Chapter 1128: The Perfect Human Five Senses Body Cultivation Method
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 1128: The Perfect Human Five Senses Body Cultivation Method
As the Great Ordinary Spell group settled into a steady rhythm, the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation experiment also began in full swing.
However, even though I had set numerous hurdles and screening criteria, the final number of participants reached a staggering thousand!
And that didn't even include the Transcendent Witches who joined the experiment.
In the Witch Academy, while Body Cultivation Witches were few and far between, they certainly existed. When they heard I was conducting an experiment on Self-Awakened Body Cultivation, they rushed over immediately. Sister Bai didn't even need to waste her breath; they volunteered on the spot.
They were the group within the academy least afraid of wasting time. The day-in, day-out grind of body cultivation had only made them feel that the future of their path was increasingly bleak.
Of course, this wasn't because the Body Cultivation advancement system was incomplete. On the contrary, as the most primitive and ancient advancement system in the Void, its path was even more pure than that of Spell Cultivation.
But precisely because of that, every step forward required immense perseverance.
Compared to the supernatural methods of Spell Cultivation, where a single spell could yield immediate results, the path of Body Cultivation was inevitably abandoned by those seeking quick success and instant benefits.
Back to the experiment.
The final number of participants far exceeded my expectations.
Fortunately, I had chosen to conduct the experiment in the laboratories and grounds of the Expansion Realm branch. Whether it was the newly built labs or the vast, empty teaching areas, the facility could easily accommodate a large-scale experiment of a thousand people.
Before the experiment began, there were a few things I had to warn them about.
Anyone who couldn't handle hardship should leave now. This experiment wasn't a reward; it was pure, unadulterated suffering.
Everyone involved, whether they possessed a Seed of Wisdom or a Knowledge Seed, was integrated into a special experimental online coordination system.
After all, you can't manage a thousand people by shouting or arranging things one by one, can you?
A thousand was simply too many, so the first order of business was still... screening!
Even though many had already been filtered out by the initial hurdles and conditions, I had to admit that many of those present were still unsuitable for this experiment.
So, once everyone had arrived, the first thing I did was have them practice a body art.
Any body art would do. After all, body arts are merely the tools used by Body Cultivators for their training. Most body arts serve as both a cultivation method and a killing technique. For instance, the most widely circulated and common Body Cultivation Secret Classics in the Void are exactly like that.
However, before they began their training, they needed to update a special permission through their Great Knowledge Seed.
Halo Permission!
With Sister Bai's assistance, I had completed version 1.3 of the "Self-Awakened Body Cultivation Halo."
The version number was self-explanatory: it was an initial attempt that had undergone three minor revisions based on recorded data.
This was the effect of the Halo—while practicing body arts, it provided an amplification nearly identical to the sensation I felt with my Self-Awakened Body Cultivation talent!
It was as if an out-of-shape girl, under the blessing of the Halo, suddenly possessed the talent of a world-class athlete!
While this talent was only temporary and couldn't provide an actual boost in raw power, there was no doubt that any Body Cultivator could make significant strides through this method.
As I gradually guided them to use the power of the Halo for their cultivation, I kept a close watch on their expressions and emotional fluctuations.
If a student truly put their heart into the path of Body Cultivation, they would immediately understand what this meant after experiencing the Halo's effect. Those who understood nothing and were just blindly following the crowd, hoping to catch a "shortcut," would likely show little reaction.
While this wasn't a definitive way to determine who was unqualified, overall, it wouldn't be far off the mark.
In any case, I would let them practice body arts for a few days to adapt. If they couldn't even persist through a few days of basic training, they deserved to be cut.
As of now, the amplification provided by the Halo derived from my Tree of Great Knowledge had received a 99% approval rating from the Transcendent Witches.
After all, they were experiencing the talent of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation under the Halo's influence!
Even though it was just a trial version of "Pseudo-Self-Awakened Body Cultivation" talent, that feeling of practicing body arts as smoothly as moving one's own limbs was a benefit they had long craved but could never obtain.
However, they also voiced their doubts. If one relied solely on this method, obtaining the actual Self-Awakened Body Cultivation talent wouldn't be that simple.
A fake was, in the end, a fake.
Nevertheless, they acknowledged the effectiveness of this special Halo. Even if the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation experiment ultimately failed, they were willing to pay a price later to retain the permissions for this Halo effect long-term.
