360: Chapter 4 Northern Sea Fish

Just as Xu Xiang began investigating Meng Li, Meng Li was not idle either.

After a brief period of adaptation and relaxation, he began to claim the beginner's gift package that arrived in this world within his inner landscape—the Daluo Cave Observation Legacy!

With partial memories from the Beiming Fish and Gu Ji Ting as a foundation, Meng Li's comprehension of the Daluo Cave Observation was very smooth.

Before long, he grasped the key points of this mystical art and felt a surge of emotion in his heart: As expected of something hailed as a 'Mystical Skill,' it truly possessed extraordinary and unique merits.

The ability of the Daluo Cave Observation can be simply summarized in two words—Observation!

Theoretically, the Daluo Cave Observation allows the user to observe anything according to their will: inanimate objects, living beings, space, time, fate, and other ethereal things.

Through observation, the user can quickly understand the target thoroughly, deconstruct it, comprehend it, and master it.

The ultimate state of the Daluo Cave Observation can also be summarized in two words—Omniscience!

On this basis, it can lead a person toward omnipotence.

However, this is only theory. In reality, developing the Daluo Cave Observation to the level of Omniscience is as difficult as ascending to heaven, and it carries risks.

Even Gu Ji Ting, the creator of the Daluo Cave Observation, was far from reaching that stage.

Furthermore, based on the information he currently knew, Meng Li reviewed Gu Ji Ting's situation and felt that when the latter activated the Daluo Cave Observation to escape, he absolutely observed more than just the space of this world; he must have observed other things, such as forbidden existences like fate, and saw certain things.

That is why he alerted the World Consciousness, was subsequently kicked out by It, and confined to the gap between the world barriers to be a third party who could only watch.

As for whether this action was deliberate or a subconscious thought, it was impossible to know.

But learning from experience, after being locked away, Gu Ji Ting reflected deeply. While seeking a way to escape, he imposed restrictions and improvements on the Daluo Cave Observation, changing it from a path to immediate ascension into one requiring gradual development, the specifics depending on the inheritor's own ability.

Simply put: the master guides you to the door, but cultivation depends on the individual.

After mastering the Daluo Cave Observation, Meng Li pondered briefly and chose his own Dao Foundation, the Beiming Fish, as the first object of observation.

The Daluo Cave Observation activated, and he entered the observation state.

In an instant, numerous streams of flowing information, visible only to Meng Li, emerged from the Beiming Fish. They arranged and combined within Meng Li's inner landscape, constructing and unfolding an information panel in the form that his subconscious felt was easiest to understand.

[Name: Beiming Fish (Meng Li).]

[Category: Dao Foundation.]

[Form: Beiming Great Fish (Kun).]

[Traits: Unfixed, Primordial Chaos.]

[Talents: Devour and Strengthen Self, Myriad Arts Integrate Body, Summon Thunder and Generate Electricity.]

[Secret Arts: Beiming Rebirth Technique, Daluo Cave Observation.]

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[Unfixed: The Dao Foundation is forged from the fusion of essence, Qi, and spirit, existing between the virtual and the real, thus it cannot be judged by virtuality or reality.]

[Primordial Chaos: The Beiming Fish possesses both Yin and Yang aspects, which is called Primordial Chaos. The energy it refines and transforms can switch freely between Yin, Yang, and Primordial Chaos attributes.]

[Devour and Strengthen Self: The Dao Foundation will automatically devour and refine external energy to strengthen itself, which can be called 'Once the Dao Foundation is established, magical power generates on its own'.]

[Myriad Arts Integrate Body: The techniques learned by the self enter the secret level, and the Beiming Fish will automatically form a secret imprint and merge into the body.]

[Summon Thunder and Generate Electricity: The Beiming Fish absorbs the ability derived from the Lightning Tribulation, capable of summoning thunderous sounds and generating electric light.]

...

After reading the information obtained through the Daluo Cave Observation, Meng Li made a slight comparison and found it was nearly identical to what he knew implicitly upon successfully forging his foundation.

