Astral Apostle

  Chapter 21 The Confused Baron

  Stay on the eighth day, training ground.

  The scorching sun was hanging high, Zhou Jing was naked, holding a heavy training knife, and the sweat all over his body reflected light.

  The breathing rate is special, and the muscles of the whole body vibrate in high frequency during each move.

  Suddenly, Zhou Jing's eyes flashed, he exhaled, and the heavy knife fell sharply.

"what!"

  ! A ditch was smashed into the ground.

  [[Hunter's Breath and Forging] has been upgraded]

  [Current Level: Lv1-(Beginner)]

  [Effect: Stamina +1]

   "Finally upgraded!"

  Zhou Jing let out a long breath and puffed out his arm muscles. He only felt that his strength had increased significantly compared to a few days ago, and his fatigue when using the Hunter's Breathing technique was greatly reduced.

   He practiced for several days, from not getting used to it at first, to quickly forming muscle memory, and now he is really getting started.

   "Sure enough, this move is different from other skills. Leveling up also increases attributes, so every time you level up, you should increase your physical fitness..."

   Zhou Jing was secretly happy that he finally got a skill that could significantly strengthen himself.

   At this moment, Baron, who was supervising on the side, came over with an extremely complicated expression.

   "You... have you practiced?"

   "It should be like this. I feel that I am stronger again. The breathing technique you taught me is very effective!"

   Zhou Jing clenched his fists and laughed.

  “…”

  Baron subconsciously covered his chest.

   This heart is sour.

   If he hadn't personally instructed Zhou Jing and confirmed that this person had never learned Hunter's Breathing, Baron almost wanted to grab Zhou Jing's neck and yell, why are you so skilled? !

Baron originally thought that it would take more than ten days for Zhou Jing to remember the secret of this breathing technique. months.

   That's how he learned it before.

   However, after only a few days of guidance, Baron was stunned.

   Zhou Jing's speed of progress made him stunned for a moment, almost doubting his worldview of the past few decades.

   Skills are understood quickly, and he also recognizes them. At most, it means smartness, which is still within the scope of his understanding.

   But after just a few days of exercise, the body will produce the effect of exercise that can be achieved in months, and become strong at an unbelievable speed... Is this something that humans can do? !

   If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, if others dared to brag about him like this, he would have been slapped by him long ago!

  Balon swallowed and looked at Zhou Jing in surprise, a little afraid to speak in his usual loud voice.

   Don't dare to speak aloud, you may shock the heavens!

genius! Incredible genius!

   Zhou Jing didn't know that Balong was roaring in his heart. He was happy for a while and asked, "My Hunter's Breathing Technique has started. How far should I practice next before I can use the Alien Blood Potion?"

  Baron suppressed the shock in his heart and opened his mouth to answer, but suddenly stopped again, a little hesitant.

   He originally wanted to do the same as before, saying that you have to practice for two or three years, but Zhou Jing's situation is obviously a bit beyond his understanding.

   I feel like my previous experience doesn't hold true for this person...

   After hesitating for a while, Baron spoke carefully, and in a negotiating tone, he said carefully:

   "I have to admit, your performance far exceeded my expectations, and I don't know how long you've been practicing... Why don't you practice for a few months?"

   "Alright."

   Zhou Jing nodded, thinking about it in his heart.

  If the alien world is a few months, that is, a few days in the main world, it is worth it for development, which is much shorter than the original expected time.

  If each level of [Hunter's Breath and Forging] has the effect of +1 physical fitness, then you can accumulate more basic physical fitness to enhance the effect of abnormal blood.

   At least another two or three levels.

   And after [Hunter's Breath · Forging] is upgraded to Lv1, the training acceleration cost to reach Lv2 requires 150 points. By analogy, then from Lv2 to Lv3, the acceleration cost is 200 points... So at least 350 Astral Points must be invested in this piece.

