Chapter 472: Learning Arrays - 472
It truly was useless knowledge. Zhu Yi kicked the nascent soul realm old man in the head, knocking him out.
He then grabbed the ring off of his finger and left. As he walked away, he looked inside of the ring. There were a few mid quality spirit stones and a high quality spirit stone, but they were nothing compared to Zhu Yi's fortune.
Still, Zhu Yi took the spirit stones out of the ring and threw the ring away. There were a few other things in there, but they were useless to him.
"He was a 1st level nascent soul realm cultivator. You did good." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi thanked him and began to fly.
"Where do you plan on going?" Zhou Fan asked.
"I can go just about anywhere. Even joining the top ten sects is not something impossible." Zhu Yi said.
In this world, core formation realm cultivators stood near the top level. From what Zhu Yi had inferred, the strongest level of cultivation in this world was the void traversing realm.
Otherwise, the world would be destroyed by a single soul formation realm Chaos Beast. He did not have any idea how many void traversing realm cultivators there were, but there were likely very few.
As Zhu Yi thought, Zhou Fan suddenly spoke. "After hearing about Chaos Beasts, I believe that they may be a shortcut to recovery."
Zhu Yi paused and looked at Zhou Fan.
Zhou Fan continued. "Chaos Qi is something completely different from any other Qi. It would be hard for me to give you the ability to use Chaos Qi unless I am able to reconnect my soul with my body and more or less be considered recovered. It can be considered purer than any other Qi, and while a deadly poison to others, it may be the greatest healing tonic to me. I'm not sure if you can defeat a Chaos Beast at the same level right now, but defeating one a level below you should not be impossible. We should at least try it."
Zhu Yi listened and agreed. The faster Zhou Fan recovered, the better. Either way, there was nothing else in this world that could help Zhou Fan recover. Top grade spirit stones were too rare, and Zhou Fan would need a large amount to recover.
"For now, focus on increasing your strength. A Chaos Beast seems to be able to match an average cultivator two realms above it. In other words, a core formation realm Chaos Beast could fight a soul formation realm cultivator. You, on the other hand, would be nearly instantly killed. At best, you could run with instant completion."
Zhu Yi nodded.
Luckily, anybody who could reach the void traversing realm in this world was talented. Otherwise, a soul formation realm Chaos Beast would still be able to destroy the world.
Even for Zhu Yi, it would have been hard to cultivate to the 10th level of the Foundation Establishment realm in a year without the assistance of Zhou Fan and the usage of spirit stones.
Actually, he never used an entire top grade spirit stone while cultivating. It had simply lost about half of its Qi.
All of this was due to the low Qi density. It had a horrible effect on all cultivators.
Zhu Yi continued to fly around while thinking about what to do next. Eventually, he decided to get a bit stronger. At his current strength, he would probably be able to defeat a Foundation Establishment realm Chaos Beast, but would that really help Zhou Fan? It was unlikely, no matter how mystical Chaos Qi was.
Zhou Fan agreed.
After flying for a few days straight, Zhu Yi settled down in a forested valley. There were a few beasts around, but Zhu Yi scared them off.
He sat in a slight clearing and began to learn arrays under the guidance of Zhou Fan. As a core formation realm cultivator, he didn't have to worry about as much as before.
In the worst case scenario, he could live in the woods. He did not need to eat or drink. Qi was his food and water, figuratively.
Unlike his newfound talent in swords, Zhu Yi was still untalented in everything else. It took him nearly 2 weeks, while inside the time bubble, to learn an array that could help power the time bubble. All he needed was a power source and a connection to his own power.
It could not be fully automatic as there had never been an array made using time Qi, and Zhou Fan's mind was still too injured to do anything that complicated.
That and he did not want to imagine how long Zhu Yi would take to learn it. He suddenly regretted not making array talent a tangible thing like weapon talents.
Luckily, it was no burden for Zhu Yi to be connected to the array. He was now able to cultivate within the time bubble using its full efficiency.
With Zhu Yi in the core formation realm, Zhou Fan was able to help him increase the speed of the time bubble even more.
There was now a three times time difference. Of course, it consumed more Qi, but Zhu Yi had top grade spirit stones. A single one would last a long long time.
Inside the time bubble that now had a three times time difference, Zhu Yi cultivated for a year. The entire time, he had the help of Zhou Fan's river of cultivation and top grade spirit stones.
When the equivalent of three years passed in the time bubble, Zhu Yi had reached 3rd level of core formation. He was disappointed with this result.
Zhou Fan explained. "Don't worry about it too much. The Qi here is really too thin. Even with my help and top grade spirit stones, you cultivate as if you had spirit rank meridians, a rank below your king rank meridians. That makes you about as fast as someone with emperor rank meridians in this world."
Zhu Yi nodded, but he was still a little down.
"Cultivation is a long experience. You have to get used to it."
