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Vol 2 Chapter 113:

In the nursing home, Tang Lingwu’s computer was running at full speed, its fan whirring loudly before it finally quieted down.

As the computer settled, the group gathered around the screen. Tang Lingwu clicked a few times with the mouse and then spoke:

"Following the idea that the second type of sub-talisman corresponds to a certain programmer—no, a certain existence—I’ll temporarily refer to it as a Divine Name Sub-Talisman. If we classify the previously discovered talisman diagrams based on different Divine Name Sub-Talismans…" Tang Lingwu dragged the screen as she explained, "we can see that there are actually thousands of these Divine Name Sub-Talismans—and that’s without us inputting more talisman diagrams."

"Are you saying that countless great beings have written their own rules?"

"Countless might be an exaggeration, but there are certainly quite a few," Tang Lingwu nodded and tapped the keyboard again. "But if we analyze further, we’ll find that the number of talisman diagrams linked to each Divine Name Sub-Talisman isn’t the same."

"For example, these ten or so Divine Name Sub-Talismans alone account for 80% of all talisman diagrams."

"If we expand to around 300 Divine Name Sub-Talismans, they make up nearly 99.9% of the total."

"If we think of this entire talisman diagram system as a project," Tang Lingwu concluded, "then these ten or so individuals contributed 80% of the code… They were the core developers of the project."

Tang Lingwu spoke with a slightly discouraged expression. "I just don’t know what use this discovery has…"

"It’s useful," Zheng Fa analyzed. "Let’s make a reasonable assumption: the stronger a great being is, the more rules they can write for the world. That means…"

"Among those who created the talisman diagrams, there were ten or so immensely powerful beings," Zheng Fa slowly deduced. "They were the strongest, and the spiritual talismans they created were the most refined—so if we want to study the final type of sub-talisman, we should choose one of them to focus on."

Tang Lingwu and Old Bai nodded lightly.

"Moreover… these individuals," Zheng Fa looked at the ten or so Divine Name Sub-Talismans, his tone filled with speculation, "they might be related to the secret of Soul Formation."

"Soul Formation?"

Zheng Fa shook his head slightly and didn’t explain to Old Bai and the others.

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For Zheng Fa and the others, the Divine Name Sub-Talismans were still too distant a concept.

For now, their research was focused on Heaven’s Tribulation Lightning.

"Zheng Fa, come take a look," Old Bai beckoned him over. "Lingwu and I ran a simulation on the computer and managed to generate a few possible Prime Talismans for Heaven’s Tribulation Lightning."

Hearing this, Zheng Fa walked over. The computer screen displayed ten talisman diagrams.

If the cultivators in the Heavenly Monument Realm saw this, they’d probably have their Dao Hearts shattered.

After all, turning a spell into a talisman technique already required an extremely long process, sometimes taking hundreds of generations to refine and test.

Even after finding a functional talisman diagram, turning it into a Prime Talisman required an uncertain amount of additional time.

Not to mention, no one even understood how Heaven’s Tribulation Lightning was actually generated.

Yet here Zheng Fa and his team were, already designing the perfect Prime Talisman for it…

Once they had analyzed not only the three sub-talisman types but also the Divine Name Sub-Talismans and Five Elements Sub-Talismans, reverse-engineering Heaven’s Tribulation Lightning’s talisman structure became almost effortless.

To put it in perspective, while others were rubbing sticks together to make fire, Zheng Fa was about to invent a lighter…

"Look here, we tested using different Five Elements Sub-Talismans," Old Bai pointed at the screen. "Plus, with Yin-Yang structuring, we’ve got ten variations."

Zheng Fa nodded and memorized the ten talisman diagrams.

Since modern society lacked the materials to craft spiritual talismans, he would have to test them back in the Xuanyi Realm.

But narrowing it down to ten choices was already too easy…

"Oh, by the way, in a bit, I’ll need you to guard me while I break through."

"Guard you?"

"I’m about to advance!"

