LRAB Chapter 40 Grains of Time
Chapter 40 Grains of Time
Zhongzhou, Yin Valley, Elders' Court.
The elders of Yin Valley had never gathered together before. The sudden opening of the inheritance alarmed every elder, forcing them to stop all their current affairs and return to Yin Valley to discuss countermeasures.
"When was the last time the inheritance was activated?"
"I don't remember exactly, but it must have been over a hundred years ago..."
The elders had a heated discussion; none of them had ever imagined that the lost tradition would be reopened.
Do you think this successor will succeed?
"Hard to say."
"I have a feeling that this successor will be able to come out alive and bring out the ancestral tokens."
"In that case, wouldn't my Yin Valley really have to have a Valley Master?"
"Wouldn't it be good to have a valley master?"
A stable spatial passage was torn open in the space, and the Grand Elder strolled out from it, arriving at the very center of the Elders' Council.
The Elders' Council in Yin Valley was built like the Colosseum in ancient Rome, with the elders arranged from top to bottom, and the closer to the center, the stronger they were.
The Grand Elder standing in the center was none other than a Dou Sheng powerhouse!
The elders all wore wry smiles. The Valley of Sound has always been a recluse, which has resulted in everyone in the Valley being an exceptionally lazybones, a rarity in a century.
To them, if a valley master who has inherited the ancestral legacy really comes, what's the difference between that and having a new boss parachuted in?
If this Valley Master is just like them, it's fine. But if he turns out to be a ambitious and enterprising scholar, then the good days for the Yin Valley elders are truly over...
"well…"
The Grand Elder knew exactly what kind of people he had, so he sighed and said, "You lot have gotten so used to living like carefree hermits that you don't even want the Valley Master anymore? You might as well just leave Sound Valley and become rogue cultivators..."
"Hehehe..." The elders all laughed embarrassedly.
"This inheritance process is unlike any before. It only took a single breath to close. I'm afraid the inheritor has truly mastered the secret technique left by our ancestors." The Grand Elder glared at the few Dou Zun who were feigning ignorance and continued, "Even if he can't fully master the secret technique this time and bring out the ancestral artifact, given time, he will surely be able to! My Yin Valley may truly be about to have a Valley Master!"
"In the past, it was one thing for you to slack off and cheat, but from now on, you all need to be on your guard! Send everyone out into the open, and if you encounter the heir, immediately relay the message back to the valley. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Elder."
Yun Congxin didn't know how many times he tried until his fighting spirit was exhausted and he could no longer lift the bronze cloud staff before he stopped.
His soul power was greatly depleted, his fighting spirit was almost exhausted, his whole body was sore and painful, and even his consciousness was becoming somewhat blurred.
Sleepiness was constantly eroding Yun Congxin's rationality, but he did not fall asleep immediately. Instead, he sat cross-legged and began to circulate his energy to absorb the energy of the place.
Yun Congxin found himself in a strange state, having been trying to capture the mysterious particle ever since he discovered it. Although he had not succeeded, he had managed to bring the mysterious energy it emitted back into his body.
Now all this energy is converging in Yun Congxin's Niwan Palace, shining brightly and golden.
"What is this?"
Yun Congxin's cultivation level was too low, and the speed at which he absorbed energy could not keep up with the needs of a Dou Zong. Therefore, he had to guide the energy into his body and refine it while thinking about how to use this golden energy.
It was neither eerie nor domineering; it simply remained quietly in Yun Congxin's Niwan Palace, radiating golden light. It seemed that, aside from making Yun Congxin's forehead shine, this energy had no other effect.
Yun Congxin tried to capture it using the spatial power mixed in with his battle qi. It did not resist and obediently allowed itself to be taken out of the Niwan Palace, then flowed and dissipated within Yun Congxin's body along with the battle qi.
Like the morning mist in the forest, dissipating under the gentle sunlight.
Just like the bronze cloud staff that kept returning to the platform, it also returned to the Niwan Palace, continuing to quietly radiate its golden light.
After circulating this energy throughout his body, Yun Congxin keenly sensed that his body was less sore, and his battle qi had increased imperceptibly. This extra battle qi wasn't from the energy of heaven and earth he had refined; it seemed to have appeared out of thin air.
However, they are exactly the same as the battle qi that Yun Congxin has painstakingly refined, as if Yun Congxin has traveled through time again, to the near future, skipping the arduous refining process and directly obtaining pure and powerful battle qi.
"The Waterfall of Time..."
If such a waterfall truly exists, could those particles be tiny droplets of water splashed from it? And the reason I've been trying to capture them, yet consistently failing, is because these droplets have already fallen; my soul power can only gather the remnants of their energy after they've flowed down…
Yun Congxin seemed to understand something. He opened his eyes and pushed the bronze cloud staff out of the platform once again.
This time, he no longer focused on the faintly visible particles, but instead began to carefully observe the subtle spatial fluctuations.
The mere flow of time is meaningless to the observer, just as without the gently swaying willow branches, people cannot visually perceive the wind blowing.
The power of time will inevitably disrupt space, like a stone falling into a lake, easily shattering the calm and stability.
But you can't catch a stone thrown into a lake by trying to find the center of the ripples.
Yun Congxin observes the spatial ripples caused by the disturbance of time particles, not to find the time particles that have disappeared, but to predict the future!
If you want to capture the power of time, how can you only think about the present moment?
Once again, Yun Congxin pushed down the bronze cloud stick.
"Got you..."
The particles of time were firmly grasped by Yun Congxin's soul power, but then suddenly disappeared.
A stable spatial rift opened where Yun Congxin captured the particles of time, where he discovered traces of the Waterfall of Time and successfully proved his inference.
Therefore, he passed the first round of trials and learned how to return.
"This is really complicated..." Yun Congxin stood up. It was getting late, and he should go back.
Yun Congxin glanced regretfully at the bronze cloud staff on the platform and said softly, "I will come back again."
Yun Congxin walked into the rift, leaving this wondrous space and returning to the entrance of the Gate of Life and Death.
"Old Sect Master?" the elder guarding the place said in surprise.
"How long have I been inside?"
"It was just a moment, Elder Yunlan Sect," the Yunlan Sect elder said cautiously, "You went in and came out almost immediately..."
"Really?" Yun Congxin said in surprise, "This is truly...a pleasant surprise..."