Swallowing the Stars: Starting with Optimizing the Five Hearts Towards the Sky

Chapter 116 Shi Lan's Shock

Chapter 116 Shi Lan's Shock

A moment later, Chen Yuan suddenly smiled and said, "Really, what do I have to worry about?"

"A mere thousand Hunyuan units dare to disturb my mind."

For Chen Yuan, making money has never been difficult.

With the optimization system at hand, one can easily acquire enormous wealth, whether by improving cultivation techniques or enhancing equipment.

Even if selling cultivation techniques is too high-profile and doesn't fit his usual steady style, he can still make thousands or tens of thousands of times the profit just by optimizing standard Force equipment.

For example, he can optimize a Tier 2 Force Equipment into a Tier 3 Equipment without adding any conditions.

Making money by selling this kind of equipment won't attract any attention at all.

Chen Yuan had never lacked money, and the closed nature of Ziyao Star prevented him from ever thinking about making money through the system.

If you really want to make money, you can earn a thousand units of mixed energy in just a few years.

Moreover, as his cultivation level improves, his earning speed will increase even further.

After understanding this principle, Chen Yuan no longer felt that the 1,000 mixed units were "hot potatoes" and accepted them without hesitation.

However, he kept Xia's kindness firmly in his heart.

"Since this is also your expectation, then I must do it to show you."

Chen Yuan's gaze was resolute: "Seven years from now, I will definitely enter the core level!"

He then continued his daily training in the Killing Space.

The next day, it was time for the monthly teacher's guidance again.

In the virtual universe, inside Shi Lan's private residence.

"A month has passed, let me see how much progress you've made."

Inside the training ground, Shi Lan scrutinized Chen Yuan.

"Yes, teacher."

Chen Yuan respectfully responded and then began practicing his swordsmanship on the spot.

With Shi Lan's keen eye, no matter how Chen Yuan demonstrated, he could immediately discern the other party's level of understanding of the laws.

Therefore, he naturally realized that Chen Yuan had already grasped the essence of a law and stepped into the threshold of the Origin Law of Wind!

"The graceful arc drawn by the sword's edge perfectly overlaps with the fluctuations of the laws; it's simply..."

Shi Lan shook his head slightly. In terms of the essence of this law alone, Chen Yuan's understanding was already perfect, and it could be said that he was on par with him.

"Huh, what's this—"

He suddenly paused, sensing a different, somewhat familiar aura emanating from Chen Yuan's swordsmanship.

A few minutes later, Chen Yuan finished demonstrating a set of sword techniques. He sheathed his sword and looked at Shi Lan, who seemed lost in thought: "Teacher?"

"Um."

Shi Lan snapped out of his daze, his eyes filled with undisguised surprise. He hesitated before asking, "Chen Yuan, have you also grasped a trace of the laws of time?"

"The teacher has keen insight."

Chen Yuan smiled and readily admitted, "Yes, I comprehended the essence of a wind law in the secret realm."

"And this essence, besides allowing me to step into the threshold of the Law of Wind, also allowed me to unexpectedly comprehend a trace of the power of the Law of Time."

Shi Lan pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "The essence of the law you've comprehended is the meaning of flow?"

"Teacher, you are wise," Chen Yuan said respectfully. "What I have grasped is precisely the essence of fluidity."

"So that's its true nature."

Shi Lan's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but exclaim in amazement: "Although studying the Mad Storm Manual doesn't require strictly following the order of the manual, you grasped the most difficult essence of flow on your first try. This talent is truly astonishing."

"Actually, it was due to a combination of circumstances."

Chen Yuan smiled and explained, "When I was still an apprentice, I comprehended the Wind Intent branch and thus grasped this Flowing Intent branch."

"Later, after I began to study the essence of laws, I found that the essence of flow was extremely similar to the power of intent that I had comprehended - so I made it the first essence of law that I studied."

"So that's how it is—" Shi Lan suddenly realized, nodding and saying, "Then you do indeed have a deep connection with this essence."

"Moreover, you were very lucky; you grasped the most crucial essence on your very first try."

