Chapter 404 - 402: Attempting to Awaken a Dao Path by Oneself

Chapter 404: Chapter 402: Attempting to Awaken a Dao Path by Oneself

On the All-Knowing Dao Path, only an All-Knowing Branch from the Tree of All Knowledge could allow Su Qing to enter the path effortlessly.

But only the Ran Cat race could touch and see the Tree of All Knowledge.

What a magical race they were.

Su Qing couldn’t see the Tree of All Knowledge, let alone cultivate it.

"An All-Knowing Branch is used to awaken the All-Knowing Dao Path."

"But, esteemed guest, what do you need so many Dao Paths for?" Manla asked, puzzled.

She could already sense the Devouring Dao Path around Su Qing.

And there was a dense aura of death, which meant he definitely had the Death Dao Path as well.

’He has two Dao Paths already, and he wants more?’

"I am a Cultivator from the Immortal Palace. I have a specific direction I wish to pursue."

"Does the Ran Cat race have a way for me to enter the All-Knowing Dao Path?"

"I’ve already studied a great deal of knowledge in the Immortal Palace, but the Dao Path has yet to manifest."

Manla chuckled. "Simply learning knowledge isn’t enough to make the All-Knowing Dao Path appear."

"How so?"

"One million Taichu Coins," Manla said with a smile.

"How many Taichu Coins is one Star Fruit worth?"

"Sir, one Star Fruit is generally worth around twenty million on the market."

Kade chimed in from the side.

"Mrow~ Kade, you’re going to ruin my business. I’m going to go get Xu Miaomiao," Manla said, lightly tapping her paw on the table.

Kade hurriedly explained with a smile, "Lady Manla, this is the guest I brought. I, Kade, also need to make a living."

"One Star Fruit it is," Su Qing said, handing it over.

Manla nonchalantly accepted it.

"In that case, you can stay here for a while. I’ll teach you how to enter the All-Knowing Dao Path."

"The Star Fruit will be my payment."

"Lady Manla, we’ll have to wait. I still need to take this gentleman to find the Enlightenment Radiance."

"Enlightenment Radiance?"

"In that case, give me another Star Fruit, and I’ll teach you how to awaken the Wisdom Dao Path."

Manla lay lazily on the table.

"I don’t know why you need all these Dao Paths, but the method I’ll teach you is certainly better than just acquiring the path outright."

"However, the process will be painful and a little long."

"In that case, Lady Manla, please teach me your method." Su Qing then nodded at Kade.

He took out another Star Fruit.

’Can I really obtain the All-Knowing Dao Path and the Wisdom Dao Path all at once?’ he wondered.

"Since I have the Star Fruits now."

Manla took the fruit and jumped to the floor, suddenly growing to the size of a normal tiger.

She had become a big cat.

"Follow me."

"Kade, you should leave. Xu Miaomiao is on her way now. If you don’t go, she’ll be here soon."

Hearing this, Kade beat a hasty retreat, not forgetting to call back, "Thank you for the warning, Lady Manla!"

"Sir, I’ll be taking my leave. I wish you well."

...

Su Qing followed in Manla’s footsteps.

They suddenly arrived in a library.

The library, how should he put it... wasn’t very large.

But it was still filled with quite a lot of books.

"Guest, you know the difference between the All-Knowing Dao Path and the Wisdom Dao Path, don’t you?"

"I do. The All-Knowing Dao Path focuses on understanding and applying knowledge, while the Wisdom Dao Path is about understanding, researching, and ultimately controlling logic."

"So, in truth, the two paths aren’t all that different."

"Read here. Open a book."

"You might find it more rewarding than reading the books in the Immortal Palace."

Su Qing was filled with doubt.

He watched the Ran Cat walk away.

Then, he casually picked up a book.

He began to read.

As he read on...

After Su Qing closed the book, his surroundings instantly changed completely.

’Have I been pulled into the book?’

It was a simple use of Spatial Power.

The contents of the book materialized all around him.

Countless things from its pages appeared all around him.

"Is this... a Lanluo Rixin?" Su Qing saw a massive, glowing plant. Its center emitted a blue light and a faint warmth.

Su Qing could feel it.

It was quite magical.

"Is that a Floating Feather Bird? It looks like a flying rabbit..."

Su Qing saw many other things.

He was witnessing the real-life versions of what he had just read about in the book.

Everything described in the book had materialized and appeared right in front of Su Qing.

"Once you recognize these as living beings, as food?"

"What will you do?"

Suddenly, Manla’s voice echoed through the empty space.

"What to do? Understand? Investigate?"

"Explore?"

Su Qing began to ponder.

These creatures were not truly real.

Yet they possessed a realistic structure.

Through his spiritual perception, Su Qing observed that these were merely products of Spatial Power.

The Power of Space had constructed every one of these beings.

Although these beings weren’t real, they were indistinguishable from their living counterparts.

After a moment, Su Qing approached the Lanluo Rixin.

Power materialized in his hand.

He began to investigate its structure.

...

Observation was the first step, followed by touch, smell, and hearing.

Slowly, Su Qing’s understanding deepened.

He delved deeper and deeper, getting to the very bottom of it.

He spent the better part of a day studying just this one plant.

In the end...

Just as Su Qing wanted to dig deeper into its structure and the energy it produced, everything came to an abrupt halt.

Because it wasn’t a real plant.

The book’s knowledge of the plant only went so far.

"What a pity."

’It’s just as I thought. Hands-on, personal experience is the only way to truly understand.’

Su Qing sighed. It was no wonder there was an old saying: "To read ten thousand books is not as good as to travel ten thousand miles."

After some thought, he turned his attention to all the other animals and plants here, even the soil and ore.

Su Qing began to analyze them all in depth.

「Some time later.」

Su Qing found himself back in the library.

"This method of reading is truly magical," Su Qing mused, his eyes locking onto another book.

It was a book of sheet music.

Without much thought, Su Qing opened it.

After flipping through the pages, hundreds of musical instruments appeared around him.

Among them was a familiar instrument, the suona.

There were also some strange instruments.

Su Qing couldn’t help but start experimenting.

Following the musical scores he had just read, Su Qing began to try out the instruments one by one.

Not only that.

Su Qing also recalled the melodies he had heard back in the Spirit Realm.

He reproduced them one by one.

Su Qing tried every single instrument.

It was truly extraordinary.

It was surreal, and the feeling of hands-on practice was more important than anything else.

Music Skill +1

Music Skill +1

...

...

Su Qing played many songs.

He discovered that as long as he hadn’t played every piece from the book, the space wouldn’t release him.

’This is fantastic!’

Su Qing held off on playing the final piece from the book, and instead began to play from memory.

Sometimes, music didn’t need a score to be played.

One only needed to understand the instrument and music theory well enough.

You could even whistle a melody.

Su Qing now caressed a long zither and slowly began to play. The zither itself had been constructed according to his thoughts, and the space had filled in the details.

He played slowly, his thoughts drifting back to how he felt when he first arrived in the Otherworld.

He thought of the hardships he had suffered, and how life eventually gave him something to look forward to.

This part of the melody was particularly heavy and oppressive, yet deep within the gloom lay a thread of longing for a better life.

Music speaks most clearly to the heart.

Perhaps it was because music could create a shared experience with emotion.

Then, the melody Su Qing played gradually became lighter.

But the theme repeated, the notes climbing higher and higher.

Finally, a heavy chord rang out, and the uplifting sound once again turned somber.

The song ended.

And in that moment, Su Qing felt a change within himself.

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