Chapter 771: Primordial Magnetic Earth Mother (Big Chapter!)
The Upper Cang Academy had already been set on the right track. Qi Jiuyi had also been invited by Xu Shenghua from Upper Cang to teach. Adding to that were Zhen Tian Palace Master Xiong Xiyu, Hu Bugui who had entered the Dao through martial arts, the little princess of Zhen Tian Palace, Xiong Qier, array master He Yiyi, poison master Mu Yingxue, sword master Luo Yiyu, and Liu Ruyin and Liu Zhenqing, mother and daughter of the Liu family, as well as Geke, the son of the young patriarch. The Western Earth Upper Cang Academy was truly overflowing with talent!
Ling Yuxiu, serving as the military commissioner sent by the imperial court, also had her name registered at the Upper Cang Academy.
Most crucially, the Martial Combat Heavenly Master Zhuo Cha also taught there for a period of time, though not instructing the female disciples of the Western Earth, but rather imparting martial arts to Qi Jiuyi, Xiong Xiyu, Luo Yiyu, and others. Even Xu Shenghua, the Grand Sacrificial Officer, went to listen for a while.
"Long Qilin was ridden away by the Martial Combat Heavenly Master," Xu Shenghua said.
"The Martial Combat Heavenly Master was waiting for your ox. He waited for you for several months, but you didn't return his ox to him. He was very angry, said your whole family of woodcutters were liars, and then rode Fatty Long away."
Qin Mu was strolling and sightseeing around the Upper Cang Academy, while Imperial Heavenly Lord was dragged off to attend a lecture. Upon hearing this, he exclaimed, "How can Fatty Long carry him? But it's fine; Fatty Long towing the Martial Combat Heavenly Master around can be a good form of exercise."
Xu Shenghua accompanied Qin Mu, asking, "Compared to this Lan Yutian, I feel that we two are both fake overlord physiques, and he is the real one. This child—where did you pick him up from?"
"A million years ago."
Qin Mu sighed. "He's not a child. He's already a million years old."
Xu Shenghua nodded. "I see."
"Brother Xu, aren't you shocked?" Qin Mu studied his expression, puzzled.
Xu Shenghua said seriously, "I am already shocked."
Qin Mu continued to examine his face but still couldn't detect any look of astonishment. He shook his head. "I don't know what Jing Yan sees in you. You haven't heard the name Lan Yutian, so you might not know his achievements. If I told you that he is the founder and establisher of the Divine Treasury cultivation system and the Heavenly Palace cultivation system, you should at least show a look of shock, right?"
Xu Shenghua's body trembled slightly, but his expression remained the same. "The founder and establisher of the Divine Treasury and Heavenly Palace cultivation systems? Then why does he know nothing and need to start learning from scratch?"
Qin Mu roughly recounted his journey back to the early Long Han era with Niu Sanduo, mentioning meeting the Kai Emperor, the Seven Heavenly Lords, the Heavenly Court Grand Assembly, and the Yao Chi Grand Assembly, and how he and the Kai Emperor were jointly granted the titles of Mu Heavenly Lord and Qin Heavenly Lord.
Xu Shenghua still wore that same expression, and Qin Mu felt greatly discouraged.
"Actually, ever since I met the Seven Heavenly Lords, I've been pondering a question."
Qin Mu smiled. "Do you know what it is?"
Xu Shenghua thought for a moment, his eyes lighting up. "Chief Qin, this is a monumental undertaking! You want to reopen the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury, to repair the severed Divine Bridges of the Yan Kang people, and also for those martial artists in the Dou Niu Realm. They can all have hope of cultivating to the Divine Realm!"
Qin Mu sighed. "You know me, Brother Xu. Yes, after I met the Seven Heavenly Lords, I started thinking about this problem. The Yan Kang people are all descendants of the Kai Emperor. Their Divine Bridges were severed, and the people of the Dou Niu Realm don't even have Divine Bridges at all. Neither the Martial Combat Heavenly Master's techniques nor the Magpie Bridge Art or the Mystic Guidance Art are true solutions. Only by reopening the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury can we finally resolve this flaw."
Xu Shenghua said, "Yun Heavenly Lord opened the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury, so you also want to find a way to open the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury and spread it, completely eliminating this drawback."
Qin Mu nodded. "Everyone's Divine Treasuries are inherited from their ancestors. Since the Divine Bridge is broken and the Divine Treasury is gone, we just need to reopen them. Although not everyone can open them, the number of cultivators who can will definitely be far greater than those who can cultivate the Magpie Bridge Art!"
Xu Shenghua asked, "Then have you consulted Yun Heavenly Lord about how to open the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury?"
Qin Mu shook his head. "I couldn't speak with him when I returned to the early Long Han era, and he died in battle during the Long Han years. But since he could open the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury, we can too."
Xu Shenghua hesitated for a moment, then said, "If you can open the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury, then you will be another Yun Heavenly Lord! But your Divine Bridge Divine Treasury is complete. How will you open it?"
