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Not far away, Gu Yi lay sprawled across a tree branch, watching Old Hunter with an expectant expression.

"That wild boar is no ordinary creature, yet Old Hunter isn't afraid in the slightest. He must possess extraordinary power too."

Sure enough, when the massive boar charged beneath him, Old Hunter stopped drawing his bow. He put the bow away and prepared to fight at close range.

A sharp gleam flashed through Old Hunter's eyes. Specks of light appeared in his hands, swiftly condensing into a nearly two-meter-long spear. Its entire body was black and covered in cloud-like patterns.

Gu Yi's mind buzzed at the sight, and he was utterly stunned.

"Is that... a Spear Martial Soul? How can Martial Souls exist in this world too?"

Over the past few years, Gu Yi had watched the villagers of Maple Leaf Village summon their Martial Souls for work countless times.

Just yesterday, Gu Yi himself had awakened his Martial Soul and summoned his Blood Martial Soul several times.

The scene of Old Hunter summoning that cloud-patterned spear was incredibly similar to the people of Douluo Continent summoning their Martial Souls!

That nearly two-meter-long spear had not been visible before. It clearly was not something Old Hunter had carried with him! It had appeared out of thin air!

"Could it be that this world's cultivation system is also based on Martial Souls?"

"Could this new world still be on Douluo Continent? Perhaps I crossed through time and arrived ten thousand years in the future?"

Gu Yi's thoughts were in complete disarray. He could not figure out what kind of world this new world truly was.

Was it the era of Peerless Tang Sect ten thousand years later, or some other extraordinary world where Martial Souls existed?

Meanwhile, unaware of Gu Yi's thoughts, Old Hunter had already gripped the black cloud-patterned spear and leaped high down from the tree, thrusting at the boar below.

Whoosh—

Old Hunter's strike was tremendously powerful, even stirring up a gust of wind. The boar beneath the tree had no chance to evade it.

Under Gu Yi's watchful gaze, Old Hunter's spear pierced into the boar's head, sinking deep enough to expose bone. Scalding blood gushed from the wound, splattering across the trees and soil.

Having suffered such a heavy blow, the boar shrieked miserably and ran and leaped wildly through the forest. From time to time, it slammed into towering trees and huge boulders, trying to throw Old Hunter off its back.

Unfortunately, Old Hunter was highly experienced. How could such petty tricks possibly trouble him?

He rode atop the boar, swaying along with its movements without slipping in the slightest. At the same time, he kept driving his spear into the wound, worsening the boar's injuries.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, the boar, whose skull had been pierced through, crashed to the ground and could no longer move.

"So strong!" Coming back to his senses, Gu Yi, who had witnessed the entire battle, exclaimed in awe, his eyes gleaming.

This giant boar was no weaker than a ten-year or hundred-year soul beast from Douluo Continent.

Yet Old Hunter had killed it with ease. It was clear that he was no ordinary man.

Old Hunter grabbed one of the giant boar's hind legs and dragged its corpse to the foot of the tree where Gu Yi was.

Old Hunter looked up at Gu Yi and revealed a kind smile. Then he said, "$#&*%#&."

The excited expression on Gu Yi's face froze, leaving him completely bewildered. Oh no, I don't know this world's language.

After calculating everything, Gu Yi had forgotten that different worlds had different languages.

After all, this was reality. It was impossible for all Myriad Heavens and Worlds to speak Chinese.

Even the language of Douluo Continent differed greatly from Chinese.

After reincarnating in Douluo Continent, Gu Yi had spent quite some time learning the Douluo language from his parents.

Now that he had arrived in a new world, he had to start learning all over again.

But learning a new language was no easy task.

Even with an adult's mindset and intelligence, Gu Yi would need at least several months to learn a new language.

Just as Gu Yi was considering how he could quickly learn the new language—

Old Hunter beneath the tree saw that Gu Yi was not moving and assumed the boy had been frightened and did not dare climb down.

So, Old Hunter set down the boar, bent his legs, and leaped straight up to Gu Yi's side.

"%#...##%#"

Old Hunter said another sentence Gu Yi could not understand. Seeing that Gu Yi did not object, he picked Gu Yi up and carried him down.

To prevent the boar's bloody smell from spreading and attracting troublesome predators, Old Hunter grabbed Gu Yi with one hand and dragged the giant boar's corpse with the other, leaving as quickly as possible.

Along the way, Old Hunter said a great many things to Gu Yi.

Unfortunately, Gu Yi could not understand any of it. He could only stare blankly at Old Hunter the entire time without saying a word.

Watching the chattering Old Hunter, Gu Yi pondered inwardly.

"For now, this Old Hunter seems like a good person. I don't need to worry about my safety yet."

"But the language barrier is the most urgent problem I need to solve."

"How can I quickly learn a language?"

