Cyber Era Witch
Chapter 1160 - 894 Cultivating the Solar Ripple

Chapter 1160: Chapter 894 Cultivating the Solar Ripple

Ripple!

"What is a ripple?" Xu Cheng pondered.

Just like in the cartoons, capable of emitting power to vanquish monsters? If I could learn something so cool, that would be incredible.

"A ripple is the ripple of life." Huaicang opened his mechanical hand, using the fingertips of his other hand to circle around his palm, one circle after another.

"But you have no life," Xu Cheng said.

"Mercy, this humble monk is still alive! Just as you said, the ripple in this humble monk is very limited, only remaining in my few bodily organs. But you and your friends have complete bodies and can cultivate ripples," Huaicang said.

Huaicang’s junior brother Minggao handed Xu Cheng the secret manual for cultivating ripples.

She felt this book was several hundred years old at least, as ancient as the history of monks Huaicang mentioned. It seemed that people had been cultivating supernatural powers since ancient times to combat mysteries.

"Gua gua." Xu Cheng was determined to study hard.

Huaicang led Xu Cheng and the others to a tranquil forest clearing, teaching them how to meditate and contemplate.

When they closed their eyes and introspected their minds, each gained something.

Bubble saw a thousand doors, Shahua saw darkness, Lianhua saw Shahua’s corpse.

As for Xu Cheng, she saw herself walking in the desert, picking up grains of sand. But her patience allowed her eyes to extend beyond the limits of spiritual vision, seeing not just her psyche but also her spotless, pure soul—it was crystalline, without blemish.

"...All life can emit the power of ripples, only differing in strength. Only those who have trained can guide it. For humans, ripples originate from breathing—focus on your breath. When your mind, body, spirit, and breath are concentrated at one point and can flow steadily, united, you’ll gain immense power," Huaicang instructed, guiding them to awaken the life energy of their psyche and ripples.

Xu Cheng quietly guided.

Her mind was tranquil and pure, her body healthy and resilient, her spirit transparent and focused, her breath steady and orderly.

As they were gradually guided to the same point, she suddenly felt an unprecedented energy erupting from the depths, making her body extraordinarily strong.

Ripple!

Huaicang and Minggao exchanged looks, quite astonished at Xu Cheng’s rapid progress.

This was remarkable; in just twenty minutes, she completed her first breath, breaking the entire monastery’s record, faster than any monk there, a rarity in the entire history. Xu Cheng was enough to rank among the top ripple cultivators.

If the New Buddha knew how extraordinarily talented Xu Cheng was, he might regret not allowing her to enter the Zen Academy!

Xu Cheng opened her eyes, breathing slowly. After this attempt, she felt she was entering a whole new realm.

"Gua..." She slowly guided her breath, feeling a powerful aura resonating in her chest.

She had become stronger!

She turned to look at the others, surprised by their sluggishness and lethargy. Bubble seemed devoid of spirituality, merely adding to her troubles; Shahua was asleep, and Lianhua was building a snowman.

"It seems only you are suited to cultivating ripples," Huaicang said, looking at Xu Cheng.

"Gua gua." Xu Cheng patted her chest. The task of protecting everyone was up to her.

"The place you are going to, Taixi Continent, is a perilous place, rumored to have become a vampire’s lair. I’ve told you, ripples are the ripples and vibrations of life. But some creatures have lost this vibration, those are vampires! Their bodies are rigid and greatly fear strong life forces and sunlight. Once struck by ripples, their immortal bodies will turn to nothingness," Huaicang explained.

To become a warrior who restrains vampires! Xu Cheng felt empowered.

She was a Witch, Ninja, Envoy, and now a Ripple Cultivator.

"Gua gua?" Xu Cheng scrutinized Huaicang, "You have no breath, no spirit, only a metallic body."

"But I can still teach you, at least guide you in. Because I also practiced for a time before undergoing transformation. When my spirit awakened in the new circuitry, the ripple energy I honed over long years seemed to remain, permeating my circuits just as it would human meridians. The power of Ripple Rush is still by my side," Huaicang raised his hand.

Beneath his metallic skin, the ripples in his flesh remained silently concealed.

"Gua..." Xu Cheng watched intently.

"...Mercy, I still grapple with whether I am life or machine, so I can’t join my consciousness into the Infinite Pure Land Server like those great monks. But you are still young, full of hope, perhaps you can become someone remarkable, re-establishing ’connection’ in the world," Huaicang looked at Xu Cheng.

"Gua gua!" Xu Cheng was full of confidence.

"Now, you know the power of ripples. Please study diligently until you release your own ripple energy for the first time. At that point, I will pass on a tremendously powerful unique skill to you, marking your graduation," Huaicang clasped his hands, bowing to Xu Cheng.

Xu Cheng was overjoyed, though Bubble could find no way forward and had to let it go.

