Luo Nan sat on the stone steps. The loose-leaf notebook rested on his knees, positioned at a comfortable angle. Behind him, the classical auditorium only blocked half of the sunlight. The lukewarm sunlight and the chilly shadows laid side by side.
He just so happened to be at the boundary of light and shadow. He faced the complex lighting environment with his eyes half-squinted. His focus overlapped with the tip of his pen, and he moved his pen along the surface of the paper, revealing neat characters.
"The breathing metabolism of heaven and earth is the format of heaven and earth. The breathing metabolism of the human body is the format of the Self. In order to make the tiny Self Format display its effect within the hazy Heaven and Earth Format, not only must the power be great, but the power must also be small. I did it too crudely in the past. I did it too clumsily … … "
He raised his head as he wrote to this point. His gaze cut across the stream of people outside the auditorium. The auditorium and the vicinity of the south bank riverbank were undoubtedly the areas with the most student congregated during society activity time. They spanned many ages, high and low, big and small, beautiful and beautiful men and women. They came and went, forming a dynamic picture.
If this were ten days ago, Luo Nan's observations would have transformed into a sketch. He would have captured a few people with special characteristics to form the typical characteristics of this place and time.
If this were three days ago, Luo Nan would have done his best to distinguish and memorize everyone within his line of sight. Their faces, their movements, their clothing, their relationships with each other, and so on.
Right now, Luo Nan was sitting on the steps of the auditorium. He swept his eyes across and selected ten people from the several hundred people below the steps. These ten people were in different positions. There were men and women. They were of different ages and different societies. And in the next half minute, these ten people passed by Luo Nan's side in order to ascend the auditorium.
Compared to the others, these ten people were the closest to Luo Nan. There was practically no difference in the order they passed by. It was only until the last two people answered the phone that a situation where the order was reversed appeared.
"Not bad … … 80%."
Bystanders couldn't see it, but Luo Nan understood it clearly. Every time a person passed by two meters away, the muscles of his body would tense up and relax. His pores would open and close in response. This was how he was' startled '. He ensured that he would be able to jump up and react when each person approached him. His potential was hidden and not released, but it consumed quite a bit. A thin layer of sweat covered his body by the time the ten people passed by. His breathing was a bit ragged.
This was how much physical strength was consumed, and the loss of mental strength was even greater. His 80% accuracy rate was not achieved by luck, but by observing the gazes, postures, steps, positions, and distances of hundreds of people, from big to small, from the outside to the inside.
This was precisely what Gym Master Xiu meant when he said, "With me as the master, look at yourself and look at others." He was not an inanimate object like a camera, but a living person. Every time he glanced at someone, he had to refer to himself. He had to clarify key information, determine priorities, foresee, prepare, and react accordingly.
Therefore, the cultivation of the eyes orifice had never been focused on cultivating the eyes. Instead, the eyes orifice was the forerunner, and it was a systematic project that integrated Heart Strength, Vitality, and the body into one. It was a wondrous cultivation that used a single point to move the whole body.
Luo Nan spent nearly a week to comprehend it. Then he used another three days to consolidate it. On the tenth day, he could be considered to have crossed the threshold.
Thinking back to the cultivation process, it was truly unbearable. This required Luo Nan to maintain a high level of acuity from beginning to end. He was not allowed to be distracted or absent-minded.
In the beginning, he was unable to accurately determine the priorities of information. He just felt that his eyes were not meticulous enough. He hated that he could not copy everything in his field of vision. It seemed that if he did not do this, he would not be able to reach the standard of arduous cultivation that Gym Master Xiu spoke of. This meant that he was completely focused at every moment, tormenting his mind until his eyesight and brain power were squeezed clean. Now that he thought back to it, Luo Nan felt that his eyes were sore and swollen. He reflexively wanted to shed tears, or he might as well just close his eyes, lie down, and sleep. This was the greatest joy in the world.
When Bai Xinyan saw Luo Nan in this state, she completely canceled her Frost River Waterway training. According to her, Xiu Shenyu's torture was more effective than any consumption of energy. If Luo Nan continued to burn like this, Luo Nan would not be able to last until Dr. Clay, who had repeatedly delayed his trip, arrived at Xia City.
Luo Nan now knew that he had taken a detour, but Gym Master Xiu had lightly said that beginners shouldn't be afraid of going overboard. It was possible to "want to be neutral, to foresee the extremes, and to measure the increase and decrease."
Alright, Luo Nan would remember to measure the increase and decrease for the rest of his life.
Luo Nan flipped his notebook forward to the flexible e-ink screen. He opened the statistical form and added the results of this training. Then he returned to the diary page and held a pen to write.
"October 25th. Training with a thousand people completed. Overall success rate: 72.2%. After dividing into groups, success rate: 55.6%. Final success rate: 19%..."
After completing the basic data analysis, Luo Nan closed his notebook. He ignored the strange gazes of the pedestrians around him and took out a bottle of medicine. He poured a drop of eye drops into his eyes and did a facial massage.
His eyes were first soaked with coolness, then steam rose in the blink of an eye. The medicinal strength of his fingers seeped in, fusing with his vital energy, and moisturizing his eyes.
The medicine was a secret recipe provided by Gym Master Xiu. It was concocted by Bro Octopus, and it could relieve eye fatigue. But then again, using his eyes too much was a sign of his clumsiness.
The human eye was a precise and complex structure. Anatomically speaking, one would not be able to find the existence of the eyes orifice even if they searched through all the positions of the eyes.
The so-called eyes orifice was actually the eyes and its corresponding functions. It interfered with the mental plane to form a special structure. It lay between the virtual and the real. Only in this place could one achieve the effect of connecting the inside and the outside, radiating with spiritual light.
