Chapter 31: Application of Learning

Yun Zhi pinched Lu Yang’s collar with two fingers, shook him in front of her eyes, still unable to figure out the principle, and then put him back.

Lu Yang was equally perplexed. He followed the mantra and method taught by his senior sister, so why did the spell turn out to be two different spells?

“This makes no sense.”

“I will demonstrate it to you again.” Yun Zhi was a very responsible teacher. Though her teaching was quite average, she had patience.

Yun Zhi took out an hourglass, placed it upside down on the ground, then held Lu Yang’s shoulder, and the two of them jumped through space together.

Lu Yang only felt a flash before his eyes, and they arrived in a strange space, with colorful flowing light on both sides.

Lu Yang instinctively wanted to touch the flowing light but was stopped by Yun Zhi.

“That is a strange scene formed by the distortion of space. Don’t even think about it. Even a Nascent Soul cultivator would be torn apart and shattered if they touch it.”

Frightened, Lu Yang quickly withdrew his hand.

The two exited the space and saw a giant white snake coiling around mountains, swallowing the sun and moon, refining the essence of heaven and earth. Its eyes were vivid, and the two happened to land in the snake’s mouth, then entered its belly.

Just as the stomach acid was about to drip, Yun Zhi stepped again, returning to the strange space.

Following Yun Zhi’s steps, Lu Yang saw all kinds of bizarre scenes: an ocean made of magma, a great cultivator suffering a thunder tribulation, a silent swordsman carrying a thick and wide blade...

These places were unseen and unheard of by Lu Yang, truly unimaginable.

Eventually, the two returned to the starting point, Lu Yang panting and still in shock.

“The places I took you just now are within the Dao Seeking Sect, and you can visit them yourself in the future.”

The Dao Seeking Sect was too vast, and the places beyond the nine core mountains were still unknown to Lu Yang.

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Yun Zhi felt that there might be something different this time.

Facing Yun Zhi’s eager gaze, Lu Yang braced himself and cast the spell again.

After a day of practice with the two, Lu Yang finally learned to sense the underground environment and how not to get stepped on after shrinking.

Shrinking Earth into Inches was not successful even once, but shrinking and inches were successful every time, becoming more proficient each time.

By the end, he didn’t even need the mantra. A single thought was enough to cast the spell, as if he had been immersed in this way for months or years.

The disciple of the sect leader meant he was Yun Zhi’s junior brother!

The old man quickly got up, his body more agile than Lu Yang’s.

In the cultivation world, one can’t judge others’ abilities and age by their appearance. Whether someone is a grandparent or a grandchild standing together is hard to determine.

In the cultivation world, respecting the elderly and loving the young is not advocated, as the old and young might be stronger than you.

“So you were referred by Yun Zhi. You should have said so earlier.” The old man became friendly with Lu Yang, as if they were close brothers.

“We are all from the Dao Seeking Sect. Just call me Old Ba. I am in charge of this little piece of the medicinal garden.”

Lu Yang suspected Old Ba was taking advantage of him, but he had no proof.

“What did Yun Zhi send you here to do? Harvest herbs? How many years old do you need, a thousand or two thousand?”

Considering Old Ba’s demeanor, Lu Yang couldn’t help but think of the meals his senior sister made for him. Could they all have been harvested from the medicinal garden, being a thousand or two thousand years old?

A thousand-year-old medicinal herb is not cabbage and is quite precious for the Dao Seeking Sect.

No, no, Senior Sister is quite frugal and wouldn’t waste medicinal herbs on herself.

Lu Yang politely asked, “Senior Sister said that a task was posted in the medicinal garden a few days ago, and no one took it. May I know what the task is?”

Old Ba suddenly realized, “Oh, that task. Do you know how to cultivate medicinal herbs?”

“Not at all,” Lu Yang answered honestly.

“Let me explain simply. Cultivating medicinal herbs involves many steps, one of which is loosening the soil to allow the herbs to better absorb spiritual energy from the ground and the air.”

“Usually, this task is done by a couple of Silver Ring Heavenly King Worms.”

“Recently, they have some family issues and no one is doing the job, so I posted a task to loosen the soil in the medicinal garden. This requires one of the Five Elements Dao, the Earth Escape Technique. There are quite a few youngsters who know this technique, but they all find it too troublesome to accept the task. It’s fortunate that Yun Zhi sent you here.”

“So, what I need to do is...”

“Imitate an earthworm, burrow into the soil, and loosen the soil of the medicinal garden.”

Lu Yang: “...”

Lu Yang suspected his senior sister was playing a trick on him, but he still had no proof.

(End of the chapter)