Bubble could only feel her long-dormant magic power within awakened, feeling as if something inside wanted to tear her apart. She suffered from splitting headaches, with different scenes stacking before her eyes, as if she existed in every place simultaneously.

After a long while, she regained her composure, turning her gaze away to avoid worrying Xu Cheng.

After a long time, Bubble felt Xu Cheng approaching, only then did she rise, forcing a smile to speak to Xu Cheng, "Did you feel it? Can you master this ’ripple’?"

"Hmm!" Xu Cheng nodded with satisfaction.

"You’re amazing, I can’t learn it no matter what." Bubble said weakly.

"Quack, quack." Xu Cheng nodded vigorously, she wanted to protect Bubble, forever and ever.

Xu Cheng trained for three days.

On the first day, she felt her body become lighter; on the second day, her five senses became sharp. On the third day, when she woke up, she felt like a tiger, capable of anything.

Ripple energy flowed within Xu Cheng, matching her magic power stride for stride.

Normal humans regulate their breathing, and once the breathing frequency is right, their body can gain tremendous power. Xu Cheng was stronger than ordinary people, able to simultaneously harness magic power and breath, letting them cycle through her body thousands of times, each cycle enhancing her strength.

Mastering breath means mastering oneself, Xu Cheng now understood this feeling.

Breathing is the basic form of material exchange between humans and the outside world, and now she had a good method for conditioning her body and mind.

"I can walk backward." Xu Cheng supported herself on the snow with her hands, her feet in the air. She wore jeans and flat-soled shoes, while Bubble wore a little green cotton coat, hands in pockets, accompanying Xu Cheng.

"That’s amazing." Bubble praised Xu Cheng, no matter what Xu Cheng did, she liked it very much.

Xu Cheng took this as a sign of appreciation and performance, and she walked back and forth twice while in a handstand.

She focused on how her lungs expanded and contracted, how organs changed with breath, mastering the movement of air within her body.

With each rhythmic breath, Xu Cheng felt her previously racing thoughts slow down and deepen, like a frightening storm gradually calming, returning to a tranquil sea.

Calmness...

Actually, it’s nothing significant—just like Dad, I can always see Dad, just open the door, wake Dad from his seat, and say: Dad, it’s me! I’m back! Xu Cheng thought. At that time, Dad would be very happy.

Xu Cheng felt her limbs become extraordinarily strong.

Previously, she was just a frail little girl, but now she felt she could arm wrestle with adults.

Huaicang had guided Xu Cheng, teaching her how to exert force naturally without thinking, letting her mind control the body through breath while the body naturally complied.

Xu Cheng’s strength grew day by day.

"Awoo!" A snow leopard prowled nearby, Xu Cheng drove it away, making it stay quiet.

"Quack, quack." Xu Cheng steadied herself in the pine forest, the ancient cedar tree next to her about a hundred meters tall. She turned toward the tree.

"No, don’t!" Bubble was somewhat worried.

"Quack!" Xu Cheng adjusted her breath, her power bursting forth.

She spun and kicked out a foot, as deadly as lightning streaking across the sky, power surging in her foot before she kicked, crackling.

When Xu Cheng’s shoe struck the tree, the entire tree rustled, countless ice crystals and broken wood fell from the branches, piling on Xu Cheng.

"Quack, quack." Xu Cheng squatted on the ground, rubbing her aching instep, her shoe stitching burst open.

A crack appeared on the millennium-old tree, showing the terrifying power of Xu Cheng’s attack.

"What carelessness." Bubble helped Xu Cheng clean the snowflakes from her hair, then squatted with her.

"With this ability, vampires will have no chance." Xu Cheng clenched her fist.

In appearance just a middle school student, but with attacks capable of kicking open trees and shattering stones, it was too powerful.

"But you also need patience, don’t rush, the monks here spent many years mastering this power, you’ve only taken three days." Bubble reminded.

"Pfft." Xu Cheng was unhappy with her mouth, but she actually liked Bubble, with Bubble’s warm company, she could patiently await the future.

Hand in hand, they returned together, surrounded only by the rustling sound of the breeze brushing against the pine trees.

Huaicang waited for them at the forest’s exit.

"I heard the sound just now—that was the sound of an exploding ripple." Huaicang said seriously, "Now I will consume the last ripple from my flesh and blood to teach you the most powerful ripple technique."

"Quack!" Xu Cheng clenched her fists, nodding to Huaicang.

She felt her body full of vigor, ready to learn the strongest ripple.

Huaicang rotated his wrist, though his mechanical and metal face showed no expression, he seemed proud of Xu Cheng.

"Then... grasp carefully, this strongest technique utilizes the primal force of the sun, channel the fire of the sun and pass it through your ripple, it can utterly destroy vampires, no matter how powerful they are. For vampires fear the sun most. Xu Cheng, feel the flow of your ripple, the pulse of the light within you. Stretch your mind towards the sky, find the source of all life and light!" Huaicang said seriously.