I will be stronger after the remake

Tang Ping immediately recited the original text word for word; his ability to remember everything he read was one of his spiritual abilities.

Yu Shujiang quickly retorted, "This tests memory, what does it have to do with comprehension? It's just a poem, give me three minutes to practice, and I can memorize it."

"A person with high comprehension may not necessarily have a strong memory, but a person with a weak memory will definitely have poor comprehension. The internal energy cultivation method is comparable to advanced mathematics. If you can't comprehend it, you just can't comprehend it. No matter how much time you spend, it's useless. Don't waste your time. Listen carefully: 'One step to the Heavenly Dipper, two steps to the Dipper, three steps to the Starlight, four steps to the Primordial Chaos, five steps to the Mysterious Aperture, six steps to the True Embryo, seven steps to the Purple Pole, and the Heavenly Cycle will naturally revolve.' This passage doesn't have any special meaning. It's just to help you concentrate."

Next, Uncle Jiang explained the specific cultivation method of "Hun Yuan Bu Gang Jue". The key is to combine it with footwork, use the dantian as a furnace, draw starlight into the body, and transform the essence of stars into Hun Yuan True Qi.

Finally, he gave Yu Shujiang a talisman, saying it could draw upon the power of the stars more efficiently, making cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.

While Yu Shujiang was furious that her father looked down on her, she did not hesitate to stick the talisman on her body. Sure enough, the difficulty of cultivation decreased a lot.

Next, Uncle Jiang was about to hand over the "Purple Palace Domination Chapter" to Tang Ping, but Tang Ping said, "Spiritual power cultivation is not very meaningful for third-level spiritual energy users, right? I already know that third-level users can only advance to fourth-level through deduction; simply increasing spiritual power is not effective."

Uncle Jiang said, "That's not entirely true. Have you ever thought about why it's possible to break through to the first and second stages simply by increasing spiritual power, but not to the third stage?"

"why?"

"Actually, there is no essential difference between the three, it's just a matter of difficulty. Spiritual evolution can reduce the difficulty of breakthrough. Theoretically, if your spiritual power cultivation can reach ten times that of a normal third-level spiritual energy user, you can prove the Dao by force and forcibly advance to the fourth level. However, no one has ever done it in the past, which makes everyone feel that this theoretical possibility is too slim, so they simply abandon it to avoid anyone going astray."

(Author's note: Big pneumonia, little cough, the whole family is involved. Today's update will be a short chapter.)

Chapter 245 Confessing Memories

"Ten times...it's definitely better not to advertise it."

Ten times that of a normal third-stage spiritual energy user, if one wants to honestly improve their spiritual power through cultivation, it would take forever. Even with Uncle Jiang's "Purple Star Pivot Chapter," it wouldn't be enough, unless there's another, more efficient cultivation method.

In fact, none of the fourth-level psychic in China advanced through cultivating spiritual power; they all took shortcuts, either through fortuitous encounters or special methods of transformation.

Of course, the two cultivation techniques introduced by Uncle Jiang are by no means useless; at least most first and second-stage spiritual energy users will advance faster.

Unfortunately, although everyone knows that taking shortcuts is the right path in the Spiritual Cultivation System, knowing is one thing, finding the opportunity is another, and how to execute it after finding it is the most crucial of all.

Undeniably, the vast majority of Chinese people are honest and down-to-earth individuals who cultivate spiritual power according to the guidance of their superiors and adhere to conventional methods of transformation. They will never step out of their comfort zone unless absolutely necessary.

Ultimately, psychics who join the official organization have status, welfare benefits, and implicit privileges, and have already achieved a real upward social mobility. There is really no need to risk trying methods that they themselves do not know are safe or not.

If Tang Ping hadn't known the end of the world was coming, he would probably still be living a carefree life.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, "Intelligence is really very important."

Yu Shujiang blinked curiously: "Why did you suddenly say that?"

Intelligence is certainly important; this is common knowledge that every psychic knows… No, even for ordinary people who are not psychics, intelligence is just as important.

Tang Ping said, "Initially, people told me that if a psychic wanted to advance, they either had to increase their spiritual power or develop a spiritual rank. Since both had the same effect, I could choose whichever was more convenient. But when I advanced to the third rank, someone told me that a third-rank psychic had to develop a spiritual rank to advance to the fourth rank. Otherwise, even if their spiritual power met the requirements, they would not be able to break through. But now Uncle Jiang is telling me that a third-rank psychic doesn't necessarily have to develop a spiritual rank. If their spiritual power is strong enough, they can force a breakthrough."

Yu Shujiang said thoughtfully, "It feels like a long-form author keeps rewriting the book and changing the settings from the beginning."