  The mastery of the sword technique also needs to invest some astral points to activate the practice acceleration. Although the cost is lower than that of the breathing technique, it is also an overhead.

  'So it's calculated...fortunately, the inventory of Astral Points in hand is enough. ’

   Zhou Jing didn't hesitate, and directly started the new level of training acceleration of [Hunter's Breath · Forging], reached out and held the handle of the training heavy knife, and was about to continue training.

   At this moment, his mind suddenly trembled.

'It's time……'

   Zhou Jing immediately noticed this, and when he looked up, he saw a streamer crack quietly opening in the sky.

  Om!

   In the next moment, the consciousness was directly separated from the body and lifted into the air.

   Zhou Jing looked down and saw the body of his astral apostle from above.

  After his consciousness left the body, "Jason Wood" just moved for a while, and there was no other abnormality, and then exercised in the same way as before.

   Zhou Jing withdrew his gaze, his consciousness flew into the air, and entered the streamer crack.

  …

   The last time I returned when I was in a daze and coma, this time I returned to a normal state of being awake, but there is no need to adjust.

   Returning to the shuttle preparation space, Zhou Jing looked at the panel, and the return settlement information was displayed.

  [This campaign has ended! ]

  [The actual length of stay: 8 days]

  [Resource collection status: 124 astral points]

  [The experience log has been archived, and the relevant exploration results have been entered in the illustrated book]

  [The next shuttle cooling time: the main body 15 hours]

   The astral points collected this time are not as good as last time. After all, I killed a strange beast last time, so I didn’t do anything major this time.

   However, this was within Zhou Jing's expectations. He had planned it. The goal of the second apostle's first shuttle was to find a stable environment and begin to develop.

  Now "Jason Wood" has successfully integrated into Frostwood Village, followed Baron's training, and got on the right track.

  According to this trend, you will be able to accumulate strength and gain extraordinary power soon... Then your first step of planning will be completed.

   What he is not sure about now is how the Astral Apostle operates in the placement mode under normal conditions.

During the    placement period, the actions of the astral apostles are also recorded in the experience log in the form of first-person images, which can be viewed at any time, and can also directly receive relevant memories.

   And the last time "Will Wood" was in a coma for the entire placement period, and acted in bed scenes from beginning to end, which was of no reference value.

   Zhou Jing casually glanced at the statistical details of the regression settlement and switched to the placement mode interface.

  [Please make a placement action plan for the astral apostles]

  [Place object: Jason Wood]

  [The highest synchronization rate record: 31% (second stage)]

  [The upper limit of placement income: astral point 0/2000, information state particle 0/20]

  [Please set the main action target, secondary action focus, handling plan for events, handling plan for combat, interaction plan for characters...]

   "The goal is to develop, then practice is the main thing to reduce the possibility of accidents..."

   Zhou Jing thought for a while, and quickly settled on a placement plan.

   The main and secondary action goals are "focusing on practice", and other handling schemes for events, battles, and interactions have chosen a more conservative style.

   In addition, it is specially set. The main skill to practice is [Hunter's Breath and Forging].

  [The placement plan has been saved and will take effect immediately]

  [Do you want to open the map overview mode, additionally specify the activity area during placement, and plan the activity track? ]

   Zhou Jing thought for a while, and designated the storage area as Frostwood Village, and chose the plan of "don't leave unless necessary".

  [Setup end]

  [shuttle reserve space closed]

  [Next countdown: 15 hours]

   Zhou Jing's eyes flashed, and his consciousness returned to his body.

   opened his eyes and returned to the rental house.

  The starry night outside the window is bright and neon flashing.

   Zhou Jing glanced at the time. When he entered, it was past five o'clock in the afternoon yesterday, and now it is past one o'clock in the morning the next day. The shuttle time is exactly eight hours.

   He recalled the situation before his shuttle, and his memory was very clear. After staying in the alien world for eight days, his sense of time was not confused.

   "Is there an improvement in spiritual attributes?"

