Chapter 763: Terashima Kokomi: No, I

Tian Can: "I've realized this cultivation technique is incredibly efficient for me!"

Su Xiao: "Efficiency improved?"

Tian Can: "My cultivation speed is over ten times faster than my previous martial arts technique—too fast. Could this… cause qi deviation?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Of course not. This technique is perfectly aligned with your universe—efficiency naturally increases."

Su Xiao: "So even if a technique doesn't align with the universe, you can still cultivate it?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Not unaligned—just not perfectly aligned. Think of a river: its waters surge wildly, crashing and charging, yet still reach the sea; or they flow gently, following the riverbed slowly, and still reach the sea. This technique is like the latter—it keeps the water entirely within the riverbed. The flow seems calm, but efficiency is extremely high, achieving perfect alignment with the riverbed."

Su "380" Xiao: "I see! So does that mean we can modify our own cultivation techniques to achieve perfect alignment with our own universe?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Exactly."

Hu Yifei: "Su Xiao, I advise caution. You don't have the ability for that. Modifying techniques is a technical skill—don't ruin yourself."

Su Xiao: "... I was just asking. I'd never modify it myself. That's something Ye Hei, Han Paopao, and others who can comprehend the Dao should handle."

Ye Hei: "Even if we modify our techniques to perfectly align with our own universe, it won't help you. Our universes aren't perfectly identical."

Ye Hei: "Wait—Dao Jun is from my world. The technique he created must be perfectly aligned with mine. No wonder I'm still advancing so fast on both paths—I've already been far ahead of you all in cultivation speed."

Su Xiao: "I'm jealous!"

Han Paopao: "We do gain some advantage, but not much. Modifying a technique to perfectly align with your universe is also a great opportunity to observe your own universe."

Golden Snake Spirit: "You all really have leisure time. For me, just having a cultivation technique is enough—I wouldn't dare dream of perfect alignment with heaven and earth."

Terashima Kokomi: "I'm also cultivating quickly—does that mean the technique I bought is perfectly aligned with my universe?"

Zhang Taixuan: "No. It's because you're the Heavenly Dao's own daughter!"

Xiao Mai: "That's just a joke, right?"

Su Xiao: "In the original story, does that glowing effect still exist? No way—how could anyone glow in reality? Unless they're in a cultivation state or a deity manifesting."

Terashima Kokomi: "I'm not glowing, at least not that I know of. If an ordinary person glowed, it'd be too strange. Though I'm not exactly an ordinary person."

Zhang Taixuan: "You don't glow, but don't you notice how many people say 'Oh!' when they see you?"

Terashima Kokomi: "That's true."

Zhang Taixuan: "In others' eyes, you're like you're glowing—equivalent to heaven and earth granting you an invisible buff."

Terashima Kokomi: "Is that so? But why doesn't anyone in the group say 'Oh!' when they see me? I've been feeling insecure lately!"

Terashima Kokomi: "I thought I'd become less beautiful!"

Zhang Taixuan: "Because your universe is different. Even if you're beautiful, your beauty has limits. The group members aren't from your universe—they're unaffected by your universe's influence."

Terashima Kokomi: "Beautiful, as Dao Jun says?"

Su Xiao: "Taixuan said so much, and you only heard that one line?"

Xiao Mai: "I'm laughing so hard—Terashima Young Lady, don't ignore the rest!"

Terashima Kokomi: "I didn't ignore them—I just find this one more important."

Zhang Taixuan: "You truly are beautiful."

Terashima Kokomi: "Wow, my confidence is back! Dao Jun Brother, say 'Oh!'—there's a reward!"

Su Xiao: "Something suddenly caught fire!"

Xiao Mai: "Calm down! There are many people in the group—including children!"

Hu Yifei: "Terashima Young Lady, you're too direct!"

Terashima Kokomi: "You're just too timid!"

Hu Yifei: "..."

Bao Zheng: "Are people in the future this direct? Wasn't our Huaxia culture supposed to be reserved?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Terashima Kokomi isn't Huaxia—she's from Sakura!"

Bao Zheng: "I see. So Sakura people are this direct?"

Xiao Mai: "No, they're not! Terashima Kokomi is an outlier—we're still reserved!"

Miyamizu Miko: "Exactly... Terashima Young Lady, aren't you fond of Kimi no Na wa?"

Terashima Kokomi: "But I haven't even noticed Kimi no Na wa yet. Right now, I find Dao Jun more interesting!"

Kasumigaoka Uta: "What a tragedy!"

Bao Zheng: "By the way, do you all have any advice for me?"

Su Xiao: "Advice? Bao Zheng is brilliant—why would you need our advice?! Are you pretending?"

Bao Zheng: "I just can't decide on one thing... Sigh... Emperor Zhenzong's actions are simply too complicated to describe..."

Su Xiao: "Emperor Zhenzong? The one who won the battle but signed the Treaty of Chanyuan and paid annual tribute to the Liao?"

Bao Zheng: "... Correct."

Hu Yifei: "I recall Emperor Zhenzong Zhao Heng degraded the prestige of the Taishan Fengshan ceremony. After him, no emperor performed the Fengshan at Taishan again."

Zhao Kuangyin: "..."

Terashima Kokomi: "I checked too. He spent his later years building countless palaces and temples, pretending peace was perfect, exhausting the people and draining the treasury, indulging in comfort, and letting Empress Liu interfere in governance."

Yue Fei: "... Bao Zheng can't decide—whether to support Emperor Zhenzong or abandon him and back the next emperor, Renzong?"

Bao Zheng: "Exactly."

Su Xiao: "Bao Zheng, don't hesitate—if you support Zhenzong, I'll look down on you."

Hu Yifei: "Exactly—he's a complete fool. Letting him live forever would be a waste."

Ye Hei: "I agree. I didn't know him well before, but once you mentioned degrading the Taishan Fengshan, I remembered—he's the one!"

Zhao Kuangyin: "Shameful!"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Laughing so hard—Zhao Kuangyin, your precious son is famous indeed."

Zhao Kuangyin: "Don't laugh at me, brother—you're no better. Your own offspring? Alchemy, carpentry—laughing at me? First fix your own household."

Yue Fei: "Your two Majesties, calm your anger. @Bao Zheng, this matter is easy to handle. There's no Great Ancestor Majesty in the group, so just have Great Ancestor Majesty take over your side directly. With Great Ancestor Majesty there, why would the Great Song still pay any tribute? Just unify the realm while you're at it."

Su Xiao: "Exactly, isn't this far better than your Emperor Zhenzong?"