Chapter 33

Although he didn't care about other matters, as long as it was related to medicinal herbs, he would notice even the smallest details. This time, the herb he was going to search for in the Nan Kui Ruins was discovered on the clothes of a senior fellow disciple. When he asked, he only knew that the senior had been to the Nan Kui Ruins, and it might have been picked up there.

After wandering around for half a day, Bu Zheng only bought a few herbs. It wasn't that there were no useful ones, but they were too expensive, and he felt it wasn't necessary to buy them. Perhaps he could gather them in the future, and if not, he could simply not make the item to sell.

Thus, Bu Zheng returned to the Alchemy Peak, completed the work he needed to do, and prepared some essential items. He then prepared for the journey, finishing everything the day before departure. He spent the night in anticipation and waited early in the square.

Indeed, it was very early. He appeared in the sect's square before dawn, while Chu Xiong and others were still asleep. However, there were already quite a few people in the square. The habit of the sect's disciples was to gather and set out together for training.

Bu Zheng waited, watching the beautiful sunrise, the bustling crowd, and listening to conversations that interested him and those that didn't.

"Turns out you can join a team like this. As long as you don't ask for anything, they'll take you along, as long as you do the odd jobs. I can do that," Bu Zheng muttered to himself, realizing that many disciples were looking for training teams here. Some were spontaneous and didn't have a team, while others, like him, had no team at all, though the reasons might differ.

There were also some new disciples who believed they had enough strength. New disciples usually had to wait for the sect-organized training, and they could only go to certain places. Some felt unsatisfied and asked other training teams, which required proving their persuasiveness and strength.

Of course, not all training destinations were like this. Some wouldn't take non-essential people, as one mistake could lead to the entire team's demise. Even in the Nan Kui Ruins, not all places could take non-essential people; some had specific requirements.

In fact, when it came to joining a team, there was an ultimate way: using money...

Regardless, this gave Bu Zheng another option. If he wanted to go to the Nan Kui Ruins again in the future, he could find a team here.

Time passed, and the sun in the east began to shine and heat up. The dawn had passed, and it was now the time when the sun was hot enough to warm the buttocks. Why hadn't Senior Brother Chu and the others arrived yet?

Did I remember the time wrong?

Bu Zheng started to recall the conversation from that day, thinking about the time. It didn't seem like he had remembered it wrong. Could it be that Senior Brother Chu had said the wrong time?

"Junior Brother, you're already here."

Just as Bu Zheng was wondering whether he had remembered incorrectly or if Senior Brother Chu had said the wrong time, Senior Brother Chu arrived, along with Qiu Yue, Qi Tian, and five young men and women who looked more innocent, likely the new disciples for this training.

"Junior Brother, did you come very early?" Qiu Yue asked, looking at Bu Zheng.

"Not early, not early, just a bit earlier than you," Bu Zheng shook his head, not mentioning that he had arrived before dawn. It wasn't important; what mattered was that everyone was now here, and they didn't need to wait.

"Only a bit earlier? Then why is there still some dew on your body, you must have arrived before dawn," Qiu Yue continued.

"Hehe, Senior Brother Chu said we were leaving in the morning, I was afraid of being late," Bu Zheng smiled, not mentioning how hard he had waited. He felt it was his duty to wait, as he was afraid of missing out.

"It's all Chu Xiong's fault for not being clear. We're leaving in the morning at the hour of Si. You could have come at the hour of Chen, since you're alone, you should have everything prepared," Qiu Yue smiled and said.

"It's fine, I had nothing to do anyway, and I could think about some things here," Bu Zheng said. This wasn't just a comforting word; it was a fact.

While waiting, he would often think about the array diagrams in the array formation secret manual, even though he had memorized them all. However, what he had memorized was just the outline, and the specific uses still needed his understanding.

Sometimes, he would take out the array formation secret manual from the Qiankun Ring to look at it, whenever he had the time. Even if he had memorized it, it wasn't necessarily complete, and there might be a subjective bias in his memory. This subtle bias could be the difference in the conditions for understanding.

A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. Writing things down is better than memorizing them, as it avoids bias.

Bu Zheng was never very confident in his memory, even though others thought his memory was almost abnormal. He always did things to ensure his memory.

For example, he kept records of his alchemy, noting down the changes, even though he had never forgotten any of the records in his mind. He still had the habit of writing them down.

However, what he wrote down was mostly incomprehensible to others, as there were no words, only numbers and symbols—simple sketches.

Numbers and symbols are different from words; most people can recognize them, even if they can't read. These symbols exist in any space and time, independent of words.

In the Eastern Divine Continent, the number symbols have been updated several times, and most forces use the same ones, while a few use their traditional ones. The Seven Star Kingdom uses a unified standard, so Bu Zheng's number symbols can be understood by most people.

Even if a few forces use their traditional symbols, as long as someone is using them, they can be understood. Learning another set is simple, as there are only so many, and a good memory can remember them all in an hour.

However, even if the symbols Bu Zheng used were understandable, the problem was that he recorded everything with numbers and diagrams, making it like a code. Without his personal explanation of the patterns, others would have to spend a long time deciphering it.

Moreover, to save paper or for quick recording, he unconsciously used shorthand, though he didn't know it was called shorthand. He just knew he could record things quickly, and the more he did it, the more difficult it became for others to decipher.

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The update is a bit late, sorry, please give some recommendations...

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