Chapter 2597: Frantic Absorption
With a chuckle, Xu Xiangyin said, "The feud between the Void Yang and Void Yin clans has gone on for a very long time. Xu Heng and Xu Leng’s relationship is even a legendary tale in the Voidforce Universe, with many stories woven around it. Even so, you resolved their matter so quickly."
Lu Yin replied, "They only needed the chance to voice their grievances. I stumbled upon them by accident. Many people should understand the issue better than I do even now, but they just didn’t have the chance to step in."
Xu Xiangyin continued, "Regardless, you’ve resolved the trouble that laid between the Void Yang and Void Yin clans for so long. In the future, they will become your greatest backers in this Voidforce Universe. Even if they are both Void Morphora for now, they are able to combine their strengths with their clans’ techniques to become the equal of a Void Suprema. What I’m saying is that you have a Void Suprema backing you here in the Voidforce Universe. Along with having Senior Xu Wuwei guiding you, I'll be the one who needs you to look after me in the Voidforce Universe, haha."
Lu Yin showed a bitter smile. "Senior, stop teasing me. I still don't know what sort of attitude Senior Xu Wuwei's will show towards me."
Xu Xiangyin tried to reassure the young man. "Senior has a broad mind. Even if he does not like you, he won't treat you poorly. Since he is now your guide, he will definitely teach you wholeheartedly. Don’t worry."
"When were you allowed to gossip about me, kid?" A voice that carried the vicissitudes of life rang out.
Xu Xiangyin whirled around, startled to see Xu Wuwei standing behind him, holding a drink.
"Junior Xu Xiangyin greets Senior.”
"Junior Xuan Qi greets Senior."
Xu Wuwei sipped a bit of his drink and let out a breath of satisfaction. "Tastes pretty good."
He dismissed Xu Xiangyin with a wave of his hand. "Leave us."
Xu Xiangyin knew what to do, and he quickly took his leave, abandoning Xuan Qi to Xu Wuwei.
Xu Wuwei moved closer to Lu Yin and then circled him once. Lu Yin started to feel rather uneasy.
"Not bad, kid. You even managed to cross the Void Pass. You certainly have some skills," Xu Wuwei praised. The original appearance of this chapter can be found at Ñøv€lß1n.
Lu Yin bowed. "This junior took some liberties in asking Senior to act as my guide. Please forgive me, Senior."
Xu Wuwei chuckled sardonically. "Why didn't you become Lord Xu's disciple?"
Lu Yin started to answer, but then he hesitated.
"Have you met Lord Xu?" Xu Wuwei inquired.
Lu Yin nodded in confirmation.
Xu Wuwei took another sip of his drink. "You’ve concealed your original cultivation and strength and held impure intentions. Disappointed by how things have turned out, lad? The chance of having Lord Xu become your master was already cut off for you. If not, your status would have instantly become equal to that of He Ran or Bai Qian.”
"That's the true peak of status. Are you uncomfortable, finding that you are unable to reach that level?"
Lu Yin straightened up. "Yes."
Xu Wuwei rolled his eyes. "Well, at least you can be honest."
Lu Yin forced a bitter smile. "I can't hide anything from you, Senior."
Xu Wuwei left the Void Pass with Lu Yin in tow. What remained of the tides of voidforce energy had become a surging wave of energy that everyone nearby was working hard to absorb. More people were arriving and joining in at every moment.
"My cultivation art is known as the Five Earthly Flavors.[ref]Just a reminder, but "Wuwei" means five (earthly) flavors. Xu Wuwei means "void" + "five flavors," referring to his obsession with food and this cultivation art's name. The five earthly flavors are sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty.[/ref] It takes a long time to learn, and it requires one to wander the universe and immerse themselves in tasting all five flavors. Given your age, even if you have lived through numerous experiences, it will still be nowhere near enough for you to experience the full variations of the five flavors. Because of that, I can only help you absorb voidforce energy by using a pot. The amount that you manage to absorb will depend entirely on your own abilities," Xu Wuwei explained. He was duty bound to guide Xuan Qi’s cultivation of voidforce energy, and he would fulfill it.
