Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 258 - 255: My Palm Has 5000 Years of Power!

Chapter 258: Chapter 255: My Palm Has 5000 Years of Power!

"Senior Sister Su, don’t attack, it’s me!

What a coincidence to run into each other in such a vast ’Lost Layer.’ It must be fate,"

After letting Huang Wu hide back in the [Five Senses Altar City] and revert to her Ghost Baby state, Wang Yuan stepped out of the thatched cottage alone.

He acted as if he hadn’t seen that very moment Senior Sister Su had devoured her own Junior Brother, greeted her from across the river with a smile plastered all over his face:

"Are you alone, Senior Sister Su? Why don’t we explore this Jiuyi Kingdom together?

I have a hunch that the ’Body’ is actually an[Old Almanac]’s [Yellow Attire Boy], likely hidden at the very historical source of Dengzhou Prefecture."

"Sure, Junior Brother Song, come across the river. I was just thinking it would be nice to have some company."

Senior Sister Su gave him a flirtatious glance that hinted no suspicion towards his words, instead warmly extending the invitation.

Although her face was veiled, preventing a full view of her visage, the charming, captivating air that lingered in her eyebrows still managed to distract one’s mind.

Lady Peach Fairy, naturally coquettish, was considered the most seductive demoness Wang Yuan had ever encountered; yet compared to Senior Sister Su, she seemed lacking in allure.

Wang Yuan couldn’t help but feel this woman, though not [Weird], had a heart more twisted and bizarre than any [Weird] he’d encountered.

Even though he once tricked and killed countless sly and cunning adversaries, he now felt uncertain about reading her intentions.

A formidable opponent indeed!

"Senior Sister Su, you see, my lantern is clearly pointing behind me, which suggests there’s a greater possibility it’s on my side. Why don’t you come across instead?"

And so, the two of them stood on opposite banks, silently staring at each other.

Their words were courteous, but neither showed any intention of crossing the river.

Even to ordinary people, it’s common knowledge that ’attacking mid-crossing’ is highly dangerous.

And for two Poison Kings like them, who had emerged victorious from countless cunning battles?

Maintaining impeccable fake smiles on their faces, both quietly moved a hand behind their backs.

"I’m certain from the look in her eyes that this bitch wants to kill me!

Great, I want to kill her too!"

Despite Senior Sister Su’s progressive thoughts on gender equality, which resonated even with someone from another world like Wang Yuan,

The hero of one is the enemy of another.

If she were to grow and become the new Water Virtue Flood Dragon of the ’No-Life Dao,’ she would be much harder to deal with than the likes of Xue Donglou and Jin Changhao.

Instantly.

A whiff of imagination burst from the palm of his hand, turning into a metallic ball the size of a thumb, colored silver-gray.

And the next move was called — [E=mc²].

Also known as [Evening Breeze Nightly Blows Thousands of Blossoming Trees]!

Just this tiny sphere, with a yield of roughly four hundred tons, could easily level the entire Great Yan Imperial City, encircled by the nine layers of palace prohibitions.

This move, even the [Green Seal Sage] wouldn’t be able to withstand it head-on.

Just as Wang Yuan was about to trigger a chain reaction and release this devastating attack,

Senior Sister Su seemed to sense something, her expression abruptly changed, and she drew a pin from her hair, slashing it through the air.

It was like the Queen Mother parting the Milky Way.

With a rushing sound...

The river in front of them suddenly flooded, expanding into a large lake in the blink of an eye, then into a vast sea.

The two who were face-to-face were now thousands of miles apart in an instant.

And this "imagination" also seemed to trigger a series of chain reactions in the "Lost Layer." Behind Wang Yuan, lands changed as the high mountains turned into valleys and plains into mountains...

And atop an altar built on a levelled mountain, suddenly, there came a loud chorus of insect noises.

No longer bothering to chase after that white lotus, Wang Yuan immediately turned to look behind him.

