Reborn As An Interstellar Giant Mosquito

Chapter 2199: Chapter 36: The Passage of Time

[Chapter 35 was blocked, but it will be available soon. You may want to wait a bit before reading Chapter 36, or you might not understand the plot.]

After all, what they were striving for all these years was for the Empire to invest time in occupying half of the Biochemical Star Region. They were even prepared to hand over the other half to the Empire. In these twenty years, not only did Jia Yan lie dormant as he does now, but several subordinates also increased their strength in secret.

Jia Yan was quite surprised they had only come to ask him questions now after all this time.

”Here’s the thing, each of us has accumulated questions. Does Lord intend to explain all at once, or teach us individually?”

”Let’s do it together; that way, you can cross-reference and understand better.”

Jia Yan answered lightly.

In fact, he understood the subordinates’ concerns. For instance, some relationships among them were not good, and they were worried their strength biases would be noticed by peers, or they simply felt awkward.

But for Jia Yan, such things were unacceptable as he didn’t want his subordinates driven by competition, or internal strife, to cause the team’s severe disintegration.

Fortunately, Jia Yan still maintained a very strong constraint over his subordinates; as long as his strength remained, this constraint would continue to exist.

”Yes, Lord.”

They quickly nodded in agreement. In fact, they knew Jia Yan might come up with such a statement, and letting Jia Yan decide also gave them a way out.

Following this, Jia Yan spent his time in inquiries and exchanges with a group of subordinates in combat and explanations.

”Oh? You’ve actually reached such a level in your research on combat with Yin-Yang counter-forces?”

Upon hearing Tian Niu Lang’s thoughts on the implications of Yin Yang Dao’s counter-forces and its practical meaning in battles, Jia Yan’s eyes lit up.

Even though Tian Niu Lang’s combat power wasn’t as strong as Jia Yan’s, he was, after all, a Middle Level Stellar Strong One. His talent might be lacking, but not so terribly so.

He proposed certain ideas, prompting a glimmer in Jia Yan’s eyes.

The decisions and innovations Tian Niu Lang made regarding Yin Yang Dao were not entirely correct, but he was fully inclined towards the explosive power of Yin Yang Dao. In this aspect, he researched deeper than Jia Yan, but he wasn’t a Subspace organism, and the talent gap made him feel the mysterious nature of these counter-forces, leading him to seek guidance from Jia Yan.

Thus, Jia Yan absorbed his knowledge and experience, and even used it to refine a new meaning in his own Yin Yang Dao Power.

”Hmm, you’ve done quite well, but aren’t you misunderstanding the fundamental meaning of counter-forces?”

Jia Yan silently commented.

Tian Niu Lang might have mastered the counter-forces quite well, even better in certain respects than Jia Yan, due to Jia Yan’s responsibilities towards all team members’ skills, leaving no room for minor details.

This doesn’t mean Jia Yan’s use of Yin Yang Dao’s same Skills was weaker than Tian Niu Lang’s.

For instance, now Tian Niu Lang was asking about the very fundamentals of Yin Yang Dao. Without Subspace Talent and with no inherent counter-energy, he couldn’t comprehend the meaning Jia Yan casually grasped. Without this understanding, even the most creative use of counter-force couldn’t surpass Jia Yan’s mastery, not even close.

Of course, that was why he came to ask Jia Yan.

”Please, Lord, guide me.”

Tian Niu Lang recognized Jia Yan’s ability to point out the issue troubling him for days immediately and sincerely continued asking for guidance.

”Your biggest problem lies in your fundamental misunderstanding of counter-force. It isn’t absolute opposition like you think, but rather, you must cultivate it as ’you within me, and me within you,’ instead of your current practice of keeping them completely separate and calling them temporarily during battle.”

Jia Yan smirked: ”To be honest, Tian Niu Lang, I mentioned this issue from the start. It’s a basic principle of teaching Yin Yang Dao. I thought you’d adhere to it, but you ended up veering off track. Now I understand why you excelled among them and became the strongest; it turns out you used a shortcut? But this is completely wrong; the future of Yin Yang Dao lies in integrating these forces into ’you within me, me within you.’ Now, it might be a bit late to turn back; who knows if you’ll retain your position at the top?”

”That... Lord, I’ll change my cultivation method right away. I took a shortcut, please forgive me.”

Upon hearing Jia Yan’s casual revelation that directly exposed his future vulnerabilities, Tian Niu Lang’s face instantly changed dramatically, and he hurriedly apologized to Jia Yan.

”Never mind, your intention was to master stronger power quickly, and your shortcut, albeit wrong, was indeed effective for rapidly exploding strength in the early Yin Yang Dao phase. It might still serve as a path for others to learn. After all, not everyone starts with your comprehension speed and strength; without initial power, My Yin Yang Dao couldn’t flourish.”