Zhou Bai thought to himself, Youâve really made a sudden turn. Watching Zuo Dao leave, Zhou Bai couldnât help muttering, âYou didnât even tell me your room numberâ¦â
Zuo Dao turned around and said coldly, âI wrote it on the notebook. You better work hard and stop disgracing us.â
Although the process was a little beyond Zhou Baiâs expectations, the results were gratifying.
Especially after Zhou Bai returned to his dorm and flipped through the learning notes Zuo Dao gave him, he couldnât help exclaiming at how detailed these notes were.
Not only did they explain every step of the process in increasing Degree of Taoification in detail, they also briefly explained all the related theories and even had notes on which textbooks to reference. Zhou Bai was shocked at their detail.
Heâs really a nerd, Zhou Bai thought. He could probably sell these study notes as textbook material.
In the following days, Christina quietly practiced the second star point, Tai White, while Zhou Bai cut class during the day to raise Laziness and read Zuo Daoâs notes at night with Christina. Now and then, he went to the library to borrow related textbooks to read.
As for Zuo Dao, Zhou Bai didnât go to him; after all, he didnât want others to know his current skill level.
And besides, Zuo Daoâs notes were detailed enough, plus he had Christina to help fill the gaps in his basic theories. Christina learned even faster than Zhou Bai, as if she was continuously recovering her memory.
Zhou Bai had a lot of confidence in raising his Degree of Taoifcation.
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A whole week passed like this. Not only did Zhou Bai make tremendous improvements in his knowledge of Degree of Taoification, but his Laziness also increased greatly, exceeding 3,000.
Degree of Taoification: 0%
Primordial Spirit Value: 99
Divine Map: Deva Nine Disasters
Laziness: 3,450
âThe so-called Degree of Taoification measures the synchronization of humans with the Heavenly Tao. The more synchronized they are, the greater primordial spirit power they can master, and the more they can improve and become more powerful in all aspectsâ¦â
Zhou Bai closed Zuo Daoâs notes. He slowly shut his eyes. The comprehension of Degree of Taoification lingered in his mind.
Before the Heavenly Tao became distorted, when practitioners wanted to raise Degree of Taoification, they just had to meditate and breathe every day. In the process of breathing Spark, they would naturally gain information little by little regarding the Heavenly Tao, increasing their comprehension of it.
This information was hazy and hard to describe, but at the same time practitioners were safe and harmless.
In this kind of hazy Heavenly Tao, practitioners needed to continuously comprehend, summarize, describe, and turn the information into their own understandings in order to raise Degree of Taoification
After the Heavenly Tao distorted, this process became completely different.
In order to prevent practitioners from being infected in the process of practice, the entire Donghua City was enveloped in a protective formation. Almost all the practitioners had gone through primordial spirit adjustment since birth and had gotten rune vaccines.
Thatâs why the practitioners practicing inside Donghua City today basically couldnât come into contact with Heavenly Tao information through breathing Spark. The triple protection blocked it all.
The new method Tao academies gave them was to directly read their summarized contents.
From Taoist Sutra 00 to Taoist Sutra 99 corresponded to Degree of Taoification 1â99%. They each represented the necessary knowledge and comprehension for each point of Degree of Taoification.
But they had been transformed into text that generations of strong individuals compiled using countless ciphers and metaphors that could be read and understood little by little. The text was much less harmless than contacting the Heavenly Tao directly.
But even so, when you actually increased your Degree of Taoification and synchronized with the Heavenly Tao, there were still many dangers.
Because the Heavenly Taoâ¦is ubiquitous.
âMaking an attempt shouldnât be very dangerous. If you sense danger, just stop,â said Christina. âAll sorts of learning, mental establishments, methods for clearing your mindâdidnât Zuo Dao write them down? You also memorized all sorts of methods to decode the ciphers and metaphors.
âAnd anyway, youâve practiced up to the fifth star point. You have a strong physique, so your mental strength is naturally stronger too.â
Zhou Bai nodded. When students had strong physiques and vigorous energy, their mentality would naturally strengthen too as an effect. His willpower was stronger than in the past. Plus with Zuo Daoâs notes, trying to increase his Degree of Taoification was within reason.
So the next day, Zhou Bai went to library management early in the morning and applied to read Taoist Sutra 00.
Taoist Sutras 00 to 99 were forbidden from circulation because they involved knowledge for entering the Taoi. Zhou Bai could only read them by registering with his student ID.
Before you could read them, you had to go through a mental evaluation. Only after making sure there were no problems could you start reading.
But the entire process was simple, fast, and efficient as usual. Zhou Baiâs mentality was normal.
After Zhou Bai registered with his student ID and went through the application process, he was brought into a meditation room. Dense runes covered the roomâs walls. Someone had written a giant âCalmâ on the wall.
Just seeing it gave Zhou Bai a sense of peace and concentration.
Zhou Bai slowly walked to the center of the quiet room and sat down. Before him was a completely black book. It was Taoist Sutra 00.
âPhewâ¦â Zhou Bai kept recalling the different mutated subjects he had witnessed in his mind; he couldnât help growing nervous.
Christina encouraged him. âDonât be nervous! If you die, Iâll take care of your dog. Iâll also take good care of your auxiliary system.â
âShut up. Donât interrupt my practice.â
Zhou Bai didnât immediately open Taoist Sutra 00. Instead, he followed the method that countless people concluded in Zuo Daoâs notes: he sat in front of Taoist Sutra 00 and quieted his mind.
When practitioners saw the Taoist Sutra 00 for the first time, knowing that they were about to increase their Degree of Taoification, they inevitably got excited. However, this was bad for their ensuing practice.
Thatâs why Zhou Bai needed to sit quietly for a while and settle down before he read the Taoist Sutra.
He sat like that for half an hour. Zhou Bai felt like his emotions had calmed down. Then he reached out his hands and opened Taoist Sutra 00.
âThe way of going into hiding has true impacts. Clear air is hazy and dim. The shadows of the heart silently judge the soulâ¦â
Reading through the first page, Zhou Bai felt his primordial spirit quiver. Although he didnât understand the meaning behind the words of the book, a mysterious, indescribable feeling had already filled his heart.
It was different from the information read directly from the current Heavenly Tao.
This was the compilation of comprehension of the Heavenly Tao. This was a human summary of knowledge of the Divine Tao.
But even after using countless metaphors and ciphers to analyze it into human language, it still had supernatural power.
Countless practitioners sacrificed themselves to compile this Taoist Sutra 00.
Zhou Bai quickly repressed the trembling in his heart. He followed the method described by Zuo Dao and countless textbooks, controlled his primordial spirit, controlled his breathing, and breathed Spark while reading.
His body and primordial spirit were breathing Spark, but Zhou Baiâs brain continually decoded the metaphors and ciphers written in Taoist Sutra 00 according to Zuo Daoâs notes and the knowledge he had learned from textbooks.
Just like past practitioners who breathed Spark and comprehended the Heavenly Tao, right now Zhou Bai used a method special to the era of distorted Heavenly Tao to breathe Spark and comprehend the Heavenly Tao.
As he analyzed more and more of the contents of Taoist Sutra 00, Zhou Bai felt his primordial spirit becoming more vibrant.
Degree of Taoification +0.1%!
With the increase in Degree of Taoification, he began hearing loud and quiet murmurings in his ears.