It's like being stuck between two worlds?

Upon hearing Xuan Che's words, Yu Sheng was suddenly stirred: "Yes, yes, that's exactly how it feels!"

Then he immediately realized: "Wait, do you know what's going on?!"

"I've never encountered it," Xuan Che shook his head but then changed his tone, "However, I once heard my Master Uncle mention some strange and bizarre occurrences he had witnessed during his early travels. One of them reminds me of the situation in your room."

Yu Sheng was instantly interested: "Tell me about it?"

Xuan Che recalled for a moment and then slowly began: "Master Uncle said that during his early quest for the Dao, he had traversed Star Han. Due to the malfunction of the Immortal Boat, he accidentally arrived at an unnamed 'Deserted Star', a planet not found on any navigation charts, with no signs of civilization's navigational beacons or stations around it. Yet the space around the planet was filled with strange howls—known to outsiders as 'electromagnetic howls'. In order to repair the Immortal Boat, Master Uncle had no choice but to make an emergency landing on that Deserted Star and encountered many truly bizarre phenomena.

"He said the planet's surface was devoid of life, yet countless black megaliths stood up. Each megalith reached heights of a thousand feet, with lengths and widths of several hundred feet, like stone monuments as tall as mountains, neatly arranged on the ground. Among the megaliths were dry river valleys and cliffs, with pillars large and small lying within. Whether the mountain-high monuments or the fallen pillars, all were evidently crafted by human hands...

"He made the emergency landing on top of one of these giant stone monuments, the landing point was on the shadowed side of the Deserted Star. The next day, he saw a sun rise from the left side of the Immortal Boat, its color was like red gold, as large as a wheel. By the third day, however, he saw...another sun."

"What? Another sun?" Yu Sheng was listening intently and suddenly froze, "Explain clearly, was there an additional sun in the sky, or... was it swapped?"

"Swapped," Xuan Che said slowly, "its color was orange-red, about the size of a fist, rising from the left side of the Immortal Boat—and throughout the day, it hung high in the sky, not as bright as the previous day's sun, making the sky particularly dim and gloomy.

"Then on the fourth day, the sun, as red-gold and large as a wheel, rose again... and so on, a repetitive cycle."

Yu Sheng listened in a daze. Although this series of stories from Xuan Che, an Immortal Cultivator, seemed a bit strange in style, Yu Sheng wasn't concerned about the style issues anymore. His full attention was on the two extraordinarily different suns.

"Let me confirm, how many suns are there around that planet?" He couldn't help but ask.

"Just one," Xuan Che obviously anticipated Yu Sheng's question and answered very swiftly, "According to Master Uncle's observations before making the emergency landing, the red-gold sun should be the 'normal' sun visible on the surface."

"And that orange-red small sun is..."

"It also truly exists, but it exists in 'the other side of the world'," Xuan Che slowly explained, "Master Uncle later stayed there for a long time, attempting to decipher this bizarre phenomenon. His final guess was that the planet beneath his feet simultaneously exists in two worlds, orbiting two suns—both suns overlap at the same coordinate in the two worlds. From outside the planetary orbit, only the sun from 'our side' is visible, but on the surface of the Deserted Star, you can alternately observe the sky of two worlds on a daily cycle..."

Yu Sheng listened in astonishment for a long time before nodding to Xuan Che with a somewhat subtle expression: "...Your Master Uncle is quite a character."

"I hold my Master Uncle in great esteem," Xuan Che spoke with a smile but then seemed a bit embarrassed, "but my teacher bears quite a bit of resentment towards Master Uncle's frequent outings without attending to sect affairs... Please don't tell the Master it was me who said this."

Yu Sheng's mouth twitched slightly as he tried to adapt to the Qianfeng Ling Mountain's unique style and concentrated on the main issue: "That 'Deserted Star' you mentioned, where exactly is it? Has your Master Uncle explored it further after returning?"

"Ah, it's regrettable to say, since Master Uncle left there, that planet and the sun it orbited seemed to have disappeared, never to be found again," Xuan Che sighed, "Master Uncle later attempted several times to return using the old coordinates recorded by the Immortal Boat, but found only cold clouds of dust at the original location. He suspects that the planet may have completely 'fallen' to the other side, along with the sun, into another world. Of course, it's also possible that the coordinates recorded by the Immortal Boat were incorrect due to the malfunction at the time... If it's the latter case, there's still the slim hope of finding that planet."

Yu Sheng didn't speak for a while, he just silently approached the end of the room, raising his hand to sweep over the cold mirror.

