Chapter 23: I Have a Brilliant Idea

"Heaven Sword and Dragon Slaying? Bright Peak?"

"Forget it, that won't really work. As a mortal, even if they couldn't kill me, it would be too easy for them to restrain me."

"Besides, this projection definitely cannot be done under my identity as Zhang Xuan; it should be done as the Administrator or the Group Owner. Otherwise, wouldn't I just give myself away?"

Zhang Xuan used a pen to write rapidly in the notebook on his desk, deducing the relevant plan over and over again.

First of all, letting the projection go to a low-level world, such as the Martial Arts world where Zhang Sanfeng resides, to obtain cultivation techniques is absolutely inadvisable; that would be like using an anti-aircraft gun to kill a mosquito.

Although the projection only has the strength of a mortal and nothing but a mouth, it is naturally untainted by karma, jumping outside the Three Realms and not being within the Five Elements.

In a low-level world, how could martial artists possibly perceive such mystery?

If one really walked into a low-martial world, it would be a complete waste, squandering a top-tier divine ability.

If one were caught by the people of that low-martial world and kept by their side for research, one would become a Monkey in a zoo.

"Hmm, a high-martial world is viable."

Whether it is the Zhetian World, the Shenmu World, or the Yishi Zhi Zun World, the top powerhouses all have a clear grasp of karma and fate lines, and are very skilled in this aspect.

In a low-martial world, the ability to be untainted by karma is like winking at a blind person; it is of no use at all.

But in a high-martial world, he can transcend everything while wearing the identity of a mortal; in the Yishi Zhi Zun World, he would be like an Existence of the Other Shore.

In the Shenmu World, he could also make countless powerhouses doubt their lives.

And as for Zhang Xuan's projection, while people in low-end worlds wouldn't be able to tell, those in high-martial worlds would definitely be able to see the trickery behind it and would certainly get to the bottom of it, imagining a high-level identity for Zhang Xuan on their own.

Plus, since Zhang Xuan can only speak and basically cannot do anything else, summarizing it this way, going to a high-level world is still the most friendly option.

As long as one can find top-tier powerhouses and fool them... phew, I mean, engage in a friendly and equal transaction with them, one will naturally be able to obtain the greatest harvest.

What Zhang Xuan is currently most distressed about is the lack of a top-tier cultivation method, and judging from the current situation, as long as he can go to the most top-tier worlds and not be immediately shouted away by those top powerhouses, then Zhang Xuan has a chance.

He feels that relying on his own wisdom and that silver tongue of his, it would be very easy to obtain a top-tier cultivation method.

After all, for those practitioners at the very top of the Human World, no matter how high-level a cultivation method in the Human World is, it has no meaning to them.

Those top-tier techniques are either ones they have practiced in the past, or ones currently being practiced by practitioners who are not as good as them.

They could write a whole pile of top-tier techniques at will.

Zhang Xuan drew a heavy checkmark next to "top-tier techniques." As for the consequences of failure, Zhang Xuan had also considered them.

At worst, the fooling just won't succeed; anyway, nothing would be lost, and he wouldn't lose a piece of flesh.

"Hmm, can I hide my appearance when projecting?"

While writing, Zhang Xuan asked the Chat Group in his mind, and the Chat Group calmly returned a section of the Chat Group's rules.

Zhang Xuan translated the corresponding rules; their general meaning was that by jumping outside the Three Realms and not being within the Five Elements, one is untainted by any karma in the world, so as long as Zhang Xuan does not actively reveal his face, no matter how much effort others put in, they will not be able to see it.

OK!

This problem is passed; the details are perfected even better.

The next thing to do is extremely important. Zhang Xuan dared not be the least bit careless. After deducing the entire process and flow, and confirming there should be no problems, he nodded.

"I need a peerless cultivation method, but I have nothing."

"But such a peerless method is not only needed by me; others also value such peerless techniques very highly."

Zhang Xuan pondered the three most top-tier techniques in the Shenmu World, the Zhetian World, and the Yishi Zhi Zun World.

Without a doubt, if one speaks of the upper limit of cultivation levels, the techniques in the Zhetian and Yishi Zhi Zun worlds should be higher.

But Zhang Xuan has not reached the corresponding realm and cannot evaluate them specifically; he can only rely on his own guesses.

However, there is no one in the Zhetian World that he can access for the time being; at least, it is not easy to fool them.

There are no top-tier figures on Earth, and Zhang Xuan is not very familiar with the many figures on Earth.

Conversely, Zhang Xuan is very familiar with the figures in Yishi Zhi Zun and Shenmu.

"Is it possible to operate this?"

Zhang Xuan carefully pondered the probability of success.

"I have nothing in my hands right now, but relying on the characteristics of the projection, I can raise my status; at least I have the qualification to speak and can make the top figures of that world listen to me."

"If I can speak, then there is no big problem; basically, it is guaranteed that I can fool them. Now I need to consider that since I am trading as a person at the level of Group Owner and Administrator, I must, of course, wait for an equal exchange."

But equal exchange, my foot! Zhang Xuan has nothing in his hands; what is he going to trade?

"However, I don't have it, but the Yishi Zhi Zun World does."

