Impersonating Heaven's Will
Regardless of the feelings of the local natives, on the other hand, Li Shiwei found a secluded spot, dug a hole, and hid her flying boat inside.
She dug quite deep, using Earth Manipulation Spell to excavate to a depth of a thousand feet, secretly hiding in a cave. The surrounding area was decorated with talismans to prevent detection, so the local natives would be unlikely to notice unless their cultivation level was far superior to hers.
This difference stems from the level of Technique Method used. After all, Li Shiwei uses Technique Method from all over the world, which to the native world is roughly equivalent to the technology of the celestial beings.
She also set up some other protective formations to ensure the safety of her airship, and then began cleaning.
She fainted and vomited when she rushed in, and now the airship is very... touching.
Regardless, let's clean it up anyway.
After using Water Control Spell to thoroughly clean the airship inside and out, the stone, now completely clean, spoke, "We're in now, but we've disturbed the natives. What's your next step, boss?"
"What should we do? Of course, we should first find out what the local natives are like. If we want to find commonalities, we should first understand them. It's a pity... I only realize how good the Chamber of Commerce is now." Li Shiwei sighed.
Previously, when she was a mid-level manager in the Chamber of Commerce, she only needed to say a word, and countless people from all over the world would rush to send her their world's civilization and history for reference.
Now I have to collect it myself.
Not only do you have to collect the information yourself, but you also have to hide your identity and be extremely careful. If your identity is exposed, you might be besieged and killed by the powerful people of this world.
It wouldn't be fun to die here.
Li Shiwei was still somewhat aware of her own limitations. Although she came from the world, she was only an eighth-rank cultivator. This was a Seventh Rank World, and the powerful figures there could definitely kill her. Her life was more important.
But...
Perhaps this is the norm; with a snap of the fingers, a bunch of people will send up their Civilization History, since only a minority do.
Thinking this, Li Shiwei put an invisibility talisman on herself.
"Stone, cover my presence for a moment. Let's go see the natives of this world." She said this, and as usual, she began her mission with a laugh.
For Li Shiwei, this was a novel experience, a new game.
If Zhang You were here, she might shake her head and sigh, saying something like, "Nothing has changed..."
Yes, nothing has changed.
Li Shiwei still treated all of this as a game. After all... so what?
Seventh Rank World, somewhat interesting, but only somewhat interesting. When she was the security captain of the Chamber of Commerce, countless Seventh Rank World had to bow down to her.
She traveled stealthily for several days, traversing desolate wilderness, until she arrived at an ordinary city in one of the layers of this world.
Whether it was hereditary or not, Li Shiwei also mastered her father's usual trick without being taught: to conceal her presence and figure, and walk quietly among the crowd.
Li Qi hadn't taught her this skill, but Li Shiwei made the choice subconsciously.
They can only be described as biological children.
Stone is also a cultivator, and it is a spirit transformed from jade. It is good at holding its breath, and with its cooperation, it can also help Li Shiwei conceal some of her aura.
After observing for nearly a month, she discovered that this world... was quite interesting.
As a peak eighth-rank official, Li Shiwei possessed astonishing intelligence. Through simple observation, she mastered the local language in just one month.
It's actually not difficult. First, learn the nouns. You just need to listen and observe more in the market to confirm what products they are referring to with their words and pronunciations. Once you have mastered a few nouns, you can roughly understand what they mean.
After mastering the nouns, look at the verbs and prepositions. At this point, pay attention to the words that come with the nouns. Since she was learning in the market, the first vocabulary Li Shiwei mastered was words like "buy," "sell," and "take."
With these foundational skills, you can then start attending classes.
She found a wealthy family in the area.
There are no centralized schools or similar places for learning in this world; most classes are private, and only wealthy people can afford to hire teachers. But it doesn't matter; she can freeload off them.
Li Shiwei stood behind other children, listening to their early childhood education. Combining this with her existing vocabulary, she quickly integrated grammar and other unique abstract words, such as "laugh" and "cry," and matched language with written characters, thus mastering writing and reading skills.
