Chapter 575 (2/2)

”You don't need to feel grateful at all. I am only doing this because I wish to one day witness a legendary physique personally,” said the gravekeeper elder. ”Also, I have already told those kids outside that I will be keeping you here for half a year. Spend this time studying the mantra. If you have any inspiration, you can look for me. We can discuss it together, trying our best to increase the tiny brightness you might find on your path of no return.”

Xiang Shaoyun nodded. ”Yes, elder.”

He could see that this elder was going to personally instruct him in the coming half year. His heart was filled with excitement, and he wished to live up to the elder's expectations. And thus, he cleared his mind of all thoughts and started comprehending the ancient mantra.

As he repeated the mantra over and over in his mind, he increasingly understood how complicated it was. It focused on the dao of heaven and earth, the dao of primal chaos, and the dao of yin and yang. All three were the strongest daos in existence, and they were the most complicated and abstruse of all powers in existence.

Initially, he was able to gain a superficial understanding of some of it, but when he tried deepening his understanding, he found that there were countless permutations, and it was very difficult to get a clear understanding of any sort.

Half a month later, he asked the gravekeeper elder his first question, ”What is the origin of heaven and earth?”

”Some people say that heaven and earth were created by the ancient G.o.d. But the ancient G.o.d is the ancestor of humanity. As the saying goes, heaven, earth, and human. With heaven comes earth, and with earth comes human. Thus, we can reject that theory. What I understand from the ancient mantra is that heaven and earth originated from the power of the firmament,” answered the gravekeeper elder.

”What is the origin of the power of the firmament then?” Xiang Shaoyun asked.

”It is eternal.”

”Did the primal chaos come into existence during the creation of heaven and earth, or prior to the existence of heaven and earth?”

”The period of time during the creation of heaven and earth was also a period prior to the existence of heaven and earth.”

”Does that mean that primal chaos took form during the creation, and prior to creation, it was a part of the firmament?”

”It's good that you can understand that much. This is proof that you are working very hard on comprehending the mantra. Yes, according to the mantra, that's the case.”

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One old and one young, they exchanged some thoughts once every few days. Often, Xiang Shaoyun would be the one asking a question, and the gravekeeper elder would be the one answering.

Slowly, doubt cleared from Xiang Shaoyun's heart, allowing him to gain a deeper level of understanding of the mantra. It was most definitely a wondrous ancient mantra, one with a great significance. As Xiang Shaoyun mentioned numerous fresh points, the gravekeeper elder also learned something new.

After all, Xiang Shaoyun had a filthless soul, pus.h.i.+ng his intelligence to a freakish level. Each time he studied the mantra, he would have a different sensation, as if the mantra represented every single dao in the world, an all-encompa.s.sing mantra that contained everything in existence. Because of that, his resolution to cultivate nine different powers grew firmer.

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