Who let him join the Sword Sect?!-Chapter 814 - 411: Hypnosis and Li Is Missing

As a time traveler, Zhang Ze considers his experience quite fulfilling.

He's explored new territories, led revolts, practiced ancient cultivation methods, honed his skills through pill consumption, attempted strategy games, and can be considered well-rounded.

Moreover, due to some unexpected stroke of luck, he crafted a system that left him a legacy to enjoy for millennia.

The system is quite quirky, but it has all the necessary functions, including nonsensical tasks and daily intelligence...

Though most of it is almost made up, of course.

If there's anything he regrets, it's that he hasn't yet experienced the popular trope of modifying cultivation entries.

Zhang Ze really wants to try the gameplay of altering others' entries.

For instance, changing [Ox Demon's Power] to [Cow and Horse Power], or turning [Innate Medicine God Saint Body] into [Innate Medicine Girl Saint Body]

As a means to toy with others.

Zhang Ze once consulted Xiangxiang and the system about this, but Xiangxiang just smiled silently; as for the system, it replied.

"If you're really bored, just go and tear some newspapers apart. If nothing else, drink more hot water, piss and make mud, just don't dwell on these pointless things."

Clearly, the system learned bad habits from his master, Li often said such things to him.

Hence, Zhang Ze buried this ambition deep in his heart, vowing that once he achieved transcendence and surpassed Mahayana, he would become the granddad in the ring, develop the entry modification gameplay, then find a lucky sap to mess with their entries.

But...

Zhang Ze suddenly realized, maybe he doesn't have to wait that long.

After staring at the black stones collected as figurines by the Two Red Apes for a while.

Suddenly, numerous things appeared in front of him.

Dense and numerous.

Small black stones surrounded by a cloud of crystal-like mist, flickering and vibrating like a malfunctioning electronic device.

Zhang Ze leaned in for a closer look and discovered these crystal mist clouds were akin to entry-like information.

Upon attempting to understand, this information transformed into a form Zhang Ze could comprehend. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

[Not Wearing Underpants][Immortal Cultivation Girl][Feminized White Tiger][Length Eighteen]

...

Looking at this information, Zhang Ze recalled an afternoon from not too long ago, which wasn't particularly sunny.

That day, Zhang Ze forgot what mischief he'd gotten into again, resulting in his master losing ten years of salary.

However, Zhang Ze wasn't immediately subjected to a beating from Li that day; the atmosphere was surprisingly calm.

The master and disciple remarkably avoided chaos, instead sitting opposite each other, discussing philosophy.

At least, it started off that way.

Their discussion didn't involve specific swordsmanship or sword arrays, but rather insights after Divinity Transformation and Refining Void.

Li, "Metal is hard to break, rotten wood decays easily, what sets them apart?"

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Ze responded, "The difference is Fuji doesn't eat stones, but she loves rotten wood!"

"Wooden head!" Unable to resist Zhang Ze's antics, Li pulled out his iron rod and smacked Zhang Ze three times, pa-pa-pa.

After disciplining Zhang Ze, Li felt content, sipping some fragrant tea before asking again, "After hitting you thrice, have you understood my meaning?"

"Are you asking me to tuck you in at the third watch tonight?" Zhang Ze couldn't resist being cheeky.

Predictably, he received another three whacks.

But after these three whacks, Zhang Ze suddenly comprehended something.

His master clearly struck him with an iron rod, yet the sensation felt like rotten wood on his body.

"There's actually no difference between them?" Zhang Ze spoke.

"The student can be taught." Li nodded with satisfaction, "Cultivation is the essence of all things. Divinity Transformation cultivators realize their true selves; in their eyes, rotten wood and metal are alike, all can be cleaved by one sword.

"Upon Refining Void, it's surpassing oneself, merging all techniques within the profound void; to us, within reach, metal becomes rotten wood, rotten wood becomes metal."

The treasured iron rod, cherished by Li Guanqi, suddenly turned weak in his hand, crumbling into muddy ash, but shortly regained its original appearance.

"Realize the transcendence, perceive the essence of things..."

Li rambled on extensively, finally asking, "Did you understand?"

Zhang Ze contemplated deeply, clapped his hands and exclaimed.

"Got it!"

Li nodded approvingly, "Explain, what did you understand?"

Zhang Ze, "Does it mean once cultivation reaches Refining Void, you can form domains and field magic around you?"

Li, "?"

Zhang Ze, "Within this domain or small world, you're the boss; what you say goes. If you say it's an iron rod, it's an iron rod; if you say it's an iron yam, it's an iron yam."

Li frowned slightly, tightened his fists, but didn't act, because he felt Zhang Ze's crude words carried some truth; essentially, that's how it works.

Though it sounded somewhat irritating.

Everything became so vulgar once it came out of Zhang Ze's mouth.

Zhang Ze paid no mind to his master's expression and continued their informal chat.

"Within this small world, you possess the interpretation authority over material properties, but this authority is unstable, merely temporary; once things leave your control, they revert back to their original nature.

"Moreover, things you're unfamiliar with or cannot explain cannot be altered by you.

"Similarly, cultivators with similar or higher cultivation can invade your domain, seize and usurp your recognition and interpretation authority over things.

"So, at your level of cultivation, those seemingly arcane battles essentially amount to domain clashes; whoever is stronger gets to call the shots in this territory.

"In other words, if someday I achieve Mahayana, theoretically speaking, I could interpret all worldly things, everything would bend to my will.