Chapter 621: Learning the Power of Words Becoming Reality
“……Word as Law is a divine ability I comprehended by combining the Great Scholar’s Manuscript’s ‘Words Become Reality’ with the path of music.”
“So to learn Word as Law, you must first master these two methods.”
At this point, Jiang Li noticed that Yu Yin was looking at him with a clearly different expression than when she looked at Bai Hongtu.
This was questioning my learning ability.
What’s so difficult about mere Words Become Reality, mere music techniques?
I am, after all, someone who received the Music Immortal’s legacy.
“Just go ahead and explain, if I can’t learn it, that’s my problem.” Jiang Li waved his hand grandly, full of confidence.
Soon, as Yu Yin explained, Bai Hongtu sat down and lightly plucked the qin strings, playing a smooth melody that relaxed both body and mind.
This was the manifestation of having entered the path of music.
……
“Hey hey hey, what are you two doing? I’m the honorable Dao Sect Master, someone who has passed one Ascension Tribulation at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, the one who arranged the Nine Provinces Spirit Plant Array.”
Bai Hongtu retreated step by step, his feet suddenly stopping as he leaned against a large tree. Seeing this, Jiang Li and Yu Yin directly approached and tied Bai Hongtu to the tree.
“Freeze!”
Yu Yin activated Word as Law, fixing Bai Hongtu to the tree.
Tied to the tree, Bai Hongtu kicked his feet frantically, shouting unwillingly: “I’ve rendered service for the Nine Provinces, I’ve shed blood for the Nine Provinces, I want to see the Human Sovereign, I want to see the Human Sovereign… Wait, it seems like it was the Human Sovereign who tied me up…”
After casually shouting about seeing the Human Sovereign, Bai Hongtu realized it didn’t quite fit the situation, so he changed his words: “I want to see Commander Liu, I want to see Commander Liu…”
Yu Yin comforted him from the side: “Don’t be nervous, Jiang Li wants to test how well he’s learned the path of music on you.”
“Then why not test it on you!” Bai Hongtu glared, furiously staring at Yu Yin.
Yu Yin said frankly: “Because I have no confidence in Jiang Li’s musical abilities.”
“Does that mean I have confidence?!”
Bai Hongtu suddenly understood, turning his head to Jiang Li who was tuning the qin strings: “I get it, you must be jealous of my talent in the path of music…”
“Nothing of the sort.”
Jiang Li flatly denied, then played a cataclysmic melody while singing: “Two tigers, two tigers, running fast, running fast…”
Yu Yin quickly used her magic power to drain the air, creating a vacuum zone and hiding inside it.
Bai Hongtu felt like countless little demons crawling out from hell were grabbing his legs, trying to drag him down to hell.
Jiang Li thought he sang quite well, but judging from Bai Hongtu’s twisted, painful expression, there was still a gap between self-perception and actual effect.
“The path of music is quite difficult.” Jiang Li sighed, smoothing the qin strings.
Yu Yin also emerged from the vacuum zone: “It seems you won’t be able to learn Word as Law.”
Bai Hongtu broke free from his restraints, not concealing his schadenfreude expression in the slightest.
As someone at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage, how could Bai Hongtu really be tied to a tree? He just wanted to use poison to fight poison, to forget the psychological trauma left by Jiang Li’s previous musical performance.
But it seemed the effect wasn’t too good – he hadn’t forgotten the previous incident and now had new psychological trauma.
Jiang Li thought for a moment and said: “Not necessarily. Show me Word as Law a few times.”
Yu Yin said softly: “Today there will be rain.”
Suddenly, the clear, sunny sky poured with heavy rain, thoroughly drenching the entire mountain.
Outside the mountain range, not a single drop of rain fell, as if an invisible barrier separated the mountains from the outside world, like two different realms.
“Water can burn.”
Yu Yin raised her palm, and an ordinary flame rose from it. The heavy rain encountered the fire and ignited, flames spreading rapidly from the ground to the sky. The entire cloud layer burned, becoming a sea of fire clouds that descended, transforming into countless flames.
Streams were ignited by the flames, turning into fire seas. Waterfalls meeting the flames became insignificant scenery amidst the myriad fires.
“Disperse.”
At Yu Yin’s command, both the pouring rain and the pouring fire disappeared without a trace.
The plants that had been burned by the flames also returned to their original state.
Streams babbled, waterfalls cascaded, tender grass remained verdant – as if nothing had just happened.
“So that’s the principle of Word as Law. Earth is fluid.”
After Jiang Li said this, the ground beneath his feet became like seawater, gently undulating, and Jiang Li directly sank into the soil.
Jiang Li lay flat, moving with the undulating soil waves.
After rising, he said “disperse,” and the soil returned to its original state.
“Quite simple, I’ve learned it.” Jiang Li tried it out briefly with good results.
“How did you learn this? Did you study Words Become Reality? Did you study the path of music? Where’s the process?” Bai Hongtu couldn’t understand.
“Word as Law was born from Words Become Reality and the path of music, but it’s not mandatory to master these two methods. Something like Word as Law can be learned just by watching it a few times.” Jiang Li shrugged. By carefully observing Yu Yin’s movements when she used Word as Law, he could learn it.
All you need is a mouth.
Bai Hongtu grimaced – in terms of talent for Dao techniques, he really couldn’t compare to Jiang Li. He could only follow the steps methodically, learning Words Become Reality and the path of music.
……
“You should think thrice before acting!”
Bai Hongtu spoke with heavenly authority, commanding Jiang Li. Jiang Li indeed stopped his actions and began to think thrice.
Not to be outdone, Jiang Li said: “Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.”
Bai Hongtu also began to think thrice.
After both learned Word as Law, they controlled their cultivation levels to the Tribulation Transcendence Stage and began to compete.
Bai Hongtu pointed at Jiang Li and commanded: “You must maintain a sunny disposition!”
A small sun appeared in Jiang Li’s heart, with terrifyingly high temperatures.
Jiang Li responded: “You should be happy and joyful!”
Bai Hongtu’s hand moved uncontrollably and dug out his own heart.
The two looked at each other and decided to temporarily cease hostilities. Jiang Li extinguished the small sun, while Bai Hongtu swallowed his heart back.
“My sword energy is like a waterfall, invincible wherever it goes.”
Countless sword energies appeared around Bai Hongtu, tearing through space, sharp and unstoppable.
He chuckled and pointed, and the countless sword energies converged into a great dragon. The dragon roared, supremely metallic and unyielding, charging toward Jiang Li.
Jiang Li issued a command: “Prohibited from carrying controlled tools.”
The sword energies disappeared without a trace, and the great dragon instantly vanished.
Jiang Li counterattacked first: “Your anger reaches the stars!”
Bai Hongtu became enraged, his eyes turning red, with bull horns growing from his forehead, like a fighting bull.
Bai Hongtu angrily said: “You speak with lotus flowers blooming from your mouth!”
Jiang Li opened his mouth, and one lotus flower after another emerged, falling at his feet. Soon Jiang Li was wrapped in lotuses.
“You have golden springs surging from the earth!”
Golden springs sprouted from beneath Bai Hongtu’s feet, spraying him into the sky.
Not far away, Yu Yin watched these two guys messing around after learning Word as Law and felt somewhat speechless: “Can’t you two do something productive?”
Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu simultaneously stopped their actions, feeling that Yu Yin made a good point.
So Jiang Li said: “I want to use the path of time.”
A bewildered Ji Zhi appeared, looking at Jiang Li. He had been cultivating – how did he suddenly appear here without noticing?
“Can someone explain to me what’s going on here?”