Chapter 369: Elder Ye
"So that's how it is."
After listening to Ye Cheng's explanation, the still straightforward and honest Huo Yuhao completely believed him without the slightest doubt. The "memories" that had been shown to him earlier felt too real, far beyond anything that could have been fabricated. After all, he had never heard of someone being able to forge memories.
"Where exactly are you in my spiritual world? Can you come out so I can see you?" Huo Yuhao looked around, calling out.
"See me?"
The voice seemed a little surprised. "I have been right before your eyes this entire time."
"Right before my eyes?"
Huo Yuhao was confused. He scanned his surroundings, but all he saw was a vast expanse of white. There was no trace of anyone. How could this voice say it was right in front of him?
"Look up," the voice instructed.
Huo Yuhao obediently raised his head, gazing at the radiant sun that illuminated the entire space. At first, he was puzzled but suddenly, his eyes widened in shock as he realized something.
"So, you've figured it out."
The blazing sun flickered slightly, as if to confirm its presence.
"You're the sun?!"
Huo Yuhao's jaw dropped, his face full of disbelief. "Didn't you say you were just a remnant soul? H How can you be so... majestic?"
Yes, majestic that was the only word he could use to describe the brilliance of this celestial body.
"Boy, never underestimate the power of a Creator God." The voice carried a hint of pride. "In life, I was extremely powerful. Even though I perished and my soul was torn into countless fragments by the chaotic currents of time and space, my divine essence remains unchanged."
"You are still too weak. Even if I am merely a shattered remnant, to you, I might as well be the blazing sun in the sky unreachable and overwhelming!"
"You have a long way to go, boy. You must grow stronger."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao understood the implied message: I'm not too strong; you're just too weak.
Fair enough.
Huo Yuhao wasn't discouraged he had always been self aware. Right now, he was nothing more than a newly awakened soul master with his first soul ring. Comparing himself to such a godly being was completely meaningless. The idea of becoming a god was still too distant, more like a fairy tale than a realistic goal.
Even though the memories he had witnessed earlier expanded his horizons, they had not completely changed his perception. He was still just a small town boy who needed a lot of guidance.
"By the way, earlier, you mentioned something about the Mysterious Heaven Technique. What's wrong with it?" Huo Yuhao suddenly remembered the remark and asked, "Is there some kind of problem with it?"
"The technique itself is fine. In fact, it suits your current situation quite well." The voice paused before continuing, "However, compared to the world I came from, your world's development is astonishingly slow. Practically nothing has changed in 10,000 years."
"From my earlier scanning of this world, I found that soul masters here still rely on primitive, crude meditation techniques exactly like those from 10,000 years ago, without the slightest improvement." He sighed.
"What's wrong with meditation?" Huo Yuhao asked blankly. He didn't see any issue soul masters had been cultivating this way for thousands of years.
"No, meditation itself isn't the problem. The problem is that no one has ever tried to improve it, to make it more advanced and systematic. The Mysterious Heaven Technique is essentially a refined meditation method, just superior to the common ones."
"Well, of course! It was passed down by the great Sea God, Tang San, the ancestor of the Tang Sect!" Huo Yuhao said with pride. Even though he had only recently joined the Tang Sect, Tang Ya and Bei Bei had treated him kindly, and as someone starved for affection, he naturally felt a deep attachment to them.
"...Tang San?!"
The voice suddenly became serious.
"This world has Tang San too? And he became the Sea God?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?" Huo Yuhao was confused. "Is there a problem with Sea God Tang San?"
"..."
After a moment of silence, the voice finally responded.
"No... There's no problem."
"It's just that in my world, the Sea God was someone else. And in my world, it was Tang San who led the Abyss to invade us, plunging the world into catastrophe. I never expected that in this version of reality, Tang San would be so different."
"That much of a difference?!" Huo Yuhao was stunned. He never imagined that the same person could have such different fates across two worlds. The mysteries of the universe were truly profound.
"By the way… how should I address you?" Huo Yuhao suddenly realized he had never asked for a proper name. He knew this being was called Ye Cheng, but addressing a senior by name would be rude.
"You may call me Elder Ye."
The voice spoke calmly.
"Elder Ye."
Huo Yuhao repeated the name, then nodded solemnly. "Alright, from now on, I will call you Elder Ye."
"In the world I came from, traditional soul master cultivation methods were completely abandoned. They were replaced by a structured cultivation system. Back then, soul masters were no longer called soul masters, but rather Divine Ring Masters."
"Since I have found myself fated to be attached to you, I will pass on a small part of my cultivation techniques those that will be useful to you."
The moment Elder Ye finished speaking, a powerful force surged into Huo Yuhao's mind. Before he could react, his vision went black, and his consciousness was forcibly ejected from the spiritual world.
Back in the real world.
Lying on the ground, Huo Yuhao's eyes fluttered open. Dazed, he slowly pushed himself up and rubbed his temples. Letting out a long exhale, he immediately crossed his legs and sat down to digest the massive influx of new knowledge.
Soon, a technique far more profound than the Mysterious Heaven Technique surfaced in his mind.
As he processed the information, his expression shifted dramatically.
When he finally opened his eyes again, his entire worldview had changed.
He now had no doubt that Elder Ye was truly from another world.
Because the technique Elder Ye had just given him even with Huo Yuhao's limited knowledge was far beyond anything he had ever seen before.
Especially after comparing it to the Mysterious Heaven Technique, he now realized that the so called legendary Tang Sect cultivation method was nothing but garbage!
And Elder Ye's teachings didn't just include cultivation techniques they also introduced new concepts, like the existence of soul cores.
However, Huo Yuhao could sense that the technique wasn't complete.
It was missing something crucial like the method to condense one's own soul rings.
Yes.
Condensing one's own soul rings!
A soul master could create their own soul rings was that even possible?!
This completely shattered everything he had ever known about soul master cultivation.
(End of Chapter.)
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