novelraw Chapter 195 : What Is This Thing
Chapter 195 : What Is This Thing
Chapter 195: What Is This Thing
After Li Tianwei’s modification, the Questioning Heaven Ladder had already undergone a complete transformation.
It no longer merely possessed the function of testing aptitude; within it also existed the wisdom to glimpse everything about Li Tianwei, Dao Intent, and opportunities to discern and verify one’s heart.
This was precisely why, after the Heart-Questioning Steps had been remodeled by Li Tianwei, some disciples of the Sacred Land of Lingxu who were highly sensitive to heavenly secrets felt that they had gained a bit more blessing from the Heart-Questioning Steps.
A mere trace of rain and dew was enough to benefit people immensely.
“I wonder if I count as a disciple, and whether I can go up and take a walk.”
Dong Yuan, as a powerful cultivator who practiced divination, calculation, and karma, was the most sensitive to heavenly secrets. Feeling the various signs constantly rising within his heart, his awareness told him—
The Heart-Questioning Steps before him had a great karmic connection with him, and if he were to walk upon them, he should obtain tremendous gains.
There were quite a few ancestors like Dong Yuan. Upon reaching the Out-of-Body Realm, one naturally possessed omens—especially regarding matters beneficial to oneself, to which they were extremely sensitive.
One could say they were eagerly anticipating it!
The gazes of many elders and ancestors continuously drifted toward Li Tianwei. Now that Li Tianwei had already reached the Nascent Soul Realm, how could he fail to sense those differing gazes behind him?
He immediately lowered his head and prepared his words once more.
“As long as you are a member of the Sacred Land of Lingxu, you may all step onto the Heart-Questioning Steps and verify your heart within.”
Along with Li Tianwei’s words, many people finally let out a sigh of relief, already impatient to go walk upon the Heart-Questioning Steps themselves.
At this point, the Heart-Questioning Steps had already become exactly as its name implied—worthy of the name, truly capable of illuminating and discerning the heart.
What it questioned was everything about a cultivator; it was no longer like before, applying pressure solely in terms of aptitude.
The Heart-Questioning Steps thus stood tall within the Sacred Land of Lingxu, boundless Dao rhythms circulating within. After finishing this matter, Li Tianwei returned to the Main Peak and, together with those ancestors and disciples, discussed all subsequent arrangements.
Meanwhile, over at the Heart-Questioning Steps, people had already begun climbing continuously.
Li Tianchen was one of them. When Li Tianwei reforged the Heart-Questioning Steps, Li Tianchen could feel the various omens transmitted from there, and the longing in his heart was pushing him toward it.
“There is something extremely important to me in there.”
Li Tianchen muttered to himself like this.
Elder Ling, meanwhile, was watching Li Tianchen’s performance from within the ring. He was also extremely curious about what exactly was on the Heart-Questioning Steps to make Li Tianchen so impatient.
When he bound himself to Li Tianchen, Elder Ling had already known of Li Tianchen’s special nature. Aside from his talent, he also possessed uniquely blessed fortune; the blessings upon him were extremely high.
Otherwise, he would not have simply gone out and picked him up, accidentally awakening him in the process.
Now that this Heart-Questioning Steps could cause Li Tianchen’s fortune to boil, all kinds of signs were telling Elder Ling that within the Heart-Questioning Steps, there was something waiting for Li Tianchen that was even better than what lay within the Heaven-Burning Abyss.
In Elder Ling’s view, Li Tianchen might well be the chosen son of this era—unfortunately, Li Tianwei existed.
“Too terrifying.”
In Elder Ling’s mind, Li Tianwei’s despair-inducing strength once again surfaced.
This kind of power that exceeded all norms—in Elder Ling’s view—even the Heavenly Dao or the Great Dao’s favor could not achieve such a degree.
This fellow was already beyond the reach of anyone, beyond anyone’s ability to influence.
At this moment, Li Tianchen had already stepped onto the Heart-Questioning Steps.
