Chapter 281: Thinking about Origin Treasures
A while later, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue sat cross-legged in the training area of their room.
At this time, Jiang Yue was using his divine sense to examine his dantian.
’There is a long way to go before I can think about the second level of the origin tempering realm.’ He thought and focused on his origin.
His moon pearl was the same as usual but nine treasure worlds floated around the origin.
The treasure worlds looked like small black holes and all were empty which meant that he hadn’t refined a single origin treasure.
’What kind of treasures do I want to refine?’ He wondered and cleared his mind.
Initially, his thoughts were chaotic but after a while, some ideas began to take form.
When he was planning his self-created illusion art, he considered several ways of attack.
One of the attacks he considered was called infinity loop.
This attack could actualise infinite instances in a single instant.
However, this kind of attack was only a concept.
With Jiang Yue’s cultivation and understanding of the tao, he could only think about the infinity loop but not do it.
This, however, did not discourage Jiang Yue.
Although he couldn’t actualise his concept, he could prepare for the day when he would be able to make such an attack.
With the infinity loop as a basis, Jiang Yue began to think about the treasures he required to enrich his origin.
’The infinity loop produces infinite possibilities within an instant. These possibilities are both real and illusions.’
After thinking to this point, Jiang Yue focused his mind and grasped the vague inspirations that appeared in his mind.
’I need a treasure that represents time. To produce infinite possibilities within an instant, I need to understand the concept of time.’
’The extremes of time are instant and eternity. The illusions I create should produce an eternity within an instant and make an eternity appear like an instant.’
’As far as I know, there are two supreme heaven and earth treasures that represent time. The first is the sand of time and the other is the water of time.’
When he and Yu Nianzhen were thirteen, they bought an hourglass in Fengying city.
For a long time, they didn’t know what was special about the hourglass but after many years, they figured it out.
In fact, the hourglass was ordinary but some of the sand within wasn’t.
Among the sand grains in the hourglass, there were a dozen grains of the sand of time.
These grains carried a heavy but elusive concept of time.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yue’s and Yu Nianzhen’s cultivation was too low to fully understand the concept.
’Is the sand of time a good choice for one of the treasures?’ Jiang Yue wondered.
From the little he knew, the sand of time could accelerate and decelerate time.
In ancient times, it was used in formations to create an isolated area whose time was different from the real world.
After thinking about it for a long time, Jiang Yue decided that the sand of time was not a good choice.
Although it was an invaluable treasure, it couldn’t bring out the concept he was going for.
’The water of time...’ He pondered and suddenly decided.
The water from the river of time flowed ceaselessly.
It had no beginning and no end which perfectly conveyed the meaning of eternity.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yue couldn’t think of a polar treasure so he stopped thinking about it for the time being.
Since he had already figured out the tao concept behind one of the treasures he wished to refine, he moved on to the next.
Other than time, Jiang Yue also felt that he needed treasures that represented life and death.
One of the most common ways of killing people using illusions was to trap them in a death scenario.
In such a situation, the imagined death was translated into actual death.
Contrary, life could also be generated from death.
If a dying person was trapped in a life illusion, the illusion could be translated into reality.
However, life and death were extremely difficult concepts to understand.
Taking this path was extraordinarily difficult but Jiang Yue was determined.
The main reason wasn’t because he wanted a powerful way to kill people but because of the life-saving effect.
Although he and Yu Nianzhen were powerful and even had the golden talisman, there was no guarantee that they would never be hurt.
After all, life was impermanent.
If a day came when one of them was seriously injured, Jiang Yue wanted to have the ability to turn things around.
’In that case...’ He pondered and his mood became solemn.
With his current knowledge, he couldn’t think of treasures that represented life and death.
However, for the time being, it was enough to have a rough idea of the second type of treasure that he needed.
The more he thought about the treasures he needed, a seed emerged in his mind and soon germinated.
’Azhen was right. The concept of duality is especially vital for my illusion practice.’ He thought and a smile appeared on his face.
The essence of illusions was alternating between one state and its polar.
Reality and illusion.
Light and darkness.
Instant and eternity.
Birth and death.
Tangible and intangible.
If he identified the most suitable concepts and refined appropriate treasures, his illusion arts would be unprecedented.
With that thought, Jiang Yue continued to ponder and Yu Nianzhen was also doing the same.
Like Jiang Yue, he also wanted to incorporate the concept of time while refining his origin treasures.
The concept behind his falling meteor sword move was speed.
However, his ambition for falling meteor was a sword move that was so fast that it defied time.
Considering that, the tao of time was an indispensable part of his swordsmanship.
Other than time, Yu Nianzhen considered space.
One of the sword moves he considered for his self-created sword art used teleportation.
Because Yu Nianzhen didn’t understand the concept of time, this sword move could only remain an idea.
However, if Yu Nianzhen refined a space treasure, his understanding of space would improve by leaps and bounds.
’Wait a minute...’ He thought and suddenly recalled the void stone they bought at the action.
The void stone could help him enlighten the tao of space.
However, he had a feeling it wasn’t a good enough treasure to become one of his origin treasures.
’It doesn’t matter. I will have one hundred years in the Nine Treasures secret realm. I don’t believe I won’t find something appropriate.’ He thought and his mind eased.
For now, all he needed to consider were the concepts behind the treasures he wanted to find.
As long as he had an idea, his feet would remain on the ground and he wouldn’t get confused by the countless treasures in the secret realm.
’Another concept I should consider is weight. The weight of a sword and sword move is quite important.’
’In the aspect of polarity, extreme weight generates weightlessness and extreme lightness generates heaviness.’
As he thought of this, Yu Nianzhen suddenly entered a strange state.
A golden figure appeared in his mind and the person was holding a sword in his right hand.
The figure swung his sword and extreme pressure filled the world.
It was like the sword move carried the weight of the world and could crash the world into small bits.
In the next instant, the pressure disappeared and the sword was like the wind.
The wind had no pressure and did not leave traces on the ground but soon after, the world seemed to collapse on itself.
As he watched this, Yu Nianzhen felt like he had witnessed something incredible.
However, he couldn’t understand it all but the image imprinted in his subconscious.
When he came to, Yu Nianzhen felt a little disoriented but his heart was beating in excitement.
’Epiphany.’ He thought happily.
This wasn’t his first epiphany but he didn’t despise the opportunity.
Each epiphany brought along many benefits and he couldn’t wait to settle down to grasp the details.
However, Yu Nianzhen was a steady person.
Since he couldn’t grasp the details while he was in the epiphany, he knew he was not ready.
His cultivation was too low and his state of mind wasn’t in a condition to comprehend the intricacies of the epiphany.
In that case, Yu Ninzhen could only continue polishing himself until he was ready.
When the time was right, the benefits from the epiphany would come to play and it won’t be too late to comprehend them at that time.
’First things first.’ He thought and continued to think about the treasures he wanted to refine.
He thought about time, space, weight, sharpness, and flexibility amongst other factors.
Originally, this exercise was just a way to establish an outline for the origin tempering realm.
However, the more he thought, the more incredible he felt.
He realised that this exercise was a way to evaluate himself, his swordsmanship, and his ambition.
It helped him see himself which served to polish his tao heart.
