Chapter 245 (1/2)
Chapter 245
The Three Shentong Paradigms
So this was itThe proverbial ball had started rolling
Squaring his shoulders, Li Yundong took a step towards his mentor”I take it the drill is ready?” His eyes darted briefly towards the canvas bag on the coffee table
Zi Yuan reached down and pulled out a flat, pal forward involuntarily, his eyes glued to the delicate object now resting on top of Zi Yuan's palm
”HeyIsn't that… Isn't that so's eyes snapped to Zi Yuan's face”A geoht?”
Zi Yuan cradled the object in both palms
”Behold, the Purple Gold Jade Plate”
Li Yundong returned his eyes to the jade plateThe thing looked like a perfect square with a circular disk at its center
Li Yundong held out his palave hi's open pal felt surprisingly sturdy and solidLi Yundong raised the object to eye level and studied it
Upon a closer look, he could understand why this thing was called the Purple Gold Jade Plate—its body was ht an inadvertent smile to his lipsFirst a purple ribbon, and now a purple jade plate? Clearly there was a pattern hereNot that the pattern was hard to see, of course: the ”Zi” character in Zi Yuan's name literally means ”purple”
The jade plate's top surface held tiny engravings which were arranged in a perfect circle—like those typically found on geomantic compassesWhen he flipped the plate over, he realized that its bottom surface was covered in unknown syht the symbols looked quite similar to those found on Taoist talis the jade plate back to Zi Yuan
”The Purple Gold Jade Plate is one of the Linggong Sect's three signature ical objects,” Zi Yuan said, her voice thick with emotion”My masterHe…” She cleared her throat”He left this in my care”
A wave of sy
Not for the first ti YuanshanHow did theYuanshan possibly see in so Yuanshan foreseen Li Yundong's murder of He Shao?
His reverie ended when Zi Yuan released a soft chuckle
”Wushuang-qianbei cracked the proble her eyes off the Purple Gold Jade Plate”Your best bet is not to get hit at all” Zi Yuan smiled wryly”That's the only way you can survive the Heavenly Thunder before the Jinshen phase”
Li Yundong blinked a few tiht”
Zi Yuan raised her gaze froht thenThere was an uncomfortable lull where they stared at each other wordlessly
Li Yundong shook his head slightly”You're saying I have to dodge lightning in order to survive” He cleared his throat”That's… That's basically what you're saying”
So help him God he had tried his best to keep the incredulity out of his tone
”Yes”
”Well” Li Yundong blinked a few times”shi+t”
”Technically,” Zi Yuan added seconds later, ”you have to dodge 81 bolts of lightning successively”
And he thought going to Tibet on foot was batshi+t crazy
”Is it even physically possible? I htly”I mean, do you think I can do it?” He shot her a hopeful look
”With enough training, you htHe didn't like that word at all
”And this is where the Purple Gold Jade Plate comes into play,” Zi Yuan continued with a s
Was it just him, or did Zi Yuan seem oddly cal; Zi Yuan was always caluess” He pointed at the jade plate”That thing's gonna shoot lightning bolts atthe eyed the Purple Gold Jade Plate warily, suddenly feeling defenseless against the tiny ical object which, for all he knew, could fry his balls within a fraction of a second
Li Yundong looked away from the jade plate when Zi Yuan didn't answerHe frownedThe bottom half of the woman's face was obscured by her hand, and her shoulders were shakingMirth shone through her eyes like fine beacons
”What?” Li Yundong asked warily”Did I say soh Zi Yuan's lips”Shooting lightning bolts” Zi Yuan shook her head as another giggle tore past her lips”God”
Li Yundong's cheeks heated up”Well, you said you prepared a training drillSo I thoughtI thought you meant…” He cleared his throat harshly”I don't see how the jade plate can help me train otherwise”
”No, silly,” Zi Yuan said, her eyes sparkling with a bolts at you, don't worry” She paused as though she was reconsidering her words”Not in the way you i the plate's surface”What this doesalanced at him”…is allow its user to create a si repeated
Zi Yuan nodded”The user can then transport anyone within the plate's vicinity into that world”
So drill will take place inside the simulated world” He looked towards Zi Yuan for confirmation”You used the jade place to create a simulation of the divine punish it”
Zi Yuan nodded”That's the plan”
Li Yundong laughed”That way I won't die even if I get hitCoz it's just a sioing through it
Very clever, Ao WushuangVery clever
”You can go through the drill as many times as you like,” Zi Yuan said”But bear in y reserve is vast, it's still limited” Zi Yuan paused to look at hiy drains a little” Zi Yuan gave him a pointed look”And I' nodded”It e 81 successive bolts of Heavenly Thunder before the jade plate runs out of spiritual energy”
”Indeed”
Li Yundong gave her a strange look”Can't you just, I don't know, recharge it or so?”
