Chen Yun tried to use the Lightning God Shuǐ Cù Shào to rush back to Qingcheng Mountain.
Suddenly, he felt as if he had been swallowed by an inexplicable sensation.
It was as if he had suddenly merged into the fabric of time and space.
Then he turned into a beam of light that could travel through time and space.
Zipping between reality and illusion, he raced towards Qingcheng Mountain.
Under normal circumstances, Chen Yun would take about 40 to 50 seconds to cover such a long distance using the Vertical Gold Light technique.
However, with the help of the Streaming God Shuǐ Cù Shào, he only spent a few seconds.
Back to the mountain gate.
Chen Yun looked down at the pair of Streaming God Shuǐ Cù Shào, his expression surprised, "With my current cultivation, I've actually reached a speed of four or five times the speed of light?"
Although this method of traveling and the Vertical Gold Light technique are similar and cannot directly convert into kinetic energy to attack enemies, the speed is truly too fast.
"The most crucial thing is that I can feel it; this isn't the maximum power of the Streaming God Shuǐ Cù Shào. If my power was even stronger, perhaps I could travel even faster."
Chen Yun realized then that despite his previous high regard for these equipment, he had actually undervalued them.
The Streaming God Shuǐ Cù Shào can already reach speeds of three to four times the speed of light.
The power of the other several pieces of magical equipment is probably much greater than I had imagined.
He checked the consumption and his face showed a strange expression again, "Using the Streaming God Shuǐ Cù Shào to travel the same distance, it's only a tenth of what the Vertical Gold Light technique requires?"
The consumption is too low!
It's even less than when I used the magic of 'Riding Clouds and Driving Mist'!
Chen Yun finally realized how amazing the magical treasures of true cultivators are.
He suddenly recalled the Chì Jin Zhǎn Yāo Jiàn, a gift from his master.
Since he had acquired more and more treasures, the frequency of using this magical artifact had decreased significantly.
However, regardless of how my cultivation improves, it seems that the Chì Jin Zhǎn Yāo Jiàn is always suitable for me to use.
"I've always underestimated the role of the Chì Jin Zhǎn Yāo Jiàn."
Chen Yun knew that this artifact was given to him by his master to ensure that he did not rely too heavily on external objects, yet it was also meant to provide him with the means to enhance his combat power constantly.
It seems that the magical artifacts given by my master are not as bad as I had imagined.
Chen Yun couldn't help but think again of Zhōng Lí Quán's smiling face and sighed internally.
It's about time for me to participate in the war of deification.
Just that there isn't a clear signal yet.
Thinking about it, he walked into the temple.
As he entered, Chen Yun saw a girl in a red dress standing there.
Chen Yun: "……"
Xiaolongnv with her hands on her waist, snorted: "You have taken away my playmate and are wearing the magical artifact that I gave him. No, now you have to play with me!"
Chen Yun: "…………"
Although Xiaolongnv's appearance seems to be that of a girl in her late teens or early twenties, her personality is like that of a carefree little girl.
"Quick, come play with me," Xiaolongnv came over without the slightest regard for traditional gender boundaries and grabbed Chen Yun's hand, pulling him outside. She chattered on, "Where's Sir Chen? Sir Chen? Have him come play too."
Chen Yun didn't want to go with her, but the other party had such a high cultivation level that even if she just pulled him, he had no strength to resist.
Seeing Xiaolongnv's appearance, he knew that she wouldn't want to take his life, so he helplessly said: "I sent Chen Da to investigate something in Luoyang. He may not be back to Qingcheng Mountain for a while."
"Oh." Xiaolongnv responded.
Not long after, Chen Yun was pulled by Xiaolongnv to an open area outside the city for "hide and seek."
At first, Chen Yun had no intention of playing with her.
However, Xiaolongnv promised that if Chen Yun could catch her, she would reward him with a treasure that is not inferior to the set he is wearing. This made him curious.
After all, getting a powerful magical artifact just by playing hide and seek is an offer that anyone would find hard to resist.
In his eyes, "hide and seek" should be relatively easy to play.
He didn't expect that the "hide and seek" they were playing was anything like the regular human version.
In Xiaolongnv's view, the person who is searching can't be considered the winner just by finding "the cat." Instead, they must face the resistance and continued escape of "the cat" before they can be deemed the winner.
At the time, Chen Yun had a foreboding feeling.
As expected, not long after the play began, he did indeed find Xiaolongnv and then... well, he got a good beating from her. Luckily, the defense of his Golden Armor and Silver Armor prevented him from suffering any injuries.
Chen Yun finally realized that the other party's magical artifacts were not so easy to take.
At the time, he was hesitating whether to continue playing.
But when he found Xiaolongnv for the second time, Chen Yun discovered that he could "practice" his martial arts proficiency and even be pointed out where to apply force incorrectly by the other party. This renewed his interest in playing.
They played like this for the entire afternoon.
Eventually, Xiaolongnv played to her satisfaction, "Tomorrow I'll come find you to play again. I'll bring you some good weapons then."
After that, she dashed away in a flash of red light.
Chen Yun gazed in the direction she had disappeared for a long time without speaking, thinking to himself if this could be considered accompanying someone in the world of cultivation.
...