What the old man was offering was not something that he would do for an average cultivator, but he had already seen that Xuan Qi’s true cultivation level was close to that of a peak Envoy. Given his level of strength, cultivating voidforce energy could be achieved with twice the results and half the effort, as the youth’s body was already capable of enduring greater amounts of energy. Xuan Qi only lacked a cultivation method that would allow him to quickly absorb voidforce energy.
Lu Yin had requested Xu Wuwei to be his cultivation guide because he feared being exposed by another peak powerhouse. Unexpectedly, this was also the best choice that he could have made. Xu Wuwei was one of the few Void Suprema who could help Lu Yin cultivate voidforce energy as quickly as possible. Within the mentioned pot, all five earthly flavors boiled.
Everyone around or within the dissipating Void Pass who was frantically working to absorb voidforce energy revealed odd expressions. A new tide of voidforce energy had appeared in the remnants of the Void Pass. All of the energy had started surging towards the center.
Was the Void Pass going to reappear?
Nearly everyone quickly fled from where the Void Pass had once been, as none of them could guess at what might occur with the return of the tides of energy.
There were also those few with the boldness to follow the tides towards the center. They hoped that the new tide would help them become the second person to cross the Void Pass, or at least allow them to reach the center of the Void Pass.
The remnants of the Void Pass had transformed once again, this time becoming a massive vortex that was being pulled into a pot.
Lu Yin was inside the pot. He had never dreamed that he would one day cultivate inside a pot. The world was full of the unexpected, and there was no predicting the future. A perfect example was the slipper that remained inside his cosmic ring. Lu Yin still had no idea who it had belonged to.
The pot violently pulled in the surrounding voidforce energy, creating a vortex that then poured into Lu Yin's body. His body acted like a bottomless abyss, and he found himself absorbing voidforce energy far faster than he could ever hope to do so on his own.
Xu Wuwei calmly watched from a distance. If the youth had not already possessed sufficient cultivation, this method would have been impossible. Had the child chosen Xu Wuwei at random, or had he made the choice after researching the old man? Xu Wuwei fell deep into thought.
Several days later, a person was stunned to find the pot. After that, word started to spread through the nearby crowd that a pot was the source of the terrifying surge of voidforce energy.
"A pot? You must be joking. Do you think I'm an idiot? How could a pot create a voidforce tide?"
"Could there really be a pot at the center of the Void Pass? How is that even possible?"
"A pot? That sounds vaguely familiar."
"Isn't Senior Xu Wuwei's life-bound voidforce puppet supposed to be a pot?"
"The Void Pass is known to have existed since the beginning of Lord Xu’s time, and it seems that Senior Xu Wuwei also lived during that era."
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Everyone started speculating about the pot that had been found.
An indeterminate amount of time passed. Inside the pot, Lu Yin continued to frantically absorb voidforce energy. It was so extreme that he was stealing almost all of the voidforce energy from the area that had once held the Void Pass. The energy entered the power system within his chest, and the flow on the small landmass quickly increased in size. If only a small trickle of voidforce energy had been previously running through the continent of fatesand, then now it had become a mighty river that continued to increase in size.
Compared to the Fifth Mainland's cultivation levels, Lu Yin’s voidforce energy had already reached the peak Enlighter level.
Cultivating voidforce energy did not trigger bottlenecks or obstacles like stellular tribulations. There were no hindrances at all. As long as a person had enough resources and ability, they could absorb however much voidforce energy they desired. This was something that Lu Yin found himself envying.
As far as he could tell, only the Origin Universe’s cultivators were forced to face stellular tribulations. While he was not certain about the Cyclic Universe, even if stellular tribulations did occur there, that place still held an incredible advantage as the seats of the Three Sovereigns and Nine Sages could be bestowed upon anyone at all. This was something that the Origin Universe could never compete with.
Why would only the Origin Universe’s cultivators need to struggle so much to reach the peak of cultivation?
Lu Yin briefly opened his eyes and glanced around before immediately resuming his absurd absorption of voidforce energy.
Things continued on in this manner for half a year. For an entire six months, Lu Yin remained inside the pot, entirely focused on absorbing voidforce energy. The river that flowed through the landmass in his chest grew incredibly vast. It split the entire continent of fatesand in two, and it even started resembling the river that had once split the ancient Fifth Mainland.