Sitting on the edge of the bed, Yawen held his head with both hands, and the intense headache made him involuntarily groan in pain.
Since he was five years old, he couldn't have too much emotional fluctuations, otherwise the severe headache would make him feel like knocking his head open.
But tonight, the crisis of the family and the affection of his family caused his mood to fluctuate greatly, contrary to his usual principle of being indifferent and handling things, which finally brought back the headache from his nightmares.
Yawen took a deep breath, sat cross-legged, and rubbed his hands together, generating heat in his palms. Then he spread his palms slightly apart and focused his attention on his palms. He then placed his palms against his forehead, and the heat from his palms entered his forehead. With the help of this heat, Yawen used his will to control the flow of heat, starting from his forehead, passing through his right brain, right temple, right neck, along the right spine to his waist, then circling back along the left spine, left neck, left temple, to his left forehead, and then meditating briefly on his forehead before starting the same path again.
This repeated cycle continued for thirty-six times, and it took Yawen almost an hour to complete it.
Strangely, the hot flow that originally made Yawen feel very hot seemed to have changed to cold at some point. In the last few rounds, Yawen almost felt his whole body covered in goosebumps from the cold, but Yawen, who was used to always doing thirty-six cycles, persisted in completing them.
In the last round, Yawen felt as if his whole body was immersed in eternal ice, which made him shiver after finishing the exercise.
Although the headache had not disappeared, his mind was surprisingly clear.
Yawen felt puzzled. In the past, whenever he had a headache, as long as he followed the method his mother taught him and used the heat exercise for thirty-six consecutive times, the headache would disappear without taking any medication. But this time was different, not only did the headache not disappear, but the original heat also inexplicably turned into extreme cold.
This had never happened before. Could there be something wrong with the method?
Yawen pondered, and the intense headache made it hard for him to contain. The clearer his mind became, the more he could feel the power of the headache, making him very uncomfortable.
Suddenly, Yawen had an idea and got off the bed to find a dusty old box from under the bed.
The box was about one meter square in tea color, and it was the box Yawen used to collect his mother's belongings. Yawen hastily opened the box and after searching through it, he finally found a small silver wooden box at the bottom of the box.
Yawen remembered that ten years ago, when his mother was lying on the sickbed, she took out an old yellow-skinned small book from this silver wooden box and taught him the contents of the book word by word.
He remembered that his mother patiently taught him how to read each word and sentence in the book, from not knowing a single character to being able to recite the contents of the entire book from memory, which took him almost a month. It was a considerable effort from his mother.
And his mother also went to great lengths to teach him...
"Juanxiu's handwriting was the same as the font in the notebook kept by her father, which was her mother's handwriting.
Without hesitation, Yawen immediately picked up the letter and opened it. Inside, it read:
"Yawen, my son:
When you read this letter, I don't know how old you are? Are you healthy and happy? The biggest regret of my life is not being able to see you grow up**, forgive me for being an irresponsible mother, unable to protect you until the end.
You must be having a terrible headache right now! Don't panic! Follow my instructions now. First, take a deep breath and use the technique I taught you to run it three times as quickly as possible."
Yawen followed without hesitation and ran the technique three times at the fastest speed he had never used before. Incredibly, the icy air seemed to extinguish the headache in his mind like pouring water on a fire, and the intense headache disappeared completely in an instant, leaving him with a sense of relief, and Yawen let out a sigh.
He continued reading:
"No matter whether you have a headache or discovered this letter unintentionally, there is something your mother needs to tell you now, and you need to know that I am from the Long family in the Tai Long Empire. The Long family has a profound and far-reaching history that can be traced back to the ancient era of the Great Destruction. According to the records of the family history, our first ancestor, Becker Long, was cursed by the gods during the Great Destruction era and possessed a powerful and nightmarish mental power. Using this mental power, Becker ancestors created the glory of the Long family, but good times don't last forever. Except for Becker himself, every descendant who possessed this mental power ended up going mad or losing their sanity.
Because no one can withstand this powerful mental power without going mad, even Becker himself only learned to control and manipulate this power through occasional, serendipitous experiences. Unfortunately, he did not pass down his method, and fortunately, this ability only appears once every four generations, so the Long family has been able to continue.
By this point, I believe you already know what I am going to say, right? Yes, you are the fifth generation of our Long family, the generation that may have exceptional mental power.
But don't worry, among the ancestors of the Long family, there were also wise men who, after long years of research, discovered a method to seal this exceptional mental power, allowing many ancestors to live out their lives in peace.
However, when I learned about this from the family history, a question arose in my heart. Why could Becker ancestors use their mental power to create a business, while we, the descendants, have to seal it to survive? This question puzzled me even more when I calculated that the next generation after me or your little uncle would be the generation where the mental power would appear.
So I began to research if there were other methods? Can we use this power without sealing it and without danger?
After thorough research, I discovered several common points in the occurrence of exceptional mental power. First, exceptional mental power occurs in individuals between the ages of fifteen and twenty after experiencing great joy or great sorrow; second, when exceptional mental power begins to manifest, it will cause intense mental and physical reactions, and the individual will lose control, which is the most dangerous stage; third, if exceptional mental power is not brought under control at this stage, it will eventually lead to madness or loss of sanity.
Based on these observations, I developed a method to control and utilize exceptional mental power without sealing it. I have been experimenting on myself for years, and I have achieved some success.
I really wish I could have told you these words in person instead of you learning them from a letter.
