Chapter 330: Value

Wu Pifu stayed in Gaia for a few more days. During this time, he kept practicing the heart-cultivation technique of the Ascending Heaven Court.

While practicing this meditation technique in Gaia, Wu Pifu could still see the towering Heaven Court high in the sky, but it was illusory and lacked that indescribable, immense terror. This was the insulating effect of Gaia.

Although the Heaven Court was illusory, the effects of the Ascending Heaven Court heart-cultivation technique were real. Once practiced, his entire essence, Qi, and spirit would immediately begin to rise subtly, while his spiritual layer triggered a slight growth in his Sleeping Spiritual Light. He could perceive all of this.

A person's physical body, spirit, and soul are interconnected. As he practiced this Ascending Heaven Court visualization, Wu Pifu naturally felt his martial arts slowly growing. Especially since he had already reached the 99% level of Gang Jin, just one step away from Seeing the Divine and Not Being Destroyed, his sensitivity to his physical body and spirit was terrifyingly high; he had even touched the edge of his soul. Naturally, he could feel the wonder of this Ascending Heaven Court visualization and how immensely beneficial it was to him.

There was also another point regarding his Chinese martial arts: after reaching 99% of Gang Jin, no matter how he punched or trained, he could not improve even a bit. Wu Pifu had pondered and felt this himself. It seemed he had reached 99%, but there was a chasm in that final step. It was by no means something that could be crossed by just throwing punches. It required either an epiphany born between life and death, or the accumulation of changes at the spiritual level reaching its limit—a quantitative change leading to a qualitative one. Other than that, it was almost impossible to cross this chasm by any other means.

But the Ascending Heaven Court could!

This heart-cultivation technique could help him cross this chasm!

He had an intuition that once his Chinese martial arts went from Gang Jin to Breaking the Void and reached the realm of Seeing the Divine and Not Being Destroyed, it would immediately be a qualitative change, just like the Tiger Demon Art's Devouring Demon after breaking through to the My Dao stage.

Wu Pifu sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, his mind and consciousness sinking entirely into the Ascending Heaven Court. Within his sea of consciousness, everything around him became misty, save for the rugged mountain path beneath his feet, and he kept climbing upward through these towering mountains and steep ridges.

The road became increasingly steep, like a blade's edge, and walking upon it felt like walking on a mountain of blades, or ascending that heavenly road. He climbed all the way to the peak, then leaped forward without stopping, ascending directly toward the unreachable Heaven Court in the sky. As he hung in mid-air, it was as if he saw the infinite fog dissipate, seeing only that the sky was vast, the earth was vast, and the person was also vast.

"Great is the Qian Origin!"

At this moment, an epiphany surged within Wu Pifu's heart.

In reality, he suddenly stood up. His eyes remained tightly closed, but his body naturally made a movement. He spread his arms and tilted his head slightly to overlook everything. Though it was just such a movement, it gave Jiu Jiu and Daphne a sense of shock. They couldn't say what this feeling was, but there was clearly a sense of "vast, vast, vast." It was as if Wu Pifu, with just this movement and this body, was even larger than everything they could see.

He could embrace the universe and all living things!

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

Beelzebub clicked her tongue silently a few times. Only when Wu Pifu opened his eyes did she say, "Incredible. The key step from mortal to sublimation. Once crossed, it will immediately be a world-turning change..."

Wu Pifu looked at Beelzebub and said, "If I cross it, according to your system's positioning, what level would it belong to?"

Beelzebub spread her hands and said, "How would I know? I said, I really have forgotten all that information. The only thing I remember is what I told you. Now that we have signed a contract, I cannot lie to you, so you should believe me, right?"

Wu Pifu turned his head silently, noncommittal. Carrying Jiu Jiu and Daphne, he walked toward the hibernation pod. Beelzebub seemed to come to her senses and followed, saying to Jiu Jiu and Daphne as she walked, "Why are you following such a block of wood? I see him, he's very repressed inside. When I wasn't wearing clothes, he just looked at my secondary sexual characteristics, and then he was just silent..."

Soon, Wu Pifu lay into the hibernation pod, one on his chest, one lying on his feet. Then six eyes looked at Beelzebub simultaneously. Beelzebub immediately said, "I can lie in another hibernation pod... No, I'm talking!"

Wu Pifu still looked at her silently, and Jiu Jiu and Daphne also said nothing. Beelzebub's expression changed for a moment, then with a *pop*, she turned into a fly the size of a fist and landed on Wu Pifu's stomach...

When Wu Pifu walked into Gao Zhanggong's guild hall, everyone looked at him with strange gazes and expressions.

Wu Pifu himself didn't feel it. He walked into the reception hall on his own and asked as soon as he entered, "Has Chu Yuyan responded?"

Everyone turned to look at him. The people here were basically all extraordinary beings, and Gao Zhanggong happened to be there too. Everyone greeted him familiarly, but after seeing clearly, they all revealed strange expressions.

Wu Pifu sat naturally on a sofa and asked again, "Where is Chu Yuyan? Is there any news?"

