Chapter 28: My Head Hurts

Su Lin: "You can think of it as a Parallel World."

Su Lin: "The setting of your world is a bit much — there are Parallel Worlds, you can travel to the past and the future, and there are all kinds of Heroic Spirits, Divine Spirits, and whatnot, casually destroying the world and such. Basically, that's how it is."

Weigong Shilang: "... Feels like surviving this long is no easy feat."

Your kind of magic training is honestly not much different from walking a tightrope every day.

Su Lin took a sip of tea and thought.

Most of the people in the group actually had their own things going on most of the time; it was just that these past two days, the novelty of the chat group hadn't worn off yet, and everyone was reading novels, so they were all fairly active in chatting.

Cases like Ye Fan and Han Li, whose years of cultivation couldn't be counted in sixty-year cycles, were fairly common.

Perfect — while everyone was here, he wanted to announce something.

2 hours later

Seeing the group chat still buzzing, aside from Luffy, who was busy in reality with his meal, the rest began looking through Weigong Shilang's story and experiences.

Xiao Yan: "Brother, let me go to your world and give that old worm from the Matou family a Buddha's Fury Lotus — guaranteed to make him feel great."

Ye Fan: "What an interesting world — magecraft, Noble Phantasms, Holy Grail, timelines, Throne of Heroes..."

Han Li: "The hidden supernatural power in that world isn't low. I think it's better to be cautious — just let Weigong change the future on his own."

Han Li was quite interested in that world, but he understood that even though he had now reached Core Formation, he couldn't lightly set foot in a world with such deep layers of supernatural power. Even if he went, it was best not to get involved in Weigong Shilang's affairs.

The worldview and settings Su Lin had added let them understand that the strength gap in that world was severe.

Whether the World's Will would notice outsiders like them was still uncertain.

Reality Marble, future selves, Noble Phantasms — just as Ye Fan said, it was a very interesting world. The myriad worlds beyond truly held every wonder.

Xiao Yan: "I know, so I plan to toss a Lotus and run back to my own world."

At Xiao Yan's move, Su Lin could only say: respect.

Su Lin: "@everyone Are you all free lately? Want to come over to my place? I have something I'd like to trouble you all with."

Han Li: "I was just about to head to Celestial Star City to see how it's changed. What's the matter, Brother Su? Feel free to speak."

Ye Fan was preparing for his breakthrough to the Four Extremes realm. Since he already knew the future in advance, some detours could be avoided — but... An Miaoyi... Ye Fan was momentarily lost in thought.

A message came through the group.

Ye Fan: "Nothing's up, I was just thinking of going back to Earth to take a look."

Xiao Yan: "Same here."

Luffy: "I won't come over on my end."

Weigong Shilang: "Earth from other worlds, huh — I do want to see it."

Fortunately, when going to other worlds, time in the home world was paused; otherwise, there'd be no explaining it.

【Image】

Standing on the roof of Wangshu Pavilion, he took a panoramic photo.

Ye Fan: "Little Su, that's quite nice — is this some scenic spot on Earth?"

Ye Fan: "Come to my place sometime, I'll take you around those holy lands."

Han Li: "Beautiful scenery."

Su Lin: "Recently acquired an immortal peak, containing a lineage passed down from Qi Refining to Immortal Ascension."

Ye Fan: "???"

Ye Fan tilted his head.

Han Li: "......"

Han Li: "Brother Su's fortune runs deep — congratulations."

Su Lin: "The immortal peak of this sect now belongs to me, but there's no one to teach me, so my cultivation progress is a bit slow. Do you all have time to come help me? By the way, feel free to reference the cultivation methods and spells inside as you wish."

【Ye Fan used a World-Breaking Talisman. Accept?】

【Ye Fan used a World-Breaking Talisman. Accept?】

【Ye Fan used a World-Breaking Talisman. Accept?】

Ye Fan: "Bro! Open the door, Ye Zi is here."

Ye Fan: "Open the door!"

Han Li: "..."

If Su Lin had a novel story, Han Li would really like to read about Su Lin's experiences — how could they be so outrageous.

Han Li: "Many thanks, Brother Su."

【Han Li used a World-Breaking Talisman. Accept?】

Xiao Yan: "Although I don't cultivate immortality, I'd really like to come see for myself."

【Xiao Yan used a World-Breaking Talisman. Accept?】

【Weigong Shilang used a World-Breaking Talisman. Accept?】

Before long, one after another, teleportation gates lit up near the lake on Water Mirror Peak.

Figures emerged one after another.

This was the first offline meetup of the Myriad Worlds Chat Group.

Su Lin laid out some food, pastries, and tea leaves on a stone table. The food and pastries were just ordered on his phone; the tea leaves had been scrounged from some elder or disciple's room — he didn't know whose.

First was a young man of adolescent appearance, refined and spirited, like an otherworldly transcendent immortal, in a white robe with a faint smile.

To his left was a youth carrying a heavy ruler on his back, ordinary-looking but pleasant to look at, curiously surveying the surroundings.

To the right was an unremarkable man, plain-faced with somewhat dark skin.

At the far left was a red-haired Gao Zhongsheng in a school uniform — the group's sit-up champ.

The few introduced themselves one after another.

"Ye Fan."

"Xiao Yan."

"Han Li."

"Emiya Shirou, um... hello everyone."

"I am Su Lin. Come, everyone, sit down."

Xiao Yan and Ye Fan saw that in such an otherworldly place, a few plastic bags had been tossed on the ground, and on the stone table there were pastries and snacks in plastic containers.

When it comes to being down-to-earth, this Brother Su really takes the cake.

None of them stood on much ceremony; after a few polite words of greeting they sat down, and Ye Fan and Xiao Yan grabbed a few packs of snacks and started showing off.

Snacks from the hometown they hadn't seen in ages, packed full of that processed-food flavor.

This is exactly the taste I wanted.

The brands are the same as the ones back home.

"Up above is the Wangshu Pavilion." Su Lin pointed at the building on the peak: "Inside are the cultivation arts of the Qianning Sect..."

"I've left a teleportation gate nearby; below is the city, Ledu. If any of you want to return to city life for a bit, first teleport into my room, then change into some modern clothes."

"Emiya Shirou needs to change too, otherwise people will think your cosplay is way too on the nose."

None of them asked Su Lin about the origins of his sect — not prying into someone else's secrets is the first rule of getting along harmoniously.

"Let's take a look at your immortal peak first. Does it have a name?"

"Water Mirror Peak. Alright, I'll take everyone on a little tour."

And so, ninety days flew by in a flash. Under the guidance of the two who were themselves cultivators, Su Lin quickly mastered the basics of the cultivation arts.

The cultivation legacy left within Water Mirror Peak, although its system differed from those of Ye Fan and Han Li, ultimately came down to the same thing: the development and elevation of the human body.

Both Ye Fan and Han Li drew parallels from their existing knowledge and gained quite a bit, especially from the spells — though many were superficial, there were also no small number of powerful techniques.

Xiao Yan and Emiya Shirou gave cultivation a try as well. The methods of refining and accumulating the spiritual energy of heaven and earth differed from how Dou Qi was cultivated, and after a brief attempt, Xiao Yan decided to continue walking his own path.