"You're really shameless."
"No, that's wrong."
Zhou Bai thought to himself, '...This guy, Zuo Dao, you turned around too quickly.' Watching Zuo Dao's departing figure, Zhou Bai couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "You still haven't told me your dorm number..."
Zuo Dao turned his head, saying coolly, "I wrote it down in the handbook. You better work hard, don't embarrass yourself again."
Although the process was somewhat unexpected for Zhou Bai, the result was still gratifying.
Especially when Zhou Bai returned to his dormitory and consulted the notes Zuo Dao had given him, he couldn't help but marvel at the detailed content.
Not only did it meticulously introduce every step of increasing the Dao Transformation Rate, but it also simply described all the relevant theories, even listing reference book titles, which astounded Zhou Bai with their detail.
'No wonder he's a top student, these study notes could be sold as textbooks,' Zhou Bai thought.
So for the next few days, Christina silently cultivated the second star point, 'Tai Bai,' while Zhou Bai skipped classes during the day due to his laziness, joining Christina at night to study Zuo Dao's notes, occasionally visiting the library to borrow relevant textbooks for reference.
As for Zuo Dao, Zhou Bai still hadn't visited him, as he didn't want others to know his level.
Moreover, Zuo Dao's notes were detailed enough, and with Christina helping him supplement the fundamental theory lessons, even learning faster than Zhou Bai, as if constantly awakening memories.
All of this gave Zhou Bai great confidence in increasing his Dao Transformation Rate.
...
A whole week passed like this. Zhou Bai not only made rapid progress in learning about increasing the Dao Transformation Rate, but his laziness value also greatly increased, surpassing three thousand.
Dao Transformation Rate: 0%
Primordial Spirit Value: 99
Divine Diagram: Nine Disasters of Heaven and Man
Laziness: 3450
"The so-called Dao Transformation Rate, simply put, is the synchronization rate between a person and the Heavenly Dao. The higher the synchronization rate, the greater the mastery of Primordial Spirit power, and the more improvements one can gain, comprehensively enhancing one's strength..."
Zhou Bai closed Zuo Dao's notes and slowly shut his eyes, with insights about the Dao Transformation Rate continually swirling in his mind.
Before the Tian Dao twisted, cultivators seeking to increase their Dao Transformation Rate simply meditated, breathing out and in daily. In the process of absorbing and exhaling spiritual energy, they would naturally obtain bits of information about the Heavenly Dao, enhancing their understanding of it.
However, this information was indistinct and difficult to describe, but it was also safe and harmless.
Under this vague Heavenly Dao, one needed to continually gain insights, summarize, describe, and finally transform them into personal enlightenment to enhance the Dao Transformation Rate.
But after the Heavenly Dao twisted, this process completely changed.
To prevent cultivators from being contaminated during cultivation, the entire Donghua City was covered by protective formations, and almost all cultivators had undergone Primordial Spirit adjustments from an early age, with rune vaccines injected.
Thus, cultivators nowadays within Donghua City could no longer access information about the Heavenly Dao through spiritual energy absorption and exhalation, being completely blocked by triple layers of protection.
The new method provided by the Dao Schools was to directly read the summarized content.
From Dao Cang 00 to Dao Cang 99, which corresponded to Dao Transformation Rates of 0% to 99%, each representing the knowledge and insights required for every point of Dao Transformation Rate.
But they were encoded by countless predecessors using countless dark words and metaphors, compiled into texts that humans could read and decipher bit by bit, greatly reducing the danger level.
Even so, truly increasing the Dao Transformation Rate and synchronizing with the Heavenly Dao still entailed immense danger.
Because the Heavenly Dao was omnipresent.
"It should be safe to give it a try. If you feel any danger, just stop," Christina said, "Didn't Zuo Dao write down various insights, mental preparations, and guidance methods? Plus, you've memorized all the methods for interpreting dark words and metaphors.
Besides, you've reached the fifth star point, your physique is strong, and your spirit has naturally been strengthened as well."
Zhou Bai nodded. A strong physique and abundant energy naturally enhance one's spirit subtly. His willpower was certainly stronger than before. With Zuo Dao's notes, it wasn't too much to try increasing his Dao Transformation Rate.
The next day, Zhou Bai went to the library early in the morning, applying to read Dao Cang 00.
From Dao Cang 00 to Dao Cang 99, the books involved knowledge of Dao initiation and were prohibited from circulation. Zhou Bai had to use his student card to apply for access.
Before reading, a mental evaluation was also required to ensure no issues before starting.
However, the whole process was still simple, quick, and efficient, and Zhou Bai's mental state was very normal.
After presenting his student card and going through all the procedures, he was led into a quiet room. The walls inside and outside were covered with dense runes, with a large "quiet" character written on the wall.
Just by looking, Zhou Bai felt a sense of focused calmness.
Zhou Bai walked slowly to the center of the quiet room and sat down. In front of him was a completely black book, precisely Dao Cang 00.
"Phew..." Zhou Bai couldn't help but feel nervous as he recalled in his mind those mutated objects one by one.
Christina encouraged, "Don't be nervous! If you die, I'll take care of the dog and the auxiliary system for you."
"Shut up, stop disturbing my cultivation."
Zhou Bai didn't immediately open Dao Cang 00. Instead, he followed the countless methods summarized in Zuo Dao's handbook, sitting calmly in front of Dao Cang 00, soothing his mind.
Seeing Dao Cang 00 for the first time and knowing he was about to start increasing his Dao Transformation Rate, most cultivators couldn't help but feel agitated, which was detrimental to the subsequent cultivation.
So Zhou Bai needed to sit quietly for a while, calming his mind before reading the Dao Cang.
After sitting quietly for half an hour, Zhou Bai felt his mind had calmed down and then reached out to open Dao Cang 00.
"The art of concealment, its influence is not real. The clear energy, pristine and obscure. Swirling runes and shadows, silence cuts the soul..."
With the reading of the first page, Zhou Bai felt his Primordial Spirit tremble slightly. Although he didn't understand the meaning of the words on the book, a mysterious, indescribable feeling surged in his heart.
Unlike the current twisted Heavenly Dao's direct reading of information.
This was the Heavenly Dao perception summarized by humans, this was the immortal Dao knowledge summarized by humans.
Even if it used countless metaphors and dark words, decoded into human language, it still possessed supernatural power.
Just this single Dao Cang 00 book had cost countless cultivators their lives to compile.
Zhou Bai quickly suppressed the tremor in his heart and, as advised by Zuo Dao and countless textbooks, controlled his Primordial Spirit, breathing rhythm, and started reading while absorbing and exhaling spiritual energy.
His body and Primordial Spirit absorbed and exhaled spiritual energy, while Zhou Bai's brain, based on what he learned from Zuo Dao's notes and textbooks, continually deciphered the metaphors and dark words on Dao Cang 00.
Just like past cultivators absorbing and exhaling spiritual energy and perceiving the Heavenly Dao, Zhou Bai, in this era of twisted Heavenly Dao, used its unique method to also absorb spiritual energy and perceive the Heavenly Dao.
As more and more content of Dao Cang 00 was deciphered, Zhou Bai felt his Primordial Spirit becoming increasingly agile.
Dao Transformation Rate +0.1%!
As the Dao Transformation Rate increased, whispers of varying pitches gradually echoed in his ears.