Chapter 29 (1/2)

“The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao?”

“The Tao, that can be spoken, is not the eternal Tao?”

“The Tao that can, be spoken is not, the eternal Tao?”

“The Tao that can be spoken? Is not the eternal Tao?”

Seeing the random sentence Zhou Bai just wrote, Christina felt the fur on her body explode. As she read it, she felt that this sentence had no pauses, yet it could be read in any way. Each time she read it differently, it had infinite meanings. It was mysterious and indescribable.

“What does this mean?” Christina asked, “How…how did you write something like this? It’s impressive.”

“Ha…this is impressive?” Zhou Bai said proudly. “I have many comprehensions of Tao! If the Law of Renege is beyond your understanding, then I’ll write something simple.”

Then Zhou Bai wrote again, “The name that can be named is not the eternal name. How is that? Isn’t it amazing?”

Christina’s eyes widened immediately. She breathed slowly out of her nose. Then she frowned as if falling into contemplation.

Seeing how he’d amazed this dumb cat, Zhou Bai beamed with glee. “Looks like Tao Te Ching really works. After all, it’s mysterious and indescribable. Just these two sentences already include everything in the universe. The rest is up to you guys to understand.”

He was pleased with the two sentences he wrote, so that was all he handed in at the end of the test. Then he left the test site with the rest of the applicants and was led to a lounge.

A teacher walked out and said to everyone, “Everyone take a break here for now. With the teachers’ levels of practice, they’ll finish grading you guys in less than half an hour. Everyone be patient.”

The applicants each found a place to sit in the lounge.

Long-haired Zuo Dao, whose Primordial Spirit Value had reached 105 points, stood in place without moving. Between his breaths, Spark seemed to toil inside himself. He was taking every opportunity to practice.

The bald young man who answered the vice-principal’s question walked next to him. He smiled at Zuo Dao and said, “Zuo Dao, what did you write on the test? Haha, I comprehended a rune, but I’m not sure what it does.”

Zuo Dao said coldly, “A breathing method.”

“A breathing method?” The bald young man’s eyes glowed. Breathing methods were the foundation for practicing Tao. Breathing Spark using breathing methods would slowly increase your primordial spirit power.

“That’s amazing, you managed to comprehend a breathing method from the Heaven Usurpation Map. You probably have the best comprehension capacity in this year’s class.”

Zuo Dao didn’t respond. Instead, he looked up. He didn’t care about this year’s class at all. He had stronger opponents and a more terrifying goal to pursue.

“Stronger, even stronger. I must be even stronger.”

Seeing Zuo Dao turn to leave, the bald young man asked with surprise, “Why are you leaving?”

Zuo Dao said coolly, “There’s nothing to see here. I’m definitely going to place first. This year’s class…is no good.”

***

Off to the side, Jing Xiu walked up to Zhou Bai and said happily, “Brother Zhou, I comprehended a song from the Heaven Usurpation Map. What about you?”

“A song?” Zhou Bai was astonished. You could even comprehend that? He only wrote two sentences; was that too little? If he’d known, he would’ve added two more.

Zhou Bai was a little regretful, “What a shame. I remembered only the first two lines of Tao Te Ching. I can’t really remember the rest. If I knew, I would have memorized more lines.”

Jing Xiu looked at Zhou Bai and said, “Brother Zhou?”

“Oh, I only comprehended two sentences,” Zhou Bai said with a frown. “If you comprehended a song…if I just randomly wrote something on it, couldn’t I just say I comprehended it?”