I've Got to Make You My Brother

"Jianxing? What did he want with me? Wasn't he seriously injured?"

After thinking it over and deciding he wasn't familiar with the other party, Zhou Bai planned to keep looking at the next star point's contents and satisfy his curiosity first.

Sumeru—Immovable: Remain utterly motionless, transforming into a place where Spiritual Machines converged, greatly increasing the recovery speed of stamina, mental energy, and injuries.

Cultivation method: (Directly skipped by Zhou Bai)

Laziness Qi (???)(Insufficient Primordial Spirit Value; unable to cultivate)

Zhou Bai was surprised when he saw the description for Sumeru—Immovable.

"This is telling me not to look back once I'm on the path of a meat shield."

"But it'll also be useful for recovering stamina and mental energy in everyday life."

But when he saw the following prompt—Insufficient Primordial Spirit Value; unable to cultivate—Zhou Bai frowned.

Christina said with a grin, "You've hit a bottleneck."

Zhou Bai asked, "What do you mean?"

Christina explained, "Divine Map cultivation requires Primordial Spirit Value to support it. The later the star points on the Supreme Unity Disc, the more powerful Primordial Spirit Power they require. If your Primordial Spirit Power is high enough, Divine Map cultivation will even be faster."

"In my view, your Laziness Qi infusion merely speeds up your cultivation a hundredfold or thousandfold, letting you complete it in an instant. It doesn't mean you can ignore the conditions for cultivation. For example, your sixth star point clearly can't be cultivated with just 99 Primordial Spirit Value."

Zhou Bai said, "So my next goal is to raise my Daoization Degree, right?"

Zhou Bai recalled the cultivation framework of this world once again. Daoization Degree was one's realm, Primordial Spirit Value was a basic attribute, while Divine Maps represented all kinds of passive and active skills.

To cultivate a Divine Map, one needed sufficient Primordial Spirit Value. Once Primordial Spirit Value reached its limit, raising it further required increasing one's Daoization Degree.

Zhou Bai said, "What a pain. I haven't gone to class for days, so I don't even know how to raise my Daoization Degree. Do I have to ask Old Lü tomorrow?"

"But I just bragged in front of him. Wouldn't it be awkward to go ask him like this?"

Christina said, "Can't you directly add to it with Laziness Qi Value? Your cultivation was too low before, but now it should be fine. Adding 0.1% or 0.2% shouldn't be a problem."

But Zhou Bai was not as carefree as Christina. Having witnessed aberration firsthand, he had engraved the terror of the distorted Heavenly Dao deep in his heart.

Before properly studying the relevant knowledge, he would not use Laziness Qi to raise his Daoization Degree.

Just as Zhou Bai was wavering back and forth, there came a persistent knock at the door.

Jianxing said, "I say... Zhou Bai, when are you going to come open the door?"

Only then did Zhou Bai remember that someone outside was looking for him.

But Jianxing was completely unfamiliar with him. Why had he come looking for him, especially so soon after being seriously injured?

Zhou Bai found it a little strange. Ever since coming to this world, he had encountered all sorts of bizarre events, making him increasingly vigilant.

He directly drew Christina into his sea of consciousness, then walked to the door...

"If I just lie down... wouldn't that be too strange?"

After thinking it over, Zhou Bai grabbed a chair and sat by the door before opening it and looking at Jianxing. "Jianxing, what can I do for you?"

Jianxing was slightly stunned to see Zhou Bai sitting at the door, but immediately said, "Zhou Bai, I have something important I'd like to discuss with you."

"Sure, go ahead. I'm listening."

Jianxing said, "No, there are too many people here, and cultivators all have sharp ears. Let's go somewhere secluded to talk."

"That's not very convenient." Zhou Bai scratched his head. "I'm busy every day now. I don't have time to go out."

Jianxing said, "I can treat you to a meal once we're done talking."

"Why talk about treating? We're classmates, why be so formal?"

With a brilliant smile, Zhou Bai stood up. Suddenly stomping his foot, he shouted toward Elsa nearby, "Elsa, why are you rubbing against me? Even if you rub against me, I can't take you along to eat. Our classmate is treating me. Would it be appropriate to bring a dog?"

Elsa, who had done absolutely nothing, said, "(⊙_⊙)?"

Zhou Bai looked at Jianxing apologetically. "This dog has been with me since we were little. We eat and live together. Seeing that I'm going out to eat, she wants to come along too. Honestly, she has no sense of propriety at all. I've spoiled her rotten."

Jianxing said, "..."

Zhou Bai turned back and glared at Elsa again. "Why are you rubbing against me again? I said I can't take you along to eat. You can go hungry tonight. Even if you starve to death, there's nothing I can do."

Jianxing waved a hand to stop Zhou Bai. With a grand sweep of his arm, he said, "Say no more. I'm treating both man and dog. Let's go."

"Look at this mess. Ah, I'm really sorry." As he spoke, Zhou Bai swiftly tugged Elsa's leash, then clasped Jianxing's hand and said emotionally, "I've got to make you my brother."

At that moment, Jianxing had become an enormous meal card in Zhou Bai's eyes.

Jianxing smiled awkwardly, led Zhou Bai out of the dormitory, and headed toward a secluded path to the north.

As the number of people around them dwindled, Zhou Bai asked, "This should be far enough, right? Jianxing, what exactly is it?"

Jianxing sighed. "Zhou Bai, you're really lucky."

Zhou Bai asked, "Lucky?"

Jianxing's clothes fluttered slightly, and he seemed somewhat dazed as he said, "Your talent makes people jealous. Given the same amount of cultivation time, you can effortlessly achieve ten times what ordinary people can, can't you?"

Zhou Bai said, "Uh, actually, it's more than ten times. I think it's at least twenty times."

Jianxing abruptly turned around and glared at Zhou Bai so intensely that Zhou Bai felt a little embarrassed and turned his head away.

The atmosphere fell silent again. Looking at how increasingly remote their path had become, Zhou Bai stopped walking. "This is far enough, isn't it? What exactly is this about, Jianxing?"

Jianxing stopped as well. His entire body seemed to grow somewhat shadowed. "Let's go a little farther. I know the scenery there is nice."

Zhou Bai waved a hand. "Let's talk here. I'm hungry already. Once we're done, let's hurry up and eat."

Jianxing's body trembled slightly, his clothes constantly rising and falling as though something were writhing beneath them.

Jianxing's voice became somewhat hoarse. "Zhou Bai... I'm suffering..."

"Why... why did things become like this..."

Zhou Bai froze slightly. The next moment, he felt a surging wave of Primordial Spirit Power rush at him, blasting directly toward his body.

Zhou Bai's body suddenly flew backward, and with a thud, he fell to the ground.

Jianxing turned around, revealing a face whose muscles constantly twisted and bulged, as though something were about to burst out from within.

Strange. I don't think I even touched him just now. Why did he fall over?

Watching the Shiba Inu whimper as it fled into the distance, Jianxing ignored the dog. He merely twisted his neck. To be safe, his Primordial Spirit Power surged again, forming an invisible palm that descended from the sky and fiercely slammed toward Zhou Bai, who lay on the ground.

With an explosive bang, the ground all around seemed to shudder. Yet Jianxing stared at Zhou Bai before him in shock.

The dirt and sand around Zhou Bai had been blasted into a cloud of dust, but Zhou Bai himself showed no trace of damage whatsoever.

Even more incredibly, Jianxing could sense that his palm strike, empowered by a full 99 points of Primordial Spirit Power, had failed to inflict the slightest injury on the other party.