Chapter 81: The Trial of Concentration
Chapter 81 – The Trial of Concentration
A thought surfaced in the minds of all the cultivators at the same time.
This time, it’s sent.
Just by looking at this first layer, there were more than tens of thousands of merit laws!
Bringing out some of them at random would be enough to match the usual ten years of hard work.
A wave of greed surfaced from the hearts of the cultivators.
These cultivators, although they were already very greedy for the techniques on the bookshelves. But due to the might of Qin Tang, they didn’t dare to act rashly.
Qin Tang did not seem to notice the abnormality of the cultivators in the field.
As he looked at the rows and rows of bookshelves, a reminiscent color appeared in his gaze as he slowly said, “The way of the heart lies in specialization, courage, and constancy.”
“This first level is to test your degree of concentration.”
“There are 36,541 merit laws here, for the next period of time, you will stay here and transcribe these merit laws. Take three months as the limit.”
“After three months have passed, I will synthesize the quantity and quality of the merit laws you have transcribed and assess you.”
The cultivators present, hearing what Qin Tang had said, all showed signs of ecstasy.
So many merit laws, actually letting them copy and read them freely?
As long as they could memorize a few techniques, even if they didn’t gain anything afterward, it would still be worth the risk. This adventure was worth it.
Not caring about the reactions of the cultivators present.
Qin Tang casually pointed, and hundreds of sets of tables and chairs rose within the attic.
Brushes, ink, paper and inkstones were placed on the tables.
“In that case, you guys will begin. I hope you guys won’t let me down.” Qin Tang took out a wine gourd from somewhere and gulped another sip.
He then leaned against the wall, not moving a muscle, as if he had fallen asleep.
Seeing that Qin Tang had spoken, these cultivators pressed on.
They darted to the bookshelf and picked up the gongfu to see what was going on.
A few moments later, the attic erupted into a loud clamor with a roar.
“This is? How is it possible?”
“The Golden Inferno Flame Technique, a fire attribute technique. It can be cultivated all the way to the YuanYing realm?”
“This one, this one, and this one, are all YuanYing techniques?”
“Haha, hairy, completely hairy this time!”
……
Looking at the crowd of crazy-like cultivators, Li Fan could not help but let out a cold laugh in his heart.
After casually taking a gongfu, he chose a table to sit down and began to transcribe it.
Not even going to delve into the content of the merit law, he just patiently copied it word by word and sentence by sentence.
Because he knew that these gongfa, they were all illusory!
In his previous life, cultivators who had explored countless times had long since made up their minds about the feats that appeared in this level.
In the trial, no matter what method was taken to record the feats.
As long as one exited the Cloudwater Heavenly Palace, all records would disappear.
It was as if they never existed.
This mind-blowing 10,000 scrolls of feats was simply a flower in the mirror, a moon in the water, a tool used to seduce the mind.
The cultivators present, although there could be some who could vaguely guess the truth.
But ……
YuanYing true merit in front, and how many people can resist the temptation to not go to read carefully?
There were even one or two who were directly intoxicated by the arcane wonders of the gongfu and delayed in copying it.
Even after being reminded by bystanders to come back to their senses.
They were still writing and stopping to transcribe, and couldn’t help but look back and read again.
Like Li Fan, there were too few people who were like Li Fan, who wrote and wrote without caring about it, but just kept on transcribing!
Paper and ink were all used up, and soon Li Fan finished transcribing the book in his hand.
Putting it back on the bookshelf, he picked another book.
Li Fan’s uncaring demeanor attracted the attention of some people.
After they thought about it, they also gave up their previous idea of trying to memorize it.
It was just a matter of focusing on copying.
And for those who were still engrossed in their feats, none of them had the good sense to remind them.
…… Time just passed day by day.
Non-stop transcribing was after all a boring and hard thing to do.
With the previous lesson, no one dared to use mana to take advantage of the situation.
Soon, there were those who couldn’t hold on anymore.
Couldn’t help but stop for a rest.
Some closed their eyes and replied for a moment before immediately resuming their copying.
Some, on the other hand, took a good and thorough rest before regrouping.
Li Fan, on the other hand, did not rest for a moment.
There were also two or three others who were as tireless as Li Fan.
They seemed to have particularly good endurance spirits themselves due to their cultivation techniques.
Even after staying awake for a very long time, none of them could see any abnormalities.
Li Fan, on the other hand, was purely holding on for dear life.
This was because he was clear that this level of Qin Tang’s evaluation was not only related to how much of the gongfu was copied, and the number of times mistakes were made.
There was also a very important basis of judgment, which was how long it lasted from the moment he picked up the pen until he put it down.
As Qin Tang had said earlier, the test of this level was specialization.
Since he had started to transcribe the gongfu, then no matter what the reason was for stopping, it was considered that his “concentration” had been interrupted.
Without any distractions, Li Fan immersed himself in the transcription of the gongfu.
The fatigue of his body and mind were all suppressed by his strong heart.
I don’t know how long it took.
“Aiya, what a good night’s sleep!” Qin Tang’s voice steeply rang in his ears.
He stretched his back and the pen and paper in front of Li Fan disappeared.
“Time’s up, let me see how well you guys did.”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, it’s really not as good as a year.” His eyes narrowed slightly as if he was checking something out, Qin Tang shook his head repeatedly.
“Huh, wait ……”
“It’s a bit interesting.”
Seeming to have discovered something, he glanced towards Li Fan’s side, and a hint of a smile emerged from the corner of his mouth.
However, Qin Tang didn’t say anything and quickly withdrew his gaze.
“The first test is now over. Tomorrow everyone will rest for a day. The day after tomorrow, the second test will begin.”
He clapped his hands and Li Fan only felt a change in front of him.
In the blink of an eye, he was back inside the tall building where he had slept before.
Qin Tang’s figure did not follow.
The cultivators finally relaxed.
They looked excited and exchanged words with each other.
“This time is really a great opportunity. I copied and memorized a full fifteen merit laws. Most of them are Jindan techniques, and there are also a few Yuanying techniques.”
“I’ve also memorized quite a few.”
“What’s the use of memorizing so many, let’s talk about it when we have the life to get out alive.”
“That’s not the way to put it. With my abilities, if nothing else, I would have stopped at Foundation Establishment in this life. Now that I actually have the honor of glimpsing the wonders of the Infant Formation Method, even if I die tomorrow, I have no regrets!”
“What Fellow Daoist said is deeply in my heart.”
“Good words are hard to persuade that dead ghost, humph!”
……
In addition to arguing, there were also some cultivators who hit on the idea of the relics of those who had lost their lives before.
Unfortunately, they all wore a look of disappointment after checking around.
Li Fan even heard a person not far away sneer, “Don’t think about it, I saw it that night. After being killed by that Qin Tang, the storage rings, magic weapons and such on his body were all gone, nothing left at all.”
Hearing this, Li Fan shook his head and was about to go back to have a good rest, but froze after inadvertently seeing a corpse.
(End of chapter)