118: Chapter 118 Movement Technique, Three Feet Away from Home

In Xia Jin's mind, as the System notification faded, a Cultivation Technique titled "Three Feet to the Horizon" suddenly emerged.

"Exactly which great deity came up with this kind of movement technique?" After a simple browse, Xia Jin's expression became somewhat peculiar.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Jin directly commanded in his mind, "System, consume three hundred years of cultivation to deduce Three Feet to the Horizon!"

In an instant, a torrent of pure comprehension flooded into the depths of his consciousness.

[Deduction beginning...]

[Year 50: You have devoted yourself to studying the Space-Folding Method of Three Feet to the Horizon, gaining a partial understanding of the spatial Profound Truth. In your enlightenment, you realize that crossing space by continuously compressing it to become the distance you travel is the true Great Dao. Thus, your Three Feet to the Horizon movement technique has reached the Minor Achievement stage.]

[Year 200: Your comprehension of the spatial Profound Truth grows deeper. With every gesture, you are now able to preliminarily ignore ordinary obstacles, Shrinking the Earth into Inches and crossing entire cities in a single thought. Thus, your Three Feet to the Horizon movement technique has reached the Major Achievement stage.]

[Year 300: To you, space is like thin paper; the distance to the horizon is but a three-step journey. Thus, your Three Feet to the Horizon movement technique has reached the Great Perfection stage.]

[Deduction ended.]

"So this is Three Feet to the Horizon? Now, I finally have a movement technique in the truest sense!" Xia Jin slowly opened his eyes, the insights in his mind yet to dissipate.

"Let's test the actual effect of this movement technique!" Xia Jin stood up. The space beneath his feet began to fold continuously as he took a casual step forward.

The bluestone walls of the great hall ahead and various other obstacles suddenly folded together. His figure vanished directly from the Jin Wang Palace.

The next moment,

When he reappeared, a cold wind mixed with the scent of yellow soil hit his face. Xia Jin glanced around and found himself standing on the familiar Great Xia City Walls. As it turned out, this was already the border of the Great Xia Dynasty!

"Hey!! Who are you!? Get down from the city wall immediately!" A Great Xia soldier on patrol suddenly saw a dark shadow in front of him and couldn't help but frown. He drew the long saber at his waist, pointed it at the figure, and shouted sternly.

Hearing the voice, Xia Jin merely turned his head to smile at the man before lifting his foot again to take a second step.

"I said, you actually dare to violate military orders!! See if I don't..." The soldier guarding the city walked forward a few steps with a darkened face, only to feel his vision blur. The dark shadow vanished directly before his eyes.

"This... was I seeing things just now!?" His movements suddenly stiffened, and he hurriedly rubbed his eyes. After confirming there was no one ahead, he couldn't help but swallow hard. "Uh... I must be too tired lately, that's why I'm feeling a bit dizzy. Yes, that must be it."

The soldier nodded to himself unconsciously and turned around to walk away, his pace getting faster and faster.

Meanwhile, as Xia Jin took his second step, he was already standing on a lonely island outside the Great Xia Sea Territory.

He took a deep breath; the salty sea breeze replaced the scent of yellow soil from the border pass.

"The horizon within reach—this movement technique is truly formidable!" Xia Jin stood with his hands behind his back, unable to help but praise it. Having finished his trial, he shifted his thoughts, and his figure merged into the Void Realm once more.

Almost at the same time he left, not far from the lonely island where Xia Jin had just stood, there was a black reef that had been washed by waves for years. On it sat a rock that looked remarkably like a person.

Seemingly sensing Xia Jin's aura, the thick layer of dust on the rock's surface, which had accumulated for untold years, suddenly slid off slowly.

It revealed a figure sitting in a cross-legged position.

He slowly opened his eyes, gazing at the patch of Void Realm where Xia Jin had disappeared. A hint of surprise flashed across his otherwise calm, emotionless face.

"Spatial Profound Truth... how interesting. This little fellow's movement technique is actually somewhat... familiar."

