Chapter 456: Volume 1, Game World, Chapter 457: The Origin of the Universe

"Master..."

He Er Na felt a flutter of panic under Xiao Feng's lecherous gaze, and immediately fled, turning into a streak of green light that vanished into the horizon.

"Damn, she ran that fast? I haven't even moved!"

Xiao Feng felt a wave of gloom.

Besides, he didn't chase her; he happened to have a Book of Origin that needed studying, and after settling this important matter, he would slowly pursue the goddess.

He sat down on the grass, took out the Book of Origin, and began to flip through it.

This book is quite thick, at least several hundred pages, densely packed with text, plus some explanatory illustrations.

"The Origin of All Things and Qi."

"Qi is energy."

"Mountains, rivers, plants, the sun, moon, stars, birds, beasts, wind, fire, thunder, and water—all are energy in the universe."

"Energy comes in layers. For example, wind, fire, thunder, and water are everywhere; whereas gravity, radiation, and the like are hard to detect."

"When all this energy and matter are reduced to their origin, the sole result is primordial qi."

Xiao Feng casually flipped a few pages, his brows slightly furrowed.

"What's up with this book?"

"It's a fantasy-themed game, so why does it mention 'gravity' and 'radiation'?"

"Oh! No, that's wrong—it's not a fantasy game; the Blue Star War Zone just happened to be assigned a fantasy background of Zhu Shen Da Lu!"

"Look at the Mechanoid Race—they directly pilot mechs, play with guns and cannons, and scientific power works just fine!"

"Even kneading nuclear bombs with bare hands is definitely achievable in the game!"

He continued reading onward.

The first few pages of the Book of Origin read like a thesis, explaining that the origin of the universe is a kind of energy called primordial qi.

Xiao Feng tentatively believed it.

What follows teaches how to obtain primordial qi and how to convert it into various energies such as wind, water, fire, thunder, etc.

The book says that matter and energy are everywhere in the universe, from the great sun, moon, and stars down to dust and air—all are matter and energy.

As long as these exist, one can absorb them and undertake cultivation.

However, cultivation also has distinctions in difficulty: simple, difficult, and extremely difficult.

Directly absorbing energy is obviously far easier than absorbing steel.

The book mentions various different cultivation methods that can be used to draw in various energies.

Xiao Feng focused on the cultivation method for elemental energy.

Before, when he cultivated himself, he hadn't drawn the elements into his body; he merely practiced controlling the elements to raise his cultivation.

This method teaches one to place the elements directly inside the body,

transforming them into pure "Divine Origin Power", to be released when needed.

Using this method to cultivate not only accelerates the growth of cultivation, but Divine Origin Power also gradually increases!

Xiao Feng spent several hours reading it through, feeling it should be a very good method.

He therefore immediately tried it according to the method.

At first it was somewhat difficult, because he lacked experience stuffing energy into his body.

After several attempts, he gradually grasped the knack, incorporating wind, water, fire, thunder, and earth elements into his body and storing them there.

While cultivating, he still held two Divine Crystals in his hand.

After one hour, Xiao Feng sensed a change in himself.

System prompt: 【After diligent cultivation, you gained 20 points of cultivation, 1 point of Divine Origin Power, and 1 point of Willpower.】

"So strong!"

The cultivation effect manifested directly, and Xiao Feng was overjoyed.

Originally, two Divine Crystals would at most increase cultivation speed to 3 points per hour, but now it directly surged to 20 points, turning +2 into ×20—efficiency terrifyingly high!

It also grants +1 Divine Origin Power and +1 Willpower; if one meditated all day, attack power would increase by 2400 points, and over a year that's 876,000 points!

Moreover, this is merely the most basic cultivation method; there are more profound ones later, though they are comparatively more complex.

It has a future—too much of a future!

This book isn't expensive at 50,000 points; it's worth 5 million!

Xiao Feng then took out several more Divine Crystals, placing them around his body to aid cultivation.

Divine Crystals are pure energy crystals, and their acceleration effect on cultivation is very obvious.

As the cultivation method from the Book of Origin proceeded, the energy within the Divine Crystals was drawn out and infused into Xiao Feng's body.

Some elements in the air were also drawn in by him.

After another hour, the system prompt appeared again.

【After diligent cultivation, you gained 44 points of cultivation, 1 point of Divine Origin Power, and 1 point of Willpower.】

The growth speed of cultivation clearly increased, but the increases of Willpower and Divine Origin Power remained unchanged.

Obviously, the quantity of Divine Crystals only affects the leveling speed.

But it doesn't matter; after all, leveling up fast is already a great thing!

Xiao Feng no longer worries about leveling up slowly, but rather about not having enough Divine Crystals.

He glanced at the energy depletion rate of the several Divine Crystals.

Cultivating for one hour consumes about 10 points of Divine Origin Power from the Divine Crystals.

A lower-divine god crystal is only a few thousand, less than ten thousand points, very easy

Exhausted.

Upper God divine fragments are actually over several hundred thousand, but after prolonged use they still get depleted.

After going to Shen Jie, we must get more!

He Er Na had already returned; seeing Xiao Feng earnestly cultivating, she let out a slight sigh of relief.

Dai Ni Si had also finished changing her equipment and came out to play.

This NPC little sister is now level 117; after equipping a full set of divine gear, her HP reached over 22 million, even stronger than a mythic boss.

What pleases her most is that the pair of divine rings both add to all attributes, greatly boosting her strength attribute!

If it weren't for Xiao Feng being in cultivation, inconvenient to disturb, she really wanted to drag Xiao Feng into the house and give him a hard massage, to let him know she's no longer that weak little mage.

After changing into new equipment, Mi Nie Ya also became stronger.

Her level is currently the lowest, still 110; she hasn't merged with the demon heart, nor awakened.

After changing equipment, she gained an extra 10 million HP, now 21 million HP, and she's still very strong in combat.

Hour after hour passed, Xiao Feng immersed himself in cultivation, feeling the benefits brought by the Book of Origins.

He was trying different cultivation methods.

The Book of Origins introduces dozens of cultivation modes; using divine fragments as assistance is only slightly more advanced, not the strongest.

Many of those methods are not suitable for a fantasy setting; the strongest cultivation method usable in the current world setting is the 'Divine Fragment Magic Array Assistance Method', which can increase speed by about 200 times, requires consuming 12 divine fragments, and once successfully set up, cannot be moved.

Xiao Feng wasn't sure how long he could stay at Xiao Zhai; after going to Shen Jie, he might only return occasionally, so he didn't implement it.

After cultivating for half a day, once he had mastered the method, he stopped.

"Master, you seem to have mastered some powerful secret refinement technique?" He Er Na had been staring at him for a long time; seeing him finish his practice, she immediately asked.

Xiao Feng nodded, "It's from the Mystic Shop of the Heavenly Tower. By the way, He Er Na, does Shen Jie have any similar cultivation guidance techniques? Have you learned any?"

"None."

He Er Na shook her head, "Secret refinement techniques are very precious; even core members of the 24 Divine Nations might not obtain them. I've just been exploring cultivation on my own; otherwise I wouldn't have taken over a thousand years to reach this level."

"Oh..."

Looks like this thing is indeed very precious.

"I'll lend you this book; return it after you've learned it." Xiao Feng handed the Book of Origins to He Er Na.

After all, she's his contracted little maid; he doesn't fear her betraying him, so he can give her any good thing.

(End of chapter)