The Programmer Cultivator

Only then will I know how to teach you, how to plan your path.

Oh, and after you go back, don’t be in a hurry to reach Foundation Establishment. Suppress it for now. It will only benefit you; there is no harm in it.”

Hearing this, Xu Weihai truly wanted to say, ’Even if you told me to reach Foundation Establishment, I couldn’t form a Rune Core anyway.’

”I will remember.”

Yuxing nodded and said, ”Alright then. That’s all for today. I also need to take a Divine Travel. We’ll speak of your path tomorrow.”

After he finished speaking, Yuxing waved his hand and tossed Xu Weihai out.

Xu Weihai was in a daze. When he came to his senses, he was already back in his small courtyard, lying on his bed again.

The moment he regained his senses, he immediately rolled over and sat up, surveying his surroundings.

After a moment, he found nothing. It was as if everything that had just happened was a dream. It took him a long while to calm his mind, which was torn between hope and the fear of loss.

He took out the last Spirit Nurturing Bead he had and muttered, ”A power hidden for tens of thousands of years? Wait...”

He looked at the Tier Two Spirit Nurturing Bead in his hand, his brow furrowed. ”Then why did this Spirit Nurturing Bead appear along with it?

’Could it be that some senior obtained the pendant before, but didn’t know its use, and it only came into my possession after passing through many hands?

’Or was what just happened really a dream?’

The more Xu Weihai thought, the less calm he became. The more he thought, the less he felt like sleeping. He tossed and turned restlessly in bed, his mind a whirlwind of thoughts.

...

After throwing Xu Weihai out, Zhang Deming returned to his original appearance and let out a long sigh of relief.

After Li Shifan and Feng Mingyou’s promotions, when he had received a huge income of Merit, Zhang Deming had come up with the idea for Duzun Tower.

Because of the Secret Realm incident, he had delayed its launch until now.

’From today on, those with the protagonist template will be thrown into Duzun Tower. As for the Xuanhua Tower side of things, I plan to open a Business Alliance.

’With the Spirit Nurturing Bead as the flagship product, it should be easy to develop. But some things aren’t mature yet; I need to wait a little longer.

’This way, I can establish two lines. One is making money and setting up shops to get the monthly minimum guarantee of Energy.

’The other is nurturing people while trying to obtain enough Energy.

’A two-pronged approach, moving forward one step at a time!’

Zhang Deming glanced around the entire Spirit Nurturing Space before exiting.

Back in his room, he thought for a moment and took out the data from Appendix 2 of the old laptop—the Array Dao materials.

’It’ll be you. Tomorrow, you’ll be the result of my ”Technique of Wandering the Great Thousand” from tonight!’

’Right, I haven’t actually learned any Dream Dao or Divine Soul Dao Techniques. If someone were to refuse, I’d have no way to make them forget.

’Although these types of Techniques are pretty useless at low levels and only begin to show their power at Tier Four Magic Level, preparing them early seems like a good idea.’

With this idea in mind, Zhang Deming pondered for another moment before falling asleep again.

...

The next morning, Zhang Deming woke up early, exercised, ate, and then went to the Secret Realm to use an Awakening Skill to nurture the Flower of the Flower Demon for a while.

Since he had other plans for the day, Zhang Deming tentatively performed Spirit Awakening on three to five Flower Woods. After failing, he didn’t force it.

Sensing it was about time, Zhang Deming stopped the Technique and left the Secret Realm.

Nowadays, these had all become part of Zhang Deming’s daily routine.

After finishing everything, Zhang Deming took out the materials again, browsed through them, and checked the time. It was already mid-morning.

Guessing that the other party was waiting anxiously, Zhang Deming finally entered the Spirit Nurturing Space.

In the Spirit Nurturing Space, Zhang Deming pondered for a moment and then directly activated his Techniques.

Rune Summoning: Spirit Nurturing Summoning Technique - Qu Qingxian!

Rune Technique: Enhancement Skill!

Under the enhancement of the two Techniques, a ball of light slowly condensed into the form of Yuxing. Zhang Deming’s Heart Spirit plunged directly into it.

After a brief assessment, he noted that even in this ordinary state, the Mirror Image modeled on Qu Qingxian had barely broken through to the Duality realm. It was clear that advancing a full realm had a massive effect on the Enhancement Skill.

