Chapter 59: School - 59
When Zhou Fan finally opened his eyes again, an entire day had passed. Looking around, he could still see signs of destruction from the previous day.
However, he didn't plan to stop after creating two martial arts. Since a day had passed, Zhou Fan had regenerated his Qi. He once again pondered what martial arts he could make.
'Perhaps a long range attack? Maybe an invisible one?' He continuously formulated ideas in his head and decided that next, he would create a piercing long range attack.
As he considered the possibilities, Zhou Fan pointed out two fingers. On them, a thin, sword-like shape began to form. The Qi was yellow and gave off a feeling that made one feel like they would be cut in half if they looked too long.
As he stared at the attack, he named it yellow piercing sword finger. Although quite long, the name couldn't fit better.
Zhou Fan turned his attention to the farthest mountain peak and shot the yellow piercing sword finger towards it. It moved at an incredible speed. Even a core formation cultivator may not be able to see it before they were hit.
Once it came in contact with the mountain, no fancy explosion happened. Instead, the yellow piercing sword finger cleanly shot out of the back of the peak and embedded itself into the ground.
Although no mortal could see it, a small vertical slice cut through the peak. The yellow piercing sword finger had silently cut through it.
Seeing the results, Zhou Fan gave an approving nod. After testing it a few more times, Zhou Fan moved on to the next move.
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After an entire day of theorizing and testing martial arts, Zhou Fan had created 3 more.
The first one was the Dao finger. Like the Buddha's palm, it was shaped after one of Zhou Fan's body parts. Of course, it was the finger.
When he used the Dao finger, it would add many different elements onto it and cause an immense, but focused, destructive power.
Although he added all the elements he knew of, he didn't mix them. Instead, they were patched together like cloth. If he mixed them altogether, the result would be Chaos Qi. Since he already had a move that used it, he needed to create non world destroying moves. Moves that he could use against people weaker than him.
Naturally, that was for the future. Since there were no other cultivators, besides the ones he taught, there was no one to use these moves against.
The next martial art he created was 'Lightning Dragon'. Although he had previously used this to destroy a volcano, that was a messy and less advanced version of this technique.
Now, it was much bigger and much stronger.
Finally, he created a defensive spell. He called it 'Impenetrable Bubble'.
Although it wasn't literally a bubble, it was see-through and only slightly tinted yellow.
When he used the move, a giant dome would cover the area he targeted. After further thought, he changed it into a sphere so that an underground attack wouldn't be able to break through the bottom.
Now that he had these martial arts, Zhou Fan considered creating a school. Naturally, it would be a cultivation school.
He had hesitated at the thought for a while, but the thought of being the sole cultivator sounded extremely boring.
From what he could tell, he was extremely talented compared to others. At least, none of the race's rulers or the beasts could match up to him.
At the very least, having some competition would give him some motivation. However, without his assistance, nobody would be able to cultivate.
Although there was the issue of Qi, he could create a formation for that now.
Before doing all that, however, he chose to first go back to the cave. Although the rulers weren't talented with cultivation, there might be some members that have a bit of talent.
He also needed a location. There, he could build a big school that can house the greatest talents of the world.
Unfortunately, all of that sounded extremely tedious for the current Zhou Fan. As such, he decided to first break through to the next realm before starting a school.
Since he was already at a nice place, Zhou Fan didn't bother going to another place in order to cultivate. Instead, he crossed his legs where he was and began.
After a month, Zhou Fan broke into the second level of soul formation. Although he frowned at the speed, it was reasonable enough. After 2 more months, Zhou Fan broke into the third level.
It seemed that it would take a good while to break through the levels. In the end, he decided against going back to the cave to tell them about his absence.
Zhou Fan estimated that it would only take him 5 years to break into the next level.
As he cultivated, he could sense the continous growth of the soul. Zhou Fan could tell that once he was done with this realm, he would have a perfect body, mind, and soul.
It took him another 3 months to break into the 4th level. As he did so, he became confident that he could destroy an entire kingdom with Chaos buddha's palm.
Another 4 months passed and Zhou Fan broke into the 5th level. As he had cultivated, some explorers climbed the peak he was at, and Zhou Fan gently sent them down. He also used his new martial art, impenetrable bubble, to form a dome so that no more intruders could disturb him. Luckily, maintaining the bubble didn't take any concentration.
After 5 more months, Zhou Fan broke into the 6th level. Compared to the previous level, he felt he was at least 20 times stronger. During the entirety of soul formation, his power had been shooting up exponentially. At this point, he could destroy half an empire with Chaos Buddha's palm.
After 6 more months, Zhou Fan broke into the 7th level. By now, he was confident in destroying 5 empires if they were side by side.
