Chapter 947: Tell me first, how did you do it!
The test results went smoothly this time. Blue Flame's data showed no abnormalities at all. On the contrary, its various functions had increased significantly, which should be due to spiritual power.
"Since you're alright, go back and cultivate diligently. I gave Elder Jin some simple cultivation techniques before. Take a look and see which ones you want to learn. I told Bai Wuwen and the others that a large number of newcomers will be arriving soon. Bai Xiaobai and the others might be a bit overwhelmed at first. Before they arrive, make a plan for them."
Gu Yin gave the data report to Elder Jin, and then gave Lan Yan some instructions.
Blue Flame nodded: "Okay, then I'll head back!"
After everyone left, Elder Jin looked at Gu Yin and asked, "I heard you received something from Senior Jin?"
Gu Yin raised her eyebrows: "What are you talking about?"
Old Jin stood up and chuckled, "Didn't you get those fingernails from him? You still have eight left? Give me one to study."
"...Oh, you mean you were talking about Senior Jin taking me as his disciple!"
"What? You've been accepted as a disciple? When did this happen?" Old Master Jin looked at Gu Yin in shock, completely bewildered. How could he have accepted her as a disciple?
Gu Yin grinned: "Hehe! Just now!"
Old Jin's mind began to race.
Gu Yin could tell what the other person was thinking at a glance.
"Don't overthink it, old man. I won't get a single penny out of you, but I'll try my best!"
Upon hearing this, Old Jin coughed lightly: "What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by 'fleecing'? That's called inheritance! Inheritance, okay! Alright, give me a fingernail. Anyway, if you want a fingernail in the future, you can just go and cut it yourself!"
Gu Yin: "...That's a bit too outrageous! Am I that kind of person?!"
However, it is indeed something an apprentice should help with, such as trimming nails.
Mr. Jin remained silent, then reached out his hand.
Gu Yin reluctantly took out a fingernail: "Use it sparingly, boss, this thing is very precious! You want to study its physical defense? Then I'll study its biological aspects, studying both sides will be faster."
After Mr. Jin left, Gu Yin went directly into the system space.
“001, I’ll draw out the technique my master gave me. Can you find out where the font is from so I can learn it?”
001 flew over: "Didn't that big golden tortoise say that it didn't need to learn?"
"It's better to be prepared! Learning a little is always a good idea. Stop arguing and hurry up and find it!"
After Gu Yin finished speaking, she went to the computer, closed her eyes, and began to draw.
"This method sounds just like something out of a TV drama: you fall into a cave, see a mural, discover it's a martial arts manual, and start practicing the moves from the painting on the wall. What do you think, 001?"
Looking at the characters Gu Yin gestured, 001 quickly looked up information while shaking his head: "I think it's more like hieroglyphics."
Pictographs, as Gu Yin knows, evolved from pictographic writing and are one of the oldest forms of writing. For example, the oracle bone script in China is a pictograph.
“But I asked before, and my master said no.”
"Is it possible that it is a pottery script that is even older than oracle bone script?" 001 handed the information to Gu Yin.
“I came here to collect history. Now you want me to look it up? I can only look it up in my knowledge base. You can decide for yourself. In the three thousand worlds I have traveled through, there is no such collection of texts.”
Gu Yin glanced at the pottery script and frowned: "This is obviously not it. The mental cultivation method that Master gave us has complicated and mysterious characters, while the pottery script consists of symbols and pictures. It is clear that in Master's world, writing is no longer a problem."
001 shrugged: "Then that's it."
Gu Yin tried to describe the words herself, but the more she wrote, the more something seemed off. Halfway through, she stopped and stared intently at the words.
Seeing her like this, 001 immediately flew over and carefully examined the text. Well, it couldn't understand it either.
"Why are you looking at these scribbles? Have you made a breakthrough?"
Gu Yin turned to 001: "Don't you think these words look increasingly familiar?"
001 looked closely and shook his head: "No."