All of this took her less than seven days.
After that, she went to the wealthy man's library to further her language skills through the books.
At the same time, she didn't neglect other things; while studying, she was also learning about the world.
Life here can be roughly divided into two types. One type is the 'Human Race' here, which are humanoid life Human Race that are born under a convergent model and are very similar to the humans in the world, except that their skin color, hair color, eye color, and some other subtle differences are different.
They developed unique Technique Method, which also come in two forms.
One type requires a special rectangular formation combined with a unique incantation, similar to the original Daoist Method Formula, which can command the six elements of water, fire, wind, thunder, light, and darkness to produce various effects, making it quite powerful.
Another type is similar to the combination of primitive Shaman Path and deityism. They worship the spirits of nature, create a nature god, and then this nature god acts as a terminal to bestow divine power upon these practitioners, thus achieving mutual benefit for both parties.
There is also a special martial arts method, which is also a method native to this world. Unlike the common practice of cultivating internal organs to advance to the innate level, they cultivate Qi and Blood, tendons and bones, and muscles, and directly rely on Qi and Blood to condense Martial Way Divine Intent.
However, their divine will is peculiar. It is not a projection of their own inner will and Dao heart, but a projection of their cultivation Cultivation Method. The purpose of everyone's cultivation is to get closer to the True Intention of their own Cultivation Method. Their Martial Way Divine Intent is also the same. They are all the divine will of the creator of the Cultivation Method.
It's quite strange that instead of pursuing one's own divine will, one uses hypnosis and similar methods to force one's thoughts to align with the creator of the Cultivation Method.
Moreover... Li Shiwei felt that their Martial Way Divine Intent was quite weak. Although it was called divine intent, it did not actually have its own Dao heart. It was all imitation and could not even be called Martial Way Divine Intent.
While this method allows for rapid advancement, it also limits one's potential, making it difficult to forge one's own path. Consequently, martial arts practitioners in this world hold a low status, typically serving as protectors of the other two types of practitioners.
The second type of life is a relatively backward Way of Evolution. It is born from the awakening of intelligence in local beasts, not from mindless life catalyzed by the laws of nature like Savage Beast. Instead, it is a genuine civilized race. Their main method of cultivation is to gain different abilities by strengthening their bodies, similar to the advancement of true dragons, but much weaker.
These two types of civilizations constitute the main theme of this unique world, and almost all of history revolves around the wars between these two races.
Then, there are the seven levels of this world.
They call these seven levels 'kingdoms', each on a different blade, and they believe their world is a Giant Wheel with seven blades.
As the Giant Wheel rotates, the blades constantly change position.
It's actually quite close to the truth, because these seven levels are indeed constantly rotating, which should be the result calculated by the intelligent people of this world.
Seven kingdoms, two races, and four different cultivation strategies together make up this world.
Moreover, this world almost perfectly meets Li Shiwei's needs.
There is a nearly perfect commonality among the seven countries, but Li Shiwei is unaware of it yet.
She wanted to find this commonality, and then use it to deduce a higher level of commonality, ultimately laying a solid foundation for her Seventh-Rank Dao Foundation, thereby attaining immortality.
And almost simultaneously...
On Li Qi's side.
The Yan Ke stood beside Li Qi with a smile on his face.
To be honest, Li Qi is actually not bad-looking, but next to Yan Ke, he always seems like a country bumpkin.
It's simply because Yan Ke is so incredibly dashing; the word 'handsome' is practically written all over his face.
However, judging from their expressions, they were clearly having a pleasant conversation.
"Well, I've already cut this piece out for you, so you don't have to worry anymore, right?" Yan Ke held a dazzling, semi-transparent pellet in his hand and handed it to Li Qi.
This projectile is very similar to the unique cosmic light world that Yan Ke once obtained. It was teaching material made for Yan Ke by his master to help him experience cosmic light and the changes in civilization.
