Joining Another School

Without Ding Kui's ability to detect living beings, the Void Furnace's base would be considered an extremely well-hidden location.

This is a void stone, which is the fire meteor that Zhang Xuezhou and others once saw.

Despite its name containing the character for "stone," the Void Stone is a material that can float in the air. It possesses the hardness of stone and the spatial expansion and contraction ability similar to that of a mustard seed hidden in Mount Sumeru, thus making it suitable as a carrier for dimensional travel.

This space can conceal one's presence, and unless the fighting is particularly outrageous, it is difficult to cause any outside noise.

Zhang Xuezhou and Xu Lu communicated frequently, and the information they shared reassured Ren Yisheng during the smelting process.

But Ren Yisheng felt extremely heavy-hearted. Apart from being a little small, this void stone space had no other problems.

The ability to hide from them also means that they can be effectively concealed from other fire meteor creatures. The fact that Sequence Holder from various countries have been searching for fire meteor creatures for years without any results is most likely due to the influence of the Void Stone.

This even includes the fireball from North Rehe.

Huang Daoxian is probably still barely clinging to life in the Void Stone Space.

The best way to dismantle an enemy is to understand them, or even to build cooperation with them within certain limits.

This is a way of dealing with a tiger for its skin, but Ren Yisheng must say that there has never been a more suitable time than now.

The virtual furnace before us can not only communicate in the Scarlet Alliance State, but it is also in poor physical condition and has the ability to advance Gene Sequence.

Ren Yisheng closed his eyes. He could sense flames burning inside and outside his body, guided by the illusory furnace.

This flame is like an acupuncture treatment that pierces the body. Although it damages the body and causes mental fatigue, it also cleanses the mottled genetic mutation process in his body.

Without being burned by the furnace, one cannot know the state of one's body. After being burned like this once, Ren Yisheng felt that his body was filled with 'bloated fat'.

He appears powerful but lacks the ability to sustain a prolonged battle.

After the flames burned him, the 'emptiness' in his body was reduced.

If he were to extract more of the White Elephant beast's extract, Ren Yisheng felt that the resistance layer that had developed within his body could be further strengthened. This would also include the refinement of his Dragon Elephant Combat Technique, which would allow him to extend his combat capabilities.

"If I keep injecting the extract of the ferocious elephant, can it be continuously strengthened through this smelting process?"

As the body's moisture evaporated during the melting process, Ren Yisheng's hands and feet gradually became larger, and his skin began to roughen.

He looked at his emerging genetic features and then asked Zhang Xuezhou for advice.

Although the question was addressed to Zhang Xuezhou, Ren Yisheng was more likely using Zhang Xuezhou as a springboard to inquire about Xu Lu.

"This injection... I only know that humans worship certain powerful beings, and as a result, they are granted the status of a subspecies, allowing them to borrow the abilities of these powerful beings for a short period of time!"

After listening to Zhang Xuezhou's description, Xu Lu responded cautiously, without rashly offering definitive opinions on a field he was unfamiliar with.

However, the meaning of "virtual furnace" is not difficult to understand; it means that the power of humans in higher-dimensional worlds or other lower-dimensional worlds is limited.

While Gene Sequence is innovative, it doesn't escape the realm of leveraging external resources, and its potential for normal development and advancement is limited.

"What will happen if we continue to cultivate in this way?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"To be honest, you can't continue cultivating in this way forever," Xu Lu pondered for a few seconds before answering. "Your Gene Sequence is based on exploiting the bloodlines of ferocious beasts, but this world doesn't have an endless supply of ferocious beasts, nor can it possibly have a continuous supply of the same type!"

"That's right!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

The virtual furnace's point is very practical: the finite nature of resources.

Great cultivators in the other world all know that Creation Pills are convenient to use, but there are not many great cultivators who are extravagant in taking them. Even the Venerables and mages of the Yedie River Holy Land who practice the Yang Soul Incarnation Technique do not take high-intensity pills.

