Chapter 428: Chapter 335 Crossing the Sea of Learning, Ascending Book Mountain_2

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As he spoke, Hua Tianji gestured to Li Cheng.

Li Cheng nodded, landed on the small boat, and looked up at the two above.

Light Destroying Heaven Venerable said with a helpless chuckle, “Little Junior Brother, then we will wait for you at Book Mountain!”

He wanted to say something else, but Hua Tianji pulled him away.

Li Cheng sighed, feeling completely bewildered, not just outwardly but inwardly as well!

What was even more bewildering was that as he rowed with both paddles, the small boat did not move at all, and even the paddles themselves sank into the sea, unable to be stirred.

After several attempts, even when Li Cheng used all his divine power, he could not budge the paddles or the boat.

“What the hell? Is my mid-stage Divine Venerable cultivation fake?” Li Cheng began to deeply doubt.

A mid-stage Divine Venerable should be fearless even in the face of a complete Divine Venerable, but here he was, unable to do anything to a small boat and a pair of paddles!

“What a bizarre Sea of Learning!”

Li Cheng secretly clicked his tongue and looked into the sea, only to see that as the paddles moved through the water, they crystallized into a character that landed on the paddles, apparently preventing them from moving.

Li Cheng touched the characters with his divine sense, but found he did not recognize them at all.

However, as his divine sense analyzed them, he finally recognized the first character and instantly, the character dissipated, transforming into an incredibly pure force that surged into his mind, and his divine soul’s power actually improved slightly!

Having interpreted this character, the paddle moved!

Li Cheng then interpreted the character on the other paddle, and finally, the paddles could be stirred!

The small boat advanced one meter before new characters appeared on the paddles again, restricting them and halting the boat’s progress.

Li Cheng realized that to cross the Sea of Learning, it seemed necessary to continuously interpret these characters!

Without resorting to enlightenment, Li Cheng’s analysis was quick, taking only a few minutes to interpret two characters, allowing the small boat to advance one meter.

Gradually, Li Cheng found that these characters seemed to be condensed from some kind of law, and his process of interpretation was a process of understanding the law.

As he interpreted more and more, Li Cheng understood—this was the Confucianism Law!

Confucianism, the path of the righteous energy of heaven and earth, cultivates Haoran Justice Air and resonates with heaven and earth.

His analysis was the process of nurturing Haoran Justice Air.

Li Cheng was initially reluctant, considering his space, time, earth, and fire laws were already so numerous, and he had never touched Confucianism before. Starting from scratch, he didn’t know how long it would take to catch up.

But half a day later, his divine soul had notably strengthened, comparable to the enhancement from dozens of epiphanies, prompting Li Cheng to decide to continue interpreting.

[Current remaining enlightenment opportunities: 367 times.]

Looking at the not so plentiful opportunities for enlightenment left, Li Cheng gritted his teeth, “Enlightenment!”

Since interpretation was comprehension of the Confucianism Law, then he would use enlightenment!

The next moment, the small boat, as if equipped with a high-powered engine, suddenly sped off, leaving a trail of spray behind!

A day went by, and when Li Cheng awoke from enlightenment, he looked at the slowly stopping boat and felt an odd sensation in his heart.

The scene before appeared to be propelled by the waves pushing the boat forward, with the paddles not playing any role.

That is to say, the rowing just now did not rely on the paddles but on the waves!

Shaking his head, Li Cheng continued with his enlightenment, ready to exhaust the remaining three hundred and sixty-six opportunities at once.

A year passed, and Li Cheng had traveled more than one million four hundred thousand li, finally running out of enlightenment opportunities.

Now, his divine soul was more than ten times stronger than a year ago. With a single thought, the righteous energy of heaven and earth surged, as if waiting for his command.

It was a feeling of control.

“It took only three hundred and sixty-seven enlightenments, yet I’ve comprehended seventy-five million Confucianism laws, surpassing earth, fire, and time laws, strange!”

Li Cheng pondered quietly, unsure why this was. Was it because of the Sea of Learning, or because he came from the Confucian Sect?

At that moment, at Book Mountain, Light Destroying Heaven Venerable and Hua Tianji stood side by side, both letting out a sigh of relief!

“Phew! Little Junior Brother is terrifying. When we crossed the Sea of Learning in the past, it was like a snail crawling, but Little Junior Brother, he actually travels thousands of li a day!” Hua Tianji marveled.

Light Destroying Heaven Venerable looked calm, glancing at Hua Tianji, “Is that surprising? Little Junior Brother possesses that life’s treasure, and he has already completely mastered the Confucianism Law. Isn’t that normal?”

Hua Tianji turned to Light Destroying Heaven Venerable, “Laoqi, ever since you became a Heaven Venerable, your brother thinks you’ve been lacking someone to scratch your itches!”

Light Destroying Heaven Venerable was stunned, “What do you mean, Fifth Senior Brother?”