The most powerful group of figures in the Shenmu World, whether it is the Demon Lord who is currently in a semi-recovered state, or Dugu Baitian who is currently hiding between heaven and earth, letting the Heavenly Dao think he is already dead, have all cultivated themselves to the limit, their strength reaching a point where it can go no further.

In such a state, if someone could give them another peculiar path of cultivation, one that could also be cultivated to the extreme, and even possibly a method to control the Heavenly Dao, the most supreme figures of the Shenmu World would definitely try it.

Zhang Xuan feels this path is reliable and feasible.

As for how to obtain the relevant cultivation method from the top big shots of Yishi Zhi Zun, well, as long as he can fool them with the cultivation method of the Shenmu World, he will naturally have a top-tier cultivation method in his hands by then.

Zhang Xuan feels that the thoughts of the most top-tier figures should all be connected.

The top figures in the Yishi Zhi Zun World are almost stupid from "Reducing to Emptiness"; they want to try every method. Now that there is another top-tier cultivation method for them to try, they will definitely cherish this opportunity.

"Ah, am I not just getting a white wolf with empty gloves?"

"Phew, I call this making good use of my own information advantage."

"And isn't doing this extremely good?"

"In the Shenmu World, the cultivation method will eventually cultivate an Inner Heaven and Earth within the body. The more powerful they are, the broader the Inner Heaven and Earth will be, and their control over their own Inner Heaven and Earth is just like the Heavenly Dao."

"Looking at it this way, the powerful practitioners in the Shenmu World are each a small Heavenly Dao. As they become stronger, the world will naturally become weaker."

"The original Shenmu World had at least six worlds, or even more, but as there were more and more practitioners, and they became stronger and stronger, the world became smaller and smaller, and more and more withered. Later, there were only three worlds recorded."

"Looking at it this way, the practitioners in the Shenmu World are naturally the opponents of the Heavenly Dao."

"And the techniques of Yishi Zhi Zun do not focus on the accumulation of energy, nor do they focus on the Inner Heaven and Earth; they focus on comprehending the rules of heaven and earth and manipulating the rules of heaven and earth."

"In a sense, the Yishi Zhi Zun World and the Shenmu World are both Refining Essence into Qi, Refining Qi into Spirit, Refining Spirit into Void, and Refining Void into Dao."

"But the two ways of walking are completely different. The Shenmu World shows from the beginning that it wants to refine the void; the Dao itself is a small Heavenly Dao, constantly struggling to move forward, and at the same time, it will be hostile to the Heavenly Dao, and finally be attacked by the Heavenly Dao. If you can beat the Heavenly Dao, you become the strongest."

"But they themselves exist within the body of the Heavenly Dao; no matter how much they expand, there is no way for them to exceed the volume of the Heavenly Dao, so they can only exhaust every means and all their power to defeat the Heavenly Dao. This contradiction cannot be reconciled."

"Relatively speaking, the world of The One Supreme also follows such a path, but it is much gentler."

"They never borrow too much energy from heaven and earth, but only let themselves constantly comprehend the rules of heaven and earth, not occupying heaven and earth, and finally, in one fell swoop, seize the supreme authority of heaven and earth to manipulate the rules at will."

There is no saying which of the two cultivation methods is superior or inferior, but there is no doubt that the cultivation method of the Shenmu World is much more difficult.

Because they truly have an active Heavenly Dao to fight.

"Now I am giving them an alternative opportunity to choose, a way to open their eyes and see the world—how good that is."

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan feels that his reasoning is extremely perfect, super comprehensive.

But there is one small problem.

"In the world of The One Supreme, what would they use the cultivation methods of the Shenmu World for? This whole thing is an equivalent exchange; the two cultivation methods should both be very meaningful for reference in each other's eyes, but for The One Supreme, what would they use the methods of the Shenmu World for?"

Zhang Xuan scratches his head a bit; if one looks at it from the manifestation of The One Supreme, the benefits after exchanging methods are basically all on the side of the Shenmu World.

After all, in the Shenmu World, there is nominally a Heavenly Dao ruling that world, but that Heavenly Dao is only relatively more focused on various combat techniques and the gathering of energy between heaven and earth.

In terms of manipulating rules, the Heavenly Dao of the Shenmu World is far inferior compared to the Other Shore of The One Supreme.

"It cannot be said that way either; the cultivation method of the Shenmu World is still very strong. With a perfect seed of Inner Heaven and Earth, one can make the Inner Heaven and Earth constantly grow, and finally become a grand, brand-new world capable of bearing all the rules of the heavens and myriad worlds, which is basically equivalent to creation..."

"Huh!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan's eyes light up, and he has already thought of a complete solution.

After carefully deliberating, he feels that his own words and logic should be self-consistent, and his words should be correct.

Even if there is some deviation in his conjecture, it will not be too far off; presumably, with the abilities of figures at the Other Shore level and the Nirvana-level, they should be able to perfect the small differences within it.

Alright, now the plan is completely smooth, and he needs the top-tier methods of the Shenmu World and the top-tier methods of The One Supreme.

Then, who to look for?

(End of this chapter)