When Earth Awakened, I Became a Sword Saintess

Chapter 85 : The Basketball Court in the Afternoon

85: The Basketball Court in the Afternoon

On the way back to the dorm, it was already evening. A gentle wind blew through the large trees on campus, rustling their leaves. Yuyin also felt a pleasant coolness in her body.

Today’s dual cultivation had yielded great gains. Of course, body refinement was different from energy cultivation. A single breakthrough could lead to a qualitative leap, but if she persisted in dual body cultivation with her teacher, the increase to Yuyin’s physical strength would be considerable.

Halfway back, Yuyin received a text message from Chen Qian'ning.

"Huh?"

Chen Qian'ning was in a meeting at the moment, but she had sent Yuyin a long piece… content on basic physical training.

"Yuyin, regarding today’s dual cultivation, Teacher still held back. If you want Teacher to also unleash her full strength and cultivate with you to our hearts’ content, you are still far from it. This secret method is indeed wonderful, but you can’t neglect the basics. Below is the physical training content you must complete every day (except for those few days). You must complete it. Otherwise, be careful of Teacher’s teaching whip~~ hehe."

"This is…"

The basic physical training plan Chen Qian'ning had created for Yuyin was devilish training. Every day, she had to run ten laps around Yuehu Lake, sprint up and down all the mountain paths in the Yushan range within the academy’s jurisdiction, do push-ups, leg presses, squat jumps, and other basic content that was almost "astronomical numbers" for an ordinary academy freshman.

"Teacher wants me to do this much every day? How much time will I have left for class…" Although Yuyin knew that most classes in the past few months were also basic training, their intensity and suitability for her were far inferior to this. This was something her teacher had personally tailored for her.

"Mm, to carefully tailor it during a meeting…"

Yuyin smiled helplessly, but this plan would indeed be beneficial to her foundation. She intended to carry it out. As for classes, she would only squeeze out time to attend the truly important ones.

Although Teacher didn’t have a specific way to monitor whether Yuyin completed the training, since Yuyin had promised, she wouldn’t break her word. If she truly couldn’t complete it, she would also say so frankly.

Starting the next day, according to her teacher’s plan, Yuyin made another clever adjustment. That was to use the Flying Sky’s Feather Absorption method to cultivate Primordial Energy for a period of time at a few locations on the north shore of Yuehu Lake where basically no one else cultivated, and also on the peaks of a few Yushan mountains.

In the early morning, Yuyin, wearing a T-shirt, hot pants, and sneakers, ran to the first mountain peak.

At this time, the sun was just rising, and all things were reviving. It was the moment when the Primordial Energy, which had been silent for a night, was reawakening. The Primordial Energy was most abundant, and its quality was also at its best. Although many students would also be up at this time, they were all cultivating in the academy and on the south and east sides of Yuehu Lake. Very few, like Yuyin, would go up the mountain so early in the morning.

Facing the sunrise, Yuyin sat down on the mountaintop and began to absorb Primordial Energy using the Feather Absorption method.

In only about half an hour, she had absorbed more than half of the Primordial Energy around this mountaintop. But Yuyin was smarter now. She didn’t absorb it all, leaving a little for others, and then headed to another peak.

Although her own Primordial Energy cultivation speed was far inferior to that in the God-Devouring Chess space, her own cultivation could increase the efficiency of absorption in the God-Devouring Chess. That was the key. The output of Primordial Energy in the God-Devouring Chess was very large. Every small increase in efficiency resulted in huge gains.

Furthermore, for Yuyin to continue breaking through realms, she not only needed Primordial Energy cultivation but also comprehension, a firm grasp of the wondrous circulation of her Yaochi. Only then could she have a breakthrough. Her own cultivation, although its proportion in her overall cultivation speed wasn’t the largest, was absolutely necessary.

For future breakthroughs, there were no risks. With Yuyin’s aptitude and opportunities, if she failed to break through from the Perfection Stage and fell into the Remnant Stage, what use was her high aptitude then? Wouldn’t she become a joke?

High aptitude meant fast cultivation, but it didn’t necessarily mean the risk of a breakthrough was smaller than for others.

Because of this, in addition to her own diligent cultivation, Yuyin also needed to make thorough preparations before a breakthrough, whether it was with pills, the environment, or her own state.

