Chapter 183: Rule Comprehension

Judging from the information currently known, advancing to the Dharma Aspect Realm clearly requires comprehending the Heaven and Earth Principles and the Heaven and Earth rules.

However, the upgrade scope of the upgrade-and-add-points function is limited only to cultivation arts; although advancing cultivation arts might indirectly drive the comprehension of rules, it still does not directly involve the Heaven and Earth Principles.

Therefore, Li Heng intends to achieve it in one step.

He will directly add this function to the Data Panel.

As for whether doing this will have any future repercussions, Li Heng is not worried. Because he is very clear about the essence of the upgrade-and-add-points function: it is actually just acceleration, shortening the time spent on his own efforts.

This was the basic point when he first created the upgrade-and-add-points function.

In essence, it is still himself cultivating and comprehending.

The thought settled.

He slightly sensed the consumption of Source Power, and for the upgrade cost, he also chose to consume Qi and Blood, and was immediately taken aback. Because just for the Standard Innate level of rule comprehension, it required five thousand points of Source Power.

However, he thought about it again and felt this was not strange.

After all, it involves comprehension at the level of rules, so it is only natural for it to be a bit expensive; if it weren't expensive, he would have thought that this rule comprehension was all shoddy goods.

He thought a little more.

He currently has over seventeen thousand Source Power, and five thousand points of Source Power is something he can afford to consume; in any case, he is not some miser who hides and hoards things, so he simply consumed five thousand points of Source Power and added it on.

The Data Panel changed again, becoming even more profound and indescribable.

At this moment, the upgrade-and-add-points function can not only upgrade and deduce cultivation arts, but also help him comprehend the Heaven and Earth Principles and rules.

However, he has not yet decided what to comprehend, and the current environment is not suitable for comprehension, so he did not conduct comprehension immediately, but instead turned his gaze to another direction.

For example... that streak of Five-Colored Divine Light!

Back then, he spent two thousand Source Power to let the Identification Function reach the Strong Innate level, yet it still could not identify the method to trigger the power of the Five-Colored Divine Light; now that he has more Source Power, he is no longer strapped for resources.

It is worth trying again.

He burned another two thousand points of Source Power to let the Identification Function reach the Great Innate level. He took out that streak of Five-Colored Divine Light again, undid the seal covering its surface used to seal the Great Sun Divine Intent, and began the appraisal.

【Five-Colored Divine Light: The rotation of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the changes of the five virtues of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, is the origin divine light between Heaven and Earth. It contains the true intent of the five elements, possesses vast power, and can brush away all things of the five elements in the world. However, it is currently in a seed state and has not yet sprouted; it needs to be nurtured and triggered by the Five Elements True Source to unlock its power.】

The information changed again, and some new news appeared.

Li Heng looked at the information before him, frowning.

Although the information that came out this time is not much, it introduced the power of the Five-Colored Divine Light, as well as the conditions for triggering the Five-Colored Divine Light—brush away all things of the five elements in the world, and nurtured and triggered by the Five Elements True Source?

Then what is the Five Elements True Source? Could it be five things containing the origin of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth? Li Heng understood it literally, and his thoughts stirred, feeling that he could go to the Prefecture to inquire about it.

Although his Source Power is still enough and he could continue to upgrade, he is afraid that he would soon know what this Five Elements True Source is. But to upgrade one more level down, it would require consuming three thousand points of Source Power.

Even if he has enough Source Power, it is not meant to be used like this.

If he goes to the Prefecture and there is no news, it won't be too late to upgrade then; in any case, even if he knows what the Five Elements True Source is, he still has to spend time and energy to find it, and this Five-Colored Divine Light won't run away.

He spent seven thousand Source Power, and now he still has a little over ten thousand.

Li Heng sensed the current progress of the Great Sun Visualization; because of the hard work of his Divine Dao clone, the progress has now reached sixty-nine percent, and is about to reach seventy percent.

If his estimation is correct.

Fifty percent is Small Second Heaven, sixty percent is Strong Innate, seventy percent is Great Innate, and the Tai Second Heaven probably involves Heaven and Earth Principles and rules, which nine times out of ten corresponds to ninety percent.

One hundred percent is breaking through the Dharma Aspect Realm.

Although the current Great Sun Dharma Aspect can suppress enemies across many realms because its essence is extremely high, in essence, it is still at the Small Second Heaven level, which is the level of Standard Innate.

He can completely wait for the visualization progress to reach seventy percent, and then upgrade the Great Sun Dharma Aspect in one go to let it reach the Great Innate level; the required Source Power would only be four thousand points.

Although the current Great Sun Dharma Aspect is enough for now, after going to the Prefecture, that is the center of a prefecture, and there are likely other experts from other prefectures; who knows if it will be enough, so it is better to upgrade it first.

Li Heng estimated the progress.

According to the diligence of the Divine Dao clone, it is estimated that by the time the two of them reach that city, the progress will be able to reach seventy percent, so waiting a bit is fine.

Besides this, the progress of the Boundless Earth Visualization has also reached forty-five percent, and is about to reach the fifty percent breakthrough critical point to advance to the Innate level, so he does need to prepare one thousand Source Power in advance.

The progress of the Earth Visualization is still slow.

He felt some emotion, wondering if he should move most of the progress of the Divine Dao clone's visualization of the Sun back to the visualization of the Earth; it is not very good to always occupy the progress of the Earth Visualization.

