This would not bring an increase in strength, but it would allow him to further understand the Visualization, which might help with his fifth breakthrough.
The fifth breakthrough was difficult, and any potentially helpful thing was worth trying.
"What are you doing?" Turquoise Pool asked him, unable to take her eyes off him.
"Desert." Li Changzhou replied.
Is there a more realistic Visualization than the desert itself? It was right in front of him.
What was the desert like? Li Changzhou first thought of the scorching heat and drought, which had some similarities with the "Divine Fire Map."
Then because of the "Giant Kun," he associated the desert with something that could swallow everything.
From the perspective of "Yin Yang Double Snakes," the desert belonged to the fire among the Five Elements. If it were Yang Qinglan, she could easily leverage its vast fire energy to use fire attribute skills and, according to the "Five Elements Interacting," could even trigger a flood.
No, that's not right.
Li Changzhou emptied his mind, letting his clear consciousness directly contact the desert.
Visualization sought 'truth.'
The trick to entering the "Thunder Map" was that one must believe that there really was thunder striking them, and any concept switch—such as a past electric shock experience—was not allowed.
There was no borrowing between Visualization techniques, at least not for him at the moment. He could only seek 'truth,' the 'singular foundation.'
In Turquoise Pool's eyes, Li Changzhou squinted slightly, leaving only a slit, looking half asleep.
After a full hour, Li Changzhou finally discarded all past impressions of the desert and "looked" at the desert with the consciousness of an infant.
The endless desert seemed like an infinite universe, pressing in from all directions. Given his constitution, he actually found it hard to breathe.
Li Changzhou was not panicked, but rather felt surprised, his spirit interfering with reality was a sign of Visualization!
His breathing suddenly became smooth, as if surfacing from water. He quickly controlled his emotions, recalling his recent experience and diving back in.
After meditating for half an hour, he opened his eyes; there was no change in his body, but he had gained a new skill... with no official name, in his words, it was 'bullying the small.'
It wasn't actually getting bigger, but a spiritual intimidation. In combat, a punch felt to the opponent like facing the vast desert, helpless.
Like the "Snake Step" he had learned in 1928 from Liu De, the ultimate undercover Player, it wasn't of much use.
He hadn't expected it to be of use to him now anyway.
Li Changzhou closed his eyes, reviewed his experiences, organized his experiences, and combined it with the Visualization techniques he had learned to see where he could get inspiration.
He only opened his eyes when he heard Yang Qinglan's voice.
Yang Qinglan was talking to Qing Shui.
Only the three of them and Little Radish, Yafeiluna had gone to the tribe that used whips, and Xiao Wu and Crackers had gone to the tribe that used bows and arrows.
"Your body is stronger than other sand people, what type of exercise do you use?" Yang Qinglan asked her.
"Carrying a sword every day, naturally makes the body strong," Qing Shui replied.
Li Changzhou glanced at her lips, which were red as if smeared with blood. Was that from eating spicy hotpot?
Qing Shui knew what he was looking at. She had long seen other people's lips in the tribe. She pursed her lips, not letting them be seen.
Licking them and drinking pure white water—cow or goat milk—was useless; she had tried it.
Li Changzhou was not concerned with her lips, his gaze dropped, staring at her chest: "Your heart is three times stronger than others, is that also from carrying a sword?"
".....I was born this way."
"That sword might be the key." Turquoise Pool lay back in the armchair, her fingers twirling the tips of her white hair, her slender legs displayed as if they were delicacies, "Like the 'Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber,' there must be something hidden in the sword, try smashing it."
Qing Shui didn't know what "Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" was, but she understood 'smashing the sword.'
"You!"
"This booklet here—" Yang Qinglan took out a thin booklet.
Qing Shui recognized that item; it had just been taken from her.
"—records everything about your last three days."
The last three days?
Qing Shui's heart tightened, she clenched her teeth, and her stomach, already burning from the food she ate, now felt nauseous in waves.
She remembered the affair from last night where she had faked someone's death to help them escape, almost seeing them turn to ash under Li Changzhou's gaze.
Yang Qinglan glanced at her ashen face: "This morning you were practicing 'Guiding Skill' facing the sun."
Qing Shui didn't believe it, stepped forward, snatched the booklet from Yang Qinglan's hands, and stared at it.
"Can you understand it?" Yang Qinglan looked at her indifferently.
"It says here..." Li Qianxia stood beside Qing Shui, reading the contents to her.
It was one thing to encounter Earthlings, but the things before the Earthlings arrived were also clearly written.
This was nothing.
Having seen the sand thieves being interrogated, Qing Shui believed that these Earthlings could get everything they wanted to know from the other sand people, but this... recorded something she knew alone.
It wasn't practicing 'Guiding Skill,' but waking up in the middle of the night due to an inexplicable urge, she reached into her pants and secretly.....
When she read this part, Li Qianxia used "that" to refer to it.
Qing Shui didn't know what to say, completely convinced.
After a while, she suddenly looked up at Li Changzhou: "Didn't you say you like equal trade?"
"No more hawks without seeing the rabbit," Li Changzhou laughed, "Alright, you speak out the 'Guiding Skill,' and I'll teach you something."
He stood up, and Qing Shui didn't notice, the huge sword that had been on his back was now in his hand.