Gu Yin took a piece of paper and wrote three characters vertically.
Handing it to 001: "Take another look!"
001 looked at it for a while, then frowned: "Why does this look so much like the script used by Bai Wuwen's sect to draw talismans!"
Gu Yin chuckled: "It's the scribbled characters you mentioned!! That's called cloud script, a type of script commonly used by Taoists on talismans! These characters are difficult to recognize and full of mystery. If I hadn't seen them once when Lan Yan was learning, I wouldn't have been able to recognize them either! Longevity, praying for blessings and warding off disasters, exorcising evil and avoiding misfortune, aren't they all the same thing?!"
Gu Yin thought of the Yin-Yang diagram in her dantian: "No wonder it's a Yin-Yang diagram, no wonder he was willing to let me learn Master Zhang's divination techniques, they're all similar in principle!"
Once you knew what Ji Ran was, Gu Yin had a clue.
Seeing her leave the space directly, 001 asked in confusion, "Since you know, why don't you learn it?"
Gu Yin returned to the laboratory, took out Jin Wanli's fingernails, and disinfected them.
"No rush. At this stage, let's get the lab set up first. There will be plenty of time later."
Seeing this, 001 stopped bothering her.
After Gu Yin stayed in the laboratory for three days, the laboratory door was finally opened.
No one else could help with this, so Gu Yin didn't call on Hu Shanmin and took matters into her own hands.
Knowing that she had left the laboratory, Professor Jin rushed over.
"So, did you find anything?"
Gu Yin took a few sips of tea, put down the cup, and nodded: "Yes, but let's not talk about mine for now. How are things on your end?"
Upon hearing this, Elder Jin's brows relaxed: "That thing is hard enough! It seems my idea of having you trim your master's nails from time to time won't work anymore. Its hardness is greater than all the materials currently used in our base! It's also extremely heat-resistant! The more difficult it is, the more excited we become. Although there's been no progress, this discovery is still the biggest breakthrough! It's just a matter of time!"
Gu Yin nodded upon hearing this: "Master can teleport us instantly, ignoring all physical phenomena, which means his physical body is already invulnerable. His true form must be immeasurable. Traveling through time and space, traversing the universe, black holes? These shouldn't be a problem for him, so..."
"So as long as we analyze the composition of that fingernail, we can synthesize the materials for the equipment we want! We won't have to search for it anymore!" Old Jin excitedly interrupted Gu Yin!
Gu Yin said helplessly, "But Master's fingernails are enough for you to study for a long time. Actually, it's just as hard work for you!"
Old Jin shook his head: "It's different. Research with hope is always different from research that's completely hopeless. Isn't yours a glimmer of hope?! If you can figure it out, I don't believe we can't do it in a few years, no matter how bad we are! But we still need to prepare for both possibilities. Continue the previous research, and I'll handle this one!"
Speaking of this, Mr. Jin looked at Gu Yin and asked, "What did you gain?"
Gu Yin gave the data report to Mr. Jin: "I mainly studied the lifespan aspect. It's very simple. The reason for longevity is not other than the 'shell,' which belongs to the turtle's body and inherently represents longevity. This is a natural rule that has endowed it with longevity."
Jin Lao frowned: "Since it is endowed by itself, what use is the substance you have researched?"
Gu Yin picked up a bag of powder, her eyes shining: "Since it's useless, why not just use it directly as medicine?"
Mr. Jin: "...Will that work?"
Gu Yin immediately slumped her shoulders: "No way!"
Jin Lao: "...Let's not even talk about whether this is useful or not. How did you turn your nails into powder? They're harder than all the equipment in our base. How did you turn them into powder? Come on, tell me."
Gu Yin: "..." Oh no, I got carried away and forgot about that!
Gu Yin blinked: "Although it's useless, I've already thought of a new plan! Please have a seat! I'll go find my master!"
Before Mr. Jin could say anything, he disappeared without a trace!
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