Chapter 905: Emotional Body Cultivation — Urgency
“First of all, before we officially enter the Primordial Realm, I need to learn a basic skill, which is to freely control my soul state to leave my body. You’ve experienced this once, haven’t you, Sister?”
“Yes, but I still can’t freely achieve leaving my soul and body. Maybe I should give it a try,” Huan nodded and replied.
“If you want to master this ability, shouldn’t you try some fundamental skills related to the soul’s significant topics?” Mu Li said from the side.
“Actually, it’s pretty much the same. I’ve mentioned this in the previous theory of Knowledge Seed, but I’ve also figured out that you cannot change the path of the witch you are on just because of one experiment,” I explained.
Not all witches are willing to try new things.
For some dedicated witches, even taking on side topics requires a lot of thought.
Especially when it comes to subjects they’ve never encountered before, they need to consider many factors.
However, thinking from another perspective, if they don’t intend to pursue this topic, they can still borrow some techniques, skills, and powers from it.
Of course, there is another point to consider.
“Moreover, I want to say that after mastering the method of soul separation, you can more realistically understand your soul essence. This method allows you to observe how Self-Awakened Body Cultivation works. This will be very helpful for the practical work to come.”
As I finished speaking, both Mu Li and Jiani looked a bit surprised.
“Wait, Self-Awakened Body Cultivation is essentially a gift that combines the essence of the body and life. Simply abandoning the body is merely a superficial understanding of the gift of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, right?”
Unexpectedly, the one questioning was Yanni, who rarely spoke, but when she did, her words were always insightful, never wasting any time.
“On one hand, the power of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation is manifested in the body, but it is not limited to the body alone. We are currently conducting experiments related to the Dream Realm, which significantly weakens the influence of the physical body, so this can be temporarily ignored,” I explained.
I didn’t want to delve into overly professional matters with them; after all, they had told me before that they found it hard to understand professional topics. It was an instinctual filter—no matter how clearly I explained, they wouldn’t accept it instinctively.
Naturally, I was reluctant to elaborate on such matters.
So I used a fairly agreeable way of speaking.
Self-Awakened Body Cultivation is, of course, not limited to the physical body.
Instead, at the moment of awakening, the first to unleash its power is the individual’s physical body.
And within the body, there are sensory pathways, so Self-Awakened Body Cultivation will eventually yield achievements in aspects like body strengthening, training, strength, defense, and perception. This is also why those who focus on Self-Awakened Body Cultivation can still achieve the awakening of the sixth sense under fortunate circumstances.
Of course, Self-Awakened Body Cultivation also assists in emotional body cultivation, but the threshold for emotional body cultivation is rather high and easily overlooked.
One must at least awaken their Heart Sense to touch the threshold. By that time, most witches have basically already formed their path in body cultivation.
At most, it might just be a concurrent practice similar to Five Senses Body Cultivation.
After addressing Yanni’s question, we began our first attempt.
Controlling the soul’s departure and self-soul, though basic, is actually more difficult to teach the more fundamental it is, relying solely on one’s comprehension.
This difficulty is comparable to someone trying to lift their arm without giving their brain the command “raise right arm,” but rather letting the brain control the contraction of each muscle to complete the action of raising the right arm.
Overcoming the subjective control of instinct!
That is the most challenging part.
However, the two witches endowed with Self-Awakened Body Cultivation quickly completed this operation, showcasing that Self-Awakened Body Cultivation at this moment revealed to them that it is not just granting someone complete control over their body.
Its power originates from the essence of life!
Controlling one’s soul body can be as easy as mastering one’s physical body and muscles.
As long as similar concepts can be translated, this can be achieved.
This slightly touches upon the previous question raised by Sister Ni. Self-Awakened Body Cultivation can exert the power of the body but is not limited to exerting the power of the body alone.
At this moment, we experienced a slight slowdown in progress.
