bookrebus Chapter 1618 - 132: Too Simple
Chapter 1618 - 132: Too Simple
"Alright, then I’ll pass it on once."
Zhuge Xiye didn’t refuse; instead, she nodded and agreed directly.
Zhou Yan also immediately became solemn, his gaze focused and serious, without the slightest hint of carelessness.
And Zhuge Xiye began to speak of the Secret Technique of the Heavenly Mechanism Skill.
In truth, the Heavenly Mechanism Skill, just like the series of things Zhu Ge Tianchen talked about back then, practically has no discernible pattern to follow at all; it relies entirely on a kind of comprehension.
This situation is actually the same as the Luck Path inheritance that Jia Yongheng passed on back then.
It’s just that, because of the changes in the rules now, some things have become much simpler, while some things that used to be simple have become much more complicated.
Overall, from Zhou Yan’s initial confusion to his later grasp and understanding through comparison and analysis, only a few breaths of time passed.
When Zhuge Xiye finished speaking, Zhou Yan still maintained his original posture, motionless, as if he hadn’t understood a thing.
Zhuge Xiye thought Zhou Yan had been stumped, so she immediately went on to explain the second introductory Chapter of the Heavenly Mechanism Skill.
Not only that, after finishing the second Chapter, Zhuge Xiye still did not stop and began to explain the third Chapter.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yan went from initial blankness, to gradually becoming clear-headed, showing a pensive look, and then to seemingly having grasped a great deal. This process could be said to be him gradually catching up with Zhuge Xiye’s pace.
"Still pretending? Still putting on an act? If you can comprehend the first Chapter, that already counts as getting in the door. If you manage to comprehend the second and third Chapters, that’s truly complete entry. I’ve already spoken up to the seventh Chapter, and you’re still nodding—could you be any more fake?"
Zhuge Xiye was somewhat resentful, feeling that her painstaking explanation was entirely like playing the lute to a cow.
But when she thought about it, Zhuge Xiye still suppressed her dissatisfaction and anger, and little by little finished fully explaining the nine Chapters of the First Layer of the Heavenly Mechanism Skill.
This is the material that an ordinary entry-level disciple needs to spend nine years to finish learning.
Although it took less than an hour to narrate, it contained far too many Secret Techniques and rules, and far too many derivation processes and methods.
Among them were bits of knowledge that even Zhuge Xiye herself might not fully understand.
However, in those places that Zhuge Xiye didn’t quite understand and thus didn’t explain clearly, Zhou Yan still nodded from time to time, as if he had already completely understood.
Zhuge Xiye really couldn’t stand to look anymore; this person was far too good at putting on an act.
"Thus far, the introductory Chapters of the Heavenly Mechanism Skill are complete. Nine Layers of Heavenly Mechanism, nine-layered Dao Intent. Ninety-nine return to the Void, ninety-nine and none."
After Zhuge Xiye finished speaking, she let out a light breath; crystalline beads of sweat were already seeping out on her forehead.
However, at this moment Zhou Yan revealed a look of sudden Ming Wu and said, "So the final Secret Technique lies in the derivation upon the Gate of the Nine Palaces. The Tao of Tai Chu, Supreme Forget Love, and Top Nine Hidden Dragon Not Yet in Use has actually been altered here? How peculiar. The one who originally created this Heavenly Mechanism Skill truly had some insight—not bad."
A stream of light flashed through Zhou Yan’s eyes; clearly he was also drawn in by such a method of Creation.
However, Zhou Yan felt that, to make it fit the Heavenly Dao Rules of this world and complete the derivation of the Heavenly Mechanism, there still seemed to be a better method, but for the moment he actually couldn’t think of it.
This situation also made Zhou Yan realize that the one who created the Heavenly Mechanism Skill and altered the rules was by no means weak; at the very least, not much weaker than Zhou Yan himself was at his peak.
Perhaps, the other party was at least someone at Di Yan’s Realm.
"I didn’t expect that the Heavenly Mechanism Ancient Clan would still have such a genius. I wonder who it is."
Zhou Yan analyzed in his heart, but couldn’t figure out who had created such a kind of Tao.
He did not voice the latter part of those thoughts, but the previous few sentences he had muttered to himself, so Zhuge Xiye heard them.
It was just that Zhuge Xiye did not understand what Zhou Yan had said.
So Zhuge Xiye said unhappily, "To comprehend the Supreme Dao, you can’t aim too high while neglecting the basics. These nine introductory Chapters, you just need to—"
"Comprehend them all within one day, right? No need. I’ve already fully comprehended them."
As Zhou Yan spoke, he had already begun to gather Heavenly Mechanism Power, and the Heavenly Mechanism Power immediately circled around the four directions of his body.
Zhuge Xiye was stunned, and said even more unhappily, "What could you possibly understand? A bit of superficial fur? These nine Chapters contain unimaginably profound—uh, y-you—you really got it?"
Zhuge Xiye had wanted to give Zhou Yan a scolding, but he had already displayed every single method in the nine Chapters for gathering Heavenly Mechanism Power and deriving the Heavenly Mechanism Skill.
The processes were incomparably standard, the techniques incomparably precise, and the methods were also extremely fresh and strange. Compared to some of Zhuge Xiye’s own processes, they were even more comfortable to behold, pleasing to the eye and heart.
Thus, Zhuge Xiye truly became somewhat dazed.
"You—you really learned these nine Chapters?"
"Mm, I’ve learned them, and I’ve fully figured them out."
"Then the Gate of Taichu and the Heart of Chaos—what are they talking about?"
Zhuge Xiye subconsciously asked.
This question was the most central difficulty among the nine Chapters, something that even the Female Sect Master of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect did not know.
