Chapter 92: Chapter 85 To 1
Zhou Leng finished speaking and performed the Flying Crane Technique, his body turning into afterimages as his speed skyrocketed.
The Book of Spirituality’s Inheritance Land was just ahead.
The Demons shouted angrily, continuing their chase.
Those prepared to block Zhou Leng, seeing such terrifying speed, looked at each other and silently stopped.
A team of eight was not ready to give up and charged towards Zhou Leng.
Many people within the circle saw this scene and frowned.
"It’s enough already, why bother?"
"Yeah, we’re all on the same side, there’s no need."
"If any of you can catch up, I’ll write my surname backward!"
"Not daring to rob from the Demons, only scheming against our own, it’s truly disgraceful."
Some people persuaded, and others mocked.
That team seemed not to hear and continued to charge towards Zhou Leng.
As they drew near, Zhou Leng suddenly changed direction, evading with superior speed.
The team hurried to chase, but the farther they pursued, the farther away they fell.
Unable to catch Zhou Leng, the Demons turned and started hunting that team, forcing them to curse repeatedly.
Eventually, Zhou Leng bypassed the Demon blockade and entered the aperture.
Zhou Leng scanned the people, all masked like himself, making it impossible to discern their identities.
Zhou Leng secretly noted the distinctive marks on those people and slowly approached the giant book.
The team looked at the three-meter-high yellow light above Zhou Leng’s head and sighed deeply.
Zhou Leng fixed his eyes on the giant book emitting the yellow glow; it should be one of the three Inheritance Lands, the Book of Spirituality.
Near the giant book, more than twenty columns of light shone.
Inside each column of light, a person sat.
"The Book of Spirituality, what does it inherit..."
Zhou Leng did not approach recklessly, but instead accessed the databank stored in the Demonized Watch to review information related to inheritances, Celestial Ladder, etc.
After briefly understanding, Zhou Leng resumed Qi Manipulation, consumed medicinal supplements.
Then he placed his backpack in front, sat down, and took a nap.
The others glanced at this newcomer Spirit Lighter, continued walking along the edge, looking into the distance for the next target.
Within the aperture, no harm to others could be done, not even cursing.
An hour later, Zhou Leng opened his eyes.
His spirit mostly restored, he got up and swallowed an Embracing Essence Pill snatched from a Hafu Martial Arts Academy student.
The Embracing Essence Pill settled in his stomach, compressing his Dantian nine times, making his True Qi even more refined.
The Essence Qi Pill was not suitable for consumption now, while the Body Nourishing Pill was best used after taking one hundred Replenishing Essence Pills.
After checking his body, Zhou Leng approached the Book of Spirituality.
Suddenly, a light pillar ahead collapsed.
Wearing the Wujiang Martial Arts Academy badge, the person sighed long and gently shook his head.
Zhou Leng said, "Friend, can you share your experience with me? I’ll exchange it for a Blood Replenishing Pill."
The person shook his head and said, "No need. Actually, there’s nothing to share because when entering, the consciousness transmission said that each person’s experience is different. Moreover, the entire process was very chaotic, with no clues, and to this day, I still don’t understand what the assessment was about."
"What were your gains?"
"I was close to completing the First Layer’s comprehension, unfortunately. However, I have a deeper understanding of my own cultivation technique."
Zhou Leng chatted a bit more, tossed over a Blood Replenishing Pill.
The person smiled and accepted it.
Based on that person’s information, Zhou Leng pondered for a moment and approached the Book of Spirituality.
A ring of white light spread, forming an awareness transmission.
In Zhou Leng’s view, this was again a Divine Text transmission.
Twice in a row Divine Text transmission, resonating with his own Divine Text.
This feeling was like a teacher teaching a baby to speak.
"Are you ready to accept the Book of Spirituality’s assessment?"
In front of Zhou Leng appeared a vague, rotating Divine Text.
Zhou Leng thought for a moment, imitating the Divine Text transmission, and used his consciousness to condense a somewhat imperfect Divine Text to respond.
"Accept!"
Suddenly, the Book of Spirituality trembled slightly.
"Discovered unknown High-Level Civilization Inheritor or descendant lost in an Elementary Civilization universe, due to being in an infant state, according to the Multiverse Convention, conducting a comprehensive examination... Bloodline Detection... Gene Detection... Pollution Detection... Life Entropy Detection... Information Entropy Detection... Mind Entropy Detection..."
After that, some terms that Zhou Leng completely didn’t understand popped up.
"Congratulations, child, for passing the examination, unlocking the Book of High-Dimensional Spirituality..."
A moment later, Zhou Leng only felt the world in front of him twist, everything turning into colorful lights, and then like a twisted soft rainbow, it continuously elongated and transformed.
Not long after, the world stopped twisting.
Zhou Leng saw himself standing on a silver-white beach, coconut trees standing tall, the seawater blue and clear, waves gently surging.
Swoosh... swoosh...
Beautiful serenity, refreshing and delightful.
"Based on your basic cultivation technique, the Book of Spirituality forms a three-layered assessment, please comprehend this ocean. Every comprehension of one layer ultimately raises one level of inheritance."
Zhou Leng stood up, walked into the sea, gently touched the water surface, and sensed the seawater.
Zhou Leng observed carefully, noticing nothing different from ordinary seawater, how to comprehend it?
Zhou Leng began to try various methods, observing, touching, soaking, splashing, attacking...
Without any gains.
Zhou Leng did not give up, continuously trying, using various methods, without any results.
A faint anxiety arose.
The Martial Arts Will’s shadow instantly shattered it.
Zhou Leng tried many times, abandoned random comprehension, and started pondering.
