The Programmer Cultivator

His Energy was growing more and more plentiful. He had already saved up half the Qi Fortune needed for the Enhancement Skill, and half the Merit for the new function. If he could just resist the urge to spend a little longer, he would have enough!

’I’m going to cure my terminal illness!’

’Uh, wait. Even if I save enough, it’ll only be sufficient for one use of the Enhancement Skill. That doesn’t really count as a cure, does it?’

’Whatever. If I can be rich for a moment, I’ll be happy for a moment!’

Zhang Deming composed himself, left the Spirit Nurturing Space, and returned to his room.

He tidied up and organized some of the things from his recent trip.

Oh, right. Zhang Deming had also gained quite a lot from reading Xue Su’s memories before his death.

Now, it would be no problem for him to act as an undercover agent. He could competently play the roles of both ”Mysterious Man Number One” and ”Mysterious Man Number Three”.

In fact, thanks to Xue Su’s memories, he could portray ”Mysterious Man Number One” with even greater ease.

After he finished organizing, Zhang Deming had nothing else to do for the time being, so he returned to his lazy, idle routine of passively cultivating and managing his Spirit Nurturing Beads.

These days, he already needed four to five hundred Spirit Nurturing Beads per month. As his shop developed in the future, he definitely wouldn’t be able to keep up with demand, so every extra one he could accumulate now was a bonus.

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Early the next morning, Zhang Deming got up and began his daily training, checking it off his list.

After a long while, Zhang Deming slowly finished up and pondered for a moment. He had been away for half a month, which meant he hadn’t given Xu Weihai a lesson in all that time.

Now that he was free, he needed to go check on him to see if he had been slacking off and also teach him some new things to prepare for the upcoming ”Enlightenment Dao”.

After all, Zhang Deming had placed considerable hope in this ”nail.” Otherwise, he wouldn’t have put so much effort into training him.

Having made his decision, Zhang Deming’s Heart Spirit sank into the Spirit Nurturing Space. With a wave of his hand, he summoned Xu Weihai’s speck of light.

Rune Summoning: Spirit Nurturing Summoning Technique - Qu Qingxian!

Rune Technique: Enhancement Skill!

A ball of light appeared before him, slowly stretching and transforming into the likeness of Yuxing.

Zhang Deming checked it over. Seeing no issues, he directly entered Yuxing’s body.

Once Yuxing opened his eyes and glanced around, he reached out and tapped the speck of light representing Xu Weihai. A channel appeared, and Yuxing dove straight in.

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「Little Hui Peak, Array Department, inside Xu Weihai’s small courtyard.」

Xu Weihai’s job was to produce low-level Array Cards to keep up with the Sect’s high demand. This was one of the most basic positions in the Outer Sect’s Array Department.

The work wasn’t difficult. After reaching the Entry Level in Heart Eye Numerology, one could catch up with the required pace after about half a year of practice, though it might be tough at the start.

But for a veteran, it would slowly become very easy.

However, since comprehending a Tier Two Array Dao Technique half a year ago, Xu Weihai could finish all this work in just an hour or two each day.

At Yuxing’s request, he didn’t use this to stand out. Instead, he hid his talents and bided his time.

Each day, he would merely complete his daily quota, spending the vast majority of his remaining time absorbing, digesting, and integrating the Celestial Universe ”Array Dao” knowledge that Yuxing had given him.

Thanks to his efforts over the past half-year, he had achieved remarkable results. At the very least, when it came to knowledge of the Celestial Universe Array Dao within the Celestial Spirit Sect, he was definitely among the pioneers.

On this day, he was once again dutifully in his small courtyard, earnestly studying the knowledge of the Array Dao and the fusion of the two systems.

Even though Yuxing hadn’t appeared for half a month, he hadn’t relaxed in the slightest and remained just as hardworking.

”Mm, not bad. Your aptitude may be a bit lacking, but at least your attitude is commendable, and you know how to work hard. If you keep this up, with me backing you, you’ll have a place for yourself in this Hongmeng in the future.”

Xu Weihai, who had been studying intently, paused. He turned his head and saw that, at some unknown time, Yuxing’s aged figure had appeared, floating silently beside him.

Xu Weihai immediately stood up, bowed, and said respectfully, ”Elder Xing!”

Yuxing nodded. ”Alright. Let’s continue with today’s lesson.”

Hearing this, Xu Weihai obediently sat down. After half a year of lessons, both of them were very familiar with the routine, and Xu Weihai had adapted to Yuxing’s teaching style.

Yuxing looked at Xu Weihai and, as usual, didn’t start the lecture directly, but opened with a question.

”Do you remember the question I left you with during our first lesson, half a year ago?”

Xu Weihai nodded and said, ”I remember. Elder Xing, you said that the Outer Realm’s code originates in reality, but its application is entirely virtual. So, how does the Celestial Universe’s ’quantum’ system bypass the virtual and re-establish its application in reality?”

Yuxing nodded. ”That’s right. So, after half a year of lessons and contemplation, have you reached a conclusion?”

Xu Weihai honestly shook his head, but compared to his apprehension half a year ago, he was much more composed now.

Yuxing looked at him and said, ”Today, our lesson won’t delve deeper into the path of code. The level of code you’ve mastered is already sufficient for certain things.

”Today, we will return to the basics and discuss the foundation of the other system: the quantum system.”

Hearing this, Xu Weihai’s expression froze for a moment, and then grew much more serious.

After half a year of lessons, he had learned a great deal about code. He could even manage to act as a clumsy Celestial Universe Array Master, creating small programs and the like.

But he had discovered that the Celestial Universe’s Arrays were anchored entirely in the virtual; it was impossible to use code Runes to truly affect reality.

This created what seemed to be an insurmountable chasm in his efforts to fuse the two systems—one that he could find no way to bypass.

The Hongmeng Array Dao was anchored in reality and influenced reality. It seemed to run on a parallel track to the Celestial Universe’s Dao of code, one that could never intersect.