After entering the river, the water reached Lin Zhen's chest.
Before Lin Zhen could stand firm, the waves from the waterfall came crashing over.
Lin Zhen didn't care too much about it. A mere wave like this couldn't crush him. He stuck out his chest and braced himself against the incoming waves.
However, he had neglected one point. The riverbed wasn't made of mud, but smooth trees. When the waves hit him, he lost his balance and fell, choking on several mouthfuls of water.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Lin Zhen stood up in a sorry state and wiped the water from his face with his hand.
"My lower body is still a little unstable. When I was learning spear arts from Zhang Guanyue, he once told me that if you don't train your waist, your skills won't be high. A stable lower body is the most important thing for a martial artist. My Immovable Mountain is already pretty good, but it's still on flat ground. When it comes to this slippery riverbed, it's not so effective.
"Just nice. Not only can I feel the power of the river here, but it also allows me to properly train my lower body. It allows me to be as immovable as a mountain in any environment."
Another wave came crashing over. This time, Lin Zhen straightened his horse stance and braced himself against it.
"Boom!"
The power of the river came crashing over. His feet slipped uncontrollably and he fell into the river again.
However, this time, Lin Zhen was prepared and didn't choke on the water.
Two seconds later, Lin Zhen got up again. He was unconvinced as he welcomed the arrival of the third wave.
The result was the same. He was clearly prepared, but he couldn't stop himself from slipping and falling into the river for the third time.
Lin Zhen didn't stand in the river for the fourth time. Instead, he climbed to the shore and thought carefully.
"Something's not right. Although I've already prepared myself and stood in a horse stance, when the river water came, when the wave came, I couldn't help but instinctively shift my attention to the river water. In my heart, I still felt some fear towards the wave."
"This way, I won't be able to concentrate. The result of not being able to concentrate is that my feet will relax, causing me to slip and fall. If I can't overcome my fear of the river, then no matter how many times I fall, the result will be the same."
Lin Zhen found the crux of the problem. He sat cross-legged on the shore and rested, adjusting his state to the final state.
After about half an hour, Lin Zhen opened his eyes. He felt better than ever and entered the river again.
The wave came again and Lin Zhen met it head-on. However, he still couldn't help but slip. This time, he stumbled a few steps back but didn't fall.
"No, it's still hard to avoid fear. This difficulty is not easy to overcome. This is a human's instinctive reaction. It's not something that can be changed by one's will."
Once again, the result was even worse than the previous time. Lin Zhen fell down again.
After seven or eight times, Lin Zhen was knocked down by the wave again. He simply lay in the river and didn't come out.
His eyes were open. The river surged in front of him and his body floated with the current. Lin Zhen threw all of this to the back of his mind. He held his breath and let his body float.
"Lin Zhen, Lin Zhen! You've been reborn. Didn't you think you were fearless? Why can't you dodge a mere wave? This thing can't kill or injure you. At most, it'll make you tumble. What are you afraid of? "
"Afraid of choking on water? No, there's nothing to be afraid of. "
"Afraid of falling? That's not it either. Just get up after falling. "
"I understand now. Your fear doesn't come from your body, but from your heart. Because you're still a normal person. You know that the river water is coming, so you instinctively resist it. Don't you know that if you resist the river water once, you can resist it a hundred times?"
"Even if you're a god, if you let him stand here for countless years, there will be a day when he will be knocked down by the river. That's because the river is endless. This is the principle that dripping water can penetrate a stone."
"My focus shouldn't be on the river, but on my feet. As long as I believe that I'm a mountain, a mountain peak, then no matter how turbulent the river is, it can only flow around the mountain peak. It can't do anything to the mountain peak."
"I'm a mountain. I don't need to rely on spear techniques or fancy moves. Because my body is a mountain peak that will never collapse!"
Lin Zhen felt suffocated when he thought of this. He had been lying in the river for ten minutes!
"Ha!"
With a stomp on the riverbed, Lin Zhen leaped out of the river and returned to the front of the river with a few large strides.
The waterfall in front of him surged, stirring up waves that were a few feet high. They came crashing down on Lin Zhen.
This force was the force of nature. Coupled with the slippery riverbed below, very few people could resist it.
Lin Zhen would instinctively close his eyes when facing the river. But this time, he didn't close his eyes at all. He just watched the waves come crashing down on him.
Exerting force on his feet, he remained as immovable as a mountain!
Rumble!
The waves came crashing down, and then the white waves flowed downstream.
After the waves passed, Lin Zhen's body was still as straight as a javelin. He still stood there, motionless!