Now that Yan Ke has reached the seventh rank, he naturally no longer needs that kind of world. At this point, he can 'pluck' a world out by distorting spacetime, just like his master, who twisted an extraterrestrial world into a pellet.
Of course, he can't do special cosmic light or worlds of very high grade, but ordinary Seventh Rank World are no longer a problem for him.
This is the power of a direct Shaman, one of the Nine Lands of the World; he can easily manipulate the world.
Now, the bullet in my hand is a Seventh Rank World. If you look closely, you can feel that the light spots in the bullet are faintly divided into seven layers.
"Thank you. Sigh, she's been wandering around outside all these years and hasn't made any progress. I'm worried about her." Li Qi sighed as he held the marble.
"Parents always have such a loving heart. You must have put a lot of thought and effort into finding this suitable world for her, right?" Yan Ke asked.
"It's nothing, just a Seventh Rank World. It took some effort to move it over, but that was done by her mother. I didn't contribute much. But your spatial distortion techniques are really impressive; you actually managed to shrink it like that." Li Qi held the bullet and examined it carefully.
Within this translucent bullet lies a world and two civilizations.
It was so easily held in Li Qi's hand.
Of course, it is actually very heavy. Li Qi really lifted a world. What shrank was only the space, not the mass. To pick up this thing, you need to actually pick up a world.
That's why Li Qi marveled at the power of the great beings.
When Yan Ke was at the ninth rank, the world of that special cosmic light in his hand shrank in mass, making it easy for even ordinary mortals to pick up. This technique was truly miraculous. Yan Ke hasn't learned this trick yet, so he can only shrink space.
Fortunately, Li Qi can now handle a world without much difficulty.
On the other side, Yan Ke shook his head. "I'm still not skilled enough. Look, my niece was made to vomit by my distorted space. Luckily, she noticed something was wrong."
"That's already amazing. She's at the peak of the eighth rank, and you're only one rank higher than her," Li Qi said with a smile.
"Just one rank higher? You're used to challenging those above your level, aren't you? One rank is a whole new level. Even if you sent ten thousand of her, she wouldn't be able to beat a single one of my little fingers." Yan Ke shook his head and smiled bitterly.
The reason he smiled bitterly was because he clearly sensed that Li Qi had already reached the sixth rank.
The difference between the first and second ranks is immeasurable, especially for direct disciples of the Dao Lineage like them. Among the young people of Wushen Mountain, Li Qi has already reached the top level of cultivation.
"That's for you people. People from outside the realm are different. Sigh, this little brat." Li Qi shook his head and sighed.
"Alright, enough of that. Now that you've taken this world back, are you going to intervene manually? Or are you going to play the role of 'Heaven's Will' this time?" Yan Ke asked.
"Aren't we already acting as 'Heaven's Will' now?" Li Qi countered.
"So, what did you gain? This approach certainly wasn't something you came up with on a whim, was it?" Yan Ke asked.
Li Qi didn't hide anything and said directly, "There are two main reasons. One is that... this little brat is indeed not very promising and needs more training. But she is too strong, and the training that suits her is too dangerous. I am a person who is easily heartbroken and I am afraid that she will die out there. So it is better to pretend to be 'Heaven's Will' and protect her life. That way, even if her future is not good, she will not die."
"The second reason is for my own sake. You see, people like us are easily watched and arranged by Heaven's Will, which leads to many of the current situations."
As Li Qi said this, he grasped the world in his hand, and his voice became deep. "Then I will also become the Heaven's Will and personally experience what the Heaven's Will is going to do, how they think, and how they do it."
"If I could do that too, then it would mean... that Heaven's Will is nothing more than this, right?"
Yan Ke hearing the last sentence, Yan Ke took a deep breath.
That's incredibly audacious.
Simply saying "that's all there is to it" already exceeds the courage of Yan Ke.
So, Yan Ke shook his head. "I know, you really are... well, there's nothing to comment on. Good luck, I'll help you when it's time to fight."