Qin Mu smiled. "I am currently at the Heavenly Man realm, not far from the Life and Death realm. I plan to reach the Life and Death realm, then personally abolish my Divine Bridge Divine Treasury and attempt to open my own. But you are wrong about one thing: I am not another Yun Heavenly Lord. A million years ago, I was already Mu Heavenly Lord!"
Xu Shenghua mused, "Your Divine Bridge Divine Treasury is complete, while mine is severed. Perhaps I should be the one to become another Yun Heavenly Lord."
Qin Mu raised an eyebrow and laughed. "Then we can compete. Let's see which of us can first open the Life and Death Divine Treasury, abolish the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury, and then reopen the Divine Bridge!"
Xu Shenghua smiled gently. "Alright. At that time, I want you to admit with your own mouth that you are the female one."
Qin Mu laughed heartily. "Aren't you still researching Primordial Magnetic techniques and the Tai Wei Calculation Classic? Will you have time to study the Divine Bridge Divine Treasury? You're going to lose!"
Xu Shenghua said calmly, "You seem busier than me. Do you have the time?"
The two stared at each other, each snorting.
Xu Shenghua said, "Grandmother Si, along with the scholars of the Heavenly Saint Academy, has been researching Primordial Magnetic techniques in Tai Huang Heaven and has already achieved considerable results. I often go there to help her establish the foundational runes of Primordial Magnetic techniques. Now, Grandmother Si has organized up to 1,300 Primordial Magnetic runes, but I have calculated that there are still over 600 more that have yet to be discovered. Once Lan Yutian has mastered the techniques of our Upper Cang Academy, it might be a good idea to go to Tai Huang Heaven."
After more than half a month, Imperial Heavenly Lord had mastered the foundational runes of the Upper Cang Academy. Xu Shenghua packed his bags and set off for Tai Huang Heaven with Qin Mu.
Qin Mu was always a hands-off manager. After deriving a few Primordial Magnetic equations, he left them to Grandmother Si and Xu Shenghua, while he himself ran around everywhere.
This time, when he arrived at Tai Huang Heaven, he saw many strange structures. They were pillars made of mystic copper, hollow, some long and some short, some thick and some thin. The long ones were several hundred zhang high, comparable to mountain peaks, while the short ones were only a few chi long.
Several hundred pillars stood in the Primordial Magnetic anomaly points. The border between Tai Huang Heaven and the Great Ruins had the most anomaly points, with twenty or thirty similar arrangements, quite a spectacular sight.
In each Primordial Magnetic anomaly point, cultivators held paper and brushes, recording data on the magnetic reactions of the anomaly points around the copper pillars, which were then sent to the nearby Tai Huang Heaven Divine City for compilation.
Deities like Pang Yu the True God and Sang Ye the Venerable God were rebuilding Tai Huang Heaven. They had also built several Divine Cities for habitation. Grandmother Si had also borrowed many cultivators from Tai Huang Heaven for this deduction of Primordial Magnetic runes.
Originally, Tai Huang Heaven's proficiency in mathematics was very poor, but after the two realms were connected, cultivators from Tai Huang Heaven entered Yan Kang to study mathematics, and now there are quite a few skilled in mathematical calculations.
When Qin Mu arrived in the city, he saw Grandmother Si buried in mountains of paper, along with a hundred or so scholars organizing data sent from various anomaly points, with various calculation spirit weapons clattering away.
On the wall were imprinted over a thousand strange runes, flickering and changing, faintly emitting Primordial Magnetic force.
"There's still one last rune."
Xu Shenghua studied the imprints on the wall, surprised. "Grandmother Si is quite fast!"
Just as he said this, Grandmother Si's laughter suddenly rang out: "Great work is done! I've calculated it!"
This beautiful woman leaped up, came before the wall, and her primordial energy surged, forming the last rune, imprinting it onto the wall.
Qin Mu stepped forward, examined the Primordial Magnetic runes on the wall, and was visibly moved. He praised, "Grandmother, organizing these 1,900-plus runes is a boundless merit!"
Grandmother Si only then noticed them. Overjoyed, she said, "Mu'er, when did you arrive? You haven't come to see me for ages! You deserve forty percent of the credit for these runes, and Xu Shenghua and I share the other sixty percent equally. Xu Shenghua organized over a thousand Primordial Magnetic deduction equations. I only organized a few."
Xu Shenghua humbly declined, glancing at Qin Mu.
Qin Mu smiled. "I derived the first few equations, and Brother Xu continued along my path. He did very well."
Xu Shenghua grunted softly.
Although Qin Mu's words had a hint of self-praise, they were the truth.
Qin Mu discovered the mysteries of Primordial Magnetism and creatively listed a few of the most basic Primordial Magnetic equations, then handed over the task of deriving the Primordial Magnetic runes to them.
Qin Mu was the pathfinder; they were the perfecters. So, he deserved nearly half the credit.
"Grandmother, now that the Primordial Magnetic runes are organized, can we comprehend the Primordial Magnetic techniques?" Qin Mu asked.
"We can try!"
