"In the future you've observed, did a cultivation method appear that's suitable for everyone to practice?"
Since some people had successfully cultivated, surely China in the future had discovered this fact and continued their research, right?
Brandon did not answer this question.
A cultivation method suitable for all practitioners had indeed emerged in the future, one that could accelerate their training speed. But this method wasn't suitable only for humans—it was suitable for all living beings.
It was true that both Daoism and Buddhism had now produced individuals favored by their sects' fortune. Some of their abilities were even related to the faith they held. They could very easily cultivate successfully using the scriptures of their respective sects.
But just because they could didn't mean others could.
These scriptures created by their predecessors weren't what people imagined—tools that promoted spiritual energy absorption and accelerated cultivation. The most crucial factor enabling them to serve this function was that this world had granted them such capabilities.
Spiritual energy was merely a type of energy—one suitable for all living creatures. The fundamental cause of Earth's transformation was indeed the spiritual energy resurgence. But what would have an even greater impact on this world in the future was actually Mystery.
The definition of Mystery was extremely broad. Cultivation, magic, wizardry, fantasy, the bizarre... all of these could be called Mystery. Any system that current science couldn't explain could be considered a form of Mystery.
The spiritual energy resurgence meant Earth was no longer a purely technological world. Mystery was also reshaping this world due to the emergence of spiritual energy. This process was inevitably slow, requiring the passage of time.
Cultivation methods were creations influenced by "Mystery." Perhaps originally they didn't possess the ability to enable cultivation, or perhaps cultivation through them wasn't supposed to work this way. But due to Mystery's influence, their fundamental nature had changed. They had gained the capabilities people hoped for.
Some cultivation methods could indeed be practiced now, but the threshold for cultivation was far higher than it would be in the future when "Mystery" had fully descended.
Only those truly favored by the fortune of their respective sects had the ability to cultivate these secret techniques.
As for developing a new secret technique that anyone could practice to increase their cultivation speed? How would they even research that?
Did they have a deep understanding of the Dao?
Did they have exceptional talent and comprehension in cultivation?
Did they have the ability to independently create a method suitable for everyone to practice?
Even if they did, it would be useless.
For it to have any effect, it needed to be acknowledged by Mystery.
The cultivation method that appeared in the future wasn't something the Research Institute had developed. It was a method suitable for all practitioners that he had exchanged from Roxie Vale's world. After being converted through the chat group's rules, it became something the creatures of this world could practice.
But that was after the third spiritual energy tide. He didn't have such plans yet.
Although the second spiritual energy tide had greatly increased Earth's spiritual energy content, supporting all living creatures cultivating together—while possible until the third tide arrived—still felt detrimental to Earth's future somehow.
It wasn't Earth's consciousness warning him. It was something deeper, more unknown.
It was precisely these inexplicable hints from the void that made him keenly aware that he had always been observed by certain existences.
Not just the Earth consciousness that had granted him [Authority of Nature], but other beings as well—ones he wasn't yet qualified to contact.
Regarding this, he actually didn't feel much about it.
From the moment he joined the chat group, he had become aware of this issue.
Up until now, every member of the chat group had come from some work of fiction. Apart from him and Roxie Vale, everyone else was a character from anime or film and television productions.
But who could guarantee that he and Roxie weren't characters from some work as well? Wasn't the very term "transmigrator" something that originated from fiction?
Roxie Vale's spiritual energy insulation and his [Authority of Nature]—didn't they represent two different story tropes?
The trash-to-treasure trope and the genius trope.
Otherwise, how could one explain why Roxie couldn't cultivate yet possessed that world's greatest fortune? The chat group selected members based on fortune, after all.
There was just one thing that puzzled him. If he was the protagonist of some work, and the chat group hadn't appeared to trigger the spiritual energy resurgence, he wouldn't have gained [Authority of Nature]. Based on his past mindset, he should have just spent his life uneventfully.
Even the chat group had been extremely puzzled by his fortune at the time. Despite being a transmigrator, his fortune was no different from anyone else's.
If he was the protagonist of some work, what was the author trying to convey?
An urban setting, a protagonist with no drive, no ambition, planning to spend his life in leisure—would anyone actually read such a work?
Or was it that his current age wasn't when the plot was supposed to begin, and there was still a long time before it started?
He had some doubts about this, but it hadn't reached the point where he absolutely needed to find an answer. So after pondering it for a while, he set these thoughts aside.
No matter how deeply he thought about it, this world was no longer what it once was. He was no longer that student attending school. Compared to these matters, he should be focusing on how to accelerate civilization's progress.
The world of God of War. Angel civilization.
This was a secret realm of birdsong and fragrant flowers, like a paradise beyond the mortal world. Mountains, rivers, blue skies, white clouds, and seas of flowers. At the center of this realm, two beautiful angels were conversing.
Angel Yan gently extended her hand, and a beautiful butterfly alighted on her index finger. A smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
"Yan, when did you start receiving training from Queen Kaisa and Master?"
Blazeheart curiously examined Angel Yan. She did seem somewhat different from before—her bearing had become a bit like Queen Kaisa's.
"About three days after you left."
Hearing Blazeheart's question, Angel Yan's expression turned helpless. She propped her chin on both hands, looking like she wanted to cry but had no tears.
She couldn't help feeling that her anime self had dug a pit for her. Being the Angel King was so exhausting.
In the anime, because she had risen from warrior to queen, she was lacking in many areas. So to prevent any problems, Queen Kaisa and the Heavenly Foundation King had taken it upon themselves to educate her.
Being taught by two Kings—this really wasn't something an ordinary person could handle.
"Enough about me. The Heavenly Foundation King must have asked you a lot of questions about Brandon White, right?"
Angel Yan looked at Blazeheart with interest, teasing her.
"N-No, she didn't."
"She only asked me some questions about my god's world."
Blazeheart spoke somewhat shyly after hearing Angel Yan's words.
Why did Leng, Yan, the Queen, and Master all like asking her about things between her and her god?
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