according to the teachings of the upper volume of *Hua Guang*.

Different inheritances have different values.

The writers of eighth-order inheritances are generally ninth-order experts or even stronger. What they write is naturally more thorough. Moreover, even if it is the same cosmic legend, writing an eighth-order inheritance is different from writing a fifth-order inheritance.

Fifth-order inheritances are cheaper. It is enough to write some basics. For example, the Five Methods of Tempering the Heart may become the Three Methods of Tempering the Heart. The five ultimate killing moves of spearmanship may become two. After all, for a cheap price, this much knowledge is enough.

Eighth-order inheritances are much more expensive, and are written in much more detail.

Like the *Hua Guang* inheritance, it records Xuan's highest achievements in spearmanship throughout his life. Naturally, he put great effort into writing it, and the upper volume is all eighth-order inheritance.

…

"Twelve Styles of Refining Apertures!"

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged, his fingers tapping different parts of his head in a regular sequence. The upper volume of *Hua Guang* had detailed methods and attached videos. Xu Jingming first practiced in the virtual world's martial arts practice field, and only began practicing in reality after he had learned it.

This was also required in the inheritance. Practicing blindly in reality from the beginning could easily damage the brain.

…

*Puff! Puff!*

Xu Jingming took a step forward, and the spear thrust out in an instant. Strangely, although it was clearly one spear thrust, two holes appeared when it pierced the stone wall.

"The foundation of the continuous spear thrusts of *Hua Hong* spearmanship is the double strike," Xu Jingming looked at the holes in the stone wall. In that battle when he was possessed, Xuan thrust one spear after another, continuously thrusting over ten million times. Countless thrusts could erupt continuously…

But the most basic foundation was the double strike.

The core of the continuous strike was to use the force of the first spear to continue the eruption of the second spear. The smaller the interval between the two spears, the better.

Just like just now… It was so fast that it seemed like only one spear was thrust out, but in reality, it was two consecutive spears.

"I'll practice slowly." Xu Jingming now had the inheritance, and also had detailed guidance for practicing the *Hua Hong* spearmanship.

…

"Wow, a cosmic legend is actually so powerful?"

Liu Hai obtained contribution points this time, and chose to be possessed by a cosmic legend.

"I've been pondering the eighth-order inheritance for several months, and I had many doubts. Comparing it with this possession of a cosmic legend… I understood a lot at once." Liu Hai was also in the martial arts practice field, sorting out the gains from the possession.

"I've really gained knowledge and broadened my horizons. In the eyes of a cosmic legend, planets seem to be toys, and the flow of time can be changed. The physical body can travel long distances in the vast universe?" Liu Hai shook his head and clicked his tongue in amazement. "What an incredible life."

The gap between humans on Blue Star and cosmic legend humans was too great.

Because he saw this possibility, Liu Hai's heart became even more fiery: "Perhaps I can't reach that level, but even if I can have one percent, or even one ten-thousandth? That's also very amazing."

Liu Hai was full of energy and continued to practice hard.

…

The experts who received contribution point rewards were all exchanging resources to cultivate hard. On a global scale, the number of experts who had received inheritances was even greater.

As long as their talent was high enough and their progress was fast enough, the country and even the Blue Star Alliance would cultivate them, with at least a fifth-order inheritance! In the virtual world, no genius would be overlooked. The entire Blue Star had a large number of geniuses growing rapidly.

Time passed…

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed, and it was February 8th.

At this time, the Spring Festival had passed, and Xu Jingming was practicing shield techniques in the martial arts practice field.

"*Shoo, shoo, shoo…*" In the Ten Thousand Arrows Firing mode, countless arrows shot from different directions. Xu Jingming held two shields and tried his best to block them.

In this mode, what was needed was not strength, because the impact of the arrows was not strong, but softness, continuous and uninterrupted defense without leaving any flaws.

*Clang, clang, clang…*

Xu Jingming naturally locked onto all the incoming arrows. He moved to avoid some of the arrows while wielding his two shields, blocking a massive number of arrows. Suddenly, Xu Jingming's movements became a little faster, and his shield techniques became smoother and more complete.

"*Buzz.*"

Xu Jingming continued to block for another ten seconds. Because all the arrows were blocked during these ten seconds, and not a single arrow touched his body, all the arrows stopped. Then they turned into illusions and disappeared.

"I should have made some progress," Xu Jingming realized, and opened his personal combat strength panel—

Genetic Evolution Method: *Heavenly Python Evolution Method* (Super-Order 99%) (Practice time 360 days, cannot be improved)

Body: 702

Skills: *Hua Hong* Spearmanship (Fourth-Order 99%), Star Cluster Spearmanship (Fourth-Order 99%), Footwork (Fourth-Order 99%), Shield Technique (Fourth-Order 99%)

Basic Combat Strength: 63180

Actual Combat Bonus: 73%

Combat Strength: 109301

"My shield technique has also broken through to Fourth-Order 99%," Xu Jingming revealed a hint of joy. A few days before the Spring Festival, *Hua Hong* spearmanship took the lead in reaching Fourth-Order 99%, and then the other techniques broke through one after another, until today, when they all reached the Fourth-Order limit in all aspects.

"Next, I have to find a way to reach the fifth-order," Xu Jingming thought.