After all, this spell effect was different from any amplification spell they knew, and it actually facilitated the mastery of body arts!
As for what to do next... that was something I had to explore slowly.
This was an experiment, after all. Even I didn't know how long it would last. Expecting results in just a few days was absolutely impossible!
Currently, I was approaching the problem from two angles: the Halo and Perfect Human Body Cultivation. Both my main body and my Body Cultivation Clone were constantly experimenting.
My main body was continuously sensing the essence of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation to iterate on the Halo.
Meanwhile, my Body Cultivation Clone was attempting to use "Affinity Body Cultivation" as a foundation, using the transmission of "feelings" as a teaching channel.
There was one drawback to this approach: I had to do everything personally. Body Cultivation is a system that concentrates great power within oneself; its strength is focused inward rather than benefiting others.
Therefore, due to a bit of favoritism and objective circumstances, I only practiced this "feeling" transmission with Sister Bai and the group of Body Cultivation Witches.
As I transmitted these "feelings," I began to feel that they needed to be grounded in specific concepts rather than the broad, empty idea of Self-Awakened Body Cultivation.
After much deliberation, based on the characteristics of the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation talent, I finally settled on "Five Senses Body Cultivation."
The effect of the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation talent is the total domination of one's own life! That is the ultimate foundation of Body Cultivation.
So, what can represent the total domination of one's own life?
Those physical-hardening Body Cultivators?
Of course not!
Self-Awakened Body Cultivation is by no means a pure tempering of the physical frame, nor is it turning the body into a killing machine. It is making the body something that is absolutely dominated by one's own consciousness.
Therefore, perception and feedback are the best answers.
Working backward, that leads to Five Senses Body Cultivation.
However, I felt that Five Senses Body Cultivation alone wasn't enough; it still lacked other concepts.
When this doubt arose, I thought of Emotion Body Cultivation and Affinity Body Cultivation.
Both of these branches were developed based on my Heart Sense, but through practice, I discovered they could overlap with the five senses.
Thus, any ability of a Body Cultivator can achieve similar results through specific Body Cultivation channels. It's like how the five senses can perceive emotion or affinity.
Therefore, the five senses must not be limited to just the five senses; they should be able to perceive even more concepts!
Even emotion and affinity were merely within the scope of my personal understanding, but they were by no means the limit of the five senses.
This vision, which completely transcended "Five Senses Body Cultivation," was enough to forge a new path. It shouldn't be confined to a collection of "five senses"; rather, every single perceptual channel should be its own cultivation system!
I quickly explained this to Sister Bai and the other Body Cultivation Witches involved in the experiment.
Although they had no concept of terms like "Emotion Body Cultivation" or "Affinity Body Cultivation," they could vaguely understand what I was getting at.
I wanted to deconstruct Five Senses Body Cultivation.
I wanted to assign a special cultivation technique to each perceptual channel, allowing it to break through the limitations of ordinary perception!
This concept was incredibly novel, and not every witch could accept such a whimsical idea.
However, their role was that of experimental subjects; cooperating with me was their duty. If they couldn't accept new things, they were free to leave the experiment.
In this regard, I gave both the students and the Transcendent Witches sufficient freedom.
Days passed.
On the first day, no one quit, though some found my arrangements incredibly boring.
On the second day, complaints began to brew. I didn't stop them or interfere. If they wanted to see results quickly, I suggested they go get a spellbook; for a witch, Spell Cultivation was simple.
The Mana Source is the mana bar, and the spellbook provides the skills.
However, they weren't Transcendent yet and couldn't practice with spellbooks. This restriction was intended to make students focus more on their research projects to build a solid foundation for their advancement to Transcendent Witches.
Unfortunately, the current state of the Main World often caused these intentions to go awry.
On that same day, the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation Halo iterated to version 1.4.
On the third day, the first student voluntarily applied to withdraw. With her departure, the thought of quitting spread like a flood, carrying away a group of the wavering.
On the fourth day, a rumor circulated within the experimental group: this experiment was different from the Self-Generated Mana experiment. Anyone hoping to soar to the top through this should just quit now. This led to another wave of departures.
The fact that the Self-Awakened Body Cultivation Halo iterated to version 1.5 seemed quite unremarkable by comparison.
I admit that the loss of nearly thirty percent of the participants over those four days was partly because I hadn't given a clear experimental goal. However... a lack of patience was exactly the trait I needed to weed out.
