Chapter 228: Ning Qing Arrives

"I am going away for a while."

Ning Qing put down the letter in her hand, her expression calm, and said to the little girl in front of her: "Take good care of yourself, and take good care of Taozi, and study hard. I might be gone for a very long time. I am leaving my spare device behind; it has Chen Shu's flying letter on it. You are not allowed to log in until next month, and only log in occasionally. If Chen Banxia or your aunt and uncle ask about me and Chen Shu, handle it for me. Post an update periodically, but don't post nonsense."

"Where are you going?" the little girl asked, looking up.

"A very far place."

"Are you going to find brother-in-law?"

"Yes."

"I want to go too!"

"You can, in your dreams."

"?"

The little girl frowned tightly.

Ning Qing took out a piece of paper and threw it to her: "I have written down everything you need to do periodically on it. Just follow it."

"Why should I listen to you?"

"As you wish."

"!"

Truly hateful!

The little girl clenched her fists tightly!

Ning Qing, however, had already packed up the letters and left without hesitation.

"Woof!"

Taozi got up, wanting to chase after her.

The little girl grabbed it and held it tight.

At this moment, Ning Qing stopped again and turned her head: "By the way, don't eat potatoes every day."

"..."

"If you use Chen Shu's flying letter to post nonsense about me, you know the consequences."

"..."

The little girl remained silent, staring at her sister's back as she resumed walking away, thinking to herself that she must grow up quickly and grow taller quickly. She would go for a test tomorrow, and if she didn't pass, she would go every month, opening her Spirit Sea as soon as possible so she could become powerful.

"Woof~"

"Mm."

The little girl hugged Taozi tightly and withdrew her gaze.

Just then, the documentary ended, and she picked up the remote and changed the channel.

It was Yujing News.

The local station's anchor was a beat slower than the central station, still reporting the news from a few days ago: "On the evening of October 15th, the suspected leader of the Mengyue Sect, in order to seize the precious artifacts within the Duqin Fangti, launched a brazen attack on the camps of our side, the Blue side, the Duqin Government, and the Watcher armed forces. To protect the Saint Ancestor Cube, our country's accompanying Imperial Family members coordinated with the Dai Zong aircraft carrier formation, the Wuzong sky aircraft carrier, and the Blue Asia Third Fleet to launch a joint extermination of the Cultivator, finally killing the Cultivator in the airspace over the Great Zhou Ocean near the Duqin sea area at dawn the following day local time.

"This battle affected the entire southwestern part of Duqin. Fortunately, the area is mainly composed of Gobi and uninhabited zones. After the battle broke out, our country's Imperial Family members quickly shifted the battlefield to the airspace above the sea, greatly reducing civilian casualties and damage to the ground environment and buildings.

"All personnel and property damage caused by this battle will be the responsibility of this Ninth Stage Cultivator and the forces behind them..."

The little girl blinked; she had already seen this news, and her sister said brother-in-law was fine.

"Due to the damage and impact caused by the unknown Cultivator's attack, southwestern Duqin is in chaos. Most local infrastructure has been destroyed, sandstorms have covered most of Leche city, Dan city by the sea has encountered a massive tsunami, and all signals have been completely cut off...

"Currently, all flights to Duqin have been suspended...

"On October 21st local time, Blue Asia, citing the maintenance of peace and stability in Duqin, dispatched a large number of Regular Army troops into Duqin. Regarding this, our country's Prime Minister has urgently summoned the Blue Asia ambassador..."

The little girl turned her head to look outside the courtyard again.

One hour later.

A small aircraft carrying only one person took off from Di Du International Airport. Ning Qing's expression was extremely calm, as if she didn't care about the chaos in Duqin at all. She only held a copy of "Plane Origin and Spiritual Quality," looking down and reading quietly, stopping from time to time to ponder.

World Origin?

Chen Shu pondered, it must be the Plane Origin, right?

The essence of a deity.

The Plane Origin is shattered?

