Chapter 13

Finally, it was time for the good stuff. The recorded message from the past said, "I'm really sorry, but I was the weakest among the supreme warriors of my era. I only have the wealth left to me by your mother, and I didn't manage to snatch any other fragments. I spent my entire life studying the ways of natural creation, so I have nothing to offer..."

Hearing that this guy had nothing to leave them, Hero and Old Turtle felt a bit dejected. Others had encountered great fortune and reaped full benefits, but their own adventure had only brought danger and no rewards, leaving them trapped in this time-exile place. Now, they could only hope that this penniless man could guide them out of this cursed spot.

Hero couldn't help but curse at the recorded message, "Damn, you've wasted my time. You're just a penniless man! Indeed, good people starve to death, while bad people live for a thousand years."

But the next words of the recorded message lifted their spirits:

"Although I don't have much to leave you, I have buried a forbidden patterned weapon here, which I used in my battles for ten thousand years. In the weapon tomb, there is also a gourd of Life Creation Pills and a vial of Life Evolution Serum!"

Hero and Old Turtle couldn't help but cheer. This sounded incredibly powerful and promising. Even a three-year-old had heard the myths and legends about forbidden patterned weapons.

Patterned weapons come in eight levels: ordinary, supreme, king, emperor, imperial, legendary, forbidden, and divine. A legendary patterned weapon is already a supreme weapon found only in legends, let alone a forbidden patterned weapon!

As for the Life Creation Pills and Life Evolution Serum, they sounded like something that could grant immortality, making these two guys wish they could beat the talkative recorded message to a pulp. They endured, waiting to hear about more benefits.

What they didn't know was that these divine medicines had already been used to fill the jade gourd containing the Life Creation Pills, which had now become a wondrous existence through natural creation.

If the recorded message were a living person, Old Turtle would have grabbed him by the feet, tears streaming down his face, to thank him for the rebirth. But it was just a recorded message, not even a ghost.

The recorded message looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle and said, "The greatest wealth I can leave you is the way of natural creation that I learned from my teacher. Please remember two things: 'Comprehend the natural creation of life, the great way is formless and vast.'"

Hearing this, the two men became even more elated and excitedly shouted, "A boundlessly powerful legacy, I like it. Pass it on to me quickly."

Under Hero's eager gaze, the recorded message pointed at the jade slip in Hero's mind, transforming itself into a massive and intricate pattern array that entered the jade slip.

The massive amount of information almost made Hero's head explode, forcing blood mist out of his pores.

Hero didn't care about these minor injuries and eagerly checked the powerful way of creation. But when he saw the content, he almost spat out blood: Pattern Theory Basics, Natural Lore, Plant Studies, Insect and Beast Studies, Energy Studies, Potion Theory...

These were all the basics of the way of creation, but for a rough guy like Hero, studying these was more painful than studying how to breastfeed a baby. Just learning the array theory made him want to die.

When he finally saw the last few basic courses, he felt a bit relieved: Creation Heart Sutra, Creation Pill Sutra, Basic Energy Control, Basic Natural Control, Basic Life Healing, Basic Natural Engraving, Basic Natural Weaponry...

But when he saw the cultivation conditions for these seemingly powerful legacies, he felt like he had fallen into a bottomless pit. The Creation Heart Sutra was still manageable, requiring the cultivation of internal breath to the stage of harmonizing qi and refining the body. Cultivating Basic Energy Control and Basic Natural Control would double the speed of cultivation, and Basic Life Healing was like a super healer's buff, but the prerequisite for all three was to master Natural Lore, Plant Studies, and Insect and Beast Studies...

Worse still, the Creation Pill Sutra required not only a foundation in alchemy but also mastery of all the basic courses.

Hero hated reading and studying the most, so even after becoming a psychic, he had never read a single book related to pattern theory. The thought of spending the rest of his life buried in books made him roar:

"Studying these will take me hundreds of years, and by the time I even reach the basics, my bones will be gnawed clean by insects!"

Hearing Hero's roar, Old Turtle felt a bit more balanced.

Hero had a sudden idea: follow the old path.

But when he saw the related information, he almost spat out blood again!

All the basic legacies of the Immortal Path recorded in the jade slip were derived from the principles of this era, as combined by Old Turtle's mother. They were the foundation of all the legacies of the way of natural creation.

If these principles were not re-verified and evolved, Hero would have been crushed by heaven and earth the moment he started cultivating the basic breath method.

The way of natural creation follows the natural creation, and although its power levels are the same as those of the current psychic power system, it is the only psychic tradition that cultivates through natural breathing. The Creation Heart Sutra is divided into eleven levels of cultivation, corresponding to the eleven realms of the Immortal Path: Basic Breath Cultivation, Harmonizing Qi and Refining the Body, Refining Qi into Spirit, Refining Essence into Pill, Refining Spirit into Infant, Refining Infant into Form...

The Immortal Path believes in the natural laws of heaven, earth, and humanity! The way of natural creation also believes in these natural laws, unlike most psychics who constantly strengthen themselves through various means!

The Basic Breath Cultivation method recorded in the jade slip was the first level of the Creation Heart Sutra: Basic Breath Cultivation.

If Hero followed the basic legacy recorded in the jade slip, he would only reach the first realm of the psychic power system, the tenth-level psychic awakening. Thinking about this, Hero almost choked on his own blood.

This was forcing Hero to study hard and make progress every day!

After reading the related legacy information, Hero felt a bit relieved: Old Turtle would have to study the bird language and flower fragrance with him...

Old Turtle also felt a bit overwhelmed. The research insights and ancient texts in the jade slip on these topics were equivalent to the collection of a large library!

This was the lifetime research and ancient text collection of that dead man!

This was forcing Old Turtle to become a scholarly turtle!

Both men had the urge to dig up the grave and desecrate the body! Just the basics of the way of natural creation required so much study, and after reaching the basics, would they even be allowed to live?

But the only consolation for these two men was that mastering array theory would make learning, understanding, and even engraving patterns as easy as pie, and using them would maximize their effects!

Thinking about how they had been tricked into this bottomless pit when they first received the jade slip, they had no choice but to accept it.

Hero grumbled, "Study, then. Once I climb out of this pit, I'll be invincible! I'll stuff myself with pills and heal myself while fighting to the death. Whoever dares to be arrogant, I'll drown them in blood, crush them with flesh, and beat them to death with bones!"