On the fifth day, unlike the previous four, I promoted a special Body Cultivation method.
Its full name was the "Perfect Human Five Senses Body Cultivation Method."
Many people didn't understand the concept of a "Perfect Human," and I didn't feel like explaining it to them. They just needed to keep practicing.
The appearance of the Perfect Human Five Senses Body Cultivation Method completely overturned the understanding of all the students, including many of the Body Cultivation Witches.
This was because this method didn't use body arts as a training medium. In fact, it differed significantly from general Five Senses Body Cultivation.
The Perfect Human Five Senses Body Cultivation Method was divided into five parts:
Perfect Human Smell Sense.
Perfect Human Hearing Sense.
Perfect Human Visual Sense.
Perfect Human Taste Sense.
Perfect Human Touch Sense.
As these perceptions were categorized independently, I felt a surge of enlightenment. The channels of the five senses were not a single system; the fields they excelled in were all different.
In fact, according to this classification, there should also be "Perfect Human Heart Sense," "Perfect Human Time Sense," and so on. But those were not things beginners could touch.
However, I was certain that if the Perfect Human Five Senses were cultivated to a certain level, Body Cultivation Heart Sense would automatically be born from these special perceptions!
After all, the Perfect Human Five Senses were based on "concepts" beyond ordinary senses, pointing directly toward Heart Sense. That would be the true beginning of Perfect Human Heart Sense.
Unknowingly, I had used the framework of the Perfect Human Five Senses to build a road leading to "Perfect Human Heart Sense."
Though the road was still bumpy, it was at least a hope and a possibility. In the pursuit of cultivation, as long as there is a "possibility," it is worth trying.
With the introduction of the Perfect Human Five Senses Body Cultivation Method on the fifth day, the students in the experiment saw new hope!
After all, the previous Self-Generated Mana experiment had also been achieved through repeated self-trial. Techniques like the Demonized Body Cultivation Method were still in use today.
However, practicing the Perfect Human Five Senses Body Cultivation Method wasn't as easy as they imagined.
To learn a concept they didn't understand, they needed someone who did understand it to teach them hand-in-hand.
Thus, I had to continuously use my Affinity Body Cultivation to radiate specific "feelings" for them to experience. Without these "feelings," they had no source to learn what the Perfect Human Five Senses were.
Unless one had god-tier comprehension and could realize it through my descriptions alone, there was no third way to embark on this path.
Furthermore, these "feelings" couldn't be replaced by the "Halo." The Halo was for teaching knowledge and supplementing power, but it couldn't use "feelings" as a channel to bring practical enlightenment like a Body Cultivator could.
At this moment, even the Transcendent Witches were practicing alongside the students.
After all, I only had one... well, actually, I had three.
But one was in the lab creating the Great Ordinary Spell, and my main body was iterating the Halo. The only one who could serve as a cultivation accelerator was my Body Cultivation Clone.
The Perfect Human Five Senses Body Cultivation Method focused more on cognitive realization, sensing something different through practical experience.
This was where the resources provided by Mei came in handy.
Gourmet food for taste; incense and perfumes for smell; songs for hearing; paintings and light-and-shadow art for vision; and various material elemental blocks for touch.
To those who knew, this was a form of meditative cultivation. To those who didn't, it looked like we were just partying.
After all, the food used in this experiment was specially provided by the Baking House and various gourmet clubs within the Witch Academy. The supply of incense, perfumes, and other aromatic stimulants was also of the highest quality.
There were even live bands, dance troupes, and literary clubs performing on-site.
It must be said, money can buy anything. When things are done with such luxury, it's enough to make anyone green with envy.
As the experiment reached this stage, many of the students who had quit early began to question its meaning.
It defied everyone's stereotype of an "experiment." Combined with some personal factors, the discussion on the Academy Network regarding this "extravagant" experiment split into two extremes.
But no matter how much they argued, it couldn't affect the experiment we were conducting.
As time progressed, the Perfect Human Five Senses Body Cultivation Method began to show its first signs of results.
Of course, some people gained nothing because they were truly lost in the "enjoyment" rather than finding the truth of Body Cultivation within it.
Setting aside the ultimate goal of "Self-Awakened Body Cultivation," many Body Cultivation Witches felt that reaching this point was already worth it.
During this period, another interlude occurred.
The three Body Cultivation Witches from the Primitive Dream Laboratory had also joined in out of curiosity!