Master of Strange Dao

If you don't understand, just ask. There's a knowledgeable expert right beside you, Yu Ziqing never thought it was embarrassing to lack knowledge, but not wanting to ask when lacking knowledge is embarrassing.

He repeated Ao Qing's words to Yang.

After chatting for a while, Yu Ziqing finally learned that Yang had just sensed the Jade Scroll's breaking, with a delay of a full two-hour, and the sensing was unclear.

The Jade Scroll was created by Yu Ziqing based on the soul lamp theory, and the information it could transmit was similar to the soul lamp. The soul lamp could only convey the extinguishing of the lamp, indicating the owner's death. Similarly, the Jade Scroll could only sense its breaking.

But the benefit of this was similar to the soul lamp; the extinguishing of the lamp, according to existing records, could not be suppressed.

Death and the extinguishing of the lamp was a mystical connection that transcended space, coming directly from the Divine Soul.

The information of the Jade Scroll breaking was also a spatially transcending link. Although it couldn't compare to a legitimate soul lamp, it was still difficult to suppress.

Information could be transmitted only by having set up numbers and pre-defining what each number on the Jade Scroll represented.

Even then, it almost failed to transmit.

Ao Qing was quite capable even in his youth.

Unfortunately, Yu Ziqing had the Seventh Floor Ring.

"That's roughly it. Whether I help him or not isn't really about the benefits, but about whether what he says is the truth and if that's the whole truth, rather than saying ninety percent and leaving out the last ten percent.

I know, when it's all true but not the whole story, the meaning changes completely.

Of course, the affairs of the Inner Mausoleum aren't really important to us.

I'm asking you: what are you here for this time?

With you here, I reckon that Evil Dragon won't live much longer."

"Eighty percent," Yang intoned in a deep voice.

"Eighty percent of what?"

"I believe there's an eighty percent chance I'll succeed in what I'm about to do.

Yes, I came for that Evil Dragon. Initially, I felt only a thirty percent chance.

But now, gradually, I feel the odds are rising.

Since that Evil Dragon arrogantly tore the tribulation cloud, I knew it was going to face a tribulation, and we, along with Lou Huai, and counting Ao Qing as well, are its calamity."

Yu Ziqing felt a slight startle.

Suddenly, a chill ran through him, giving rise to the feeling that everything seemed to be under someone's control in the shadows.

The Ninth Tier Cultivator referred to the Ninth Tier in Qi Refinement known as the Third Tribulation Realm.

Every step of advancement came with tribulations, but tribulations were varied in strength and type.

Heavenly Tribulation was just the simplest and most straightforward, often with the lowest power, though it's just a general case. The one with the highest direct power was actually categorized under Heavenly Tribulation.

But there was another kind, called human tribulation.

Unfathomable, unpredictable, with unknowable might and unknown effects.

Upon hearing Yang's words, Yu Ziqing immediately understood that this was probably true.

The Evil Dragon's accumulation had reached the point of incurring both heavenly wrath and human indignation, and at such a time, heaven and earth seemed to act together, all trying to bring it down.

A person, a Demon, a Devil.

Or from another angle, as a hungry ghost that's not a hungry ghost, a Sheep Demon that's not a Sheep Demon, a Devil that's not a Devil.

Plus Ao Qing himself, if these constituted a tribulation, that Evil Dragon might never rise again.

"Don't think it's simple even if this is viewed as human tribulation, it doesn't mean there's no chance for him.

Since it is a tribulation, there is a possibility of overcoming it; there are no tribulations of certain death and no survival. With everything in existence, there's always a glimmer of hope, it just depends on if he can find it.

Currently, my progress is rather smooth, and things on your side are also going well.

This isn't because we have fate on our side, remember this.

It's just because that Evil Dragon is under the cloud of bad fortune."

Yang spoke solemnly, fearing Yu Ziqing might believe they were favored by fortune, which would be dangerous.

Yu Ziqing nodded, indicating he understood.

"Don't worry, I've always acted within my means, and I'll only attempt what I can do or push myself to accomplish.

I ask mainly because I'm worried my actions might affect what you're now trying to do.

Oh, right, can you now tell me what you're doing?"

"No, it's not happening; speaking before succeeding would become a flaw," Yang decisively shook his head.

"You do your thing, and it won't affect me. On the contrary, what I do might affect you. If what Ao Qing said is true, then the things we're doing might very well allow you to bring him out. Well, bring him out if you can. After all, True Dragons are born of heaven and earth, and losing their offspring like this would indeed be a pity. Choose what you can do."

"Alright then, be careful, prioritize your matters, don't worry about this side, if possible, take him out; if not, I'm powerless."

"Stay alert, trust yourself, and don't trust others too much," Yang again advised.

"How long will it take on your side?"

"At least a year."

"Got it."

After logging off, Yu Ziqing opened his eyes, looking at Ao Qing across from him.

Ao Qing, neither arrogant nor impatient, silently ate Spirit Fruit, waiting quietly.

After burying himself here, he gained ample patience. He knew there was no point in being anxious.

"Do you want all your spirituality out, or just the first layer of you and the current you to leave?"

"If possible, naturally I'd want more. If it's not feasible, then whatever I can leave with, I'll take."