Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!

Chapter 1121 - 334: [Time Flow]_3

Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

After reading all the stone slabs on this level, and gaining a deeper understanding of the history recorded on them, spanning hundreds or even thousands of years, of those vibrant peoples in the long river of history, advancing vigorously on the road of civilization evolution...

Chen Yan grew a spontaneous respect for all of this.

Therefore, his final task was to carefully gather all the stone slabs and put them back in their original places—doing this, his expression was solemn and serious.

Finally, he walked to the door, and grasped the round handle on the door.

This time, there was no longer that intense sense of danger in his Divine Sense.

Chen Yan took a deep breath and pulled the door open.

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Behind the door was a stairway leading down.

Every few steps, a lamp post was hung on the wall, and as Chen Yan approached, the lamp post would light up, the stone at the top immediately illuminated, emitting a glow similar to a burning flame, only softer.

As Chen Yan descended the stairway step by step, the lamp posts would light up along the path, illuminating the way ahead.

But as he walked further, the lamp posts behind him extinguished one by one, returning to darkness and silence.

After descending dozens of steps and reaching the end, there was another door in front of him, which Chen Yan slowly pushed open.

He knew he had come to a new level.

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The layout of this new level was not much different from the one above.

The hall was spacious, with a high ceiling, looking grand, vast, and comfortable.

There were still rows upon rows of towering stone cabinets standing neatly in the hall.

The only difference was that this level had no windows, and lamp posts emitted light from all four walls.

Even though the place was large, it did not feel gloomy or oppressive in the slightest.

Chen Yan approached the stone cabinets, strolled along them from the edge, scanning them with his eyes.

Most of the cabinets still held layer upon layer of stone slabs.

But already, there were some scrolls, no longer using stone slabs as the medium, but showcasing new items.

Such as animal bones, tortoise shells, even wooden boards, and pieces, animal hides, and such.

At the end, Chen Yan even saw some very interesting little objects.

Some stones that were polished into special shapes and appeared very beautiful, in various colors.

There were also items resembling variously shaped shells, but obviously polished, and even painted with colors.

Having studied history, a flash of insight came to Chen Yan.

These are...

Currency? The earliest, primitive currency!

This discovery sparked a mysterious excitement within him.

This civilization, this community, was still progressing! They were boldly and vigorously advancing on the path of civilization!

Chen Yan exhaled deeply, smiled, and said to himself, "Then, let’s begin!"

He walked to the edge of a row of bookshelves, took down a stone slab from the first compartment of the first layer, and began to read.

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The flow of time in this place was extremely slow.

Chen Yan found that many troubles were actually omitted here.

For instance, he could go without eating for dozens of days, or even not drink water, without feeling hungry or thirsty. Clearly, the flow of time also affected individual metabolism.

However, Chen Yan still managed to make a portable toilet for himself. This item was acquired by that guy being toyed with by the "Doomsday System" back then.

Except, the waste from using it, after being boxed up, was temporarily thrown into the Storage Equipment by Chen Yan—not his Storage Jade Pendant, which he found disgusting and didn’t want to store those things in the same space as his reserved food.

But he still had some disposable Storage Equipment, the kind of "Jade Pearl" produced by the Domain Realm, which was spacious enough to dispose of living and waste garbage.

Anyway, Chen Yan felt that life here wasn’t too hard.

A quiet environment, undisturbed.

Plenty, even lengthy time to squander on his own.

If he wanted to eat, his Storage Jade Pendant contained an abundance of various delicacies, even if the slow time flow did not make him hungry, it could still satisfy some cravings.

Most importantly, to pass the time, there were cabinet after cabinet of vast books.

The slow time flow further dispelled the last trace of worry in Chen Yan’s mind—staying here for a long time wouldn’t hinder matters outside.

The only drawback of such a place was that the passage of time would still consume his lifespan.

However...for Cultivators, since lifespan is long, wasting a bit here, even losing ten or twenty years, was not much concern for Chen Yan.

He no longer carved "correct" marks on the stone slabs but took out a notebook (paper-based) to make records, and even handwrote a calendar on it to calculate time.

Besides that, Chen Yan even gave up cultivation, dedicating all his time and energy to reading.

After all, in this place with a slow time flow, cultivating and transporting Primordial Qi was actually inefficient as well.

The growth of Primordial Qi became similarly slow due to the slow time flow!

This was something Chen Yan hadn’t anticipated initially, but after discovering this fact later, he quickly accepted the situation.

After all, the growth of humans, and the body’s metabolism, had slowed down.

Cultivating Primordial Qi naturally also became slow.

Nevertheless, it was all indifferent!

Chen Yan was almost wholly immersed in the act of reading.

Even the bizarre old man hadn’t appeared for a long time, and Chen Yan hadn’t noticed it. Or rather, he realized it, but didn’t care anymore.

The reading speed on this level was much slower than in the first level.

Because as he read further, the medium recording history was no longer the original stone slabs but became those leather scrolls, and scrolls.

Similar to the parchment that ancient people used to record in the real world.

With a different medium, the amount of text greatly increased, and the records became more detailed. After all, the amount of text that could be recorded on a piece of parchment was much more than the few scant lines on a stone slab.

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