He spoke the last word with a slight stiffness. After finishing, the light in his eyes faded, and he seemed to drift back into a deep slumber.

...

Inside the Jin Wang Palace, Xia Jin's figure reappeared.

He sat back down cross-legged on the Cold Jade Bed, took a deep breath, and once again issued a command in his mind: "System, use all the remaining two thousand eight hundred years of cultivation to deduce the Nine Turns Creation Sutra!"

This deduction was completely different from any previous one.

The moment the command was issued, Xia Jin felt countless tiny, shimmering points of light with a seven-colored luster appear out of thin air around his body.

Then, as if pulled by an invisible force field, these light points began to rotate slowly around Xia Jin, their speed increasing. A Hexagram Formation suddenly appeared, enveloping Xia Jin entirely.

Xia Jin felt a gentle force lift him up. Then, as the light of the Hexagram Formation grew brighter, his body began to sink slowly, seemingly descending into a mysterious space.

There was no up, down, left, or right here, nor any sense of time passing—only a void.

He tried to "open his eyes," but found he couldn't move at all. He couldn't even sense the existence of his own body; only his consciousness drifted in this darkness like a wisp of dim light.

"Where exactly is this?" Xia Jin couldn't help but wonder. After this sensation lasted for an unknown amount of time, he finally felt something within the void. Ahead, a figure seemed to appear.

No, it shouldn't be said that it appeared; rather, that figure had been there all along.

That figure emitted just a wisp of aura, yet it caused Xia Jin's consciousness to freeze completely, as if he had encountered a supreme existence beyond imagination.

A warm current fell upon him, and then a sun-like mark appeared on the center of Xia Jin's brow.

He lost all consciousness.

...

While Xia Jin was in secluded cultivation, Leng Yuexi took that nameless ancient book and a rubbing of a jade pendant to Princess Jiang Rou's manor outside the imperial palace.

Inside the study, Leng Yuexi placed the items before Princess Jiang Rou and said with a smile, "Rou'er, come, help Revered Master take a look at this!"

Princess Jiang Rou put down her brush, turned around, and picked up the paper with the jade pendant rubbing, looking it up and down. But soon, she frowned.

"Revered Master, what is the script on this?"

"What a question. If Revered Master knew, I wouldn't have come to find you!!" Leng Yuexi gave her a miffed glare.

"Over the past two days, Revered Master happened to be studying a Cultivation Technique and found this illustration inside. I thought it might be a secret technique from some chapter. However, I don't recognize the script on it either, which is why I specifically came to have you look at it!"

After Leng Yuexi finished speaking, she sat down directly to the side and began brewing tea.

"So that's how it is!" Princess Jiang Rou nodded, then opened the nameless book and began to examine it carefully.

She compared the rubbing paper with the nameless book, carefully analyzing and pondering.

Time passed bit by bit. Leng Yuexi drank her tea quietly without rushing her.

Half an hour later, Princess Jiang Rou rubbed her brow and looked at Leng Yuexi, shaking her head. "Revered Master, the script on this rubbing is definitely not from the Eastern Profound Continent. With just this book, it will likely be difficult to crack in a short time."

"However, I recently met a friend whose knowledge is not inferior to mine. Perhaps she can see something. How about I send someone to invite her over?"

"Your friend." Leng Yuexi was silent for a moment, then nodded. "Then go ahead!"

This was just a rubbing; it wouldn't matter even if someone else recognized the script.

Besides, the real jade pendant was with Xia Jin. In the entire Eastern Profound Continent, who could possibly snatch something from his hands?

"Good!" Seeing Leng Yuexi agree, Princess Jiang Rou immediately sent someone to fetch her.

Not long after, a woman followed Princess Jiang Rou into the study.

Leng Yuexi looked up, her heart stirring slightly.

The newcomer did not possess world-toppling beauty; if one were to judge solely by facial features, she might not even be as fair as herself.

But the pair of Phoenix Eyes on the woman's face were like the finishing touch to a dragon painting, instantly making her countenance come alive.

"Revered Master, this is the good friend I recently made, Luo Qinghe!"