818 Paradise of Fire and Ice and Becoming One (1/2)
She wasn't kidding.
Fang Zhengzhi had placed a little hope on Ping Yang, thinking that she could get him out. However, it seemed like she and Qian Yu were partners in crime now.
”What should I do?”
”Should I force my way out? But, I don't know where to start! Having said that, if I don't force my way out, I can't possibly wait for them to come back, right?”
Most importantly, he faced the same problem even if he waited for them to return. He wouldn't be released if he didn't agree to marrying Ping Yang.
”Ai… I wonder how Yan Xiu is doing now?” Is he dead or alive?” Fang Zhengzhi sighed. Then, he dug a small hole on the ground and made a simple stove with two rocks. He cut a piece of meat from the two gigantic drumsticks and started roasting it.
After travelling over several dozen miles over the past two days, he was hungry.
The meat started to exude its fragrance thanks to the fire, and Fang Zhengzhi's stomach growl from hunger.
After eating the meat and drinking a little fruit liquor, he burped and lay down on the ground. Using a rock as a pillow, he started taking a nap.
The sunlight was warm.
Ling Yun Realm's sceneries were hugely impressive. There were mountains, rivers, trees, and flowers. Even though Fang Zhengzhi grew up in a village, he had to admit that the scenery here was incredibly beautiful.
”Wait a minute!”
”The scenery… Is beautiful?”
Fang Zhengzhi suddenly opened his eyes. He did learn something from the adventure at Ling Yun Tower. At the very least, his understanding of 'Dao' had reached a new level.
Speaking of 'Dao', Fang Zhengzhi started recalling the fight between him and Ling Yun Tower's disciples and Qian Ye.
He could still vividly remember Ling Yun Tower's disciples' extraordinary idea and technique. They actually made use of the theory of sound pulse to synchronize their Dao.
Apart from that… It was the orb that Qian Ye's squashed.
An independent Mountain River World!
Fang Zhengzhi felt a connection between the orb and Ling Yun Realm, as if they were closely related.
Fusion?
Fusing multiple Dao techniques together to create something that was even more powerful?
Fang Zhengzhi knew how to do that. After all, his black armour of a product of the fusion of Dao techniques. However, he felt that this wasn't enough to explain the Mountain River World that Qian Ye had created, or the Ling Yun Realm.
It wasn't just fusion…
If it was merely fusion, there would still be a barrier between two Dao techniques.
It was just like forcing two rocks together. Even though their power would improve, it was only to a limited extent. If the force was too strong, the rocks would break apart.
However, that wouldn't be the case if it was an entire rock.
”Wait a minute.”
”An entire rock?”
”That's it!”
If he had to find a way to describe Ling Yun Tower's attack and Qian Ye's Mountain River World, it was like those Dao techniques had become one.
”Become one?”
”That's it. It's becoming one!”
Combining all the Dao techniques into a single one and thereby creating a new Dao technique…
”Wait, it's incorrect to call it a new Dao technique… Because there are 3000 Great Dao techniques, but there are over billions of common Dao techniques. The correct explanation is that tens of thousands of common Dao techniques could combine and become one Great Dao technique.”
”I knew it, so that's how it works!” Fang Zhengzhi's eyes lit up as he had discovered something new.
He used to believe that he could become stronger by comprehending more Dao techniques. He would try to comprehend several Dao techniques every day, and slowly accumulate them over time.
However, that was too slow after all.
Most importantly, he didn't get many chances to use the majority of Dao techniques that he had comprehended, such as the average fire, wind, or rock Dao techniques.
After he had comprehended these Dao techniques, he hadn't used them at all. They weren't useful apart from the fact that they improved his strength by a tiny bit.
He felt like a tycoon who had a lot of money. However, he didn't know how to spend the money, or use them to create more money, like how a snowball gets bigger as it goes down the slope. In fact, he wasn't doing anything with the majority of his money.
That was Fang Zhengzhi's current state.
However, if he could combine multiple Dao techniques and turn them into one Dao technique, he would be able to solve that problem. He could start by combining a few common Dao techniques into a Great Dao technique. Then, he could combine a few Great Dao techniques into a Supreme Dao technique. If he continued to do that, he could combine all the Dao techniques into one Ultimate Dao technique.
In that case… There was a problem.
What should he name the Ultimate Dao technique?
He didn't know, and he didn't care… That was because he still had a long way to go before he could achieve that.
After all, combining and turning all the Dao techniques into one Dao would take countless attempts and explorations. However, he was certain that this was the right way to go!
Moreover, after fighting against Ling Yun Tower's disciples and Qian Ye, he understood two things. Firstly, the theory of sound pulse could synchronize combine Dao into one. Secondly, in order for them to become one, he needed to find a 'origin'.
In other words, he needed to come out with something like the 'Dao of Nature' in Qian Ye's Mountain River World.
'Origin' was the core, and 'sound pulse' was the method. Once he knew that, it wouldn't be difficult to combine many Dao techniques and turn them into a single Dao technique.
As Fang Zhengzhi thought of that, his eyes glowed brighter, because he had just realised something more important, which was the final outcome of becoming one…
It would produce something like the Mountain River World in Qian Ye's golden orb, or even the Ling Yun Realm where he was imprisoned.
Of course, these were just his guesses, and he couldn't prove them with actual results yet.
However, that had helped Fang Zhengzhi figure out a general direction… Which he had to work towards in order to escape Ling Yun Realm.
In that case, which two Dao techniques should he combine first?
Ice and Fire seemed great!