Tang Ping corrected, "It's less about modifying the settings and more about supplementing them. It's like unlocking certain settings as the plot progresses. What's the point of knowing that third-stage psychics must manifest a spirit rank when I'm only at first or second stage psychic power?"

Yu Shujiang nodded and said, "That's right. We can't possibly reenact it in advance, and there's nothing we can do even if we know."

Tang Ping then changed the subject: "But some things are different depending on whether you know them in advance."

"For example?"

"For example, if the world is going to end in a few years, and you don't know it, you will definitely live a lazy life of just going through the motions. If you know in advance, you will naturally work harder and try to prevent the end of the world from coming."

Without hesitation, Yu Shujiang replied, "No way! I'll definitely tell you and Dad about the apocalypse. Such an important matter should be handled by an expert. If you two can't solve it, I'm even more helpless. No matter how hard I try, it will be in vain. It's better to do everything I want to do before the apocalypse comes, so as not to have any regrets."

Tang Ping was exasperated and said, "What if you're subject to some kind of restriction that prevents you from leaking the information to others?"

Yu Shujiang thought about it carefully for a while and said, "Unless I have a cheat, no, an ordinary cheat won't do. Unless I get the Golden Elephant Leg, or something like a powerful system, I can't imagine saving the world through my own efforts."

This girl is way too realistic!

Tang Ping quickly tried to offer some words of encouragement: "It's not scary for others to look down on you; what's scary is looking down on yourself. Since you've come into this world, you can't let it go to waste. You should make a difference and contribute!"

There are always many reasons to be lazy, but there is only one reason to do something: because you want to do it. The most important thing is to be serious.

"The most terrifying thing in a person's life is to do nothing, the most hateful thing is to have no pursuits, and the most tragic thing is to do nothing."

"Life is like a grain of sand, rolling in surging waves and burning in the flames of anger. We may be powerless, but we must never give up and wait to die. We must fight to the last moment and never surrender."

Yu Shujiang was, after all, just a student who hadn't experienced the harsh realities of society. Naturally, she couldn't resist the sweetness of motivational speeches. Tang Ping's words ignited her passion, and she decided to give it her all—at least today!

Uncle Jiang naturally wouldn't fall for that, and he understood Tang Ping's unspoken message. After his daughter was fully absorbed in her cultivation, he stepped forward and asked, "Do you believe the end of the world is imminent?"

Tang Ping had already made her decision and frankly said, "My third-level spiritual rank is 'Spirit Child'. The new spiritual energy I awakened can grant me memories of my past life. In my previous life, the end of the world would have come about six years later."

He figured out one thing: what was his most important trump card?

Is it the spiritual energy that grants access to memories of a past life, a third-tier spiritual level, or an unimaginable talent in martial arts?

Of course not. His real trump card is the white space that grants access to all memories, and the cheat ability to inherit the talents of his targets.

The saying goes, "Success comes from secrecy, failure from leaks." These two trump cards must never be revealed to the outside world. Even if he can't think of how others could deal with him if they knew, there are always people more capable than him. The world's spiritual powers are incredibly diverse. If someone were to emerge who could conceptually replace him or seize his cheat ability, he would likely regret it later.

Compared to that, memories of a past life are not important. Who knows if there is another child prodigy in the world? Perhaps the other party has already told the organization about the contents of their past life.

Even if we take a step back and assume the worst, the greatest cost of such a leak is either being silenced or being monitored, resulting in nothing being accomplished.

It's not a big deal; it's a good lesson to learn for the next life.

Moreover, there's no need to worry about not regaining his memories in the next life. Tang Ping knows his own personality very well. If there are no accidents, he will choose the Buddhist spiritual path in all the next reincarnations. After all, he won't get the immortal Dao seed, so he will definitely choose to play it safe.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Unless an unexpected situation like in his first life occurs, forcing him to advance on the spot, but after he gained extraordinary martial arts talent, the probability of this is already extremely low.

"The world will end in six years..."

Uncle Jiang did not question Tang Ping's words or angrily denounce them as absurd. Instead, he seriously considered the implications and asked, "What caused the apocalypse, and what were its specific manifestations?"

"I don't know the root cause of the apocalypse, but I witnessed the trigger. After Gu Linglong advanced to the fifth level, she cooperated with the Creation Society to attempt to create a world, but ultimately failed..."

Tang Ping made no attempt to conceal anything and truthfully recounted her experience in the last scene of her previous life.

To gain the trust of someone like Uncle Jiang, one cannot lie in the slightest. After all, his descriptions lack physical evidence and are entirely his own words. If there is even one lie, all his statements will be labeled as unreliable.

Furthermore, in order to cover up one lie, he would have to create more lies, and he really had no confidence that he could fool Uncle Jiang.

However, Tang Ping only talked about her experience on the second playthrough and did not mention the first playthrough.

