Chapter 18
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Chapter 18: Four Beast Diagram
The next morning, Wang Yu woke up again in the cave.
Restored, he became interested in the four stone carvings in the cave and walked closer to examine them one by one.
The four stone carvings depicted an evil wolf running on four legs, a fierce tiger lunging with claws out, a mountain bear with its arms crossed, and a giant ape roaring with its head raised.
According to Taoist Chongyun, the four stone carvings were left by cultivators, hiding a certain method of cultivation. With enough patience and understanding, one could comprehend something from them, and he suggested starting with the Wolf Running Picture.
If he can study something useful from it and bring it back to Blue Star, it would be a great achievement.
Wang Yu stood in front of the ‘Wolf Running Picture,’ staring at the sculpture, not moving a single step.
Since it was something of a cultivator, he naturally let out his divine sense. While sensing, the image of the fierce wolf in the sculpture would sometimes become blurry and sometimes clear, and it vaguely felt as if its limbs were moving.
But when he concentrated closely, the wolf’s limbs turned lifeless again, showing no more changes.
After repeating this several times, Wang Yu couldn’t help but feel restless and could no longer concentrate, nor did he understand anything specific.
It’s not surprising!
Taoist Chongyun has studied for so many years without gaining any insights, so expecting him to achieve something in such a short time is a bit unrealistic, but he now has methods to enhance his analytical and deductive abilities.
"Activate Overclocked Synchronization"
Wang Yu activated the overclocked synchronization without hesitation. With a loud "bang" in his mind, his senses instantly amplified, and his thinking speed increased many times over.
When he used his divine sense to sense the relief in front of him, the originally blurry ‘Wolf Running Picture’ became exceptionally clear. The lines on the relief, under super analysis, revealed hidden patterns that made him suddenly understand.
Wang Yu was overjoyed and continued to focus on analyzing the relief. As he sensed it, the image of the wolf began to break down according to some kind of logic, transforming into lines of different lengths that built a new picture. But after a moment, something felt wrong; the new image collapsed with a crash, and the lines reformed into another picture.
Deep in Wang Yu’s eyes, tiny sparkling lights flickered, and a complete little person picture gradually emerged in his mind. Then, a second little person image began to form.
Twenty minutes later.
Wang Yu exited the overclocking synchronization mode, but four complete images appeared in his mind: four little figures mimicking the four different jumping postures of the wolf in the ‘Wolf Running Picture.’
The things that Taoist Chongyun had struggled to understand for so long were quickly deduced by him with the help of the system.
It seemed that in overclocking synchronization, he had become someone with "exceptional insight" and "extraordinary memory."
Unfortunately, aside from the overclocking synchronization mode, this Taiyuan Auxiliary System did not respond to any other exploratory questions. It seemed to be just a simple ‘system,’ which was disappointing for the Blue Star’s top intelligent brain.
And what was the "unknown energy" mentioned when the system was first activated?
He still felt very confused about this.
…
The third day.
In front of the "Wolf Running Picture" sculpture.
Wang Yu pressed his hands and feet on the ground, adopting a strange crouching position, staying completely still.
In this position, he felt an unusual soreness in his hands and feet; every muscle in his arms and legs was shaking, and his heart was pounding loudly, seeming to beat faster and louder than usual.
After a while, Wang Yu changed his movement, bending his body backward and squatting down, taking on another strange pose with his hands reaching forward.
At this moment, he began to sweat, and the skin exposed outside his clothes started to turn red.
"Thud."
After finishing the fourth pose in his mind, Wang Yu collapsed onto the ground. After a while, he slowly stood up, grinning and bearing his teeth.
His physical strength is far beyond that of ordinary people; most would struggle to even hold the first pose.
But it truly is amazing!
Although these four movements are difficult to perform, he can clearly feel that after all this effort, his entire body, especially the muscles in his arms and legs, have noticeably increased in strength.
Could this set of exercises be the Body Forging Technique mentioned by Taoist Chongyun?
If that’s the case, if he fully masters this technique, could he awaken the ‘Iron Eating Crocodile’ bloodline in his body?
Although time is running short, he doesn’t need to truly cultivate anything; he just needs to deduce the remaining three relief sculptures and bring the results back to Blue Star.
With this thought, he hesitated no longer. He stood before the next ‘Tiger Pounce’ relief and began the high-frequency synchronization for deduction once again.
Days later.
