The Golden Elixir is A Star, and You Call This Cultivation?
Chapter 156 - 101: Comprehending the Multifarious Gateway, Gaining Mutated Ability_1

Chapter 156: Chapter 101: Comprehending the Multifarious Gateway, Gaining Mutated Ability_1

"You can talk... Wow, you’re a monster!"

The canary flapped its wings, flying three meters high, its tiny body trembling, looking particularly frightened.

Qi Yuan was speechless, "I am a human, a genuine human.

You, a bird, are speaking human language instead of birdsong. If anything, you’re the monster!"

"I, the young lady, can speak birdsong!"

"biubiubiubiu... chirp chirp chirp..."

The sound of the canary was like a machine gun, like an electric car alarm, crisp and loud yet harsh.

"See, I, the young lady, spoke in birdsong, thus I am not a monster. Now, you, as a drop of blood, speak ’Blood language’, otherwise, you are a monster!" the canary questioned.

Her dialogue with Qi Yuan now was without any logic, like chatroom goofs.

How does blood speak?

Qi Yuan was dumbfounded.

However, he couldn’t let himself be outdone by a mere bird.

"Dinosaur... carrying a wolf... blood, blood, blood..."

Qi Yuan began spouting nonsense.

The canary’s small eyes bulged, its pupils spinning wildly, "You’re lying to me, where does anyone say blood speaks like that?"

"You aren’t blood, how would you know how blood speaks?" Qi Yuan felt like he had gotten the upper hand in the debate against the canary, applying the proverb ’If you’re not a fish, how do you know a fish’s happiness’.

As expected, the canary was silenced by Qi Yuan.

"So neither of us are monsters?" it flew over cautiously and landed near Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan was taken aback, he had been led into a circular argument.

Whether one can speak birdsong or blood language, has nothing to do with being a monster.

"You are a monster, I am not," Qi Yuan emphasized.

The canary landed next to Qi Yuan, "Even if I, the young lady, am a monster, I am a very pretty monster. And you? Just a plain old bore!"

Unable to withstand such an insult, Qi Yuan retorted, "I may look like this now, but if I transformed, I’ll be quite a looker."

The two bickered like children for a while, gradually becoming more familiar with each other.

Qi Yuan discovered that this canary wasn’t very intelligent, it was a bit dim and quite vain, or better said, it loved beauty.

Qi Yuan felt like this vain canary had dragged him down to its intelligence level.

He stopped the meaningless debate and asked, "Where are we?"

"This is Jiupanshan."

"Where is Jiupanshan?"

"In Jiupanshan, duh?" The canary looked at Qi Yuan like he was an idiot.

Qi Yuan was speechless. You might as well say it’s in a bridge or on a road.

But he understood, asking this canary yielded no answers.

"Do you know about the North-South Decisive Battle?" Qi Yuan asked again.

Most people in the flowing wind realm knew about the North-South Decisive Battle.

The canary shook its head.

"What about... demons?" Could it be that it’s not the realm of flowing wind here?

The canary’s small eyes bulged in fear, "Are you talking about those ugly things? There are many of them at the foot of the mountain!"

Qi Yuan was taken aback.

He looked up at the sky, devoid of stars, vaguely understanding that this was probably the flowing wind realm.

"Those ugly creatures, mad and rabid, they attack us when they see us."

"Do you know what that door in the sky is?" Qi Yuan asked again.

The door in the sky, mysterious and ancient.

He never saw such a door when he was last in the flowing wind realm.

Which meant... his present location...

"I don’t know." The canary shook its head.

Qi Yuan didn’t feel like talking anymore. After all, this dimwitted canary couldn’t answer anything.

He stared at the gate in the sky above, slowly contemplating.

The canary beside him glanced at Qi Yuan and went back to its nest.

The tiny nest, hung from a large tree, looked rather small and delicate.

The canary returned to its nest and began preening its smooth feathers.

It preened for half a day.

After some time, it peeked out, "Hey, blood pearl, what are you doing? What’s so interesting about that gate?"

"I am understanding the essence." Qi Yuan answered the canary.

The way he understood the essence was not like in the TV shows. There was no need to immerse himself fully; any interruption was okay.

Just by looking, he could grow.

As long as something would benefit him, he would take it.

[You understand the Gate of Diversity, back rubbing ability +1.]

[You understand the Gate of Diversity, mutation ability +1.]

[You understand the Gate of Diversity, mental confusion +1.]

As long as it was a strange understanding, it was a good understanding.

The more Qi Yuan understood, the better his mental state became.

"Understanding the essence, what is that?" The canary looked up at the Gate of Diversity in the sky with a hint of instinctive fear in its eyes, "Can it make me more beautiful?"

"Probably... Possibly." Qi Yuan answered honestly.

Since understanding can result in strange things, becoming more beautiful should also be a viable experience.

The canary, upon hearing this, got excited, "I want to understand too!"

It imitated Qi Yuan, fixedly looking at the Gate in the sky.

With his understanding, the form of Qi Yuan gradually enlarged.

In this one month, the ability he most understood was the ability to mutate.

A full ten of them.

As for other strange abilities, they were fleeting and disjointed.

One month later, a sudden downpour drenched Jiupanshan. The wind rustled the trees and the whole world was wet. Through the rain, Qi Yuan continued to stare at the Gate in the sky.

In the pouring rain.

[You understand the Gate of Diversity, power increases slightly in thunderstorm.]

"Is that possible?" This was the first time in a month that Qi Yuan has understood something that could strengthen his abilities.

However, the cold rain hit his face, making him feel quite uncomfortable.

At this time, a banana leaf was placed over his head to shield him from the rain.