Chapter 138 - The Book Of The World
Di Jiu improved from initially escaping four meters at a time to nearly 100 meters in just three days.
He was still trying to practise the escape technique, even though his speed had been slowed down because of his condensed mental strength. Even if he only progressed by one centimeter a day, Di Jiu would still practise without hesitation, as this concerned his ability to survive.
After three days in the Sky Screen, Di Jiu came across some precious spirit herbs and ores. Apart from taking the time to collect a fourth-level Black Gold Jade, he had not collected any other things. Instead, he had spent all his time studying the mental strength escape technique.
On his seventh day there, Di Jiu stopped. His mental strength escape technique could already reach 150 meters.
The reason he stopped was because he had seen a huge book.
Di Jiu had never seen such a big book before. The book, which was half-open on the ground, looked magnificent.
At the beginning, Di Jiu thought that this was a natural boulder that looked like a book. When he felt the aura of the book though, he immediately discovered that it was a real book.
Di Jiu raised his hand and called out the Tiny Treant. When the Tiny Treant came out, it exclaimed, “That’s such a big book! Have we reached the Sky Screen, Big Brother?”
Di Jiu nodded. “Yes, this is the Sky Screen. This book is definitely a top treasure. I am going to refine it. Once I open it, I won’t have the time to find any other treasures. You will look for treasure in the meantime. If you hear from Geng Jihua, you will tell him immediately that I am refining this book.”
“May I ask what the benefits of staying here and trying to understand the Book of the World are, pal?” Di Jiu asked in a sincere tone as he held up a fist.
The gray-clothed cultivator pointed to the book and said, “This book contains the treasured names and wisdom of the whole universe. Once, a Qi cultivator crafted the wisdom elixir of the book by chance. He is now a seventh-stage elixir king. I have been stuck at the sixth-level Foundation Establishment for many years. I wanted to use this opportunity to come to the Sky Screen to gain some wisdom so that I could enter the seventh-level Foundation Establishment Realm.”
“Do a lot of people come here to learn from the Book of the World?” After learning about the book, Di Jiu had lost any hope of refining it.
Although he was ambitious enough, wasting his time after discovering that it was impossible would be stupid.
“Of course. The Sky Screen has just opened, so soon many cultivators will gather here. Some people give up looking for treasures in the Sky Screen so they can learn from the Book of the World.” After the gray-clothed man answered, he searched for a spot and arranged some defensive restrictions around it. Then, he closed his eyes so he could learn from the book.
When Di Jiu realized that the other man was not going to speak again, he gave up.
He sat down about 10 feet from the book and began to study it like the gray-clothed cultivator.
Di Jiu’s thoughts slowly touched the Book of the World and then penetrated it.
A vast expanse of aura rushed over. Di Jiu knew that even though he was very relaxed, he was still really anxious.
Bam! As the vast aura collided with him, blood shot out of his mouth. Before the aura could enter Di Jiu’s sea of knowledge, the gray stone in his sea of knowledge formed a circle of ripples and blocked the horrifying aura of the Book of the World.
Di Jiu’s mental strength, which was also very condensed, was blocked by the book’s vast aura. After he vomited blood, he actually left his mental strength behind in the Book of the World.
The gray-clothed man stared at Di Jiu from a distance and shook his head. Then, he closed his eyes again and began to seek enlightenment.
He realized that his mental strength could never get within three feet of the Book of the World without getting hit by the vast aura of the book. Therefore, the Book of the World could not be refined. If one’s mental strength couldn’t touch it, then how could one refine it?
An aura that felt like a vast sea of smoke rushed towards Di Jiu, who was shocked to feel the first row of big characters inside the book. “The world, the stars and the universe are vast. The universe may exist in any form, but it is always a composition of matter. Matter is tangible, regardless of whether it is metal, water, fire, earth, wind, snow, hail, darkness, light, time, or space…”
Di Jiu was shocked. This was the first time he had read such a thing. From his point of view, time and space were intangible. Even light and darkness seemed intangible to him…
The beginning of the book had already given him a big shock. Apparently, everything was tangible.