Rock Fist

(Li Wei POV)

Huh. That was really easy. Was I lied to? I thought cultivation was a long journey of hardships and difficulties. If I knew that it would be this easy, I wouldn't have held back the poop that was about to come out. Whelp. Might as well go now since I have the time.

(Normal POV)

At record speed, Li Wei managed to reach the peak stage of his cultivation technique in two hours of dimension time. That's how Li Wei came to the conclusion that cultivation was exaggerated by the others in an effort to scare him. In reality, an hour only went by and he had spare time left for other activities. When he first went into the dimension, he was met with grassy plains and a cool breeze. He didn't have expectations on the design of his dimension so it was a pleasant surprise that he got a nice setting. Once he mastered the manual, he felt no different than he usually did, but he instinctively understood that something good happened to him.

Defecating was a boring part of the day and so Li Wei tried to figure out the problem he encountered. Why does his level not show up? The text in his mind never once showed that he was in the next stage of cultivation and with the amount of time he spent collecting Qi, surely he must have gained something, but no. Apparently, everything he absorbed went into the Mark and just stayed there.

Since he had nothing better to do, he continued to his mindless Qi collecting and pooped his time away. After he finished, he decided to start his Body Training Techniques and he chose the Rock Fist to practice first. A wise man did say that the best defense is a good offense. Going into his dimension, he stretched his body and recalled his memories.

Now, he didn't have any hope of even using it since his Qi situation was a little messed up at the moment. However, the next few minutes proved him wrong. Turns out, he could use the Rock Fist even though he hasn't activated his Dantian. Li Wei remembered that the instructions explicitly stated that it would use up the Qi stored in his Dantian to turn it into refinement energy that made his body defense stronger. None of that happened and Li Wei theorized that the Rock Fist was using the energy stored in the Mark directly to train him. He couldn't find any problems with it and so he continued for the next few hours.

The Rock Fist had five punches that had to be done with one forward step each. The first step he needed to take was with the right foot that came with a normal straight punch using the right hand. Then, the second step did the very opposite by using all lefts. Next was the right hook with the right foot, followed by a left cross aimed down at the thigh area using the left foot. To finish it, Li Wei had to follow it up with a right uppercut and the right foot once again so that it was right, left, right, left, right in that exact order. Coincidently, the rights and lefts are switched in the Strong Fist as they are were created as a pair.

Four hours later, he managed to drag his tired body back to his bed. Laying down, he checked the text to notice that he only reached the 2nd stage of the technique with the time he put it. Only now did Li Wei understand that the other cultivators were not lying at all. They were completely right. During those four hours, he had to take a twenty-minute break between every forty-minute session and he wasted more time than he would've liked.

Regardless, he did find out that mastering his cultivation technique did come with a perk of its own. Stamina. Originally, he should've never been able to handle this level of training at this young of an age. He himself knew how much stamina he had and so he was grateful for this fortune. The only thing that confused him was the fact that there was no prior information about this useful enhancement in the Basic Qi Cultivation Technique manual. Li Wei decided to ask the Librarian later. Right now, another bath and eating lunch were his top priorities.

At home, he giggled to himself about the spectacle he created by eating like a starving ghost. Some of the female disciples thought it was cute while the guys questioned where all that food went after Li Wei swallowed it. Even after thirty minutes of continuous eating, his stomach didn't have the slightest bulge.

The Sun was setting and Li Wei decided to rest go rest in his dimension. Since he had this useful ability, why can't he just abuse it like crazy? It would generate more time for himself and he could use that to master the Body Training Techniques.

"Can I take objects with me to the dimension? I mean...clearly my clothes could come with me, but they are on my body so maybe I can? Let's try." He opened the portal and threw an apple at it. He got his answer immediately because the apple was completely obliterated. "Okay...I think I could use that against bad guys as a backup. Just open the portal in their face if they attack me. That would be a miserable death for them." Next, he got another apple and this time, he went with it. "Don't kill me. Don't kill me. Don't kill me," he chanted in his head. Opening his eyes, he saw his location and the fruit in his hand. "Success. The food is checked off. Let's try items."

For the next twenty minutes, he found out that as long as something has physical contact with him, it could join him in the dimension. The only other problem is that no other living being can come in. Rest in peace, Mousy the rat. Your sacrifice will not be in vain.