Puzzled, I couldn't help but ask Ye Pianpian, "Their talents aren't as good as mine, so why are their cultivation speeds so fast?"
Hearing my question, Ye Pianpian was stunned for a moment, then the corners of her mouth rose slightly. She smiled and said, "Within the Pressure Point realm, cultivation speed doesn't have much meaning.
It's said that it takes three years to search for the dragon and ten years to seal the acupoint, but metaphysical aristocratic families have their own methods to strengthen their Dao Qi. Regardless of talent, as long as they are willing, they can quickly reach Pressure Point Perfection. This isn't rare.
On the other hand, you've always been cultivating alone, yet you can maintain this speed. It's really extraordinary. "
After hearing her words, I became even more puzzled. I hesitated for a moment before asking, "Then how long did you take to reach Pressure Point Perfection from the Dragon Qi baptism?"
Ye Pianpian said indifferently, "Six months."
My mouth gaped open. It seemed that I had misunderstood her. I had thought that she had taken at least one or two years to complete the Young Phoenix Gathering from the last one to the current one. I hadn't expected that she had only taken six months. This speed really made me blush with shame.
Ye Pianpian seemed to be a little emotional at this moment. She continued, "Six months complete, three months Glory of Knowledge. From then until now, it's been a full three years. I'm only at the intermediate stage of Glory of Knowledge … Within the Pressure Point realm, cultivation speed doesn't have much meaning. After Glory of Knowledge, it's different. Other than the obsidian stone, there's almost nothing that can affect cultivation speed. Everything depends on talent.
At that time, those metaphysical aristocratic families won't be able to catch up to you. "
So that's how it is. Looks like I'm ignorant and ill-informed. All along, I've been cultivating alone. Although I can understand the general knowledge of metaphysics from the Death Scripture, the Death Scripture has its limitations. It can't be truly all-encompassing.
When it came to these common sense things, I was far inferior to Ye Pianpian and the others.
Taking this opportunity, I asked Ye Pianpian what she meant by 'six months complete, three months Glory of Knowledge'. She reached Pressure Point Perfection in six months, but why did it take another three months to reach Glory of Knowledge?
Ye Pianpian told me that although one relied on obsidian stone to obtain star power during Glory of Knowledge, a geomancer had to first comprehend a trace of star power.
It was like a talisman. It needed Dao Qi to guide it to activate the power within.
Comprehending Astral Power required a process, and many people could even spend several years in this process.
Moreover, not everyone could attain Glorious Knowledge after obtaining the obsidian stone. Some people would never be able to sense star power in their entire lives.
Back then, Ye Pianpian had taken three months, which was already considered very fast. Furthermore, she was a 3 Vein Geomaster. When she was at Glory of Knowledge, she had successfully awakened three of the Five Elemental Talents. With every additional Five Elemental Talent, she would need more time than others. In reality, she had only taken a month to advance from Sealing Acupoint Perfection to Glory of Knowledge. This speed was shocking.
After telling me about her experiences, she specially told me that I might awaken four of the five elemental talents, so the time needed to awaken Glory would definitely not be short, so I shouldn't be in a hurry.
I smiled and nodded. The more elemental talents I awakened, the stronger I would be in the future. I naturally wouldn't be in a rush.
After talking about these matters, it was already getting late. Ye Pianpian bade farewell and left. Before she left, she told me to take care of my body for the next few days. Three days later, when the competition starts, she would come to fetch me.
After she left, the fatty, who had been quietly listening to our conversation, said to me with an envious expression, "You people who practice the Mountain Arts have such good lives. Each of you have extraordinary power. People like us who practice the Dao of Divination are powerless. What Glorious Knowledge, what Astral Power, they have no fate with us. Our lives are truly bitter."
Regardless of whether it was Daoism or Xuanmen, there were Mountain, Medicine, Divination, Divination, the Five Paths. Of course, this was just an ancient saying. Nowadays, the Dao of Medicine was almost impossible to find. Divination, Divination, these three had completely merged. Regardless of whether it was Xuanmen or Daoism, there were probably only Mountain and Divination left.
Of course, nothing was absolute. Perhaps there were still Medicine inheritances that had been passed down in the world, but I had never had the chance to see them.
Although the School of Metaphysics was also proficient in Divination, generally speaking, as long as one reached the Earth Master Realm, they would belong to the Mountain Arts. In Daoism, no matter if it was the Talisman Faction's Celestial Master Sect, Maoshan Sect, or the Danding Faction's Quanzhen Sect, they all belonged to the Mountain Arts.
