Massive Transformation
1171 Words
Yào's apartment was tasteful— suiting the young man much to his satisfaction. After the ordeal with Mo Shen, Yao had decided to see what to do that would make him improve.
Clearing the fourth acupoint is supposed to take a year or more but at least, he needed to attempt that too. And most importantly, comprehend techniques.
So far, he had comprehended a sword technique. Soul of Swords, the one that Ancestor Shang had drooled over. But the soul of swords isn't the main thing, which is why he did not make use of it.
Even the Ninefold concealment technique wasn't complete which makes it almost impossible to use.
His only true technique is the Spirit swords that he had comprehended at the pavilion. But he wanted more… Maybe the other two could stand by as extra, but if anything— he wanted to learn more techniques.
He plucked down on his bed with Shang Fa beside him. And the older man smiled. “So where do we start from?”
Yao closed his eyes, completely ignoring him. And of course, Shang Fa knows the meaning behind this isolation that Yao had created so he simply just watched…
Maybe, trying to see if whatever Yao would do will yield any result. If at all there'd be a result, then it wouldn't be explosive because… acupoints cannot be cleared in three days.
Yao finally vanished from his sense of surroundings and appeared within his inner world. But the moment he set his eyes on the sea of spirit energy and the complacent canvas that hung above the sky, his expression changed.
'Wait… is this my mind's eye?’
He looked again, horrified that everything had changed.
'I only left for a few days. Has it changed?’
Yào's inner world had undergone an earth-shattering transformation that even gods themselves would not believe had occurred.
The sky overhead transformed.
The spirit energy had gone from pure to— beautifully refined that each spirit grain was separated from each other in an orderly sequence.
This clearly means that it was time for Yao to touch the next stage of spirit energy control which is the Clarity stage.
Yao ignored that part first. He focused on the third eye that had fused within him. That eye somehow hung above the scarlet sky, drawing strange violet patterns across the vast and boundless spirit sequence.
Yao also realized that these patterns either came from the eye… or the eye had to contribute some of its essence with another source in order to form these violet patterns. But—
What are these patterns responsible for exactly?
Yao also ignored it and he decided to focus on clearing his meridians.
So the fourth.
He slowly reached out for it, in order to open and clear the impurities only to realize that the acupoint had already been cleared.
His expression changed.
He obviously did not touch the fourth acupoint and yet, it had been cleared. His mind reeled, his eyes wandering towards the violet patterns once again before attempting to reach for the fifth acupoint…
Cleared.
Sixth acupoint…
Cleared.
Yao's face suddenly ashened.
He went straight for the seventh and eighth and they were also cleared. Causing his breath to be caught in his throat.
“How?”
The patterns?
He did not study them just yet, instead, he redirected his boundless spirit energy into the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth acupoints.
Even with his acupoints cleared, he did not step into the next stage. Unless he's washed the acupoints down with spirit energy, that makes him qualified to take that step.
Shang Fa who had been seated calmly, watching Yao suddenly froze when Yao's aura shifted, telling that he had entered the intermediate stage of the True Qi Realm.
What exactly is an acupoint?
How difficult is it to clear one, and yet Yao had usurped the mystery, defying logics that even ancestor Shang believed does not exist.
Shang Fa sulked for three hours and was about to console himself.
'It's just one acupoint…’
Yao's aura shifted once again telling that he had cleared not just the fourth, but the fifth, sixth and seventh, telling that he had become an advanced stage True Qi Realm.
“What the f*ck??? Yao!”
He stood up on his feet…
Whatever insight Yao was getting now, he wanted to interrupt it. No one should be able to clear four acupoints in three hours, this was monstrous talent, which means, given enough time, he could even break through to the Spirit Realm.
Shang Fa was green with envy.
But the moment Yao opened his eyes, Shang Fa froze, not daring to move an inch.
A sigh tore out of his lips.
“What are you doing?” Yao's eyes narrowed at him but Shang Fa knew exactly how to gather his composure.
“Ignore that. Let's step out of the groove for a while. You should be able to comprehend a few techniques.”
Yao slowly watched Shang Fa, remembering the awkward position he had seen Shang Fa…
‘Was he running towards me?’
Yao sighed. He already had a lot to think about, for example how to enter the clarity realm of spirit energy control. So for now, Shang Fa was the least of his problems.
“Alright let's go.”
The two men disappeared.
***
Atop Zicuen Mountain, the exact place where Yao had attempted his heavenly spirit tribulation and passed… the same mountain guarded by ancestor Shang, as though protecting it with his life.
The moment Yao stepped on the rocky surface, he stared at Shang Fa with a strange expression.
Shang Fa ignored him and proceeded to explain.
“Zicuen Mountain possesses ancient techniques beneath its base. So you are required to venture into it and comprehend the technique.”
Yao was stunned.
He lingered a moment too long and that got Shang Fa impatient.
“Listen, Ancestor Shang will be here anytime soon. Go in there or else, you won't get another chance to do so.”
Yao immediately added.
“But you'd get into trouble.”
Shang Fa suddenly snapped. “Shut up. Think more about yourself and get into the damn mountain! This mountain is surrounded by a branch river of time which is what makes it special. The moment you step in, time stops on the outside world therefore keeping me out of trouble, but if you remain standing here, there would be nothing for the both of us. Go now! The entrance leads down the mountain, just keep going. You have enough time because time doesn't exist at all. I want you to defeat Mo Shen with a single finger.”
Yao became speechless.
Is that his reason for all the preparation?
Yao laughed, but wasted no time in entering the open entrance.
Yao disappeared and when he did, Shang Fa breathed a sigh of relief as he looked deeply towards the groove.
Ancestor Shang was on his way.
And then—
Time stopped.
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