Wang Yu stood in front of the last carving, and as four different poses of giant apes roaring appeared in his mind, he finally let out a long breath.
He finally had all the training methods of the ‘Four Beast Diagram.’ Each picture could be broken down into four training poses, making a total of sixteen moves, but apart from the first four moves of the "Wolf Running Picture," he couldn’t yet practice the other twelve.
Even when he entered a state of super-frequency synchronization and tried his best to coordinate all his muscles, he could barely complete the first two moves of the "Tiger Pounce Picture," let alone the eight moves of "Bear Hug" and "Ape Roar."
Wang Yu had been practicing the four moves of the "Wolf Running Picture" repeatedly for the past few days, and his strength and stamina had greatly increased. This training method clearly had real value, and it was certainly not inferior to the ‘Yin Water Skill.’ When he returned to Blue Star, it would be a great achievement.
Now, looking at the time, it seemed like about a month had passed. Even if there were some errors, it would only be a few days at most.
Wang Yu suppressed his excitement and prepared enough water in some simple wooden bowls he made. He then closed the entrance of the cave and quietly waited for the moment when his consciousness would return to Blue Star.
Although he had only spent a month in this world, it felt like a long time since he had lived in the modern world. Sometimes, he even dreamed of the happy days on Blue Star.
…
A day passed, and nothing happened.
Wang Yu felt a little disappointed, but he didn’t care too much and continued to practice the Four Beast Diagram technique from time to time.
The next day passed, and nothing happened.
Wang Yu was a bit anxious, but he could still hold back and quietly waited in the cave.
The third day passed, but still, nothing happened.
Wang Yu felt restless and often had the urge to open the big door and rush out of the cave.
On the fourth day,
On the fifth day,
On the sixth day…
Half a month later in the morning.
The mountain wall, which was originally tightly closed, slowly opened from the inside, and a weary figure stepped out. It was Wang Yu.
At this moment, his eyes were red, his hair was messy, and he looked as if he hadn’t rested well for a long time. He stood outside the mountain wall, looked up at the blue sky that seemed to have been gone for a long time, and his face was extremely pale.
"It’s been thirteen whole days; I can’t keep lying to myself! Even if there was a mistake, it couldn’t be this serious."
"It seems that the thing I dreaded the most has happened. The flow of time in this world is completely different from that of Blue Star. It’s not just a small difference as mentioned in the training; there is a huge gap. Could it be that the way I came to this world is problematic, which caused this situation?" Wang Yu murmured, suddenly striking the nearby mountain wall with his left fist.
With a loud bang, stones shattered and flew everywhere, leaving a small dent about an inch deep in the mountain wall.
Blood flowed from Wang Yu’s fist, yet he seemed to feel no pain at all; instead, his eyes sparkled with intensity, as if two fires were burning fiercely within him.
No matter what went wrong, he had to survive and return to Blue Star; that was his homeland, where his parents and loved ones were.
In the training course, it was said that if Otherworld people died in their dreams, the spirit of their original body on Blue Star might also be harmed. Since he completely replaced the consciousness of the Otherworld person, if he were to die here, it could become even worse and might really cause serious issues for his original consciousness on Blue Star.
Since he didn’t know how long it would be until he could return, he could only focus on staying alive for now.
Hiding in the cave for a short time is fine, but after a while, it won’t be good. He still doesn’t know much about the means of cultivators, so it’s better to be careful.
Since he needs to hide, he should hide completely and leave the Yellow Stone City area.
After all, the City Lord of Yellow Stone City died here, and the Huang family is the master of this area. They will not let the killer go easily. If he, as the killer’s apprentice, falls into the hands of the Huang family, the outcome will be certain.
As for Wangjia Village, he certainly cannot go back there.
Thinking this way, Wang Yu finally made a decision. He quietly murmured "overclock," and the blood on his hand stopped almost instantly. The muscle tissue around the wound quickly shrank, showing signs of stopping the bleeding.
He was not surprised by this.
During the second half of these ten days, whenever his anxiety became unbearable, he could only occasionally activate the overclocking synchronization mode to force himself to calm down. His control over the mode was now far better than it was ten days ago, and he could now open and close it in an instant with just a few words.
Wang Yu turned back into the cave and, after a moment, came out with a large bundle on his back. After activating the mechanism and closing the mountainside, he found a dry branch to sweep away some obvious traces on the nearby ground before quickly heading down the mountain towards the nearby big town.