Grandmother Si was full of enthusiasm. She led them outside the city and said, "These past days, while deriving the Primordial Magnetic runes, I've been mentally calculating many techniques and have organized quite a few Primordial Magnetic techniques. Just now, after deriving the last rune, I naturally comprehended a great technique that can perfectly fuse all 1,900-plus runes."
Qin Mu knew she was an existence who had long entered the Dao through techniques. This time, having organized all the foundational Primordial Magnetic runes, the great technique she comprehended would surely be extraordinary. He was filled with anticipation.
Qin Mu, Xu Shenghua, and Imperial Heavenly Lord followed behind Grandmother Si, along with other cultivators from Tai Huang Heaven and scholars from the Heavenly Saint Academy, all flying over.
Pang Yu the True God, Sang Ye the Venerable God, and others also arrived upon hearing the news. The sky was filled with cultivators and deities, all waiting for Grandmother Si to perform.
Grandmother Si stood in Tai Huang Heaven, with the Great Ruins below, perpendicular to them.
"I haven't named this technique yet. Let me show it to you first and broaden your horizons!"
She activated her technique, her primordial energy vast and mighty. Grandmother Si was already a deity, with profound magical power and exquisite technique. As she performed the Primordial Magnetic great technique she had comprehended, the crowd in the sky fell like rain, crashing to the ground, unable to move.
Qin Mu was also pressed to the ground, feeling as if an entire realm were pressing down on him. He was horrified.
Pang Yu the True God struggled to his feet, his legs trembling, barely able to stand. Frightened, he quickly said, "Venerable Youyou, take it easy! Be careful not to crush us to death!"
Grandmother Si turned her head and noticed them pinned to the ground. She laughed, "My technique was aimed at the Great Ruins, not at you. Once I unleash this technique, the Primordial Magnetic divine power won't be pressing on you anymore."
She struck out with her palm. Primordial Magnetic divine light exploded. Within the technique, one could faintly see billions of stars swirling into a river. Between the stars, Primordial Magnetic divine light intertwined and intersected. With a thunderous roar, it pressed down on the Great Ruins!
The Great Ruins below suddenly sank by a hundred zhang, while in the distance, mountains and rivers rose from the earth, continuous mountain ranges surging forth!
Grandmother Si praised, "What a wonderful technique. You don't feel the pressure anymore, do you?"
Qin Mu and the others felt the pressure lighten and hurriedly scrambled to their feet. Sang Ye the Venerable God laughed, "Venerable Youyou's magical power is exquisite, and her technique is extraordinary, truly formidable. But can you now withdraw the technique?"
The Great Ruins were shaking, with more mountains and rivers rising and expanding outward.
Grandmother Si said, puzzled, "I've already withdrawn the technique… Huh, something's wrong!"
Qin Mu and the others looked down at the Great Ruins. They saw mountains and rivers rapidly receding into the distance, and the land itself was continuously expanding. The nearest peak was now thousands of li away, invisible to the naked eye!
At the same time, Qin Mu saw the Yong River widening, becoming broader and broader, its current growing fiercer!
This great river had previously been a hundred zhang wide, but now it seemed to widen by another hundred zhang with every blink!
"What's happening?"
The crowd was bewildered, staring blankly at this scene.
The Great Ruins was not only expanding east and west but also stretching north and south. Moreover, those mountains and rivers were growing wildly, becoming larger and taller!
"This isn't caused by Grandmother's technique…"
Qin Mu's heart skipped a beat. He quickly flew up, crossed through the Tai Huang Heaven tunnel to the other side of the Great Ruins, and saw that the Western Great Ruins was also expanding wildly.
And at the Great Ruins Cliff, an even more horrifying scene unfolded. One realm after another flew out from the cliff, growing larger and drifting into the sky.
Soon, layers of realms were hidden in the misty clouds above.
Grandmother Si and the others followed him over, staring blankly at this scene.
The cliff let out earth-shattering roars. The mountain walls continuously cracked and collapsed. The river within the cliff grew more turbulent, and torrential floods surged out. From within the water, realms leaped forth, as if all the realms from the four previous eras that had been suppressed here were being released.
"Did I cause this?" Grandmother Si blinked her eyes, muttering to herself.
"Yes."
Qin Mu looked at the cliff. It was rumbling as it rose, revealing a huge stone tablet. The words on the tablet gradually became clear. He stared at the text on the tablet and said in a hoarse voice, "It was caused by Grandmother. You organized all the Primordial Magnetic runes and used the Primordial Magnetic technique to awaken the terrifying existence buried here…"
On the cliff's stone tablet were written several ancient divine characters. Qin Mu had seen some of these divine characters before; they were from the Long Han Heavenly Court, composed of divine language, containing wonderful power.
However, the characters on the tablet seemed even more ancient, with many variations that Qin Mu did not recognize.
"…Mother, and Primordial. I don't recognize the characters before and after that."
Qin Mu studied for a moment, then shook his head. "This script is too ancient."
"Primordial Magnetic Earth Mother Realm," the Imperial Heavenly Lord beside him suddenly said.
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