"I will wait for you here."
"The Originating Law Jade needs to be used in order. I don't know who goes first or last among you."
"In any case, after the Originating Law process is complete, we will meet here."
The black-robed cultivator succinctly stated.
Seeing the passage forming in front, Han Yi nodded slightly, replied, and eagerly rushed in.
"Thank you, senior." Li Fan bowed to the black-robed cultivator and then stepped in at a leisurely pace.
Following Li Fan's example, Ximen Yue also entered the black stone stele last.
The black-robed cultivator watched as the colorful light on the stele gradually disappeared under the black color again. His body remained motionless, becoming like a revered stone statue standing in front of the black square stele.
...
"Originating Law Jade applicant, Xiao Fan."
"Number: 17. Authorization level: Nascent Soul."
"Please wait patiently here. The estimated remaining waiting time is seven days and six hours."
As the surroundings gradually regained light, a lazy voice sounded in Li Fan's ears.
Looking around, he saw that the current location was a sealed space.
The space was not spacious, and the decoration was quite simple.
There was only a set of tables and chairs, a few potted plants, and a bookshelf.
On one wall, Li Fan's application information and the countdown timer were displayed.
Han Yi and Ximen Yue were nowhere to be seen. Li Fan speculated that each applicant was waiting in their own independent space.
In this sealed space, spiritual energy within the body remained in a dormant state, making cultivation impossible.
Seven days might not be long, but it wasn't short either.
With nothing else to do, Li Fan walked to the bookshelf and began to check the books placed on it.
Unlike jade slips that could be read with divine sense, these books seemed to be purely paper-based and required manual flipping.
However, Li Fan had started as a scholar, so reading was not difficult for him.
Taking a few books, he sat down and began to read.
"Guide to Using the Originating Law Jade," "Ten Theories of Originating Law," "Duality of Characters—On the Differences Between Originating Law and Cultivator's Law,"
...
Time passed slowly as Li Fan immersed himself in reading.
With several books finished, he gained a rough understanding of the Originating Law Jade he was about to encounter.
As a precious treasure of the Wanxian Alliance and the foundation of the Guardian Hall, the Originating Law Jade bore the responsibility of creating and deriving new laws.
Every moment, novel laws that had never existed in the world were derived.
And this process of derivation could not be interrupted.
However, laws were classified into different levels, and the difficulty of deriving higher-level laws was naturally incomparable to that of basic laws.
When the Originating Law Jade derived lower-level laws, it operated with low energy consumption and could assist cultivators in the derivation process.
When the Originating Law Jade derived higher-level laws, cultivators had to patiently wait.
Each Judgement Token, based on its level, had a different duration for applying to derive laws.
For foundational-level laws, it took about two days, whereas for Li Fan's Nascent Soul-level Judgement Token, there was basically only a three-hour usage time.
Cultivators had two modes to choose from when using the Originating Law Jade.
The first mode was to provide only the general attributes and requirements, allowing the Originating Law Jade to spontaneously derive.
This "Law Spontaneously Born from Nothingness" had no cost, but the final product might not be satisfactory.
If the set requirements were too high, the time required for the Originating Law Jade to derive might exceed the limit.
The result might be a flawed version of the law.
The second mode was to provide a basic blueprint law, allowing the Originating Law Jade to derive an advanced law based on it.
The advantage of this method was the ability to precisely customize and obtain the desired law.
Moreover, the time required for the Originating Law Jade to derive would be greatly reduced.
After generating the first version of the law, if unsatisfied with the effect, one could have the Originating Law Jade adjust it until the time was up.
The drawback was that the level of the blueprint law could not be lower than the law being derived.
Otherwise, the efficiency of the derivation would significantly decrease, similar to "Law Spontaneously Born from Nothingness."
The law derived by a cultivator applying to the Originating Law Jade would be directly taught to the applicant by the Originating Law Jade.
It would not be recorded in the Wanxian Alliance's law database.
Cultivators had complete autonomy over their derived laws.
The blueprint law also had no restrictions on its source and would not be reported to the law database.
...
After carefully reading through the necessary precautions, Li Fan adjusted his original plans.
A moment later, he had made the final decision on how to use the Originating Law Jade in this world.
"However, in these instructions..."
Li Fan's expression became somewhat peculiar.
He keenly noticed the use of "she" and "herself" when the book mentioned the Originating Law Jade.
"Could it be that the Wanxian Alliance's Originating Law Jade is actually operated by a female cultivator?"
"That's somewhat unexpected."
Li Fan looked at the countdown on the wall.
There were still three days left.
He resumed reading other books related to the theories of the Originating Law.
Most of them were works by renowned Originating Law Masters in the Wanxian Alliance, sharing their experiences after using the Originating Law Jade.
Previously, Li Fan had spent nearly twenty years merging techniques and insights, deriving the "Illusory Spirit Art."
As a half-weaver, it seemed quite fascinating to him at the moment, and he didn't feel bored.
Time passed quickly.
Soon, the previously silent voice announcing the turn arrived again.
"Cultivator Xiao Fan, it's about to be your turn. Please prepare yourself."
Li Fan placed the books back on the shelf, took a deep breath, and felt invigorated.
The countdown on the wall slowly reached zero.
Everything in the space became ethereal.
Turning into tiny points of light, drifting towards a certain direction.
Li Fan floated in space, slightly stunned.
Surveying left and right, he found himself in a vast void.
In an instant, a sense of blessing filled his heart as Li Fan followed the previous points of light, flying forward.
Before long, he saw a massive sphere composed of countless characters.
The characters on the sphere were constantly changing.
Occasionally, the entire set of characters on the sphere would pause for a moment, then emit a flickering light before disappearing.
Then, an endless cycle of changes and derivations would begin again.
Beneath this massive sphere, a book table floated in the void.
On the table, a little loli who appeared to be about five or six years old was lying with her head on the table.
Looking at the continuously emerging text on the table, she seemed dispirited.
"Is she the Originating Law Jade?"
Li Fan slowly approached, but he found that after reaching a certain distance, he could no longer get any closer.
The little loli didn't pay any attention to him either. Li Fan had no choice but to clear his throat.
"Excuse me..."
"What kind of law do you want to derive, and what are the requirements for the law? Do you want it spontaneously born from nothingness or based on a blueprint law?"
"Write it down yourself."
The little loli, without lifting her head, said in a childish voice.
Afterwards, she clapped her small hands on the table. After the light faded, a piece of paper instantly appeared.
The little loli picked up the paper and threw it in front of Li Fan.
Li Fan scrutinized the Originating Law Jade, feeling increasingly strange.
But he didn't delay. He took hold of the paper, and the thoughts in his mind instantly manifested as lines of writing on the paper.
"Blueprint law: 'Thousand Mechanisms Jade Realm Gold Scripture,' 'Daylight Robbery Secret Art.' Reference mystic art: 'Appearance Follows Heart Change.'"
"Derive a technique that can completely transform into the techniques of others."
(End of this chapter)