When Tang Ling leveled up, the energy that erupted from his body was so powerful that Higan did not even have to concentrate to feel the surge of energy in the courtyard.
If this happened in the outside world, it would undoubtedly be a grand performance. The nobles and higher-ups gathered around the spot where an outstanding young prodigy was going to level up. They could feel the energy surge and also bet on how far the young prodigy could go. It would be a kind of fun for them.
Every Purple Moon Warrior who experienced it knew that during leveling up, the stronger the energy surge, the further the breakthrough would be. Of course, one had to carefully feel the energy surge to judge the strength of the surge. Tang Ling's energy surge was unprecedented, and if it happened in the outside world, it would probably scare a lot of knowledgeable big shots.
Unfortunately, Tang Ling did not level up in the outside world. Higan might be a big shot, but she was not knowledgeable.
She had no idea what the intense energy surge meant. As a matter of fact, Higan's leveling up was not normal either, but Tang Ling did not know it was not normal either.
The two monster-like young man and young lady were born after they succeeded, and they were destined to cause a bigger storm than before.
Tang Ling never thought about causing a storm. At that very moment, he did not even know that he had triggered such an intense surge of energy.
All he knew was that he had to concentrate fully and carefully control every single surge of energy because the solidified energy in his dantian was too violent. If he let it go, it might burst his meridians.
Just like the first surge of energy, Tang Ling did not purposely control it, yet his meridians felt a tremendous pressure. Fortunately, he was not hurt.
With his full concentration, wave after wave of energy was controlled to a safe range and it continued to pave the path for Tang Ling. The mist was pushed away bit by bit, and the blurry double spiral path under the mist slowly stabilized and became clearer.
It was a very enjoyable and satisfying process. Tang Ling was like a farmer plowing the fields and looking forward to the harvest or a craftsman working hard and looking forward to the finished product. It was the result of Tang Ling's accumulation of life and death experiences.
Therefore, Tang Ling did not feel tired at all. At the same time, he could not help but feel surprised. How did he have so much energy? The continuous stream after stream felt like not even 1/8th of it had been consumed …
It was important to note that the amount of energy he had was equivalent to the amount he would need to break the gene lock for the first time. That was because his body was at its most saturated state, although it was not yet his limit.
How many strands of energy had been consumed? His Precise Instinct came up with an answer in 0.1 seconds — 11 strands.
The result confused Tang Ling. Would breaking through the first gene lock and successfully reaching the second gene lock require that much energy?
Compared to the first stage of the Genetic Chain Path, which was the stage of a pre-Purple Moon Warrior, it was already 11 times stronger, but it felt like it was not even halfway through.
Of course, Tang Ling would not be arrogant enough to look down on the heroes of the world. He would not think that his accumulation of energy was enough to surpass everyone else, but he was certain that he was the only one who managed to accumulate energy with the meat of a super vicious beast!
Otherwise, Tang Ling's energy accumulation would not have reached its limit. Even though he had been extravagantly consuming the super vicious beast meat, it still took him quite some time.
It was the source of Tang Ling's doubt. It might seem like he had used less than 1/8th of his energy to reach the peak of rank 1, but what about rank 2?
Based on Tang Ling's understanding, it was not strange for many geniuses, especially the top geniuses, to reach the peak of rank 2 in one go. Some of them even had the chance to reach rank 3 in one go.
Judging from the consumption rate, Tang Ling was not that confident, hence his doubt.
What Tang Ling did not know was that he had indeed consumed more energy than the others. Even the most experienced protector would be shocked by his consumption rate because it had exceeded the normal limit.
If one really had to ask for an answer, perhaps only Tang Feng, who also possessed the Perfect Genetic Chain, could answer.
It was the characteristic of the Perfect Genetic Chain. There was no bottleneck during the breakthrough. As long as one had enough energy, they could continue, including the bottleneck every three stages. However, there were gains and losses. Other than the initial stage, the Perfect Genetic Chain consumed more energy than the other Genetic Chains at every stage.
As a matter of fact, the more outstanding a genius' Genetic Chain was, the more energy they would consume. At the Perfect Genetic Chain stage, the consumption rate would skyrocket by more than one level.
On the other hand, the consumption rate was actually a good thing. After consuming an astonishing amount of energy, the possessor of the Perfect Genetic Chain was destined to have a stronger basic ability than everyone else. If Tang Feng was still alive, he would surely tell Tang Ling that the stage of a quasi-Purple Moon Warrior was nothing. The moment you can truly stand at the peak and widen the gap between you and everyone else is when you officially become a Purple Moon Warrior.