Finally, Mom has to remind you again, if you are reading this letter while experiencing extreme joy or sorrow with a splitting headache, it means your spiritual power is starting to manifest. If the methods mentioned earlier in the letter cannot relieve the headache, it means that the techniques for our Long family's spiritual power are not effective for you. You need to quickly use the spiritual sealing technique at the end of the book to seal your spiritual power, and you must not force yourself.
Mom doesn't want to see you in heaven too early.
"Mother."
After finally finishing reading this letter, Yawen couldn't help but sigh, feeling a mixture of emotions and not knowing what to say.
So many things happened tonight, as if all the things that should have happened in these sixteen years were concentrated in tonight.
Shaking his head, Yawen decided to follow his mother's advice and first learn the complete set of techniques before thinking further!
He picked up the yellow-skinned book in the wooden box, and the cover was written with "Tian Xin Jue," not knowing if it was the original name or a name given by his mother?
He opened it and saw that the first third of the book was the "Zhu Ji Chapter" he had learned before, the middle third was the "Lian Xin Chapter," and Yawen could tell at a glance that it was an extension and variation of the Zhu Ji Chapter, focusing on training spiritual power.
The last third was very strange, called the "Zi Zai Chapter," with phrases like "Guarding the Mind, Cultivating the Primordial Spirit, Locking the Mind Horse, Illusion of Freedom, Crystalizing the Heart, Reflecting the Universe." It seemed to be describing something and teaching someone how to do it at the same time, leaving Yawen puzzled, not understanding what it meant.
The last page of the book contained a piece of paper, and Yawen opened it to see that it was titled "Spiritual Sealing Technique." To be on the safe side, he memorized this technique first, and then focused on studying the Tian Xin Jue.
"It's strange?" Yawen read it several times from beginning to end and found that his mother did not write anything about why the Tian Xin Jue would change from hot to cold?
After reading it a few times, Yawen decided not to dwell on it, thinking that it was a normal phenomenon and that's why his mother didn't write about it.
In fact, Yawen's mother, Kailin Long, did not know that the Tian Xin Jue would change from hot to cold, because she could not predict the extent to which Yawen's cultivation level would exceed her imagination. She did not know that Yawen would use the secret technique of the Starda Clan, the "Reviving Technique," to forcefully infuse all the energy in his body into his Phantom Beast Greedy Wolf Star.
Of course, she could not predict that Yawen's actions inadvertently coincided with the natural way of breaking through and reaching a higher level of spiritual power, and that it would fundamentally bring about a great change in Yawen's spiritual power.
At this moment, Yawen immediately sat cross-legged on the bed, with his five hearts (top of the head, palm, and sole of the feet) facing the sky, breathing in a peculiar rhythm, dispelling all the distractions from the heart, starting from the top of the head, a chill spread throughout his body along the spine, then concentrated in the right palm, spread throughout the body again, then concentrated in the left palm, then the right sole
Introduction to Mythical Beasts:
I. Origin of Mythical Beasts:
Eight thousand years ago, humans triggered a galactic-scale explosion, and the intense electromagnetic waves caused all electronic devices in the galaxy to malfunction, with no one knowing when they would recover.
Fortunately, at that time, humans had advanced biotechnology, and they had the ability to deploy artificial creatures with strong vitality and attack power on the battlefield.
After the explosion, humans improved the remaining bioengineered creatures using the method of generational alternation, and after thousands of years of research, they finally evolved into the current Mythical Beasts, which are closely related to humans.
II. Grades and Attributes of Mythical Beasts:
Mythical Beasts are divided into three levels, with one decade (ten years) as one unit, known as one "Order". The lower-level Mythical Beasts are classified as first to third Order, commonly owned and controlled by ordinary civilians. The middle-level Mythical Beasts are classified as fourth to sixth Order, typically owned by specialized personnel such as warriors and craftsmen. The upper-level Mythical Beasts are classified as seventh to ninth Order, controlled by the nobles of various countries, with their production sources strictly controlled. The seventh Order is known as Noble Mythical Beasts, the eighth Order as Royal Mythical Beasts, and the ninth Order as Imperial Mythical Beasts, due to the incredible power possessed by the upper-level Mythical Beasts.
The longer a Mythical Beast lives, the more mature its abilities in all aspects become, and the greater its power becomes. Therefore, higher-level Mythical Beasts are more powerful. There are also legendary Mythical Beasts that are said to surpass the ninth Order, known as "Legendary Mythical Beasts", possessing earth-shattering powers and not limited by the innate lifespan and instincts of Mythical Beasts. The most famous of these are the Four Sacred Beasts: Qinglong (Azure Dragon), Zhuque (Vermilion Bird), Baihu (White Tiger), and Xuanwu (Black Tortoise), although no one has truly seen them.
The attributes of Mythical Beasts are mainly based on wind, fire, water, earth, light, and dark. Each Order of Mythical Beasts has various attributes, but only Mythical Beasts of the eighth Order and above possess the light and dark attributes.
Each type of Mythical Beast only possesses one attribute, but some researchers have discovered the so-called secondary attribute, which allows a Mythical Beast to temporarily exhibit another attribute's abilities, known as the hidden ability.
III. Relationship between Mythical Beasts and their Masters:
Once a Mythical Beast recognizes its master, the energy it requires is provided entirely by the master. Therefore, the stronger the master, the more energy they provide, and the stronger the Mythical Beast becomes, especially for higher-level Mythical Beasts that require more energy. If the energy provided by the master is insufficient, even higher-level Mythical Beasts may lack power. The recognition of a master by a Mythical Beast is determined by the spiritual power of the master, and the higher the level of the Mythical Beast, the higher the spiritual power required for recognition. If the master's spiritual power is too weak, there may be incidents where the Mythical Beast does not recognize its master or even betrays its master during its juvenile stage.