Luo Kai curiously took it. There seemed to be some writing on the golden page, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't see it clearly. It was as if there was a distance of a thousand mountains and ten thousand seas between them.
"The Book of the Universe was written by a sage of my human race. It contains some methods of time and space. Whether you can understand it or not depends on yourself. I hope it will be of some help to you."
Time and space were the basic forces that constructed the material world. They were also the most illusory of the six major forces. If this book really contained the cultivation methods of these two forces, then its value was immeasurable. Luo Kai was stunned on the spot. He didn't know whether he should accept it or not.
Yun Shan softly said, "Actually, I originally planned to pass this book to Zong Hang. He is the most talented of my countless students and also the most promising to inherit my Daoism. He has a name that you might be familiar with. It's called the Water Speaker."
"Water Speaker!" Luo Kai cried out in surprise.
"That's right. Your Soft Forging Body Technique was learned by him from the Sea Race."
Luo Kai couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart and asked, "But he … why did he hide?"
Yun Shan sighed and said, "In the early years, the relationship between the human race and the Sea Race wasn't so stiff. Both sides would visit each other. Our University of Beijing was fortunate enough to send students to the Sea Race's sacred land, the Sea Race, to study. Zong Hang was one of them. The Sea Race lived in the deep sea all year round. Their body techniques were unique and their level of evolution far surpassed that of our human race. Zong Hang learned many profound body techniques in the sacred land of the Sea Race. In addition, his innate affinity with water was extremely high. The Sea Race wasn't willing to let him come back. One of the princesses even wanted him to marry into her family.
He paused for a moment before continuing, "In the end, he couldn't resist the temptation and became the son-in-law of the Sea Race. Even I couldn't do anything about this, but later on, a shocking piece of news came. Zong Hang had stolen the Sea Race's supreme treasure, the 'Parting Water Essence'. This treasure is a natural energy conversion device, and it is said that it can continuously produce water essence. The Sea Race believed that Zong Hang was a thief sent by the Human Race, and the two sides originally had a conflict of orthodoxy. This matter became a fuse, and from then on, the two races fell into hostility."
Luo Kai thought back to the time when he was with Shui Sou. He seemed to have been researching some kind of mechanical equipment. A person who was willing to bury himself in research like this wouldn't do such a thing. Moreover, the body technique practitioners emphasized on cultivating the body. When humans receive energy from external sources, they need to do it step by step. External items were only supplementary. He asked with some disbelief, "What use does Shui Sou have for this thing?"
Yun Shan shook his head and said, "I don't know. However, he wrote a letter saying that the Essence of Water was indeed in his hands, but he didn't steal it. He said that there were deviants hiding in the upper echelons of the Sea Race. I once sent this letter to the High Priest of the Sea Race, but he never replied. Now that I think about it, Zong Hang was right.
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A few days later, the school announced that the selection for the Bohan class would be reopened. There would be no more tests, and the students would be personally selected by Saint Master Yun Shan. Tuoba Yong was the first to be selected. He hugged his big bag of building blocks and left reluctantly.
The situation outside had also begun to improve. A large number of physical warriors had gathered along the coast, blocking the invasion of the sea creatures. However, Luo Kai had a faint feeling that this was just a test by the deviants from the deep sea. Their intelligence was very high, and they could even imitate human language. Of course, they could also learn human knowledge. Powerful vicious beasts were indeed terrifying, but vicious beasts were evolved from ordinary species. The more powerful they were, the harder it was for them to reproduce. However, the intelligent species were different. They could reproduce in large numbers, and they were even better at learning, passing down, and creating.
His days passed slowly. Unknowingly, half a year had passed. These six months were the most peaceful days since he came to this world. Every day, other than practicing body arts, he would study the Book of the Universe given to him by Yun Shan. Although he hadn't figured out the specific method, he could feel the power of space attached to it. This power couldn't be seen or touched, and could only be sensed. The things inside could only be understood. He could faintly feel the things inside.
Words were actually the lowest level of knowledge transfer tool. The highest level was a memory transfer. This memory didn't only represent some images, but also the person's state of cultivation, inner feelings, and understanding of the outside world. Every time he studied the Book of the Universe at night, he would have some dreams that he couldn't remember. It was very similar to when he was in prison. The only difference was that the person in the dream wasn't him, but someone else who was experiencing "his" life fragments.
As time passed, he became a little absent-minded. Sometimes, he couldn't tell whether it was himself or "him", as if he had schizophrenia. He didn't feel the power of space and time at all.
In the past six months, Tuoba Yong rarely came to find him. He said that the nine of them were locked up in a small valley by the white-bearded old man and could only come out once every two or three months. Luo Kai knew three of the nine students in the Bohan Class. In addition to Tuoba Yong, there was also the eighth prince Qian Yuanxin and Luo Xuan.
This time, the strength of the nine students in the Bohan Class was about the same. If they really wanted to determine the winner, the thirteenth prince Qian Yuanhong, who practiced the Heavenly Level Body Art, was the strongest. Even Tuoba Yong was not his opponent. The Heavenly Level Body Art was too powerful. The Heavenly Level Body Art of the royal family had been improved generation after generation. It was an extremely complete skill. In the initial stage, there was a method to attract the help of fire energy. Tuoba Yong was a little stupid. The premise was that the gap between the two sides couldn't be too big. In addition, the metal energy he practiced happened to be restrained by fire energy, so he was no match for Tuoba Yong.
Every time Tuoba Yong came to Luo Kai, he had an aggrieved face. He wanted to ask Luo Kai to teach him the method to subdue the enemy. On this point, Luo Kai couldn't do anything about it. He could only ask Tuoba Yong to diligently cultivate his "internal force". Among the five elements, fire restrained metal, water restrained fire, and at the same time, metal gave birth to water. By transforming the power of metal into the softest power, water could naturally restrain the energy. It was easy to say, but difficult to do. One had to cultivate a certain kind of energy to the extreme to be able to display the magical effect of "What is the meaning of refining a hundred times, turning into softness around the finger".
In fact, the cultivation method of the physical masters was similar to that of Luo Kai. They were all pursuing the method of the mutual generation and restraint of energy. The difference was that they started from a single energy. When a certain kind of energy was cultivated to the extreme, it could naturally be derived from other kinds of energy. At that time, the two kinds of energy would rotate endlessly in the body, and they would be able to break through the physical master stage, transcend the mortal body, and achieve a "holy" body!
In half a year, Tuoba Ye also came back once. Although his face was full of hardships, his breath was more stable. Obviously, he had made great progress. The effect of the gene medicine was gradually showing.
Tuoba Ye came in a hurry and left in a hurry. He left after saying a few words. During his words, he revealed a piece of news. The Great Emperor of Dongyuan was finally going to announce the change of the country's name to Dongyuan's Enemy Country. At the same time, the autonomy of the major suzerains was reduced. Before the news was announced, the three suzerains in the central and southern regions had already formed a mutual aid alliance. In name, it was a business and trade organization, but in reality, it was a military alliance. The other suzerains also expressed their opposition. As a result, the undercurrents of the human race were surging. Although Higashimogami Province was the strongest suzerain of the human race, its elite military forces were deployed in the two major battlefields. Once civil strife broke out, it would be hard to say who would win and who would lose.