Chapter 1761: Chapter 9: A Century of Seclusion, Zuo Qiyu’s Trial (Part 2)
"Otherwise, my Giant Sun avatar won’t be able to advance, and it will forever remain in the Small Divine Power Realm."
"To win over Zuo Qiyu, it’s tough." Zhao Xing sighed. "It’s been almost a hundred years, and I haven’t even seen him."
In Zhao Xing’s past life memories, Zuo Qiyu was never one to accept disciples.
This time, he suddenly appeared, wanting to accept me, which was unexpected. But after the intervention of Guluo River, Zuo Qiyu ultimately didn’t take any disciples. Instead, the Five Poison Emperor took two.
"The reason Zuo Qiyu doesn’t accept disciples is because he was once betrayed by one. If I settle for the next best thing and just learn his skills without being his apprentice, would that work?"
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In the region of the Three Thousand Dao Seeds, Zhao Xing’s other avatar was comprehending the ’Sunlight Treasure Tree.’
"The Stem Bucket Divine Skill has already reached perfect divine power; now, this four-element variant technique only lacks the comprehension of the ’Large Tree’ type of primary life structure diagram."
Mushrooms, vines, rootstock, bamboo root, four-element variant techniques, each with three ’primary life structure diagrams.’
Though named primary, once comprehended, one can grasp the ’embryo of the Life Dao,’ cultivating the Stem Bucket Divine Skill to the Great Divine Power Realm.
"The avatar’s comprehension has hit a bottleneck, now it’s up to the main body to receive some new insights."
The avatar once again closed its eyes.
Different avatars cultivate and comprehend in different locations, and their insights are transmitted at certain points in time.
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In the inner world of Guluo River, Zhao Xing sat quietly in front of an emperor-level tenacious vine.
Beside Zhao Xing, there were also two tenacious vines, but they were merely ordinary seedlings.
One grew vigorously, covering the grass, completely attached to the earth.
The other was much weaker, yet it strived to extend itself, standing tenaciously.
The surrounding grassland, withered on the left, thriving on the right.
Subsequently, the states on both sides reached a certain point and suddenly reversed.
It became withered on the right, thriving on the left.
Zhao Xing, however, was indifferent to this scene, his eyes fixed only on that emperor-level tenacious vine.
"For a hundred years, I’ve been here every day, watching this emperor-level tenacious vine."
"Guluo River prepared twelve cultivation sites for me, all fundamentally centered around the Life Dao. The first cultivation site was to comprehend this tenacious vine."
"In fact, it was to let me see the operation and flow of the Life Dao in the tenacious vine."
Staring at that emperor-level tenacious vine, its gray roots disappeared, and the leaves seemed to become transparent.
"The Life Dao is full of infinite possibilities. The growth limit of the tenacious vine doesn’t even reach the Origin Realm. Which cosmic rule obstructed its growth?"
"How did Guluo River break the growth rule restriction for this tenacious vine?"
Gradually, in Zhao Xing’s eyes, the entire emperor-level tenacious vine completely vanished: leaves, branches, roots, completely gone!
Only the presentation of the rule in Guluo River’s inner world remained.
Countless rules, tangled together, seemingly chaotic, yet vaguely following some profound veins.
Gradually, these chaotic rule veins converged into a perfect carving knife.
Based on the Life Dao, forming a carving knife.
It was this carving knife that altered the life essence of the tenacious vine, breaking the original growth rule restriction.
With some realization in his heart, Zhao Xing noticed the surrounding grassland stopping its transformation, and he began to work on the emperor-level tenacious vine.
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Guluo River, in the Dao Ancient Layer of the Hundred Feet Void, feeling a slight anomaly in his inner world, couldn’t help but open his eyes.
"His Life Dao has taken its first step."
There are many Daos in the universe: Five Elements Dao, Yin Yang Dao... Yet the Self Sect venerates the Life Dao the most.
In other aspects, Zhao Xing hadn’t shown potential enough for Guluo River to take notice, but his comprehension of the Life Dao drew Guluo River’s attention after 157 years in the Primordial Realm.
Because on this day, Zhao Xing used a spell to shake the inner vitality of the tenacious vine for the first time.
Although it was merely chipping a grain of sand off a mountain, it was a shake nonetheless.
Thus, for the first time, Guluo River appeared before Zhao Xing.
"Teacher."
Zhao Xing stood up.
Even though Guluo River didn’t recognize him as a student, he always respectfully called him Teacher. Although Guluo River never responded even once, Mr. Zhao never lacked such perseverance.
Perhaps one day Guluo River would respond?
"Your practice of cultivation as if suffering like an ascetic, with your avatar practicing techniques and your main body comprehending the Dao, through near-masochistic methods, is not necessarily a good thing." Guluo River pointed out.
"Overusing the Grassman Skill without matching soul techniques, relying only on willpower to suppress it, will inevitably cause issues."
Zhao Xing listened quietly.
Guluo River, indeed a demigod, saw the hidden dangers in cultivation at a glance.
Just like during the Xuanhuang Realm period, the Grassman Skill had weaknesses, and even in the cosmic version, such problems existed.
The Grassman Skill always required a powerful soul technique and Will Divine Power to match.
However, this Three Gods Fate Palace, a Small Divine Power Skill, was no longer sufficient for Zhao Xing’s needs.
After all, the Giant Sun Grass Man Skill alone reached divine power perfection, and Zhao Xing continuously excavated his potential, even using the Grassman Skill to cultivate Great Divine Power.
Persisting like this was purely due to Zhao Xing’s solid foundation, astonishing comprehension, and potential.
"What the teacher says is right." Zhao Xing respectfully said, "I would like to ask for your guidance."
Guluo River shook his head, "In terms of mastery of the Grassman Skill, no one surpasses Zuo Qiyu. You should be asking him."
As Zhao Xing was about to climb up the steps, Guluo River interrupted, "Since Zuo Qiyu’s various Grassman Skills didn’t appear on the treasure list, it proves that it isn’t easily obtainable. Both publicly and privately, I won’t have him come out to teach you."