Consequently, the light from the lantern in his hand focused into a beam, pointing directly toward the direction of the altar.

"Is it the [Weird] that contaminated the Public Dream? Finally found it!"

Missed in the east corner, gained in the mulberry field.

Having lost the opportunity to take out Senior Sister Su early, Wang Yuan accidentally finds the source of the Weird in the dream realm.

No longer dwelling on the future trouble Senior Sister Su might cause him, Wang Yuan took a step, shrinking the distance with each stride, reaching the mountain top in just three steps.

Looking up.

In the center of the altar lay a colossal white cocoon, within which one could faintly see a developing giant moth emitting a faint blue glow.

The blue light revealed scattered [Evil God Orders] embedded in the cocoon’s walls like stars.

Endless strands of silk connected to the void, seemingly linked to the entire history of Dengzhou Prefecture.

The "knowledge" accumulated over thousands of years by all the people on this land flowed like tangible water through the silk strands into the cocoon, being devoured by the moth.

"Dharma Master, this doesn’t seem to be cultivating a [Weird], but rather... refining a tool!"

Hearing [Fire Official] Xing’er speak within, Wang Yuan was slightly taken aback.

"Refining... a tool?"

"Yes, this is most likely using living beings for tool refinement, akin to the methods of Killing Temple."

As a former Fox Demon who specialized in the [Pure Fire Seven Treasures Art], Xing’er was an expert in tool refinement, and her opinion was most authoritative.

With her explanation, Wang Yuan soon came to understand.

After Young Master Huadie fled into the dream realm, his fate was clearly not very pleasant.

If he had merely become a [Weird], there might still be a chance in the future to steal a [Killing Dao Fruit] and return to his original form.

But if he had been refined into a [Deceit Object], that possibility would dramatically decrease by more than a thousand-fold.

The first thing a normal Yellow Seal Mage does after advancing is mostly to refine their own "Magic Treasure," which also serves as a carrier of their Tao.

If one can control the "Taoist Inheritance Artifact" of their own Tao Lineage, then this step can be directly skipped.

As for a "Yellow Seal Strange Immortal" like the yellow-robed kid, who was originally transformed from an out-of-control "Old Almanac," the "Magic Treasure" it desires is naturally not any mundane object.

Just like Master Ge previously did, refining the "Yin Yang Heart Bell" out of Zhou Jingxiang and Guo Caixu, the yellow-robed kid clearly had no intention of letting Young Master Huadie off the hook.

If Young Master Huadie, who turned into a "Dream Moth," devoured the knowledge accumulated in the collective dream, it would be equivalent to devouring the entire history of Dengzhou Prefecture.

And by gathering all of the "Evil God Orders," one would definitely obtain a powerful "Qi Fortune Treasure" capable of controlling dreams and suppressing Qi fortune!

However, when Wang Yuan directly beheld the mountainous enormity of the "Dream Moth," these strange taboos also transmitted from the "Heart Communication Conch":

"One: The Dream Moth’s power will be continually enhanced by tribulation energy, fear, and knowledge.

The more people killed, the closer to the second day of the second month of next year, the stronger the power of the Dream Moth becomes.

If those who have lived in Dengzhou for generations and who link their dreams to the collective dream could place a slip of paper with Young Master Huadie’s birth date and time under their pillow before sleep, they would be able to hide in the vast dream sea and no longer be found by Deceit Monsters.""

"Two: Anyone killed in the dream realm will also die in reality, only it cannot be killed in a dream; to kill it, you must pull it into reality!"

"Three: The Dream Moth’s primary targets are to capture "knowledge" and all of the "Evil God Orders."

Obscure knowledge will put it into sleep, reducing its frequency of feeding.

Even unique "knowledge" can contaminate it, causing its growth direction to deviate.

And when the energy of calamity is at its strongest, it is the time when Deceit Monsters use the imagination of millions of people to emerge into the world.

