【Current Luck Value: .】
【Worlds Opened: 4】
The luck value has once again been maxed out, and a new world has been opened.
This last wave of luck didn't come from being a Kazekage candidate.
To be precise, Shimizu is still only a quasi-Kazekage candidate; he still has one last procedure regarding the Daimyo to go through.
This luck came from another position of his, a position that the Third Kazekage had just given to Shimizu.
Leader of the Sand Village Jonin Squad.
He had already received such a high number of votes in the appointment confirmation vote that he could become a Kazekage candidate, let alone the leader of the Jonin Squad.
The position of Jonin Squad Leader is not low in status; the extent of the power is rather ambiguous, depending on the ability of the person holding the position and how much power the Kazekage is willing to give.
Generally speaking, as the head of the Jonin, Shimizu would be responsible for hosting any Jonin-level meetings that are held in the future. In times of war, he has the power to command and dispatch Jonin, as well as some other powers.
However, Shimizu doesn't really care about this aspect.
Because those powers are already covered by the Kazekage candidacy.
Now Shimizu's attention is focused on the newly opened world.
The first three worlds opened so far were the DC world, the Demon Slayer world, and the Marvel world. Each avatar has already occupied a significant position in that world, bringing a large amount of luck to Shimizu, and also greatly helping to improve Shimizu's abilities and knowledge.
It's still the familiar black vortex, emerging from the void, leading to an unknown space-time.
A wisp of consciousness plunged into it, and Shimizu couldn't help but feel a pain in his head, as if a part of it had been knocked off. He grunted softly.
However, perhaps because Shimizu's current spiritual will is much stronger than in the past, he only frowned slightly and endured it.
… …
… …
Unknown world.
China, in the doctoral dormitory of Kyoto University, one of the TOP2 universities.
The snoring stopped abruptly.
Shimizu felt his somewhat drunk head, rubbed his brow, sat up from the bed, pressed the light switch next to him, and silently sorted out his memories.
In this world, his name is Zhuo Shimizu.
The Zhuo of 'Zhuo Qinglian er bu yao' (pure and unpretentious lotus), belongs to a rare surname, with less than 10,000 people in the country. His name comes from the poem by the ancient Zhen Dexiu:
"At midnight, the spiritual roots are washed with clear water, and the turbid qi in the Dantian must be carefully regulated."
Well, Zhen Dexiu's name is indeed very 'showy' (优秀, excellent), but it's not made up. There was indeed such a person in history, a famous minister of the Song Dynasty, a great-grandson of Zhu Xi, and an official of the Ministry of Revenue, who was a great Confucian scholar at the time.
As for Shimizu, this avatar of his is 26 years old this year, just graduated with a doctorate from Kyoto University, with dual doctoral degrees in High-Energy Physics and Quantum Physics and Artificial Intelligence. He is currently a lecturer in the college and works in the postdoctoral research station.
A proper high-quality talent.
The reason for being drunk was because just today, the celebration banquet was held for the successful conclusion of the academic project led by his supervisor, Professor Meng Xuan.
According to his doctoral supervisor, after the completion of this project, his level three professor is estimated to soon become a level two professor, and the evaluation of Changjiang Scholar is basically guaranteed.
Considered a small bull evolving towards a big bull.
As for which world this is, Shimizu now has some guesses, but is not very sure.
Because after the celebration banquet ended, this doctoral supervisor named Meng Xuan gave him two small books, telling him to go back and study hard, and then go to him after he learned them.
One is called "General Knowledge of Mohism", and the other is called "Mo Sect Divine Mechanism".
Shimizu didn't extract Chakra immediately as he usually does every time he arrives in a new world, but instead got out of bed, wiped his face, spread out the two books on the desk under the bed, and began to read.
The dormitory of Kyoto University is a two-person room. The original roommate went to the postdoctoral research station of a certain Ivy League university in the United States last month to work with a Chinese-American big shot in the industry.
So before the new doctoral students enroll, this single room is occupied by Shimizu alone.
And by that time, he would have moved to the single room prepared for him in the faculty dormitory of Wanliu Apartment.
"Mo Sect Divine Mechanism, Mohist mechanical arts, Inhumans, Qi cultivation… as expected."
Shimizu put down the book page, his eyes flickering slightly.
Here, is the world of Under One Person, and the current timeline is…
Shimizu picked up his phone from the bedside.
