Eternal Sect, cafeteria.
At this moment, clouds and mist swirled, like a fairyland.
All the disciples who had eaten the steamed rice had their souls floating beyond the ninth heaven, placed in a seemingly real yet illusory environment.
Gradually, they arranged themselves in orderly rows and sat down cross-legged like ancient monks.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
“Whoosh whoosh!”
White mist continued to emanate from within their bodies, and the disciples’ souls seemed to be purified, or perhaps elevated in some meaningful way.
Jun Changxiao, who had rushed over, was stunned by the scene before him.
Eating a meal.
How did it turn into a cultivation experience!
“Sect Master.”
Liu Wanshi walked out of the kitchen, wiping her hands with her apron while saying in surprise, “What’s happening?”
Jun Changxiao said, “What did you feed them?”
The disciples suddenly entering cultivation mode made him suspect that Liu Wanshi might have developed some new cooking method that aided cultivation.
Liu Wanshi said, “Just the rice we always eat.”
“Are you sure?”
“I’m sure.”
“…”
Jun Changxiao stroked his chin and said, “Strange.”
He also often ate rice, but he’d never experienced this sensation of being in a fairyland.
“Oh, right!” Liu Wanshi slapped her forehead and said, “The rice was steamed using the bronze cauldron!”
“…”
Jun Changxiao nearly toppled over.
Using a treasure crafted by the Seven Profound Saint Venerable to steam rice was really quite excessive.
“Cauldrons were created to cook things, weren’t they?” the System said. “What’s excessive about that?”
“Uh…”
Jun Changxiao was stunned for a moment, then understood, “You’re right!”
Cauldron.
A vessel for cooking things.
When Da Yu divided the realm into nine provinces, he ordered the nine provincial governors to contribute bronze and thus cast the Nine Cauldrons, which gradually transformed into symbols of royal authority and unified national prosperity.
Since the original purpose was to cook things, there was nothing improper about steaming rice.
Could it be…
The disciples entering cultivation mode was related to the bronze cauldron?
With this thought, Jun Changxiao urgently said, “Girl, give this seat a bowl of rice!”
“Okay.”
Liu Wanshi placed the rice on the table.
Jun Changxiao wolfed it down, not even picking up any dishes during the meal.
Eating plain rice without any dishes would be so tasteless, but Gou Sheng ate with delight and refreshment.
“Girl!”
“One more bowl!”
The rice steamed in the bronze cauldron was truly delicious. Jun Changxiao ate a full four bowls before reluctantly licking the rice grains stuck to the corners of his mouth.
“Buzz!”
Suddenly, a tremor came from his consciousness sea.
“Whoosh!” White mist billowed from Jun Changxiao’s body. Like the disciples beside him, he sat dumbly in place, his soul already flying beyond the ninth heaven. That feeling was like riding clouds and mist, that state of mind was like floating to immortality—truly incredibly refreshing.
“Sect Master!”
Liu Wanshi called out, “Are you alright?”
Jun Changxiao didn’t answer because at this moment, his soul body had merged into the seemingly real yet illusory environment and was sitting cross-legged in front of all the disciples.
“&@#@%…”
A completely incomprehensible sound buzzed like mosquitoes and flies in everyone’s ears, causing subtle changes in their hearts and minds.
This sensation of being in a fairyland and listening to heavenly music lasted for an entire hour.
“Whoosh!”
“Whoosh!”
Their souls returned and merged with their bodies.
Jun Changxiao and the disciples’ bodies no longer released clouds of mist, and they gradually opened their eyes.
Some gazes flickered with excitement.
Some gazes flickered with confusion.
The reason for excitement was that by merging into the fairyland and listening to the celestial music, they gained some profound understanding of the martial path.
The reason for confusion was that although they merged into the fairyland, although they listened to the celestial music, and could even feel some profound meaning, when they carefully reflected on it, they seemed to have comprehended nothing at all.
Among them, the most excited was none other than He Wudi.
At this moment, he clenched his fists tightly, so excited he was about to faint.
