Seven days!
A full seven days!
Han Lang had spent almost all of it refining spiritual energy and improving his cultivation day and night.
Finally, as an invisible wave of energy burst outwards, several blocked acupoints on his body were opened, and the spiritual energy capacity in his dantian more than doubled!
His entire body was filled with an indescribable sense of smoothness. His spiritual platform was clearer than ever before, and he could even feel an unparalleled comfort in every strand of his hair.
"This... is this what it feels like to build a foundation? It's truly exhilarating!"
Han Lang could hardly conceal his joy. After excitedly examining the changes in his body, he eagerly retrieved the "Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique" and "Heavenly Derivation Method" from his memory.
"Hahaha... I can finally start trying out the new skills. I've been craving this for days!"
Saying this, he licked the corner of his mouth and hastily opened the "Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique," studying it with thirst.
The Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique was divided into six levels. Each level mastered allowed the manipulation of three golden needles, and reaching the peak of mastery would result in a total of eighteen needles!
However, although the needle manipulation technique was similar to sword manipulation, sword manipulation only involved controlling one sword. As long as the divine sense was focused, a flying sword could be manipulated like a phantom, capable of taking an enemy general's head amidst ten thousand troops.
If one simply replaced the sword with needles, the difficulty of manipulation would not only not increase but would actually decrease due to the smaller size.
But the problem was,
The Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique did not manipulate a single weapon!
Take the first level of the Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique, for example.
To achieve the effect of "one needle piercing the soul and sealing meridians" with three golden needles, the speed of manipulation must not be inferior to that of sword manipulation.
In other words, manipulating golden needles required the controller to possess faster and more precise control to achieve a lethality comparable to sword manipulation!
Besides this, everyone should not forget.
The minimum requirement for the first level of the Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique was to simultaneously manipulate three golden needles!
Not only must each of these three golden needles achieve the aforementioned effects, but they also needed to attack from three different directions, in three different ways, targeting different points on the enemy's body.
Simply put, this was akin to Zhou Botong's left-right mutual combat technique!
However, the requirement of the mutual combat technique was only for the left and right hands to have a certain degree of independence;
But the Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique ultimately required control over eighteen golden needles!
The difficulty involved, I believe, is self-evident, isn't it?
"As expected of a divine skill! The Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique not only requires the practitioner to be thoroughly familiar with the Shen Nong Eighteen Needles but also to divide and control their divine sense. This requirement is indeed too high! Without the Heavenly Derivation Method to assist in practice, I don't think anyone could master the Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique to its fullest extent!"
Amidst his shock, Han Lang had a basic understanding of the cultivation situation for the Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique.
Next, he opened the "Heavenly Derivation Art" again.
The operation method of the Heavenly Derivation Art was not as complicated as the Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique. Generally speaking, it involved treating one's sea of consciousness as an alternate dimension. When practicing the Heavenly Derivation Art, the practitioner's divine sense would automatically rehearse techniques within the sea of consciousness.
But the problem was, the automatic rehearsal of divine sense was equivalent to merely moving one's thoughts.
How fast are thoughts?
Often, it only takes a single breath to complete a practice session.
Therefore, the fundamental reason for the rapid speed of practicing techniques with the Heavenly Derivation Method was simply that it provided the practitioner with a faster learning speed.
For example, jump rope.
In the real world, an ordinary person can jump about 150 times per minute; but using the Heavenly Derivation Method in the sea of consciousness, one could jump over 2,000 times per minute!
In this manner, for techniques that required practice to become proficient, it was undoubtedly like cheating!
"No matter what, let's try it first!"
After understanding the theory of both methods in detail, Han Lang decided not to hesitate further. He immediately began practicing the Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique according to the methods recorded in his memory.
He closed his eyes tightly. Within his vast, white sea of consciousness, apart from the three-tiered pagoda quietly suspended, a small white figure soon appeared.
As the Heavenly Derivation Method was put into practice, the number of small figures gradually increased, until they almost filled his entire sea of consciousness.
Following this, a small, milky-white needle-like object appeared before each small figure. With its appearance, the small figures in the sea of consciousness immediately seemed to receive a command and began to exert force on the needle-like object.
"The foundation of the Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique is needle manipulation, so the first thing I need to do is to control the needles!"
Instantly, the small figures in the sea of consciousness began to struggle with the needles in front of them.
Lift! Failure...
Lift! Failure again...
...
Han Lang felt as if he had been trying for over a century in his sea of consciousness. He didn't know how many times these dozens of small figures had failed, when suddenly...
The needle in front of one of the small figures inexplicably floated up.
And after the first one, the second, the third, and even all of them!
All the small figures, as if self-taught, instantly gained control of the needles in front of them.
It was as if learning one thing led to understanding all!
Han Lang was overjoyed, "Success!"
He quickly opened his eyes and looked at the clock hanging on the wall.
"Only ten minutes? Why does it feel like so much time has passed?"
Han Lang's expression was puzzled, but his heart was filled with surprise and joy.
If he had grasped the knack of needle manipulation in just ten minutes, then mastering the simultaneous manipulation of three needles, then separately manipulating three needles, and finally becoming proficient with three needles separately, shouldn't take much longer, right?
With this thought, Han Lang didn't delay any further. He quickly held his breath again and began to circulate the Heavenly Derivation Method.
Time ticked by, and Han Lang's consciousness, along with the dozens of white figures in his sea of consciousness, continued their arduous struggle.
Although not much time had passed in the real world, for Han Lang, he had endured all the hardships that came with practicing techniques.
After a long while,
A hint of fatigue gradually appeared on Han Lang's face, and his expression even showed a faint trace of weariness.
He slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes no longer held the initial excitement and anticipation, but rather an unusual calmness and composure.
He slowly looked at the clock.
15:40.
Huh?
He was greatly surprised!
"I've clearly mastered the first level of the Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique step by step! Now, if there were three needles in front of me, I could definitely pierce wherever I wanted!"
"Why has only 10 minutes passed?"
"This is unscientific!"
Saying this, he quickly took out his phone to check.
May 2nd!
He finally felt at ease.
It turned out that it was already the next day!
With the boost from the Heavenly Derivation Method, he had spent a full day and ten minutes to completely master the first level of the Shen Nong Imperial Needle Technique!
"Next, I need to test my skills! The golden needles I asked Han Kang to help forge should also be ready by now, right? It's time for me to come out of seclusion!"
Saying this, he stood up and stretched his muscles, then opened the door and strode out.