Chapter 36: The Abnormality Amongst Geniuses

  But now, it seems that this meaning is even greater. In the moment he just made a mistake, not to mention one second, even half a second of speed control could help him pass through that inch of distance. Having two life pearls also has another benefit, which is the ability to use two intent pearls at the same time. For ordinary bead masters, this is nothing special, but for Zhou Weiqing, it's different. His intent pearls have six attributes, which means that after having two variant stone cat eyes, he can simultaneously use two different attribute skills. For example: time and space.

  How do you know if it works or not without trying? Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. Zhou Wei couldn't wait to put up another sheet of tracing paper, closed his eyes and focused for a moment before picking up his pen again.

  The power of space is still infused in the pen tip, starting to move along the designed trajectory. Soon, the previous rhythm problem area has arrived.

  Absolutely slow, Zhou Weiqing didn't hesitate to release the sixth skill on himself, and his body's Heavenly Energy was greatly consumed in an instant. However, the speed of his brush strokes also followed his heart's desire, and the problematic area from before was instantly resolved with a single stroke. The tip of the brush curved back, completing the first three-inch-long line of the Condensed Form Scroll.

  It's a success. The completed stroke is now visible on the Condensing Paper, with the Condensing Liquid gathering into shape and shining with a faint light, fully demonstrating that the Condensing Liquid has merged with the Condensing Paper in a specific rhythm. Zhou Weiqing was overjoyed, but at this moment he didn't dare to be careless. After all, if even one stroke is incorrect on this Condensing Scroll, it will all be for naught.

  Each solidifying scroll is composed of many strokes, and the brush cannot be stopped halfway through each stroke. However, after completing a stroke, it can be temporarily stopped. After all, the heavenly power of a solidifying master is also limited, and wanting to complete the production of an entire scroll at once would consume a large amount of heavenly power.

  As he saw that his method was effective, Zhou Weiqing dipped the brush in the Condensing Liquid and continued with the second stroke. In fact, it proved that Absolute Delay's control over time could perfectly complement the spatial power infused into the Condensing Scroll. Every stroke reached a critical point when he couldn't grasp the rhythm well, at which point he would use Absolute Delay to slow down his speed just enough to be in sync with the rhythm, and then naturally complete the stroke with full force.

  Although it's a bit slower, it's still a step-by-step approach to success. However, the creation of this Condensing Scroll ultimately ended in failure. Just as he was about to finish the final strokes, Zhou Weiqing forgot about his Heavenly Energy consumption and used his Absolute Delay skill again, causing him to interrupt the stroke and rendering the entire scroll useless once more.

  However, he didn't feel the slightest bit down, and instead smiled with satisfaction as he looked at the ruined origami paper. The first time is always the hardest, pain far outweighs pleasure. But once you have experience, haha.

  Kneeling down, he fully activated the eleven deadly vortex whirlpools to absorb the heaven and earth's powerlessness and recover the heavenly power. When he drew the Condensed Form Scroll again, it was a familiar path. As the saying goes, "once born, twice familiar", with the experience of the first successful attempt, when drawing for the second time, he even felt that even if he didn't use Absolute Delay Uncontrolled, his success rate wouldn't be lower than 20%.

  Zhou Weiqing's feeling was not wrong, making a solidifying scroll, the most critical part is in the first production, as long as it succeeds once, after experiencing that rhythm, then the next time will become much easier.

  However, in order to successfully create his first solidified scroll, he didn't dare to be careless and still controlled everything with absolute slowness, pausing three times to recover his heavenly energy.

  The final stroke, a circle, completes the piece. The pale gold liquid with a silver glow merges with the previous stroke, and in an instant, a golden light flashes by quietly. The condensed paper sheet slightly ripples, and a special energy breath is born, as if this condensed paper has come to life.

  Zhou Weiqing stared blankly at the successfully created Condensing Scroll in front of him, and a sense of accomplishment that was hard to put into words suddenly arose in his heart. It was the feeling of creating life. Yes, it was the feeling of creating life. He had given this piece of Condensing Paper life, turning it into a Condensing Scroll!

  Without hesitation, he picked up another sheet of Xuan paper, Zhou Weiqing took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and recalled the various feelings he had when he successfully created that scroll earlier. Then, he began to draw again.

  This time, he painted slowly, but didn't use absolute delay to control every stroke. Only when he felt uncertain about some parts did he use absolute delay time control to influence his outline. Using only half the time of the first scroll, the second Condensing Scroll succeeded again.