To Jun Changxiao and the disciples, it was just a fairyland-like place with celestial music in their ears, but to him it was equivalent to… the Land of Eternal Life!
No!
Not quite the Land of Eternal Life.
To be precise, extremely similar.
Especially the heavenly and earthly attributes pervading the surroundings were infinitely close.
As for the chanting-like sounds in their ears, that was the Heavenly Celestial Music of the Land of Eternal Life. Only by being personally present could one listen to it and comprehend it.
Put simply.
Heavenly Celestial Music was equivalent to heavenly and earthly attributes.
This type of attribute could only be heard in the Land of Eternal Life.
Warriors who wanted to become stronger not only needed to absorb heavenly and earthly attributes, but also needed to listen to the Heavenly Celestial Music, and the overall proportion was very high.
In He Wudi’s understanding, after reaching the Saint Monarch Realm, nearly seventy percent of martial path advancement came from listening to the celestial music, and thirty percent came from absorbing heavenly and earthly attributes.
So the Heavenly Celestial Music was extremely important.
It was precisely because this sound existed that the Land of Eternal Life was the Land of Eternal Life.
Now.
Being in the Upper Cosmos yet genuinely hearing the Heavenly Celestial Music made He Wudi extremely excited and exhilarated.
What excited him wasn’t being able to use the Heavenly Celestial Music to improve his cultivation, but rather… being able to better execute the martial arts and techniques he had previously cultivated.
As a Saint Monarch from the Land of Eternal Life, his mind held countless martial arts, but due to attribute restrictions, they were difficult to execute. Even after later entering the Eternal Realm with higher heavenly and earthly attributes, he could only barely activate a small portion.
Like Heaven and Earth Transform to Void.
Like Nine Dragons Splitting Palm.
These two martial arts not only needed higher-level heavenly and earthly attributes to support them, but also required understanding of the celestial music.
Simply put.
They could be executed without comprehension of the celestial music.
However, their power would definitely be greatly reduced.
These two martial techniques were still relatively good—at least attributes played the dominant role. Some special martial techniques absolutely required celestial music to function.
“Sect Master!”
Li Qingyang, having regained his senses, said, “I seem to have gained some special comprehension of the Seven Profound Radiant Breaking…”
“Me too!” Su Xiaomo said.
After listening to the celestial music, the two seemed to have grasped something, gaining an entirely new understanding of the Seven Profound Radiant Breaking.
This required time to comprehend and digest, so both hurriedly left to enter the Supreme-Grade Spacetime Secret Realm.
Xiao Zuiji, Li Fei, and the others did the same.
They all left the cafeteria and entered the secret realm to choose seclusion for comprehension.
As for those confused disciples, although they felt something different in the celestial music, they never grasped the key point and thus gained nothing.
“Wudi.”
Jun Changxiao said, “What’s going on?”
“Uh…”
He Wudi explained what he knew about the Heavenly Celestial Music.
After a brief silence, Jun Changxiao said with a serious expression, “So you’re saying the place our souls merged into just now was the Land of Eternal Life?”
“Overall, it’s close.”
He Wudi said, “It shouldn’t be the Land of Eternal Life itself, but rather the weakest area at the edge.”
“…”
Jun Changxiao’s eyes lit up with excitement.
Although it wasn’t the true Land of Eternal Life, it had attributes that strengthened souls and mental states, plus the Heavenly Celestial Music in their ears—this was perhaps the tremendous value hidden within the bronze cauldron!
However.
The question arose.
Would it be like the scroll—a one-time use?
Jun Changxiao hurriedly ate several more bowls of rice. When he didn’t enter that ethereal fairyland again, he collapsed and said, “So it really can only be entered once?”
“Perhaps there’s a time limit,” the System said.
“Right!”
Jun Changxiao hurriedly instructed, “Girl, from now on, use the bronze cauldron to steam rice every day!”
“Yes!”
Liu Wanshi received the order, then weakly asked, “Sect Master, can I use it for frying, stir-frying, cooking, sautéing, boiling, simmering, stewing, and roasting?”
“Use it however you want!”
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