"Is it coming, this whisper..."
Zhou Bai’s heart trembled. Whether it was Zuo Dao’s notes or various textbooks, they all indicated the appearance of this situation.
Accompanied by the reading of Daoist texts and the process of gaining insights into the Heavenly Dao, even if he had made comprehensive preparations and protections like he did today, as long as he gradually entered the state of synchronization with the Heavenly Dao, there would still be twisted knowledge trying to invade his Primordial Spirit.
Zhou Bai controlled his inner longing, completely ignored it, did not memorize it, and tried his best to pretend he had not heard the whisper.
But the next moment, in this utterly quiet meditation chamber, the light seemed to gradually dim. Even the edges of the room gradually fell into darkness, only the place where Zhou Bai was remained shrouded in white light.
As the darkness gradually descended, the entire meditation chamber became increasingly quiet, with only the sound of Zhou Bai reading the Daoist texts echoing back and forth in the secret room, as if a second person were reading together with him.
Zhou Bai controlled his gaze, not to look at those strange places, and continued reading the Daoist texts.
Footsteps suddenly sounded in the darkness.
The sound of Zhou Bai reading the Daoist texts abruptly paused, then he disregarded everything and continued reading.
As Zhou Bai read, footsteps echoed all around, as if a dozen children were running and playing in the dark.
"Hehe~~"
Zhou Bai’s ears even caught their laughter, or it seemed that someone was whispering to him. Cold sweat continuously broke out from his forehead.
After reading the Daoist texts for over ten minutes, although he had not finished the content, Zhou Bai felt the whispering by his ears growing louder and clearer...
"Zhou~ Bai~~"
With a soft call, Zhou Bai decisively stopped reading, closed the book, shut his eyes, and slowly ceased his breathing techniques, calming his mind.
With his cessation of reading and the closing of the Daoist text, the entire meditation chamber returned to normal. The overwhelming darkness and shadows all vanished without a trace, as if it had all been an illusion.
After a long time, Zhou Bai slowly opened his eyes: "Tina, did you see what just happened?"
In the sea of consciousness, Christina, who had been silently meditating: "See what? Weren’t you just reading the Daoist texts?"
"Was it an illusion? It felt so real." Zhou Bai thought to himself: ’What would happen if I paid attention to it?’
He quickly shook his head, dismissing the thought. No matter which Daoist text or its related materials, they all noted that during the reading of Daoist texts, any visions should be completely ignored.
Zhou Bai shook his head and then looked at the panel.
When he read the Daoist text 00 just now, he saw his synchronization with the Dao reach 0.1%, but now, looking again, he found that the synchronization had reverted to 0%.
Zhou Bai knew this was normal. The enhancement of synchronization with the Dao was achieved through repeatedly reading the Daoist text 00, keeping fleeting moments of synchrony during the reading.
When he could maintain a 0.1% synchronization with the Dao even without reading the text, he would have succeeded in the first step.
Recalling the content he had read and analyzed, he found that he was gradually forgetting the content of Daoist text 00. In just a few seconds, he had forgotten all the content read, leaving only a faint understanding in his heart.
This was the characteristic of insights into the Heavenly Dao described in the Daoist texts. Even mere words contained supernatural power, mysterious and indescribable.
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Any segment of text, if spread and read by ordinary people, could cause deformity and madness.
Even cultivators, if their level was insufficient, could not organize the specific content or keep it in memory.
The Daoist text itself represented the extraordinary.
Only through repeated reading and increasing synchronization with the Dao could one gradually grasp the insights into the Heavenly Dao firmly.
"Zhou Bai, are you ready yet?" Christina, in Zhou Bai’s mind, asked.
She was not yet prepared to enhance her synchronization with the Dao, so when Zhou Bai read the Daoist text 00, Christina meditated silently, without looking at it or feeling any anomalies.
Zhou Bai nodded: "It’s really difficult. Let me try again."
Thus, Zhou Bai repeatedly read the Daoist text 00, each time starting from the beginning. From the initial 10 minutes, he gradually increased to 12 minutes, 15 minutes, and 20 minutes.
Until after 4 pm, he managed to read for 25 minutes in one go but could not withstand the influence of the whispers and closed the Daoist text 00.
However, looking at the panel, the synchronization had returned to 0% the moment he stopped reading.
"Damn, this is so hard!" Zhou Bai touched his chin, thinking: "Or... am I not a cultivation genius? Zuo Dao’s notes clearly stated..."
