No Way, I Must Try Harder to Draw Cards

Seeing Liu Feng sitting obediently before her like a well-behaved child, Nuwa's expression softened slightly.

Her tone was no longer as icy as before.

"Before I preach the Dao, I have one more question. You should also be a living being born at the dawn of creation, so why did you take so long to transform? Don't you have the Heavenly Dao Inheritance Memories? Or are you just too lazy to cultivate properly? Or perhaps your talent is so poor that it took you until now to undergo the tribulation and transform?"

"And what about those heavenly treasures in your room? How is it that even the Sixth-Grade White Lotus from my lotus pond has appeared early and fallen into your hands? Are you hiding some secret?"

Liu Feng: ...

He had thought Nuwa would ask about his cultivation.

Instead, she fired off so many questions at once, even directly calling his talent poor. Don't think you can act however you want just because you're my master. And what heavenly treasures? I haven't seen any.

Wait—she said they were in my room. Could treasures have dropped while I was asleep? But this is the master's dojo—there should be barriers guarding it...

Liu Feng suddenly fell silent. He realized that even if this was the master's dojo, could she really know everything that happened here?

Some heavenly treasures might be beyond even her knowledge. Hadn't she just said that the Sixth-Grade White Lotus from her own lotus pond had ended up with him?

This was truly frustrating.

Yes, Liu Feng was very frustrated.

How was he supposed to answer?

He really didn't want to respond to his master's questions.

But seeing her staring at him with burning eyes, he knew he had no choice.

Then it struck him—he could use the Mythic Method to bluff his way through.

"Master, I do have the Heavenly Dao Inheritance Memories, but I don't know whether my talent is good or bad. The reason my cultivation has been so slow is that every time I cultivate according to those memories, something goes wrong."

"Strange thoughts keep appearing in my mind, distracting me and preventing me from cultivating peacefully. That's why I only managed to undergo the tribulation and transform now."

Liu Feng pinned the blame squarely on the Heaven-Defying Comprehension Buff, claiming that he could never cultivate in peace because of all the random thoughts flooding his mind. The Heavenly Dao Inheritance Memories were constantly disrupted by these chaotic ideas, slowing his progress until he finally transformed just now.

Little did Liu Feng know that this wild excuse would later make it much easier for him to explain away the various techniques he pulled out.

"What kind of random thoughts? Could it be that your mind simply can't settle down?"

Nuwa didn't think he was lying, but she remained skeptical. After all, the Heavenly Dao Inheritance Memories were the best cultivation method for beings in the Primordial World—how could they produce chaotic thoughts?

It had to be an excuse.

An excuse for Liu Feng's laziness in cultivation.

"Master, I'm telling the truth," Liu Feng said earnestly.

"Oh? If that's true, then tell me these random thoughts from your Heavenly Dao Inheritance Memories. Let your master hear them." Nuwa asked with a faint, knowing smile.

"Fine then!

In my inheritance memories, there is this passage: On the Distant Peak of Gushe dwells a spirit being. Her skin is like congealed fat, graceful as a celestial maiden;

She eats no mortal food, only drinks the dew of morning and savors the essence of nature;

Riding qi and dragons, she roams beyond the nine heavens;

Her ethereal bearing makes all things in the world feel the spring breeze, the seasons harmonious, and all beings healthy without illness.

Suddenly, a new cultivation method emerged in my mind. This method has four stages: Essence Refinement into Qi, Qi Refinement into Spirit, Spirit Refinement into Emptiness, and Emptiness Refinement into Dao. I originally planned to follow this method and enter the Essence Refinement into Qi stage, but I hit a snag right at the Qi Refinement step."

"According to the method for cultivating the Primordial Spirit, one must purify body and mind, combine the Dao Qi of a pure and empty state with the essence Qi of the five viscera and six bowels, and the pre- and post-natal Qi from kidney essence, then condense them into a golden core in the Lower Dantian. This process is called Essence Refinement into Qi."

"But the Qi I cultivated felt completely different—I couldn't control it at all."

"So I had to start over. After much trial and error, I never even reached the threshold of Essence Refinement into Qi, which is why my strength only grew slowly."

"Then, after cultivating for a while, new ideas would pop up again. This cycle repeated, and that's why my progress was so slow, taking so long to finally undergo the tribulation and transform."

Having said this, Liu Feng looked at his master, hoping she could enlighten him.

Of course, what Liu Feng really wanted was for the Mythic Method to work on Nuwa. If she could guide him, he wouldn't have to struggle so hard with cultivation.

The key issue was that Liu Feng had realized the Heaven-Defying Comprehension Buff 1.0 wasn't enough for the Mythic Method. That was the real headache.

Sure enough, Liu Feng noticed his master was stunned, lost in thought, as if she hadn't heard a word he said. Could it be that she had entered enlightenment because of his words?

"Master? Master?"

Liu Feng called softly, trying to rouse her.

But there was no response.

Not only that—Liu Feng was shocked to see specks of light beginning to appear around his master Nuwa.

At first, the specks were sparse and faint, as if they might vanish at any moment.

But in an instant, they multiplied rapidly, growing brighter and more dazzling.

These radiant specks of light danced like joyful spirits, tightly encircling his master Nuwa, illuminating her with a brilliant glow.

Bathed in this light, his master appeared even more sacred and majestic, beyond reproach.

Seeing this, Liu Feng instantly realized—his master had truly entered a state of enlightenment!

This filled Liu Feng with both joy and envy, along with a hint of jealousy.

He was delighted—witnessing his master enter a state of enlightenment was a rare opportunity. As some specks of light drew near him, he too sensed the mysterious aura of the Dao.

At the same time, he felt a deep sense of unfairness and fell into profound self-doubt.

Was his talent truly that poor? He had the Heaven-Defying Comprehension Buff backing him! And yet he still couldn't match his master.

Heavenly Dao: Did you think being a Primordial God was a joke?

Liu Feng had devoured countless cultivation novels in his past life, familiar with realms like "Essence Refinement into Qi" and "Qi Refinement into Spirit." But this was different—this was Essence Refinement into Qi within the Mythic Method. The "Qi" here wasn't ordinary qi; it was Primordial Qi, the Primordial Qi! That made things incredibly difficult.

Perhaps that was why even his Heaven-Defying Comprehension Buff 1.0 wasn't enough.

And Liu Feng understood that the novels he'd read in his past life were just fictional realms. True cultivation couldn't be achieved by relying on a few words alone.

He had verified this himself.

Yet the Mythic Method was indeed extremely difficult. Now, though, he'd been slapped in the face—his master had entered enlightenment after hearing him explain it just once. What did that mean?

It meant his own talent was still too poor!

It seemed he had to keep drawing cards, upgrade the Heaven-Defying Comprehension Buff to its highest level, and achieve the state of instantaneous enlightenment.

He hadn't expected that even with the Heaven-Defying Comprehension Buff, he couldn't match the talent of a Primordial God. Were they truly that favored, that terrifying?

He really couldn't compare!

But never mind—at least she was his master.

The stronger she was, the safer he'd be. That was enough.

Unable to figure it out, Liu Feng fell back on his Ah Q spirit, letting the specks of light carry the Dao's aura as he too entered a cultivation state.

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