After a full week of dedicated cultivation, Yuyin preliminarily estimated that it would only take about two months for her to reach the Mid-Stage of Spirit-Seeking Realm. Of course, advancing a minor cultivation cycle like this was not too risky as long as she didn’t stray onto a deviant path. The "Flying Sky" Yuyin cultivated was a restored Spirit-Tier secret manual, so its path was naturally clearer. Unlike those incomplete and fragmented secret methods, even if they were powerful, they came with the great risk of taking the wrong path. Cultivating this secret method was very swift and steady.

There was no need to rush into considering breakthroughs for now. She was only at the New Stage of the Spirit-Seeking Realm, still far from the Perfection Stage.

On Friday afternoon, Yuyin had completed her training volume for the day. Wearing a white T-shirt and black athletic hot pants, she came down from the mountain and was walking around campus to relax her body.

After a day of intense exercise, Yuyin’s clothes and pants were slightly damp, exuding the aura of a youthful, mature woman. It could intoxicate people from several meters away.

In fact, she herself was a bit worried that this body fragrance might attract unnecessary trouble, but there was nothing she could do about it.

Yuyin passed by a basketball court. It was a large outdoor area surrounded by a chain-link fence, where many basketball courts were laid out side by side. At this moment, many male students had finished their cultivation classes and were here playing basketball to relax and have fun. Yuyin, with her current sharp senses, could already feel the large amount of vigorous, masculine energy rising from within the court. There were also many girls watching on the sidelines, among them the girlfriends of some of the male students.

"Playing basketball is very popular, huh?"

Yuyin didn’t feel much about it now, but recalling her time as a little boy before her rebirth, when she was weak and not good at sports, she felt a bit of envy watching those athletic male students who jumped to dunk… They always attracted the attention of girls.

However, at this moment, Yuyin was already standing at the pinnacle of the new students. Looking across the second-years, there probably weren’t many whose strength could match her own. After all, the ace of the second-year Swordsman Department, before this week’s special training, was no longer her match. Only those strong third-years could defeat her.

Perhaps out of a lingering memory of ordinary high school life, Yuyin had unconsciously walked into the court area. The first court she came to was the one with the most female onlookers. She stood by the chain-link fence to watch.

"Hm? It’s our Swordsman Department and Strongman Department playing?" Among them were a few tall, burly second-year upperclassmen whom Yuyin still recognized.

However… looking at the score, although it was only the first half, the Swordsman Department was already trailing by 20 points. These academy students’ athletic abilities were too strong. The pace of offense and defense was fast, collisions were intense, and the rules were loose, so points were scored quickly.

The Strongman Department’s power forward was so tall and burly, yet not lacking in agility. He seemed to have spotted Yuyin at the side of the court and suddenly erupted with fighting spirit. He received the ball, dribbled it himself from mid-court, and forcefully pushed past a few Swordsman Department upperclassmen. He flew up for a slam dunk. The entire hoop shook violently. This move drew screams from many of the girls.

"Hey, that’s a foul!" A skinny, tall second-year forward from the Swordsman Department went up to argue.

"Ah, hehe, my bad. I didn’t expect you Swordsman Department guys to be so soft. I didn’t mean to bump into you." The Strongman Department’s power forward said with a simple-minded smile, clearly showing his contempt for the Swordsman Department males, making the Swordsman Department upperclassmen’s faces look ugly.

Around them, however, a burst of cheers erupted. Some of the Strongman Department freshmen who were cheering were also there, including Hu Yidun.

"Senior Tie Niu, you’re the man! Awesome!" Hu Yidun shouted from there.

"Senior Tie Niu is of course awesome. He’s the strongest man in our academy’s second year, much stronger than that Shenwu who lost to a woman, hehehe…" a few girls said in a fawning, delicate voice.

"That’s right, I heard Senior Tie Niu hasn’t even chosen a girlfriend yet."

"Wow, really?"

"Tch, you’re getting ideas again. Senior Tie Niu is focused on his cultivation, how would he have time for romance?"

In the Lingdu Source Martial Academy’s second year, Strongman Department, Wang Tie Niu was a strength path genius from the northwest. He was born with immense strength and fast reactions. Although he didn’t look like much, in this academy that worshipped the strong, he still attracted the favor of many girls.

Yuyin, standing behind the crowd, felt that this Tie Niu kept staring at her after every dunk, as if he was showing off his strength and ball skills to her. Yuyin felt a bit helpless. It was too easy for her to attract attention. She couldn’t even just watch casually. So, she turned to leave.

"Hey, the girl over there, wait a moment." Tie Niu’s head poked up from the crowd, and he shouted toward Yuyin’s tall, graceful back.