The higher one's rank, the more one would understand the importance of basic ability.
Another thing that was not a secret was that there was a huge gap between the abilities of the same rank Purple Moon Warriors. The stronger ones could fight above their rank, but the weaker ones could not. As for the Perfect Genetic Chain, theoretically speaking, the possessor was invincible among the same rank, at least in a one-on-one fight.
Tang Ling had no idea about all that. At first, he thought he had an abundant amount of energy, but now, he started to worry. All young people were eager to grow stronger. Tang Ling also wanted to break through and stand at the peak. After all, due to the uniqueness of the time and space fragment, he had been delayed for a long time.
In absolute silence, Tang Ling was still breaking through bit by bit. Since he was still far from reaching his limit, the support of the three-piece set somehow did not come into play during the breakthrough.
However, was that the reason why it did not come into play? Tang Ling was not sure. It was just a rough guess.
In short, throughout the whole process of breaking through, Tang Ling's joy was almost at its peak. Every step forward felt like it was repaying the hard work and suffering that he had gone through.
After breaking through and becoming stronger, what was the meaning of it? What should he do? Tang Ling had yet to think about it. He was still relying on his instinct to become stronger to move forward, but his instinct was destined to never be his driving force in the future.
Tang Ling had to face a brand new meaning in his life and uncover some secrets. It was the responsibility that was destined to be on his shoulders.
**
In every era, there would be a symbolic event that would push the world to change.
Behind the symbolic event, there would always be some hidden or even secret event that no one knew of as the foreshadowing. The event was closely linked to each other. It was only when the people in the future deciphered the event that they suddenly realized that the seemingly coincidental event that changed the world was actually foreshadowing and was a necessity in the midst of coincidences.
From the moment Tang Ling completed his breakthrough, he would definitely become the foreshadowing event behind the symbolic event. Regarding this, one did not need to have the ability to see the future. Only a handful of people had the foresight, but unfortunately, most of them thought that Tang Ling was already dead.
The witness of this event was destined to be Higan, but she did not have the time to think about it. She started to feel anxious and worried. She would spend a long time sitting on the wooden stool in the yard, hugging her knees and staring at the little house where Tang Ling broke through.
It had been ten days.
Why hadn't Tang Ling broken through? Although she did not like to pay attention to things that she did not care about, her habit of reading made her not a clueless person.
There might be some special circumstances that she did not know about, but based on what she had read, the longest recorded time for breaking through the first stage was no more than six days.
The record was somehow related to Tang Ling because it was left behind by Tang Ling's father, Tang Feng.
As for someone as powerful and special as Tang Feng, it only took him six days to break through, so why hadn't Tang Ling broken through after ten days?
Higan's worries turned into all kinds of wild thoughts. She cared about Tang Ling even more than her own life.
If it were not for the constant energy fluctuation and the occasional violent fluctuation like a few days ago, she would have gone to check it out.
At least the energy fluctuation proved that Tang Ling was still alive.
The biggest reason why she stopped Higan was that she could not simply disturb Tang Ling.
However, the torture was always there. She could not help but imagine that Tang Ling was in trouble and she did not show up in time.
Higan was actually a smart and decisive person, but she did not know what to do at a time like this.
The whole hill became lonely. Spring had officially arrived and the flowers were blooming brightly. The plants were blooming with pleasant vitality.
Without Tang Ling, even the egg was quiet, except for one night when it mysteriously appeared at the entrance of Tang Ling's little house from the bottom of the pond.
Higan did not move it away. She did not know why, but she felt a strong desire from the egg to stay there.
Since that was the case, she might as well fulfill its wish.
After thinking about something else, Higan managed to divert her attention. She lowered her head and flipped a few pages of the book in her hand. She sensed another unusually strong energy fluctuation from Tang Ling's little house. Her eyes stopped at a line of words on the page. 'Letting nature take its course is also a form of cultivation in the heart.'
"Is that so?" Higan looked up at Tang Ling's little house again. She felt the energy fluctuation and suddenly felt relieved.
Since she did not know what to do, why not just let nature take its course? All she had to do was to wait and watch.
At least, she could feel Tang Ling's energy fluctuation and it was also a form of companionship.
**
Tang Ling did not know that his breakthrough had caused so much torture to Higan.
During the breakthrough, he did not even feel the existence of time.
He only received a surprise from the energy block in his Dantian. It turned out that the Extreme Energy Block, which consumed a lot of surpassing Direbeast meat, was not that simple. The closer it was to the core, the higher its energy density. So …
Indeed, its storage had far exceeded Tang Ling's imagination even though he had consumed a lot of energy.