Chapter 473: The Nascent Soul Realm - 473
Zhu Yi wanted to cultivate fast and become as strong as he could as fast as possible, but he understood that it was impossible.
Without anything else to do, Zhu Yi entered the Time bubble and continued cultivating. Outside the bubble, 5 years passed. Inside the bubble, Zhu Yi had cultivated for 15 years. Every now and then, he took time to practice the sword, but 99% of the time inside was dedicated to cultivation.
He was now at the 7th level of the core formation realm. He had not stopped cultivating. After so long, he had simply taken a step out of the time bubble and breathed in the fresh air.
And that was when the world shook. Zhu Yi did not even need a moment to understand that whatever was happening was far beyond his comprehension.
It didn't only feel as if the world was shaking, but as if the entire universe was being affected. Of course, Zhu Yi could not tell such a thing. It was simply a feeling.
A voice came from above.
"Chaos. It's been nearly 10 quadrillion years since we last fought. What took so long?"
Zhou Fan instantly recognized the voice.
"Heaven. I was hoping that your lifespan would have been gone by now. You are truly abnormal."
Heaven laughed. "I could say the same about you. I suppose we have great fathers."
The existence known as Chaos responded. "Father? More like creators. And like our creators, we too shall fight."
"And like my father, I will defeat you."
"The Origin God is dead. If he was alive, would we be talking?"
Heaven retorted. "If my father was dead, I would not exist."
"As I said, no real proof. You cling to false hope."
Another voice chimed in. "What if I agreed with Heaven?"
Zhou Fan once again recognized the voice. Although it was different, it gave off the same feeling as always.
"Ying Xiong. You continue to live as well. I don't know why a being such as you exists. You should simply die."
Chaos spoke to Ying Xiong much more harshly than Heaven.
Ying Xiong laughed. "A blessing and a curse. At the very least, I get to protect everything from you."
"Enough talk. Let's see if I can't win today. My creator lost because he wielded only one power. I wield both the power of Chaos and Cultivation. Try and defeat me." Chaos spoke.
There was no more noise. Nothing more could reach Zhu Yi's world.
Zhu Yi held his head as blood poured out of his ears and eyes. Although he was in the core formation realm, he was no different from a mortal against the simple existence of those voices.
Luckily, even mortals had survived the voice. It seemed that everyone would sustain the same minor injuries regardless of cultivation level.
Zhu Yi quickly healed up and sat on the ground in shock. He did not know much, but he knew that whoever had spoken was at a level beyond his comprehension.
He ignored Zhou Fan, who stared at the sky. He was glad that not too much had changed. At the very least, everything would be safe for a few quadrillion years. By then, he would probably return.
"Why are you sitting around like an idiot? Hurry up and cultivate." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi snapped out of his trance and looked at Zhou Fan in confusion. His master seemed to be talking differently.
After a moment, Zhu Yi shook his head and re-entered the time bubble. He began cultivating once again.
35 years later, Zhu Yi prepared to break through. His core transformed into a nascent soul.
Zhu Yi had finally reached the nascent soul realm. He felt much safer than before. Even if a soul formation realm cultivator attacked him, he was confident in escaping alive.
Before cultivating any further, Zhu Yi took down the array, grabbed his sword, and flew over towards the writing sect. It was time to figure out the truth of this world.
As a nascent soul realm cultivator, Zhu Yi's speed had increased by a large amount. It took him three days to reach the writing sect.
From afar, the writing sect seemed to exist on a giant, open book. The words were either scribbles, or written in the language that Wen SI's technique used, if there even was a language.
Zhu YI was only guessing that there was.
As he flew closer, someone met him in the sky.
It was a core formation realm cultivator. He could clearly sense Zhu Yi's nascent soul realm cultivation, but he showed no fear. In fact, he was a little arrogant.
"Who dares to come so close to the Writing sect?" He asked with his arms crossed.
Zhu Yi did not waste any time with him. "I'm here to meet Wen Si. Tell him Zhu Yi has come."
The core formation realm cultivator stared at him for a moment before pulling a talisman out of his spatial ring.
Zhu Yi could not tell what was happening, but a minute later, the core formation realm cultivators attitude changed.
"So you're a friend of Wen Si. I apologize. I'll lead you there now." The core formation realm cultivator said.
Zhu Yi nodded, and he flew below the clouds. The writing sect seemed to simply be a city built on a giant book. As they flew to a large building near the center, the Core Formation realm cultivator began to speak.
"The book that the Writing sect is written on was supposedly left by the founder. If one looks in a certain area, they would find the basic inheritance of the writing sect. Of course, such a section is covered by buildings."
Zhu Yi listened to the Core Formation realm cultivator talk about the history and power of the Writing sect. He was essentially flexing on Zhu Yi.
Zhu Yi did not mind it. He was learning about the Writing sect every second.
The flight was short and Zhu Yi eventually reached the entrance of a large building. The Core Formation realm cultivator sent him inside and left.
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