Suddenly, Zhou Leng remembered a sentence from Zhang Xinglie.
"When unsure, ask the Martial Saint. Our wisdom, after all, is limited, but we can stand on the shoulders of giants. Every giant stands on the shoulders of another giant."
After a long time, Zhou Leng re-entered the water, letting his eyes get as close to the sea level as possible, then carefully observed the seawater.
Time ticked by, Zhou Leng remained motionless, just staring at the seawater.
In his mind, continuously recreating all changes of the seawater, shocks, undulations, rushing, swaying, rolling...
Constantly watching, constantly reproducing.
Apart from this, do nothing else.
The cultivation method recorded in the "Miscellaneous Collection of Zhao Dongjun" is Unity.
Guarding little makes one firm; concentrating power makes one strong.
Zhao Dongjun encountered a broken stone wall that descended from the sky, from which he gained insight into the cultivation method.
The Unity Path originates from that stone wall.
Later, the stone wall was placed in Xiong City, for cultivators to comprehend.
East Monarch’s Stone Wall.
Zhou Leng stopped all extraneous thoughts, focusing all energy and power on observing and perceiving sea waves.
Time slowly passed, and in Zhou Leng’s world, time seemed to freeze.
Zhou Leng wasn’t sure if this was right or if he could pass the trial.
Since it was a method verified by Saint Zhao, even if he couldn’t pass the trial, he could more or less gain some understanding from the world before him.
The whole process seemed simple, yet was extraordinarily difficult.
Zhou Leng often found his thoughts wandering suddenly, thinking about other things, and then arduously pulling back his mind.
Slowly, Zhou Leng became more and more fatigued, with increasing instances of distraction.
Concentration itself is a challenging task.
Moreover, Unity is a higher realm of concentration.
Having no other choice, Zhou Leng resorted to the old method used during cultivation of the Frost Giant Tree.
Visualizing the Frost Giant Tree that spans countless starry universes, waiting for his spirit to stabilize before continuing to observe the seawater.
There was no time change here, but Zhou Leng felt that time passed day by day.
One day, two days, three days...
One month, two months, three months...
One year, two years, three years...
Unawares how long had passed, all changes of the sea waves were within Zhou Leng’s grasp.
Even, Zhou Leng vaguely sensed the pattern of the sea waves, able to predict their next changes.
In Zhou Leng’s eyes, it seemed as if the next second’s sea waves were reflected.
"Congratulations, child, you have passed the first layer of the trial, now start the second layer."
Zhou Leng blinked, returning to his usual self, then carefully recalled the entire process, making assumptions.
"If my assumption isn’t wrong..."
"This trial, on the surface, seems as previously stated, unclear about what’s being tested, but actually, there’s a clear exam question."
"And that is, from this chaotic world, find your own path, just one is enough."
"Continue Unity!"
Zhou Leng vaguely realized the optimal possibility of passing this trial was, as before, to continue observing the changes of the sea waves.
However, this time the feeling slowly changed.
Previously, it was just seeing changes in the shape of the sea waves.
But now, Zhou Leng vaguely saw something "inner," evidently nonexistent, yet truly "seen."
That inner thing is indescribable.
Zhou Leng continued Unity, constantly observing, constantly pondering in his mind things between "existence and nonexistence."
The sea waves grew larger and smaller, Zhou Leng remained unmoved.
The seawater gradually cooled, Zhou Leng remained unmoved.
Fish, crabs, white clouds—everything in the world was changing.
Zhou Leng remained unmoved.
Unity.
When tired, just visualize the Frost Giant Tree to recover mental fatigue as if recovering the body.
Unawares how long had passed, Zhou Leng suddenly felt something, got up, walked out of the ocean, and stood on the beach.
Activated the Mystic Tide Technique, executed the Overlapping Waves Palm.
At first, Zhou Leng, like a child, performed the Overlapping Waves Palm clumsily and messily.
Slowly, the Overlapping Waves Palm returned to normal, exactly like on usual days.
After a while, the arms reflected in Zhou Leng’s eyes changed shape.
No longer flesh and blood, but transformed into seawater.
Slowly, Zhou Leng’s arms truly became seawater.
Zhou Leng continued performing the Overlapping Waves Palm, again and again, never stopping.
One month, two months... one year, two years...
Zhou Leng’s body slowly transformed into seawater.
At the moment when the whole body transformed into seawater, the seawater Zhou Leng exploded.
The seawater shattered.
Then, the water droplets flowed in reverse, reconstituting Zhou Leng’s body.
Zhou Leng was like being doused with cold water, suddenly awake, eyes wide open, smiling like a child.
The Mystic Tide Technique and Overlapping Waves Palm were no longer martial arts, but the dearest companions he had loved the most since childhood, accompanying him from his birth until now.
"Congratulations, child, you have passed the second layer of the trial. Now, proceed to the third layer."
Zhou Leng pondered for a moment, quickly repeating his previous actions.
Observing the seawater for a while, then continuing to cultivate the Mystic Tide Technique and the Overlapping Waves Palm.
Observe again, cultivate again.
Unawares how long had passed, Zhou Leng suddenly gave up other moves.
Only using the most upright and fundamental move within the Overlapping Waves Palm, the Great River Entering the Sea.
Firmly holding his bow stance, left arm guarding, right arm level, pushing the right palm forward, each step precise, no variations.
The Mystic Tide Technique within also operated solely along the path of the Great River Entering the Sea move.
Zhou Leng was executing one palm strike after another.
Slowly, the sound of trickling streams reached Zhou Leng’s ears.
Zhou Leng remained unmoved, continuing to use the Overlapping Waves Palm of the Great River Entering the Sea.
Again and again, endlessly.
One month, two months...