Zheng Fa was stunned. He looked at Old Bai. Back when Tang Lingwu broke through to the second level of Qi Refining, it had hit Old Bai hard—and now, he was already making progress?

"My Five Thunder Body Technique is about to advance to the Body Tempering stage!"

Old Bai declared proudly.

"…You’re really putting in the effort."

His cultivation progress was way faster than Old Bai’s own breakthroughs.

That old man… he was still muttering about his dream of rotating magnetic fields and punching planets into dust.

Zheng Fa thought about it for a moment…

At this rate, that dream might not be so far-fetched after all…

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Early the next morning, Zheng Fa was disturbed from his cultivation by a loud rumbling.

Stepping outside, he saw two excavators working in the courtyard.

He wasn’t surprised.

Ever since the nursing home started making money by selling vegetables, he had asked Tang Lingwu to hire a construction team to build two labs.

One would be an agriculture lab for Teacher Tian.

The other would be a physics lab—or rather, an electromagnetism lab.

Watching the excavators at work, Zheng Fa found himself oddly fascinated and stood there observing for a long time.

"I don’t see what’s so interesting… Old Bai did the exact same thing this morning. He squatted there watching them for ages, then said he wanted to learn how to drive an excavator."

Teacher Tian complained from the side.

"Well…" Zheng Fa scratched his head, unable to explain it himself. "Maybe… it’s just in our genes?"

"……"

"Where’s Old Bai?"

"He broke through his Five Thunder Body Technique last night. Didn’t sleep at all," Teacher Tian pursed his lips and frowned. "No idea where he went so early in the morning."

"I know!"

Tang Lingwu suddenly came out, holding up her phone. She showed the screen to them.

"He went to the livestream of the guesthouse owner downstairs."

"…Huh?"

Zheng Fa and Teacher Tian leaned in—and sure enough.

The guesthouse owner was streaming live, and Old Bai had somehow joined in, chatting with people.

And then, out of nowhere, he unzipped his jacket and revealed what he was wearing underneath.

That flashy old man had somehow gotten himself into a fitness tank top, and as he took off his jacket, his newly refined physique—from advancing his Five Thunder Body Technique—immediately sent the livestream chat into a frenzy.

Even the guesthouse owner’s stream was gaining more viewers because of him.

Zheng Fa stared, utterly dumbfounded, before turning to Teacher Tian.

"…Teacher Tian, any thoughts?"

"I want a divorce," Teacher Tian said blankly.

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"You guys don’t get it! I’m advertising for our nursing home!"

At dinner that evening, Old Bai righteously defended himself.

"Our nursing home is finally getting off the ground. Look at my body, my aura—am I not the perfect walking advertisement?"

"I even gave the guesthouse owner my number! He’s gonna promote us in his stream!"

Just then, his phone rang.

"Hello? Oh, yes, that’s me—no, no, we’re a nursing home, not a gym… Wait, you’re from a gym? You want me to advertise for you?"

Old Bai hung up and let out an awkward laugh.

A few moments later, his phone rang again.

"It’s not a gym! I’m not doing advertisements… what?"

Old Bai’s voice suddenly dropped in volume. Zheng Fa watched as he quickly got up and walked into the courtyard, his curiosity piqued as he listened in.

"Senior matchmaking? Yes, yes, I’m interested."

"What? Same-sex matchmaking?" Old Bai paused for a second and then spat, "Pah!"

"……"

Zheng Fa turned to Teacher Tian and said, "About that divorce… I vote in favor."

"……"

"But Old Bai has a point—our nursing home should start running properly," Zheng Fa mused. Now that he had healing abilities and spirit-infused vegetables to nourish people, he added, "Once the lab is set up, we can start accepting residents."

Opening the nursing home would, first, bring in some income.

And second, it would help recruit people for their cultivation research team.

Right now, what Zheng Fa wanted most was to find someone knowledgeable about meteorology…

He still had no clue how to study the Cloud Rain Talisman.