Yet Zhuge Xiye seemed to ask it by instinct.
She herself did not even know why she had suddenly asked such a question.
But since the question had already been asked, she did not try to cover anything up, and instead looked straight at Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan did not know that this was the main difficulty for the entire Heavenly Mechanism Sect. He was slightly stunned, then thought for a moment and said, "This part actually looks very complicated, and when you try sensing it, it does feel quite difficult, but in truth, it’s really very simple.
Because this is just a kind of meditation state. The Gate of Taichu, the Heart of Chaos—what it means is a mass of Chaos nurturing the Supreme Dao Gate of Taichu. After you visualize this gate, you then imagine a Heart of Chaos appearing within it.
Chaos is Yin Yang Qi, the most fundamental Original Rules of Heaven and Earth—Yin Yang. When Yin Yang Qi manifests, it forms a fish eye of Yin and Yang like an Eight Diagrams Tai Chi diagram. That is the Heart of Chaos."
"The Gate of Taichu, the Heart of Chaos—combined like this, it is meditating on a stretch of Void manifesting the Heavenly Dao Void Gate, and within the gate, one can glimpse scenes of the future."
"Of course, the future is not necessarily the future. Someone like you, who is familiar with the Heavenly Mechanism Skill, should know that the future is not fixed; it can change. The reason you see it is because of the Derivation effect of Heavenly Mechanism Power. On the basis of the present, it proliferates a future. That future has a high probability of occurring, but it is not guaranteed to occur."
"So, by controlling the present, strictly speaking, you can actually change the future."
Zhou Yan explained.
At the beginning of his explanation, Zhuge Xiye still did not take it seriously.
But gradually, Zhuge Xiye was dazed, then shocked, then horrified.
In the end, Zhuge Xiye felt as if a divine elixir had been poured over her head; she directly grasped what Zhou Yan was saying. Her Realm actually leaped in an instant, rising a minor realm and crossing a major realm, stepping from the Soul Condensation Realm Sixth Great Perfection into the Initial Realm of the Seventh Level of the Soul Condensation Realm!
Only after a long time did Zhuge Xiye awaken from that state of Sudden Enlightenment. When she looked at Zhou Yan again, her gaze had become incomparably complicated.
She had absolutely never expected such a result to appear.
In this world, even the Sect Master of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, even she, Zhuge Xiye, even the great elders and the Sect Masters of past generations had never comprehended this Tao—yet it had been unraveled by Zhou Yan!
Could it be that Zhou Yan had come into contact with the Heavenly Mechanism Skill before?
That was absolutely impossible, because Zhuge Xiye was very certain this was Zhou Yan’s first time coming into contact with the Heavenly Mechanism Skill.
Besides, Zhou Yan really did not have any Cultivation. Zhou Yan looked only fourteen or fifteen years old at most. How could someone like that possibly be one of those Old Monsters who had lived for Endless years?
Precisely because of this, for the first time Zhuge Xiye thought that Zhou Yan might really be, just as he had said, an unparalleled top genius!
Only in that way could many things be explained. It was not that he was bragging, but that he truly had such ability!
This discovery was too shocking and terrifying; to the point that Zhuge Xiye was already somewhat unable to stabilize her own Mental State.
"Zhou... Zhou Yan, you truly have never come into contact with the Heavenly Mechanism Skill before this?"
"On the Holy Spirit Continent, this really is my first time coming into contact with the Heavenly Mechanism Skill. There’s nothing to hide about that. But I have seen it before, only that Heavenly Mechanism Skill was completely different from the one now."
Zhou Yan thought for a bit and said.
"Have you really completely mastered all nine passages? You don’t have a single doubt left?"
Zhuge Xiye asked again, her tone grave.
"These nine passages are only entry-level material, very simple, right? Is there really anything difficult in them? But as for you, your talent’s not bad. I just said a few words, and you actually broke through—that is quite rare."
Zhou Yan said.
Hearing this, Zhuge Xiye could only give a bitter smile.
"If I continue explaining the second passage to you, how long will it take you to comprehend it?"
"For that, I should be more or less done comprehending it by the time you finish explaining. But since I don’t have a Realm, some aspects might be somewhat restricted. So you’d better teach me how to start Cultivating first. This entry-level Cultivation Method—up to now I still haven’t figured out how it actually works."
Zhou Yan said, a bit embarrassed.
In Zhou Yan’s view, this was undoubtedly the most awkward thing.
But his words made Zhuge Xiye feel a kind of helpless amusement.
Who could have imagined that a genius of today would actually not even know an entry-level Cultivation Method?
Yet he had already stirred up an earth-shaking event!
At this moment, Zhuge Xiye realized that Zhou Yan very likely would become a terrifying genius who would shock all ages!
All of Zhuge Xiye’s prejudices against Zhou Yan disappeared. She no longer thought Zhou Yan was bragging. At least, she was unsure about other aspects, but in terms of comprehension of the Heavenly Mechanism Skill, the other party’s talent was simply far too frightening.
At once, Zhuge Xiye also recalled what Zhou Yan had said earlier, thought of that past event when she was with the Sect Master, when Heaven and Earth suddenly lost the ability of Controlling the air. She could finally be sure that Zhou Yan had indeed been imitating the Sect Master’s methods!
It was precisely this kind of method that made thousands upon thousands of Cultivators fall from the Void, causing an enormous sensation!
Without understanding the Heavenly Mechanism Skill, he could still imitate such a heaven-defying effect. If he fully understood it, what would happen then?
At this moment, Zhuge Xiye suddenly became incomparably excited!
She very much wanted to see to what height Zhou Yan could grow after completely comprehending the Heavenly Mechanism Skill!