Gao Zhanggong didn't answer at first, just remained silent for a long while before saying, "... Are there new ones again?"

Wu Pifu looked at him in confusion and said, "What?"

Everyone pointed at the red-headed big fly on his waist. It was the size of a fist; this was definitely not a normal fly.

Wu Pifu said "Oh," but still didn't say that this fly was Beelzebub, because he didn't want to take risks. Unless it was Gaia, if he revealed its true identity, something unexpected might really happen, so he just defaulted to silence.

Gao Zhanggong grumbled a few times but still started talking about business directly: "Chu Yuyan only came back once this morning and informed us of an address, a sugar cane manor outside the city. You must go personally, and only you can go alone; this was agreed upon with the other party. The time is between 3:00 and 3:30 in the afternoon. We can't help you with the negotiation, but the other party definitely has an intention to cooperate, otherwise they wouldn't have left this location. On the surface, at the same time, Xu Ruonan will attend a gathering of a small faction and will appear there. Don't worry, it's her double, giving her an alibi." As for safety issues or anything like that, Gao Zhanggong didn't mention them at all, and Wu Pifu didn't care at all.

At this point in time in the Land of Redemption, Wu Pifu was an invincible existence. Unless they staged another ambush invasion with the Thirteen Singularities Company united, and with the assistance of the Human Revolutionary Alliance, it was impossible to threaten him at all.

Wu Pifu checked the time and looked at the general location on the map Gao Zhanggong handed over. At this time, Gao Zhanggong said, "My suggestion is that you'd better set off an hour early, detour in the opposite direction, and only find a way to pass through the mountains or forests to avoid sight when you are close to the time, sneaking to the meeting place. Without high-end technological reconnaissance items, it is almost impossible for anyone to track you without you noticing."

Even if there were high-end technological reconnaissance items, Wu Pifu was confident he could detect their traces, so there was naturally no need to worry.

Wu Pifu didn't delay, taking the three "attachments" and walking toward the outside of the town. Before long, he saw the green hills and clear waters outside the town.

This Land of Redemption was definitely not as big as Earth, but relative to the size of humans, it could be considered a decent territory. It had mountains and water. Although he didn't know what the internal circulation of this world was like, seeing this natural environment, Wu Pifu was in a great mood.

At this time, the green-headed fly said in a human voice, "It sounds like you are going to participate in a very important negotiation?"

Wu Pifu didn't speak, just lingered among the mountains and waters. Occasionally seeing manors or farmland, he would run in to steal some vegetables and fruits.

The green-headed fly said impatiently, "We are grasshoppers on the same rope now. What is the point of hiding it from me? An extra person means an extra reference, doesn't it?"

Wu Pifu thought for a while and said, "It is indeed quite important."

Given the contract after the Main Brain's judgment, Wu Pifu had a bit more trust in Beelzebub. He told her about the difficulties of his Latent Super-Brain awakening into a true Super-Brain, the only way currently available, and the matter of entering the 0.3 Lost Dream World to save Chu Minghao.

!

"... Chu Minghao, is that the human who was in the Redemption World at that time?" Beelzebub asked.

"Yes."

Wu Pifu nodded and said, "He is very important to humans, one could say he is a pillar of support. If not for him, not only would this Land of Redemption be lost, but the future of humanity would also be worrying... Moreover, he has a favor to me, so I must save him. With the Super-Brain ability, the certainty of saving him has increased by a few points."

Beelzebub was silent for a moment and then asked, "Why does the Xu family want to help you? And what are the characteristics of the Super-Brain?"

Wu Pifu told her about the Xu family's Death Return and also generally described the characteristics of the Super-Brain. However, he did not mention that he was suspected of being a future Infinite Super-Brain, which counted as keeping some trump cards.

Beelzebub then said, "Then let me help you negotiate in a while, how about that?"

Wu Pifu said in surprise, "A fly negotiating!?"

Beelzebub was immediately furious and said, "I am the Fly King, a symbol, a symbol, a symbol! Not some fly!! Anyway, why don't you let me try? Anyway, you can interrupt me at any time, and it is impossible for me to do anything that harms your interests, right?"

Wu Pifu was silent for a long while. He didn't speak, just kept walking forward, while preparing to start accelerating toward the destination.

At this time, he suddenly said, "Why? Why do you want to do this?"

Beelzebub said calmly, "It's very simple. I want to demonstrate my value. To put it bluntly, right now, other than a possible advantage in information, I have no other advantages. My strength is also weak; your two pets could easily kill me. In times of danger, I have no bond of emotion or interest with you. In situations where I could be saved or not, the probability of me being abandoned and dying is very high, unlike your two pets."

"So I must demonstrate my value. I hope not to be a pet or an attachment, but to have an ally relationship with you."

Wu Pifu was silent again, just starting to accelerate. However, he didn't accelerate directly to above the speed of sound, otherwise the traces would be too exaggerated. He just ran toward the destination at a speed of about 300 meters per second. After running past a small mountain, he saw a manor on the plain.

As he walked toward the manor, and Beelzebub's heart became increasingly heavy, he suddenly said, "Okay."

"Then you can try."

(End of chapter)