His Main Body’s current Cultivation was still AFK in the Three-Star Cave Mansion. He should be able to maintain a Mirror Image like this indefinitely.

Moreover, the Mirror Image could be an Energy Body or it could be materialized. In other words, as long as he was AFK in his Cave Mansion, once the Mirror Image Body materialized, it could truly achieve the effect of the Outer Body Incarnation Technique.

In terms of both form and function, it was an improvement in every way.

The only regret was that once the Mirror Image was condensed, the Mirror Image Body could only use the abilities of its template, not the abilities of the Main Body.

Also, the Mirror Image Body couldn’t stray too far from its anchor point. If it went too far, it would dissipate. The maximum distance was about one or two kilometers.

It should be noted here that the condition for Zhang Deming to condense a Mirror Image Clone was not whether the other party performed the ritual chant.

This ritual was something he had created from the beginning as a way to ”dial” himself; it wasn’t a restriction on Zhang Deming.

The limiting factor for condensing an Incarnation near a target was whether they had a Dao Mark—that is, whether a light spot representing them existed in the Spirit Nurturing Space.

As long as there was a light spot, Zhang Deming could choose to condense a Mirror Image anywhere within a two-kilometer radius of them, achieving a ”descent.”

Whether the other party performed the ritual or not placed no restrictions on him at all. Zhang Deming could even descend right next to them without being discovered.

’Well, that only applies to those whose Cultivation is lower than or similar to mine.’

Zhang Deming beckoned with his hand. From the Chaos of the sky, the speck of light representing Xu Weihai flew straight down.

Zhang Deming pointed at it, and the speck of light instantly transformed into a channel. Zhang Deming plunged right in.

...

「In Xu Weihai’s small courtyard at the Little Hui Peak Array Department.」

Ever since his Enlightenment Dao last night, Xu Weihai had been tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

He was mainly worried and anxious, afraid that everything from last night, except for the Enlightenment Dao, had just been a dream.

When he finally found it impossible to sleep, he simply got up to practice the Tier Two Array Dao Technique he had just learned. After all, with his current Cultivation, going two or three days without sleep would only make him a little tired.

He practiced the Technique until early morning. As time went on, Xu Weihai grew more and more agitated, to the point where he couldn’t even calm his mind to practice.

Noon arrived with still no change. Just as he was about to fall into despair, his entire body froze.

Before him, a white speck of light suddenly materialized and began to expand rapidly.

The moment he saw the speck of light, Xu Weihai’s fear from the previous night vanished, replaced by excitement. ’As long as last night’s miraculous encounter wasn’t a dream, everything is fine!’

He took a step back, quietly watching the speck of light coalesce from nothing, then rapidly stretch and elongate until it had completely transformed into a person made of Spiritual Power.

Looking at the Energy Body that resembled Yuxing, Xu Weihai was filled with a mixture of shock and awe.

He said respectfully, ”This junior greets Senior!”

Yuxing’s aged face glanced around. ”From now on, call me Elder Xing.”

”Yes, Elder Xing!” Xu Weihai replied agreeably.

”Today, I will first tell you the method of contact.” After speaking, Yuxing waved his hand.

A stream of transparent water quickly sketched in the air, forming a Spell.

He sent the Spell sketched by the water stream over to Xu Weihai, letting it float before him as he said:

”This is the universal Spell of the Alliance. Whichever tower is petitioned is the one responsible for responding.

Reciting this Spell silently is for transmitting information. If you encounter danger, recite it aloud while holding your hands before your chest in the shape of a globe to call for aid.

But if it is not an important matter, remember not to try it. In the Alliance, members are divided into four ranks: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Each rank is further divided into Five Stars, with One-Star being the lowest and Five-Star the highest.

Rank promotion within these is determined by Contribution Points.

Right now, you barely even qualify as a One-Star official member, let alone earning Contribution Points.

As for calling for aid, once you are past the new member benefit period, there will be a charge.”

Xu Weihai listened quietly, silently memorizing the Spell. By the time Yuxing had finished speaking, he had almost memorized it all.

Yuxing looked at the Array Light Screen in front of him and said, ”Once you have it memorized, destroy this copy of the Spell. Remember, it cannot be recorded for long periods.”

Xu Weihai paused for a moment, then said, ”Understood, Elder Xing.”