Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World
Chapter 268 - 156: Their Own Efforts (4K)_2

Chapter 268: Chapter 156: Their Own Efforts (4K)_2

Now that Zhang has left, reducing the main force obtaining the Heavenly Merit, Zheng Fa could only entrust Junior Master Huang.

Junior Master Huang didn’t hesitate either, agreeing to it directly.

After all, she’s a reserved person and not very familiar with both Zheng Fa and Yuan. Walking through the Thunder Pool together, it was somewhat awkward, the journey silent.

When they were halfway, Junior Master Huang suddenly took out several letters and handed them to Zheng Fa, saying with some embarrassment: "Can you help me see if there’s room for improvement in the phrasing of these letters?"

Zheng Fa was stunned for a moment, taking the several letters in his hands to check. It turned out that these were letters Junior Master Huang wrote to other sects asking for help.

Some were addressed to other Sects within the Hundred Immortals Alliance.

Some were to Immortal Sects outside the Hundred Immortals Alliance.

There were even some to individuals in the Five Great Sects of Xuanwei.

The tone in the letters was gentle, even humble, which was uncharacteristic of Junior Master Huang in Zheng Fa’s view. He thought of Junior Master Huang as a proud person, who, except for Zhang, cared little about others, practically disdainful of mundane matters.

He had also never heard that Junior Master Huang had any close friends outside the Sect.

"This is..."

"In my early years of travel, I did meet some people..." Junior Master Huang pursed his lips and said: "I’m not good at making friends, not as tactful as your Master Pang."

"Some of these people, it can only be said, are mere acquaintances."

Zheng Fa looked at the letters again.

And suddenly he understood what Junior Master Huang meant.

"Junior Master..."

He couldn’t help but speak.

"Don’t use that tone," Junior Master Huang laughed, "My disciple is nearly dead, and as his Master, can’t I even ask for help?"

"..."

"Indeed, I can set aside my pride, but I regret I don’t have the connections that your Master Pang has... I don’t know who among these people still remember me."

Zheng Fa shook his head; he didn’t think Master Pang would do any better than Junior Master Huang in this situation... He still remembered the recent troubles.

Once they entered the Heavenly Stele Realm, the three of them kept moving incessantly. Aside from using Spirit Tree Thunder to induce the growth of Spirit Plants a few times in Half Mountain City, Zheng Fa was almost constantly on the move in his own territory.

Yuan and Junior Master Huang were even busier, and the three of them earned over twenty thousand more Heavenly Merit after a month of efforts.

"Based on the points required for the previous upgrade, the next upgrade should need one hundred thousand points of Heavenly Merit; I’ve already earned about eighty thousand," Zheng Fa calculated and said to the two: "I just don’t know how many more upgrades are needed to control the Heavenly Stele..."

Yuan and Junior Master Huang didn’t respond, both wearing weary expressions.

"Sister, you two go rest first."

He couldn’t help but advise.

"Zheng, both of our cultivation levels are higher than yours, you should see what state you’re in right now,"

Yuan suddenly said.

Zheng Fa was silent, knowing that he had nearly depleted every bit of his Spiritual Power in the Heavenly Stele Realm due to frequent use of the Thunder Skill—physical and mental exhaustion was imaginable.

Xiao Yuying was taken aback by the three.

"This..."

"To show Fairy Xiao such a state..."

Xiao Yuying nodded, her eyes seemed to understand, and then she questioned Zheng Fa: "You asked me to wait here, what for?"

"This is what I hoped Fairy Xiao could help me with."

Zheng Fa, already extremely tired, wasted no time. He just pointed on a golden seal before him, and a soft breeze lifted all four towards the Medicine Garden.

The Medicine Garden hadn’t changed.

But Xiao Yuying was somewhat dazzled, watching the buzzing golden bell overhead, observing the rotating stars around the bell, her eyes full of longing.

"Fairy Xiao?"

Zheng Fa was puzzled.

"A Pocket World Spiritual Treasure..." Xiao Yuying murmured.

"Huh?"

"I’ve long known there should be such a spiritual treasure in the Heavenly Stele Realm," Xiao Yuying withdrew her gaze, saying to Zheng Fa, "My Master once told me, possessing a Pocket World Spiritual Treasure, one could avoid the depletion of Spiritual Energy—It’s just that I had never seen such a treasure before."

Zheng Fa was stunned, turning to look at the golden bell—was this thing really so valuable?

"Why do you think I came to the Heavenly Stele?"

