Chapter Five Hundred and Seventy Eight – Qi Diao Yu (2/2)
Even more shocking was that this was his second epiphany!
Zuo Mo was becoming slightly jealous. He had comprehended a lot from the Mo Skill Steles, but he had not entered the state of epiphany. This guy had entered it two times!
Zuo Mo shook his head and smiled. His anxiety settling down, he started to read once again.
His speed of progression was very fast. Even if he encountered a problem, he would understand after some thought. Right now, he had the strength of a general level, and he could examine the problems from a deeper level of power. He naturally solved these problems easily.
The Mo Skill Steles quickly resumed their normal levels of activity. Qi Diao Yu went into the deepest part of the stele forest and did not affect the people reading on the outer regions. The busy flows of people appeared again.
Zuo Mo’s steps gradually slowed. As he went deeper, the content on the stone steles became harder to understand. He needed to slowly think and ponder over their lessons.
As he went deeper, there were fewer people around him.
Zuo Mo’s surprise increased. He found something unique about the Mo Skill Steles.
Starting from the twenty second mo skill stele, the content on the stele was not just limited to mo skills. He found many descriptions on it that were similar to spells and yao arts.
At the beginning, he had thought this was a coincidence but as similarities in the content increased, he found to his shock this was not a coincidence!
Spells, yao arts, mo skills, Zuo Mo had learned all three areas before. Even though his cultivation of spells was not outstanding, he had read many jade scrolls and his fundamental knowledge was deep. As to the yao arts, while they were not as outstanding as his mo skills, he was able to cast the Archaic Wasteland Sacricifial Art and could be called an expert in the yao world.
This meant that he did not face too many barriers when he reached lessons on these areas, but he couldn’t help but feel puzzled.
Had Shi Zi Ming been skilled in the three powers?
As he went deeper, this puzzlement increased. Shi Zi Ming’s theories, no matter if it was spells, yao arts, or mo skills, were accurate and profound. Even a freak like Zuo Mo that was skilled in all three felt it was difficult to understand in many places.
Was there really someone in the world that was born knowing this?
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At a corner not far from the Mo Skill Steles.
“Which stele he at now?” A pointy-faced man lowered his voice to ask. But his gaze did not leave Zuo Mo who was in front of the stone stele.
“Twenty sixth.” His fellow with purple hair and a black face gave an accurate answer.
“Is this guy just looking around,” the pointy-faced man said hesitantly. “This speed is slightly fast.”
“Slightly fast? It is too fast!” The purple haired man said coldly.
“Yes, to reach and read the twenty sixth mo skill stele, it is not possible!” the pointy-faced man said unconcernedly. “Has he discovered that we are watching him?”
“Who says it is not possible? You forgot that person,” the purple haired man said.
“Who?” the pointy-haired man asked.
“The one in there!” The purple-haired man pushed his lips towards the deepest part of the stele forest. “Did you forget what that person did in the past?”
“Hiss!” The pointy-faced man inhaled sharply and his face paled. “How can I forget? In one day and night, comprehended thirty pieces of the stone stele, that speed had been something no one else achieved before and no one else since!”
“It is true that no one did it before him, but it’s not certain that there is no one else after him.” The purple haired man stared attentively at Zuo Mo and said to himself, “I have a feeling that this Xiao Mo Ge is not an average person.”
“You don’t think he’s just strolling by?” the pointy-faced man said in disbelief.
“No.” the purple haired man said, “Notice how long he is spending in front of every stele. The deeper the stele is, the longer he spends on it. He has spent more than two hours in front of this mo skill stele. He is clearly thinking, and not just glancing at the content!
“Then … … then isn’t he … …” the pointy-faced man stammered.
“Just like how Qi Diao Yu was in the past!” the purple haired man said the second half of his fellow’s sentence. He had been stationed at Great Peace City for more than a decade. His daily task for the family was extremely dull. It was to observe the mo that were studying at the stone steles.
Normal people would not notice these details but they could estimate many things from these details.
In his eyes, the effects of Zuo Mo’s speed in going through the stone steles was more shocking than defeating Pang Chen.
The purple haired man stopped talking. His eyes flashed with a different like as he stared at Zuo Mo that was in deep thought in front of the stele. He had a strong feeling that another powerful person was going to appear in Great Peace City!
Focusing, he said to his fellow, “Quick, report this to the main steward.”
The pointy-faced man did not dare to hesitate and disappeared into the shadows.
The purple haired man’s eyes suddenly turned in another direction of shadow within the stele forest. Right there, just now, another figure had flashed by. His eyes instantly narrowed. Without thinking, he knew who it was. An old opponent. There were also other observers in the other shadows.
All of them had come!
It seemed that everyone had great expectations for this person!
Translator Ramblings: Sorry to disappoint all of you, Zuo Mo is too pragmatic and the environment is too dangerous.