"I'll just practice more if I'm freaking terrible!"
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"Kick him out of the palace for me!"
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"Trash, I want you to help me cultivate!"
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"Jie jie jie jie! I need to practice the Dissociation Technique ten more times!!!"
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For three consecutive days, the entire workshop was filled with insane ghostly shrieking, relenting neither day nor night, anytime, anywhere.
If it weren't for the excellent soundproofing, Ji Jue might have been kicked out by Professor Ye a long time ago, or even shot dead by Ye Chun before that.
But how does that saying go?
A roommate's mechanical keyboard sounds like a symphony, and the flipping pages are deafening like construction noise.
Just watching him study to the point of forgetting to eat and sleep made another Ye, who was quite the salted fish, start to feel a bit neurotic.
He even had nightmares about some dog thing insanely rolling behind him, laughing maniacally and drooling, "Senpai, senpai, come to my place tonight, my thesis will flip backward~"
Roll, just roll!
Roll to death sooner!
I've already booked you the best scenic spot at Tianmen Lake. Once you turn into ashes, you'll become Tianmen University's new landmark—The Dog's Demise!
Ye Chun tossed and turned on the couch, unable to brew even a hint of sleep, utterly unable to nap.
Closing his eyes, the vision of that rolling dog vividly appeared before him. Dear God, just kill me now, when will these days end?
In extreme anger, Ye Chun lost it for a moment.
Then, helplessly and with dying effort, he got up from the couch, reluctantly turned to sit in front of his computer, opened a new folder and a WORD document, and looked at the blank page, secretly shedding a tear.
Meanwhile, in the workshop, an exhausted Ji Jue finally stopped his sinful hands and collapsed backwards into his chair, overcome by sleepiness.
Today's practice could be wrapped up.
The essence of the Dissociation Technique was the use of one's own spiritual quality, and on the premise of effectiveness, the amount didn't really matter. Using the undeveloped Dissociation Technique on such poor stuff could only be described as saving mana.
Following the practice schedule he had set for himself the past few days, he would use up sixty-four percent of his spiritual quality in one session, repeating this three times before calling it a day.
According to the formula provided by Professor Ye, after incorporating his own total spiritual quality and Rank, sixty-four percent was the best threshold for Ji at the time.
Above this threshold, the efficiency of spiritual recovery was the fastest, and with assured caloric intake, it could naturally recover in about seven hours. It also wouldn't cause long-term damage due to a lack of spiritual quality.
Ji would call this the Golden Ratio of the Rolling Dog. As long as he adhered to this ratio, he could roll to his heart's content and then use the remaining time... to solve problems and gnaw on books.
Though he initially got distracted and goofed off, once he got used to it, he found it incredibly addictive and joyously unstoppable.
Now, atop the operating table, what initially appeared to be an elegant and quaint pendant was now covered with cracks, looking as though it had been through countless savage mishaps, barely hanging on.
If it could talk, it would probably beg Ji to end its misery quickly, saying, "Killing shouldn't be overdone; you've been scraping me with a small knife for three days, even the greatest grudges and deepest hatreds should be avenged by now, right?"
[Hmm, not bad.]
The Ghost Work Ball's ghostly light flickered as it scanned and said, [The main part of the Spiritual Circuit has basically been completely stripped away, now that there's no messy stuff in the way, we can start preparing for the Sealing Blessing.
I must say, in all my years of working, this is the weakest Dissociation Technique I've ever seen... The persistence and determination of the Rolling Dog are truly terrifying.
If I ever offend you in the future, please make it quick for me as well; I really can't handle this torment.
Wait, if the opponent were a Heavenly Artisan... maybe you could actually make them surrender through this method. Trust me, even the strictest Heavenly Artisan would behave after a week of your tormenting!
You're truly something, having developed a brand-new use for the Dissociation Technique!]
"Bullshit, how is it weak?"
Ji suddenly burst out, glaring fiercely as he retorted, "Don't you start barking at me! This is called being cautious, you got it? Do you even know what making a big deal out of nothing means? Don't worry, when the time comes to place you, it'll be quick and neat, just afraid it might be too much for you to handle!"
The Ghost Work Ball chuckled slyly, staying silent.
After all, the main reason Professor Ye dared to let Ji do such precise work... was because he was too weak.
Any stronger effect of the Dissociation Technique couldn't have achieved such meticulous results. If a developed Dissociation Technique was chopping with a broad axe, then an undeveloped one was like a brush used in archaeology.
Moreover, such precise tasks required a less-is-more approach. If Ji truly mastered the Dissociation Technique and could not maintain certain Control Power beforehand, Professor Ye really wouldn't trust him with this detailed task.
Something so simple in structure, he could crush it in one go, shaking all the blessings out and leaving behind only emptiness.
Just keep scraping, that's enough.
Besides, in the midst of such a crappy Dissociation Technique, he amazingly still had the strength to oversee the big picture, precisely defining the effects within several Spiritual Circuits… This terrifying level of spiritual control, which had gradually formed right before the Ghost Work Ball, was truly chilling.
Four days?
Or three?
A total of one thousand seven hundred and seven practices had already brought the Dissociation Technique to this level. Even with the blessings of Non-attack and Heavenly Skill, it was... outrageously exaggerated!