Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant Chapter 2494: 234: Transformation

Chapter 234: Transformation

The sensation abruptly jerked him out of his meditative state of enlightenment.

Instantly, he became aware of a profound sense of frailty washing over his body.

“This is bad! Absorbing these principles is depleting my True Spirit!”

Wang Ba was gripped by panic. Refusing to lose a moment, he scrambled toward the Waterside Pavilion.

Nevertheless, he was completely drained. After pushing himself for some time, he felt as though he had regressed to the state he was in when he first arrived in the Realm Sea of Origin.

He faltered momentarily before parting his lips to draw a heavy breath.

The surrounding water churned, and debris drifted into his mouth along with the current.

This time, he didn't spit the refuse out.

As the particles settled in his gut, the gnawing hunger in his belly quieted slightly.

However, it was merely a drop in the ocean compared to the energy he had expended; the sustenance remained inadequate.

To survive, he had to force himself to swim toward the gathering dust once more.

These specks were the fragments of departed True Spirits. Though they were long dead, their lingering echoes bombarded Wang Ba’s mind, drowning him in an endless tide of foreign memories.

The overload of information was so intense that Wang Ba briefly feared he was losing his sense of self.

He grew alarmed, realizing he could not continue to consume them without consequence.

If he went too far, he might lose his identity entirely.

Fortunately, it wasn't long before he recognized the familiar disturbance from the riverbank.

His spirit lifted, and he surged toward the water’s surface.

Soon, he saw Li Yuehua waiting there.

Upon spotting Wang Ba, she broke into a faint smile. Lowering her voice cautiously, she cast a glance over her shoulder before whispering:

“That fellow Cui says he wants to instruct us in Cultivation. I suspect I won’t have many chances to visit from now on. I only managed to squeeze in a moment today. Your medicinal reserves must be running thin, right?”

She reached into her pocket, produced four or five pills, and pressed them into Wang Ba’s mouth.

“Stick to this area and don’t wander,” she urged. “I will check in on you whenever I have the chance and keep supplying you with these.”

Wang Ba responded instinctively:

“Understood.”

As the word escaped his lips, both he and Li Yuehua froze in surprise.

“You… you can speak properly?”

Li Yuehua was stunned.

Wang Ba was just as shocked.

Living in isolation beneath the water, devoid of company, he had never attempted to talk; he hadn't realized he had gained such a talent.

Li Yuehua was eager to press him for more information, but the threat of discovery made her hesitate. Not daring to tarry, she quickly made her exit.

Wang Ba consumed the Elixirs, and immediately felt his condition return to its zenith. The sensation was immensely soothing, but he remained vigilant. He sank back beneath the surface and drifted to a distant part of the water, looking up at the Sky Dome with newfound contemplation.

He didn’t rush back into comprehension; he was lost in thought.

“I was mute before, but the shift occurred only after I started understanding these rules.”

“Is the true mechanism of transformation linked to this grasping of principles?”

Wang Ba pondered silently.

Such theories were difficult to verify; regardless, he decided not to dawdle and turned his gaze back to the Sky Dome, recalling what Taiyuan had mentioned during the feast.

The patterns woven across the Sky Dome were dense and complex, seemingly distilling every principle of the Realm Sea into this single vista.

It was true—everything that manifested in the Realm Sea was merely a reflection of these underlying rules.

Intertwined were the foundational laws that formed the basis of the entire Realm Sea, alongside others that seemed trivial.

For example, the "Divine Corpse Technique" from Hundred Ghost Mountain in the Chaotic Sea was rumored to originate from these Realm Sea rules. Wang Ba identified the specific law among them: a rule governing slaughter and death.

Within the Realm Sea, it was considered niche, yet it permitted the creation of Divine Corpses that could traverse the world, even reaching the level of a Tribulation Crossing Perfection expert.

Besides that, he witnessed the origins of what people called “calamities.”

Some arose from singular rules, while others emerged from a synthesis of many.

As he studied these laws, a thousand ideas ignited in Wang Ba’s mind, urging him to master them all. Yet, he was currently limited to a True Spirit form; even if he unlocked the secret of these laws, he could not wield them yet.

“This is the true importance of the Primordial Spirit.”

“The Primordial Spirit is the vessel that allows me to command these laws and stabilize my True Spirit.”

Time ticked away, and gradually, his True Spirit began to integrate the rules of the Realm Sea. In some respects, he was arguably a prodigy.

Had he not spent time cultivating the Dao of Dharmas to understand different systems of law, he wouldn't have stood a chance at comprehending the Realm Sea of Origin; he would have likely missed the deeper meanings entirely.

At times, he felt as if he were dissolving into the fabric of the Third Realm Sea itself.

However, this state of existence exhausted his supply of red pills at an alarming rate.

Before long, he was empty once more.

Luckily, Li Yuehua appeared just in time.

Standing on the edge of the Waterside Pavilion, she peered down at Wang Ba with a stunned expression:

“You… what has happened to you?”

Compared to their last meeting, Wang Ba’s body was now shimmering with golden scales, resembling the True Spirit Fish of the Mahayana Realm. Yet, despite this, his exhaustion appeared immense.

Wang Ba gave her a brief explanation.

Li Yuehua, lacking the necessary cultivation to grasp the nuances, failed to understand the full complexity of his situation. Nevertheless, upon hearing his potential, she was both delighted and perplexed.