Bab 198: Serious Secrets

She actually had me holding my breath now. "Unless?"

"Unless you use the special meditation method of my own devising. It will increase your speed of thought, and as your own understanding of the method increases, the effect too will increase.

Cultivators naturally begin think faster as they reach the higher Realms of Spirit Rank, but that is limited by how swiftly they can also move and fight. This method is not intended for use in combat, it requires the most intensive concentration possible to enter and exit the accelerated flow state, but for the purposes of study, you will eventually be able to devour entire libraries at the same speed at which you once read books.

I dreamed, once, of reaching the higher heavens and becoming a Master Technique Artist, but I was unable to cross the Celestial River. I had nearly given up on passing this, the secret of my power, down to anyone by the time you appeared."