Cultivation is Just That Scientific

Li Shiming sat in the pavilion. Several days had passed since the autumn examination ended, but he had not concerned himself with the results.

Today, he did not cultivate the “Five Elements Qi Absorption Technique”, not because he was lazy, but because the four glowing stones on the Spirit Gathering Disk had lost their light.

The Spirit Gathering Disk no longer attracted spiritual qi, and practicing the “Five Elements Qi Absorption Technique” would have no effect.

He did not waste time on nearly ineffective cultivation but instead focused on studying spells.

The contents of the “Spring Breeze Transforms into Rain Technique”, “Metal Element Technique”, and “Earth Spirit Technique” swirled in his mind, and he had mentally simulated the process of casting each spell countless times.

Li Shiming had already sent the servants out of the garden. He wanted peace and quiet. Except for his father, Li Wenyuan, no one else dared to disobey his commands.

At this time, Li Wenyuan was working in his study, and the garden was empty except for Li Shiming.

“Spring Breeze Transforms into Rain Technique!” he muttered, his fingers moving through the air.

spiritual qi swirled with his finger movements, glowing faintly with spiritual light. With the help of the large IBMz15 server, he perfectly drew the most complex runes of the “Spring Breeze Transforms into Rain Technique.”

This process required constant fine-tuning of spiritual qi output, and even the smallest mistake would cause the spell to fail.

The profound spiritual qi runes hovered before him as he waited for his first spell to manifest.

Unfortunately, after a few seconds, he only saw the runes dissipate, and the small rainclouds described in the technique’s book did not appear.

“Where did I go wrong?” He replayed the contents of the “Spring Breeze Transforms into Rain Technique” in his mind. He was confident in his understanding and believed he had followed the casting process perfectly.

This failed attempt caused the spiritual qi in his vortex to decrease by a third.

He didn’t know how long it would take for the spiritual qi vortex to recover. He needed to find out why he had failed before trying again, or he wouldn’t have enough spiritual qi to continue experimenting.

“Intention leads to the release of spells!” Li Shiming suddenly remembered a phrase he hadn’t paid attention to before.

He had assumed that simply thinking about casting a spell would make it happen, but this misunderstanding had caused his failure.

He thought he was quite adept at using his consciousness, especially since all operations in the server room space were conducted through his mind.

If this “intention” referred to the mind, then in theory, the “Spring Breeze Transforms into Rain Technique” should have succeeded.

He flipped through the cultivation notes left by Shi Ximing. The notes didn’t mention much about the technique, nor did they explain what “intention” meant.

At this moment, Li Shiming realized the importance of having a teacher. The “Spring Breeze Transforms into Rain Technique” seemed very detailed in the book, but for someone with no foundation, even basic knowledge could become an obstacle to casting spells.

He reorganized the casting process in his mind. The spell required extremely strict conditions, but with the large IBMz15 server as a reference, he was sure he had followed the book’s description.

Before using any spiritual qi, he had already mentally practiced the casting process of the “Spring Breeze Transforms into Rain Technique” many times.

“Could this ‘intention’ refer to the mindset of spring breeze and rain?” Suddenly, an idea struck him.

But there was another problem: how could he create the mindset of spring breeze and rain?

He came up with a solution. He found a video of spring rain in the IBMz15 server’s database and projected it onto his eyes.

He felt as though he was standing in the misty rain. Under the nurturing effect of the rain, seeds sprouted, and trees grew new shoots.

Since the IBMz15 server treated his eyes as a display, he experienced the video as if he were watching a 3D movie in his previous life, an experience even more immersive than that. [tl: It doesn’t say how or if it truely converts 2d to 3d but it is what it is]

“It’s still not enough!” Li Shiming sensed that he was on the verge of understanding the truth, but something was still missing.

This small gap might require more time for him to experience and contemplate. Perhaps a day, or even longer, would allow him to fully grasp the mindset of spring breeze and rain.

However, he had a better idea. He projected his consciousness into the IBMz15 server’s Linux system. Previously, he had used the server to display the video through his vision.

Now, he needed to load all five senses into the server’s input-output system, enabling him to input his sensory experiences and convert the server’s virtual data into sensory experiences.

To accomplish this, he wrote a program to handle the task.

In his previous life, such a program would have taken many days of effort.

But now, as soon as his consciousness began to write the program, large chunks of code generated automatically.

Li Shiming could use the 190 CPUs of the IBMz15 server to compute and analyze the code, effectively binding his analytical power to that of the server. Moreover, his ability to control any component of the server allowed him to write low-level code similar to assembly language. [tl: I want it too…]

Such a program was more efficient and direct, allowing the server’s resources to be utilized to their full potential.

The entire program to connect and convert the five senses took only five minutes to complete.

He loaded the sensations of the spring breeze, falling rain, and the scent of wet earth into his body. The video of the spring rain played again.

He stood on the damp earth, feeling the soft ground beneath his feet, the breeze brushing his face, the smell of spring mud in his nose, and the rain falling on him, bringing the vitality of spring.

“This is the Spring Breeze Transforms into Rain!” Li Shiming murmured to himself.

His hand instinctively gathered spiritual qi, and he drew the complex runes of the “Spring Breeze Transforms into Rain Technique” in the air.

The intricate spiritual qi runes hovered in the void, then exploded, transforming into a small mass of dark clouds.

The clouds rolled, and tiny lightning flashed within them, disappearing quickly.

Raindrops fell from the clouds, and as they did, the clouds slowly lightened in color. The entire process of rain lasted for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea.

Li Shiming stared at the scene in a daze. If it weren’t for the fact that no one else was in the garden, this spectacle would have been shocking to the world.

To be honest, the “Spring Breeze Transforms into Rain Technique” had a limited range, about twenty square meters.

This area was far from the legendary ability of immortals to summon clouds and rain, but considering that he was only at the second layer of Qi Refining, and this was the most basic spell for spirit-planting, he was already extremely satisfied with the results.

The dark clouds formed by the “Spring Breeze Transforms into Rain Technique” were not very high, and since the garden was designed to have a scenic layout with every step offering a new view, people outside the garden could not see the clouds.

[tl: I’ve changed some names to better fit the original and separated cultivation techniques to cultivation techniques and cultivation spells, spells being spells which do not increase cultivation]