At that time, it is very likely to cause the dream realm and reality to briefly overlap!"

After hearing these three Precept Taboos, Wang Yuan couldn’t help frowning deeply.

"Cannot be killed in a dream? Only on the second day of the second month can dreams and reality overlap? Looks like the two Calamities this time are really going to merge together.

The only good news now is that the locals can find a sneaky way to hide, and I can also find a way to infuse a massive amount of ’knowledge’ to keep the Dream Moth asleep."

After repeatedly thinking it through and failing to come up with a better idea, Wang Yuan stepped up to a silk thread thicker than a tree and pressed his hand against it.

A sinister smile appeared on his face:

"Can grow continuously by devouring ’knowledge’? Then does knowledge from another world that has accumulated the wisdom of a civilization for five thousand years count?

I’ll add a little something now, and when you wake up, you’ll truly ’spring to life’!"

In this world, even those well-informed Magicians who have lived their whole lives cannot compare with someone like Wang Yuan who comes from an information age in terms of the amount of information they encounter.

The most intuitive example is that while others measure their reading in ’books’ or even ’characters,’ his measurement would start at gigabytes "GB" and even terabytes "TB."

His dreamscape is bound to be much larger than any Magician of the same level.

What’s more terrifying is.

After advancing to the "Yin God" realm, his memory became unprecedentedly good; as long as he saw it in his previous life, even if it was just a glance, he can remember it now without any problem.

"This palm of mine, condensed with the wisdom accumulated by the great powers of another world for five thousand years, I ask if you can take it?

Let’s start with something light, how about a copy of... ’Three Years of College Entrance Exams and Five Years of Simulations.’"

In the dream realm, there is no need to speak with one’s mouth; information can still be exchanged continuously.

As soon as he realized this, Wang Yuan deliberately sealed his own dreamscape to prevent his knowledge from flowing out.

Now, as he lifted the restriction, specific knowledge immediately rushed out like a flood.

As the knowledge poured out, the buzzing sound in his ears abruptly intensified and even seemed a bit piercing.

Making an arts student study science is going to be distressing for anyone.

Wang Yuan’s expression grew increasingly dreadful:

"You want more? Oh, then let’s go straight to advanced mathematics!"

Advanced mathematics is, after all, used for solving difficult problems.

It’s the yardstick for measuring the strength of human thought, a proof of higher human thinking, and the only universal language across all worlds!

Mapping and functions; limits of sequences; limits of functions; derivatives and differentials; rules for deriving functions...

As he instilled the knowledge, Wang Yuan let out a piercing laugh:

"Experience the pain I once endured! Hahaha..."

Most knowledge passed down in the Great Yan civilization is metaphysical stuff.

Metaphysics is called Tao above form, and that which is below form is called a vessel.

Tao is the origin of the universe, the metaphysical essence that transcends all material existence, including time, energy, causality, and so on.

A vessel is something tangible. A great vessel is a name, including words, reasoning, truth, and axioms; it is the carrier of the Tao.

This mathematics is precisely a standard carrier of the Tao and also the terrifying nightmare that Wang Yuan still dreams of even now.

As knowledge points scarier than Deceit Monsters flowed from Wang Yuan’s mind, the "Dream Moth" suddenly let out a heartrending "screech."

The "Heart Communication Conch" even thoughtfully provided a translation service.

"Too much, can’t fit anymore, no, don’t—...."

It was a heart-wrenching sight to see and a tearful sound to hear.

After a while, when Wang Yuan came down from the mountain, he casually adjusted his belt with an indifferent expression.

The sound of insect chirping behind him had completely ceased; the "Dream Moth" looked as if it were dead.

Just then.

The "Inverted Chaos Talisman" in Wang Yuan’s arms suddenly lit up, indicating that the main forces had finally caught the tail of the yellow-robed kid.

"Perfect timing. Now let’s see if my ’Mass-Energy Equation’ can wipe you all out in one go! Hehehe..."