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Molting the Mortal Coil - Chapter 1035

Published at 29th of March 2024 05:52:48 AM


Chapter 1035: Research

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Chapter 1035: Research

There were many projects to manage on the Inner World. Aside from the continent wide infrastructure, there were many other smaller scale activities. Large scale breeding and raising of different Demonic Beasts and Insects continued, supplying the research teams with experimental materials and also mass producing things like Blastids and lesser forms of Bio-computers. There were also other organizations that rose to power.

One of the largest mountains on the continent was home to a series of temples. The elaborate roofs and rafters were gracefully arched and covered in detailed carvings. Beneath them, there were the droning yet haunting sounds of throat singing. The chants filling the mountain valleys down below. Rows of gold robed figures, sat in silence, eyes closed in meditation while only the dozen leading figures lining the central walkway were doing the singing. As they finished, large copper bells were sounded and the many bald heads rose upwards, heading out into the yard to start training. Ñøv€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

Just as this temple finished its chanting, the one on the neighboring mountain picked up the tune. Each of them taking turns to ensure the song never ended as long as the sun was up each day. After their turn singing, the monks started their training. This place followed traditions that seemed remarkably Buddhist in orientation. Sage had no idea how it could be so similar to the practices from Earth, but they were nonetheless Cultivators. It was of a different style than Qi Cultivators, but it wasnt that far off. It seemed closer than Gu Cultivation if one were to examine the constant training, meditation and fighting styles, but actually Gu Cultivation was closer to Qi Cultivation.

Sage was curious from the time hed spent with Abbot Kunga, the member of the Jade Horde, from so long ago. There were clues on how the Cultivation system of the Eightfold Kingdom worked, but he never got confirmation. It was only after capturing Venerable Surari that his questions were finally answered. It was not a short or easy process, but eventually he came around. Sharing some secrets with them in return for being able to start over here in this new world. These Buddhist style cultivators turned out to be Soul Cultivators. All the while he had been searching for these mysterious existences and there they were, right in the neighboring Kingdom.

The aforementioned Psionic Crystals had also turned into a school of its own. With careful study, and the majority of the remaining Psionic Crystals and materials from that Hidden Realm, Sage was able to create an environment that could allow people to unlock the Spirit Power technique tree. With the limited supply of crystals this place was important as it allowed this path of training to be carried on. It took a few thousand years of research and experimentation before they figured out the type of energy that was the most important, and Sage modified the world to support it. Just like the Buddhist Monastery, this Psychic School constantly trained students and they spread throughout the Inner World. Their unique capabilities were put to use for not just combat, but for mundane activities as well. Telekinetic construction services, and telepathic therapy services were just the tip of the iceberg.

After checking on these schools, Sage also checked in on two of the continued research projects. One of them was a massive containment chamber, into which colored smokes were being released. These colored smokes were there to highlight a swirling mass of wind. The colored smoke created a backdrop to make the normally invisible creature stand out. With time, it would incorporate the colored smoke into its body and hide once more, so the solution was to constantly introduce new colors of smoke to keep the creature visible to the research team as they conducted other tests. This was the Wind Elemental, captured from the Violent Sun Sect ruins. With the ruins as an example, they were able to create a proper containment area for the creature and had been studying it for a very long time.

Like many of these projects, the timetables were extremely drawn out. This was mainly because time was the one resource he had plenty of. Many times the goals of the research were esoteric and with many unknowns. The researcher had to blunder about in the dark and spent hundreds of years before a single advance was made. With a few of these mysterious breakthroughs needed, the projects could easily span a millenia. Another project of this kind was a mountain within a mountain. The inner mountain was far too round, the corpse of the Living Disaster. The immense volcanic tortoise, tempered by thousands of years with the Heart of Eruption. There were studies on how to make use of its flesh and others on whether or not the immense body could be brought back. Sage had run into multiple techniques that used the dead in various ways, creating different sorts of undead puppets. None of them worked directly on the very unusual corpse of the Living Disaster, but the research hoped to change that. Or, at least figure out a good use for such a huge stone body.

Each of these projects and many more were ongoing, becoming part of Sages rotation, breaking up the monotony of his own training. He had Spirit Cultivation, Body training, and the relatively new Infernal Qi to train with and that wasnt even taking into account what could be done with Blastids.




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