Atlas of Heaven and Man

The entire month of September passed without incident, and the Meng family manor on Mount Mo Tie was not attacked.

But everyone knew that Meng Huang would never give up. This situation only meant that he was preparing and adjusting, waiting for a suitable opportunity.

The later the attack came, the more difficult it would be to deal with.

Chen Chuan opened his eyes from meditation. Recently, he had been fully adjusting his state, replacing sleep with meditation. For a while, no memory fragments had surfaced in his mind.

However, he knew that those memories were inside his body and had not disappeared. When he was relaxed and had no burdens, these things would naturally appear. When he felt he needed to maintain a good state and didn't need any interference, then the memories wouldn't give any feedback.

At this time, some prompts appeared on the Realm Device, transmitting some video and photo content. These were taken by Tan Zhi. Besides himself dancing and some scenes in the dance floor, there were also photos of Chao Ming eating.

Because he needed to live on Mount Mo Tie, he had asked Tan Zhi to take care of Chao Ming first. Anyway, he just needed to prepare water and food. Chao Ming was very smart and didn't require much effort.

Tan Zhi was very willing to do this. Just kidding, Chen Chuan was not only his classmate but also a Third Threshold fighter. Being entrusted with things by him was a sign of trust, indicating that the two people had a good relationship. Others wanted to do it but didn't have the chance!

He sent a reply, and then browsed the news from the outside world. Besides the arena competition that had lasted for three months finally ending, and the daily violent incidents in Central City, there was nothing special.

After reading it, he washed up, took a few nutrient sticks, and then took a training knife and left the villa to practice his fists, feet, and knife moves in the open space outside.

After returning to the villa, he took out some medicine to take. Now these medicines were provided by the manor and he didn't need to bring them himself.

After this month, the growth of the alienated tissue caused by crossing the threshold had gradually slowed down and stagnated. Under normal circumstances, if he continued to train, his strength would still improve, but it would become quite slow, and it would no longer be as easy to improve as in the previous stage.

He estimated that in a few more days, he would be about to take special medication.

After an hour of breathing exercises, he picked up a stack of documents from the table and started reading.

These were some records of Third Threshold fighters from the old era that Meng Shu had obtained through certain channels.

Although some of these things were very outdated due to the times, and many were backward technologies, they were still very useful for reference.

Especially when it came to matters involving fighters, there would inevitably be some insights into cultivation, and many places were very enlightening to him.

From these fragmented records, it seemed that when people in the old era reached the Third Threshold stage, if they were in a period of change, what they had to do was to find gaps, hunt down the "ghosts" within, and seek a breakthrough opportunity by being stained with the aura of ghosts, repelling foul air, and gathering righteous spirits.

If it was a period of stagnation, it would be troublesome. Fighters would need to spend a lot of energy and time to find some "remnants" left over from the period of change.

During this period, the number of folk fighters would decrease significantly, but the various empires and imperial families would be able to cultivate some talents even during the period of stagnation because they retained some things.

Looking at the periods when fighters frequently emerged in the past, it must have been during a period of change. This period was also turbulent, and the world was also undergoing drastic changes, often facing dynastic changes.

The period of stagnation was the low point for fighters, and the power of the dynasty would be correspondingly consolidated. This rule applied to the whole world in the past.

However, this method of acquisition in the old era was likely very backward and the risk was very high. Most of them were just trying their luck, and if they failed, they would put themselves in. Almost all the records were not good descriptions.

For example, a half-finished letter of instruction he was currently reading was about a fighter who discovered a gap and decided to go with his companions to seek opportunities for advancement. Because he was not sure if he could return, he told his disciples some things and solemnly asked him to pass on the inheritance.

But now it was different. In the more than two-hundred-year period of change, the world pattern had also undergone unprecedented changes. Although it seemed more difficult to obtain drugs now, there were still stable channels, and it was no longer a matter of losing one's life at every turn.

Not only that, but as the Great Impact was about to come, perhaps the world would usher in an unprecedented change. This may be a big crisis, but why not a kind of luck?

