Chapter 1130 - 326: Feng Zhaoyang Arc (9)_3
Yuchi: "Shuang’Er, come out and play cards."
Yin Shuang: ...
Yuchi: "Shuang’Er, don’t you want to win? Turn your bicycle into a motorcycle."
Yin Shuang: ...
Yuchi: "What’s wrong? You haven’t talked much all day?"
Yin Shuang: ...
Throughout the day, Yuchi hadn’t noticed Yin Shuang emerging. During the day, he had no time to communicate, but by night, his curiosity was piqued. Yet Yin Shuang didn’t respond at all, and the card inside was quiet. Curiously, Yuchi took out the card and looked at it.
Upon looking, his expression became quite surprised.
Within the landscape painting of the card, Yin Shuang sat kneeling by the river, already cocooned. Her silver hair wrapped her body like silken threads, rendering her motionless like a silkworm larva.
Yuchi: "..."
"..."
"Doesn’t sitting like that make your legs numb?"
Yin Shuang’s silkworm cocoon within the landscape card trembled slightly, almost falling into the lake.
Meanwhile, Yuchi felt relieved: "Yin Shuang’s realm has broken through first, then her body’s transformation followed slowly, as described in the Spiritual Painting Avatar manual."
Yuchi was calm.
Currently, Yin Shuang exists at the Foundation Establishment Stage First Layer. Her realm broke through first, but her body couldn’t keep up, thus she needed to accumulate nutrition like a silkworm larva awaiting evolution.
This is the process she’s undergoing, and once she’s formed the cocoon successfully, a new body will emerge, and she will officially step into the Foundation Establishment stage.
"Yes, when advancing from Foundation Establishment to Core Formation Stage, it’s the same process of transforming from cocoon to butterfly."
"Books record this transformation takes about a month, but it’s unclear how long it will take Yin Shuang."
"Regardless, she really chose her timing well, directly missing this major event."
Taking a sip of tea, Yuchi attempted to reach inside the card with his pork chop-like hand and felt something akin to a plastic membrane. It felt gelatinous yet also like touching something skin-like—hard to describe. He wondered how the Spiritual Painting Avatar entered the card.
"With my limited understanding, I suspect the card is a very special kind of Storage Ring, unlike typical ones loading only dead objects. This ring can hold landscapes and living beings inside."
"Yin Shuang is now 22 centimeters tall. Based on scale, the world inside the card isn’t particularly large, roughly the size of a small town."
"Hmm, wonder when Yin Shuang will invite me inside her card to explore?"
Yuchi thought curiously. According to the Spiritual Painting Avatar’s taming manual, it’s difficult for an Avatar to recognize a master. Once identified, the Avatar will invite him into the card, establishing a relationship indescribably profound and stronger than gold.
It’s as if witnessed by heaven and earth.
"I don’t quite get it; I’m a native of the third state."
Putting the card away, his gaze turned to the distant sky.
The sky was pitch-black.
"Who knows what action Feng Zhaoyang and the others will ultimately take? They’ve already made matters intensely serious, they may fight. Regardless of how the battle unfolds, they’ll surely control the scope."
"We’ll see."
"Let’s see what their script is."
Holding his cup, light snow began to fall from the sky again, and it’s a bit over a month until New Year: "Ah, another year has passed. It seems like I haven’t accomplished much, yet recalling the year brings happiness, and that’s enough. Speaking a thousand or ten thousand times, nothing is more important than happiness."
"Oh, what’s the situation in the sixth state now?"
Yuchi opened the window, reached out to pinch a snowflake between his fingers.
His fingertip entwined with some Spiritual Qi, enveloping the snowflake, which shattered into a mist of snow, then as he released the Qi, a tiny frost appeared in his hand, pretty indeed.
"Wonder when I will find time to visit the sixth state?"
"If the world is unstable, all business is nonsense."
"Hope by the time the third state’s aflame, my Ascension Gate has grown enough, otherwise, it would be really tough."
Yuchi wasn’t overly cautious, hesitating; yet now actions must consider the bigger picture. Even as a bystander, he couldn’t neglect everything.
Upon learning about Feng Zhaoyang and others, it was critical for his understanding of the state capital, and understanding the state capital was crucial for grasping the situation in the first six states.
"Haven’t heard any news about mystical creatures for a while."
"The Demon-slaying Bureau and others seem quiet."
"It’s all surprisingly tranquil, like the eerie silence before a storm."
When he first ascended the Ascension Gate, various mystical creatures, evil spirits, and chaotic occurrences were visible; yet upon arriving at the state capital, there was all tranquility. But given the situation, how could there be peace? It’s just suppressed.
"Inside the house, I can’t see outside; staying in the third state, I can’t see the nine states. I still need opportunities to leave the third state and explore more, which is crucial."