Even if she had previously “recklessly” entered the Primordial Dream and felt the sensation of separating her soul, her adaptability still lagged behind the two practitioners of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation.
This is the most direct gap brought about by talent.
So… I planned to stimulate her.
“Sister Zini, regarding the question you asked me earlier about the power of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, I can explain some deeper matters to you. Although you don’t like to talk, I can sense that your understanding of theoretical aspects is different from the other two sisters, right?”
“Mm, please go on,” Zini nodded, still a bit sparse with her words.
“Based on my understanding of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, this talent has great potential. It is connected to body cultivation, mainly because when this power first awakens, the body is the carrier and medium that maximally expresses this power. However, this is a very unique method. Life is shaped by the essence of life and the external body, endowing this talent with the suffix ‘body cultivation’ is perfectly valid. But that does not mean it can only be used this way.”
“The Dream Realm is a brand new application that derives from this talent, right?” Meng Ni asked.
“And Self-Generated Magic Power! Isn’t that right?” At this moment, Mu Li also chimed in.
After all, Bai Yu had previously discussed Self-Generated Magic Power with them.
“Yes, that explanation holds true,” I nodded.
“Wait! What about us witches who don’t possess Self-Awakened Body Cultivation?! This time, the not-so-successful ones might be feeling a bit anxious,” one of them said.
“Since Sister Bai has already mentioned Self-Generated Magic Power to you, she must have spoken about experiments related to it, right?”
“We have,” Meng Ni nodded.
“Hey! Those students without Self-Awakened Body Cultivation can still awaken this talent through the techniques you create!” Mu Li quickly realized. “Bai Yu also doesn’t have Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, but she succeeded, so your study of the Dream Realm has already surpassed the threshold of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, right?”
“That’s correct,” I nodded.
“Hey~ Ah~ Did you hear that? Don’t be anxious. They have a way.”
Dao Li teased.
“But I have to admit that lacking Self-Awakened Body Cultivation requires more effort and energy. I acknowledge that hard work may catch up to talent, but the advantages granted by talent cannot be easily surpassed by mere effort.”
I then looked at her, “It’s like the current practice of soul entities. Hard work can help an ordinary witch cross the same threshold as those with talent, but it’s challenging to exceed at the same level.”
As I finished speaking, Dao Li and Xuan Fei exchanged curious glances, although they could sense my sincerity, it seemed to them as if I was intentionally trying to provoke Huan.
And they weren’t mistaken; I was indeed provoking Huan. I was using emotions to guide her quickly to achieve what she desired.
Sister Bai was indeed correct. This witch named Huan was easily led in terms of emotions.
Generally speaking, witches who have awakened their Heart Sense gain an instinctual enhancement in emotional control, and this dragon witch likely has been influenced by her bloodline; she is also of the black dragon bloodline…
If such a witch masters emotional body cultivation and reaches the pinnacle in the utilization of emotions, she can maximize her bloodline advantages and combat awareness!
No wonder Sister Bai said that this one kept bothering her to learn emotional body cultivation.
Emotional body cultivation might seem to impact others’ emotions, but ultimately, it still governs one’s own emotions.
I didn’t mind leading her a little, treating it as compensation for using such means.
Moreover, it also creates an air of concealed confidence.
Although at the stage of an Extraordinary Witch, one shouldn’t still be troubled by “confidence,” a witch’s mental state also affects various aspects.
After all, Huan is the “ordinary dragon witch” among the three without Self-Awakened Body Cultivation.
Any gap caused by talent will instinctively lead her to this point.
“Talent… are you also a talent theorist?!”
After hearing this, Huan was indeed a bit unhappy, especially since what I said was rather blunt, diminishing her efforts.
But the world is sometimes like that, bluntly and maliciously stating certain facts; in the perception of others, this view is no different from belittling.
As long as “I feel,” then there is no objective rationale for discussion.
“I don’t like being labeled. I’m just curious if your anger stems from having little basis to refute this viewpoint?” My words were clearly provocative.