After putting down the information, he went to the academy platform to check on matters concerning special medication, wanting to see if there was anything worth noting and important, but the platform did not mention anything about it.

He thought about it and contacted Teacher Jiang, Teacher Bai, and others to ask them for advice.

But he immediately discovered that whether it was Teacher Bai or Teacher Jiang, their words became very cautious after hearing him mention this.

Although they gave him a lot of replies afterward, they were all in the form of indirect descriptions and some words that told him to be careful, as if they were worried about something.

After realizing that there might be some problems, he didn't delve into it further. Fortunately, in addition to the academy channels, he also had Cao Guixi and the Bureau to ask for advice, so he tried to contact Cao Guixi next.

However, Cao Guixi seemed to never use the Realm Device to communicate directly with people, so he first contacted Uncle Ding and told the latter that he needed to ask Senior Cao about some special questions.

Uncle Ding politely told him to wait a moment. After a while, Uncle Ding came back and said to him: "Cadet Chen, here is a secret channel for domain information. Please go to that platform to talk."

Chen Chuan then saw a platform password transmitted on the Realm Device. At first glance, it was a temporary platform built privately. He immediately logged in.

After waiting for a while, Cao Guixi's voice came over and said: "Are you on Mount Mo Tie?"

Chen Chuan did not hide it and said: "Yes."

Cao Guixi didn't ask him where he was specifically, and said directly: "This is a dedicated channel built temporarily, maintained by a strong domain. Because the constructed domain creatures are relatively special, they will be rejected by Central City, so it can probably support ten minutes of conversation time. If you are on Mount Mo Tie, it can probably be extended a little longer, Junior Brother Chen, you can ask anything during this time."

Chen Chuan said okay, said that he had obtained special medication, and wanted to ask what taboos and points to pay attention to when taking it, and also said that he had asked the academy teachers, but it seemed that they could not explain things clearly, as if this was some kind of taboo.

Cao Guixi didn't ask him where the special medication came from, but said: "Junior Brother Chen, there is a reason why they didn't say it directly. The academy teachers have signed an agreement. If it is not allowed by the academy, then they are prohibited from revealing and discussing this matter to the outside world, even if you are an insider.

Also, the reason why special drugs are so tightly controlled is not only because they are rare, but also because they have their own uniqueness. Not only will they have an impact on people mentally, but sometimes verbal transmission may cause unspeakable consequences."

Chen Chuan's heart trembled slightly, "Verbal transmission?"

Cao Guixi said: "Yes, if you hear others talk about their experiences and have concepts and advance impressions in your mind, then things that might not have been a problem may instead appear abnormal because you know these things.

I also have no way to tell you what will happen when you take the medicine, because the specific use of the medicine varies from person to person. Everyone will experience different effects due to different degrees of alienation and the coverage of alienated tissues, different physical qualities, mental state, and even their own emotions.

Your body is maintained by matter, like a solid shell that firmly wraps your spirit. But after you achieve the Third Threshold, you open a gap in it, giving you a certain possibility.

But this alone is not enough to push you upward. This special medicine is to mentally bring you closer to that world, spontaneously weakening this shell.

In this process, the medicinal power will be fully exerted, and your upper limit will also be increased as a result.

But at the same time, you will inevitably be infected and eroded by certain things on the other side. You need to hold on to yourself and not let yourself be controlled by those things.

But this does not mean the end. Each time you take medicine, those contaminations will accumulate in your body, so after each time, you need to find a way to repel the remaining poison.

This requires relying on essence, blood, and spirit. The more tenacious and abundant these two are, the more you can resist these, so your foundation must be solid. It is best to space out each medication, in addition to repelling the remaining poison, it is to wait until the state is accumulated to perfection before trying again…"

Chen Chuan wrote down his reminders and key points. After thanking him solemnly, he ended the conversation and began to fully adjust himself.

Five days later, he felt that the growth of his own alienated tissue had almost slowed down, knowing that the time had come, so he prepared to make his first attempt at taking the medicine.

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