After forging the Dao Foundation, his cultivation in terms of magical power, or Qi refining, entered an idle mode. He didn't need to pay much attention to it, allowing him to focus his thoughts on other areas, such as elevating his accumulated Martial Arts techniques to the secret level, or learning new secret arts and merging them into himself.

And the so-called secret level, simply put, differs from ordinary Martial Arts techniques in two aspects:

First, the method of transmission is mysterious. For example, the Old Farmer's Art in 'Under One Person' is transmitted in the form of a Qi cluster, rather than being written down in a book.

Second, the essence is hidden, belonging to something that can only be understood implicitly rather than explicitly stated. Once comprehended, it will produce special, miraculous effects, the most common of which is skipping the warm-up phase when unleashing ultimate moves.

It could be said that once most Martial Arts techniques reach the secret level, they undergo a qualitative change.

To bring about this qualitative change, one can only rely on continuous deduction, deep study, and improvement.

This undoubtedly consumes a great deal of time, and it heavily relies on talent and foundation.

Meng Li had prepared himself for a protracted war, but now with the Daluo Cave Observation plus the inner landscape, he could undoubtedly shorten the time significantly.

Thinking this way, he decided to make some adjustments to his plans.

...

The next day.

Xu Xiang, whose doubts were aroused, arrived alone at Meng Li's hospital room, only to find no one there. He was instantly startled and rushed to the front desk to ask the nurse.

"That cute little friend? He is with Doctor Fang from the Chinese Medicine department," the nurse thought for a moment and replied with a smile.

"Why did he run over there?" Xu Xiang was puzzled.

The nurse answered, "I'm not entirely sure about that. You can go ask Doctor Fang."

Xu Xiang nodded, said his thanks, and walked toward Doctor Fang's office.

Upon arriving, he was surprised to find Meng Li reciting something in front of Doctor Fang.

In an instant, he became even more confused, but he did not interrupt. Instead, he quietly listened by the doorway for a while and realized that what Meng Li was reciting sounded like it was from a medical book.

Soon after, Doctor Fang noticed Xu Xiang's arrival, immediately called for a halt, and then turned to ask Xu Xiang, "What seems to be bothering you?"

Xu Xiang shook his head, pointed at Meng Li, and said, "I came looking for Meng Li."

"Uncle Xu," Meng Li called out to Xu Xiang at the appropriate time.

Doctor Fang then realized and smiled heartily, "Your kid is very smart, and he has a talent for medicine."

"Is that so?"

Xu Xiang scratched his head, a trace of contemplation flashing in his eyes, though his expression remained unchanged. After a few pleasantries, he took Meng Li and left.

"Why did you suddenly think of going to Doctor Fang's place to recite medical books?" Xu Xiang asked when they returned to Meng Li's room.

Meng Li replied, "I passed by there a couple of days ago and saw someone whose hand was injured, crying out in pain. Then Doctor Fang just fiddled with it casually, and the person was instantly better. I thought it was quite miraculous, so I wanted to see if I could learn it."

"You want to be a doctor?" Xu Xiang asked.

"A little bit," Meng Li nodded, then asked, "Why didn't Sister Baoer come?"

"She has something to do."

"Oh," Meng Li replied, asking no further questions.

Over the past few days, through recollection, he remembered most of the plot and vaguely guessed what Feng Baobao was busy with.

Either secretly watching over Zhang Chulan, or executing a mission for Everywhere Connect.

Comparing the two, the former possibility was more likely.

Because Feng Baobao's way of thinking was different from ordinary people; her mind was a bit slow, so she often couldn't handle many tasks well. Especially in the early stages, it was basically Xu Xiang who covered for her. As a regional manager, Xu Xiang was already busy, and taking on Feng Baobao's missions as well, even with his Qi refining success, he couldn't sustain it, ultimately leading to illness from overwork and passing away before the age of eighty.

Then, Meng Li asked again, "Have my parents been found yet?"

Xu Xiang shook his head, "Too little information, not found yet. Why don't you try to recall some more things?"

Meng Li said, "I've thought about it these past few days, but I can't remember anything else."

Xu Xiang was about to say something more when the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

He quickly took out his phone and answered.

"Dog Kid, there's a situation with Zhang Chulan."