It was practically impossible for a normal person to possess the eyes orifice. Only by possessing a certain level of cultivation could one realize the interference between the mental and the material plane. Only then would the eyes orifice be gradually constructed. It was the same as the Shield of Truth.
The Shield of Truth that Luo Nan experienced was considered a temporary structure. But building the eyes orifice was tantamount to building a permanent facility.
Luo Nan already had a slight feeling.
His eyelids drooped down, but he could feel a heavy pressure acting on them. The pressure came from the Format Pyramid. It was his power on the mental plane. It was the influence it had on his body on the material plane.
Other people cultivated by creating something out of nothing. Only Luo Nan wanted to steal a beam and replace a pillar. He shifted the power that was trapped in the "My heart's a prison" format to a controllable level.
After these days of exploration, Luo Nan felt that calling it confinement was not completely correct. It should be said that his soul strength had entered a processing line. It had to complete the process and become a certain finished product before it could be taken off the line.
This greatly limited the scope of its usage. It was fine to use chains to bind people, but it was hard to use it for embroidery.
If Luo Nan really wanted to transport the raw materials, then he would need to break through the barrier of My heart's a prison. First, he would have to consume the materials internally. It could be said that not even one out of a hundred could be saved, and it had to be done on and off. There was no efficiency to speak of.
It was precisely because of this that the results of the soul strength activation exercises in the Simulator layer of the Psychic Wave Network were so terrible.
But now that he was cultivating in the eyes orifice, the intermittent supply was not unbearable. This kind of work of grinding with water had the material plane constantly bearing and echoing it. It could be said that dripping water wears away a stone. Even if only a single drop was transported out every day, it would leave a mark when it smashed down. It would be like this day in and day out. It would be like a depression that could store water. Like this, it would gradually expand.
Plus, Luo Nan was not that miserable yet.
The eyes orifice that Luo Nan had just built was like a pool that stored water. Soul strength trickled in. As long as Luo Nan took care of it carefully and prevented it from evaporating or leaking, it could become a pool, a lake, or a sea after a long time.
At this point, Luo Nan did not need Gym Master Xiu to mention it again. Luo Nan naturally understood the principle of concealment. He used seventy percent of his soul strength every day and stored thirty percent. Seventy percent was used to temper the eyes orifice and build the structure. The remaining thirty percent was stored within.
When Luo Nan closed his eyes, it was like rolling beads spinning in his eye sockets. It seemed cold, but it wasn't cold. It seemed hot, but it wasn't hot. It was warm and cool. It was hard to describe the wondrous feeling.
Later on, it seemed as if a ball of light had lit up in his skull. It was hazy at first, like a candle that was about to go out. But if Luo Nan worked hard every day and wiped it, he would make progress.
There was another name for this. One heart lantern, a candle illuminating the nine underworlds. Gym Master Xiu had said that when the heart lantern probed and illuminated the inner organs, Luo Nan would have achieved minor success in the eyes orifice.
At this point, the eyes orifice had truly set up a platform. It had an outline. It was no longer a mirage or the ravings of a madman.
Luo Nan didn't like to open his eyes because of this, especially when he was alone. He would droop his eyelids and feel the moist, warm, and cool feeling of the glimmering candlelight. It was truly a good feeling.
He sat there, seemingly in peace yet not awake. His eyes could not see anyone, and he did not deliberately use his mental senses. Yet the pedestrians that passed by him all left behind faintly discernible traces on his body. When the heart lantern shone, the traces were revealed.
Sometimes Luo Nan felt that he was like a spider. He used this marvelous method to weave an incorporeal web. The multitude of living beings, as long as they passed through, would give him a stir, and he would respond accordingly.
In comparison, clairvoyance on the mental plane had a greater range and a deeper level, but it definitely did not have such a direct and pure reaction mechanism.
"... Huh?"
Luo Nan's shoulders suddenly slumped, but he was a step too late. Xue Lei pressed down on him from behind, and the feeling of a spider weaving a web instantly shattered. The bug was too big.
"Huh? Did you use mental senses? "
"No." Luo Nan's reaction failed. He was a bit depressed, but he still narrowed his eyes and responded with a single word in a bad mood.
"Then you can see me coming from behind? The heart lantern of the eyes orifice illuminates oneself and others. It's only been a few days! Beginners need to smelt their thoughts, open their flesh and bones, and build their foundation in a hundred days …. I used two months back in the day! "
Even Xue Lei was a bit envious when he saw Luo Nan's progress.
"I haven't succeeded yet, and I have a foundation …."
"Hehe, the gym master said it earlier. Even if your foundation is deep, you are mostly affected by external techniques. Your body is weak. It's easy to understand, but it's harder to achieve than a normal person. Today is the 25th. You can see signs within ten days. You're a genius! "
"It's not that exaggerated. I can still borrow a bit of strength."
Luo Nan had a self-knowledge that was hard for bystanders to understand. Speaking of which, it was quite a coincidence. An electric chain suddenly cut through his mind at this very moment. It flashed and disappeared, but it stirred up his thoughts. The heart lantern flickered, losing its stability and harmony, and its radiance grew brighter and brighter.
He furrowed his brows. It leaked again.
The land of the lake overflowed a bit. His small pond couldn't contain it ….
Before he could finish his thoughts, someone shouted from below the stairs, "Nanster, Leister, it's time!"
There was no need to look to know that Xie Junping had come to pick them up. Luo Nan temporarily dispersed his mind. He stood up and walked down the stairs shoulder to shoulder with Xue Lei. They entered the car.
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