Open up and break into another world

This was an old man in a gray robe, so old that he was about to die, with the traces of time all over him. His skin was dry and devoid of moisture; his gray hair might fall out at any moment.

Xu Ming could not feel the aura of a master from this old man. All he could feel was that the lamp was running out of oil.

"What a very young person with affinity…" The gray-robed old man did not open his mouth, but his old and weak voice sounded, "I can feel the incomparably vigorous vitality in you."

"Senior!" Xu Ming could see that this was an invincible powerhouse whose lifespan had reached its limit.

"Since you and I are people with affinity, there is no need to call me senior… Titles are just empty things." The old man sighed, "Besides, I have been dead for millions of years. You can't even call me Senior, I can't hear you!"

Dead for millions of years?

Xu Ming looked at the old man in surprise.

"Don't be surprised, this is just a phantom image I left behind when I was dying!" The old man said, "Fated person, what is your name?"

"Xu Ming!"

"Then I will call you Little Brother Xu Ming… You can call me 'Old Man Life is Short'."

"Old Man Life is Short?" Xu Ming remembered these four words.

"Life is short… In my life, I have roamed the universe; under the heavens, there was no opponent! However, I failed to take that last step; in the end, I could not escape the arrival of the limit of my lifespan…" The phantom of Old Man Life is Short shook his head and sighed; he had sighed these words to countless people with affinity, "Only when you die do you know that all strength, power, and wealth are just illusions…"

"Those old fogeys who are about to die like me always like to pass on their mantle and leave behind their inheritance when they are about to die, so that future generations will remember them! But, they are already dead, what is the point of being remembered or not?"

"I will not pass on my mantle, nor will I leave behind an inheritance, I will only wait for someone with affinity…"

Xu Ming listened carefully.

Every word spoken by Old Man Life is Short was filled with nostalgia for life and despair for death.

"Chance?" Xu Ming's eyes lit up—the main point was coming!

Old Man Life is Short stretched out his withered hand, and starlight gathered into a jade slip.

"In my life, there are two most precious things. One is the 'Mist Rain Battleship', and the other is this demigod-level cultivation method in the jade slip: 'Mist Rain Power'!"

Demigod-level cultivation method?

Xu Ming was horrified.

This was a cultivation method above the Heaven-rank, even in the Artifact Shop, Xu Ming had never seen such a high-end cultivation method! —Of course, the Boundary-Breaking cultivation method given away when Xu Ming first activated the cheat was not counted!

"Since you and I have an affinity, I will give you this set of 'Mist Rain Power'!" The jade slip floated up from Old Man Life is Short's hand, "You can comprehend this cultivation method in this hall!"

Xu Ming took the jade slip.

"'Mist Rain Power' is divided into nine levels! If you can comprehend the first level within ten years, you and I will be 'Companions of the Way'; if you can comprehend all of them within a thousand years, you and I will be 'Life and Death Friends'!" Old Man Life is Short said, "However, if you cannot comprehend the first level within ten years; then, you and I will only be people with affinity… However, being able to comprehend 'Mist Rain Power' for ten years will definitely benefit you a lot!"

Comprehend the first level within ten years!

Comprehend all of them within a thousand years!

To be honest, Xu Ming had no concept of the time that Old Man Life is Short was talking about. Xu Ming had not even been in this world for a year… Ten years, a thousand years, were all very vague concepts to him.

Xu Ming held the jade slip: "Comprehend all of it within a thousand years, and you can become his 'Life and Death Friend'?"

What did it mean to become Old Man Life is Short's "Life and Death Friend"? —It meant that he could own the Mist Rain Battleship!

Even a fool could see that the Mist Rain Battleship was definitely a very amazing treasure!

"Own the Mist Rain Battleship?" Xu Ming's eyes turned red, "I want to see how difficult this 'Mist Rain Power' is to practice! And…"

A trace of evil rose in Xu Ming's heart: "In the second stage of the cheat's advanced function, that 'Instant Learning' function can finally come in handy!"

Instant Learning: Instantly learn all cultivation methods and secret techniques, the consumption of cheat points depends on the strength of the cultivation method and secret technique.

Xu Ming had never had the opportunity to use the "Instant Learning" cheat, because… the cultivation methods that Xu Ming bought in the Artifact Shop were directly the instant learning version!

"If the 'Instant Learning' cheat is useful…" That scene would be too beautiful!

Xu Ming seemed to have already seen the Mist Rain Battleship waving at him.

"The Mist Rain Battleship is mine!!!"

Xu Ming shouted wildly in his heart.

"What… I don't know how many cheat points this Mist Rain Battleship can be exchanged for…" In addition to shouting wildly, Xu Ming even came up with such an idea.

"Alright, you can comprehend it in this hall at will! Remember, you must not take the jade slip out of the hall!" Old Man Life is Short said.

However, Old Man Life is Short did not know what Xu Ming was thinking now, otherwise, it was really uncertain whether he would slap Xu Ming to death in anger—he had not even obtained the Mist Rain Battleship yet, and he was already thinking about selling it?

How dare you think that!

Xu Ming did not dare to show any disrespect, and quietly walked to the side with the jade slip in his hands.

The yellow-haired little ape walked to Xu Ming's side and encouraged him softly: "Comprehend it well! Although it is almost impossible for you to comprehend the first level within ten years, comprehending this cultivation method will definitely allow you to understand things by analogy and benefit a lot—it is more useful than cultivating outside for a hundred years!"

Almost impossible to comprehend the first level within ten years?

Xu Ming was not convinced!

Xu Ming was a man who wanted to conquer the Mist Rain Battleship!

"Brother Ape." Xu Ming learned the way the black-armored giant and others addressed the yellow-haired giant ape, "In the past, how many levels did the most talented geniuses comprehend at most?"

"The best comprehension was the innate genius who comprehended the artistic conception of nature!" The yellow-haired little ape said, "I remember that he comprehended the first level in nine months, and the second level in eleven years. However, when the thousand-year period expired, he had only comprehended the seventh level…"

"Oh…"

Xu Ming looked at the jade slip: "Is it so difficult to learn? —Don't turn on the 'Instant Learning' cheat first, let me feel it!"

Thinking, Xu Ming's mind sank into the jade slip and began to browse this demigod-level cultivation method.

Boom!

However, the moment Xu Ming's mind sank in, he felt dizzy.

"I… damn! What the hell are these things?" Xu Ming was completely dumbfounded.

The words in the jade slip recording the cultivation method were all strange tadpole characters, and Xu Ming… didn't recognize a single one!

He didn't even recognize the words, so what was there to comprehend!

"Don't you recognize the words inside?" The yellow-haired little ape said, "In fact, these are not words at all!"

"Not words?"

"That's right! Demigod-level cultivation methods are extremely mysterious and cannot be recorded in words at all! Calm down, sink your mind into each character, and feel the artistic conception in it, you may gain something!"

"Uh… feeling each character one by one, how long will that take!" Xu Ming thought for a while, and directly called out in his heart, "Little Cheat, tell me loudly—how many cheat points do I need to turn on the instant learning cheat and learn this 'Mist Rain Power'! ?"

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