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“Are you itching for a trouncing?” Hua Tianji said with utter seriousness.

Light Destroying Heaven Venerable’s mouth twitched, and he quickly circulated his Divine Power around his body, fending off Hua Tianji’s authoritative words. He hastily said, “Fifth Senior Brother, our little junior brother is truly astounding, to be able to travel thousands of miles daily in the Sea of Learning. Remember when we crossed the Sea of Learning, we could only manage a few meters a day!”

Hua Tianji then nodded in satisfaction, stroking his salt-and-pepper beard, “Indeed, he is worthy of being our junior brother!”

Light Destroying Heaven Venerable secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said solemnly, “You’re right!”

On Li Cheng’s end, feeling the changes in his Divine Soul, his eyes sparkled, “Tally up!”

[Your disciple Yun Tianqiong has gained immense rewards, awarded 4,125 chances of Enlightenment.]

[Your disciple Ling Xi has gained immense rewards, awarded 4,570 chances of Enlightenment.]

[Your disciple Qing Yun has gained immense rewards, awarded 4,185 chances of Enlightenment.]

[Your disciple Qi Jingtian has gained immense rewards, awarded 411 chances of Enlightenment.]

[Your disciple Yin Yue has gained immense rewards, awarded 814 chances of Enlightenment.]

[Your disciple Duan Shuiliu has gained immense rewards, awarded 756 chances of Enlightenment.]

[Current remaining chances of Enlightenment: 14,861 times.]

As the prompt sounded, Li Cheng was overjoyed, “Yun Tianqiong, Ling Xi, and Qing Yun have ascended as well!”

The benefits brought by disciples who had just ascended were undoubtedly the greatest!

The chances of Enlightenment that had just been spent were replenished in the blink of an eye, nearly fifteen thousand times over!

With so many chances of Enlightenment, and three disciples having ascended, it was truly a double blessing!

“Yun Tianqiong possesses the Chaos Yuan Sword Body, Qing Yun possesses the Innate Taoist Body, and Ling Xi is of the Innate Spirit Clan, and with the aid of Grand Venerable Bai Jie, it is no wonder they were the first to ascend after Qi Jingtian!”

“Perhaps the remaining six disciples will also ascend within the next hundred years?”

A smile unconsciously appeared on Li Cheng’s face. Grand Venerable Bai Jie was his Eighth Senior Brother. From that segment of memory, it was clear he had descended to the Lower World to pave the way for him. Now with Ling Xi’s ascension, he must have returned as well!

To say he was paving the way, perhaps that guy had found true love after descending to the Lower World; otherwise, he wouldn’t have had a daughter.

But who is the sister-in-law?

Thinking too far ahead, it’s better to continue navigating the Sea of Learning!

Just as he was about to contemplate further, Li Cheng suddenly discovered that the Sea of Learning no longer blocked him. With a gentle stroke of the oars, the boat glided forward as if on calm waters.

After some thought, Li Cheng understood that the Confucianism Law contained within the Sea of Learning was all there was. Combining this with what the two senior brothers said, he knew that he must seek the remaining Laws at Book Mountain!

With a single thought, Haoran Justice Air surged forth, propelling the boat swiftly forward.

Before long, Li Cheng saw the coastline in the distance with continuous ranges of mountains.

As he got closer, Li Cheng saw a strangely shaped peak. The slope of the mountain wasn’t steep, and it appeared to be a lone peak that had toppled over. Astonishingly, the peak was entirely composed of petrified books!

Upon landing, Li Cheng saw a huge stone standing at the foot of the mountain with two large characters etched on it: Book Mountain!

At this moment, thousands of individuals dressed in Confucian robes were making their way along the rugged mountain path, ranging from Heaven Gods to Divine Venerables, all moving very slowly.

“There is a road on Book Mountain made of diligence, a boat in the boundless Sea of Learning made of hardship…”

Muttering to himself, Li Cheng joined the queue of climbers.

The mountain path was made entirely of petrified books shaped into steps. Li Cheng roughly estimated there were about eight million steps, extending towards the mountain summit.

Stepping onto the staircase, he immediately felt an oppressive weight, as if hundreds of mountains abruptly rested upon him.

Li Cheng sighed inwardly, wondering if others felt the same.

Li Cheng closed his eyes slightly, sensing carefully, “So it’s the Confucianism Law that’s suppressing here. Once comprehended, it’s akin to lifting the suppression, allowing one to step onto the new level.”

“Little Uncle-Master?”

“Look quick, Little Uncle-Master has come!”

“It’s really him, haven’t seen Little Uncle-Master for tens of thousands of years!”

Just then, a series of excited voices came from the steps ahead.

Li Cheng was stunned, it was a familiar title that he hadn’t heard in years!

It was as though he was back at the Heavenly Mechanism Sect.

Yet, looking up, he did not recognize a single person who was greeting him!