Chapter 49 (1/2)

Chapter 49: I’m Definitely Going to Be Your Friend

Jian Xing? he wondered. Why is he here for me? Also, isn’t he severely injured?

After some thought, he decided he wasn’t that familiar with Jian Xing. Zhou Bai decided to look at the contents of the next star point first to satisfy his curiosity.

Sumeru-Unmoving: Keeping still, turning into the point of Spark convergence. Greatly increases physical strength, mental strength, and recovery of injuries.

Method of Practice: (Zhou Bai skipped over this)

Laziness (?) (Primordial Spirit Value not high enough, can’t be practiced)

When he saw the description of Sumeru-Unmoving, Zhou Bai was surprised.

It’s taking me further down the path of a flesh shield, he thought.

But it’s useful for recovering physical and mental energy for daily purposes.

But when he saw the note behind it (Primordial Spirit Value not high enough, can’t be practiced), Zhou Bai furrowed his brow.

Christina said with a snicker, “You’re at a bottleneck.”

“What does that mean?”

Christina explained. “The practice of Divine Maps demands the support of Primordial Spirit Value. The later star points on the Taiyi Disc require strong primordial spirit power. If primordial spirit power is high enough, practicing Divine Map will get faster too.

“Your injection of Laziness seems to me like it’s accelerating your practice speed by hundreds and thousands of times. It allows you to finish practicing immediately, but that doesn’t mean you can ignore the conditions for practicing. For example, a ninety-nine-point Primordial Spirit Value is clearly no longer enough for your sixth star point.”

Zhou Bai said, “So that means my next goal is to raise my Degree of Taoification?”

Zhou Bai recalled the Tao practice structure of the current world: Degree of Taoification was realm, Primordial Spirit Value was basic attribute, Divine Map represented different passive and active techniques.

In order to practice his Divine Map, he needed sufficient Primordial Spirit Value. When Primordial Spirit Value had reached its limit, and he wanted to raise it, he’d have to raise his Degree of Taoification.

“This is troublesome.” Zhou Bai frowned. “I haven’t gone to class for so many days, I don’t know how to raise Degree of Taoification yet. Do I have to ask Old Lu tomorrow?

“But I just boasted in front of him. It would look bad if I sought his help so soon.”

“Can’t you increase it directly with Laziness?” Christina asked. “Your level of practice was too low before. It’s better now. I think it’ll be fine to raise it by 0.1–0.2%.”

Zhou Bai wasn’t as nonchalant as Christina. After witnessing people mutate in front of him, the horror of the distorted Heavenly Tao was deeply engraved in his mind.

Before he studied the related knowledge, he wouldn’t use Laziness to increase his Degree of Taoification.

Just as Zhou Bai was hesitating, the knocking sound came again.

Jian Xing said, “Hey…Zhou Bai, when can you come get the door?”

Zhou Bai remembered then that someone was looking for him.

But Jian Xing wasn’t familiar with him at all, so why was he looking for him—and so soon after he got gravely injured too?

Zhou Bai found it kind of strange. After all the strange things that had happened after he came to this world, he was cautious.

He retrieved Christina into his cognitive sea and walked to the door.

“If I lie down…that’s too weird.”

After some consideration, Zhou Bai grabbed a chair and sat at the door. Then he opened the door and saw Jian Xing. “Jian Xing, is anything the matter?”

Seeing Zhou Bai sit at the door, Jian Xing froze for a moment, but immediately said, “Zhou Bai, I have something important I want to speak with you about.”

“Yeah, talk. I’m listening.”