"Wahaha! I did it! This is the body of a mountain. This is the body of a mountain! This is the second level of being as immovable as a mountain that Zhang Guanyue told me about. As long as your body is like a mountain, nothing can shake you! "
"When this concept is used in battle, as long as the opponent's strength is too much higher than mine, just this concept alone will make the opponent's confidence collapse involuntarily. They will have the feeling that they can't defeat me. I can achieve this without using a spear."
"Haha, success … ugh!"
Another wave came crashing down. Lin Zhen, who couldn't help but feel agitated, tumbled and fell into the river.
However, this time, Lin Zhen stood up quickly. He chose to stand on the slippery riverbed. No matter how the waves surged, they couldn't do anything to him.
After dozens of attempts, Lin Zhen finally fully comprehended the concept of the body of a mountain.
The biggest benefit of this concept for Lin Zhen was that it eliminated his fear. No matter what kind of difficulties and obstacles he faced in the future, he would be able to calmly deal with them.
After returning to the shore and resting for a while, he looked up and saw that the sky was actually a little bright.
The harvest of this night was huge. Although it was very tiring, it allowed Lin Zhen's strength to increase by a large margin.
Lin Zhen didn't continue to enter the water to try cultivating the river. The road had to be walked step by step, and the rice had to be eaten mouthful by mouthful. He was very clear about the principle of fighting steadily and surely.
After eating a bit of beef jerky in the morning with difficulty, Lin Zhen's desire for food increased day by day.
After eating and resting for a while, Lin Zhen decided to explore the surroundings.
This place was deserted. Perhaps there was a star crystal hidden somewhere. The less people there were, the more likely there was a star crystal. Moreover, the quality of the star crystal might be higher.
After putting on his clothes, Lin Zhen picked up the bright silver spear and began to explore the surroundings.
This place was located in the north of the treetop area of the Star Fruit Tree. Lin Zhen first walked north. After walking for about four hours, he found that he was gradually approaching the edge of the treetop area.
After arriving here, Lin Zhen didn't continue forward. If he continued forward, he would encounter the corrosive leaves at the edge of the treetop area. Lin Zhen didn't want to rot here.
Going back the same way he came, he continued to head west. After walking for more than an hour, he didn't find anything. Lin Zhen once again went back the same way and began to head east.
This time, Lin Zhen's hard work finally paid off.
He found that less than five hundred meters away from his small nest, there were actually flowers blooming on a tall and hidden branch!
Moreover, it wasn't just one flower, but three flowers!
"This is really a case of wearing out iron shoes in a fruitless search, only to find it without any effort. It turns out that the star crystal was near my nest. I actually took so many unnecessary detours."
Lin Zhen happily climbed up the branch and saw the three blooming flowers.
After seeing them, Lin Zhen was immediately attracted.
Among the three flowers, the star crystal on the left had a long tail that floated up and down. It was actually a star crystal that had entered the meteor stage!
The one on the right was also a meteor crystal. Moreover, it looked much bigger than the one on the left. It seemed like it was about to break through to the comet stage.
However, these weren't what made him the happiest. What made him the most excited was the flower in the middle. The meteor on this flower had already changed. It became bigger and brighter, dyeing the surrounding trees with a layer of silver light. The tail was also clearly brighter.
This was actually a comet stage star crystal!
When martial artists consumed star crystals, the star crystals of the core stage and the meteor stage were used for beginner warlords. The effects were also the best. If a beginner warlord consumed a comet stage star crystal, their dantian might not be able to withstand it. Even if they were stronger and could withstand it, the effects would be greatly reduced.
The most suitable star crystals for intermediate warlords were comet stage and satellite stage star crystals. If they consumed comet stage and core stage star crystals, the effects wouldn't be very obvious and would be reduced. This was because the star cores of those two stages were no longer enough to supply the dantian of an intermediate warlord.
Lin Zhen was currently in the beginner stage of a fourth-grade warlord, so it was time for him to consume comet stage star crystals.
Although the meteor stage star crystals were still somewhat useful to Lin Zhen, they weren't very useful anymore.
"Yes, among these three star crystals, I should consume this comet stage one immediately. Although I can use these two meteor stage ones, I still feel that it's a pity."
Lin Zhen looked left and right. He felt that it wouldn't be easy for people to come here. Finally, he made a difficult decision.
He gently plucked the comet stage star crystal and decided to keep the two meteor stage ones for the time being. He would come back to pluck them when they entered the comet stage.
The one on the right seemed like it would break through to the comet stage in a few days. Lin Zhen would be wasting a heavenly treasure if he absorbed it now.
After straightening the surrounding leaves to cover the remaining two star crystals, Lin Zhen quickly returned with the comet stage star crystal.
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