At the same time, Elder Ling’s consciousness went black.
“No way! I count too?”
Seeing these changes, Elder Ling immediately reacted—this was likely the Heart-Questioning Steps taking effect on him as well.
“It seems he already knew of my existence.”
Elder Ling could not help but sigh with emotion.
“At the very least, I’m also in the Out-of-Body Realm. I should properly show myself here.”
In Elder Ling’s view, even if Li Tianwei reforged the Heart-Questioning Steps, it still could not escape the original rules—wasn’t it just aptitude and disposition? As an Out-of-Body Realm cultivator, he would absolutely stand out within it.
Thinking of the function of the Heart-Questioning Steps, Elder Ling also wanted to show off a bit, to see what Li Tianwei had left behind inside.
Soon, scene after scene of images and text appeared before Elder Ling’s eyes.
Inside were densely packed numbers and patterns composed of various simple lines, displaying changes through stress-motion variations.
“Th-this… what is this!”
Looking at the dizzying patterns before him and those strange lines, Elder Ling was completely stunned.
He could not understand at all what these things were; they completely exceeded his cognition.
“No way, I can’t even pass the first stage.”
Seeing this, Elder Ling was dumbfounded, yet he still forced himself to persist.
The scenery before his eyes seemed to sense Elder Ling’s situation and once again changed.
This time, it was no longer lines, but scene after scene of bizarre situations. Within them, people were constantly interacting with one another, and the prompt Elder Ling received was to find contradictions among them.
With just a few simple words and actions, one had to find contradictory issues—who could possibly understand this kind of thing?
“This damn thing… what exactly is it?”
While Elder Ling was still experiencing these utterly bewildering trials—
Li Tianchen had already been continuously calculating the stress-motion changes in the first image-text scene and successfully provided the answer.
Immediately after, Li Tianchen went deeper and deeper. When he finally encountered problems he could not solve, he subsequently experienced livestock breeding, spirit-herb cultivation, and even analyzed all things from another bizarre angle.
In the end, there was also comprehension of Dao Intent and observation of Li Tianwei’s Divine Abilities.
Endless novel knowledge—Li Tianchen could not imagine how much time it would take to fully understand all of this.
Compared to Li Tianchen, everyone else—including Elder Ling—had already been battered beyond recognition by the Heart-Questioning Steps.
There was simply too much they could not verify or comprehend. Fortunately, within it, they still found aspects that suited their own understanding.
Otherwise, they would have suspected that all of this was complete nonsense.
The Heart-Questioning Steps were bustling with activity, while over at the Main Peak, under Li Tianwei’s instructions, preparations to completely reform the Sacred Land of Lingxu had already been finalized.
A complete transformation of the system, and the intention to pour all existing resources of the Sacred Land of Lingxu into it.
They would even make all secrets public.
After hearing Li Tianwei’s arrangements, those elders and disciples also hurried toward the Heart-Questioning Steps.
“How strange—why are there so few people comprehending things within the Heart-Questioning Steps?”
At this moment, after finishing the arrangement of all affairs, Li Tianwei slightly tilted his head and looked beyond the Grand Hall.
The Heart-Questioning Steps had been modified by Li Tianwei, so he naturally knew what those who stepped onto them were experiencing and how much they had comprehended.
Very clearly, among the current disciples who had stepped onto the Heart-Questioning Steps, very few were qualified.
“It seems I still need to compile some teaching materials for them.”
Li Tianwei let out a deep sigh.
“Sure enough, the gap between them and me is still far too great. They can’t understand even a bit of it.
“But it doesn’t matter. I will slowly teach you all—though it may be a bit painful.”
Because the results produced by the Heart-Questioning Steps were extremely unsatisfactory, Li Tianwei already had other plans forming in his mind.
Those disciples and elders who were still verifying their hearts on the Heart-Questioning Steps suddenly felt chills down their backs for no apparent reason, with threads of unease emerging within their hearts.