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Chapter 2775 The Second Tool
Chapter 2775 The Second Tool
"?" Han Li sensed Qu Zhenzun's emotions and sent a message with difficulty, "What do you mean?"
"It's nothing, I was just hallucinating," Qu Jianlei said, grinning. "I actually mistook you for Luo Fu. I guess I was under too much pressure."
"I'm almost at my limit too," the handsome young man said, his face slightly flushed, "I just don't want to lose to you!"
"Why bother?" Qu Jianlei shook his head, focusing on connecting with the Spider Lord in the outside world.
Before long, the rate at which the pressure increased slowed down, and he let out a long sigh, "It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality."
Han Li remained silent for a while before asking, "Last time... did you go through the same thing?"
“I feel… it might be a bit more difficult,” Qu Jianlei replied casually. “I was all alone at the time, so maybe my emotions were amplified.”
Han Li remained silent for two days before finally asking, "Are you ready to take over now?"
The giant axe is currently collecting life force at a rate of 220 to 230 per day.
“Let’s split it in half,” Qu Jianlei replied casually. “You have to do your best, or I’ll overtake you.”
"You might as well get some sleep," Han Li scoffed. "Anything can happen in your dreams!"
Qu Jianlei casually replied, "After the last one ended, I slept for three years. This is nothing."
The handsome young man fell silent again, and after a long while he sighed softly, "You're ruthless... You're not trying to copy the War Witch's tactics, are you?"
“I’m not sick,” Qu Jianlei replied without hesitation. “I will choose the good and follow it, and correct the bad.”
"Tell me about it, and I'll give you my opinion," Han Li said bluntly.
"You should... keep trying," Qu Jianlei didn't want to provoke him anymore, but he couldn't help thinking of Jing Yuexin again.
You don't need to push yourselves too hard. I'm just walking a little faster to help you pave the way.
Han Li's lips twitched again, then she gritted her teeth and said, "You absolutely mustn't make me lose focus first!"
"It doesn't matter if you go first," Qu Jianlei didn't want to put too much pressure on him. "If we combine, I will definitely take the lead!"
He never liked to brag, but since his partner was under so much psychological pressure, it would be good to bicker a little.
A quiet space for two is certainly better than one for one, but it's best to communicate from time to time.
"Hehe," Han Li just smiled faintly and didn't say anything.
Two months later, the cheap senior brother contacted him, saying, "The false Taoist has awakened, but he needs to rest for a while."
“No rush,” Qu Jianlei said calmly. “Knowing that he’s awake is enough.”
To be honest, he didn't particularly want to meet the hypocrite, especially since the other party might have lost all his memories.
In that situation, what's the point of meeting? Is it to remind the other person: You saved me, and I've repaid you?
Knowing that the other person is safe and sound is truly enough: why not forget each other in the vast world instead of sharing our hardships?
The junior brother couldn't help but remark, "Your mindset is starting to resemble that of a Taoist cultivator."
“I feel like this is an insult,” Qu Jianlei laughed. “Doesn’t it mean I’m becoming more and more inhuman?”
"Of course, one can cultivate humanity!" he answered without hesitation. "Our Haoran Sect is one such example!"
"If humanity is lost, how can we cultivate righteousness? Junior brother, think about it?"
"I wanted to ask... how much more vitality does the ritual artifact need?" Qu Jianlei changed the subject, "before it can touch higher dimensions?"
"At this rate, it will take at least another hundred years, maybe seven or eight hundred years," the cheap senior brother replied leisurely.
"You don't think this is just giving new life to hypocrites, do you?"
"I understand," Qu Jianlei nodded; he truly understood.
Heroic spirits act according to their own set of rules. Since it is a ritual object, what is most important? Of course, it is the word "ritual"!
What is propriety? Reverence for Heaven and ancestors is propriety; knowing when to advance and retreat is propriety; acting fairly is propriety; having a clear conscience is propriety...
Even if it means burning everything in the process, that's still considered proper etiquette.
It is the inheritance of order, the maintenance of morality, and the extension of fairness and justice.
It means to respect the elderly as one would one's own parents, and to care for the young as one would one's own children; it means to put oneself in another's shoes and to be able to put oneself in another's shoes!
Therefore, the life force collected by the ritual vessels naturally follows a set order of distribution.
There might be a bias towards hypocrites—after all, it's their cause and effect—but it will be kept within a certain limit.
To put it more bluntly, if even this basic fairness cannot be achieved, what right does the axe have to accept so many heroic spirits?
However, each of these obsessions has its own shortcomings... not to mention that the ritual objects themselves may also be incomplete.
If we calculate based on 80,000 life forms per year, how many life forms would be needed over 700 years?
It's likely that this could cultivate a double-digit number of people with distractions!
Qu Jianlei felt that his algorithm might not be correct, but he couldn't find any more references.
So he stopped thinking about the topic, as it was unlikely to take a hundred or two hundred years—the Möbius strip might not even last that long.