Simply put, as long as it was a battle technique, it was a Mountain Art. The Daoism that practiced Mountain Arts were the Mountain Arts.
Although the fatty's lament seemed reasonable, to him, it was just moaning without any illness.
Ordinary people who practiced the Dao of Divination might not have any fate with power. They would be powerless for the rest of their lives.
However, the fatty was extremely talented. In the future, he would definitely reach the Celestial Master Realm. As for those who practiced the Dao of Divination, once they reached the Celestial Master Realm, they would be completely different from before. Their power would be far beyond that of ordinary people who practiced the Mountain Arts.
Take the fatty's Divination Sect's founder, Yuan Tian Gang, Li Chun Feng, and the others as examples. Which one of them wasn't an almighty expert?
Even without mentioning the Heavenly Master Realm in the future, with Fatty's current Dao of Array Formations, he was far from having the strength to truss a chicken. Previously, when he faced the few old Taoists from Mount Longhu who were in the Glory of Consciousness Realm, Fatty's array formation had firmly blocked them outside, and they could not even take a step in.
I disdainfully argued with the fatty for a long time, but he just kept crying. His lazy and scoundrelly character really infuriated me.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye. On the morning of the fourth day, Ye Pianpian drove over to pick me up. We went to the Metaphysics Society's headquarters together.
Originally, this competition was the Metaphysics Society's internal affair. Moreover, it was related to the distribution of the obsidian stones. Everything was strictly confidential. However, the fatty dragged me and Ye Pianpian to watch the competition. Eventually, Ye Pianpian couldn't change his mind and agreed to bring him along.
As the Vice President of the Metaphysics Society and backed by Grandpa Li, Ye Pianpian's position in the Metaphysics Society wasn't ordinary. Bringing someone to watch the competition wasn't a big deal.
Then, the three of us got in the car and went to the Metaphysics Society's headquarters.
When we arrived, I quickly saw the other two participants of the Metaphysics Society besides me.
One of them looked unfamiliar. He wasn't young, was tall and thin, and had a sickly face.
Ye Pianpian introduced him as Li Encheng.
The other young man was called Zou Yu. He looked familiar. I tried to recall and remembered that I had met him at the Young Phoenix Gathering. He was a member of the Shandong branch. He had woken up a moment before Zhang Wenfei. His innate talent was the same as Zhang Wenfei's. He had eight apertures in one meridian.
When I saw him, I couldn't help but think of Zhang Wenfei.
If nothing had happened to him, he would have reached the peak of the acupoint sealing realm. Perhaps his name would have been on the Metaphysics Society's list of participants.
It was a pity that the heavens were jealous of such a talented person!
This time, Lu Zhenyang would also be participating. Although he had lost an arm, it didn't affect his cultivation much. In a short year, he had reached the peak of the acupoint sealing realm.
Good people don't live long, while scourges live for a thousand years. This sentence was the most suitable to describe Zhang Wenfei and Lu Zhenyang.
At that moment, I suddenly thought of a problem. Would I meet Lu Zhenyang again in the competition?
Lu Zhenyang had three meridians and was the direct descendant of the Lu family. He definitely wasn't weak. It was possible that he would go far in the competition. If I wanted to get first place, the probability of me meeting him was high.
During the previous Young Phoenix Gathering, Lu Zhenyang had provoked me many times. I was apprehensive of the Lu family's power. Even if it was a life and death battle, I didn't dare to be ruthless. It wasn't until the last Young Phoenix Gathering that I used my Dragon Seeking realm to deal with his acupoint sealing realm that I used all my power to break his arm.
Up until now, I was filled with regret. There were many times when I thought back. If I had killed him, would the Lu family only target me and wouldn't my parents be implicated?
Hypothetically speaking, there would never be an answer. Thinking too much about it was pointless. However, the situation this time was different from the last time. I was a lonely person without a father or mother. I had a rotten life that even the heavens and earth couldn't spare. I no longer had any apprehensions. If I really met Lu Zhenyang, I would definitely use my full strength.
However, the chance of killing him wasn't high. Back in Meizhou, Zhang Kanwen and I worked together but we couldn't do anything to Lu Chengping's life saving artifact. As the direct descendant of the Lu family, it was impossible for Lu Zhenyang to not have any life saving methods in this competition.
Thinking about that, I coldly smiled. So what if he had a life saving method? No matter how strong it was, it was still an external power. It could only be used when his life was in danger.
If I didn't kill him, I wouldn't activate his life saving method. I would only cripple his cultivation and turn him into a cripple. He would have a taste of what I felt like back then!