One might think that 10 cubic ters sounds like a lot, but it is really not. When I woke and touched the Dinsional Storage Array with my consciousness carefully this ti I found out first-hand how disappointingly small it really is.
The cubic, empty space my consciousness found itself in could barely fit five Wukongs, front-to-back. I know a Wukong is not a great unit of asurent, but it will have to suffice. Not that stuffing five Wukongs in here would be an efficient use of the space, either lots of unused space.
It was two ters wide and tall, and two and a half ters deep.
Ive never felt such a thing as cramped, but even just being inside this storage device is teaching all sorts of new impressions.
This wont do, in the long-term.
The reason is simple: In order for to construct my newly-learned Formation, I would need materials that amount, by volu, to at least ten ti this space. And that is not even entertaining the idea of how long it would take to collect these materials.
It seems improbable to that any one individual would be able to accomplish this feat in one life ti, but then again, I know, sohow, that a Golden Core cultivator could live multiples of hundreds of years.
Unfortunately, I do not have that much ti.
The Soul Harvest Formation, in its full glory, would span a thousand ters in all directions from the center, and absorb all life within it. Then, it would also absorb and refine the soul.
But I dont need a Formation that is so expansive. 100 ters would do. Perhaps even 50 would be enough.
This would make the resource list much shorter and far more manageable, but it still leaves significant problems that need to be overco.
I dont know where I could find Fire Copper or Black Jade or Spiritual Sword Remnants. And how would I even construct the Array? I dont have the Blood Points to purchase [Flight] even assuming that allows mobility and I cannot communicate to the monkeys to instruct them on how to create the formation of their own demise; this is my exit strategy after all.
Or, well, this would be my exit strategy if it was feasible.
I spiritually rifle through the neatly arranged items within my storage device and create a ntal list of sorts.
[ Dinsional Storage: ]
1x remains
1x Heaven and Earth Qi Rotation [ Heaven - Manual ]
1x Auspicious Farming thod [ Heaven - Manual ]
9x Handfuls of Yin-Yang Grass [ Sky - Herb ]
4x Qi Condensation Pills [ Mortal - dicine ]
1x Foundation Pills [ Sky - dicine ]
1x Cold Steel Sword [ Sky - Spiritual Treasure ]
I probe the pills with my consciousness, but nothing happens. I expected this, but still, I am disappointed that I cannot consu them.
I consider rifling through the Exchange once more in order to find so Talent or Trait that would allow to consu items in my storage, but I put that aside for another ti.
I also consider using [Critical Analysis] on the manuals, but considering that I lost consciousness last ti Ive used the talent, I put that aside for another ti also.
What has my imdiate and if I may say so: excited attention is the trendous insight I gained into the Dao of Arrays.
[ Dao of Arrays: D (Progress: 89%) ]
I feel like I am at the cusp of gaining a new, deeper understanding that could help unlock thods of making my exit strategy work without the need for so many materials. Not only this, but the ways of Qi Gathering Arrays would also at least I hope beco available to .
Even now, as the trendous insight diffuses through my sentience and slowly, but surely, improves my understanding of this Dao, I feel its compelling promises and secrets offer glimpses into a new path.
Arrays. Formations. Algorithms. It is not strange to that sothing of this nature would feel so compelling to . I know that I was a problem-solver in my past life; that Ive overco great obstacles through efficient and beautiful processes.
Perhaps it is wishful thinking, but I think I can do so again.
Right now, I do not see a beautiful path forward; I see a twisting, entangled ss that could work out if everything goes as planned. How I see such a potential outco is unfathomable to , because I do not yet even have a certain thod of executing my strategy.
I have several potential options at my disposal. With Blood Points, I can turn my [Avarice] and [Tyranny] traits into talents. That ans that I could improve them through practice, and likely expand their functions.
With an expanded [Avarice], I could perhaps directly call out to a powerful creature to take possession of or perhaps another one of those cultivators. With [Tyranny] I could perhaps even give specific orders, or convey language in a way that even monkeys could understand.
At the mont, I decide to hold on to my points until the Dao of Arrays improves. I am also at the cusp of the next stage of Body Cultivation, and the closer I get to the bottleneck, the more I feel like it will not be as simple a matter as just eating another creature.
I am beginning to feel like I am in mortal peril. With the current state of my body the way it is, I am almost certain I will die. In so ways, I understand why I might think so: even right now, my cultivation thod was surely, but slowly, killing . This was not a pleasant or a harmless process, and if I had pain receptors, I would most likely feel it very intensely.
It seems natural to assu that the breakthrough would be no easier or gentler.
Even now, I am consciously holding back my cultivation from reaching the bottleneck; I even decided to skip my usual routine so I do not fall asleep due to fatigue.
I make the decision then and there, as even my conscious efforts are not enough to stop my blood from compressing.
The next ti I get fed, I would break through to the next stage of my cultivation, and I would survive it, and then I would make sure that I would try my best to not end up in this situation again.
[ Early Vessel Refining progress: 99.91% ]
I am ready.
I feel excitent, once again, bubbling up inside of . I have high hopes.
I am in a good mood.
I sense Wukong enter my perception radius, alongside three other monkeys, one of which is being dragged by the other two.
It is feeding ti.
[ Early Vessel Refining progress: 99.92% ]
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