As Shi Lan spoke, her tone was somewhat helpless, "It took me over a thousand years to comprehend the meaning of flow, and I took many detours along the way."

"The most crucial essence, as the teacher pointed out, is the connection between the concept of flow and the laws of time?"

Chen Yuan's heart stirred, and he asked.

"Oh! You even thought of that kind of relationship?"

Shi Lan looked quite surprised: "Although it's a matter of quick understanding, you were able to grasp these things on your own without any prompting."

"No wonder you were able to sense a trace of the power of the laws of time."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the whole story: "Teacher, actually—my insights go beyond what I've already shared?"

"Oh? There's another surprise!"

Shi Lan asked with great interest, "Tell me, what else have you realized?"

"Yes—two mysterious laws related to time."

Chen Yuan spoke frankly: "The first is time acceleration, and the second is time rewind!"

"The laws are mysterious? That's impossible!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Lan was immediately shocked: "You've only just scratched the surface of the laws of time; you haven't even stepped into the threshold."

How could anyone possibly comprehend the profound mysteries of the laws!

You should know that even after years of desperately trying to comprehend the laws of time, he only dared to say that he had made some progress and understood some of the mysteries of time acceleration.

But this student of mine has only grasped a tiny fraction of the truth. He has not only mastered the profound mysteries of the Law of Acceleration, but has even comprehended the ability to rewind!

Moreover, his primary cultivation was the Law of Wind! He only comprehended the Law of Time as an incidental comprehension, yet he had already mastered two profound mysteries?

Shi Lan shook his head, completely baffled, and could only say, "Demonstrate the profound mysteries of the laws so that I can see."

"Yes, teacher."

After Chen Yuan finished speaking, he moved swiftly, darting back and forth across the training ground at an incredible speed. His unpredictable movements left behind a series of afterimages.

Shi Lan's expression was serious, her gaze following Chen Yuan's figure back and forth.

With his keen eyesight, he naturally saw the other person's figure clearly. To be honest, his student's movement technique was not considered profound in his eyes, but the explosiveness it displayed was undoubtedly time acceleration.

Simply sensing a trace of the power of the laws of time would not allow for such a bizarre acceleration, as if an extra multiplier had been added to the original speed. This is clearly a mysterious characteristic of time acceleration.

After a while.

"That's enough," Shi Lan said calmly, her voice reaching Chen Yuan's ears precisely.

Chen Yuan immediately stopped and looked over: "Teacher?"

"This is indeed time acceleration," Shi Lan said solemnly. "Although the acceleration factor is still small at present, the deeper your understanding of the laws, the more acceleration you will be able to master in the future."

"But I don't understand."

Shi Lan shook her head slightly at this point: "You clearly only grasped a smattering of the laws, how could you possibly have used time acceleration? Could it be..."

He suddenly realized something, and his eyes seemed to understand.

"If I'm not mistaken, you should also have a constitution related to the laws of time."

Although it was a guess, Shi Lan's tone was very certain.

Chen Yuan nodded secretly. Teacher Shi Lan was right. His physique should be the "time law affinity" that he gained after perfecting the Thousand Winds Secret Manual.

"That's what I guessed too, teacher."

Chen Yuan echoed, "I can feel that this physique is very similar to my performance in the Law of Wind, except that the enhancement to the law is not as exaggerated as that of the Law of Wind."

"That's normal. It might just be a recessive gene in your body that you've just been activated by the time law you've come to understand."

Shi Lan nodded, then asked, "By the way, you just said you also comprehended the ability to rewind, how did that happen?"

While he might be relatively familiar with time acceleration, time reversal, as one of the most profound branches of the laws of time, is something that normal cultivators usually leave to comprehend last.

Therefore, the effect of time reversal is also the most mysterious, at least - Shi Lan doesn't know much about it.

"It's like this, teacher—" Chen Yuan briefly introduced the ability to rewind.

"You mean this mystical ability can possess someone from the past?"

Shi Lan exclaimed in shock, "Doesn't that mean you can completely comprehend the cultivation process of people from the past?!"