Thinking of this, Gu Yi directed a portion of his consciousness toward the Myriad Worlds Gate.

As a proper cheat, the Myriad Worlds Gate possessed many functions.

Apart from crossing worlds and anchoring, it also had an enlightenment function.

As its name suggested, this function could help Gu Yi enter a state of sudden enlightenment and comprehension, temporarily increasing his aptitude and wisdom.

As long as Gu Yi's aptitude and wisdom were sufficient, he could naturally learn a new language quickly!

Of course, using the enlightenment function required source power.

The amount of source power required was directly proportional to Gu Yi's strength and the duration of enlightenment.

"Source power..." Gu Yi glanced at another piece of information on the panel.

Source Power: 990 points

"With this much source power, learning a new language should be more than enough," Gu Yi thought.

Finding the first new world had only cost ten thousand points of source power, and the cost of finding subsequent new worlds did not increase by much.

The current Gu Yi had not even obtained his first soul ring and only possessed level ten Soul Power.

There was no way learning a new language would consume nearly a thousand points of source power.

Of course, environment was also important when learning a language well.

Gu Yi could not possibly deduce an entire system of language and writing out of thin air based on just a few sentences from Old Hunter.

An hour later, Old Hunter dragged the boar's corpse and led Gu Yi out of the mountains to a small town nestled among the hills.

The town was fairly large, with at least three or four hundred households.

As soon as they entered the town, countless noisy voices and cries of vendors echoed around Gu Yi's ears—though naturally, he could not understand a single word.

Gu Yi curiously observed his surroundings and discovered that this was a marketplace. People came and went, and the place was bustling with activity.

Old Hunter had come here for two reasons. First, he wanted to sell the giant boar he had just hunted.

Second, he wanted to help Gu Yi, this "lost" child, find his family.

The child looked six or seven years old, and his stamina was limited. He could not have come from somewhere very far away.

Therefore, he had to be a child from one of the nearby villages or towns.

Today happened to be market day, so villagers from the surrounding areas would all come to buy things.

If someone who knew the child appeared, they could take him home.

The surrounding townsfolk showed no surprise or curiosity at Old Hunter dragging a boar's corpse through the market. Clearly, this was not the first time such a thing had happened, or perhaps giant boars were not unusual in this world.

"This environment is perfect for using the enlightenment function. It's the best possible place to learn the language!"

Gu Yi was delighted.

There were many passersby in the marketplace, and the goods being sold came in all varieties, covering nearly every object ordinary people used in daily life.

Thus, during their transactions, they would naturally mention the names of those objects.

Gu Yi no longer hesitated and decisively activated the enlightenment function.

"Deep Blue... add points!"

Buzz—

As enlightenment activated, Gu Yi felt all five of his senses become sharper.

His eyes could see farther. He could clearly make out even the details of small objects displayed on a stall a hundred meters away.

His hearing became more sensitive as well. He could catch sounds from more than half the market, and all the mysteries of nature unfolded before him.

His sense of smell, touch, taste... all improved as well.

Most importantly, Gu Yi's consciousness and thoughts became many times faster. His comprehension and memory soared.

Questions he had once failed to understand now had answers, while countless memories from his previous life that he had forgotten surged back into his mind.

Gu Yi's eyes brightened with joy.

During his six years in Douluo Continent, Gu Yi had deliberately recalled the original story, but he had only remembered the general course of events.

As for specific details, such as the harvesting methods and usage of the various Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, his memories had been rather vague.

Many of those Immortal Herbs were highly poisonous. If he made even one mistake, it could cost him his life.

Now that these memories had returned, they would be of great help to Gu Yi's future growth.

After all, he could not possibly ask Tang San how to harvest Immortal Herbs.

For instance, Gu Yi also recalled the manufacturing processes for glass, salt refining, brewing alcohol, gunpowder, and various other techniques from his previous life.

Perhaps he had only glanced at those things online before, and their contents had long since faded from memory. But with the aid of the enlightenment function, they were now firmly engraved in his mind.

There was no rush to do any of those things. It was enough for Gu Yi to remember them for now.

Gu Yi's most urgent task was learning the new language.

Every minute and second that the enlightenment function remained active cost source power. He could not afford to waste any of it.

Gu Yi focused and listened intently, his mind constantly turning as he absorbed all kinds of sounds from the town marketplace. Combining them with the scenes and contexts in which the words were spoken, he quickly discerned patterns.

Gradually, Gu Yi began to understand what the people around him were saying.

"How much is a skewer of candied hawthorn?" "Ten coins."

"What a beautiful bracelet! Dad, I want this one."

"This cloth is good quality... Shopkeeper, bring me three bolts."

"How much is pork per pound?"

"Wontons! Fresh and juicy wontons!"

"Look, that's the Lin Family convoy from Yangzhou City. So strong! The one leading them is actually a ninth-level Qi Martial Realm expert!"