“The Realm of Illusion is reality, while the mortal world is just a refuge. No wonder…” Uncle Jiang looked thoughtful. “No wonder I always felt a sense of disharmony in the mortal world, but I didn’t feel it in the Realm of Illusion. I always thought it was because I couldn’t use my spiritual energy, but I never expected the root of the problem to be here.”

Tang Ping asked happily, "Do you believe what I said?"

"I can't think of a reason for you to fabricate lies, but there are a few suspicious points here. For example, why is there reincarnation? When the world is destroyed, it should be completely reduced to nothingness. Why can it come back again? Is it time reversal or a parallel world? If it is the latter, then your so-called awakening of past life memories is a bit strange."

"These are the truths I'm looking for, but I may not be able to answer them for you."

"Alright, but there's still one more thing. Who is this 'Gu Linglong'?"

A simple question sent chills down Tang Ping's spine, because he instantly thought of the Feng sisters who died young, and a bad feeling arose in his heart. Could it be that Gu Linglong also died a violent death because of the butterfly effect?

He asked anxiously, "Gu Linglong possesses the unique spiritual personality 'Vermilion Bird,' don't we have such a person in our country?"

Uncle Jiang said with certainty, "At least among the fourth-level spiritual energy users, there is not one named 'Gu Linglong'."

"What about the third turn?"

"I don't know that."

"Oh, you don't know either?"

"I'm not interested in these things. Besides, information about third-tier psionicists is already strictly confidential. Even fourth-tier psionicists are not allowed to access personal files at will. This system is set up to prevent someone from betraying the party or being captured and leaking information. Although the chances are very small, we have to take precautions."

"You are Lingbao Tianzun, can't you calculate with your fingers?"

"It's Lingbao Daoist, not Lingbao Tianzun. Divination isn't as omnipotent as you think. Besides, I can't divine the information of a third-level spiritual energy user just by a name. You should know that the higher the spiritual level, the stronger the interference with divination. This is a hidden ability that all spiritual levels possess."

"Then use your authority within the organization to have someone confirm it."

"Right on my mind."

After Uncle Jiang finished speaking, he took out his phone, dialed a number, chatted with the other end for a few minutes, waited for four or five minutes, chatted for a couple more minutes, and then hung up.

"It's confirmed. There is a psychic in the organization named Gu Linglong. She is currently at the third level. Her specific spirit level information is kept confidential. It is unclear whether she is the Vermilion Bird, but she is indeed skilled in using fire."

Tang Ping breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this; it was good that he was alive.

He had originally planned that if things didn't go smoothly with the New Territories Alliance, he would ask Gu Linglong to act as an intermediary to contact the World Heritage Society; this was an important backup plan.

"However, if that's the case, she will break through to the fourth and fifth ranks in the next six years, which is quite astonishing."

Chapter 246 The Method of Transformation for the Spirit Child

Gu Linglong advanced very quickly, even becoming the first fifth-level spiritual energy user in the world, but it took her several years, not just a few months, so it was barely within the realm of comprehension.

If it were only a few months, Tang Ping and Jiang Zhenhua would suspect that this person had been possessed, or that the future Gu Linglong had been reborn with her cultivation.

Tang Ping continued, "According to a fourth-level psychic named Feng Yingying from my previous life, the present world is a man-made world protected by an array. Once someone breaks through to the fifth level, it will interfere with the operation of the array, causing the world to collapse."

"Although this statement is only one opinion, it has been corroborated by the New Realm Alliance. The New Realm Alliance believes that the existence of the Illusionary Realm depends on the five divine artifacts. As long as the divine artifacts are destroyed, the two worlds can be merged into one, which is exactly the goal they have been pursuing."

"Combining the claims of both sides, we can boldly deduce that the present world is protected by an array, which is suppressed and guarded by five divine artifacts. Whether someone breaks through to the fifth level or the divine artifacts are destroyed, the array will fail, thus causing the present world to return to the Illusionary Realm."

"The Guiling Sect and the New Realm Alliance each possess half of the truth. The former knows that the present world is the one protected by the formation, while the latter knows that the formation is protected by five divine artifacts."

Uncle Jiang pondered, "If we follow your logic, even if the array protecting the present world is destroyed, causing the two worlds to merge into one, it's far from the destruction of the world. Admittedly, for ordinary people, living in the Illusionary Realm is like living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, but for psionicists, it's like a fish in water. Why would the situation you described, where the world is 'formatted,' occur?"

Tang Ping said, "This is exactly the truth I want to uncover."

"There must be some connection between them. The key might be the formation, or it might be the identity of a fifth-level spiritual energy user... Let's give it a try."

Uncle Jiang gestured for Tang Ping to go to the study with him, and then took out copper coins, candles and a compass from the cabinet.

Tang Ping couldn't sense any spirituality from the item, and asked curiously, "Is this a divination-type magical artifact that you crafted?"