Above the sly smiling pig Zhu Zhu Xia's wise eyes on the screen saver, the current time is displayed.
August 22, 2014, 1:37 AM.
It seems the time is quite early.
And it's not too early, going back to the last century.
This book, General Knowledge of Mohism, introduces the Inhumans and the Inhuman school to which his doctoral supervisor Meng Xuan belongs, the Mo Sect.
The ancient Chinese ancestors in this world put forward the concept a long time ago, believing that everything in the world has Qi. By the Song Dynasty, Zhu Xi even believed that all matter was composed of Qi.
Everything in the world has its Qi. The Qi that can be reproduced by itself and the Qi that is refined by external force are considered to be the difference between life and non-life. In addition to flesh and blood, etc., living beings inherit from the previous generation this abstract energy, allowing them to grow, think, and have a soul, rather than being walking corpses.
The earliest people who were born with the ability to better control these Qi, used various supernatural powers to exert Qi, and with the development of the times and the research on Qi, various methods of breathing and tempering the body to help people control and grow the Qi in the body have also been researched.
The General Knowledge of Mohism in Shimizu's hand contains a set of Qi cultivation methods originally created by Mozi, Mo Di.
In addition to this set of Qi cultivation techniques, there is also an introduction to the Mo Sect.
During the ancient pre-Qin period, after Mozi's death, the Mohists were divided into three factions. The Chu Mohists were mostly knights, the Qi Mohists were mostly scholars, and the Qin Mohists were more pragmatic.
The Chu Mohists and Qi Mohists, the former gradually became wandering knights who showed off their bravery in the Jianghu, while the latter were gradually annexed and absorbed by Confucianism and Taoism in academics, and gradually disappeared during the Qin and Han dynasties.
Only the pragmatic Qin Mohist faction became the core of Mohism and passed it down.
Although it did not become a science of governing the world like Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism, it was actually like the Military School, becoming an indispensable part of various dynasties in another way, and also integrated and absorbed the ideas of Confucianism and Taoism in this process.
Whether it is in the folk or in the court, although it has never become mainstream, the shadow of Mohism is indispensable.
Crafting siege weapons, constructing water conservancy projects, and building city bridges are all specialties of the Mo Sect disciples. The creation of devices like the armillary sphere and the water-powered celestial globe also cannot exclude the influence of the Mohists.
For over two thousand years, the Mo Sect has experienced several wars and rebuilt itself after leaving behind embers of hope. From Mozi to Qin Huali, then to Meng Sheng, Tian Xiangzi, and Fu, the lineage has continued to the modern era, which emphasizes technological development. The Mo Sect has even closer ties with the government than ancient dynasties did.
The contemporary Grand Master of the Mo Sect, the leader of the Mo School, is Academician Ou, who has served as a designer for multiple manned spaceflight and lunar exploration projects.
(Ahem, there is a character prototype, but the person is definitely different, haha. I wouldn't dare to arrange anything about an academician.)
This person is also Shimizu's grandmaster, as his doctoral supervisor, Meng Xuan, is his disciple.
After reading this introduction about the Mo Sect in a few minutes, Shimizu turned his attention to the last few pages of the booklet.
The Mo Sect Qi Cultivation Technique, created by Mozi and revised by successive generations of Mo Sect Grand Masters.
However, this is only the first part, for introductory purposes. It mainly teaches how to condense, mobilize, and nourish the Qi within the body through breathing exercises and mental cultivation. There should be methods for further cultivation and strengthening in the future.
"It's somewhat similar to the method of extracting chakra. Both can be regarded as a combination of one's own physical energy and mental energy. However, chakra focuses more on exploring and strengthening physical energy, emphasizing the evolution of energy's properties, while Qi cultivation is another method. It uses the body's own system to absorb nutrients from the outside world, and then refines these nutrients into Qi, with mental energy playing a guiding role in this process, circulating through the body's meridians, simulating the laws of nature, and integrating spiritual will into it.
This will be more difficult, especially in the early stages. Although the upper limit will be limited by the weak human body, the range of use will definitely be wider than ninjutsu, which is restricted by chakra attributes. It can also nourish the body and prolong life."
Read it carefully, word by word!
Shimizu carefully read these few thousand words and their related annotations, and began to calculate in his mind.
In terms of destructive power, chakra is obviously higher. Destroying the earth's surface and shattering stars are both possible.