Hmm, decided.

Once the progress of this Great Sun Visualization reaches seventy percent and breaks through to the Great Innate level, he will move the occupied part of the progress back; the Earth and the Great Sun must be balanced.

Li Heng calculated the Source Power: with over ten thousand Source Power, four thousand of which will be used to upgrade the Great Sun Dharma Aspect, and one thousand used to upgrade the Earth Dharma Aspect, then there will still be over five thousand points of Source Power left.

Over five thousand points of Source Power is also enough to raise the upper limit of deducing and upgrading cultivation arts in the upgrade-and-add-points function to the Dharma Aspect Realm, which is enough for now.

It's just that, if other miscellaneous things are added, such as the Heavenly Eye, such as rule comprehension, and such as the upgrade of the physical Sun characteristics, then it is somewhat insufficient.

He did not regret spending five thousand points of Source Power to add the rule comprehension function, nor did he regret throwing out a few thousand points of Source Power to upgrade the Identification Function.

After all, the rule comprehension function is necessary for advancing to the Dharma Aspect Realm, and upgrading the Identification Function can also be considered a long-term investment.

Moreover, even if these consumptions were saved, these few thousand points of Source Power would not be enough for the consumption of these miscellaneous functions.

Li Heng felt some emotion; money is indeed never enough to spend.

His mind calmed down.

Li Heng did not intend to immediately raise the upper limit of cultivation art upgrade and deduction to the Dharma Aspect Realm. Because doing so would mean throwing out five thousand points directly, and he would truly become a pauper without any reserve Source Power for emergencies, which does not fit his personality.

In any case, his cultivation is still at the Strong Second Heaven Peak and has not reached the Great Innate level. Before his cultivation catches up with the progress of his cultivation arts, there is no need to be so anxious; upgrading in advance is truly a waste.

Having finalized the next plan, Li Heng was in a pleasant mood.

At this time, he heard Kong Que suddenly speak.

"Master, the city you mentioned has arrived."

The person and the demon descended from the sky; Kong Que fluttered her wings, returned to her human form, and stood beside Li Heng. The two looked closely and saw a county city with an imposing manner not inferior to Bei'an City, named Bai Feng.

"Bai Feng City, Baifeng County? It seems we are very close to the Prefecture."

Li Heng nodded.

"Let's go, let's go in."

However, at this moment, the atmosphere in Bai Feng Cheng was clearly somewhat tense; at the city gates, there were guards at very solemn checkpoints, and villagers and merchants entering or leaving the city all had to undergo strict questioning.

It was Li Heng and Kong Que's turn.

A burly guard was just about to shout loudly to question the two. He had noticed this man and woman very early on; their style was clearly inconsistent with the surrounding villagers and merchants, and there was very likely something fishy about them.

Then, he was pulled aside by the other guards.

Finally, a guard who looked very old stepped forward.

"This young master, this young lady, please enter."

He gestured for the two to enter the city with a fawning smile.

Li Heng nodded; this guard was quite sensible. He did not say much more, beckoning Kong Que to walk in with him.

The guards watched the two leave and breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at the tall guard with unkind eyes, "You, Chen San, how could you have no sense of discernment?"

The old-looking guard said helplessly.

"That man is wearing the uniform of the Demon Suppression Division, and although the woman's background is unclear, how could someone who is with a person from the Demon Suppression Division be simple?"

"But didn't the Master instruct us to screen all suspicious persons? So what if he wears a Demon Suppression Division uniform? Does that mean if I wear the uniform of the rebel army, I am a rebel?"

The tall guard, Chen San, said with dissatisfaction.

"That's right, if you wear the uniform of the rebel army, you are a rebel."

The old-looking guard sneered and said.

"Besides, even if they aren't Demon Exorcists, so what? Do we dare to gamble? They clearly aren't simple; it's better to let them in first, and at most, we can report this matter to the Master now."

"How much is your monthly salary that you dare to gamble with your life?"

This sentence made the other guards burst into laughter; it was exactly so.

"Master, I feel that there is a problem with this city."

The two stood on the main street of the city, where people came and went, and vendors or peddlers walked about calling out their wares; Kong Que looked around, suddenly frowning as she spoke.

Li Heng nodded upon hearing this.

Even without using any extraordinary power, he could perceive it.

However, he only entered this city to rest for a while.

After all, having been tossed about in the Yin World, even if his body was not tired, his heart was. Therefore, as long as it did not affect him or his conversion of Source Power, if there was a problem, then so be it.

He was not a savior, running around putting out fires everywhere.

"Let's go, there is an inn over there."

Bai Feng Cheng was not divided into inner and outer cities; it was just an ordinary division of four districts: east, west, south, and north. And in the center of the four districts sat the County Government of this county.

This County Government was not particularly dilapidated, at most having some spiderwebs in the corners. Clearly, the frequency with which the County Magistrate held court was quite diligent. Of course, that only meant diligent.

A guard who had originally been guarding the gate outside the city walked into the County Government, familiar with the path, and navigated through twists and turns to a backyard where the sounds of giggling and laughter rang out.

The guard was unfazed and spoke in a clear voice.

"Master, there was an unexpected arrival today."

"A man suspected to be a Demon Exorcist and a woman as beautiful as a celestial being have both entered the city."