What could shatter the essence of a deity?

If the World Origin is shattered, is a deity still a deity?

That's it—

The old man said the Reed God had already fallen.

But why, even though the deity has clearly fallen, has no new deity been born, and the Spirit Sect still worships his statue? Could it be that because the origin is shattered, it can no longer be fused by others, so this deity's quota is effectively gone, and no new Ninth Stage Cultivator can become a god by utilizing this origin?

Chen Shu walked back to the house with the Gate of All Wonders.

The sky gradually darkened.

In the afternoon, Zhang Suannai and the unnamed individuals found some food in the village, including rice and potatoes, and Tang Ke brought some mutton and vegetables. Chen Shu took out the gear he had brought to prepare a simple dinner, then drew a Rune on the loess wall, which lit up with just the right amount of light.

The group finished dinner.

Chen Shu began to get busy again.

He set up a Defense Barrier in the room and established a mechanism to hide Spirit Power, setting up as many layers as possible.

To prevent a sudden night attack by the Blue Asia people, they all gathered in the same room. Except for Zuo You, who was on rotation on the roof, the others were either sitting on the ground in the corner with their eyes closed, meditating, or playing with a wooden stick picked up from the roadside. In any case, they would spend the night here.

"Rest well and conserve your energy," Chen Shu said.

"My energy is far beyond your imagination!"

"As you wish."

Chen Shu also sat down cross-legged.

Daily Cultivation.

Until a violent coughing sound suddenly rang out beside him:

"Cough, cough, cough!!"

Chen Shu opened his eyes instantly.

Except for him, Zhong Miao Zhimen, who was sitting cross-legged on the kang, and Zhang Tengyu and Zhou Cheng, who were dozing off with their eyes closed in the corner of the wall, all opened their eyes; Zhang Suannai, who was playing with a wooden stick, also turned her head, looking at the nameless person whose complexion had suddenly turned pale and who was coughing incessantly.

"What is wrong with you?"

"What happened to you?"

"Senior Brother Nameless," Zhong Miao Zhimen asked indifferently, "actually, you have a very serious Genius Disease, don't you?"

"Hmm?"

"What?"

Chen Shu and Zhang Suannai both stared at the nameless person.

The nameless person waved his hand:

"It's nothing..."

"That's impossible, right?" Zhang Suannai said immediately, "How could he have Genius Disease? If he had Genius Disease, it would be impossible for him to be here now."

"I didn't want to believe it at first," Zhong Miao Zhimen pursed her lips, "but after living with him for so many days, the symptoms he occasionally displays, and even the body convulsions, unbearable pain, and Spirit Power disorder in the middle of the night, are all symptoms of Genius Disease."

The nameless person's complexion looked ugly.

It was not just the torment of the Genius Disease, but also the gazes of everyone staring at him that made him very unaccustomed to it.

Although he could discern that these gazes were mainly surprise and concern, it just so happened that concern was what he was least accustomed to.

"Is that true?"

Zhang Suannai looked at the nameless person and blinked twice: "Could it be that you've been so strange along the way, refusing to even speak, because you feel like you're about to die and are afraid that we will develop feelings for you and be reluctant to let you go?"

The nameless person became even more ill at ease.

Chen Shu's eyes flickered, and his brows were tightly furrowed.

The nameless person's talent was indeed ridiculously high; he had already been suspicious of this and had thought in the direction of Genius Disease, but it was quickly ruled out.

As a disease that is absolutely incurable for a Cultivator, it is essentially caused by the Spirit Sea space being too large, while the Spirit Sea itself is not strong enough.

Patients with Genius Disease will display extremely high talent in the early stages of cultivation, and the overall performance of their Spirit Sea will comprehensively lead that of Cultivators of the same stage, just like Chen Shu. At the same time, because of the weakness of the Spirit Sea wall, their promotion speed will be extremely fast, basically using the enhanced overall capability of the Spirit Sea to impact a Spirit Sea wall that has not been strengthened.