"If this Thunder Pool didn’t have such a treasure to support it, how could it withstand the Great Freedom Demon Sect?"

Xiao Yuying seemed to notice his puzzled expression and explained.

But Zheng Fa wasn’t happy—

The more valuable this thing was, the more difficult it seemed for him to truly control the Heavenly Stele Realm.

It seemed Xiao Yuying understood his idea and retracted her gaze towards Zheng Fa, asking: "What do you want me to do?"

Zheng Fa put aside the worries in his heart, as thinking further about it now was useless; it was time to act.

"In this rotation of the sun and moon, there are twenty-four nodes, which might have some special changes."

"Special changes?"

Zheng Fa didn’t know how sensitive Xiao Yuying was to electromagnetic fields. After some thought, he summoned a bolt of Spirit Tree Thunder.

"This is..."

"Fairy Xiao, do you sense anything from this Thunder Skill?"

Xiao Yuying furrowed her brows, seemingly understanding Zheng Fa’s intention, and suddenly extended her right hand.

Her fair hand slowly turned a light shade of blue, the veins underneath her skin turned slightly purple, with faint traces of electric light flickering.

"Try again?"

Another bolt of Spirit Tree Thunder was summoned.

A faint electric current correspondingly arose within the veins of Xiao Yuying’s right hand.

Zheng Fa’s expression brightened with joy, yet he said nothing further and simply switched to a different frequency of Spirit Tree Thunder.

Another weak electric current was produced.

Zheng Fa asked, "Fairy Xiao, can you sense the difference between these two Thunder Skills?"

His tone was slightly anxious.

This concerned the precision of Xiao Yuying’s electromagnetic laboratory.

These two bolts of Spirit Tree Thunder, when measured in a modern setting, require high precision in instrumentation.

"I can." Xiao Yuying nodded and said, "Although the difference is subtle, the intensity between the two is quite distinct..."

Hearing this, Zheng Fa turned to look at Junior Master Huang and Yuan who had expressions of bafflement. Or rather, their faces seemed to say: Where is the distinction clear?

Yuan Magnetic Dao Body, indeed a cheat!

"Fairy Xiao, you just need to stand among those Spirit Plants, and see if there are corresponding changes with these two bolts of Spirit Tree Thunder."

Zheng Fa’s idea was simple.

To verify the correctness of the Spirit Tree Thunder, all that was needed was to match the twenty-four changes in the Medicine Garden with the eight types of Spirit Tree Thunder Zheng Fa had studied.

Just that this kind of validation in the Heavenly Stele Realm was possible only by relying on Xiao Yuying...

Anyone else lacked this capability.

...

After two hours, Xiao Yuying confidently told Zheng Fa, "Of those eight bolts of Spirit Tree Thunder, I could sense corresponding changes in the Medicine Garden for six, but there seem to be none for the other two."

Zheng Fa nodded silently.

This was not unexpected—the seven out of those eight bolts of Spirit Tree Thunder were computed, and it wasn’t strange for there to be inaccuracies.

That’s also why he must request Xiao Yuying’s assistance.

...

"Two bolts of Spirit Tree Thunder have problems?"

Back in the nursing home, hearing Zheng Fa say so, Tang Lingwu thought for a moment and said, "The main issue is that we can only rely on comparisons; if the data is slightly off, it will affect our results."

Beside her, Tang Mudao also nodded, "The original data may not be accurate; every day we’re bombarded with too many electromagnetic waves—such fluctuations are too subtle."

"From the perspective of informatics, the noise is too high."

Zheng Fa also understood that they were lucky to have found six types of Spirit Tree Thunder, but...

"There’s something I need to ask of you all..."

He fell silent for a moment and then addressed the people in the nursing home. Seeing him so solemn, the others also became serious.

"In this month, I must... find the electromagnetic waves corresponding to the remaining eighteen bolts of Spirit Tree Thunder... not, to be safe, it’d be best to select a few alternative unique electromagnetic waves for each bolt of Spirit Tree Thunder."

This was something he had just thought of.

Not afraid of having too many special electromagnetic waves, with Xiao Yuying, he had his own way of elimination.

Only afraid of having too few, unable to even choose.

"This matter is of utmost importance to me."

After Zheng Fa spoke, the people consisting of Old Man Bai looked at each other, not uttering a word.

Then, Old Man Bai said, "If this matter is so important, I have an idea..."

"Hm?"

"We, should start showing some of our value to the outside."