   Zhou Jing glanced at the attribute of the main body, but it did not change, the mental attribute was still 7 points.

   The body is not tired from the ascetic practice in the alien world, on the contrary, it is as comfortable as a rest.

   "The next thing is to wait fifteen hours..."

   Zhou Jing turned on his phone and watched the video.

   During this shuttle, he deliberately disconnected his mobile phone from the Internet, and shot at the corner of the wall, only letting the body lying on the bed appear on the edge of the lens, so as to record the body during the shuttle, and found that it was no different from normal sleep.

  Zhou Jing fast-forwarded after watching the video and confirmed that the main body was normal. He couldn’t help but ponder:

   "Although I feel full every time I return, to be on the safe side, it is best to use the shuttle as sleep time, and each time should preferably not exceed 12 hours, unless there is a survival pod."

   "The cooldown of the shuttle seems to increase as the arrival time increases. If the analysis is correct, then according to the current ratio, as long as the main body time of each shuttle is well controlled, the astral shuttle can be roughly performed once a day."

   Zhou Jing silently calculated.

   It is July 20th, and there are still some days before September 20th.

   In this way, there are plenty of shuttle opportunities.

   Remembering the training method of Hunter's Breathing Technique in his mind, Zhou Jing thought about it, stood up, and tried it carefully.

  Although the abilities of the astral apostles who have not cleared the level will not be inherited, their knowledge and memory will not be affected, and they have mastered the trick of [Hunter's Breath and Forging].

   Finally learned a skill that is a little closer to the extraordinary, he is also very interested, naturally he will not miss it, let the main body also try to practice it.

   After tossing for about ten minutes, Zhou Jing was sore all over, panting and confirming two things:

   First, the Hunter's Breath technique is also effective in the main world and can be used normally.

  Second, the body's physical fitness is too stretched, so I can't practice.

   "Looks like I need to exercise..."

   Zhou Jing rubbed his cramped calf, feeling a little helpless.

   The current body is still too weak, far less than the initial physical fitness of the astral apostle he pinched, and it does not meet the threshold of training [Hunter's Breath and Forging].

  Although clearing the Astral Apostle is the best way to gain extraordinary power, and it is also the most cost-effective, but the main body cannot be idle, and the time during the cooldown period of the shuttle must be used, and exercise cannot be neglected.

   Both hands must be grasped, and both hands must be hard.

   Zhou Jing had unprecedented energy in his heart, his thoughts flew around, thinking about the action plan of his own body in the past two months...

   First of all, you must learn the Terran Empire language by yourself, take advantage of the unaffected knowledge, and try to master it as much as possible. In this case, if there are more valuable skills in the future, there is no need to inherit the language parsing skills, and this free inheritance slot will be reserved for other skills.

  The second is to search the Internet for some historical data that matches the development stage of the alien world, as well as some information on wild survival and cold weapons. Although the world is different, the knowledge accumulated in the interstellar era is also useful, and some of them are more advanced.

   He also wondered if he should find some ancient technical materials and try to climb the technology tree in the alien world, but after thinking about it, he gave up this idea temporarily.

   The laws of the two planes may be slightly different. It takes time to explore. It is better to consider this issue after obtaining extraordinary power. At present, exploration and development are the main things.

   Then there is the exercise of the body. Although you can't practice Hunter's Breathing, you can do some basic exercises to at least make yourself healthy.

   Not to mention, six pack abs still have to be trained.

   In the end, I worked hard to travel through the astral world, tried to clear an apostle, and completed the plan as soon as possible...

   Zhou Jing was certain and quickly made a plan.

   "It's quite fulfilling..."

   Zhou Jing only felt that after he had a head start, his whole body was as motivated as he had been beaten with blood.

  It was only now that he was free to look at his phone to see if there was any news during the eight hours of shuttle.

   Soon, Zhou Jing discovered that there was a group chat called "Best Party", and the message record was flashing.

   (end of this chapter)