As he continued, nothing disrupted him or caused an unusual event. Zhou Fan had absolutely no worries as he cultivated on.
Chapter 60: Bottleneck - 60
As Zhou Fan cultivated, 2 more years passed. All of a sudden, Qi shot out of his body and he broke through to the 10th level of soul formation.
Finally, his soul was a complete part of him. From now on, there would be no more differences between his mind, body, and soul. They would continue to grow equally and together, unless Zhou Fan purposely cultivated one more than the other.
In an attempt to break through to the next realm, Zhou Fan cultivated for another year.
However, even after a year, he didn't break through. Instead, he felt that he was only a quarter there. After feeling that, he decided to postpone further cultivation.
Since he was going to create a school, there were many things to set up, and once he got them started, he could go into cultivation for another 3 years as he waited for everything to be ready.
Otherwise, he would have to do all of it later and still wait a while.
After standing up, Zhou Fan flew out from the mountain. His current speed was nothing like before. If he decided to go in that direction, he would make it back to the cave in 5 minutes.
However, he first made a detour to the mortaniel empire. With their help, everything would go much smoother and faster.
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In the throne room of the mortaniel emperor's palace, the last man was giving his report.
Nothing much had changed in the last few years and the emperor was even thinking of retiring.
"... And last but not least, the bubble surrounding the Chiha mountain range hasn't weakened or fallen. Investigations have continued, but nothing else can be examined. It is highly likely that it is an act of god." The man said, finishing his report.
"You may leave." The emperor commanded with a neutral face.
"Of course, long live the emperor." The man said as he left.
Alone in the throne room, the emperor had a troubled expression. While the bubble hadn't caused any harm or even shown signs of danger, he couldn't help but worry.
"There is no need to worry." A voice sounded out.
Hastily turning his head, the emperor looked at the figure that appeared beside him.
His long gray hair reached his waist and his clothes seemed to be made of the world itself.
Naturally, it was Zhou Fan. He had arrived a couple seconds prior, but decided to listen to the previous conversation before he did anything.
"God?" The emperor asked with a fearful tone. "You don't seem to fit the descriptions."
The emperor was referring to the time when Zhou Fan told Fui Rong about god. As for why he seemed so sure that Zhou Fan was god, could anyone else appear beside him?
"I come in many shapes and forms. However, I am not here to talk to you about me. Instead, I am here to give you an opportunity. Are you willing to listen?" Zhou Fan asked.
The emperor's eyes discreetly lit up when he heard Zhou Fan's words.
'According to rumor, God has an apostle. could he be making me one?!' He thought.
"Of course sir, what could it be you are proposing me?" The emperor inquired.
"My deal is, submit and prosper, or don't, and continue on with your short life." Zhou Fan answered.
Although it may have sounded rude, Zhou Fan was offering a chance at near eternal life. He could be as rude as he wanted and the emperor would still accept.
"What do you mean by submit and prosper?" The emperor asked. Although he didn't have the courage to decline God's offer, he at least wanted to know what he was getting himself into.
"I will teach you how to cultivate. Cultivation can lead you to a longer life and incredible strength. As for submitting, I simply mean doing what I tell you." Zhou Fan answered.
After hearing his words, the emperor had no idea of declining. Although he didn't know if Zhou Fan was telling the truth, he felt that there was no reason why god would lie to him.
"I agree. What should I call you?" The emperor asked after getting up and kneeling.
"You can call me whatever you feel like calling me, but my name is Zhou Fan." He responded.
"Understood lord Zhou Fan. What can I do for you?"
"First, I want you to take these." Zhou Fan said while holding out his hand. In his palm lay a couple of small formations.
While he was in the mountain range, Zhou Fan had developed a formation that could detect talent. Of course, the formation that he gave the emperor could only tell the basic information. More precisely, it could tell how good their meridians were. Even though he hadn't made a ranking system just yet, he had made the formation give out a number 1 to 100.
Zhou Fan would take the talents of 95 or above and teach them at the school.
As for deeper testing, he would make a more complex formation at the place where he will build the school.
"Take these and spread them around the various empires and kingdoms. You will put a spirit stone on it and the formation will enlarge, then, you will put a person in the middle and start it. That will give a number, and you must bring anyone with a 95 or higher to the imperial capital and arrange safe and comfortable residences for them. There are only 5000, but make sure that anyone can test their talent with them." Zhou Fan explained.
He further explained things to the emperor until he understood what to do. He also told the emperor that he will bring him 100,000 spirit stones. Since each spirit stone could test 1000 people, 100 million could be tested.
After that, Zhou Fan left for the caves and collected the spirit stones like he promised, then filled them up with qi, before delivering them to the emperor.
The first part of the plan was finally done and he could start with the next parts.
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