"No, it's just a regular prop, used to complete the ritual and meet the requirements."

Uncle Jiang lit the candle and placed three copper coins on the desk. Then, holding a compass in one hand and making hand seals with the other, he chanted incantations. The three copper coins on the desk first trembled violently, then stood up together, their edges gleaming with a hazy starlight.

Upon seeing this, Tang Ping quickly held his breath and stood motionless by the window, afraid of disturbing the other party.

"...From all directions and in all directions, all the immortals and luminaries are arrayed. The Heavenly Canopy and the Big Dipper, all the celestial spirits, come to the altar and descend swiftly."

A moment later, Uncle Jiang closed his eyes tightly, his brows furrowed into a deep frown, and the muttered words from his lips became more and more urgent. With each word he uttered, a new white hair appeared at his temple.

As the last hexagram was formed among the copper coins, the candlelight in the room suddenly turned a ghostly green, and a black aura carrying a putrid smell gushed out from the center of the hexagram plate. The aura was cold and piercing, as if it came from the abyss, and mold instantly grew on the desk.

Uncle Jiang suddenly opened his eyes, his left hand flashed into his robes and pulled out a palm-sized wooden puppet. The puppet was engraved with his birth date and time. He immediately bit his tongue and spat a mouthful of blood onto the puppet, saying, "Quickly open the window."

Tang Ping did as instructed. Uncle Jiang threw the wooden puppet and compass out the window together. The black energy in the room surged towards the wooden puppet like sharks smelling blood, leaving charred marks on its body.

Before long, the wooden puppet rapidly decayed in the black mist. The once smooth wood turned into charcoal, and the runes on its body dimmed and disappeared one by one. Finally, it shattered into powder with a "crack".

Uncle Jiang's face was ashen, and his forehead was covered in cold sweat. He looked down at his hands. Although they were not injured, there was still a trace of coldness on his fingertips, the lingering fear of being touched by the aura of the terrifying being.

Seeing that the black mist outside the window had disappeared, Tang Ping asked, "What happened?"

Uncle Jiang said self-deprecatingly, "I overestimated myself this time. Well, actually I didn't expect to be able to contact the source. I thought I would get nothing, after all, I can't even figure out how to deal with a third-level psionicist."

Tang Ping exclaimed in surprise, "You've figured out the culprit?"

"No, I sensed danger and my intuition told me I couldn't continue calculating, or I would be destroyed. So I stopped decisively. Fortunately, I stopped in time, otherwise the substitute death puppet might not have been able to deceive me."

After a brief moment of rest and adjustment, Uncle Jiang's expression returned to normal. He said, "Although I didn't figure anything out, I did confirm two things: the memories you mentioned are real, and the destruction of the world was a result of some human intervention, not a natural law."

"Man-made!" Tang Ping exclaimed in shock. "Someone is deliberately trying to destroy the world?"

"It may not be human, it could be a monster, or some indescribable being. In any case, its strength is unbelievable. By the standards of a psychic, it would be at least a sixth-level. I remember that your spirit level also involves divination-related psychic abilities. You must not try it, or the consequences will be extremely tragic."

"Having witnessed it all with my own eyes, how could I possibly have the guts?"

Uncle Jiang nodded, then looked puzzled: "Logically speaking, with their strength, they should have already noticed me, but I easily fooled them. I don't know why. Could it be because of the protection of the formation that prevented them from tracing back to the source?"

Tang Ping thought for a moment and said, "If the other party is a psionicist, it may be because they are not proficient in divination. After all, psionicists are all specialists. No matter how strong they are, they are still clueless in areas they are not good at."

"Perhaps. We lack information right now, so it's all just guesswork. I'll keep an eye on Gu Linglong's situation and let you know if anything happens."

Tang Ping nodded. This was all she could do for now. At least she had managed to get a fourth-tier powerhouse as an ally, which boosted her confidence somewhat.

Finally, he remembered something and hurriedly said, "In my previous life, Fu Zhengyi, the head of the Armed Forces Section of the Lin'an City Spiritual Energy Administration Bureau, was a member of the Spiritual Studies Progress Research Association. He once betrayed and launched a sneak attack in order to prevent Gu Linglong from advancing to the fifth level."

Uncle Jiang understood and said, "You suspect that he has also gone down the same wrong path in this life?"

"Well, it's been five or six years since he openly betrayed us, so I can't guarantee that he's already colluded with the Society for the Advancement of Spiritualism."

"This matter is easy to investigate; leave it to me."

"By the way, he also had an accomplice whose spiritual level was 'Shadowman'. He should also be a member of the Spiritual Progress Research Association. This person can transform his body into a shadow form, merge into the shadow on the ground, and move at high speed between shadows. If the organization decides to capture him, we must be wary of this person."