Chapter 2028: Waiting for an Opportunity
Chapter 2028: Chapter 2028: Waiting for an Opportunity
High in the sky, a streak of black light was flying at extreme speed.
The streak of light was naturally Xiao Yi.
He had already left the Heavenly Mechanism Region.
This return to the Heavenly Mechanism Main Hall had only been because he had promised the Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master that he would come back once to enter the Inheritance Land and receive the Inheritance.
Now, he had already passed through the Heavenly Mechanism Inheritance Land.
Next, naturally, was tempering.
Yes, tempering.
In a Martial Artist’s life, tempering absolutely occupies the greatest portion, and is also the most unforgettable matter.
Perhaps, on the road of tempering, there would be nine deaths for every life.
But perhaps, there would also be something in his life etched into his bones and heart.
These are two extremes, but without any doubt, no Martial Artist would ever feel that tempering is dull or vexing.
Every bout of tempering is a journey filled with hope, stepping onto the path with blood boiling; perhaps returning covered in wounds, perhaps without any tangible gain, but certainly returning without regret.
And for Xiao Yi, tempering was not only the way for him to touch and understand every wondrous corner of this world.
More importantly, it was his path to improve his strength and Cultivation.
All the way till now, he had mostly had no backing, always alone, always acting by himself.
Yet he had managed to far surpass those who had backing, those so‑called Supreme Geniuses and Supreme Monsters who were cultivated by vast powers from the moment they were born.
Even those Hidden Geniuses and hidden Monsters who, from birth, sat upon Cave Heaven Blessed Lands and possessed infinite Cultivation Resources, were far inferior to him.
Among the younger generation, Xiao Yi was enough to look down proudly upon everyone.
Among this, most important, apart from his own aptitude and talent, was this tempering, which had rendered outstanding service.
Without tempering, how could there be the Xiao Yi of today?
Whether it was Xiao Yi, the Sword Dao Demons whose name made countless powers gnash their teeth yet had no choice but to acknowledge his brilliance.
Or Purple Flame Yi Xiao, who shocked the Central Region, and at such a young age was acknowledged as able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the old generation of experts.
Or even the current Black Robe Xiao Xun.
Every identity had revealed its edge and displayed its sharpness through tempering, step by step growing to a level that stunned the world.
Of course, for Xiao Yi, every time he appeared with a different identity, it was all out of helplessness.
Every identity’s appearance had its reason and purpose.
Every bout of tempering likewise had its meaning.
This time’s tempering was in order to... save his own life.
High in the sky, as Xiao Yi flew at extreme speed, his eyes were tightly narrowed.
His body was enduring extreme pain at every moment.
Thus his eyes were the same.
Around those clear eyes, a viciously poisonous aura was raging.
Those eyes, in order not to reveal even a hint of pain, not to show even a trace of timidity, could only remain icy, indifferent, cold as Cold Frost at every moment.
His time was already running short.
Not only was the time for his appointment running short.
The time that belonged to him himself was also running short.
He did not even know whether he still had the time to go to the appointment.
If this body did not recover a bit faster, he would only be walking step by step toward death.
"One Element Unlimited Formation." Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes and clenched his teeth.
This Formation was indeed strong; Xiao Yi had no doubt about the power of this number‑one Formation under heaven.
But was this Great Formation truly something that human effort could comprehend and control?
The name of the Formation sounded quite ordinary.
Yet just the two words "Limitless" already represented its extraordinariness.
This Formation dared to be named with Martial Arts Limitless; its profundity could well be imagined.
Judging from the mysteries of Formations that Xiao Yi had seen within the Heavenly Mechanism Inheritance Land, this Great Formation had indeed encompassed the world’s myriad subtleties and contained countless possibilities.
Xiao Yi firmly believed that this Great Formation could save him, could allow his life to prove that man can triumph over the heavens.
But it was precisely these countless possibilities that made this Great Formation almost impossible to fully comprehend and completely control.
Therefore, Xiao Yi did not choose to stay in the Heavenly Mechanism Hall.
Even though there, the Master of the Main Hall and a group of Secluded Elders could assist in comprehending it.
But Xiao Yi was sure that even so, they still could not completely comprehend all the Limitless subtleties of this Great Formation.
Hence he chose to leave, chose to continue tempering.
Perhaps, on the road of tempering, there would be other opportunities, other fortunes; who could say?
Of course, Xiao Yi could not place his hopes entirely on these unforeseeable opportunities.
Yet he seemed to have no other choice.
All he could do was rely on himself, tempering while comprehending this Great Formation.
He had already memorized the arrangement of the Great Formation in his mind; he could completely comprehend it at any time, whether while hurrying on his way or while tempering.
Since this Great Formation possessed countless possibilities and contained countless Great Formations, he would comprehend them one by one, understand them thread by thread.
This was obviously a "stupid method", but it was also the only way he could think of.
If he were given infinite time, he would surely be able to comprehend every one of these Formations; each thread understood would ultimately merge into perfection.
Only, that was clearly impossible.
He could only comprehend as much as he could within this limited time.
With the deductions of the Heavenly Mechanism Sacred Plate, this speed would be extremely fast.
On one side, he placed his hopes on the One Element Unlimited Formation, hoping that within his limited time there might be a turning point, that he might fully comprehend this Great Formation.
On the other side, he continued with his previous idea.
The Ten Thousand Poison Fruit was already out of reach.
But that did not mean that he, Xiao Yi, had fallen into despair.
He had originally had another method; only, it required a massive amount of Cultivation Resources and a massive amount of poisonous substances.
Whether Cultivation Resources or poisonous substances, both were an astronomically huge number.
As long as these two were sufficient.
Then what he lacked would only be one opportunity.
This bout of tempering was for that opportunity.
Once the Cultivation Resources and poisonous substances were enough, all that remained was to wait for that opportunity to appear; at that time, even without the One Element Unlimited Formation, even without the Ten Thousand Poison Fruit, he, Xiao Yi, could still recover and once more wield his sword!
"Opportunity." Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes and looked up into the high sky.
"There is still less than a month and a half; perhaps I will be faster than you."
Xiao Yi’s eyes suddenly turned cold.
Looking up at the vault of heaven, he feared nothing.
In the time to come, in the tempering just ahead, Xiao Yi would be even more frenzied than before.
...
One day later.
In a certain place, within a certain large city.
Within the mansion of a certain family.
A young pampered master sat with one leg crossed over the other, playing with an Elixir Elixir in his hand.
"Does this Evil Pill truly have such miraculous effects?" The young master chuckled.
At his side, an old man with a face full of obsequiousness said respectfully, "Second Young Master Mengg, please be at ease. Its effect will only give you even more pleasant surprises."
"Good then." The young master smiled proudly, glanced at the attendant beside him, and said, "Speaking of which, big brother and the others should have long since arrived at the Holy Moon Sect."
"Looks like this time I can give him a surprise."
"At this grand event of Holy Moon, my Mengg Family will surely shine brilliantly and astonish all around."
"Second Young Master speaks most truly; this time, the Young Master will definitely look at Second Young Master with new eyes." The attendant at his side smiled, then suddenly his gaze turned cold as he snapped his eyes toward the distance. "Hm? Who’s there?"
In the air, a Black Robe figure slowly appeared.
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First update.