Returning to the temple.
Chen Yun was about to spend some intimate time with Wang Siyan.
At that time, he had already become familiar with it and was receiving Wang Siyan's service in undressing.
Suddenly, Chen Yun sensed that there was an external avatar in Luoyang direction, which came with a short feeling of someone competing with him for control.
The feeling was fleeting, a brief flash.
However, Chen Yun still immediately sensed it.
He stared at the direction of Luoyang with a sense of surprise and suspicion, thinking to himself: "What just happened?"
Wang Siyan, who was helping him undress, noticed his motion freeze and asked curiously, "Brother Yun, what's wrong?"
Chen Yun furrowed his brow and said, "I sensed something."
Wang Siyan asked, "What big event has happened?"
Chen Yun shook his head and said, "I'm not sure yet. Wait a moment, I need to talk to my external avatar."
Wang Siyan nodded and said, "Okay."
Chen Yun didn't say anything else. He took off his clothes himself and passed along the sense with Chen Da.
"What happened just now?"
"I seem to feel two true forms competing for my control."
"Two true forms... Well, wait a moment, I think I know what happened."
Chen Yun ended the communication with Chen Da and sat there in deep thought.
Those without the cultivation of immortality cannot transcend time.
However, time has its own rules. Within the same period of time, it is impossible for two selves to exist.
Just now, it wasn't just that he sensed someone competing with him for control over his external avatar; his external avatar also sensed the existence of another self in the current timeline.
Then, there is only one possibility. The reason why such a situation occurred just now is that another self from a different time line has come to the current timeline.
From the "intensity" of the struggle for control over the external avatar, it seems that the other party was not able to gain control over it.
That means the self from another timeline has less profound cultivation than the current one.
Another self from another timeline?
The power is also not as profound as it is now?
And it seems to have happened in Luoyang as well?
Chen Yun had a vague understanding of what was happening. Without a doubt, the other self he had sensed just now should be the one he sent Lièbì Dàxiān to reincarnate and who had come to the current timeline.
"Then according to that, Zhao Kuangyin will be born tonight?"
Chen Yun's eyes brightened, thinking to himself, "Then I can truly participate in the war of deification!"
But if I participate in the war of deification, relying on normal means, I might not be able to compete against the myriad gods and buddhas.
Chen Yun felt that he needed to come up with a way to put himself ahead in the starting line.
Yes!
I should just be on the starting line!
Chen Yun's mind began to formulate an idea, "Since I know that Zhao Kuangyin will become an emperor who unifies the world and that he is born now, can't I learn from the immortals in myths and start teaching him martial arts and military strategy when he is very young? Even, I can start helping him cultivate a group of subordinates around Zhao Kuangyin. In this way, my contributions should be considerable."
As soon as he thought of this, Chen Yun knew what to do in general.
He didn't hesitate to say, "Siyan, get some ink, brush, paper and inkstone over here."
Wang Siyan promptly replied, "Okay, Brother Yun, wait a moment."
She said that and turned to leave.
Chen Yun put his clothes back on and sat down at the desk near the window.
Since he was planning to teach Zhao Kuangyin martial arts and military strategy from a young age, he not only needed to write out various strategies suitable for human warfare, but also to come up with some martial arts suitable for humans.
Strategy is relatively simple.
He had countless books brought from the transmission pavilion.
Just flipping through them would yield numerous military strategies to copy over.
As for the martial arts suitable for humans, he still needs to consider it carefully.
Chen Yun's plan was to teach Zhao Kuangyin a close-range combat style of boxing, as well as a martial arts skill that utilizes weapons, such as gun skills, staff skills……
"Oh, that's right. Historical records show that Zhao Kuangyin created Taizu Changquan and the 36-Path Staff Skill. And there are rumors that he is the founder of staff skills. I can start from these two points."
Chen Yun roughly knew what he needed to do.
After a slight thought, Wang Siyan came in with ink, brush, paper, and inkstone, saying, "Brother Yun, I got the things."
Chen Yun took over the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone and made a sound of acknowledgement before saying, "You can rest first. I need to write something."
Wang Siyan replied, "Okay."
Chen Yun didn't pay attention to Wang Siyan's reaction.
He ground ink by himself while considering what kind of boxing and staff skills to teach Zhao Kuangyin.
To be honest, he knows quite a few martial arts, but in general, they are all from the Longbeast Technique and the teachings of Xie Ziran.
Xie Ziran's martial arts belong to the creation of Zhao Kuangyin, so he definitely can't leak them to ordinary people.
In the end, Chen Yun decided to extract and evolve from the Longbeast Technique to create a set of boxing and staff skills.
With a reference target in mind, creating martial arts would be simple.
Chen Yun tried out the newly created martial arts skills himself while writing on the paper.
Approximately an hour later, he had the preliminary designs of boxing and staff skills.
The boxing form consists of thirty-two moves.
The staff form consists of thirty-six moves.
The first is evolved from the Five Elements Scripture.
The other is altered from the gun skills.
Looking at the boxing and staff skills written on the paper, Chen Yun muttered to himself, "After I teach him military strategies and martial arts, help him cultivate a group of subordinates, and then assist him in becoming an emperor's teacher in the future."
(The end of this chapter)