The only downside was that the higher the energy density, the harder it was to dig it out. It was unlike the beginning where a single thought from Tang Ling would spill out energy. Now, Tang Ling had to rely on his spirit to shatter the energy and guide it bit by bit.
On top of that, as Tang Ling moved forward on the Genetic Chain Path, every time he unraveled a little and completed a Genetic Chain, the blurry Genetic Chain would become clearer and slower.
Tang Ling had to repeatedly wash the Genetic Chain Path with his energy to reach the perfect state that he felt in his heart.
Therefore, Higan sensed that Tang Ling's intense energy fluctuation started to slow down.
That was why Tang Ling spent a lot of time on it.
However, he did not feel tired despite being in such a joyful state because whenever he felt tired mentally, a faint fragrance would wash away his fatigue.
On top of that, his spirit also grew stronger as he moved forward. It was enough to support Tang Ling's energy transfer without consuming too much energy each time.
With his persistence, he finally consumed more than half of his energy crystals, but the result was enough to delight him. Unknowingly, he had unlocked the second gene lock. No, he had completely unlocked the second gene lock.
Theoretically speaking, Tang Ling was already a rank 2 Purple Moon Warrior.
Would the remaining energy block be enough for him to unlock the third Genetic Lock? Tang Ling's heart yearned for it. Everyone knew rank 3 was a crucial dividing line. Only by becoming a rank 3 Purple Moon Warrior could one truly unlock the door of talent abilities. Even though some geniuses had unlocked the door of talent abilities a long time ago, when they reached rank 3, they would definitely gain something new and enter a whole new field.
Therefore, Tang Ling moved forward steadily. The path from rank 2 to rank 3 was a little more difficult than before.
However, for the Perfect Genetic Chain without any bottlenecks, it was just a process of transferring energy and completing the Genetic Chain.
Since he was already familiar with the process, he could even divert his attention to think deeper.
For example, why did he not have Higan's energy thread that could pierce through the space-time fragment and reach a mysterious depth to see some kind of world?
Did he really not have any talent abilities even though he had the Perfect Genetic Chain?
Tang Ling had been doubting it. Other than his Precise Instinct, he did not display any other talent abilities. His understanding of fire was also a trick that he learned by chance.
Of course, through the Eye Forging Book, Tang Ling knew that his Spirit Eye was a talent ability that allowed him to see through the essence of things, but it was just a theory and he only had the first volume. Tang Ling was not confident that he could reach that level in the end.
Maybe because he only had the first volume, he was still lacking some crucial knowledge. Tang Ling was a little lost.
The only thing he could do now was to move forward and see if there would be a new surprise when he reached rank 3.
Back in the outside world, another ten days had passed.
Higan was still waiting. Most of Tang Ling's energy was depleted and all that was left in his dantian was an energy block the size of a pearl.
This energy block must be the core, right? In the visualized world, it looked like a light blue, transparent gem. Just by looking at it, one could feel the shocking energy it contained, and one could even feel that it was the essence of all the energy precipitated within.
Essence? What is it? Is there still essence in the energy? Tang Ling could not think deeper, but an uncertain realization rose in his heart. It was something different that could only be accumulated from the meat of a super vicious beast.
'If it's this kind of essence energy, will I be able to speed up a little?'
Tang Ling was already at the limit of mid-stage rank 2. One more step and he would reach upper-stage rank 2.
He did not think too much about it. Instead, he tried to move a bit of the energy.
Nothing out of the ordinary happened, and he did not feel anything different either. The energy that he carefully controlled entered the genetic chain smoothly, and the moment it entered the genetic chain, he sensed a strange life force in the energy.
"Something like energy also has life force?" Tang Ling felt strange in his heart, but he did not stop moving forward.
The energy was completing his genetic chain. Maybe because there was a trace of vitality in his body, Tang Ling's guess was right again. The recovery speed started to speed up.
Tang Ling was overjoyed at the sight. If that was the case, he would have a higher chance of breaking through to rank 3.
Amidst the joy, the Genetic Chain was quickly completed. At the same time, a voice echoed in Tang Ling's heart.
Stop! Stop!
It's the voice in my heart again! Why is it appearing during the breakthrough? Why is it telling me to stop?
If the voice in his heart was once considered an uncertain feeling, like a premonition or instinct, then the voice in his heart really did exist. In the visualized world, the voice in his heart felt real to Tang Ling as if there was another person living in his body, telling him something and controlling his actions.