But that relies more on the Otsutsuki lineage.
Ordinary ninjas rely on chakra to reach the level of the Third Kage of each village, reaching the peak of the Kage level, which is already the limit.
Puppet techniques, swordsmanship, and the fusion of bloodline limit ninjutsu are all things that ordinary ninjas can possess, and I have already cultivated them to a very high level.
If it were just like this, my upper limit would actually be about the same.
It was the acquisition of the aerokinesis ability from the incarnations of various worlds, combined with the super regeneration and massive chakra reserves brought by the Perfect Demon Transformation, and the Flying Thunder God Technique of the Blood Demon Art, that allowed him to take half a step beyond that limit.
To really calculate, having super space displacement ability + large-scale high-power ninjutsu + swordsmanship master + puppet technique, combined would probably be like a Tobirama Senju with enhanced self-healing ability + half a Chiyo.
Shimizu expects that the Qi cultivation system of the Outlander will bring him more surprises.
Two systems with a certain degree of similarity, but with completely different development directions, will inevitably complement each other and bloom with more brilliant sparks.
Inhale… Exhale… Inhale… Exhale…
Qi cultivation and breathing exercises are not like absorbing spiritual energy from the heavens and earth in immortal cultivation novels. Instead, they involve regulating the mind through breathing, seeking peace, condensing the mind, and, more specifically, some people can better exchange gases with the outside world through breathing, using the respiratory system in a specific way to better circulate and utilize the energy in the body.
After all, the energy required for human activities needs to be delivered to the body's cells through breathing.
Soon, a warm current was generated in Shimizu's dantian, slowly wandering with Shimizu's consciousness to the rhythm of his breathing.
As the circulation progressed, the influence of the spirit on the energy became greater, and Shimizu quickly controlled this warm current with ease.
Perhaps due to his foundation in chakra cultivation, Shimizu entered the door very quickly, and was able to easily control the Qi in his body as soon as he entered.
He even had some ideas about integrating Qi cultivation and chakra extraction.
However, Shimizu was not in a hurry to do so, because he lacked sufficient understanding of this newly encountered system.
He chose to let the incarnation of the Demon Slayer world do this.
After all, the incarnation of the Demon Slayer world possesses a perfect demon body, so there is no fear even if something goes wrong.
Moreover, the average combat power of that world is lower. Even after Muzan's death, even the strongest swordsman cannot pose a threat to him. It can only be considered a low-martial arts, low-tech world in the early 20th century.
Even if there is a problem with chakra and it can't be used anymore, relying solely on the perfect demon body and breathing techniques, in this era where even World War I has not yet broken out, there is nothing that can threaten him.
A few minutes later.
The incarnation of the Demon Slayer world sat on the sofa and slowly opened his eyes.
Chakra and Qi are difficult to coexist.
The composition of the two energies is quite similar. If they exist at the same time, they are easily swallowed and assimilated by each other.
However, this is not a disadvantage.
Being able to assimilate means being able to transform into each other. As long as I understand Qi enough and the control ability reaches a relatively high standard like chakra, it should be possible.
Moreover…
A little shimmering bright blue light condensed in Shimizu's palm.
From converting chakra into Qi, and then converting it back to chakra, that trace of will that did not belong to me in this chakra seemed to have weakened a little.
No, rather than weakening, it was more like refining.
Although it was very weak, it was effective.
Outlander cultivation emphasizes both nature and life. According to this aspect, the ninjas of the Naruto world only cultivate life and not nature. The cultivation of nature is entirely driven by life.
Perhaps it was precisely because of cultivating nature at the same time as cultivating life that I was able to refine that trace of will in the chakra that was not suitable for me.
For Shimizu, this point alone is worth the luck spent opening this world.
The main body is not like the incarnation of the Marvel world, which has a Mind Stone that can be used to suppress and wear down. He can only let the incarnation try to study it and see if he can figure out any methods.
Therefore, the importance of this Qi cultivation technique to Shimizu can be imagined.
The bright blue light slowly dimmed.
"What's wrong?"
Shinobu Kochou walked over slowly, holding a three-year-old child.
"It's nothing."
Shimizu shook his head.
He shifted his gaze back to the Under One-Man world.
Shimizu's eyes slowly opened, and he exhaled a long breath of turbid air.
The amount of Qi in his body at this moment has reached a considerable level.
