Reborn as a Mountain: I Defy the Heavens with a Smile-Chapter 135: The Insights

As Ye Chen climbed up a hundred steps, the difficulty of the trial increased, and he slowed down a lot.

No matter how heaven-defying he was, he couldn't gain insight easily without his divine ability of heavenly comprehension.

Nonetheless, it was not hard, as the martial technique was extremely basic, called 'Origin Foundation Method.'

This technique's main purpose was to point out the basic flaws, such as small errors in Qi circulation, irregular breathing of spiritual Qi or even wrong grip on weapons!

However, there was no free lunch in this world and the same went for this technique, as one not only had to comprehend everything but also had to train for half a year or more if they really didn't want any flaws.

If this time was one or two months, no one could have cared; however, half a year was a lot for mastering the basics that would not affect the foundation too much. Not to mention, as long as one was cultivated with high-grade cultivation techniques, there would be no major problems with the foundation.

So, although there were basic techniques like this available everywhere, no one cared, especially since there was no increase in strength or whatever.

Ye Chen also didn't think highly of this; however, it was because he had divine resonance arts, which encompassed all of the basics. So for him this technique was even more useless.

But no matter what, he had to comprehend as much as he could because only in this way could he gain an insight.

Of course, the insights he was gaining were just a tiny part and it was because the technique that appeared in his memory contained some of it.

If not, there was no way he could gain insight like this unless he spent a year mastering this technique.

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As Ye Chen continued ascending, Li Mei and others faced the trial of time with a hint of anxiety.

Ye Chen, after all, had failed the trial on the first step so they worried about what was behind, as he never revealed the answer.

Nevertheless, they all steeled their hearts and climbed on the four thousand and first step.

Swoosh!

Soon the next thousand steps lit up and everyone's eyes focused on them, wondering if they would fail to.

It didn't take too long and within a few breaths they got their answers.

"They also failed."

"Looks like the trial must be something challenging."

Everyone speculated as they saw Li Mei and others appearing before getting pushed back to the previous step.

But who would tell them that Li Mei and others also doubted, like Ye Chen, and destroyed the stone bed after some time to check if this was really the trial of time?

They also resented Ye Chen for not reminding them; nevertheless, they didn't waste time and jumped into the trial once again.

Swoosh!

After a few breaths their figures appeared but this time, like Ye Chen, they had cleared the trial.

"What? Is the trial easy or hard?"

"How could we know? Why don't you try asking them?"

"I don't want to die."

The disciples commented with stunned expressions before looking at Li Mei and others who didn't hurry to climb further.

Well, they were not Ye Chen, and their life experiences were different. So how could they get used to a closed-door retreat even if it was for a day?

"Sister Li Mei, does each step add one day?" Wang Yiyi inquired unwillingly as she recalled how she was cast aside for days until her grandfather saved her.

"We don't know but chances are high," Li Mei replied with a serious look, after which she glanced at Ye Chen, who kept ascending further.

There was only one thought in her heart and that was if she wanted to stay together with him, then she must overcome all of the hurdles.

Lan Ming's thought didn't differ too much; it's just she was more direct and willing to suffer if that's what it took to stand with him.

As for Su Ying and Wang Yiyi? One had a favorable impression of Ye Chen, while the other one was still slightly hateful, so their thoughts weren't the same as them.

However, they understood if they wanted strength, they had to suffer from loneliness, so they also made a resolve to overcome the trials no matter how much effort it took.

"Let's do this," Su Ying spoke first and then, without any hesitation, she climbed the next step.

"Yiyi, you go first and don't worry about failure. You are still a child and shouldn't face such trials," Lan Ming patted the little girl's head with an assured look.

"Mhmm, I will do my best," Wang Yiyi didn't reject her and after saying a few more words, she climbed the next step.

Now only Li Mei and Lan Ming were left, who gave each other a glance before climbing up the next step.

Each of them was filled with strong will; however, whether or not they can withstand the trial, only time can find out.

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"This is getting harder," Ye Chen muttered with a frown as he faced a lot of difficulties in gaining insight; there were even times when he almost failed.

Yet he had only climbed up to three hundred steps of this trial.

If this was not enough, then the insights he gained were all fragments, which meant he couldn't connect the pieces of insights together.

Nevertheless, he remained calm and continued to ascend.

Although slow, he kept climbing and solving the pieces of the puzzle the trial gave him. Soon he became immersed in this and forgot the time.

Who knows how long it took but Ye Chen felt close to reaching something but no matter how hard he tried, he just failed to grasp it.

However, he priested and continued to climb the next steps while trying to solve the puzzle. Slowly yet surely the puzzle inside his head was getting solved and it was at this moment he grasped something.

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What was it? A basic yet complete insight about breathing spiritual Qi.

For any cultivator, breathing spiritual Qi was nothing but a daily occurrence. So, no one cared about it, not even Ye Chen.

However, now he understood breathing spiritual Qi was not just some superficial technique.

In simple words, it was life linking to his mind, body, and spirit. It was harmony between heaven and earth. It was the authority to command the world. It was creation as every breath reshaped him. It was his presence; the realization he existed here and now.

The insights were all profound and basic; nevertheless, as soon as Ye Chen touched on these insights, a strange change took place in his body, especially the spiritual Qi he breathed instinctively, which became purer, more abundant, and easier to control.

Ye Chen was a spiritual mountain and along with the changes in his body a few days ago, this should already be something normal and yes, it was.

However, only when he cultivated divine resonance arts! Which was a lot different than breathing instinctively, which can also help with recovery!

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After gaining the insight of breathing, many things cleared up and the puzzle that had built up in his mind made sense.

Soon Ye Chen's speed of ascending increased and with each step he gained a piece of the puzzle, leading him into a mysterious state.

Just like this, he climbed up five hundred steps of trial and once again gained an insight.

What it was? Basic yet complete insight into Qi circulation.

With this insight, Ye Chen understood that the meridians aren't just pipes — they're rivers and just like how the two rivers don't flow the same way, no two Qi should flow either. Then he also understood the harmony of yin and yang—where one doesn't force energy into place, they invite it to settle.

As he gained such profound insights, once again there were some changes that happened in his body, and although not much, they were effective, like he now knew all of his meridians like the back of his hand.

There was not even a need to look inside his meridians to see what was happening; he could just feel it.

However, this didn't stop here, as Ye Chen continued climbing, gaining more basic insights, which were contained in the memories of the Origin Foundation Method.

The next insights he gained were also the basic ones, such as posture and body alignment, which helped him understand that the body is a temple and posture is how one honors it. He also learned that stillness was not the absence of motion but the presence of power.

The next insight was mental focus, where he learned the mind doesn't need to be empty, but aligned; and the calmest mind is not the quietest but the clearest.

Now the last basic insight was dantian nourishment. Here he understood the dantian wasn't just a space or pot, but a seed that grows. He also learned that the core doesn't just hold power; it also nurtures destiny.

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There were many insights that were hard to understand but they were what they were, and each of them came with a benefit.

However, the biggest benefit was not this but the Origin Foundation Method, which was not too useful.

Why?

Because with the basic insights Ye Chen gained, the Origin Foundation Method worked a little differently!