Tang Ling rejected the feeling. He would never accept being controlled, but … there was someone living in his body. It was ridiculous, and Tang Ling did not think it was real. Maybe it was just a special feeling in the visualization world.
As he comforted himself, Tang Ling's furrowed brows slowly eased up. The Genetic Chain meant that his Rank 2 Genetic Chain was officially repaired.
Let's continue.
There was no doubt about it, but the moment the Genetic Chain was completed, a clear voice echoed in Tang Ling's visualization world. It was a voice with complete self-consciousness.
"You've done it.
We've gotten a chance to have a precious conversation, child.
Listen to me. Stop. You must stop now. Missing this chance will be a huge regret and a waste of the best chance. "
Tang Ling's forehead started to sweat. He did not feel good. It was not a hallucination. There was really another person living in his body.
No, this …
Maybe because of that thought, Tang Ling did not want to stop at all. He continued to move the energy to complete the Genetic Chain.
Rank 3. That's right. My goal is to break through rank 3.
No matter who the voice was, it must be someone trying to stop me. Maybe it was a test because I leveled up too fast?
Even if it was not, as long as I'm strong enough, I'll get to the bottom of it and chase it away.
Tang Ling had always been a stubborn and opinionated person. With that in mind, he ignored the voice even more.
"Stop. I won't hurt you."
The voice sounded a little anxious, but Tang Ling would not stop because of a single sentence.
Maybe the voice sensed Tang Ling's emotions, it sighed all of a sudden. After the sigh subsided, Tang Ling's visualized world, the Mist Genetic Chain, which had not changed in the past few days, suddenly became unstable and started to shake violently.
Tang Ling was enraged by the sudden change. He could not help but roar in the visualized world, "Who are you? Why are you cowering? Come out! Do you think you can affect me and change me? "
"No, you won't be affected and you won't change. You just need guidance. And I … "
Tang Ling did not expect a reply at first. He did not know why he was so angry, so he vented it out instinctively and was ready to resist to the end, but to his surprise, the voice answered him.
As the voice responded, the Mist Genetic Chain Path temporarily disappeared.
It did not vanish because it shattered. Instead, it was as if some kind of power had turned into a curtain and hid the Mist Genetic Chain behind it.
Tang Ling's visualized world turned dark, but a beam of light appeared.
Inside the beam of light, Tang Ling saw a beating heart, and deep inside the heart was a plant that had already sprouted and grown leaves. The plant was filled with vitality and its leaves and stem were covered in mysterious patterns, but Tang Ling could tell that it was in a deep sleep at first glance.
"Little seed? Is that you? " Tang Ling could not help but mutter to himself. The scene before his eyes proved that the voice came from the little seed, but … how could it be the little seed?
"And I just … want to fulfill my responsibility."
Tang Ling's mumble did not get a reply. Instead, the voice continued to say what it wanted to say. The voice sounded heavy with sorrow and endless regret. The moment it was uttered, Tang Ling could not help but feel sad and wronged.
Tang Ling tried to suppress his emotions, but when he looked up, he saw a blurry figure appear in the beam of light.
The figure quickly became clearer under Tang Ling's astonished and incredulous gaze.
The figure was a man with black hair and black eyes. He had delicate features and gave off a mysterious sense of power. His gaze was weathered by the vicissitudes of life, but his smile was charming.
He might not look outstanding, at least not as handsome as Tang Ling's brother, Tang Long. He did not have Tang Long's noble and elegant temperament as a young man.
He was just … kind and trustworthy. He was even a little cunning, but no one would care about that. He gave people the mischievous side of a smart person. There was also an indescribable sense of purity in him, just like a teenager.
Tang Ling looked at the figure with complicated emotions. The anger and grievance had yet to go away, but the sadness and familiarity rose in his heart. Then, resistance and sadness intertwined.
Why did he think of his brother, Tang Long? Why did he compare Tang Long to the person before him? Was it the thin lips and the straight nose that reminded him of Tang Long?
Or was it the delicate features? The same delicate features and the shape of the face that matched the eyes and brows?
The eyes?! The shape of the face?! Tang Ling's head buzzed. The eyes and the shape of the face made him feel like he was looking at himself in a mirror.
No matter how insensitive Tang Ling was to his appearance, he knew what he looked like.
He knew who he was looking at at that very moment! Ridiculous! This is ridiculous! Impossible! Is this the demon in my heart that I'll face during the breakthrough?
However, the clear figure was walking towards him in the blink of an eye. The figure was slim and tall, and it looked like him and the tall Tang Long.
"My son, I'm sorry and regretful …"
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