Xuan Che had recounted such an extraordinary story—a planet running in two worlds, and suns switching daily, all of which seemed incongruous with the small room before him, yet they demonstrated an undeniable "commonality" in subtle ways.

Simultaneously existing in two worlds.

... Is it merely "two" worlds?

Yu Sheng suddenly frowned.

He recalled that the mirror not only had presented the snow-filled cavern but had also shown a ruin shrouded in black mist, and a dead, blonde puppet, shattered and lying among the broken remains.

Suppose every "scene" reflected in this mirror represents a "location" overlapping with this room?

Then... perhaps this room is even more absurd than the "Deserted Star" witnessed by Xuan Che's Master Uncle!

Yu Sheng's imagination involuntarily expanded. After a while, he slowly reined in the swarming thoughts.

He looked up and saw Xuan Che still diligently studying around the walls near the mirror, touching here and looking there, occasionally taking out a talisman from his casual clothes pocket, murmuring something, and the talisman ignited and dissipated in his hand, creating brief ripples, seemingly testing something.

Erin and Hu Li were standing not far away, two guys who together couldn't even scrape together a primary school diploma, mumbling about what Xuan Che was actually doing.

The little puppet poked the fox's tail, "Hey, look, look, this is what cultivating immortality should be like. Look at this style—though it's kind of off, it's still way more normal than you."

"I, I know that too!" Hu Li was quite interested in the things Xuan Che was fiddling with, but hearing Erin's words, he stubbornly defended, "But in our time, we don't use traditional talismans anymore, we all cast spells without them..."

"Sounds soulless."

Hu Li couldn't outtalk Erin as usual, so he started thumping Erin's head with his tail, making loud slapping noises.

Xuan Che couldn't help but glance back at the puppet and the Nine-Tailed Fox, who were playing around, then turned and approached Yu Sheng.

"I just checked every corner of this room carefully. Indeed, I found many illogical places, but as you said, they're all 'closed'... can the 'rift' here be opened actively?"

"No," Yu Sheng shook his head, "at least for now, I haven't found a way to control it."

"Then we can only rely on fate," Xuan Che sighed as he heard this, "We'll have to wait until it 'opens' again. Right now, it's really hard to see more out of it."

"It's not a big deal. The story you told me earlier has already given me a lot of inspiration," Yu Sheng laughed, taking it all in stride, "So let's go back to the living room first. I still want to hear more about Qianfeng Ling Mountain."

"Of course."

The group left the bizarre room at the end of the second-floor corridor, with Yu Sheng walking last and ensuring the door was securely closed before leaving with peace of mind.

Just a few steps later, his gaze landed on Erin, who was at his feet, vigorously moving her short legs.

"Ah, wait a minute, I suddenly remembered something!"

Several pairs of eyes immediately focused over.

Yu Sheng looked at Erin, who raised her head, then at Xuan Che, who was walking beside him.

Erin Pro Max lacks a way to replenish energy, while Hu Li, a kid from a cyber cultivation society, couldn't understand the ancient cultivation method—but right here was a standard practitioner of ancient cultivation!

Even though it seemed like Qianfeng Ling Mountain wasn't too 'ancient' nowadays, they had a complete knowledge system; maybe they had a way to solve Erin's endurance problem?

Thinking of this, he quickly organized his thoughts, looking seriously at Xuan Che, "I have a question to consult first—do you guys who practice cultivation have this saying about absorbing nature's spiritual energy?"

"Of course," Xuan Che immediately nodded, "That's the foundation of cultivation."

"... Can it be taught to outsiders?" Yu Sheng said, suddenly feeling that asking directly might be inappropriate. After all, the cultivation dharma method sounds like a secret, often leading to a bloody storm in novels, movies, and games. So he promptly added, "I mean the most basic kind..."

"Even non-basic ones can be taught, as long as you can pass the corresponding license exam," Xuan Che said matter-of-factly, "The basics are even simpler. Over there, each major sect enrolls students every year, and everyone of the enrollment age must register—failing to register is illegal."

"Uh... so even foreigners can learn?"

"Sure! You just need to register and pay the tuition. But how much you can learn depends on your own talent—I recall the Jipro exchange students had the most talent."

Yu Sheng: "..."

Moments later, he smacked his forehead with his hand.

It seems like, though Qianfeng Ling Mountain hadn't reached the outrageous cyber cultivation heights of Hu Li's hometown, it was pretty much headed in that direction.

Thinking this, he cleared his throat and pointed at Erin.

"Here's the thing, she might need your technique of 'absorbing nature's spiritual energy'..."

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