However, the more so, the more it could ignite her complex emotions, and her anger would fuel those emotions completely.
“Xiao Sa, you…”
“It’s fine~ She has the right to argue with me physically,” I reassured the two witches beside me, including the observing Academy Head’s clone.
I merely tapped lightly on the ground, and the Academy Head understood.
At that moment, my position was near the Primordial Dream. Even if Huan lost control of her emotions, she wouldn’t cause any irreversible accident.
Moreover, since she was an Extraordinary Witch, she shouldn’t lose control over such trivial matters. Even with my guidance, she primarily wanted to give me a lesson.
“If you want to teach me a lesson, you can ignore me in this state.” If I were just a pure soul entity, there are hundreds of ways an Extraordinary Witch could eradicate me. However, my soul is in the dream realm and not at the same level as hers.
“You want to anger me so I adapt quickly to the technique of soul separation, right?”
“Mmhm~” I admitted generously.
The observing witches were a bit surprised. Once this method is realized, its effectiveness should essentially diminish, yet I seemed to care less.
And at that moment, Huan’s anger did indeed gradually subside. After understanding many things, there was no longer any anger without reason.
“Hehe… but you succeeded!”
Huan opened her eyes, but her body remained still.
However, the next moment, a slightly ethereal figure emerged from her body.
This time, having prepared, after separating her soul, her body did not collapse; in the final moment, her body tensed up and stood in a balanced position.
“Yes, I succeeded.”
I echoed her words, but the success we both understood was not the same success.
In the moment before her attempt succeeded, that “urgency” reached its peak.
This emotion did not return to calm after the anger subsided; rather, it peaked as the anger faded!
She wanted to succeed!
And she must succeed.
This intertwining of desire and anticipation.
Mixed with anxiety, tension, and excitement.
All of these converged into a state of urgent emotion.
Until the moment of success…
Emotions need to be deeply felt. A person expresses their emotions at all times; unique emotions reaching their limit serve only to make others aware of their existence.
Huan succeeded, but at that moment of success, she did not genuinely experience the joy of achieving it.
It was a restless mental state.
Constantly urging her to succeed.
Even if at this moment she had lost her objective, she still craved success. This emotional torment led her to realize something was amiss.
But at this moment, in the state of her soul, Huan could not resist.
Before emotions, anyone is powerless; otherwise, how could emotions possibly influence a person’s actions?
Thus, emotional body cultivation grants a person the ability to combat feelings in the face of emotions. It doesn’t necessarily mean controlling emotions but fundamentally not being swayed by them. Only then can a person truly do what they want to do.
“Do you feel it? The individual is powerless before emotions. What you call emotional control is merely numbness to emotions; anger triggers emotions to affect you. And now… you can try to touch this emotion.”
“What… what is this?!” At this moment, Huan was completely in a state of hatred, but even so, her heart still lingered with urgent emotions.
She didn’t know why things had turned out this way.
“This is your long-desired emotional body cultivation~”
As I finished speaking, Mu Li and Vanni were both moved, while Principal Mei’s clone looked puzzled.
Weren’t we conducting experiments in the Dream Realm?
Why did we deviate to this emotional body cultivation topic, and… what is emotional body cultivation anyway?
“If you possess Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, perhaps things wouldn’t be so complicated. Emotional body cultivation can elevate your control over emotions and expand the boundary of your sixth sense, enabling you to compensate for the gap between you and Self-Awakened Body Cultivation at a higher level.”
The urgent emotion is quite suitable for the competitive relationship among the three. It essentially gives her an extra boost. With Mu Li and Vanni as the foundation of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, it becomes easier to make up for the gap with a more comprehensive emotional force.
After finishing my explanation, I looked toward Principal Mei, as an explanation and reasoning for my actions this time.
Of course, I did this with other considerations and my own selfish motives… such as experimenting with other possibilities of emotions, etc. However, no matter what, I had already done it, so I just needed to provide a rationale for my behavior to stand firm.