  The second one was done, then the third, and then the fourth. As he became more familiar with making the Sealing Symbol Scroll, Zhou Weiqing's speed also increased. After merging with the black pearl, his perception ability was already stronger than that of ordinary people. In the process of making the Sealing Symbol Scroll, once he found something wrong, he would release his Absolute Delay in the first time to control it. As a result, in the subsequent production process, except for a few failures caused by insufficient mental focus, he actually succeeded consecutively with more than a dozen scrolls.

  "Xiao Wei, time to eat." Hu Yan Ao Bo's voice came from outside. Although he had gone to rest, he was still listening to the movements here, and he was very satisfied with Zhou Wei Qing's sleepless and food-forgetting practice.

  The door opened and Huyan Aobo walked in from outside. When Zhou Weiqing looked up at him, he was startled to find that Zhou Weiqing's eyes were already filled with bloodshot, and his face looked a bit pale.

  "Xiao Wei, you haven't stopped yet?" Hu Yan Ao Bo asked with concern, but his eyes were filled with joy. As a master of Condensed Form, he knew that the most important thing for a Condensed Form practitioner to succeed was persistence. Zhou Wei Qing had just started learning how to make Condensed Form scrolls and could already bring himself into this state, so as his teacher, he was extremely satisfied. "It's time to eat already?" Zhou Wei Qing muttered to himself, getting up from the ground, but suddenly felt dizzy and blacked out in front of him, falling forward.

  Huyan Ao Bo hastily caught his body, a pure heavenly force poured into Zhou Weiqing's body. This situation he had seen many times before, it was clearly caused by severe spiritual exhaustion, something that happened to him often when creating Condensed Scroll. Supporting Zhou Weiqing as he lay down, at this time, what he needed most was to rest and recover his spirit.

  He picked up a piece of condensed paper that Zhou Weiqing had thrown on the ground, and Yuexing prepared to take a look at his precious disciple's progress. Even if he was always failing, it could still be seen from the brushstrokes on the scroll how much talent he had. Innate talent was very important for a Condensation Master.

  "Huh?" As soon as he held the condensed shape paper, Hu Yan Ao Bo suddenly felt something was off. He was too familiar with the condensed scroll, just like his own body, and the flow of energy made his fingers tremble slightly. His small eyes stared fixedly at the scroll in his hand, and he sat there, speechless for a long time. "Hmm"

  Feng Yu, who was sitting in the dining hall with a bowl of food, was startled by a sudden shout and jumped up. He rushed out in an instant. "Huyan old man, what's wrong with you?" When he saw that Huyan Ao Bo was fine in Zhou Wei Qing's room, he couldn't help but burst into anger. "Are you possessed?"

  Hu Yan Ao Bo murmured: "More terrible than seeing a ghost. Look." As he spoke, he handed the scroll in his hand to Feng Yu.

  Feng Yu took the scroll and glanced at it, saying very casually: "It's just an ordinary low-level Condensation Scroll, you still have the nerve to call out something like this?"

  Huyan Ao Bo took a look at him, then looked at Zhou Weiqing again. Feng Yu clearly saw that his old friend's face was twitching with excitement. Suddenly, he understood and widened his eyes, exclaiming: "You can't be telling me that this scroll, this scroll is his work?!"

  Hu Yan Ao Bo didn't respond to Feng Yu's words, he quickly picked up all the scattered and used Condensation Papers on the ground. Feng Yu also quickly moved to his side, two people over a hundred years old kept looking at those papers, their expressions becoming more and more rich. "This can't be true?" After finishing the last paper, Hu Yan Ao Bo almost fainted on the spot.

  Feng Yu murmured, "If it wasn't for your cheating, if you didn't create these scrolls... then it's true. Besides you two master and disciple, there isn't a Condensing Master here. Hu Yan old man, I think you've picked up a treasure."

  Normally, when Huan Ye encountered something extremely exciting, he would burst out laughing, such as when he created some particularly satisfying works. But at this moment, even laughter couldn't be squeezed out of him. He just felt a wave of weakness throughout his body.

  "What just happened? My head hurts." At this time, Zhou Weiqing flipped over and got up from the ground. As a Heaven Jewel Master who had also merged with the black pearl, his physical quality was absolutely beyond human level. After a brief relaxation, his excessively consumed spirit had recovered somewhat. However, the splitting headache was unavoidable. After all, he had concentrated for too long.

  Whoosh, two figures instantly surrounded him, Hu Yan Ao Bo's hands trembled as he handed the solidified papers to Zhou Weiqing "Little Wei, are these all your doing? You... you succeeded?"

  Wu Qing chuckled and said, "Yes! I succeeded. It's quite a fulfilling feeling. It's as if I've given these Condensed Paper life. It's really addictive! However, my head hurts now. Teacher, Feng Yu senior, stop staring at me like that! I know I'm a genius, but this genius is hungry now."