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Zuo Dao’s Notes:
Today’s first reading of the Daoist text 00 stored at home was even more challenging than I imagined. It took me over half an hour to stabilize the synchronization at 0.1%. It seems it will take a long time to reach 10% and step into the first realm...
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"What kind of joke is this? Over half an hour? I’ve been doing this for nearly 4 hours! I haven’t even managed to get 0.1%! At this rate, I feel like I’ll have a heart attack."
Zhou Bai got angry at the thought and turned to look at his auxiliary system panel, wondering whether to use the lazy value to enhance his synchronization with the Dao.
But he still couldn’t read the Daoist text 00 for prolonged periods; he couldn’t resist the whispers for that long. If he increased the synchronization now...
"Wait..." Zhou Bai thought to himself: "Stand like iron, sit like steel, lie like a mountain... I’ve been sitting while reading the Daoist text 00. If I lie down, would it be easier?"
Thinking of this, Zhou Bai became slightly excited, then quickly calmed his emotions. After feeling at peace, he lay down on the ground, holding the Daoist text in his hands and began to read.
After a while, Zhou Bai once again heard the whispers, but this time the whispers were so faint that they could be ignored, and the other visions disappeared completely.
Zhou Bai felt as if he had really turned into a mountain. Whether the insights from the Dao within the text or the incessant whispers beside his ears, he observed as if watching from the outside, his heart remaining utterly calm.
Reading nonstop for two hours, Zhou Bai completely finished reading the Daoist text 00, feeling no impact from the whispers. Closing the text, he looked at the auxiliary cultivation system panel again and found that his synchronization with the Dao had reached 0.2%.
"I see, I see," Zhou Bai realized: "The true purpose of lying like a mountain is not for defense in battle but for defense against the pollution of distorted Dao insights while reading the Daoist text 00 to enhance synchronization."
Understanding this gave Zhou Bai great joy. Christina, out of curiosity, asked, "Why did you read for so long this time? Are you going mad?"
Zhou Bai explained the function of lying like a mountain to Christina. The little cat showed an expression of envy, her claws continuously extending and retracting.
’Damn, I really want to take Zhou Bai’s cheat! How can I take his cheat?’
On the other side, knowing the true function of lying like a mountain, Zhou Bai lay down and repeatedly read the Daoist text 00.
Reading until 11 pm, his reading speed increased each time. Now, he could finish the text in an hour and a half, with his synchronization reaching 0.7%.
Increasing synchronization became harder as it rose, meaning it was easier to enhance it when low. Achieving a 0.7% increase like today would not be possible again.
Checking the time, it was almost midnight. Even though the Dao School’s library was open 24 hours, he needed to eat, and Elsa also needed food.
So Zhou Bai stood up, planning to go out and get food for himself and his dog.
But as soon as he stood up, the whispers surged into his mind, shaking his Primordial Spirit, making it feel as if it could leave his body at any moment.
The light around him dimmed, and vague footsteps echoed again.
Feeling all this, Zhou Bai immediately sat down. His trembling Primordial Spirit calmed down, and although the whispers persisted, they were not unbearable.
Stroking his chin, Zhou Bai thought: "I see, because I enhanced my synchronization while lying down, I am not yet accustomed to standing or sitting."
But at the next moment, Zhou Bai’s eyes shifted, and his body froze.
He saw a small red footprint appear in the corner of the room.
But when Zhou Bai focused on it again, the footprint had disappeared.
Zhou Bai exhaled deeply: ’Could it be... it wasn’t just an illusion?’
Looking again at the empty floor, he whispered: ’It should be... an illusion, right?’
Zhou Bai sat for half an hour before slowly standing, gradually adjusting to the enhanced synchronization.
Ignoring the whispers as much as possible, Zhou Bai thought: "One should not increase synchronization too rapidly. From tomorrow on, I need to enhance it gradually."
Spending over two hours intermittently lying down and sitting to alleviate the aftereffects, Zhou Bai could finally move freely.
He tried to exert his Primordial Spirit’s power and immediately felt a difference.
With synchronization at 0.7%, Zhou Bai felt his Primordial Spirit’s power had become more agile and refined. Control was much easier, with a range seemingly exceeding 10 meters, reaching 11 or 12 meters.
The activation speed also increased, with an unending sense of satisfaction, indicating that the Primordial Spirit’s power had broken its bottleneck and could be further enhanced as he continued his cultivation.