The amount of extracts from ferocious beasts required for Gene Sequence is limited, and some beasts are even non-reproducible, making it difficult to continuously extract them one after another.

How to continuously improve with limited resources will become a problem faced by Gene Sequence.

Of course, this is not only true for the Gene Sequence, but also for Zhang Xuezhou's Realm Technique and Mental Strengthening. His cultivation has always been in a state of resource scarcity, and he has been constantly pursuing various usable resources, even tinkering with various compatible drugs on his own.

"Even if you pour all your resources into a single Sequence Holder, the ultimate result will only be that he transforms into the ferocious beast you see," the Void Furnace warned. "I have seen some human cultivators who have received divine grace; they are powerful for a time, but most of them ultimately die from exhaustion, or are completely corrupted into mindless puppets of slaughter, never to be free again!"

"You mean if we accumulate too many factors that don't belong to us, this accumulation will affect our bodies, causing them to infinitely tend towards ferocious beasts?" Zhang Xuezhou confirmed.

That's right!

In order to leave the snake pit safely and to find a stable area after leaving Qin Meng, Xu Lu cooperated as much as possible, not only recalling relevant content involving humans, but also offering his own insights.

His reply made Zhang Xuezhou nod repeatedly, while Ren Yisheng felt utterly disheartened.

Theory and practice are clearly two different things. The realm of the Ninth Sequence is defined in the Gene Sequence, but under current conditions, it is almost impossible to achieve upwards.

Ren Yisheng often felt that there was no way forward, and there was a reason why Badun spent nearly twenty years in the Eighth Sequence.

In its initial design, the Gene Sequence utilized the grafting of exotic and ferocious beasts, but it is impossible to infinitely accumulate in this way, and therefore it is impossible to reach the theoretical endpoint.

"If that's the case, then sequence locks are likely our only way forward right now!"

The fire seed of the Void Furnace can remove impurities and retain the essence, purifying the body's genetic state.

This purification did not enhance offensive capabilities, but it removed the cumbersome burden. Ren Yisheng felt that the energy expenditure from exerting force through gene loci was decreasing, and his combat endurance had at least doubled.

This boost is like divine assistance to those with Sequence Holder, but the response from the Void Furnace also extinguished any distracting thoughts of Ren Yisheng endlessly accumulating extracts from ferocious beasts.

Aside from strengthening and accumulating physical genes, Ren Yisheng discovered that the only way to improve was through the sequence lock that Zhang Xuezhou and others had temporarily devised.

Since the hardware requirements are only so high, we must then focus on developing software.

If it weren't for Ren Yisheng's low level of Realm Technique and weak sequence lock, and the fact that Zhang Xuezhou couldn't quickly create a sequence lock for Ren Yisheng, Ren Yisheng would really want to give it a try.

His development in the sequence was fraught with setbacks, and ultimately it seemed that he had come full circle back to where he started.

They might seek new ways to further enhance their Mental Strengthening, or try to match their own Realm Technique with the sequence, or wait for Zhang Xuezhou's abilities to reach the required level one day, thus quickly forming a sequence lock within their bodies.

No matter which method you choose, you can't achieve your goal just by thinking about it for Ren Yisheng.

"You also want to learn our Gene Sequence?"

Ren Yisheng felt that the path of Gene Sequence was fraught with difficulties, and the only way to break through the impasse was through sequence locking.

However, it is too difficult for Ren Yisheng to create his own sequence lock, whether he relies on himself or Zhang Xuezhou, it is difficult to push it to the right track.

He momentarily regretted that his sequence level was too high, while his Realm Technique was too weak, which had led to this dilemma.

He pondered for a while, then heard Xu Lu pleading with Zhang Xuezhou to teach him.

The other party's attitude in front of Zhang Xuezhou was extremely firm, as if they wanted to abandon the powerful methods of the Voidfire Clan and join another sect.