Zi Yuan snorted”I wish it were that siers over the jade plate
Li Yundong waited patiently for hed”Recharging it is technically possibleBut it will take a lot of tily before Zi Yuan went back to studying the jade plate”The only reason the jade plate can even co the Heavenly Thunder is because it has been around for a long tih for it to absorb and store a vast a are we talking here?”
”Thousands of years”
”Thousands of—” Li Yundong stared at Zi Yuan in shock”Seriously?”
Zi Yuan s history”
”Oh,” Li Yundong shook his head slightly”Now I' the Fan of Seven Treasures has been around”
Zi Yuan's smirk widened just a tad”SoDo you have any other questions before we start?”
”Okay, u cleared his throat”Just to recap a bit…”
Li Yundong waited until Zi Yuan gave hi
”So basically, I'y and then play lightning dodgeball with this simulated version of the Heavens”
Zi Yuan's lips twitched slightly”Yes”
”Right” He pointed at the jade plate, then shot a questioning look at Zi Yuan”How long do you think it'll take?”
”I can't really tell,” Zi Yuan said, looking into his eyes”Maybe days if you're quick on the uptakeBut bear in e the Heavenly Thunder is no easy task” Zi Yuan sighed”No one has ever attempted it before”
Moments went by in silence
”How lanced at her apprehensively”Can you tell?”
Zi Yuan's expression instantly turned gri's heart sank a little”That bad, huh?” He chuckled”Think it would buy ive the Heavens an offering?”
Zi Yuan glanced towards the sliding door, evidently ignoring his lame attempt at humor
”When you saw the Heavenly Eyes earlier, you said that they had distinct for door
”Yeah”
”Then I' pause before her gaze shi+fted back to his face”You're gonna have to up your ga walked towards the couch and sat downHe bent forward until his elboere resting on his kneesClosing his eyes, he steepled his fingers before pressing the tips of his index fingers against the bridge of his nose
A week didn't sound like a lot of tiure out how to dodge the Heavenly Thunder within a week? Was there some kind of trick to it? Or was it all about reflexes?
NoThe speed of his movements mattered tooEven if he could predict when the Heavenly Thunder would strike, it would be pointless if he didn't possess enough speed to move out of the way in time
Which(aside from the simulation drill) to increase his arded Zi Yuan for a moment
”Can you tell ainst the couch”How real is it?”
”As real as they co”
”Virtual reality?” Zi Yuan scoffedShe seey”There's nothing virtual about this, trust aze zeroed in on his face”The Purple Gold Jade Plate acts as a containerWhen you're inside the simulation, you are, quite literally, inside the jade plate as well”
”WaitHow does that even work?” Li Yundong frowned and shook his head slightly”I thought the whole point of the siet hit? But what you said just now sounds like the version of me inside the si look”Doesn't that defeat the purpose?”
Zi Yuan shook her head”The jade plate stores your physical body, that's trueBut it'll also create a copy of your body”
”OhSo the copy is the one that shows up in the si frowned again”But wouldn't the copy have its own consciousness as well? Can I feel what it feels, or make it move with my oill? Like, are our consciousness even linked? How does that even?” Li Yundong shot her a helpless look”SorryBut I still don't understand hoorks”
”Don't be sorry,” Zi Yuan said with a s you don't understand” Her s htly”AnywayTo answer your question, yes, your consciousness will be linked to the copyAnd here's hoorks” Zi Yuan glanced at hiht after the jade plate stores your body, it creates a copy of you, but only the physical aspects of you”
”And that includes what? Bones, ans, blood”
”All of that, plus your Qi and Essence” Zi Yuan cleared her throat”Once that's done, the jade plate will extract your Spirit from your real body, and then insert it into the copy”
Li Yundong nodded”That way inal body”
”Exactly” Zi Yuan smiled”But that's not allIt will also create a copy of your Vital Orb using your Spirit”
Li Yundong went silent in thought”So basically, everything I feel inside the simulation” He looked towards Zi Yuan
”Will be exactly the same as what you feel in the real world,” Zi Yuan said with a nod, co hummed”And when the simulation ends, my Spirit will be returned to ht”
”Which means the memory of my experiences inside the simulation will be transferred back to my body”
”Not just your es the copy experiences during the simulation will also be carried over to your real body”
Li Yundong stared at Zi Yuan blankly
”Musclemisconstrued his lack of response as confusion”Muscular and sensory enhanceh”Even the increase in strength of your Vital Orb and spiritual energy”
Li Yundong blinked a few ti”