"So, it's not suitable to explore higher dimensions in the short term?"
"You can do it anytime you want," Haoran Sect's Zhi Nian replied without hesitation. "We will support you."
“Well…” Qu Jianlei hesitated for a moment, then decided to stop being coy, “I hope it can be done soon.”
"I also have many people who have high expectations for me."
"Understood," the cheap senior brother's thoughts disappeared.
Qu Jianlei was speechless. If possible, he would be willing to wait seven or eight hundred years, even if Han Li might have already been distracted by then.
However, while he could wait, many people and things around him could not.
Everyone says that cultivators must sever worldly ties and cut off karma, but... is it really that easy?
Putting everything else aside, why should a dignified king be given a body-splitting assassin as a death squad?
The reason why we emphasize severing worldly ties and cutting off karma is simply because... it's extremely difficult.
So when you reach a high position, you are often pushed along by others. Not only are there many things to do, but you can't stop even if you want to!
Why does the Great Khan act so coldly? Do they really want to?
The key point is that they have to be indifferent, not only because they have more important things to do, but also because... they really can't take care of everyone!
However, Qu Jianlei is pleased that his own company is currently a high priority.
Two days later, his irritability and obsession surfaced: "We are ready to stop at any time."
“That only means we can stop,” Qu Jianlei said, no longer a novice. “When should we stop? I need to hear the opinions of the seniors.”
It was actually quite tiring. He had come into contact with the Heavenly Demon, dealt with the Tree Demon, and even encountered the Asura and the Tapir Clan...
After dealing with groups that disregard integrity for a long time, suddenly following one's own understanding of etiquette can cause a strong sense of unease.
This sense of unreality—or rather, the feeling of being torn apart—can really make one feel a little lost.
Anyway, he'll let whoever wants to do this kind of mess do it in the future; he's politely declining.
The next moment, he had a vague realization: perhaps it wasn't something that all Xuanzun couldn't do to save the world from collapse?
Those old foxes might just be finding it troublesome; after all, there are just too many issues to consider.
If it's just a simple matter of fighting an enemy, then it's easy to say: fight if you can win, run if you can't... or die!
The causes and considerations in this human world are truly too complex.
He was obsessed! The next moment, Qu Jianlei shook his head and felt a little ridiculous: He was already in the game, why was he still thinking so much?
Perhaps this is one of the side effects of the Heavenly Inclined?
Three days later, the spirit of the soldier contacted him, "Can we stop at any time? Should we stick to the previous plan?"
"There's been a slight change," Qu Jianlei hurriedly said, "There are a few things we'd better not test."
His original plan was to try to reach the threshold of higher dimensions together with the ritual implements.
They weren't as mad as the War Wizard Lord, trying to break through the higher-dimensional barrier—they couldn't even find where the barrier was.
However, regardless of the circumstances, the idea of further contact with or even challenging higher dimensions objectively exists.
In retrospect, it seems a bit too reckless, as a great king has already demonstrated the danger with his life.
Unbeknownst to them, Qu Jianlei's body gradually became ethereal, and the axe took center stage.
Han Li also received the news, but did not react further.
The axe stopped capturing higher-dimensional life elements; while resisting the pressure, it began to try to capture them.
However, despite his long observation and consideration of various factors, his attempts were still very unsuccessful.
One major reason for this is that he was still distracted by trying to perceive the state of Qu Zhenzun and the ritual implements.
It's already difficult enough to just bear the pressure and try to capture something; it's no wonder that it's taking so long to find the right path if you consider other things as well.
Three days later, the spirited young man, who had repeatedly failed but never given up, realized this and simply gave up trying to understand.
Anyway, those two were like statues, completely still, so he couldn't sense anything more.
You might as well focus on doing your own thing well!
Ten days later, Han Li finally managed to capture a wisp of high-dimensional life force by consuming three strands of life force energy.
This was clearly a loss. He knew even better that when Qu Zhenzun first tried to capture high-dimensional elements, he didn't even have a trace of life force in his hand.
But never mind, everyone has their strengths. It's not shameful to be inferior to a monster in some aspects.
The truth is, since we've already lost money, we need to find a way to make it back!
Two weeks later, Han Li broke even, and then made a profit.
Before he knew it, half a year had passed, and he felt that he had become a skilled "tool".
Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, he could only collect one or two life elements each day, and it was difficult to improve no matter how hard he tried.
So ritual implements... are also a freak, they really don't make any sense!
Unwilling to give up, he tried to grow bigger, but quickly gave up – that was something no human could do.
Qu Zhenzun and the axe remained quietly there, but... why did it feel like there was an indescribable mystery emanating from them?
I'll go back to my original intention! Han Li finally calmed down; his main purpose in staying was to protect the other party!
Being able to learn how to capture high-dimensional elements and successfully transform them into life is already an unexpected joy!
So he gave up on unnecessary worries—being able to become what he called a "tool" was an achievement in itself.
Then he began to try his best to contact his external counterpart.