The problem lies right here.

The pool capacity increases and the water pressure becomes greater, but the pool structure has not been strengthened synchronously, so sooner or later there will be a risk of the dam bursting.

That is how Genius Disease comes about.

Based on his own judgment, Chen Shu thought this should be caused by the Spirit Soul, because he himself had a stronger Spirit Soul, so his Spirit Sea wall was also stronger.

If the Spirit Sea is related to both the body and the Spirit Soul, then the Spirit Sea of Genius Disease is the part related to the body being enhanced, but the Spirit Soul remains at the same strength and growth progress as a normal person, thus leading to a deformed and enormous Spirit Sea.

However, if the nameless person really is a patient with Genius Disease, no matter how high his talent is, he would never have the qualifications to join the Ancient Cultivation Group.

And he would certainly not have come here.

Very few patients with Genius Disease can cultivate to the Sixth Stage; usually, they die at the Third or Fourth Stage. This thing is such that the higher the stage, the easier it is for problems to arise. Even if someone is lucky enough to reach the Fifth or Sixth Stage without dying, they should be lying in a hospital bed right now.

Zhong Miao Zhimen saw through their doubts and said indifferently: "There must be other factors involved in this. Senior Brother Nameless, tell us about it."

The nameless person's gaze swept over them obscurely, and after a moment of silence, he admitted: "I do have Genius Disease, and it's quite serious. Previously, it was always that senior from the Secret Sect who cooperates with the Imperial Family who helped me maintain the stability of my Spirit Sea. It's just that after promoting to the Sixth Stage, it is in a state of being about to collapse at all times, and the Secret Sect senior can no longer maintain it either. I can only try every possible way to exhaust my Spirit Power every day and try to maintain it according to the method taught by the Secret Sect senior, but symptoms have still appeared..."

"That one who cooperates with the Imperial Family?" Zhong Miao Zhimen raised an eyebrow.

"Yes."

"Alright..." Zhong Miao Zhimen nodded, turning a thumb ring on her hand, "Let me guess, that senior found a way to treat Genius Disease?"

"How did you know?"

"A reasonable guess," Zhong Miao Zhimen said, "otherwise, letting you continue to cultivate and letting you join the group would have no meaning."

"It is..."

"Is that method related to this place?" Chen Shu asked.

"It is..."

The nameless person's eyes flickered: "I came here to find a way to break the Genius Disease."

"Are you confident?" Chen Shu asked.

"The Secret Sect senior calculated it many times, and the Imperial Family and the military have also prepared a plan; it is seamless." The nameless person's eyes continued to flicker, while he gritted his teeth to endure the tearing sensation in his body and Spirit Soul, suppressing his Spirit Sea that was about to rupture.

"If you, Senior Brother Nameless, can break the Genius Disease, with your talent, I am afraid it could be called unprecedented and unrepeatable." Zhong Miao Zhimen put on the thumb ring.

The nameless person did not answer.

Zhang Suannai was listening from the side and could not get a word in, until she saw the room had quieted down, and only then did she ask: "Then, since you have this disease, can you still fight tomorrow?"

"As long as it doesn't flare up, it won't affect me; it's even better to exhaust my Spirit Power."

"That's good." Zhang Suannai was a warm-hearted person, "How are you going to find the way to cure this disease? Tell me, we will all come to help you, as long as you have a few more fights with me after you are cured."

"I can only go by myself."

"Tch! Boring!"

"Beep beep..."

An alarm sound rang out in the room.

Although the nameless person was in unbearable pain, he still used his hands to support himself on the ground, wanting to crawl up to go on guard duty.

Chen Shu hurriedly pressed him down and said to him: "Don't go; I will help you stand guard. Anyway, you are the one right after me, and I can't sleep here either. Zhang Suannai makes some noise from time to time, which is very annoying, so I might as well help you stand guard together."

The nameless person looked up at him, and only after a few seconds did he nod:

"Thank you."

He said this sentence with exceptional sincerity.